Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-02-18

his session.
senjamin Henderson. wealthy
ranch owner near Ukiah, Cal, was
murdered by Mexican Iaborer. The
murderer stabbed Henderson in the
back, then hacked the body Of his
victim to pieces.
Secretary OF State Olney has received
from President Eliot OF Harvard uni
versity an invitation to fiji the chair
of International law at that institution
after the expiration Of his term of Of
! fee in the state department.
Senator Plat of Connecticut has
introduced a bill amending the copy
right laws 80 as to provide that If any
person shall cause to be published any
copyright article contrary to law he
shall forfeit 81 for every copy sold.
The regents OF the Smithsonian in
stitution approved the appointment by
the secretary of Mr.. Richard Rathbun
as assistant secretary Of the institution,
with duties connected with the charge
OF It's bureaus, other than the national
museum.
The friends OF Chairman Mark A.
Hanna, OF the national republican com
mittee, have given up hope that he VIII
be appointed United States senator to
succeed John Sherman. Lieut.-Gov. Asa
Jones, 1t Is generally believed, will be
appointed.
Julio Sanguilly, a citizen Of the
United States, who has been condemn
ed by the Spanish authorities to per-
petual imprisonment in chains in Cuba,
was the subject of a letter and cor
respondence sent by the president to
the senate.
William Beck, u farmer residing six
miles from Quincy, H., Is dead from
being gored by an angry bull. The
animal trampled on his body and then
tossed him over the fence into q pig
pen where the hogs inflicted other
fearful injuries, from which he died
Mayor Swift of Chicago has signed
the General Electric Railroad ordi-
nance, giving that company twenty
year franchise On several S0GihSldc
streets. including Wabash avenue. The
city secures 7lg per cent, Of the gross
earnings of the company for the fran
chisc.
Tho monthly report Of the director
Of tho mint shows the total coinage
ut the United States minis during jan
uury to have been 1851 ,220, of which
81 1903, APO was gold, 81 ,9Gi,S 800 silver
and 1888 900 minor coins. OF the silver
coined $1,Sl2,0O0 was in standard dol
! lars.
Twenty mine relatives of the late
| Millionaire Charles Grandson Hopkins,
have filed papers in suit in the cir
cult court ut Kansas City to break his
| will Hopkins died last fall and his
will bequeathed his large estate to his
secretary and his housekeoper, leaving
but small bequosts TO relatives.
Tho Chinese Six companies, the most
powerful, richest and most far-rcAch-
Ing Chinese organization In America,
went out OF existence Monday, the be-
ginning of tho Chinese New Year. 1t
had been u power for years, and went
to pieces because of dlssension among
the several companies composing 1t.
The comparative statement of the
government receipts and expenditures
shows the total receipts during Jan
uary to have been 81 ,3l6,904, and the
expenditures $50, $3.50. This leaves
u deficit for the month Of So ,952, 1896,
and for tho seven months Of the pres
ent fiscal year deficit Of $780, 1872
IL. kaulbach, teacher of commercial
law In FN2ee n Whistons business
college at Halifax. N. s., was found on
IN upper floor of the college with his
! skull crushed in. lie had been at
lacked by n domentod son Of the jan
ltor, who struck him with an ax.
kaulbach viii probably die. His as
sailant Is under arrest
Mrs. William Frye, wife Of st.
Louis huckster, prepared Il dish of
corn-mcal pudding for supper All
| the family ate of t and all were I'll
within an hour One of the three chill
drcn has since died and the others can
not recover Tho parents are in dan
Ecrous condition. The attending ply
stefan says the family was poisoned
There is no suspicion Of crime
The Secretary of War transmitted
to the senate an abstract of the mil
tia force OF tho United States for the
year 1896, according to the latest re-
turns received, The grand total of all
srms of the service is 1862, and the
number OF men available for military
duty mnorEaniSed). l0.1i9,1S4. Larger
arms Of the service are given as fol-
lows: Infantry, t02. ass; cavalry, 1870:
light battery, 1860.
Tho statement of the public debt is
sued shows the debt less the cash in
The Treasury on January 81 to have
been Sl,007 ooS,Sl7, an increase for
the month of $li,0t7,7$5 This increase
IN the cash Is the result Of the rcdcmp-
ton Of S95S6000 in matured rurinc
Railroad bonds, which will be he'd as
debt against tho company. aud the
interest payments for the month, which
amounted to $6,76i ,03G
Obituary; At Richmond. Va, Rev.
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