Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1901-05-30


friends say that he will be chosen
president of the Northern Pacific.
Five bank robbers were discovered
at work in Hard!and Mo, and escaped
after pistol battle with citizens.
A man believed to be William Gard
house Of Brampton, ont, jumped into
the Niagara river, going over the falls,
The west has begun unusually early
to draw upon the treasury for funds
In anticipation Of the crop movement
At Fairhayen, Mass, Weston How
land, the discoyerer Of the method OF
refining petroleum, died, aged sc
years.
Mrs. Mary Heating, wife Of Michael
Heating, died at Kenosha, Wis. She
was born in County Mayo, ireland, IL
1890
A renowned physician expresses his
belief that on several occasions Presi-
dent Mckinley recalled his wife from
death.
A Brooklyn doctor caused stir in
the American tuberculosis congress by
declaring that there are no infectious
diseases,
Charles G. Dawes of Evanston has
formally entered the race for United
States senator from Illinois to sue.
coed Mason.
The American Congress Of "ubcr
culosis and MedlcoLegal society
recommended laws to help stamp out
the disease.
Rev. Henry Collin Minton, D. D.,
OF California, was elected moderator
Of the Presbyterian general assembly
at Philadelphia.
Late dispatches from San Francisco
record a marked improvement In the
condition Of Mrs. Mckinley. She is
out Of danger.
The Ohio supreme court has sus~
tanned the anti-lynching law, which
holds the county accountable to the
extent Of $4,000 dagames.
Presiden! s. X. Galloway Of tie New
York Contra railroad has resigned to
accept the presidency of the 10000
900 locomotive consolidation.
Davis White OF Cincinnati was found
u'Hb III u ltllN vi NH' hifiIlh'N''' ''''''
company Manitowoc. 1t Is supposed
he fell in while intoxicated.
The body Of G. E. Starbu2k, a
Harvard student who disappeared ten
days ago, has been found in the
Charles river, near Boston.
Louis Marvin pleaded guilty to
bIgamy Mt st. Paul and was sentenced
to three years imprisonment. Marvin
went to st. Paul from Chicago,
Four boys were drowned and
several persons badly burned as the
result of an explosion Of fireworks
on a steamer at BemldJi, MINI.
At Jackson, Miss, A. p. Brady, a
merchant, was arrested charged with
the murder OF William Dnsmore,
near Coleman, Texas, 28 years ago.
Lawyer John l.. Semple was ar,
rested in Philadelphia for completely
in q plot by which two prisoners were
making counterfeit money in a cell,
Many West Point cadets are in u
state Of mutiny against Colonel A. l..
Mills and demand his removal for
alleged arbitrary, unjust and severe
actions,
James =. Nichols, II retired hard
ware merchant, who was n pioneer Of
Chicago and WaukCgan, died at Wan.
kcgan, He was in his soycnty-ninth
year
At Youngstown, o., William Johnson
Edwards, lneal descendant of
Jonathan Edwards, n former president
of Princeton university died, aged 80
year,,
Lindsay r. Dan N, instructor in
rhetoric in the University OF Chicago
since 1896, has been appointed ASSOC
ciatc professor of rhetoric in Brown
university,
patlllo Higgins, who claims to have
given Captain A. f. Lucas the informa,
ton where to bore the first Texas oil
we'll here, has filed suit for $4,000 600
against Lucas.
john =. LOOMS, president of the
Kansas Clty convention hall and a
prominent business man, died after q
brief illness. He was born In NeCnah,
| Wis, In 1854.
The biggest plant of the Inter
national Clay Manufacturing company
markers of terra Gotta, At Perth
| Amboy, n j., was destroyed by fire;
loss $4,000,
Dennis Reed, an 1Sycarold boy,
shot and seriously wounded George
Williams at Metropolis. Ill. Reed had
called on Williams daughter against
the latter's orders.
At Springfield, Ohio. George w.
Thatcher pleaded not guilty to a
charge of forging the name of p, p,
Mast. the late millionaire, to notes
amounting to 100000.
Frank w Comiskoy, a New York
broker, Ia In Soney hospital, Brooklyn,
in proCarious condition suffering
from apoplexy with which he was Mt,
tackled while playing croQuet
Judge John Gibbons of Chicago,
Judge OF the circuit court of Cook
county, H.. Is seriously III In Denver,
He was stricken with pneumonia while