Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1901-11-21


change the treaty with Great Britain
to permit the construction OF wal
ships on the great lakes.
Newell c. Rathbun, who was sup
posed to have died in a hotel at JeHer-
sonville, Ind, was arrested at LOUIS
vile, Ky, for completely in a schenle
to defraud the insurance company.
DR.. Henson formally resigned the
pastorate Of the First Baptist churcn
of Chicago. after a service Of twenty
years. He accepted a call to the
Hanson Place Baptist church, BROOK
Ign.
The battleship Illinois is likely TO
be the flagship Of Rear aomlfai
Crowninshield on the European sta
ton The Olympia may be reserved
for Dewey at King Edwards corona
ton
A radical readjustment Of trafHc al
fairs is to follow the settlement Oh
the Northern Pacific complications.
All the Hartman and Hill lines are
likely to be put under one manage
ment.
There is good prospect that the com,
ing session Of congress will amend the
interstate commission act to give the
commission power to stop discrImlna-
ton in rates and to fix rates when TOO
high
Mayor Tom L. Johnson Of Cleveland
is so well pleased with the pronounced
victory he won in CuyahOga county
politics that he is beginning to plan
a campaign to land him in the pres'-
dental chair in 1905
1t is officially announced that I. j.
Mcclure, temporarily suspended gen
eral secretary treasurer Of the Broth
erhood Of Carpenters, is short in his
accounts $10,O74.73. A warrant has
beer issued for his arrest.
The statement of a German scientist
caused an investigation to ascertain
how many teachers are in Illinois in
sane asylums. Ten are at Elgin.
The best horse show ever held In
Chicago closed yesterday with profit
of $4,000.
Several of the twenty-six cOnVicts
who escaped from the Fort Leaven-
worth prison are still at large. Or the
others two were killed in a fight with
a posse of farmers near MOrtOnville,
Kas., two were severely wounded, and
three recaptured.
The Panama canal is said - have
been practically eliminated from con
sideratiOn in connection with the con-
struction of an interoceanic waterway
by the United States, so that from now
on there will be under consideration
but one rOute-the Nicaragua.
At Grand Island, Neb., u. T. Fisher
a Wells Fargo express messenger, was
found in dying condition in MS car
There were two bullet holes just be-
low the heart He was unable to tell
anything Of the cause of the shoot
ing Everything in the safe was found
intact.
At Philadelphia company, Of which
Gen. Joseph Wheeler is director, is
contemplating the establishment of a
plant for the manufacture of a new
Hrearm. The chief merits claimed for
the new weapon are freedom from re
coil and in the automatic action in
loading and firing.
At New York Mrs. Archibald S.
White, wife of the president Of the Ma
tiOnal Salt company, was found dead
in the bathroom of her residence. a
slip on the floor of the bathroom
caused her TO fail backward, her head
striking he edge of a marble basin,
fracturing her skull.
At Ramstaule, Mass. Miss Jane
TOppan, The nurse accused of the muir
der of Mrs Mary T. Gibbs. by poison
Ing. was before ihc district court. but
the hearing was postponed until Nov.
l5- 1t was LEANED that last July, while
attending the Davis family at Callau-
met, Miss Toppan ordered morphine
tablets Of d local druggist
A large number Of high ranking Of.
ficers in the army, Who are near IN,
retiring age and who have been count
ing on promotions ana retiring In
higher grade, are evidently doomed %
disappointment as il is understood
that the president is opposed ia tho
policy Of promoting officers VINO ha,r
:; very short time to serve on the act.
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Football scores: Northwestern 5
chicago =; Michigan 81. Ohio State 0
Illinois -, Iowa o; Wisconsin a.
Ames Q; Minnesota 10. North DAKOTA
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