Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-09-16

tial OF the Atlantic artillery officers
has been arrested ON the charge OF en-
bezzling between $4,000 and So,UoV.
Consul General Lee telegraphs IRON
Havana that Evangelical Elsneros is
not of noble birth, as stated, but the
daughter of poor but respectable Gu
ban, and one OF a family OF six chill
dren.
Daniel G. Rollins, former surrogate
of the county Of New York, Is dead.
Il. b. Cuthbert & Co., OF New York,
made an assignment. Mrs John Drew
died at Lar3hmoni, N. Y, aged n
years.
Russell d. Ward the Englishman
who recently eloped with the wife Of
Millionaire John Bradley of Los An
geles, Cal, committed suicide by
jumping from an express train In
Iowa.
The attempt of the Platt republican
organization to bring about an anti
Ttmmany conference on the greater
New York mayoulity with the citizens
Union and other political bodies, was
| failure.
| The st. Paul's time from New York
to the Needles was days IL hours
and minutes, within few minutes
0, err an hour of the best eastward rec
ord, which was made by the Furst Bis
mark
At Salida, Col, Judge William Cab
bart was nominated for the supreme
ton on Il rising vote. The platform
demands the Independent free coinage
Of silver.
Secretary Of State Sherman has no
Cifled the governor OF Iowa that 1t Is
violative Of treaty rights for the state
TO impose q higher rate Of taxation on
Swiss insurance companies than on
American corporations.
Coal operators and strikers are con-
sldering two propositions to call the
strike off and accept 90 cents or to take
Ga cents pending arbitration, which
shall not make 1t more than 90 cents
Lor less than 60,
Mr. Coffin the acting controller OF
the currency. says the United States
Is accommodating vast amount of cap
ital, and will soon be financially in
dependent of great Britain, If 1t Is not
really independent now.
Samuel Gompers, the president OF
the American Federation Of Labor,
says he did not atteui the ST. Louis
labor convention because ;ho call in
v'ted representatives of bodies which
are not labor orga iIHnIo1 -.
Mrs. J. II. McQuillan Of Ovorbrook,
Philadelphia, was killed and seventeen
other passengers were injured by a
car being thrown from the track at
Cortland, N. Y, on the Delaware,
ackawanna and Western railroad.
Colonel Gordon's British column
las arrived ut Kohat, India, without
having met with any opposition. The
Afrdis have apparently left the Khy-
Der Pass. An outbreak Is reported
among the Moplahs, fanatioal Moham-
r edans. on the Malabar coast of India.
war department has rendered an opin-
ion holding that certificates of honor
are to be granted to all who were en-
ployed In maintaining and operating
military telegraph lines during the civ
II war, including operators and messen-
gers.
The democratic state convention or
Pennsylvania met Mt Reading and rec
commended James l.. Guffy of Pitts
burg as VIM. H. Harrity's successor In
the democratic national convention.
Walter 10. Ritter was nominated for
auditor general and M. Il. Brown for
state treasurer. At one stage OF the
proceedings, some of the delegates en-
~ ged in free fight in the stage.
A passenger train was held up near
Folsom, N. M, by masked men. They
got on tho "blind baggage and Wit
nearing Twin Mountain, climbed over
the tender, covering the engineer and
fireman with revolvorsMThey ordered
them to stop at Twin Mountain, where
two men were waiting with four hor-
SOS. AS soon as the trlin stopped they
began shooting to lntimidate the pass
engers. Two entered the express car
and blew open the safe. 1t - cstima-
ted that $4,000 or $1,000, vas secured
FOREIGN FLASHES.