Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-05-28

for the presidential nomination as be-
ing worthy of the support of the A.
p. A.
Lightning pictured house upon the
white wall within, near Niles, Mich.
In nine days the negative disappeared.
At Parkersburg, w. Va, forest fires
are raging in Tucker county. The loss
is already estimated at half million.
The entire county will be devastated
unless rain falls.
The message sent around the world
from the electrical exposition in New
York by Chauncey NJ. Depew, was:
"God created natures treasures
science utilities electric power for the
grandeur of the nations and the peace
of the world" 1t went round in 80
minutes. There were 10000 people in
the nall during the evening.
The Pennsylvania Heat, Light and
Power company has purchased the
electric trust for 81, 100000. This gives
control of over half the electrical bust
ness in Philadelphia. The electric
trust had absorbed four companies aud
has a capital stock of $3,640,000. John
Wanamaker, Thomas Dolan, and ..ow-
Der Welsh and others are in It,
The Vassar girls held field day
Saturday With the exception of the
college faculty, representatives Of the
male sex were excluded. The events
included running high jump, fence
vault, the 100 yards dash, standing
broad jump, throwing the basket ball,
the 220 yard, running broad jump,
throwing baseball, the 100 yard hurdle,
the 300 yard relay race.
Scott Jackson was found guilty of
murder in the first degree at Newport,
KY, and the penalty fixed at death for
the murder of Miss Pearl Bryan, whose
! headess body was found on the Ken
Cincinnati, Feb J. 1896 Alonzo NJ
Walling, charged with participating in
the murder, will now be tried.
! While at China Hat, on the west
coast of Vancouver island, Capt. Al
cock, of the Glad Tidings, reports that
some Indians showed him a life buoy
bearing the name of Cadez Forest,
which they had picked up the day be-
fore on the beach. The Indians also
say that a large amount of wreckagc
and lumber was also strewn along the
beach
There is prospect OF a lynching tax
ing place in Duval county, Texas. Two
/ weeks ago Benito Ortiz and YideIonso
/ CARA, two well known and highly re-
spectacle citizens of that county, We're
shot and killed from ambush, Valen-
tine COLOMBO confessed that he did the
deed. The murdered men had numer-
GUS friends and they are making
strong threats of lynching Colon2o.
On Saturday, in Washington, occur
red the marriage at the Stewart man
sion of Miss May Bell, daughter of
Senator Stewart, of Nevada, to Mr..
Francis Lithgrew Payson, of New York
city The bride was dressed in an eX-
quiSte gown of white satin. The Brit
ish ambassador and Lady Pauncefote,
Mrs Grant, Mrs. Sartoris and many
others were present. Mr.. and Mrs,
| Payson will live in Baltimore.
In Jail at Juneau, Wash, waiting
trial on the charge of murder, is CHER
Ye Teetleeh, the tyee of the Hoonan
Indians, a small tribe of some hundred
members occupying ChicakakioT is
lands, about 100 miles southerly from
Juneau. The offensC with which the
old chief is charged is the murder by
torture of his nephew, whom he ac-
cused of witchcraft. The chief had a
disease affecting his light leg. He
dreamed that his nephew had be
witched him. and. on the strength Of
this, he proceeded to kill him.