Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-05-21

ing company and sued for 10000, has
been nonsuited, failing to show negli.
gence on the part of defendant.
The Michigan republican convention
instructed for Mckinley and adopt II
the currency plank of the Minneapolis
platform as substitute for two reso
lutions, one denouncing and the other
favoring the free coinage of silver.
Chairman Carter, of the republican
national committee, has called a meet.
ing Of that committee at st. Louis OF
June 10 TO prepare the temporary roll
Of the national convention and to con
slider the claims of contesting delega
lions.
The street railway strike In Miwau
kee, Wis, was attended by disorder
Distractions were placed on the tracks
to prevent the cars running. The wife
Of d striker placed her baby in front
Of car to stop 1t. The strike has now
petered out.
The German Lutheran synod at Fort
Wayne, elected officers as follows
President, DR.. II. G. Schwan, of Cleyc-
land secretary, Rev. A. Rohlack of
Brooklyn; treasurer, Rev e. f. w
Meyers, of st. Louis. The revised cate
chism was approved.
The Methodist general conference, At
Cleveland, Ohio, decided to allow the
four women elected as delegates to re-
tain their seats and to refer to the an
nual conferences a constitutional
amendment making women eligible as
lay delegates,
j. Watson Hildreth, the boy train
wrecker of Rome, N. Y, has received
a life sentence. His companions, Plato
and Hubbard, pleaded guilty to man
slaughter and were sentenced to forty
years Imprisonment each.
Rev. DR.. Isaac j. Lansing, pastor of
the Park Street Congregational church,
Familiarity known as birthstone Cor
ner" 0oston, has been asked to re
sign. He is u fearless speaker and re
Gently attacked Grover Cleveland and
the late Gov Greenhalge.
kinton, Iowa was given first place in
the Interstate orat0rical contest at To
peka Fred Elliott, of Monmouth col
lege, Monmouth, H.. took second place
Wisconsin sent contesting represent
atives and both were thrown out
William X Vanderbilt and party
had a narrow escape from a bad wreck
while travelling from Cleveland to Buff
falo on their special train. They We're
going ut u high rate of speed when
the crank pin ON one of the drive
wheels of the locomotive broke,
George Warner, Il poultry dealer, of
Arthur, H., was convicted of stealing
chickens and sentenced to year in the
penitentiary. His oldest son was sent
to the reform school and the youngest
child acquitted. The father attempted
to commit suicide after sentence was
passed.
The indignant women. Of Blue
Ridge Kan, propose to decorate graves
May 20. They will thus be able to
mourn their dead without the yrlls of
baseball rioters ringing in their ears
or the yawpS of the tnhorn sports with
bloodshot eyes who attend the mem
orial horse races.
The indictment of the directors of
the American Tobacco company, in
New York, on a charge of conspiracy
is regarded as a tilt in Il business fight
al NFn I,n.i nd l1n IN
tional Cigarette and Tobacco company
A formal plea of not guilty was en-
tered by the defendants yesterday.
The directors of the American Tobac-
60 company, indicted with President
James b. Duke, were VIM. II. Butler,
VIM. A. Marburg. Louis Ginter, George
ArIens, Geo. W. Gail BENZ, n. Duke,
Geo, w. Watts, Josiah Browne and
Chas G.. emery. The complainants
are the National Cigarette and Tobac-
GO company
The southern Baptist convention met
at Chattanooga, Tenn, nearly 500 dele
gates and large crowd of visitors be.
ing in attendance. Judge Jonathan
liuFNlSOn, OF AluDdIlld, WIS plctleu
president, and Rev. o. f. Gregory, o.
Baltimore. one of the secretaries. Re
ports on homo and foreign missions
and Sunday schools were read
by the fire at LAnse Mich, near
l}araga, about 100000 worth of pro
pcrty was destroyed The little town
may not again be fully rebuilt. Fami-
lies are living in temporary quarters
and saloons are doing business over
out door bars constructed of dry goods
boxes The LAnse Lumber company
is the heaviest loser.
T. Il. Brainard. the we'll known cut
stone contractor, of Chicago, has failed,
In his failure the firm OF Sherman,
Flavm \ Co, marble cutters, was car
ried down. Bluinard's assets are about
100000 and his liabilities about the
same. The firm OF sherman. Flavin &
co, has assets Of about $500 900, with
liabilities of somewhat more
In st Louis Sunday amid the most
ceremonies ever celebrated