Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1898-09-01

convention will meet In Saratoga
September u. and Col. Theodore
Roosevelt appears to be In the lead
for the nomination for governor.
Thousands OF tender feet" are
stranded at st. Michaels, Alaska. 1t
is feared that much distress will soon
be felt unless the tender feet" are
gotten back to the states.
The biennial meeting of the su-
preme lodge OF the Knights OF Pythias
Is In session at Indianap lis. Thir-
teen thousand uniformed knights are
In attendance. Nearly 10000 strangers
are in the city.
A negro who killed W man and
her s3n In bed with an axe near
Friendship, Ga, and then attacked
and mutilated a colored woman, was
,]ynched after being identified by the
colored woman. - -
Twenty-eight knots an hour with
ut a break, without a jar to her
machinery and without a mishap is
the record Of the torpedo boat de-
stroyer Farragut on her fourth trial
at San Francisco.
! Lieu. C.l. John w. Clous, judge
advocate, has been designated as
secretary and rec rider OF the com
mission for the government OF
Cuba. The colonel has been in Porto
Rico with the army Of invasion.
| Corporal Oscar II. Swenson Of
Sparta and Private Fred Vought OF
Eagle River were the first two Wis
consin soldiers killed in the Porto
Rican campaign. They fell in a
battle uear Coamo on August H.
Owing to the threatening attitude of
the insurgents, General Merritt has
ordered all armed rebels to with
draw at least ten miles from the
vicinity OF Manila. He has given
them three days to comply with the
order.
Secretary Alger has written let
ter to Chauncey M. Depew, saying
that the war department did we'll dur
ing the hostilities and claiming that
the fault for much illness and pri-
walton Of soldiers rests with the sepa-
rate commanders.
The total sum To be raised by the
taxation in Greater New York is
$77,551, 222.03 this year Of which
little IN re than $4,000 900 Is for the
boroughs of Manhattan and Bronx
and $31 ,OOO, 900 For the boroughs Of
Brooklyn, Queens and Richmond.
Oscar Hansen succeeded in swim
ming from the lot Of Fifty-third
street to the four-mile crib at Chi
cago. Fully 200 persons witnessed tn
feat. and so far as can be learned
Hansen holds the record for the
distance trav, led over this course.
A st. Louis street car manufacturing
, company Is negotiating contract for
the completion OF the largest order
Of street cars ever made by an Ameri-
can manufac urlng company for use
In Japan. The c.ntract will call
for 150 Of the finest motor cars.
After the evacuation Of Cuba by
the Spanish forces President McKin-
ley prop SEES that the people of the
island shall hold an eli elton and
vote upon the question of govern
ment. Those who did not partici-
pate In tho insurrectioN will be al
lowed to vote.
Mrs. Rosaline Haven, wife of ID. S.
Haven Of Wyoming, H., fell asleep
ten weeks ago, and has since lain
In a stupor from which nothing can
arouse her, She Is given nourlshmcnt
three times day, and Is apparently
gaining In flesh, but she Is entirely
oblivious to all surroundings and
happen ngs.
The dt sign OF the memorial sword
which the government Is to present
to Dewey has been elected The hilt
Is plain and solid, but of highly traced
4, Id. The blade Is "damascen d.
One side Of the blade bears the in
script II: GIFT of the uation to Rear
Admiral George Dewey, L. S, n, in
memory the victory of Manila Bay,
May lst 1898"
For the first time In the history of
tho thilcu olutea military academy n
first lieutenant Is to be made super
lntendent OF that institution. The
officer to be thus honored Is First
Lieutenant Albert L. Mills, First
Cavalry, one of the Santiago heroes,
who now has the temporary rank OF
captain as u member of General
ioungs stan.
Brig Gen. Charles King, who sailed
for Honolulu on the Arizona, will not
80 to the Philippines ut least for the
present-as the tro ps under Gen.
King, which sailed on the Arizona,
will be held at Honolulu to await
further orders. Gen. Kilrs Will have
immediate command OF the new
camp of mobtlizr'' " at Honolulu.
subordinate, Ct course. to Gen. Mer-
ram. Col. Barber Of the New York
regiment, is the commandant of the
military post of II, no'ulu. which is
OF the department of California and
and has no connection with the en-
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