Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1898-10-13

The New York gold democrats in
4 dcrsed Van Wyck for governor ant
the silver wing of the party nominate
Henry George who, however, declined
7 as has also o. N. Snyder, candidat,
fO attorney general.
2 Miss Jessie Schley, who six OF
/ seven weeks ago went to see the queer
of Spain as the representative of ;
$ peace association she with others haC
home in Milwaukee.
: Chicago's reform element, under the
leadership of Rev. j. l.. Henry, have
organized society for the suppress
sion of vice. A meeting Of 1000 peo
pie was held at Central Music hall, tc
organ ize the movement.
) Seven boxes of powder exploded il
tunnel at Wallace, Idaho. The crew
was overcome by the gas. Thirty
mer have now been gotten out
Many are unconscious, but 1t is be.
lieved that all will recover.
Chris Henney, of Aurora, Ill.,, was
killed by an unknown bicyclist. The
murder occurred at lonely spot, six
miles south OF Aurora. Henney, who
Is a farmer, says the man suddenly
jumped from mis- wheel and shot him.
Andrew Carnegie Is said to be at the
head OF a syndicate which will estab-
lish colossal ship-building plant at
New York. The syndicate will have
capital of over $100,000,OOO and ex-
poets to control ship-building in this
hemisphere.
The New York democratic State
covention, at Syracuse, nominated
Judge Augustus Van Wyck, brother OF
Mayor Van Wyck, OF New York city
for governor, and Elliott Danforth
for acknowledgements The money
question was ignored.
A woman highwayman halted AID
Horton, who was on horseback, on the
highway near Columbus, Ohio, and at
tempted to stop his horse by catching
tho bride. She was arrested later
and said her name was Mrs. Laughlin
and her home is in Mount Sterling
Ky,
Forecaster Himmon of the weather
bureau is anxious to have cable laid
to the Aleutian islands and other
Alaskan points for the purpose OF i'm
proving the service on the coast. His
ideas have been favored by the board
of trade and Secretary OF Agriculture
Wilson will call the attention OF con-
gress to the matter.
Rev. III. M. Dubose, general secre-
tary of the Epworth League, reports
that the present membership is 252,
725. The board of missions received
| $l.U1I, 1893 during the last four years.
Ten missionaries have been added and
the membership of the mission
churches Is now S,92S.
The president has appointed David
j. Hill of Rochester first assistant
secretary of state to succeed John
Bossett Moore resigned. Hill is the
president of Rochester university
ana a scholarly gentleman. He is
particularly we'll known through his
knowledge Of international law.
In the suburb of Edison Park, Chi
cagc Joseph Pfatl was shot to death
W AlDeIL lJuHl5li. HS SloOtlHS loi-
lowed u violent quarrel about some
trivial matter. Danish disappeared
ard after several hours search his
body was found In the woods. He
had committed suicide.
Twenty-four disguised gold hunters,
who have just returned from Kotzebue
Sound on the Catherine Sudden, bear
cut the reports of the other miners
from there that there is no gold to be
found. About 1000 people are left at
the sound, but they are all making
pre- partitions to leave.
Henry Athey, an American locomo-
tive engineer who was locked up in
Mexican prison without trial or hear
Ing for injuring Mexican succeeded
| In securing release through Cover
nor Culberson of Texas after being
confined eleven months. He says 200
other Americans are locked up in the
City of Mexico prison under similar
conditions.
Ii is reported that the Canadian
)mmissoners demand the cession OF
the territory from Yakutat Bay to
DiXon's entrance, including the cities
OF Skaguay and Dyea, thus extending
TIE Canadian boundary line to the
Pacific ocean between the points
named. in return for the surrender OF
all British rights to the seal fisheries
in the Boring Sea.
The town OF Pana, ILL.,, is in state
OF terror, owing to hostilities between
striking coal miners and coored men
imported to take their places. The
strikers held up a b. X 0. Southwest
ern train containing more negroes and
forced them to return. The sheriff
AID his deputies are powerless, and
Governor Tanner sent several COM
PAL les of militia.
Luke Usher, former president of the
defunct First National Bank. at Pots
dam, N. y, was placed ON trial in the
| United States court at Buffalo, on
charges of misapplication of the
banks funds amounting, it is said to
about 100000, and of misrepresenting
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