Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-08-20

Chairman J. E. Dooley of the Utah
republican Ltate committee recon-
mends that the republican party place
in nomination Mckinley electors and
that all republicans unite in the cleo
ton of a congressman and local Off
GERS, and that at the primaries and the
convention no test shall be made that
would ALLEVIATE any true republican.
The American Freehold Land Mort
gage company of London, England, has
brought suit in the circuit court at
Kansas City TO recover $26, 200 in law
full gold money of the United Stales
from the Southern Agency ard Invest
ment company. Unsatisfactory trans
actions by the company are alleged.
There were seventy-tWo deaths from
the heat in New York and Brooklyn in
one day last week. In Philadelphia,
30: Baltimore, 49, Chicago, 49, small
Illinois towns, 8; Cincinnati, g. small
towns in Indiana 3; small towns in
Ohio, 3; Boston, 2; st. Louis, 2; Pits
burg, /; Cleveland, 2; Louisville, /;
Memphis, / San Antonio, /, and Sioux
City, !.
The conference of gold democrats at
indianapolis, Ind, resulted in deci-
sion to hold national convention in
indianapolis early in September to
nominate rational ticket The name
adopted by the new party was national
democratic party. The organizers of
the new party designate the supporters
of the Chicago tickrL and platform
pOpulist democrats.
-Four men were drowned in Benton
IIarbOr, Mich. The men, with Il dozen
others, were bathing when two of the
number, who could not swim, wee
caught by the under tow and the Others
went to their rescue. Two lost thclr
own lives in the effort at rescue, while
u third had II narrow escape by a
drowning man clnging to him and
pulling him under.
The second day Of the Bryan trip to
New York closed with the candidates.
arrival in Chicago, where he received
Il rOuSing reception. Enthusiastic
greetings all along the route from Des
Moines elected many speeches from
Mr. Bryan. The trip on to New York
was an ovation all the way. The mott
hcation in Madison Square Garden
brought out u monster crowd.
After II conference between state
committees Of the democratic and popu-
list parties 1t Is now affirmed that :"
IT, Beck, candidate for auditor on the
democratic state ticket in Illinois will
be Withdrawn and the place given 10
some leading populist This, it is said
will insure Il complete fusion of both
parties on the presidential and state
tickets. Beck is protesting against his
removal, but he is offered the appoint
mcnt OF n prominent position shout
Governor Altgcld be elected.
Obituary: AT Wichita, Kan, Aunt
Nancy Fistow, an eX-slave, 1Ot.-At
Washington, Judge S. w, Shelabarger.
At kenosha, Wis, Mrs. Margaret
Mitchell, G2. At Warsaw, ILL.,, Mrs.
Kate Vandell 56.-At Macomb, H..
Peter Ehrhcart At Wabasha, Mimi,
J. II. Lakey 72.-At Towanda, Ill.,,
Samuel c. Ware, SG.-At Sioux Falls,
s. d., Judge Alon2o J. Edgerton, 60 -
AT Woodstock, H., DR.. James North
rup, 7l.-At Muncic, Ind, Isaac Bass,
&c At Peoria, ILL.,, August e. r..
Brown. 7l.--At Turner, ILL.,, ~ r. Kltcl,
30 At Carlyle, Ill, Roy. Thomas c.
Sharp, Is At Valparaiso l. I Dudley
c. Wheeler, 10 Joseph |. Bates Dr':
cipal of the Woodstock cato Baptist
college, dicG.