Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-01-24
TELEGRAMS IN BRIEF.
DOMESTIC.

John II. Stevens succeeds n. ID
Miller as chief engineer OF the Grea1
Northern road.
John s Johnson beats Oestlund
the Norwegian champion skater, and
breaks HogUn's record
Count Herbert Bismarck may be
come German minister to the United
States.
BY a reciprocal arrangement Gan.
ada removes the duty on United States
& dngles and wood pulp.
1t Is believed the Debs case will not
be considered by the United States su.
preme court before April.
17'e college presidents In session In
Chicago adopted rules to revolutonize
and reform college athletics.
Wet Virginia mines contribute n
train load OF coal to the Nebraska suf-
fereTs.
Duluuh reports combine to control
Besscmer ore, leaving out the Rookie
Teller interest.
The Norwegian Lutheran seminary,
located In the suburbs Of Minneapolis,
was burned to the ground.
Ingalls, IL gaining support among
Kansas legislators, and other sena-
tor'ial candidates fear u stampede.
Mrs. III. 9. IIansbIOugh, wife OF the
serptor from North Dakota, died In
Washington from pneumonia.
Memorial services for the late Con
..ipssman Post were held Mt Gnlcsburg
Ill, under The auspices of the G. A. X.
The steamer poctoskcy IL fast In the
ice Off st. Joe, Mich. Tugs have been
unable 10 release her.
A syndicate with headquarters In
Chicago h seeking to obtain control Of
The fish industry at Gloucester, Mass.
Owing to his attitude toward silver
Senator Dolph may be defeated for re-
election In the Oregon legislature.
Two trains collldcd In u snowstorm
at MillIgn, Ind, IN engineer being
killed, but the passengers escaping.
Bondsmcn OF w. w. Taylor, the de-
fahtlng treasurer of South Dakota,
held II fruitlcss conference in Chicago.
The resignation Of John g. Black,
congressman at-larSc from Illinois,
was presented to the house.
The Chinese army was rctrentlng be-
fore the Japanese forces to the Great
Wall, where n stand will be made.
In his inaugural address Governor
Morrill,, Of Kansas, warned his hearers
10 cease talking about Reputation.
The reports Of Il night alarm caused
by consplrncles OF royalist natives in
Hawaii were confirmed
One rumor says the king of Corea
has been assassinatcd and another
shat be hns only had IT..
The seamcn and dock aborers In
neilnos Ayres, who are out on strike,
are growing turbulent. Acts of vio-
The king OF Siam has selected the
eldest son Of his second queen rs
trown prince.
Funeral services were held over the
remains of Mrs. William Waldorf AS.
tor In New York after which the body
was buried In Trinity cemetery.
William II. Webb committed suicide
In New York In IL 1T OF despair and
grief over the death Of his family
physician,
Commissioner of Public Works
Thomas IL. Ruth Is accused Of being
All accomplice Of State Treasurer lay
kor In defrauding South Dakota.
John Mulllgan, the negro murderer
under sentence to hang at oklahoma,
Was reprevcd for six days by Acting
Governor Lowe,
Peter Hall, colorcd, who was to have
been hanged MT Quitman, Texas, was
penalty committed to life imprson-
mcnt
In the live pigeon shoot ut larch-
mont, n Y. For the amateur cham
pionship, Palmer, Work and Davcn.
port killed % out of - birds.
Bank clearlngs of THE principal cities
for the week show an increase of IL
per cent In comparison with the cor
responding period last year.
H. G. Frick has been retired from
the presidency of the Carnegie steel
company John q. A. Lcislrman Is his
SUCCESSOR.
Governor lpham, of Wisconsin, has
placed Ex-Governor Peck on tn" re-
tired list with the rank Of commander.
in-chlef,
KingArthur, lrvlng's new play, was
successfully put on In London Satur.
day night, The nobility were present,
Miss Terry made a notable Gulnevere,
Counsel for President Debs and
other A, II L. men applied to the su,
preme court for writS of error and ha.
beas corpus.
In his annual rel ort President Al
ford charges the regents with plumber
,lering the oklahoma agricultural and
mercantile college
pewholders who were behind In theil
rent were kept out of their seats IL
ST James Catholic church ut Rock
ford H.. by plush covered iron chains
A fierce wind and snow storm pre-
vailed over II large area In the wes
and northwest. The Thermometer fcl