Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1898-01-06

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lection. The object OF this order is 70
expedite the disposition OF pending
claims.
The recent tragic death OF Miss Lee
liza Herbert, daughter of the former
secretary OF the navy, is given as the
reason for the suicide at Washington
of Miss Annie Virginia Wells, an ac-
complished young society woman and
daughter of Lewis s.. Wells, a we'll
known attorney.
The congress Of the American His
torical association assembled In
Cleveland. George Packer Winship,
Rhode Island, spoke on Discovery OF
John Cabot Prof. Il. p. Cheynie
university of Pennsylvania, discussed
teaching history, followed by Prof.
A. b. Hart, Harvard, and Prof. j..
w. WOODBURY., Indiana university.
Representative Prince OF Illinois has
extended the president an invitation to
attend the annual encampment OF the
Union Veterans union to be held at
Rock Island, ILL.,, next August. 1t Is
expected that the president will make
O. tour Of the west about that time, Wis
itlng the Omaha exposition en- route.
In New York gang OF furniture
movers came upon u demijohn labeled
pure Rye Whiskey." In house
from which they were carting fur
niture. They drank OF the contents
and as q result James Flanagan Is
dead and Patrick McNulty Is dying.
The demijohn contained corrosive sub
Innate.
At Haverhill, Mass, William Dolan
was stabbed to the heart with knife
and killed by William DAILY, his
bl other-in-law, who had lived with
him twenty years. DAILY Is IN jail,
charged with murder. The men were
about 70 years old Both had been
drinking.
ID. p. Bowen, son of ex-United States
Senator Bowen OF Denver, suicided at
SappIngton on the Northern Pacific.
The body was found near the tracks
whore 1t was thrown by a passing
tlylin. Near 1t was bottle labeled
"Poison." Bowen was suffering from
alcoholism. He was formerly mining
editor of the Helena Journal, Russell
b. Harrlson's paper, in Helena.
10. j. Wenker, son of II. j. Wenker
Of Watertown, Wis, shot and killed
Fred 1olsted near Steward, Ill. Some
time ago Wenker worked on Tolsted's
farm, after going to Dixon, Ill. He
claims that Tolsted connected him
unpeasantly with Tolsted's house,
keeper and he went there to make
Tolsted retraot. A fight followed In
which Tolsted was killed. Wenker
then surrendered himself,
William Schweizer, a noted criminal.
associated with the notorious "Blinky'
Morgan and others, has Just been ar
rested in Detroit. In '93 In company
| with Matthew Kennedy he robbed a
bank In Canada They were arrested
and confined In Jail ut Sandwich, Ont.
| In '04 they killed Jailer Leach and es-
capped, Schwelzer Will probably now
be sent to Canada to answer for his
| crime.
J. w. Harris, u negro, was com
mltted to tho workhouse In New
York city as n vagrant. He was first
arralgned ON charge of sending
threatening letters to William X.
Vanderbilt, John Wanamaker and
other prominent men. The letters
demanded money under threat of per-
sonal violence. 1t was alleged that
the writer Ia a member OF u society
to extort relief fom the millionaires
at any price. No one appeared to
prosecute Harris ON this charge.
The Arcade building In Detroit
burned and destroyed the stock OF
Charles l.. Roehm and Son, whole
sale stationeres, and stock of per-
fume materials of tho Elisum Manu-
featuring company. The tive-story
structure to the west of tho Arcade
building, occupied by the Detroit
Free Press Printing company, with
contents was badly damaged. Total
loss, $125,000,
A. 0. Ticknor, famous in the years
Immediately following the war as Il
bold board of trade OPERATOR and no
tcrious thirty years ago as alike the
complainant and defendant In the
most celebrated divorce case OF the
time, died, penniless and hcartbroken,
In u cheap lodging house In Chicago.
BY the charity of former business nc
auaintances Mr. wcknor's body was
shipped to Rockford, H., once his
home, and will be buried beside his
father and his brother.