Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-09-20

Philip Weber, ten years old, VIII l.
chasing a ball fell into tank of hRt
water belonging to a New York ri.
kish bath-house and was scalded i
death.
The corut of seventy-three cities wps
finished by the census bureau. TIE
extremes are Atlantic City, N. j., gan
1884 per cent; Lincoln, Neb., lcps
2t17.
Chiefs Of bureaus Of the navy depart.
ment are preparing estimates for the
fiscal year ending June 80, 1902, whHb
are expected to aggregate nearly $780,.
100000.
Customs inspectors found more than
Sc 900 worth Of diamonds in the coat
collar and shoes Of Isaac Kaufmanr
when he landed at New York from
Bremen.
The British squadron arrived at Ban
Harbor, Maine, and Edward Van Ness
a wealthy New Yorker, raised large
boer banner on the Flagstaff al his
cottage.
George Ximmer, manager Of the Lex.
ington Neb., telephone exchange, and
a companion named Thomas Of Kear-
ney, were drowned while attempting tC
ford the Loup river.
Small dealers in coal who have been
giving short weight in Chicago arc
being looked up by City Sealer Quinn
who says he will prosecute everyone
selling short measure.
1t Is reported that Col. s, w. For
Missouri Pacific, with offices at St
Louis, and that George Gould will be
chairman Of the board.
The convention Of the National AS
ISOLATION Of Stationary Engineers, Mil
waukee, adjourned after selecting
Rochester, N. y, as the next meeting
place and electlng officers.
Judgment on default for $l53,5lG
was taken in the district court, Den
yer, against the Victor Gold Mining
company by David II. Mohitt on notes
given in 1900, bearing 10 per cent.
The Abbott reduced the worlds mile
troting to wagon record at Charter
Oak Park, Hartford, Conn, to 2:05R
The former record was 2:U9H, held by
Lucille and made at Cleveland in 1897.
The wedding Of Miss Mabel McKin.
ley and DR.. Hermanus l.. Baer Somer-
set, Pa, Sept - brings together a no
table party Of distinguished people,
including President and Mrs. McKin-
ley.
General Manager Russell Harding OF
the Missouri Pacific railway, while Ell
route east with his wife and some
friends, was taken suddenly Ill and
when the train reached Toledo he was
removed to a hospital.
James r. Mulhall was held in $1,000
for examination on a charge of swnd-
ling New York dealers. The police
said merchants had lost $4,000
through him and they thought he was
one Of the Old Valentine gang.
The annual report Of st. Paul shows
a decrease of $3.50, $40 in net earnings
and an increase of 81 ,45S0O0 in operat.
ing expenses. The net earnings O. the
New York Central for the fiscal year
were G20,5l1 ,6G5; a gain $2,55S, 50G,
Owing to the Discrimination of the
Western Passenger association to grant
the rate Of / cent mile, which was one
of the conditions on which Denver was
selected as the place for the next en-
campmcnt of the G. A. r., Cleveland
has made bid for the encampment,
General Manager Nudge of the Santa
Fc, at Topeka, Kan, denied the repor'
that his company is backing the pro.
iect OF the Kansas and Southern rail-
road, a short line in POttawattomie
county, Kan, to build a north and
south road from Nebraska to Okla
homa.
The English salt trade is excited over
the report that an American syndicate
covets control of the British salt mar
ket. Boxers are said to be quietly
buying shares of the salt union, a com
binaton OF producers which has 4
monopoly of the industry IN the l1nitcu
Kingdom.
from reports Of family physicians it
Is probable that Is per cent. of the
population of Chicago has been passing
through most extraordinary period of
suffering from an epidemic of cramps
In one week there were III deaths
from stomach troubles. The excessive
heat was the cause.
The body of the man found dead in a