Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-05-25


rendered to a sheriff of Missouri, be-
ing an escaped convict from that state.
After experiments with wireless tel
egraphy by the United States signal
corps, General Greedy has concluded
that it will not supplant the present
system of wires but be very useful at
sea.
The Business Mems Republican
league of Pennsylvania issued public
letter, daring Senator Quay to test the
feeling of the people toward him, by
accepting a nomination for state treas
urer this fall.
Governor Roosevelt has signed the
Atlantic avenue tunnel bill, which will
give the Long Island railroad en-
trance to Manhattan island. The tun-
mel will cost Sc, 100000 and will require
2R years to build
Gov. Smith of Montana notifies Gen.
Merriam, in command of the regulars
on duty at Wardner, Idaho, that no
more arrests of suspected rioters in
Montana will be allowed without a
warrant from the state.
Lorenzo Snow, trustee of the Church
Of Jesus Christ, has offered to donate
a 2S8-foot square, near the Mormon
temple, Salt Lake City, to the United
States for public building, and the
offer is likely to be accepted.
superintendent of Schools e. Benja-
min Andrews of Chicago, announced
he would not accept the offer made
him by the trustees of the Colorado
Agricultural college to become the
president of that institution.
Rev. w. Allen Johnson, professor of
church history at Berkeley divinity
school, Middletown, Conn, for the past
quarter of century, has resigned.
His resignation has been accepted and
he has been made professor emeritus.
The Texas legislature passed the
antitrust bill. 1t is more drastic than
the Arkansas law and debars any pool
or trust from doing business in the
state, and specifies that where goods
are bought OF trust they need not be
paid for.
Judge Kimball of the police court
here decided that the sale of liquors
on Sunday in Washington hotels was
legal under the act of 1893, which he
holds was not repealed by the law
passed by the last congress, prohibit
ing such sale.
The United Confederate Veterans
adjourned at Charleston, S. c. 1t was
voted that the care of Confederate
graves in Maryland and the seceeding
states should be left to the women,
the general government to care for the
others If 1t wishes.
Commissioner Hermann of the gen.
cral land office has recommended to
Secretary Hitchcock that Bakers lake,
surrounding the shore line in the
Washington forest reserve, in Wash
ington be set apart and used for gov
eminent fish hatchery.
The democrats of the second Maine
congressional district nominated by
reclamation John Scott of Bath as a
candidate for the vacancy caused by
the death of Nelson Dingley Mr.. Scott
delivered an address indorsng Bryan
and the Chicago platform.
The trustees of the Southern Baptist
seminary, IOuisVnIe, have accepted
the resignation of President Whitsitt.
The trouble began with his statement
that Roger Williams and the Baptists
baptized in England in 1912 were
sprinklcd and not immersed.
Director of the Census Merriam, at
the request Of President Mckinley, will
appoint Gen. M. V. Rice of Lima, Ohio,
purchasing agent of the census bureau.
Gen. Rice is gold democrat, and for
four years was pension agent at Col
umbus, Ohio, retiring two years ago.
The report of the book committee of
the Methodist Episcopal church south,
regarding the war claim, is out, and
denies that agents tried to mislead or
deceive United States senator's. rhe
fee of 100000 paid to Major Stahman
for securing collection of the claim is
held not to be excessive.
Representatives of over 25 mining
concerns, who control the output Of
soft coal In Illinois and Indiana, met
to consider an advance in the price of
coal. Higher rates of transportation
and an increase in the cost of labor are
given as the reasons which make the
contemplated change necessary.
Or. Clifford Mitchell of the Chicago
homeopathic Medical college staff,
has discovered that u per cent, of the
persons who committed suicide in Chi
cago in 1898 did so by drinking car
bolic acid and that a total of 364 per-
sons in New York, Brooklyn and Chi
Cago killed themselves by swallowing
this drug.
Or, Sawtclle, surgeon in charge or
the marine hospital at Chicago has is
sued to the masters. owners and agents
of vessels a notice that the crews of
all incoming vessels at this port must
he vaccinated, This preCaution is to
be taken at all the lake ports, by or
der Of the surgeon general of the ma
rine hospital service.
The United States transport Badger,
with the Samoan commission on borad,