Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1898-01-27


resentative to Mexico to study the
practical workings OF the unlimited
coinage OF silver.
Bishop Mclaul OF Trenton, acting as
arbitrator, has decided that the com
ing convention OF the Reunited Ancient
Order OF Hibernians shall be held at
Trenton, June II.
Apparently trustworthy information
from the Indian Territory is TO the ef-
feet that there has been no uprising
of the Seminoles and that no massacre
has occurred.
Minnesota officials have reached
Fort Worth, Tex, with Sam Copeland,
who Is wanted at Saltwater, Mimi,
for robbng q bank Of $4,000 two years
ago.
A petition protesting against the an
noxation of Hawaii signed by 100 sugar
beet raiseIs of Ven ura county, Call
fornla, has been forwarded to wash
! iDgton.
President Mckinley has pardoneo
Clyde Mattox, twice convicted OF the
murder In Oklahoma, Ok, in Decem-
her. 1890, OF John Mullins, negro, anu
sentenced to hang.
The senate committee on judiciary
made a favorable report on the hoihi-
nation OF Attorney General Mchenha
to be an associate justice OF the uhiCea
States supreme court.
Edwin II. Conger OF Iowa, united
States minister to Brazil, has been
nominated us minister to China am
G. p. Bryan Of Illinois has been nom
mated as minister to Brazil.
Mrs Shafter, wife of General Will
lam Il. Shafter, United States army,
is at the point of death at her home at
Fort Mason. Cal.
Joseph G.. Johnson who was ar
rested in Montana, will be brought
back to Missouri to stand trial on a
charge of abducting white girl.
Charles Marsh, who was arrested In
Kansas City on a charge OF sWindling,
turns out to be "Boston Charley one
OF the cleverest confidence men In
the country.
ItDDtlL lulu well, IICli'ii, o'h'
Williams and Tom Wilson, colored,
were killed in a drunken fight near
Iarboursville, Ky, and william Bur
gas MORALLY wounded.
In the trial of the suit OF Charles M.
Despeallx against the Pennsylvania,
Railroad company in Philadelphia,
William Rockefeller testified that the
Standard Oil company got rebate on
oil shipped over that road.
The approximate earnings Of the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad company
for December, 1897, were $2,312,544,
which Is an Increase OF $l34 ,739 over
the actual earnings for December,
1896.
A syndicate of New York capitalists
has secured TN option on 80 per cent.
of the general ware potterles In Iren-
ton, N. j :, and loast Liverpool, o., the
two principal potterles Of the coun-
try.
The secret marriage In Cleveland, o.,
OF Vernon Van Norman TO Miss Maude
Theme on Jan. /, has just been
brought to light, the home of both be-
Ing at San Diego, Cal, where they
are we'll known.
Alonzo j. whitman, formerly mayor
OF Duluth and state senator of
Minnesota, has compromised his sui.
with the Columbia National bank of
New York FOR 100000 damages for
false Imprisonment. He got $500.
Secretary Of State Sherman has is
sued another appeal for aid for the
destitute and suffering Cubans. Presi-
dent Mckinley has appointed central
relief committee, with headquarters ut
New York.
Richard Thomas and Richard Muir
ray were killed and Louis Rich badly
injured by AN explosion Of 100 pounds
or dynamite In tho Eureka and Excel
sior mine near Bourne, Baker county,
Ore.
Robert Pithie, bridge contractor
has discovered deposit Of natural
cement near st. Helena, Cal, which he
''Jp 10 hi"Nh chHti i'i w JuC lLNyoi ltu
article. and which can be procured at
much smaller cost.
lgnatius Donnelly rs ut work ON ia
now Baconian cryptogram. He now
claims that Bacon not only wrote tho
Shakespeare plays and sonnets, but
that he was probably the author of
Don Quixote.
elijah Davis, aged 65. and Miss Fan
ME Spaulding, aged ~, were married
at Webster City, Iowa. Davis saved
his bride from drowning In 1851 and
they would have been married ut that
time but for the objections OF her par
ents.
Miss Elizabeth Van Wyck Anderson,
a niece OF Mayor Van Wyck OF New
York. and daughter of General An
derson, who was. during his life. chief
engineer OF the Northern Pacific rail-
road, while delirious from fever at Ia
coma eluded her watchers and tried to