Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-02-23

Mrs. H. III. LleCeF anu Her uduSuleis
sailed for Europe, the daughters to
continue on to India to visit their
sister, Lady Curzon.
The Delaware legislature passeu a
bill reducing the taxes OF the Balti-
more and Ohio railroad from $4,000
to $4,000 annually
The American Steel and Wire com
pany will advance wages of all mill
men 10 per cent This affects sew
eral thousand men.
Mr.. Andrew Carnegie has offered to
give Atlanta, Ga, 100000 public IL
brary II the city will furnish site and
an annual appropriation.
John G. jerks, one Of the first
settlers of GAINESVILLE, Wis, and for
many years q leading business man.
passed away at the age of 81.
Admiral Lord Charles Beresford ar
rived in San Francisco from Japan
and gave his views on the necessary
policy to be pursued in China.
In New York the engagement Is an
nounced of Lispenard Stewart and
Miss Romola Dahlghen, granddaugh-
ter OF the late Admiral Dahgren.
Bishop John williams, Of the Pro-
testant Episcopal diocese OF Connect
cut, senior bishop Of the church, died
mt his home in MiddletoWn, Conn.
An epidemic OF spotted fever" or
corebro spinal meningitis, Is said to be
raging ut Morgantown, Ky.
Mrs. Martha Cumback died at
Greensburg, Ind, Of heart failure,
aged &C years. She was the wife OF
former Governor win Cumback.
Jesse II. Bunnell OF Brooklyn, N. Y,
died OF heart disease, aged So. He was
in the United States military tele-
graph service during the civil war.
At Denver, Henry r. Rhodes, eX-as
sstant United States district attorney,
died from wounds inflicted by himself
with razor. He was 81 years old.
Fire destroyed one OF the detached
cottages OF the South Dakota insane
asylum at Yankton, and II OF the ,wo-
men patients were burned to death.
Horace A. Taylor, Of Madison, Wis,
editor of the Wisconsin State Jour
OF the treasury place worth $4,000
year.
Secretary AIger has directed that
contract be made with Louis Gath
mann OF Chicago for an 1S-lnch gun.
The ordnance officers had reported
against 1t.
Mrs. Pamphila Wolcott died at
Akron, Ohio. aged 70 years. She was
the widow of G. =. Wolcottt and sister
Of Edwin M. Stanton, secretary OF war
in Llncoln's cabinet.
Miss Catherine Deerng Nevins of
East Orange and Nicholas Boyle of
Wexford, Ireland were married in
St. Johns Roman Catholic church, In
Orange. N. j.
Major j. G. Cravcns, aged 81 years,
n curator Of the University Of Mis-
souri, and II prominent lawyer and
politician, died at Springfield, Mo-,
after brief Illness.
Il. IT, Beocher died suddenly ut
Wenona, Ill. He had been Identified
with the business interests OF Wenona,
and was city treasurer and Il member
Of the board of education.
Rev. H. l.. Baugher, u. d., of Get
tysburg, died ut Philadelphia, aged
50 years. For twenty-five years he was
professor of Greek In the Pennsyl-
vanla College Gettysburg.
Mrs. Ethan Allen, wife Of Colonel
ethan Allen, grandson of the revou-
tlonary hero, died suddenly during
performance of Lohengrn at New
York, from heart failure,
Duke DArcos, formerly Spanish
minister to Mexico, may be sent to
Washington rs diplomatic representa-
tive OF the Spanish government to ex-
change Publications of the treaty.
Don ]. feathers, who managed the
famous Allorton-Nelson race for $l0,-
600 in Grana Rapids In 1890, died In
Tallahassee. Fla, where he had gone
for the winter, He was 80 years old,
At Auburn, Call the buildings of the
Big Dipper mine In the Iowa Hill dis
trlct were carried away by the burst
Ing of a reservoir. Five Chinese and
one white man were killed. Loss
$40, 900.
Mrs. William G. Whitney is to be
moved from her husbands country
home ut Westport, l.. l., to their city
mansion. 1t will he the NTH removal
since Mrs. Whltney's terrible accident
Il year ago.
An entire Italian colony was swept
out of existence yesterday at Silver
Plume, Colo, when snowsllde de-
scendcd north of the town and carried
out six families Nine persons per-
ished and fourteen are missing
James IL. Remington, Il veteran
lawyer, for many years head of the
United States Law association, COM
mited suicide ut his home In Brooklyn
lie Is supposed to have been mentally
unbalanced by an attack of the grip.
Arrangements arc under way and
partly completed for the amalgama-
ton of interests OF all the leading
WOODEN manufacturers in the United
States. The capital which will be
represented in this combination will