Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-10-08
NEWS OF THE WORLD.
HOME HAPPENINGS.

Fire destroyed Mount Holyoke col
lege at South Hadley, Mass.
Dr. Parkhurst has returned from
fifteen weeks In Switzerland.
Gold democrats Of Massachusetts
nominated r. o. Prince for governor.
Lord Chief Justice Russell and his
party arrived in New York from Fall
River.
The silver democrats and republi-
cans Of Utah agreed upon a fusion
ticket.
Miss Buchanan, daughter Of the late
James Buchanan, VIII be married on
November Is.
Fusion between the silver democrats
and the populists has beer agreed upon
In Kentucky.
Thomas Hawkins, the oldest member
of the West Virginia legislature, died,
aged "A years.
In New York w. J. Koerner shot
and killed Rose A. Rcdgatc, with whom
he was in love.
Major Mckinley addressed number
OF delegations from Pennsylvania
which visited him
The American Institute of Mining
Engineers concluded It's session ut
Cripple Creek, Colorado.
Miners from othet districts are be-
Ing taken to Leadyllle, Col, TO nj the
places OF the strikers.
Frank II. Lincoln, u prominent mem
Der of the Chicago Board OF Trade
committed suicide by drowning.
Two hundred members of the bank
ers' convention mt st. Louis visited
Lincoln's tomb at Springfield, III.
The plant and stock Of tho Oval
wood dish company at Traverse City,
Mich. were damaged $4,000 by fire.
Tho Hamilton wooden mills at
Amesbury. Mass, employing 800 oper-
atiycs, started up permanently, after
an alternate shutdown. aggregatIng
Ave weeks.
Obituary: At ST. Louis, Colonel JOS
eph Hin, At Eau Claire, Wis, Mrs.
Jane Rust, 7G.--At Plano, H., Mrs. N.
s. Ovitt.-At Athens. Greece, cx-Mn-
lister Paul KallIgas.
Oliver w. Winthrop, who was ac-
cused Of abducting and robbIng James
Campbell, The Hawaiian millionaire
imprisonment for life,
The sovereign grrnd lodge of Odd
Fellows, In session ut Dallas, Tex,
adopted revised rituals for the Rebekah
branch OF the order and also for the
Patriarchs Militant
John Titch, colortd. wns lynched
near Chapel Hin, 3hoctaw county, Ala.
lie had broken into the room of Miss
Harrington, but was driven away and
afterward captured.
Ministers in Wilmington Del take
exception to some CritcIema OF mem
bers of their calllag which Candidate
VIM. j. Bryan made In his recent
speech In Wilmington.
Senator Morgan in speech at Troy,
Ala, denounced the gold standard and
said tho war debt was 5O-ccnt debt
and that only patriotism prevented It's
V"N ill'llN III h'T'Nlll tt ll'ilbs
Col. Il. Livingstone Price was elected
chairman of the democratic state con
trail committee Of New Jersey 90
succeed United States Senator James
Smith Jr, who resigned,
The chairman of the democratic state
central committee said that should
Governor Altgold fail of reelection
he will be the candidate tor the silver
democrats for United State, senator.
VIM. Il. Nichols, president and John
b. Deblpnc cashia~ Of the New Orleans
Bank of Commerce, were arrested on
the charre of receiving deposits after
they knew the bank was insolyent
Capt, John Smith. former master OF
tho steamer City of Milwaukee,, but
lately first mate of the steamer Chi
eago committed suicide by taking poi
son In Milwaukee. He recently lost
his position.
United States Consul Caughy at Mes
sina, Italy, In report to the state de-
partment, estimates that the lemon
yield for next season will be fully as
large as the season just closed. The
fruit Is In good condition,
A collision of freight engines on the
Erie railroad at Meadville, Pa, in
the fog, resulted IN the death Of Milton
f.. Garland and Edward Harris, both
of Englcwood. H., who were riding on
one OF the engines
At Richmond, Ind, James w. Hen
dorson, Il prominent attorney, secretary
of the police board and chairman of
the democratic county central commit
tee, was arrested on u charge of emho2.
element of Sl500
AT Il Cairo wedding the bride and
groom rode their wheels to the Church
Of the Redcemer, where the ceremony
was performed After the marriage
rtAey and their attendants remountcd
the wheels and rode home again.
Mrs. Cleveland called ON friends ut
Marion, which Will probably be her
In nun