Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1898-09-29
cago, and George Peabody wetmore

was elected his successor.
Democratic congressional conyen-
tions in Cincinnati refused to indorse
silver and Bryan. There was pic
ture of Cleveland and none of Bryan
| in one of the conventions.
1t is reported in Chicago that Philip
d. Armour. Marshall Field, Norman
B. Ream and James ]. Hill have Sc
cured a controlling interest in the Bal
timore and Ohio railroad.
Conductor d. NJ. Riley and Engineer
John Pettinger we're killed and Brake
man Tressler was badly injured in
railway wreck on the Denver & Rio
Grande in the black canyon.
In Chicago Fritz Benfiel killed him
self, after firing two bullets into Mrs.
Minnie Youngberger and fatally
wounding her 2-year-old son. His
death was Joy to his family.
On October IS the Lafayette mem
orial commission proposes to take up
a collection In the schools and col
leges In the United States to build a
monument to Lafayette in Paris.
In collision with the Baltimore
steamer Gloucester in Vineyard Ha-
ven, Mass, nine men Of the crew of
the schooner Alice c. Jordan were
drowned and the schooner was sunk.
Marshall Field declined to sell the
Womans Temple of Chicago to the
= German banking firm which was ne
gotiating for it. He says it will not
be sold to any one except the w. c.
! r. u.
| A special train of an engine and
! four cars on the Chicago & Northwest
ern railway established new record
! between Chicago and Omaha, making
: the run of 493 miles in hours and 29
minutes.
The government, getting them
cheaper, will reduce the price of
stamped envelopes, etc, Jan. l, so that
the people will save $l,000,000 as a re-
suit of the abrogation of Lou Payn's
contract.
A case of yellow fever has been dis
covered at New Orleans and quaran-
tine has been proclaimed. No new
cases were reported at Jackson. Two
were reported at Orwood and one at
Taylors.
Professor G. G. Williams, former
president of the State Teachers asso-
citation and late years teacher of sci
ence in the high school at West Su-
perior, Wis, died at Ashland of ty
phoid fever.
Brig. Gen. ]. r. Haskell dropped
dead at the Columbus (Ohio) bar
racks. The excitement incident to
the return Of the 18th infantry to that
city brought Gu apoplexy and caused
his death.
A. f. B. Crofton, who returned from
the Klondike, has been arrested in
Chicago, charged with passing a
forged draft for $1,000, three years
ago, on the First National bank Of
Chicago. Crofton denies.
The Franklin, N. Y, county grand
jury indicted every coal merchant in
Frankfort charging conspiracy. The
coal men have combined the last few
months and have been supplying trade
at prices agreed ON by the combina
ton.
Capt. r. ID. Evans, at his own re-
quest, has been relieved OF the COM
mand of the battle ship Iowa. He has
been granted leave of absence and as
signed to duty on the naval inspec-
ton board. Capt. Silas Terry will
command the Iowa.
The contracts for building three bat
tie ships have been awarded to the
Cramps, the Newport News Ship
building company and the Union Iron
Works of San Francisco. They will
be of 1880 tons displacement and
have speed of 1871 knots.
An increase of 1855 per cent. in
gross receipts from traffic and 27.63
per cent. in net income after deduct
ing taxes and expenses of operation Is
shown by the Illinois Central railroad
for the year ended June 80, 1898, when
compared with the previous year.
j. =. Webster, wealthy farmer OF
Indiana, was arrested on the charge
of torturin rats. After the rats
were captured Webster, 1t Is alleged,
stuffed burning paper in the traps. He
has retained n weli-known lawyer, and
says he will fight the case to the SUI
preme court. ...-.
A scaffold broke down at the third
floor OF new building at lntervale
avenue and Home street in New York,
and four men, bricklayers, We're
thrown to the street, Ichn Kearns
was killed, John Seery sustained a
conclusion OF the brain, and John
ORourke and John Dorman each had
a leg broken.
Minnesota, North Dakota and South
Dakota have produced this year crops,
the value Of which Is estimated to be
$3.50, 100000. The three states have
raised 200,000,000 bushels Of wheat,
100000 bushels of corn, 10000 BUSH
els of oats, and several million BUSH
els OF barley, flax, potatoes, large
crop OF hay, and several million dol
| lars worth pf hogs rnttle and horSas