Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1901-02-28

a church in retaliation and destroyed
$500 window presented by Helen M
Gould
Warren Burbank, eleven years old,
of New Brighton, was shot and killed
by his brother while playing with
revolver.
Saloon fixtures were wrecked and
liquor poured in the street by women
at Perry Kas. The crusade Is
spreading.
At Springfield, H., James II. Pick
rell, secretary Of the American Short
Horn Breeders Association, is dead
aged sc years.
Robert d. Russell, exjudge of the
district court and a brother OF Sol
Smith Russell, the actor, died in
Minneapolis.
Purchases Of land on Staten island
are believed to be connected with q
plan OF the steel trust to build great
shipyards there.
It was reported in Wall street that
j. +. Morgan had paid to Mr.. Carnegie
$25 100000 in cash, cOnsummating the
Dig steel zeal
Dale Kngcry, son Of a wealthy
farmer near Frankfort, Ind, was kid.
mapped by an unknown man and a
yelled woman.
Pegran Cochran Shell Cochran and
J.. A. Hester, white, were sentenced at
Fairurn, Ga, to life Imprisonment for
killing negro.
Mrs. Lulu Kennedy, who killed her
husband at Kansas City, was indicted
for murder, and her father and two
brothers were arrested.
An electric car jumped the track
while on the way from Dayton, KY, to
Cincinnati and fell into creek, in
juring 20 persons.
The Delaware legislature has eX-
tended the whipping post law to In
cludo wife-beaters among those to be
punished by whipping,
For the first time since he has been
in Jersey City, jail Mrs, Barker visited
her husband who shot Rev. John
Keller in Arlington. N. j.
Senator Hale introduced a bill pro
yiding for appointment of two vice
admirals. 1t Is intended to apply
to Schloy and Sampson.
Four persons were killed and
several injured by the wreck Of a
Southern Pacific train that ran into a
washout at Mills City. New.
The four-story brick factory build.
Ing at Nos. lOG and 1OS Seventh
avenue New York, was destroyed by
fire. causing loss Of 100000.
Rev Or. d. b. Gray, pastor of the
First Baptist church at Birmingham,
Ala, has accepted the presidency of
the Georgetown (Ky) college.
Frank Brezinsld Of Winona. was
son, Joseph Breznskl. in Pine Creek,
Wis. He was 70 years of age.
Fire destroyed the Gray Office build
ing, the Hay building, the Ransom
dry goods house and Eckerts livery
at CoshoCton, Ohio; loss, $4,000,
Charles Voss. living at 527 Barclay
street, Milwaukee, killed his Wife with
a butcher knife, and then committed
suicide. Voss was n laborer.
Mrs. Carrie Nation was sent to
jail at Topeka In default of a $4,000
peace bond, Three of her lieutenants
were also placed under peace bonds,
Samuel Cabbell. adopted son OF M.
s. Cabbell. engineer at the postoiCe
building at Quincy, Ill.,, was arrested
for robbing the mails, He confessed
A state dispCnsary bill was introduc.
cd in the Kansas house 1t provides
for the establishment of dlspensaries
In numerous precincts throughout the
state
The committee on revision of the
Presbyterian creed will present two
reports to the general assembly The
majority do not favor any radical
change.
Five 81 900 bills have been stolen
| mysteriously from Kansas City bank,
and banks in all parts of the country
have boon notified to be on the look
out for them
Fire in the Evans apartment build.
| ing, Il fourstory brick structure at
| Forty.scCOud street and Evans avenue
! Chicago, for time menaCcd the lives
| of many tenants.
The Michigan supreme court handed
down mn opinion affirming the judg
ment of the Wayne county circuit
bench that franchises received from
the city are taxable.
The strike of the cigar-malIers in
| Tampa, Fla, has been settled, the
strikers, numbering between 500 and
400, returning to work. Mutual con
| Cessons were made
President Mckinley in a message to
congress urged that the thanks of
congress be extended to Sampson and
the officers and men under him for
the Santiago victory
The retirement OF Generals John NJ.
Wilson aud Fitzhugh Lee will take eff.
! feet Immediately after the Confrma.
ton OF their nominations as brlgadier
| generals by the senate
The Rev Joseph Marvin. Warren.
O., died. aged % years He was prob.