Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-05-24


Rev. DR., Latimer Whlpple Baou. a
member OF the forty-fourth, forty-fifth
and forty-sixth congress and a promi-
nent Universalist clergyman, died in
Rhode Island. aged SO.
Or. Edwin VI. Heath, noted veter-
mary surgeon of Connecticut, died of
tuberculosis and distemper, diseases
which he Is thought to have contract
ed from animals he treated.
1t is reported that Governor Roose
welt has convinced President Mckinley
that he would be of more service as a
candidate for reelection than as a can
didate for the vice presidency
After a conference with Chairman
Jones. Senator Pettigrew announced he
would issue public statement regard
ing the action Of the Sioux Falls con-
vention in nominating Towne.
The Lane bill is amended in COM
mittee to require st. Louis first to
raise $l0,000,000 by local subscription
before receiving government aid for
the Louisiana purchase exposition.
The state department will collect
data regarding the colonists that have
settled in Central and South American
countries. The step is the outcome Of
recent speeches by Root Lodge and
others.
At Austin, Texas fire broke out in
a furniture factory and threatened to
destroy the whole block, owing to the
disable waterpower, but was gotten
under control after causing loss Of
$4,000.
Towerman Lamtell fell asleep on
duty, failed to set the warning soma
phore, and a fast freight plugged into
Il standing train in the Baltimore and
Ohio tunnel near Philadelphia, killing
seven men
The United States supreme court de-
cided the inheritance tax law constitu-
| tional, but that the tax Is based on the
size Of the legacies and not of the es-
tates, and that government bonds are
not exempt.
General Wesley Merritt left Gov
ernor island on leave of absence to
make trip to Europe. General
| Brooks has been assigned to succeed
Merritt as commander of the depart
ment Of the east
At Plttsburg, the seventeenth annual
meeting Of the American Mccall Miss
| ion Association is in session with 100
delegates from seventy-four auxillaries
from the principal cities of the eastern
section Of the country.
At Newport, h. l., Miss Cornelia Car
ter Stockton, daughter Of Captain Chas.
| II. Stockton, president of the Naval
War college was married to Lieuteu-
ant Frank A. rraut. United States
navy, as Habrski church.
Empire, Pa. Is completely surround
ed by forest fires and it is impossible
for anyone to get in or out. Five
houses have been destroyed and three
children burned to death. The lnhab-
| itants are panic-stricken.
Rev. d, J. Brimm resigned his chair
in the Columbian Presbyterian Theo.
! logical seminary Dr. Brimm's action
was voluntary and the reason assigned
Is that he differs from the majority Of
the church. He believes in faith cure
Goldie Phillips, thirteen years old, OF
Aquebague, l.. L.. who sailed away from
home on the Flyaway, was married to
the skipper OF the craft, Vernon Moore
| The bridegroom and two of the crew
were arrested on the charge of kiduap-
! ping.
At Scranton, Pa, u desperate attempt
to XIII herself and two children was
made by Mrs. Mary Weathers. Using
a sharp table knife she cut the throat
Of her 5-year-old daughter, then gashed
her own throat, after which she tried
to kill her l0-months-old baby
The house committee on public lands
has reported fayorably the Mondell bill
to provide that final proof in land
cases may be made anywhere lu the
land district in which the entry is To-
Gated, and that entries in timber and
stone entries may be made before any
officers authorized to receive cutrles in
other cases.
Joseph Currier, aged lG years. who
worked in Cramps shipyard, Phuade-
phia, under the name of John Frier,
was committed to prison on the charge
OF being partly responsible for the
death of Christopher Donuegen. the l3-
yoar-old lad who was pumped fun of
air.
Professor George Holley Gilbert. reg
trar of the Chicago Theological semin-
t'y and head of the department of
New Testament literature and inter
probation, has accepted the decision of
the directors of the seminary which
gave him years leave of absence with
pay, in order that he may complete his
'Negesis of the New Testament
The Illinois republican ticket Is Gov
erhor, Richard Yates; lieutenant gov
erhor, W. A, Northcote; secretary of
state James \. Rose; auditor, James
! ~, VI lullOuEh, treasurer. NJ q WILL