Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-08-31

Bailey Of New York, granddaughter OF
Rear Admiral Theodorus Bailey, to
christen the new torpedoboat Bailey,
now building at Morris Heights.
William Robbins instructor of man
ual training in the schools OF Passaic,
N. j., shot and instantly killed his
brother, Ralph Robbins, aged 16, while
hunting in the Adirondacks. He mis-
took the red sweater worn by Ralph for
deer.
A check for $l58,2S2, signed by Nor
man b. Ream and Robert r. Lincoln,
as executors OF the estate of George NJ
Pullman, was paid into the county
court at Chicago to cancel the lien
against the estate under the inheritance
tax law.
The Texas farmers alliance before
adjourning it's annual meeting at Bas-
set, Texas, unanimously adopted a
resolution favoring the deportation to
Africa by the federal government at
public expense OF every negro in the
United States.
The United States minister at Cara
cas- reports complete defeat for the
insurgents at Los Andes, Venezuela,
in battle that lasted eighteen hours.
The loss to the insurgents was 800
killed and wounded, and that of the
government 300.
In Chicago Mrs. Henrikka Bratsch,
prominent in the Christian Catholic
church, otherwise known as "Zion"
church. of which DR.. John Alexander
Dowie Is at the head, was fined 500
and costs for practicing medicine with
out a license.
At Hermann, Mo-, the wine and dis
filling plant of the Stonehill Wine
company, valued at $250,000 has been
seized by the government and the pres
ident Of the company and his son are
under arrest, charged with evading
the revenue tax.
DR.. w. w. Burgin, a dentist of Rich
mond, Ky, narrowly escaped death by
poisoning He bought a watermelon
which tasted bitter, and was found to
contain strychnine. The poison had
been placed in the melon by the grower
to catch thieves.
The State Department is advised
| from Yokohama Of the frmation of an
| American Asiatic association there to
safeguard the interests OF American
citizens in Japan and to cooperate
with similar associations in New York
and throughout the orient.
General Charles w. Blair o. Kansas
City, Mo-, attorney for the Kansas City,
Fort Scott & Memphis Railroad, died
at Coronado Beach, Cal, after linger-
ing illness. He was 70 years old, and
for so years had been a prominent
figure in politics in Ohio and Kansas,
Mrs. Frank Witlock, who died at her
home in Batavia, township, Michigan,
was reputed to be the heaviest woman
| in the country Her weight was GAO
! POUNDS. Her coffin was forty inches
wide and twenty seven inches deep.
Mr.. Whitlock was formerly Chicago
policeman.
The Newport. Ohio, police authori-
ties are securing that city for some
trace of a mysterious Jack the slash
err" For no apparent reason, n
strange man last Tuesday evening at
tackled Matte Block, domestic, and
slashed her with knife, intlictng four
CHASTITY wounds.
The general conference Of Christian
workers closed It's seventeenth annual
session at Mortified after what is adj
mitted to be the most successful series
of meetings in the Northfield move
ment. At the closing service D. l..
Moody asked for an Offering to help
tho prison fund
| Two hundred and fifty tons of copper
coins have just been unloaded at New
| Haven, Conn. from ship which made
trip to Bombay India, to purchase
them for manufacturing purposes In
this country. The market price of
these coins was about two-thirds of
that OF American copper.
The first legal execution in.the Klon-
dixie took place at Dawson Aug. 4. The
victims hanged were two Indians
Dawson Nantucll and Jim Nantuck-
and one white man Edward iender-
son. Henderson had murdered mis-
| partner, named Peterson, and the
Indians had killed William Mahan.
Former Senator Warner Miller of
New York denies the statement of
Engineer Nmmo TINT the financial
possibilities of the Nicaragua canal are
dubious. He says he can get contract
ors to execute the plan at 100000 900
and can borrow the capital at 3 per
cent.
The attention OF the New York
health officer has been called to the
fact that the ashes Of Colonel Warning
are unclaimed at Swinburnes Island
with the ashes OF paupers who had
died OF yellow fever Mrs. Waring,
who is now in Minnesota, has been
communicated with relative to their
further disposal.
Firo started at midnight in the
! lovec street ware house OF the II. L.
Crooke company, wholesale grocers