Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-12-24

wounded his father, DR.. Freeman, OF
| Missouri Valley, Ia, and then sent a
bullet through his own brain, dying
! instantly.
Fire in the paint and varnish store
of W. p. Fuller & Co at San Francisco
Thursday destroyed property worth be-
tween $4,000 and 100000, partly Gov
cred by insurance.
The tobacco manufacturing plant OF
the Brown Brothers Tobacco company,
in Winston. n c., was destroyed by
fire. Loss, $l50,OOO, with $4,000 in
surance.
There appears to be the very highest
authority for the statement that Gen.
Horace Porter OF New York, has been
offered the portfolio Of war in McKin-
ley's cabinet and has declined At.
| There are 500 men In Topeka who
are talking about organizing for trip
to Florida and to join the Cuban
army The agitation Is confined to
men without work.
AS William Stanley, a convict, was
On his way to the penitentiary from
Columbus, Ohio, he made his escape
by jumping from train running Az
miles an hour.
Two Milwaukee girls working in the
Badger Shoe Co., factory, stepped down
the elevator fiat in the dark and fell
IS feet, or 10 stories. Their recoV-
cry Is doubtful.
Sir Richard Cartwright will leave In
n few days for Washington to ascer-
tain whether President elect Mckinley
Will enter into reciprocity negotiations
with Canada He will go at the die
tatiOn Of Premier lhurier.
Five Tuscoa, H., men have started
TO walk to Washington, 900 miles, car
ryIng the monster horn used in the
late campaign, which is thirty -four
feet long and weighs no pounds. 1ney
expect to sell 10000 pictures en- route.
It Is csumntcd that aEeady $50 fam
lies have disposed Of cir belongings
In superior and Duluth and taken
tracts OF land in the south, most OF
chem IN the vicinity of Sibley, Ga.
They g to raise fruit. They pay S5
az acre and are allrrcd by agencies.
The jury returned a verdict in tn"
case of John Lemey, Bart Lynn and
Fld Lynn, on trial for tho murder of
Ben Ladd, last May, finding them
guilty, and fixing their term In the
penitcntary at 80, 20 and IA years re-
spectively
John G. Ncwbill, register of the
Springfield land office, has been re |
Quested To send in his resignation to
Secretary Of the Interior Francis or
charges of neglect of duty. He !
IL amid to have been active in the silver .
cause.
Col John Hicks of the Oshkosh
would Hike to return to .
Peru as minister He learned to speak |
tho Spanish language and is acclimal /
I'd but three OF the four immediate /
predecessors died while holding bho /
office. It IL a $lUOoo post
There WAS u pro Maceo dcmonalrar
ton in The Italian chamber of depu-
les, led by the socialists. But Madrid /
continues joyful. The queen regent re
rciVcd an ovation ut the opera. Her
majesty sent an aidC~dc~camp to con
gHtulatc the wife Of Maj Cirujcda, the !
officer who commanded the Spanish /
troops in the engagement with the in
lurgens,
lIlcli Observatory, Cal. new
comet was discovered In the conslclla-
ion nr pitpna Inv ~ | pnrt. Il
sition Is; Right ascension 81 minutes,
degrees and 20 minutes
north.
Denver Charles Il. Grell and Adel-
bert IT, West, members of the Nation
nj Guard OF Colorado, have obtained
leave of absence and intend to start
for Cuba with &c volunteers, all Of
whom have had military training.
MustMpha Roy, minister from Tur
key, made n formal protest to Sccre
tnly Olney against tho language on
the Turkish atrocities used by the
president in his message, The MIN
lister intimated that unless some
was made he would ask for his
papers,
Denver George Thomas, NOR
chant of Grand junction, Col, brought
IN an attack of nosebleadng three
weeks ago by lifting u sack of flour.
nho bleeding continued and In spite
of all that tho physicians could do he
iiod, His weight had become reduced
from $50 to 100 pounds.
Topeka, Kan, Judge Hauzen of the
Shawnee county district court was
routed out OF his bed at o'clock In the
morning and appointed Samuel Bar
mum receiver for the celebrated silver
statue 90 Ada Rehan, which Is on exit
bitiom In n local store
Tho Georgia state senate has passed
the bin making women eligible for
state librarian. Only the governors
SIGNATURE ia wanting to mako it a law.
Prank Cunningham. a negro, charged
With assaultng white girl Miss
Camp, was found II. lily in Macon. Ga. /
and sentenced to- be hanged
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