Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-06-17

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| guilty.
Prominent local and surrounding
growers of Grand Rapids predict for
Michigan a peach crop this year that
will rot equal 10 per cent. of the
usual yield.
Nine German Catholic pastors OF
! Cincinnati have announced that here
after English as well as German SER
mons will be preached in their
churches.
The state central committee of the
populisi party Of Washington has is
sued q manifest to the effect that here
after the party will stand by itself and
| fight It's own battles.
The Ohio supreme court declared the
law unconstitutional which last Win
ter adopted the Torrens system of re-
cording land titles. The law Is SINH
lar to that of Illinois.
! The American expedition which has
been exploring In Terra del fueso
has been successful In finding gold In
quantities which will yield large pro-
fits for the working.
Fire, which started in Bryan's fer
t!lizlng mill at Alexandria, Va, des-
troyed block of buildings, principally
manufactures and warehouses, caus-
ing loss of 100000.
Jesse Way, counterfeiter, was sen
fenced to seven years In the Indian
penitentary. He Is 80 years old, and
has spent As years of his life In prison,
chiefly for counterfeiting.
Mayor Phelan Of San Francisco has
approved the order of the board OF
supervisors prohibiting the wearing
of high hats in theatres and the order
will be rigldly enforced.
The President appointed Lawrence
Townsend minister to Portugal, ellis
II. Roberts treasurer Of the United
States and Conrad N Jordan assist
ant treasurer ut New York City.
President Mckinley formally opened
the international commercial confer
erCe in Philadelphia and also made m
address to tho American Medical Asso-
citation, which met there.
Condit Dibble, of Perry, N. Y, the
Williams college football player who
last fall was kicked in the head at a
game and lost all remembrance of
his past life, regained his memory.
A thirteon-year-ol granddaughter
of President Sloan of the Delaware,
Lackawarna and Western railroad
lost control of her bicycle and was
drowned In n Iond near Garrisons.
N. Y.
Another killing frost was experience
cd throughout Wisconsin and small
fruits and vegetables suffered severely.
Snow fell In the extreme northern
portion of the state and In northern
Michigan.
August N. Schmittman, who was at
the head Of the firm Of John Is. Nor
gan, Wholesale flour merchants in
New York. was found in fold near
Rhinccllll, N. Y, with his skull
crushed,
Myer S. lsnacs, president of the
Baron dc llirsch fund, has received II
draft for $3.50, 900, the first installment
CT the 100000 given by Baroness
dc HiIsch for the benefit of the poor of
New York City.
The will of the late j. IL. r. Nelson.
pre- sidont of Nelson's bank, Montreal
and head of the brewing firm of J. H..
II. Nelson Bros, of the same city. has
been filed for probate. 1t disposes of
property amounting to $2,000,000.
Ex-State Treasurer ]. S. BARLEY was
arralgned In Omaha on the charge Of
ombelaling $20l 900 of state money.
Acting on the advice of his attorneys,
he refused to plead. Judge Baker or
dored u plea of not guilty entered for
him.
The Kentucky silver democratic
platform reailirms faith in the prin-
ciples set forth In the Chicago plat
form and indorses the canvass made
by Bryan. There was one dissenting
vote out of 1000 to the adoption of the
report.
Attorneys of Theodore Durrant ut
San Francisco have been granted leave
to appeal to tho United States supreme
cclrt. AS the court does not meet
again until Or,nber next, this vir-
tually means n respite for six months
at least
PrudoncIo de Murguiondo. delegate
from Uruguay, In an address at the
International Commercial Conference
J In Philadelphia, said the new tariff
bill, If passed by congress. would shut
out large part Of Urugl ay's trade
with this country.
Militia at urbuna, O., fired on n
mob which was bent ON lynching
Charles Mitchell, colored, for an as
sault on Mrs. Eliza Saumer. Two were
killed and nine were wounded The
mob made Il later attack on the Jail
and lynched Mitchell
Obituary AT Rushville, Ind, ex-
Senator Archibald Nj. Kennedy. 70
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