Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-02-01

Esser, Conn. He was rs years Of age
Mrs. Eliza Fell Davis, Bloomington,
H., wife Of William o. Davis, publish
er of the Bloomington Paragraph,
died at San Antonio, Texas, aged SO
years.
AT Lafayette, Ind, the buildings,
machinery and manufactured lumber
Of the Taylor Lumber company were
burned. Loss $4,000; insurance $751;
600
Dr. Abram II. Wilmer, first assist
ant physician at the government hos
pita for the insane, died Of heart fail
ure at Washington, ID. c., aged So
| years.
Martin Berger, catcher for the Bos
| ton baseball club, murdered his wife
and two children and killed himself at
| their home near North Brookfield,
Mass
The big passenger pooling scheme
struck a snag, the Great Northern and
the Canadian Pacific standing in the
way Of immediate contamination of
| the plan
Miss Helen Gould has contributed
$50, 600 to aid in building the new
home for the naval branch of the
| Young Mems Christian association in
| Brooklyn.
in Bridgeport at the Barnum and
| Bailey winter quarters, fire destroyed
car barn, eleven cars and the quarters
Of the Italian aborers, causing loss
Of 100000.
The bill to reimburse cotton grow
crs for product captured and sold
during the civil war seems near to an
adjustment. Eleven million dollars
| is involved,
At Jackson, Tenn, DR.. John |. Tay-
| lOr n leading physician, while suffer
| Ing from temporary mental aberra-
ton, shot himself, dying shortly af
tcrward.
A resolution denouncing the federal
courts was reported adversely by a
committee Of the United Mine Work
crs to the convention in session in
Indianapolis
Mary Emma WOoIlry NJ. A., pro-
fessor of Biblical history and litera-
ture in Wellesley college, has been UNI
animously chosen president Of Mount
| IIOIyoke college,
A part of the Porto Rican delega-
tion reached the capital and called on
Secretary Root to urge an extension of
time on mortgage payments now near
y due In the island.
The courts of Florida will begin
hearing the suit of the railroad com
mission to compel the railways of that
state to reduce passenger rates from
1 to 3 cents a mile.
In the Clark bribery investigation,
which was resumed, additional tesu-
mony was introduced by the prosecu-
tion to show that much money was
used during the contest.
Thomas Mcdowell, OF So"th River,
n J.. who was the first mayor OF
Sacramento, Cal, died in New York,
aged So years. His son is Melbourne
Mcdowell, the s2tor.
In Chicago, "frord X. England,
alias James Hammond, is under ar
rest on II charge of embezzling 100000
from the Warren-Scharlf Asphalt
| ! tN company w I''llpIl,
For one week after March t3 Rev
| G. NJ. 9 ,ldon author of In His Steps,
will edit the Topeka Capital on What
Would Jesus DO? lines. There will
be no police or sporting news
| Mrs Roswell p. Flower has present
ed 100000 to Flower hospital, New
| York, and Mrs Emma Flower Taylor,
| 4 -
gave the institution 500 600.
! At Philadelphia excessive use of
morphiae was the cause of the death
in Il hospital of William ]. Mcconnell
of Cleveland, Ohio, we'll known in the
west as a temperance lecturer.
4 New Yorker has invented a sys-
tenn OF automatic telephone pulsation
revivers, by which he claims sub
scriher in New York may converse
easily with one in San Francisco.
Aloysius Frauenhelm, president of
the Pitshurg Brewing Company and
president Of the Bcohachter Publish
ing Company died at pittsburg. Pa
The deceased was 50 years OF age.
Rev Dir, Francis L, Clark, founder
aud president OF the United Society OF
Christian Endeavor left Boston, ac-
companied by his Wife, for his third
missionary tour through the world
The Roberts investigating commit
tee decided by vote OF to to re-
port against permitting the Utah rep
resentative-elcct taking his seat Mr..
Roberts announces he will fight to the
end
Il II. Southgate. manager of the
Auditorium hotel, Chicago, filed a vol
untary petition in bankruptcy here, as
the result Of his connection with the
old Hotel Brunswick company of New
| York
| General ], IT, Wade, commanding
the department Of Dakota, has been
ordered to take the temporary com
mand of the department of the lakes
until a permanent assignment can be
made
! In a speech at the board OF trade