Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1898-01-20

| moned to New York from England Il
testify against him on a perjury
charge.
Dora c., wife OF Henry G. Peabody
the celebrated photographer, died In
the Melrose, Mass, hospital OF pneu
monia. She was the daughter OF j. D.
Phelps, who died about month ago In
Evanston, Ill.
Representatives of a Canadian and
American company who visited Labra-
dor for the purpose Of erecting saw
mills reported at Halifax that that
country contains deposits Of gold OF
great richness.
william Henry Theodore Durrant
was hanged at San Quentin prison,
Cal, for the murder OF Blanche La
mont. He died courageously, and to
the last maintained that he was limo
cent of the crime.
Clark Braden, Jr., a clerk for the
American Express Company at New
York, has disappeared with $4,000 In
currency and 5000 in bonds. 1t was
at first reported that the company had
been robbed OF $1,000,0O0
The Seminoles In the Indian Terri
tory are reported TO be wildly excited
over the burning at stake OF two or
their number by q mob for the murder
of n white woman. A general uprls-
ing Ia feared.
by order OF the court ut st. Paul the
Jury brought in verdict OF not guilty
I'm the trial of William Dawson, Jr,
cashier OF the failed Bank OF Mime
Sofa charged with grand larceny to
the extent OF $4,000.
The government has taken no steps
yet for foreclosure proceedings against
the Central Pacific railroad, which de-
faulted In Its payments on January l.
J1pan's population at the beginning
of 1897 was 42,70S,G04, an increase OF
437 ,644 in one year.
1t Is believed the long distance tele-
phone record was broken at Gallatin,
Tenn, when John II. Common, repre-
sentative OF the Bell company, talked
with the operator In Norfolk, Va, over
|, 500 miles OF wire.
Mrs. Marion A. Peters, aged 62 years.
shot and killed herself In New YORK.
Recently she had been declared insane
by physicians. She arrived in this
country with her family from New
South Wales, Australia, a year ago. and
is said to have been wealthy.
George Yerger, a former resident OF
Chicago. but native Of Mississippi,
has recently had war claim OF $4o'-
900 allowed by the department OF
Washington. The case grew Out OF inc
destruction OF cotton belonging to YER
gers father by Sherman's soldiers.
A Jury in the United States court at
New York awarded Anthony Comstock
n verdict OF cents in his libel suit for
1000 damages brought against Dr.
Montague r. Leverson. DR.. Leverson
called Comstock notorious black
mailer, who never earned an honest
dollar in his life.
II. j. Radcliffe, the English actor
under sentence OF six months impris-
onment on Blackwells island for beat
ing his wife, denied story published
in the London Daily Mail In which 1t
was stated that the actor had another
wifo in England.
George Wells, n st. Louis man, re-
turued to his home to find that his
family had identified "tloater' found
In the river us his body and that he
" AZ being mourned rs dead. Now he
Ia worrying for fear that he Is legally
dead and has lost his rights as II ctti,
zen.
Robert Evans and George Duncan,
school boys, each II years of age, be-
came involved In n quarrel mt RUSSELL
willie, Ky, when Evans stabbed Dun
can In the heart with u pocket-kniie.
Duncan expired instantly. Evans was
arrested.
! John Reed alias Greenhalge, the al
| legged swinder, whose friends deposited
81 500 for his appearance at Brockton,
! Mass, to answer to II charge OF swind-
ling Martin Wood, Bridgewater
farmer out of $4,000, did not appear
when his case was called.
Edward Clifford, a former West
shore railroad detective, was sentenced
| In Jersey City to he hanged February
| t6 next for tho murder OF William
Watson. u division superintendent OF
the West Shore Road, on March 5, 1895
| at Weehawken.
Ex-Congressman Lafe Pence Of Den
yer, chairman of the committee ai,-
pointed by the mining congress to
take steps to secure the establishment
OF department OF mines and mining
will leave for Washington to take the
necessary steps to secure the passage
OF the law.
The National Shoe and Leather bank,
WI ich lost It's entire surplus OF $250,00C
and $104 900 In addition by the defalca-
ton Of It's bookkeeper, Samuel c. See
~, In 1894, announced at New York
that on April next the payment Of
quarterly dividends OF 4 per cent. will
be resumed.