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


yielded to the demand of Baron Heyk-
ing, the Gem ambassador at Pekin,
for the dismissal of the commandant
J of the Chinese garrison at Tsao Chow,
/ province of Shan Tung, because of the
use of threatening language to the
| Gei man missionaries there.
Empress Augusta Victoria's latest
birthday present from her husband is
bracelet made of the seven miniatures
of her children, painted on ivory and
set in jewels. From the middle picture
! hangs the portrait of the kaiser in a
heart-shaped medallion.
A woman of San Casciano, near
! Florence, who at "a had murdered her
husband, has just been set free after
forty years Imprisonment at hard la
! Dor. Her lie sentence was COM
muted owing to her having never re-
ceiyed q black mark in that time.
Countess Virma Hungonnay. the
only woman physician in Buda-Pesth,
recently made an application for ad-
mission to the medical society OF the
Hungarian capital. After q stormy
session the society refused. her APP
pllcation. The countess doctor in
tends to renew her application next
year, and expects to have 1t granted.
The steamship companies at Lon
don are now much Interested In the
presence in England OF Rev. DR..
Sheldon Jackson and Lieutenant D.
| unanilI Tho
United States government to secure
reindeer and Laplanders to be used for
| forwarding supplies to the miners in
the Yukon valley.
A number of Spanish generals have
been interviewed as to Weylers con-
duct protesting against McKinley's
alleged reflections on Spain. General
Dominguez says: If Mckinley has
been guilty of Insolence, it Is the
government place to protest. Cen
eial Ochando approved of Weyler's
action.
The stories regarding the poor
health Of Prince Bismarck appear to
be greatly exaggerated. The ex-
chancellor passed New Years day
with his sons and other friends and
did not retire till 1880 o'clock Sunday
morning, which would seem to in
dictate that this condition Is not criti-
cal.
The Empress of Austria has taken a
dislike to the magnificent Villa
Achileion, which she had built at such
tremendous cost In Corfu; and all
the furniture and objects Of art which
adorned 1t, including the gigantic
statue of the dying Achilles, have been
removed to the imperial palace at
Vienna.
Mrs. Creighton, the wife of the
bishop of London, Is one OF the most
publlc-spirited women of England,
and Is much inter ested in whatever
concerns workingwomen. She oc-
cupied the chair at a recent meeting
in the interests Of the women In the
clothing trades, and made a strong
address in their behalf,
has of late years used for purposes OF
presentation Is more elaborate pro-
duction, beautifully printed and bound.
Since his boyhood the pope has been
fond OF writing Latin verse, and,
though Virgil Sc yes as his chief
model, he has q pretty knack for ele-
giacs after the style of Ovid or Catul-
lus.
DR.. Tristram, chancellor of the
diocese of Canterbury, at a
tory court held in st. Paul's, London,
the other day, ordered that the crosses,
the picture Of the Virgin Mary and the
cruciiiXes In the church of st. Mark,
Marylebone, be removed, for the rea-
son that they had been used for super
stitious purposes.
Dr. Haase, q noted Prussian der
matulogist, announces n new treat
ment and cure Of cancer. In Vircrow's
Archives Of Medicine" he reports that
he injects alcohol about the growth.
His experience, he thinks, encourages
him to assume that his experiments
bid fair to promise perfect cure and
exemption from temperance of the
dread disease.
Miss Hamilton. NJ. d., the English
doctor at the court OF the ameer of
Afghunistan, says that few of the chief
ladies in Cabul can read and write, but
hardly u single one outside the capital
can do SO. 1t is considered great
accomplishment. and the princesses
and good many little girls are now
being taught. But they make little
IL any, use of their knowledge when
they have acquired it. The sultana,
who Is the daughter + the mullah, or
priest, can write fairly well, and she
can read the Koran in Arabic, but
not one word does she understand.
The name of Mrs. Ann Eyre Hely
Is probably little known outside pro-
fessional nursing circles in England.
But that lady--now in her seventy
eighth year-shares to some extent
with Florence Nightingale the dis
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