Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1898-02-17

At Galveston, Texas, John e. Pierce,
that he has closed a deal with the
G. A. II. people whereby they take
$4,000 acres of land in Matagora
county for colony.
The Belleville. ILL.,, police believe
they have In their clutches Paul Miller,
alias Ed Guger, the man charged
with the murder OF Frances d., Sarah
A. and Elsie Newton, at Brockfeld,
Mass, on the night OF Jan. 7.
The criminal court jury In the trial
of J. w. Keith, christian scientist,
on trial for falling TO report case
Of diphtheria In his family to the health
department, failed to agree at Kansas
City.
Three miles from Greenville, Ohio,
Dayton and Union passenger engine
struck buggy containing c. f..
Young, wife and 4-year-0ld girl. Mr..
Young and the child were killed and
the mother was terribly injured.
Samuel Robinson, who has just
completed sentence of eight years
In the Colorado penitentiary for rob
bling the Florence, Col, post office, has
been arre"ted, charged with the muir
der OF Government Agent Robert Hub
bard, I'm No Mans Land, In 1888.
Cashier William J. Quinlan OF the
Chemical National Bank, New York,
resigned, saying In letter to the
banks president that lie had lent $685.
600 of It's money and concealed the
transaction by improper methods.
The president has nominated Ethan
A. Hitchcock, now minister to Russia,
the Russian government having con-
ferred similar rank on Count Cassini,
It's new diplomatic representative to
the United States
The general land Office has decided
the cases OF Archbishop John Ireland,
involving the right to about 10000
acres of land in Minnesota. In one
case the decision Is against the Arch
bishop and the other In his favor.
Joint committee OF both houses
of the Tennessee Legislature Is en-
gagged In investigating charge OF at
tempted efforts to bribe u member of
the lower house In regard to legisla-
ton touching the sale of cigarettes.
New York's export trade Is dwind
ling Thirty years ago 1t commanded
70 per cent. Of the total exports OF the
country, but the report of the state
engineers shows that 1t today COM
mands but 81 per cent.
Policeman Schultz, OF Chicago, at.
tended church Sunday. While his
head was bent during prayer he saw
between his fingers pickpocket steal
u purse from woman, and arrested
him.
Few sugar beets will be grown in
Nebraska this year. The manufac-
turers insist on contract requiring
the farmers to accept 80 cents less per
ton for their beets In case Hawaii Is
annexed, and the farmers refuse to
sign
fhe Volunteers Of America have re-
their work on the Pacific coast. A
lady who wishes to conceal her iden-
tity has decided tho organization an
orange orchard of twenty acres. valued
at $4,000, situated at Thermalito,
near Oreville, In Butte county, Cal.
Or. Mary Wood Allen Of Ann Ar
Dor for some years superintendent o
the purity work In the National w G.
n. L., has been chosen by tho general
officers rs successor to Mrs. Josephine
lutler In the department Of work for
tho promotion of social purity in the
worlds w. G. r. u,
Japan has withdrawn all objections
10 tho annexation OF Hawaii by the
United States Under the treaty with
Japan proclaimed IN 1895 and which
goes into effect in July, 1899, Japanese |
IN Hawaii, in the event of annexation,
would have tho right of naturalization /
md the franchise
1t Is reported that syndicate !
headed by Mike Mcdonald, Chicago's '
boss gambler, has purchl used Fighting !
island. located In the middle OF the '
Detroit river, about eight miles from
Detroit. with the intention of making
It big gambling resort The island
contains $500 acres, and the
price was between $l,500,OOO and
&, 100000.
DR.. Miguel, Prusslan minister of
iEace. has issued Il decree forbidding
he importation If American fresh |
'luits of any kind into Germany, on
sanitary grounds. At the state de-
partment 1t is said the president will |
probably use his statutory power to |
retaliate sharply, II the decree is not
justified.
Other than to take measures to pro-
tect the Nicaraguan canal commission |
rom injury, the administration will !
not interfere In any way in the revolu-
ton In Nicaragua, says the Herald's
correspondent. The !
gunboat Newport, which conveyed the
comm issfDn tn Greytown In atill NJ