Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-03-08

bonds A reorganization is planned.
De Paw university charged the
American Plate Glass company with de-
priving the minority stockholders OF
profits, and asked for a receiver and an
accounting.
In Chicago union labor men had sey-
era fights with men at work on Butter
Building, West Randolph street and the
river. Union fireproofers were beaten
by a mistake.
Minority stockholders say that the n.
G. Prick Coke company IS furnishing
coke at a loss of 81 900 900 this year for
Carnegies profit and ask an annulment
of the contract
The conferees agreed on a financial
bill, providing for the gold standard
increased bank circulation, more sub
sidiary coinage and small notes, and
refunding Of the national debt at a
lower interest.
A letter received announces that
Miss Anna Thorne Mclaughlin of
Chicago and DR.. Wilmer Sanford Leh-
man Of Africa We're married on ship
board at Great Balance.
Daniel Frohman has decided to post
pone the proposed spring appearance CT
Mr.. and Mrs E. II. Sothern in Hamlet
until next September. The reason
given is Mr.. Sothern's health.
Henry Warehouse, Jr., a merchant
and planter OF Honolulu, died of pneu-
monia at the Fifth Avenue hotel, New
York He and his wife were en- route
to Europe on their wedding tour.
The New York republican state com
mlttee has selected New York, April
elect delegates large to the republic
can convention at Philadelphia.
In Chicago eight firms were burned
ont in fire which destroyed a four
story brick building at 5l-55 Jefferson
street The loss on the building was
$50 900 and on the contents $4,000.
Fire in the plant Of the Detroit Steel
and Spring companys works destroyed
both the companys rolling mills and
caused a loss Of a fircman's life. The
property loss is about 100000, fully
| insured.
Prosecutor Edward White of Della
ware county, Indiana, has filed two
test suits against the Republic Iron
and Steel company, charging the com
pany with violating the weekly pay
ment law.
The pittsburg Post prints a story
that II, G, Frck, Henry Phipps, Jr,,
John Walker and +. j. +. Lovejoy
will erect a steel plant on the Monon-
gaheIa river frontage, just below Mon
Ongahela City.
A. S. I,asceles K Co.. importers,
brought suit in the federal court to
enjoin Collector Bidwell from collect
Ing tariff duties on imports from Porto
Rico, alleging that the island Is part Of
tho United States
Cardinal Gibbons is preparing to
vacate the archdiocese temporarily
with the view of visiting Rome and
other points in Europe. This visit
will be the nth which the cardinal has
made since October 1869.
At Forest City, Ark, Frank Hogan
and Charles Norris, prisoners at the
station house. were burned to death.
The fire is supposed to have been
/ started by the men in an attempt to
keep warm Hogan is said to be from
st. Paul,
Dr, Charles w. Dobney president OF
the University of Tennessee, has re-
ceived notice of his appointment as a
member of the committee OF nterua-
tional awards at the Paris exposition
The appointment came from the French
government.
Rear Admiral O'Neil. chief Of the
ordnance bureau, has placed a contract
with l., w, Bliss 4 Co. of Brooklyn for
80 Whitehead torpedoes for which the
government will pay $4,000. These
torpcdoes are needed for the battle
ships 0f the Maine class, which have
been equipped with underwater dis
charge torpedo tubes
Nine Nordica rell and badly injured
herself during the matinee perform
ance of L'Africninr at the Metropolitan
opera house, She pluekily finished the
performance, though she was much
bruised and one of her limbs was con
siderably strained.
j. G. Schurman, recently of the Phil
ippine commission, says the plan of
government for the Filipinos recon-
mended to the president and accepted
by him was substantially that devised
by Pedro A. Palermo, formerly Nguin-
aldo's prime minister
A midnight express on the l.ahigh
Valley railroad struck carriage con-
tanning seven persons, ut Geneva. n.
Y, instantly killing five of the occu-
pants, fatally iniuring another and
badly bruising the other. All were
members Of one family.
As a result of a secret meetng of
the Woudemware Association IL is
said there is likely to be another adj
vance In prices Of small woodtnware