Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-01-05

retired, dled suddenly at WabnlHB-
Hon. He was native Of Michigan and
I during the civil war was captain In
the Wisconsin cavalry.
Tom Sharkey's principal training
dish is corn beef and cabbage. Christ
mas kid" Mccoy sent the following
telegram to Sharkey: Hope you have
shifted from corned beef to turkey to-
day."
The American evacuation commits
sioners for Cuba have issued procla-
nation advising moderation and self
restraint In the critical period accom-
panying the transfer OF authority In
the Island
Thomas @. s. Seabrooke, actor, filed
a voluntary petition In bankruptcy In
New York city. Seabrooke states his
liabilities are 500, 075; to offset this he
states that the only property he has is
one scarf pin.
Senator Frye, one Of the American
peace commissioners, declares Inc gov
eminent Will not be committed to any
policy regarding the disposition of the
Philippine Islands by the ratification
Of the peace treaty,
Mrs. Cordella Botkin, who Is being
tried in San Francisco on the charge Of
numbering Mrs. John =. Cumming of
Dover, Del, went on the stand In her
own behalf and denied much that had
been testified against her.
Students OF the California Medical
College gave their anatomical lecturer
Or. w. O. Wilcox, a startling, though
characteristic, Christmas surprise by
erecting n Christmas tree In his Office
and decorating II with skulls and
bones.
| Edison Is q man of moods. He does
everything by fits and starts. Full of
enthusiasm for new scheme on one
day, he will collapse the next, and,
once tired of subject, nothing on
earth will induce him to take 1t up
again.
The North Cornwall iron furnace at
Cornwall, Pa, operated by the Lacka-
wanna Iron and Steel company of
Scranton, was badly wrecked by an ex-
ploson. Several men had narrow es-
capes. The damage Is estimated Mt
$40 900.
| Before Speaker Reed was ever heard
Of there had already been two dlstin-
gulshed men OF his name. Thomas b.
Reed represented Mississippi In the
United States early In the century and
another Thomas Il. Reed did similar
service for Kentucky about the same
| time.
Suit has been begun at st. Louis to
! forfeit the franchise recently granite |
to the Lindell Street Railway company.
! Tho franchise Is claimed TO conflict
with the parallel law" which prohi-
bits tho construction OF u street rail
way within three blocks Of an existing
line.
Colonel r. w, Blees, the well-known
north Missouri millionaire, who owns
half the town of Macon and n fancy
farm near by, on which 100000 Is to
be expended the coming season, was
admitted to the bar the other day at
ter having passed most creditable
examination.
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has received II telegram from her
father, Senator Frye, at Washington,
directing her to present $1,000 to the
Central Maine General hospital Lewis
ton, rs N peace Offering and Christ
mas gift" in memory OF Emmie Frye,
his daughter.
Investigation into the murder of
Chris Melga at Milwaukee, to which
Albert and lngela Funk have con-
fessed, has brought to light the fact
that the coroner. John Winkenwerder,
was told of the murder before the in
quest and then returned verdict of
heart failure.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. S. Darling and Il. W.
Darling, part owners OF the Newport
News, Hampton 4 Old Point Electric
road, In Virginia, distributed $4,000
among the employees of the road. The
sum was their portion OF fares In ex-
cess OF the number registered re-
turned by conductors.
Robert Taylor, who has established
n sheep range of 10000 acres seven
miles northward OF Grand Island, Is
said to own more sheep than any other
man In the United States. He has
established large breeding ranches in
Wyoming and now owns 10000 head of
sheep, most Of them thoroughbreds.
The dry goods stor' y, Henry Vessel
In Baltimore. Md, w. Uttered by bur
glars and robbed of money and checks
aggregating $1,000, The valuables
were In n safe In the counting room,
the door of which was blown Off by
dynamite and $4,000 in specie and cur
rency, the remainder In checks of small
denominations, was taken.
Professor Josiah Royce of Harvard
has sailed for England to I'LL his en-
gagement to deliver the Clifford
lectures on the Philosophy of Religion
at the University of Aberdeen. These
lectures are ten in number. Each
lecturer invited to give the lectures Is
engaged for two years. Many men
noted in philosophy and religion have
been invited to deliver them. but Pro-
fessor Royce is the first American to
receive the honor