Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-06-29

eight hours as they received previous
ly for nine hours work.
Bessemer, Mich, has two curfews,
one at and one at 8 o'clock. The
first designates the hour in which all
cows must be off the street. The 8
O'Clock curfew is for children.
At Maysville, KY, several thousand
cigars have been seized by revenue Of
ficers, having counterfeit stamps af-
fixed. They are from factory No.
3741, Ninth district Of Pennsylvania.
Gen. Charles King Is lying sick at
racomah, Wash Sunday night he at
tempted to address local military
clubs, but was seized with exhaustion
and had to be assisted to bed and a
doctor summoned.
Ex-senator Benjamin e. Harding is
dead at Cottage Grove, Oregon. He
was elected to the United States senate
in 1862 to fill out the unexpired term
OF Senator Baker, deceased. Mr.. Hard
ing was born in Pennsylvania in 1892
| A reciprocity treaty, the first under
the Dingley act, was signed by repre-
sentatives of the United States and
British governments. The treaty re-
| lates to the trade between the United
States and the British colony OF Bar
| badOs.
At Shady, !. r., three masked men
held up the south bound passenger
train Of the Kansas City, Pittsburg
a. Gulf road completely rifing the mail
and express cars. The amount Of the
booty is not known. but Is supposed
to have been large.
In New York George Beauregard
Barrow was convicted of kidnapping
baby Marion Clarke and was sentenced
to IA years 10 months imprisonment.
Bella Anderson or Carrie Jones, the
music girl who aided him, was given
a sentence Of four years.
Professor 0. T. Morgan, the alleged
hereto who was tried before the
trustees Of Drake university last April
and transferred from the theological
department to the chair of Hebrew and
Greek languages, was removed from
|
by the trustees.
The steamer Seattle passed Port
Townsend bound for Tacoma with 200
Klondikers, who bring out 100000 in
gold dust and 100000 in drafts as the
first installment Of the spring clean
up An estimate of the gold cleanup
in the Klondike region the past year
Is $2,000000
DR.. B. II. Bean of Cherry Valley, one
Of the best known physicians OF north
ern Illinois, committed suicide. He
left two letters, one to his wife and
one to n married woman at Cherry Val
ley to whom he confessed his love,
and said it was on account of her that
he killed himself.
p. Il. DOVE, president of the Com
mercial Travellers National League,
testified before the industrial commits
sion that thousands Of drummers had
lost their places on account OF trusts,
and that there had been a steady adj
vance in the price of articles con-
trolled by trusts.
Thirty thousand people at the
Sheepshead Bay race-track saw the
western mare Imp win the sixteen
running of the suburban handicap.
rhe victor--the first mare to win one
of the great spring handicaps-ran the
distance, one mile and a quarter, in
POS AS and established new record
for the race. The public favorite,
Banastar, winner Of the Brooklyn
handicap, was left at the post.
The stove manufacturers Of Cleve-
land who control about so per cent. OF
all the gas, coal oil and gasoline stoves
manufactured in the United States,
have practically completed plans for
the combination Of their interests.
The new company will be known as
the Standard Gas Stove & Manufacture
ing company, and will have a capital
ization of $5,500,000, which will in
cludc S2500000 preferred stock and
$4,000. 600 common stock.