Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-09-28


Magdeburg, to be consul at Bremen, in
place OF Louis Lange, Jr., who retires
as the result Of an investigation by the
state department into his Office
methods.
The national council OF the indie
pendent Order of Red Men has decided
to meet in Milwaukee next year, the
second Tuesday in September The
council also decided 10 establish a
newspaper organ OF the order placing
the management in the hands of the
great chiefs.
The formation Of the Tampa cigar
syndicate has practically been COM
pleted. Edward Manrara of the Ybor-
Manrara company Is slated for presi-
dent and Joseph Earando of Seidenberg
& Co. will be general manager The
syndicate will be capitalized at $685.
600, 900.
A Tampa dispatch says the forma-
ton OF the Tampa cigar syndicate
has been completed. The syndicate
will be capitalized at $25,0OO,00O, OF
which Tampa will have $l0,000,000, the
remainder being distributed among
Havana, Key West, New York and
New Orleans.
Henry Gardner, a negro, aged 10, was
| hanged at Mobile, Ala, for assault
ing a white girl under 10 years of age.
When the trap fell the first time Gard
ner's weight snapped the rope and he
fell to the ground. Twenty minutes
later he was again led to the gallows
and executed.
Mrs. Rose Hawthorne Lathrop,
whose father was Nathaniel Haw-
thorne, the novelist, and whose hus-
band was George Parsons Lathrop,
the writer, has been received into the
Third Order of the Sisters Of st. Dom
inic. This order Is for lay men and
women living in the world.
Acting Secretary Allen has received
the report Of the court Of inquiry which
investigated the collision between the
untted States ship Dolphin and the
| ferryboat New York, in New York har-
Dor, about two months ago. The re-
port eXonerates Commander Souther-
land and the other officers of the
Dolphin.
The will OF Judge Richard Prender-
CAST drawn up three days before his
death in Chicago, makes, after direct-
ing that 100000 be distributed in
equal shares among his six children,
! provision for the foundation of a
rest home" for those who are suf-
| fering from insomnia and nervous
troubles.
| Az the national colored Baptist con-
that the young people form an organi-
cation to be known as the National
| Baptist Young Peoples Union, were
adopted Mrs. Ruth l.. Marsh, of Hot
Springs, Ark, read paper ON "Rela-
ton of the Pulptt to the Press" DR..
McAlpine, of Montgomery, favored the
establishment Of theological semi
nary.
| The American board Of commission
ers for foreign missions has issued
It's statement for It's financial year.
There was a debt at the close of the
previous year of $40, 291. The disburse-
ments during the year have been
5000, 446. The total receipts for the
year have been $644, 200, leaving a debt
of $SS,537.
Prince David Kawananakoa n cou-
sin of eX-Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii,
arrived in Washington from Honolulu,
| His visit Is purely personal and has no
connection with the politics of the is
lands. He will visit the ex-qucen who
Is now Il resident of Washington and
will go on to New York to the yacht
races early in October.
The recent purchase of S2,000,000
worth of coal lands in Fayette county,
Pa, by officials OF the Illinois steel
Company and the American Wire COM
pany, it is stated, means that the
Federal Steel Company will now de-
clare open war against the Carnegie
Steel company and its allied concern,
the G. FriCk Coke company.
In Boone county, w. Va, Harvey
Bailey administered large dose of
rough on rats to his wife and while
she was in n dying condition, struck
her with an Ak, splitting open her
skull, causing instant death. Bailey
! fled to the mountains and is being
hunted by a posse of enraged men who
have sworn to lynch him If caught.
SO many Of the Cleveland street rail-
way strikers are DESERVING and apply
ing for work with the Big Consolidated
company that a number of the leading
members of the union headed by the
vice president, Charles Eberley, have
demanded that n meeting be held for
the purpose of considering whether
the strike should not be declared off.
Bartlett Trip, the American rep
resentative of the Samoan commission,
had another conference with the pres
ident on the confidential features Of
the work of The commissioners at
Apia, There is a suggestion that the
main features OF the government
recommended by the commission may
be put into effect without modification
of the Berlin treaty,
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