Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1898-12-08

| tlOH anu OF money.
Two more victims of the powder ex-
plosion at Butler, a suburb OF Ports
mouth, o., are dead, being George W.
Ferguson and his wife. Another
child, girl, will die.
The secretary of state announced
the official vote for Missouri state +
ficials at the recent election. 1t shows
that the democrats carried the state
by over 10000 votes.
Secretary Long, in his annual re
port, discusses the navy's part in the
war, and says the policy Of territorial
expansion will necessitate an Increase
In the number OF ships.
George Heyman, wholesale dealer
in metallic furniture and manufac-
turer of bedding and touches, made an
assignment at New York. Mr.. Hev-
man has been in business twenty-five
years. The liabilities are about $780,
900.
Little 7-year-old frankie Hull
Travelled unattended from Grand Rap
ids, Mich, to San Francisco recently.
She made the trip 10 join sister who
lived on the coast.
Proceedings for the disbarment of
Attorney Burke OF Cleveland, who is
also state senator, are attracting
attention because the charges involve
Judge Dellenbaugh.
Theodore Proulx, assistant city at
torney OF Chicago, was discharged be-
cause he managed the French ball
against the protests of the mayor and
the law department.
Governor Bloxhams call for a Ia
tional convention at Tampa, Feb. s, TO
consider a reorganization of the ma
tional guard, is receiving favorable
support from governors.
Grant Z. Gillett, the missing cattle
king, has telegraphed from New York
tina he is on his way to Spain. He is
said to have raised cash by duplicat-
ing mortgages on property.
Bat" Regain, burglar in Jail at
Bridgeport, Conn.,, attempted to SUI
eide by refusing to take food, and The
warden was obliged to forcibly pump
liquid nourishment into his stomach.
Officers Conway and Bohne of the
| Chicago police force rescued seven
children from house which the par
ents had left locked and which the
youngsters had accidentally set afire.
Secretary Hay presented formally to
President Mckinley the newly au-
pointed Japanese minister, Mr.. Ko-
mura, who succeeds Mr.. Hoshi. who
has retired to enter the Japanese par
Lament.
DR.. Lyman Abbott, pastor of Ply
mouth church, Brooklyn, Henry Ward
Beecher's successor and one of the
leading preachers Of the country, has
resigned his charge because of fail
ing health.
The sailors and marines of the bat
tleship Texas, held their annual ball
at the Lenox Lyceum, New York.
Capt. Sigsbee and Miss Sigsbee led the
grand march, in which 400 couples
participated.
Edward Murphy, Jr., whose term as
United States senator expires March
l next, rs so thoroughly Disguised
with the result of the New York cleo
ton that he has decided to quit poll
tics forever.
The report Of Paymaster- General
Stanton shows an increased expendi
ture in the regular army OF $2,306,S04,
compared with last year. He suggests
an increase OF officers in the paymas
ter's department.
To OF
torney, 80 years old, fell from train
on the Denver and Rio Grande rail-
way near Swallows when attempting
to pass from one car to another. His
neck was broken.
William Shaw was convicted in st.
Louis of sweating gold coin" upon
the evidence of comrade, James Will
cox, who served term in Baltimore
for the same offense.
Governor Hastings granted the re-
QUESTION of Governor Bushnell for
Frank Mcgowan, his wife and her
sister, on a charge Of abducting Mrs.
Magowan's daughter by a former
husband from Cleveland.
Mayor Van Wyck has written let
ter to the New York board OF public
Improvements requesting action to be
taken toward the construction of a
new bridge over East river, to cross at
Blackwells island.
At Lynn, Mass, an unknown nes:o
murderously assaulted Mrs. Louise
Butterick, battering her head with a
stone. The assailant escaped to me
woods. Circumstances indicate that
the negro was insane.
Democratic leaders in the interior Of
New York state are agitating for a
new leader in place of Richard Croker
and change of methods which will
restore the influence of the county dis
tricts In the party councils.
Harry J. Meyer was found dead in
his room in Chicago. The gas Jet mad
been removed, and death was caused
by the escaping fumes. Meyers was
formerly connected with theatres in
Cleveland and Cincinnati.
George S. WilMts of Chicago, who
died at San Juan, Porto Rico. is now
declared to have been killed by ma