Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-12-20

| buildings, uleu at MS HOIhC III Illlld'
delphia from pneumonia.
The British steamer Caroline S. ar.
rived at Tampa, Fla, and reports that
! a large number of monkeys in the car
20 got loose and had a lively time.
Henry Heyden, superintendent Of
the New York Central railroad, jump
ed or fell from the fourth story of his
residence and was instantly killed.
Dcspcradoes invaded the town Of
Mountain View. Ok. r.. and had
battle with the marshal. who with
two Others will die Of bullet wounds.
In the absence of a law enforcing
the death penalty the governor Of
Kansas is puzzled what to do with
forty persons sentenced to be hanged.
/ tame Commissioner Loveday seized
900 quail packed in barrels, in course
of shipment from Franklin county, H.
to st. Louis. Prosecutions are to fol-
| low.
Americans will contribute toward a
statue to King Alfred the great Of
England, to be unveiled at Winchester
on the 1,OOOth anniversary of his
| death.
John w. Coppinger, once United
| States consul at Toronto, Canada, and
a prominent democratic politician of
southern Illinois, died at Alton, ILL.,,
aged 40.
Eugene Bezenah, Cincinnati, knock
ed out Kid La Faber Buffalo, at Alex
andria, Ind, in the sixth round of
what had been scheduled as a 20
round bout
Postmaster General Smith in an
nual report urges reform in the postal
laws. The revenues pass the $780,
600, 900 mark The annual deposit is
about $GO0O,O0O.
Alice O'Donnell, 2G years of age a
trained nurse, while visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. James Jones Of Brooklyn, killed
their 15-ycar-old child, cutting his
throat with a razor,
Lloyds weekly paper, London, says
that it learns that the duke and duCh-
css Of York will visit the United
States on their return journey from
Australia via Canada
Jessie Morrison testified that Mrs.
OIin Castle Of EdoradO, Kan, told her
she hated her, assailed her with a
razor that she wrcsted it from her and
killed her in self-defense.
The regularity of trains on the
Santa Zee indicates that the backbone
of the tcIegraphers' strike is broken.
The company says it lacks only 250
of a full force of operators
Police Captain Thomas p. Flahiyo
of the Kansas City force, was sus.
pended for thrifty days for insubor-
dinaton and making false statements
concerning his superior officer.
The federal court at st. Louis ruled
against the demurrer Of Oberlin M .
Carter, former captain in the United
States army, and remanded him to
the LeaVenworth military prison.
Former COmmissary General Of Sub
sstcnCe Eagan, who was under sus.
pension for using alleged abusive lang,
uago toward General Miles, was re.
stored to duty and Immediately re-
tired.
At Kansas City two footpads tried
to hold up John Halpin, inspector of
detectives. IIalpin fired four shots at
the men. wounding one of them. The
latter escaped, but the other was
captured
The funeral Of Mary Deborah Biddle,
sister of the late Professor Spencer f.
Baird of the Smithsonian institution
and widow of the late Colonel Henry
j. Biddle, died suddenly at her home
in lGdgcwood, Pa,
Supervisor Chamberlain of Lee
banon, ILL.,. received n letter from
Davenport, Ia. stating that Annie
Hughes, Il girl stolen by gypsios some
time ago, Is thought TO be in gypsy
camp near that city.
The ship subsidy bill has been so
patched that little of the original
form remains. Vessels need carry
nothing to draw II bounty ON total
tonnage. The alterations benefit mail
steamers ON the Atlantic.
Gen Armstrong. Platte city Mo.
colorod, was found guilty of assault.
ing Il white girl and verdict of
hanging rendered. At the time of the
crime Armstrong barely escaped
lynChng His victim recovered.
. The Sabine Pass. Texas, harbor i'm.
provomcnts were damaged to the eX.
tent of 100000 by the September hur-
ricanc, according to report submit
ted by the secretary of war to the
house of representatives yesterday.
Students from the University of Hi.
nois won n majority of the high hon
ors in the Judging competition at the
live stock exposition The teams of
Wisconsin. Indiana, Michigan and
Iowa ranked after the winners in that
order,
The 100000 Kentucky futurity. foals
Of 1900, the star stake of the Ken.
lucky breeders association. and the
American trotting turf closed second
payments with over 1000 wcaulings
entered, breaking the previous record
of 92& in 1898.