Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-02-07
TELEGRAMS IN BRIEF.
Ar HOME.


In the criminal court of the district.
Nine coasters were seriously injured
in a collision between bob-sled and
a cable car In st. Louis.
Two robbers held up a train on the
"cotton belt road in Arkansas and, 1t
Is thought, secured $4,000.
John s. Johnson broke another rec
ord He skated 100 yards, standing
start, In Is seconds.
A new fraternal insurance society,
the Order of Imperial knights, Is be-
Ing organized I'm the northwest
Harry Semple, Philadelphia book.
keeper, who absconded with $1,000,
was captured In Denver.
-Four Mexicans are under arrest at
Santa Fe, N. NJ, charged with murder.
fng a stockman and burning his body.
Frank j. Grove, n Springfield, Ohio,
jeweler, has not been heard from since
he went to Chicago three weeks ago.
Milwaukee contractors have sued the
Indiana, Illinois Il Iowa road for 500.
600 alleged to be due.
Representative Ctlrlcy has intro.
duced bill in the Illinois legislature
to prevent blacklisting of employees.
Mrs. u. X. Schall, daughter OF one
OF the first settlers of Chicago, where
she was born In 1916, IL dead,
Morris O'Connor, county surveyor,
was arrested ut Abba, Iowa, on a
charge Of selling whisky unlawfulIy.
w. III. Busher, of Monmouth, ILL.,,
young poultry dealer, has disap-
peared, and foul play Is feared.
ernest Is. Studcr, of Peoria, ILL.,,
eloped with Amanda Hebcrrcr, and his
father threatens to shoot him on sight.
Olaf II. Olson, a prominent manu-
facturcr and politician OF Indianapolis,
Is dead, after lingering Illness,
Total gold shipments for the week
awe been more than $lI,000O00, leay-
Ing the treasury reserve Mt $57, 100000.
ZeZil ScorskewJci, u Pole, was ar
rested in East Thompson, Conn, for
the alleged murder Of his wife and
stepson.
Broker Edwin q. Qulgley, Of New
York, who forged bonds OF western
cities, was sentenced to fifteen years
and six months In state prison.
The Billiard block Mt Elizabethtown,
N. Y, was burned. The loss will prob
ably reach $25,000 partly covered by
Insurance.
Frank s. Johnson died ut Bradford,
Pa. He was one of Bradford's most
prominent citizens, IA republican and
a leader In state politics.
Two members of n sleigh riding
party were killed and seven badly In
1ured by train near Middleburg
Penn.
In n pastoral letter Archbishop Kat.
Ter, of Milwaukee, urges obedience to
the papal decree against secret 80
cieties..
American Hotel, at Gilmore, Ohio,
and several other buildings were de-
stroycd Two servant girls were fa.
tally Injured.
Fire at Pittsburg destroyed the VIII,
kinsburg Presby tcriaI church, valued
ct S25,000. One Of the ircmcn was
fatally frozen.
AT Franklin hove, H., the post
office and two other buildings were de-
stroyed by fire and other houses dam
aged.
]. w. Hoffman, Jr., OF Aurora III +,
has begun suit TO establish his title
to most of the land on which Hebron,
Ind. Is situated,
Milton Il. Matson, arrested AT san
Jose, Cal, was found to be u woman
and admitted having lived In mas
querade for sixteen years.
Refusal of the tonnage men to ac.
cept n cut has caused the shutting
down of the Joliet plant of the Iii"
nois Steel company.
The collicrles OF the Ielhigh and
Willesbrrc company will be shut
down, throwing 5000 men out of emf
ployment
llighwaymen of Hyde Park ah.
Quoted Miss Anna Bchnkc for the pur.
pose of robbng her. but abandoned
the plan.
Rev. Father Wcingancdc, OF Boards
town. has succeeded Rev. Father Stick
oooir1rbl, nolmnd dcaot Shrd shrdhn,
removed from the Pana, III, church.
Nebraska legislators have boon pc
titioned to urge congress TO have Papa
Delegate Satolli dcported from Amer
len.
Postmaster Watson and Murray
Bentley, n merchant, of Rhodes Mich.
are under arrest for dcfraudng tn,
government
Mayor Ilutchins, OF Rockford III,
has been invested with power to max,
removals at will by an appellate cour
decision,
Labor Commissioner Morse, Of Mich
igan, states That farm laborers In tn
state are poorly paid and oppose i'm
migration.
Investigation shows that the knight
Il I'ythlas in Wisconsin are MAXIM
great gains In membership and pror
erty.
Ex-Trcasurer Iiifer, of WOODBURY.