Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-06-10
DOMESTIC.


governor Of Rhode Island.
George Sage, a granddaughter OF Rus
sell SAGE, died in the VIII county poor
house at Joliet.
The trial of II. O. Havemeyer for
contempt of the United States senate
ended in acqulttal.
Harvey r. Taylor, a wealthy lum-
Der dealer of Grand Rapids. Mich.
died at Sandy Hill, N. Y.
The National Wallpaper company
won suit in New York involving
s3S, 900, 0G0 OF its securities.
Charles X. Hillyard, wealthy law
yer, of Brooklyn. N. Y, shot and
killed his son and himself.
Whitelaw Reid has accepted the
post of special United States ambassa-
dor at Queen Victoria's jubilee.
A man thought to be J. G. Durham,
who extorminated a family OF Six peo'
pie at San Jose. Cal, has been arrested
at La Grange, Texas.
The new treatment for lock-jaw has
Just been successfully tried. 1t CON
sists OF injections Of tetanus anti
tcxin OF diphtheria.
George A. Duey, recently connected
with the United Press ut Chicago, was
shot by Cincinnati policeman, who
mistook him for burglar.
The large grain elevator At Kadford,
H., owned by Wilkes e. Smell, OF
Moweaqua, H., was destroyed by fro.
The Turkish government has for
mally objected to the appointment OF
DR.. Frank B. Angel of Michigan uni
versity IN minister from the United
States.
IN the mountains SIX miles from
Skykt mish, Wash, and three miles
from trail, Charles w. Frlsbee, gen
eral auditor OF the Peninsula railroad,
fell dead, of heart disease.
The Pennsylvania state senate pass
cd the bill appropriating $65907 96 for
the expenses Of the senate committee
which investigated the municipal man
agement Of Philadelphia.
Commander Booth-Tucker, OF the
salvation army, was convicted OF
maintaining Il disorderly house Mt the
New York barracks. where all-night
prayer-meetings were held.
Miss Mary Overtell Of Chicago daugh-
ter of Judge ~. Ortsn of South Mil
waukee, will be married Monday to DR..
II. W. Haskell of Richland Center,
DR.. Haskell was the physician who
found traces Of arsenic In the alleged
victims of Rose Zoldoshi at the post
norton examination.
Fire at Savannah, Co., destroyed the
wholesale grocery store OF Smith
Brothers and badly damaged the gro
Gerry stock of j. M. Dixon a. Co., on
Bay street. Loss. $4,000 fully insured
An intoxicated machinist killed the
mayor of Oakman, Ala. The murderer
vas shot by brother of the mayor,
but the desperate. before dying, shot
three other people. Two of them will
die.
The gas frontage bin and the gas
consolidation bill supposed to be the
pct measures of the Chicago gus trust,
passed tho Illinois senate by vote of
81 to 28. The bills have yet to pass
the house.
Governor Lowndes of Maryland has
decided to commute tho death sentence
In tho case of Simon Hommor, who
was to have been hanged at Cumber-
land June rs for tho murder of Sam
uel M. Garner
About two hundred electricians arc
en II strike in Milwaukee, because con-
FACTORS refuse to grant their demand
OF 81 Ia cents as tho minimum wage
scale per hour. eight hours to constl
Il 20 days work,
Tho Northern Presbyterian general
assembly, at Eagle Lake, Ind, voted
It's readiness to take active steps for
union with the Southern church 'as
soon AZ tho Lord In His providence
shall open the way"
Judge Daily of the New York gu
preme court has decided that restau-
rant-keepers arc liable for twice the
value of hats or coats stolen from
patrons If the latter are not given an
opportunity to check wearing apparel.
The democrats OF South Carolina
will hold primary election to choose
United States senator to succeed
John l., Mcl4aurin. who has been
appointed temporarily to fiji tho
vacancy left by the death OF : dye
Earle.
David Robinson. son of Ex-Governor
Robinson, and eX-mayor of Elmira
was indicted by the New York grand
jury on charge Of grand larceny pre-
ferred by the Mutual Life Insurance
company, whose agent he was ut
Elmira.
Trainers of prize fighters cannot
ook to the courts to assist them In the
collection Of training fees Judge
Seawell of San Francisco has SO de-
cided in the suit of j, j. Rauer against
Thomas Sharkey. The Plaintiff sued
for u balance OF 5000 alleged to be duo