Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1898-09-08

laudanum, taken with suicidal intent.
He leaves wife and six children.
The carriage OF Gen. A. w. Greedy
occupied by the family nurse, Mary
N. Lambert of Washington, d. c..
and the generals two children, Adol'
plus ard Gertrude, figure In an ex'
citing runaway at Amesburg, Mass
John Cation, civil war veteran oil
Rutland, VT, enlisted under the call
for troops for the present war, and
soon after his D nsion Of So month
wa stopped. Some Of his friends are
j now ra sing great r}w about this.
Mrs. w. W. Woodwcrth, q rich but
eccentric old lady OF Beaver Dam,
Wis, was found unconscious amid
filth and squalor at her h me. She
{ had been without food fer days and
was nearly starved. She Is sc years
Old.
The de cendants Of Samuel Packard
| have Just celebrated the two hundred
and sixtleth anniversary OF his i'm
migrati n to this untry. He settled
, In bingham, Mass, in 1888, and there
arc now 1000 descendants IN his
family, " j Il
It ia not yet definitely and abso-
lutely known whether Justice White
will accept position on the peace
commission, and 1t may be necessary
TO select another man. Ia that con
tingency. the name Of Senator Lodge
is suggested
Admiral Dewey has informed the
navy department. that he has an
abundance OF supplies fr present
needs Of his squadron at Manila. He
announces the arrival OF the Austria
liam refrigerator ship with fresh meats
and other provisions,
Frederick r. Day, who was presi-
dent of the Plankinton Bank at Mil
waukee, has filed q petition In bank
ruptcy, asking for discharge from
his debts. He owes $500, 8s9.31, and
there is, according to the petition, not
one cent for tho or dltors.
Senator Wellington thinks the
United States will have to keep an
army in Cuba several years to main
tain order. He BELIEVES that the Gu
bans are incapable OF self-goyern-
ment, and the experiment Of al in
dependent government will prove 2
failure. ,t i'-' '.'
During heavy gale Of wind fire
broke out III d. b. Buffers large
nj n,,1 .,
ing to the Frankfort Hardwood Man
ufacturing company broom hand'e
factory, which stood near by, com
plotely burning both to the ground,
The total loss Is 100000.
Ex-Governor William ]. Stone, OF
Missouri, who Is in New York, de-
clares that unless the New York
democratic state convent n at syria
cuee indorses the Chicago platform
the state will lose It's standing In the
next national democratic convention.
The declaration has caused consldera-
BILE agitation.
Yellow fever In the south is being
stamped out. At Frankling, La, the
cases which made their appearance
there are getting well, and at Gal
weston. Tex. where the few Is said
to have made It's app arauce among
tn soldiers and core ming which
doctors have disagreed as to its gen
uIneness, tho patients are recovering.
Ben Johnson of Mlddleshoro, KY,
shot and killed Deputy Sheriff Ma
thaniel Cloud, while tho latter was
attempting to arrest Johnson. John
CNdle, bystander was killed by n
Charl Burch, a friend OF Johnson
Cloud was n brother OF tho member
OF he legislature killed n the same
place n year or two ago.
George NJ popham, district attor
oy OF jackson county, Wis, has
commonc d an acti n against c. IT,
cry, Even Han on and c. IT. Hill
FOR libel. The defendants, who are nm
attorn y, n farmer and the publisher
of tho Jackson County Journal, ar,
chars ell with circulating a report that
the plaintiff demanded and accepted
money for the prosecution OF Grim
innl act on.
The steam whaler Fridtjof. having
boarl Walter w Imam and the
members OF his eXpe lition to CIR on
land has r turned to T'romsoe, Nor
way, after landing an expedition at
Hail. Island, TIL Wellman party
met the expedition to Franz ] SET
Land under DR.. A. G.. Northorst, at
Koonig kar island, WHORE It was in
form d that all search for Prof. An
drce, tn mlssing ballo MIST, has
proved futile
For the first time In the history Of
tn Am rican army. woman has
been appoi~t ted member OF tn me l.
ical staff DR. Anita Newcomh Nc
CeN, wife OF Prof w. ]. Niece OF
Washington, and daughter of Prof.
Simon Newcomb. formerly Of the ma
val observatory, has been regularly
sworn In as acting assistant surgeon
Assistant Surgeon McGeo Is In New
York selecting 80 graduate nurses for
service IN Porto Rico