Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-11-04

OtciDl5S SSbtStniJ VI thS D"tN'i''
trades council of st. Louis, for a gen
eral convention Of councils to be hell
in st. Louis Dec. 20.
Frank Havaland, 38, a newspape
man known throughout the country
and formerly a member Of the New
York Mail and Express staff, died a
Denver of consumption.
The old Fort Randall military res
ervation, containing over one nun
dr. ed thousand acres of land partly II
South Dakota, and partly In Nebraska
was opened for settlement.
1t Is stated In Washington that
President Mckinley will not appoint
General Longstreet railroad commits
sioner, but will retain Gen. Wade
Hampton in the position.
Ex-President Grover Cleveland, in
an Grafton at the commencement day
exercises Of Princeton University, re-
ferred (orcibly to the dangers of blind
craftsmanship in political affairs.
General Wilson, chief of engineers,
estimates that $5,Sl0,000 will be needed
for coast defenses for the fisGal year
ending June 80, 1899; for the -.ver and
harbor improvements, $48,328, 100.
Jacob Worth, the republican leader
in Brooklyn, who favored Seth Low
for mayor, ind who was so badly de-
feated by the Plat republicans, has
reluctantly consented to take the
stump for General Tracy.
William J. Holder, AZ, formerly
well known in turf and general sport
Ing circles in New York, Is dead a,
the Woonsocket CIR. - hospital from
rheumatism. He wrote for turf papers
under the name of Redloh.
Western jobbers Of window glass, at
u meeting at Chicago, ordered an adj
vance In prices Of per cent, to take
effect At once, and notified the trade
OF another advance OF not less than
per cent, to take effect Nov /.
The premature explosion of blast
In A. j. Snyder's cement quarry al
Rosendale, N. Y, killed Arnold John.
ston instantly, and inflicted probably
fatal injuries on three others named
Bailey, Shader and Johnston.
George B. Anderson of the District
Of Columbia has been appointed con
sui mt Grenoble, France. He was
consul at Antigua, West Indies, and
was transferred, He was also socre-
tary of legation at Petropols, Brazil
In 1893,
A dispatch from Scranton, Pa, says
that Achilles Felker, who murdered
Cora Gress Mt Gouldsboro. Wayne
him, was found dead at Snydcrsvillc
Monroe county, having killed him
self.
At tho meeting Of the board of di-
rectors of the Catholic University a
cablegram wns read from Cardinal
Rampolll stating that the pope did
not wish Monsignor Schroeder, pro-
fessor of dogmatic theology, to be re-
moved from his position.
The respective estimates of Van
Wyck, Low, Tracy and George of their
own strength IN the mayoralty contest
In Now York, taken IN the aggregate,
ls nearly one-quarter million moro
votes than the entire number of voters
recently registered,
1t Ia expected that the New York
supreme court commission appointed
to consider tho immediate construction
of an underground and elevated rail-
way over tho entire length of Man
haitian island will make n favorable
report upon the project.
The British ship Waterloo, Capt.
Nicol. from Vancouver, b. c., arrived
at Grenock. She landed the crew of
the Austrian bark Gloria from Huenos
Ayers for Hnvre, who were picked un
after having abandoned their ship In
n sinking condition September Is,
Chaplain ID. II. Shields, recently ap-
pointed to deal with the negotiations
relative to reciprocity agreements un-
der tho new tariff act, has entered up
on the actual work with which he Is
charged beginning with the effort to
prepare an acceptable agreement ~
tn case Of France.
Henry \ llolcumhe, II director of
the Bennett and Columbia cotton mills
at New Bedford Mass, which went
down in II financial crash last spring,
was ordered held for the grand jury
on charge of conspiring with Frank
r. Hadley, the late treasurer, to de
fraud the corporation of 100000.
After search for u week, Frank
md Henry Mendoro were arrested
near prattsville, N, Y. for adbucttng
Katie Clum, l6, white girl, whom
they took to Teauock, N j., after
Henry and the girl were married at
llavorstrnw, Tho two men went back
TO prattsNile after the girl had been
taken from them by her father,
The $50 employees of the dress.
goods mandatory Of L. A. Bochmal
\ Co, nj philadelphia went out on a
strike because of the refusal of the
firm to grant their demand for an in
crease OF 10 per cont, In wages, Th,
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