Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1898-10-13

mother.
The Forepaugh circus train is re
ported wrecked and two men kille'
In w. Va.
Thomas Collins, aged 75 a well
known railroad constructor, is dead a
Bellefonte, Pa.
Refrigerator manufacturers are
planning to organize a combine will
$6,000,000 capital.
Governor Walcott of Massachusetts
is now under consideration as ambas
sadoI to Great Britain.
Dr.. Nancy Guiford, accused OF com
plicity in the murder OF Emma GILL Ia
arr ested in London.
Caroline M. Hoyt, the actress and
wife OF the playwright, Charles II
Hoyt, died in New York.
The New York wool exchange was
closed owing to lack Of interest and
dullness of the wool trade.
Ex-State Senator j. G. Richardson
OF Cincinnati, who was recently shot
by his brother-in-law, died.
The president Is not expected TO
Issue his order modifying the civil
service rules after the election.
Col. Theodore Roosevelt Is arrang-
Ing brief and vigorous campaign for
the governorship of New York.
| In serious railroad wreck near
Hillsboro, Ind, five persons were
killed and many others injured.
Joe Butler who knocked out Payne,
McCoys sparring partner, has been
arrested and held In $1,000 bail.
James X. Keene Is reported to have
made $1,500,000 during the last few
days specializing in tobacco stock.
The New York police have notified
proprietors of music halls that liquor
must not be sold In the audiences.
Bishop Potter, in his address to the
New York Episcopal convention, OPP
posed extemporaneous sermons.
Sutherland Law, the noted cricket
player, jumped from the fourth story
OF a Philadelphia hotel and 1Ied.
Further reports from the Wisconsin
forest fires tell OF more loss OF life
and place the total loss at $l,500,0O0.
N. q. a. j. Sawyer, wooden manu-
with liabilities estimated at $l,00O,0OO.
Farmers are largely responsible for
the forest fires In northern Wisconsin.
They started them to make clearing
easier.
Joaquin Miller, the poet of the Ser
ras. has built funeral pyre for his
own cremation on the hills back of
Fruitvale, Cal.
All cable lines in Kansas City are
to be changed into electric lines. The
change Will involve about 100 miles of
cable track.
New Jersey democrats voted down
IN Endorsement OF the Chicago plat
for governor.
The Delaware tribe of Indians are
said to have bought lands in Mexico.
to which they will remove from In
dian Territory.
Scott lnglis, an actor who was dis
missed from Miss Julia Arthur's COM
pany because of u debauch, suicided
In New York.
The civil engineers who have been
In Nicaragua examining the proposed
canal route have returned to their
hCmes In the United States.
The body of missing President ID.
o. Eshbaugh. of the New England
Loan and Trust company, New York,
was found in the North river.
DR.. John Il. lsom, one OF the best
known physicians of Cleveland, Is
dead. Death was due to heart trou-
be. DR.. lsom was 81 years OF age.
The loss by the burning of the
Bradley Fertilizer Company's works
at Weymouth Mass, was about $780,
900; insurance, $245,000.
Former Ambassador to Great Bril-
tain Hay took the oath of Office as
secretary OF state today and entered
upon the discharge of his duties.
Elbridge II, Gerry and Robert Goe-
let, two New Yorn millionaires, have
become citizens of Newport, Il. l., In
order to escape taxation in New York
city.
Savannah, Gu, wa visited by n
severe wind storm. Loss to shipping
Is reported heavy Much loss OF life
is feared on the South Caroline is
lai Dis.
Relatives of three of the passen-
gers lost In La Bourgogne disaster
have instituted suits against the
French line. They demand $4,000
In each case,
The body Of former Ambassador
Thomas Il. Bayard left Dedham, Mass,
where he died and arrived in Will
mington, Del, where funeral services
occurred.
President Mckinley, 1t is reported,
will not appoint Congressman Hit
ambassador to Great Britain, rs he be-
ieves the latter cannot be spared from
congress.
Capt. A. T. Mahan, of the United
States naval board OF strategy, was
elected a delegate from New York to
the general convention OF the Protes-
tant Episcopal church.
II is estimated that the hop crop of
Washington will be between $4,000
aud $4,000 bales. A considerable por-
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