Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1898-09-29

dead.
Senator Kyle Is recovering rapidly.
Leech Lake Indians threaten trou-
BILE.
Officials of the Union County bank
at Railway, N. j., were frightened by
demented man who demanded
$4,000
At Keene, N. H., Gen. James Jensen
Dana Is dead.
! At Evansville, Ind, DR.. Abraham M.
Owen, a leading physician and sur
geon, Is dead.
Gas and gasoline stove manufactur-
ers have taken preliminary steps to-
ward forming combine.
President Mckinley will visit In
dianapolis on his way to Omaha and
make a short political address.
The wife of Senator Davis used re-
volver on a robber and compelled him
to jump from a moving train.
Secretary OF the Navy Long an
nounced that the battleships Iowa and
Oregon would be sent to Manila.
Congressman X. X. Hit OF Illinois
Is talked OF for ambassador to Great
Britain to succeed Colonel Hay.
The entire debt OF the Omaha expo
sition has been lifted and there re-
mains In the treasury about $4,000.
Work on the Cristobal Colon Is to
be abandoned, as the officer In charge
says that It is not possible to save the
vessel.
! The postmaster general issued an
order which practically makes all
money order Offices postal savings
banks.
The list republican congressional
district of Colorado nominated
Charles Hartzell of Denver for con
gress.
Winnie Davis, daughter OF Jefferson
Davis, is dead at Narragansett Pier.
She was "a years old. The burial was
at Richmond.
Col. William j. Bryan will resign
his commission, as the war depart
ment declines to muster his regiment
out Of service.
Theodore Roosevelt met Senator
Plat and was officially announced as
the republican candidate for governor
of New York.
A solemn requiem mass for the re-
pose OF the soul OF the dead Empress
Elizabeth of Austria was celebrated In
ST. Patrick's cathedral.
Passed Assistant Engineer Bennett
has been selected as representative or
the United States navy on the Paris
exposition commission.
The secretary Of the navy issued an
order recognizing the north Atlantic
squadron The fleet Is reduced from
about 100 vessels to 80.
Henry Il. Wolcott was nominated
for governor OF Colorado by the repub-
leans. He is brother of United
States Senator Wolcott.
Three men held up Manawa train
near Council Bluffs and secured sew
eral hundred dollars from the con-
ductor and passengers.
Lewis l.. Haupt, president OF the
North American Life Assurance com
pany of Philadelphia, died at Philadel-
phia. He was ~ years old.
Governor Ellerbe Is believed to have
won denomination for governor OF
South Carolina in the democratic pri-
maries, but the vote Is close.
Col. John s. Cooper of Chicago will
organize a movement for national
park-game preserve and health re-
sort-on the upper Mississippi.
Miss Perkins. the young woman
thought to have been murdered and
dissected mt Bridgeport, Conn, reap
peared, alive, well and married..
1t Is expected that new effort Will
be made to have Mrs. Cordelia Botkin
removed from California to Delaware
for trial on the charge Of murder.
Two indictments against George w.
Holt millionaire fire insurance
broker of Brooklyn, charging him
with arson, have been dismissed.
]. Addison Porter, the presidents
secretary, was defeated for the nomi-
nation of Connecticut republicans for
governor by George II. Lounsbury.
The Union Veteran Legion, which
has been hola.ng its annual encamp-
ment ut Wiliamsport, Pa, selected
Baltimore for its place of meeting.
Zimmerman n Foreshaw have en-
gagged 10000 pounds in gold in Lon
don. and Meiderbach, lckelheimer y
Co. have engaged 100000 for import.
John Charles Collins, an aged art
list, took poison in New York because
of poverty. One of his pictures was
sold to n Baltimore collector for 81, 400.
Utah democrats In state convention
arraigned the war department for
criminal carelessness in sending
troops to unhealthy camps, and also
criticised the republican administra
, ton.
Congressman Grosvenor of Ohio, in
speech To Union veterans at Free
, port, Ill. demanded an investigation
of the charges against the war depart