Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1898-02-10
condition of the cotton industry of the


state
Henry Starr, leader Of the daring
gang of train and bank robbers which
has been terrorizing the citizens of the
southwestern states for the past ten
years, has been received at the Ohio
penitentiary to serve eight years for
robbery and one for manslaughter.
Emil Urfer, aged 20, who has been In
the employ of the Bolland Jewelry
company at St. Louis for ten years and
who was one of its most trusted en-
ployes, was arrested charged with
stealing jewelry and silverware said to
exceed $4,000 in value.
Judge ]. M. Scott left his estate, val
ued at 100000 to his widow during
her life. At her death 1t is to be held
ir trust for the payment Of annuities
to twenty nieces and nephews, and
after the death of all the heirs the
estate Is bequeathed to the city Of
Bloomington to found a hospital.
w. l.. Gorstle OF the Alaska CONNER
cial company, who has been at Vic
toria b. c., for two weeks purchasing
goods for the company's stores In the
Yukon, has closed contracts with Vic
tcria merchants for $4,000 worth Of
goods, principally drugs and provi-
sions.
The naval approl ration bill, now
being framed by the house sub-com-
mittee, will contain three important
items, namely, $1,000 for smokeless
powder, 100000 for reserve ammuni-
ton and $4,000 for the establishment
of government powder factory.
The St. John train, known as the
Provincial express, on the Maine Cen
trail, was wrecked In the cut at Orono
Basin Mills Two persons were killed
and more than a score injured. The
dead are Jennie s. Murray, st. Stephen,
N. b., and Mrs. y. Cunningham,
Troy, Me.
At the manufacturers meeting Theo-
dore G. Search of Philadelphia was
unanimously reelected president,
Charles A. Schrieren, ex-mayor of
Brooklyn, was reelected treasurer OF
the association, and Il. p. Wilson OF
Cincinnati was reelected secretary.
The convention voted to hold its next
meeting In Cincinnati.
A well-dressed man attacked Ruby
Waters, IL years Old as she was re-
turning home from the Marquette
sci COL Chicago, and pulled one of the
side braids OF her long hair out by it's
roots. No reason is given for the as
sault, other than the desire of the man
to possess the braid. The girl is In
serious condition.
On the application of both sides, the
suit brought by George II. Hathaway
and Richard Heard against Fridtjof
Nansen, the Arctic explorer, to recover
$4,000 damages for breach of con-
tract in failing to complete the fifty
lectures which 1t was alleged Nansen
had agreed to deliver, was discontin-
ued at New York Nansen made $40
600 by his trip.
At Jackson, Ohio, as Lula Friend,
15-year-old girl, was going from the
depot to her home near the Tom Cor
win mine, accompanied by John r.
Meyers and Vint Taught, two friends
Of the family, they were attacked by
u crowd of ruflians who overpowered
the two men and carried off the girl,
twenty men outraglng her. Meyers
and Taught offered desperate resist
ance, and the letter was struck with
rock, fracturing his skull so that he is
not expected to live. The girl will
, die.
Civil Service Commissioner Proctor,
questioned before the senate commit
tee as to the extension Of the classified
service since 1883, showed that emitting
the non-political branches, COSTS per-
sens had, since 1883, been included In
the classified service by executive ac-
ton. To 32,9S7 the rules were applied
during republican administrations and
q ,S92 during the democratic admin
stration, Through the natural growth
OF the service Is, 437 persons had come
into the service. by natural growth
non-political inclusions and executive
extensions, the total classified service
Is brought to S7,09S.
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