Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-08-03

and p. A. B. Widener are said to be
interested in an eastern syndicate
which Is forming a combine to control
the brewery interests Of the United
States.
At Cambridge, Mass, fire destroyed
the car stables OF the Boston elevated
railway, four dwellings, two store
houses, carriage shop and black
smith shop, and also damaged other
places. The loss Is $4,000.
Officers Of the steamer Australia
which arrived at San Francisco from
Hawaii, say it would not surprise them
to hear that there had been a fearful
explosion at the great volcano, and
that Mauna Loa Is no more.
Two sharp earthquake shocks were
felt in the southern part Of California.
The first lasted several seconds and
was most severe. The vibrations were
from east to west. No damage worth
mentioning was experienced.
The meeting Of the democratic ma
tlonal committee in Chicago was com
pletely dominated by VIM. J. Bryan
and his friends. VIM. ]. Stone OF Mis-
souri, was elected vice president. Some
new party rules were adopted.
Three negroes were lynched near
Stafford, Ga, and the mob is hunting
been members of gang that robbed
j. Il. Ogletree, agent Of the Plant sys-
TEN at Stafford, Thursday night.
A scheme to draw trade away from
all the big jobblng centers west of the
Allegheny mountains in favor of Bos-
ton has been discovered by agents of
the railroads running east from Chi
cago Free railroad tickets figure in
! It.
At Springfield, H., Mrs. Nellie Sui
Ivan found the railroad bridge burn
ing. She stopped a passenger train by
waving a torch, just in time to save
it from rushing through the bridge.
Flour dropped 20 cents a barrel in
Chicago.
Secretary Of War Alger personally
rendered his resignation to President
Mckinley, to take effect at the presi-
| .
| Alger will retire about August /. Eli
hu Root a New York lawyer, will sue
coed him.
Governor Roosevet's committee,
which investigated the alleged canal
| frauds, exonerates the state engineer
and superintendent of public works
and reports there are no official
grounds for proceedings at law against
either official.
The twelfth annual convention of the
National Christian and Missionary AL
lance opened at Cleveland, Ohio, and
will last ten days. Fully 1000 people
from all sections of the country will
be quartered at the camp grounds by
next week.
At Wilmot, Ark, Chick Davis, the
negro murderer Of William Grin, a re-
spected farmer. was lynched. He was
oVertaken In a cOrnfield and snapped
both barrels of his gun at the pursuing
party, and was then fired upon by them
and killed instantly.
City Marshal John Gates of Strong
City, Kans., shot and almost instantly
killed Mrs. Johnson on the Santa Fe
PLATFORM He had ordered her off the
PLATFORM whereupon she attacked him
with knife, and to save his life the
officer fired at her.
AS Il result of a conference between
Senator Fairbanks, who has just re-
turned from Alaska, and Secretary of
| int i1 OF no
eminent will not modify its position in
regard to the Alaska boundary, and
will make no concessions to Canada.
President Daz OF Mexico and his
cabinet will be formally invited to at
tend the ceremonies of the laying of
the corner stone of the new federal
building In Chicago on October 9, by
a committee of representative Chicago
men who leave that city for the pur-
pose August 5,
Ebcnezcr j. Hill, who represents the
fourth congressional district in the
house of representatives and who Is
just returning from a trip to Alaska,
says that the gold output for the pres
ent year will reach $40 ,O00,0 900 or more
and the Seattle office will assay $1O,-
000, 900 OF 1t.
Twelve buildings, principally bust
ness places, We're burned at Forest City,
Pa, causing a loss of about 100000,
partly covered by insurance. The
heaviest sufferer is I. C. Manner, who
owned seven of the burned buildings,
The fire, which ragged for two hours,
broke ont in Spcncers blacksmith shop,
j. Duke Murphree, an actor. former
ly of New York, was acquitted OF the
charge of numbering Sherman Gaul-
den, postmaster at Mansfield, Tex.
Murphrees plea was insanity. He will
probably be confined in a lunatic asy-
lum Murphree was formerly n mem
her Of Frederick Warde's company.
William Harper, chief of the bureau
Of information OF the Philadelphia
Commercial Museum, Is about to return
home ut the conclusion of one OF the
most important missions ever connect
ed with the export trade of the United
States. \ year ago the American