Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-03-19

lie lIllUOlo SChllul lshbiiob' NNi''
pany withdrew $1,O00,000 in gold from
the 3ub-trcasury in New York Friday
with which to meet some loans.
officers from Monticello, H., ar
rested Thomas McPheters, son of a
wealthy farmer of TeIre Haute, Ind,
on a charge of stealing horses.
Mrs. Sarah c. Reyburn, a widow and
mother of two prominent men OF
Leavenworth Kan, hanged herself.
Insomnia had unse tied her reason.
Mrs Celia A. baker, wife c. DR..
George c. Baker, and musical din ector
in the state Colorado university, died
from the rupture OF blood vessel in
the brain.
II. c. Wimoth is under arrest at
Kansas City charged with wedding
nine women in nine years. In each
case he deserted them after securing
their money.
The Chicago postofice inspectors
have made capture of green-goods
swindlers The sharpers had In their
possession besides bogus bills 1000
in good money.
The government claims to have a
strong case against John Carthy and
Joseph Irvine, of Saltwater, Mimi, ar
rested for timber stealing. The case
comes up at once
Major Heany, one OF DR.. jameson s
close associates in the famous raid, ar
rived from England on the st. Louis
4 IN ia p,ilU homo
in Baltimore, Md.
The record Of Holmes case was re-
ceived at the executive department at
Harrisburg, Pa, and the governor
signed the death warrant and Holmes
will be executed May T.
Charles A. Pachin, Morris Goldstein
Charles Murray and John Wcela were
held In $4,000 bail each, charged with
making and passing counterfeit two
dollar bills In New York
Mayor Rankin, OF Elizabeth NJ j.,
prosecuted DR.. Reiner editor Of the
charges of libel, and had him sent to
Jail In default of $4,000 bail
Supt Watson, of the West Shore
road was shot in his Office, probably
fatally, by Detective Edward Clifford,
recently discharged from the service OF
the road, Weehauken, N. J.
A fifth trial In the Russell-Sage
laidlnw suit il denied by the supreme
court of New York. Sage must pay
Iaidaw for using him as a human
shield against u crazy dynamiter
Schuyler llamrich. wanted in Green
castle, Ind, for alleged forgery es-
capped from posse of officers, who
granted him permission to change his
clothing at his farther's residence.
At Omaha Chester Curtis llulett,
one of the firm of Paxton, llulett Il
Davenport, propriotors of the Mer-
chants hotel Is dead of consumption,
aged 35 years lie will be buried at
Adrian. Mich.
Judge Parker, In the United States
court at Fort Smith, Ark, sentenced
George pearcc, Webster Isaacs, John
penrce, Berry Foreman and Martin
! King to be executed April 30 All
were convicted of murder.
! Lewis G, Tcwksbury, II Wall street
broker, had purchased Of Monroe Sal
/ isbury, AK, the queen OF trottcrs,
/ with II record of BOB "a. The price
was said to be between $4,000 and
1000.
! The commissioner of the general
land Office decides that the state of
Minnesota has no right to swamp
lands on the coded portions OF tn"
Rcd Lake and White Earth rcscrya-
lions
] Brewer j. w Sheridan was re-
liovcd of $500 and II $500 pin by three
men on Il Chicago thoroughrarc Two
of the mon pressed rcvolvers against
him and forced him to exchange pleas
ant greetings with friends while the
robbery was going on.
At Oakland, Cal, Henry Buffers, of
lIcrkeley, has closed II deal by which
the entire street railway system of tho
city of Mexico have passed into the
hands Of m English syndicate About
$4,000 600 was paid. There is an OK
elusive franchise.
At San Francisco Durrant was SEN
tonced to be hanged on Feb u, but
the slow manner In which justice Is
/ melted out makes II plain he will not
meet his death much before the close
OF this year lie Is spending his time
reading law and writing his lite story
AT rittsburg an east End fire de-
stroyed II block Of 10 houses on
Aurclin street, rendering 10 families
homeless and causing loss of $50,
600 Capt Fred Beckett, of Engine
company Is, fell 20 feet and was ser
iously but not fatally injured,
AZ Owatonna Mimi, about IL
mon, mostly farmers, have begun the
organization Of n cooperative elevator
association. A committee was ap-
pointed to solicit shares and another
to ascertain cost, capacity, RUNNING eN-
pcnses and ms TO site Of elevator.
Mabel Sullivan, aged IS years. 4
pretty music teacher of Paterson, n
H.. was murdered and terribly mutt,
lated by unknown persons while re