Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1898-01-13
TELEGRAMS In BRIEF.
DOMESTIC.


nomination for congress from nrst Ne
braska district.
sewell Avery, one OF the wealthiest
Iumbermen OF Saginaw Valley, is dead
Charles s. Taussig, st. Louis attor-
oey. was found dead In bed. He was
10 years old.
Florida fruit men are scared, 1he
cold wave all over that state causes
apprellensions as to crops,
In brownsville, Ga, Benjamin But
terwortb. commissioner OF pensions, 10
dangerously Ill. He has been there TOT
his health.
Electric light is successfully used IN
mining shafts In st. Clair, Ill, mines.
The fumes OF the oil lamps are thus
obviated
James II. Eckels, ex-comptroller OF
tho currency, has begun his duties as
president of the Commercial National
bank Of Chicago.
British stewards on the American
Line steamship st. Louis are allegeq
TO have burned an American nag at
their Christmas dinner.
Il. G. Trlplett, president OF the Al
CORN Agricultural and Medical college
for colored people near Rodney, MISS
was shot and fatally wounded by an
unknown assassin.
In Saginaw, Mich, the Warren Ave-
tue Presbyterian church was burned
The loss on the building and contents
Is $4,000; insurance, $500. The fire
,tyas caused by defective flue.
In Clinton, H., Colonel Vespasian
Warner, congressman OF the Bloom
ington district, and Miss Minnie Bishop
were married, Rev. J. A. Clark, or
the Unlversalist church officiating.
The New York and Cuba Mail
steamship Company has just complot-
I'D contract with the Cramp company
OF Philadelphia for Ave new 5,OOO-ton,
Bixteen-kn0t twin-screw steamers
IL ia semi-oiiicially announced at
New York that w. X. Vanderbilt, Jr,
has, with the consent Of the elder
members OF his family, engaged him
self TO marry Miss Wicks of Baltimore,
William Carson, millionaire lum-
herman, IL dead In Eau Claire, after
an Illness of several days aged 80.
Carson came to Wisconsin sixty years
ago. He was connected with various
enterprises.
James Calder, IA years old, leaned
too far over the balcony railing In
HOPKINS theater, Chicago, and as a
result Ne fell among the people In the
parquetto. lie sustained nothing more
serious than n cash on the head.
At Stockton, Cal, two large ware
houses belonging 10 the Farmers
Union and Milling company, filled with
10000 tons of wheat mostly owned by
farmers who were waiting for prices
to advance, burned with a loss Of
S500,000; insured.
Charles Schrelner. n millionaire live
stock man OF Korryllle, Tex, has cor
nered the wool market of southwest
Texas by buying 100000 pounds of
the fall clip, all Of which he has stored
IN his warehouse to await an advance
In prices.
DR.. James Backett, aged 60 years,
one of the foremost physicians of ST.
Louis, died from an overdose OF chloro-
fNrm. He had long been n sufferer
from stomach trouble and was In the
hnt't OF taking chloroform to relieve
tn. .aln.
Mrs. Ann J, stiles, who erected stiles
hall at II cost of $31 OOO for the re-
ligious and social uses OF tho students
OF the uD ,rsity of California, died In
Berkeley, at the age OF S4 Mrs. Stiles
was born In Mllbrae, Mass. She had
lived In California since 1850.
Judge Edmund II. Bennett, tho ven
cradle dean OF the Boston university
law school, is dead. Judge Bennett
was an ex-justice OF the superior
court. He was born In Vermont In
1924. He was made dean OF the Bos-
ton university law school 25 years ago.
The Woman's club, Of Evanston
ILL.,, has bought hoisery machine and
will knit for the poor. 1t will turn out
stockings, jerseys. mittens and warm
caps for the children, The twenty
women who have sworn to alternate
~ operating II Will furnish the yarn.
There was $627 800 In gold dust and
nuggets on the steamer Corona. which
has arrived at Port Townsend from
Alaska. Some nuggets weighed as
high IA Is ounces. In drafts and gold
dust there was about Sl,200,0O0 In
aboard the Corona.
Miss May Charming Wistcr has been
appointed member Of the Philadel-
phia board OF education. Miss Wister
Ia chairman of the department of
municipal government In the Civic
club OF Philadelphia, the organization
OF which club Is largely due to her
efforts.
Bad money Is ailoat. A bogus 500
silver certificate was accepted by
treasury officials. The note Is we'll
executed and several were taken as
genuine by banks In Philadelphia
Secretary Gage has decided to call In
326, 900. 900 Of the issue now out
standing.
AT st. Paul the last two indictments