Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-02-27

twice that amount Creditors will BIZ
paid in full.
News just reached Tallulah, Ga, o
the killing of Joseph Crumpton, {
farmer, and his daughter Miss Salli,
Crumpton, in the mountainous regio1
of Rabun county Crulnpton was sus
pected Of having reported an illici
still to the revenue authorities.
The expert accountant who has beer
at work on the books of Thomas B
Clohesy, the absconding secretary O.
the Golden Rule building and loan as
ISOLATION at Chicago, has reported
that the speculations Of the defaultel
will amount to something over 10000
Every business house on the north
side Of the square and the west block
ut Konnett, Mo, were destroyed by
fire. Burglars had blown open the
postoffice safe and set fire TO the build
ing. The total loss is 100000, with in
surance of $4,000
The postoiIice at Petersburg, H., was
entered by burglars. The safe was
blown open and rined of it's contents
and the office generally ransacked
Soon after the building was discovered
to be on fire and, with it's contents,
was totally destroyed.
. Mayor John p. Whiting, aged twenty
three, of Somerville Springs, the young
est mayor In Michigan, and possibly
the youngest mayor in the United
States, has gone to Ann Arbor, where
he will take the law course of the
Michigan university
The United States man-of-war Mar
mission will hold examinations on
March 10 in Boston, New York, Buffalo,
Philadelphia, Cincinnati, Kansas City,
Chicago, Los Angeles and San Francis
90 for the positions of meat inspector,
stock examiner and tagger.
Governor Mcintyre, of Colorado, has
issued proclamation forbidding the
importation into the state of cattle
from California, Texas and all states
and territories south Of the thirty sixth
parallel Of north latitude without GER
tincate that they are free from Texas
fever
Strychnine poisoning caused the
death of n young woman on the Du-
buque train coming to La Crosse. Her
name was Andrews and her parents live
there. She went to Savanna to meet
n young man to whom, ii is said, she
was engaged, but owing to some trouble
started for home.
The two Fitzgerald boys, accused of
numbering Prof. Eglau in the deaf and
dumb institute, New York, were dis
charged. The police now have Night
Waterman Ain3borough under surveil-
lance. Eglau's pocketbook, containing
$780, was found concealed in the base
mcnt.
At Los Angeles, Cal, the jury in the
Holiday damage case brought In a
verdict which awarded damages to
Mrs. Fannie Holiday In the sum of
$500 for malicious prosecution. Mrs
Holiday, who was a co-defendant with
her husband was a daughter of the
late Allen G. Thurman.
Gen. Kelly, of CoXey army fame, or
ganized new political party in Omaha.
The pledge reads: Recognizing the
necessity of labor organizing for its
protection, we. the undersigned, do
pledge ourselves to support no political
party other than the party of labor,
and we hereby rcnounce any and all
political at1liation with the republican
a. Il, Of mart inc ~
A letter received in Muncie, Ind, dis
closes a plot to lynch Scott Jackson,
also Walling, Wood and the Gasker
brothers. 1t says that at least 5000
men will take part in the killing, and
adds that unless the murderers were
taken to Kentucky mob of 1000 men
would bear down on the Cincinnati Jail
armed with Winchesters and lynch the
men.
obituary: At St. Louis, Judge Alex
ander Davis sixty-four,- Allan a,
Ga, Judge Richard II. Clark. AT New
Haven, Conn. William Lathrop Kings
lcy.-At Sterling, Ill.,, DR.. II. c. Donald
son, seventy-six. At Salt Creek, Ind.
sylvester Dorsey, eighty-thrce, AT
Chattanooga Tenn, Judge II. l.. White
sidc.-At Seattle, Wash, Rev. H. r.
Hayward. of Neenah, visa Joliet,
Ill.,, Mrs, O. II. Woodruff, fifty-four.-
At Maysville, Ky, Colonel Charles u.
Marshall eighty -seven.
An attempt was made to burn the
building at 4l9 Tower avenue, West
Superior occupied by the Bell Clothing
company The fire caught under the
stairway in closet and burned the
roof, damaging the building to the eX-
tent of several hundred dollars, The
clothing was damaged less than 500
A trunk Of clothing and papers was
under the stairs saturated with kero-
senc. The attic is said to have been
well keroscned. Six thousand dollars
insurance was carried on the clothing,
FOREIGN.
The Samoan revolution is ended.
Gen Weyler says he Is particular.