Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-07-02

]. Pierpont Morgan told the senat
subcommittee that he took an issu
of government bonds in order to saw
the country's credit He refused t
say what his profits were, declarini
that was his private business.
Governor Altgeld has honored tn
requisition of the governor of Yves
Virginia for the surrender of Necl!
Fortner, who Is under arrest at Chi
cago and wanted In Mcdowell county
that state. for attempting murder
The following nominations for con
gress were made Fourth district o
{ California f. &, 4. Manure, demo
clat renominatcd Fourth district o
4 Ohio, George A. Marshall, Of Sidney
/ First district Of Vermont Powers, re
publican, rcnOminated.
The state department has instructed
| Minister Taylor to make strong rcprcS
cntatiOns to the Spanish government
with the view of securing PREPARATION
for indignitics to Or, DclgadO and other
American citizens In Cuba.
Mrs. Daniel Lamont's father, j. w
Kcnncy, died at McGrawviIlc, N. Y.
A crusade has been begun by the W.
G. II. u. women Of Racine against the
saloons The women visit the saloons
and hold prayer meetings in the pre-
scnce Of saloon keepers. Some months
ago the civic Federation began a wal
on the saloons but without success.
The boiler in the steam yacht Titus
Shcard exploded at Taylors cycle path
near Little Falls, n. Y, on the Erie
canal. Eleven persons were killed,
three fatally and six seriously injured.
Henry B. Bcccher, a son Of the late
Henry Ward lIcccher, was acquitted on
the charge of forging a corporate name.
Mrs. Leslie Carter testified in the Be
asco- I'airbank suit that the Chicago
millionaire ought to pay the theatrical
manager the SOS 900 for which he sue,
The famous Crocker's Iowa brigade
Of Red Oak Iowa, Will hold its eighth
biennial reunion ut MarshalltoWn, Sept.
% and "a. All soldiers who served in
the eleventh, thirteenth, fifteenth and
sixteenth Iowa volunteers are entitled
to membership and are urged to attend,
Western silver men are organizing
"A propaganda among the laboring
reached Chicago and will give the next
six weeks to agitation among the
trades unions of the city. 1t was sent
out by the Trade and Labor assembly
months in Jail with Dcbs,
The long contemplated funeral ser
vice Of Dow Mckinley, the eccentric
Scioto county farmer, was held at 10
platform facing 5000 people. He was
80 years old last "Wednesday, and aC-
cording to his theory a man should be
done with this life and ready for his
funeral whom he reaches that age The
minister preached for an hour The
minister referred to the antcmortcm
mass celebration by Charles V. OF Spain
rs the only parallel in history for this
occasion.
Obituary: At St. Paul, Mimi, lnSur-
ancc Commissioner Christopher Smith.
AT kcnosha, Wis, city Treasurer
Lorenzo Gilbert &c. At New Haven,
Conn, Paul Henry Lyman, of Chicago,
II Yale sophomore, -. Mrs, Mary Rich,
aged 80, iS dead at MunCic, Ind. Mich
acl Dietrich, GO years of age, II wealthy
resident of Carlyle, Ill, Is dead viii
liam Il, Tunn, II prominent business
man and modern woodmAn of Racine,
Wis, Is dead, aged i5, John klncaid,
aged so, iH dead at Galcna. I'LL. lie was
II Mexican war veteran and also served
in the civil war NJ. l.. Richardson, aged
IS, Is dead at Janesyillc, Wis, of n
stroke Of paralysis. He was Il prom
incnt educator, II Mason and leaves n
widow and Il son, j. +, Wiley, editor
of Tobacco Leaf.