Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1898-08-18
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Minnesota had tremendous rain
fall.
State Senator Raines was renomi-
mated In New York.
Star Pointer, at Columbus, equalad
his record OF 1914
Prof. Winchell, the Minnesota state
gcologist, Is to retire Jan. /.
Col. James o. Broadhead, former
minister to Sw.tz rand, died In st.
Louis. '"~ NJ
w. A. Poynter was nominated for
governor by the fusion forces Of Nc
braska.
BENJAMIN Bidwell Is dead at his
home, ten miles south OF Washing
ton. Iowa.
The 400 employees Of the SYRIA
cuse Rapid Transit company went
out on u strike.
The largest whaleback ever built,
the Alexander MCDougall, was floated
ut West Superior,
Rev. allen Hill, one OF the best
known Baptist preachers In Indiana,
died ut Spencer. aged 6S.
Gen. J. y. Weaver was nominated
for congress by the free-siIyer parties
OF the sixth Iowa district.
Saturdays bicycle race between
Michael and McDuffea was awarded
to the latter on technicallty.
Mayor Samuel l.. Black OF Col
umbus, Ohio was elected president
% bn nf A mn al
palites
The Interstate commerce commits
sion begins investigating the gricv-
pnce Of the Milwaukee, chamber Of
commerce. -
Tho American members OF the
Hawaiian commission were entertain
cd by patriotic Chlcagoans and pro-
ceedod to Honolulu.
MIR. Platt may select Cornelius N.
Bliss as his candidate for governor
OF New York, and B. b. Odell to sue
coed Senator Murphy.
Mills Hotel No. 2, intended to
supply solid comfort for respectable
men of small means, was opened for
inspection in Now York.
Traffic Manager McNlcoll of the
Canadian Pacific railroad defended
the course of that corporation In the
| rate war inquiry ut Chicago.
The commissioner of immigration
ut san Francisco dis covered a Japan
csc society there whose purposes are
very similar to those Of the Chine Q
hlghbinders.
Rev. Il. II. Baldwin OF st. Johns
church, at Saginaw, Mich, Is alleged
to have had two wives for several
months back He Is now fugitive
, In Canada,
John j. Esch of La Crosse secured
the Black River Falls (Wis.) dele
gates. which Is said to insure his
nomination for congress over Griffin,
present incumbent.
Lyman Il. cooley, Chicago civil
engineer, says lha. recent discover eS
show that the Nicaragua canal can
| be built for several millions less than
! prior estimates.
Striking woudwOrkers at Oshkosh
made several attacks on the police
who are erdiug the non-union men
who have ne to work In the sash
and blind factories.
Tho Texas democratic convention
! which nominated Congressman Saycrs
! fer GOV ornCr also named a full state
! ticket, including J. Nj. Browning for
| leutenant-go
The wife Of James Mcdowell
! national bank examiner and cX-
register Of the United States lcnd
office, died suddenly Al the family
home in Highmore, S. d,
Six men rode into Richlaud, Mich
on railroad handcar, boldly entered
n bank and blew oper the safe, from
which they took $4,000 in cash, nnd
$4,000 in notes and then made the |
escape.
Tho steam schooner Del Norlc
which left San Francisco June 81
for st, Michaely, Alaska, with rein,
deer supplies and laplandcrs aboard
has not arrived there and may ht
lost.
A severe storm u rain, wind aud
lightning did much damage in phila-
delpha Five and -four tenths inches
Of ran fell in less than two hours
Ono man was drowned by a aaod In
his cellar Several fires occurred.
Theodore II. Schmidt. eX-trcasure,
Of the Colinsvlle (Ill) Building ant
Loan association. was arrested as 4
fugitive from justice in 81. Louis
He is charged with having emheazled
$500 Of tho funds Of the associa.
ton.
Samuel r. Probasco, chief enginee,
of the New York department o.