Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-05-14

with Ii Hung Chang while the latter
is in the United States on his return
from the coronation of the car.
Joseph Greenfader, a New York boy
of eleven, confessed that his testimony
had caused the conviction of two limo
cent young men now in Elmira reform
atory, accused Of highway robbery
Capt Ludlow, of the Monterey, has
reported to the navy department the
collision between his vessel and a
3,000-ton Swedish merchantmen, in
which the Swedish vessel was sunk.
/ Mary, the wife Of William Shore, of
Huntington, w. Va, leaped fifty feet
from a railroad bridge into the Elk
horn river to escape an approaching
train. She was rescued, but will die.
The board of directors OF the Chi
cago Peoria and st. Louis railroad
have elected +. w. Heidekoper of
New York, president of the railroad,
vice Henry W. Putnam Jr, OF New
York.
Adolph Comins, travelling sales
man, has disappeared. His trunks,
filed with samples, are at Hotel Piister,
Milwaukee, where he was last seen
No reason Is assigned for the disap-
pcaranCe.
Levi II. Kreider, farmer In Erie
county, Pennsylvania, was killed by
Edward ID. EIeidler. The men married
sisters and quarreled over the division
Of "a in 10 Itytc nctn n mt
Ter was arrested.
The steamer Belgravia, which ar
rived in New York from Catania,
Palermo and Naples, brought 1913
immigrants. This is the largest mum
Der of passengers arriving by any one
steamer this season.
owen Melton, one Of the crew of the
flibuSlering schooner Competitor cap
tured by the Spaniards, and who is
likely to be shot within As hours, IN,
less Consul General Williams inter
fcres, Is Il Kansas man.
Creighton W. Black was appointed
receiver of the Ohio Buggy company at
Columbus. The receiyership was the
result of judgments amounting to
about $45, 900. The assets and IiabIi-
ties are said to be about equal.
Mrs. Susan Schaifer, aged 7G years
and her housekeepcr, Mrs Martha
Burt, were alone al the home, near
Besscmcr, Pa, when an unknown
Italian appeared and attempted to as
sault Mrs Burt. She shot him.
The funeral services over the re-
mains Of the late Bishop Ryan We're
held in the cathedral at Buffalo. Arch
bishop Corrigan oficiated at the pom
tilicaI high mass and the sermon was
preached by Archbishop Ireland.
Fred G. Hcrbcc, general foreman of
th" Big -Four railway shops at Belle
fontninc, Ohio. is appointed master
mechanic of the Michigan division of
the Big -Four succeeding Charles II.
Doeblcr, who goes to the Wabash.
Mrs. Stanford has at last been en-
abed to pay the boQucst of SO 10000
which the senator left to Leland Stan
ford lr,. university, This payment
means an assured income to the insti-
tuition, no matter what may happen.
The Raincs law went into effect in
New York and $l,0O0,00O in taxes was
taken In by Deputy Commissioners Hill
lard brewers have decided to aid
saloon men as heretofore, and the num-
Der of saloons will not be materially
decreased.
Ole Disctli has begun suit against
NipuInn Ilrng I1nnr n G., HSE
for personal injuries received while
working for them on road bed near
llibbinE, Mimi, His pick struck
stick of dynamite which had been left
in the ground
Two men attacked Prof. Blather-
wick, of Iowa college, striking him
with a bottle, lie seized the bottle
and knocked both assailants down,
rendering one inscnsibe and cutting
large sashcs in the head of he other.
Roth were arrested.
Emmett llagadorns lumber and
broom handle plant ut Fife Lake,
Mich, burned, cntaiiug loss OF $lO,-
600 Application Tor insurance had
been made but 1t is not known
whether il was accepted. The mill had
been running but Il few weeks.
The annual congress of the National
Society of the Sons of the American
Revolution was held In Richmond. A
resolution Gavoring amalgamation with
the Society Of the Sons of the Rcvolu-
ton WAS adopted, and Gen. Horace
Porter was reelected president
Don NJ. Dickinson telegraphed from
Detroit to Secretary Carlisle that the
sound money men elected 20 Of the IS
delegates to Chicago mt the Michigan
convention The success u the gold
men is II bitter disappointment to the
advocates OF free coinage in congress
\ travelling ohsorNatorE, fitted With
one of the most powerful 2G-inch
glasses in the world. is TO be built and
put in use in Peru and Mexico. The
observatory will cost $50 600 and will
be in charge Of Dr. r. ]. !, See OF Chi
cage and pcrccval lowell, Of Boston,