Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1901-06-27

inc mn IOdu0.
Inquiry by the war department
shows that hundreds of thousands u
dollars worth of quartermaster's sup
plies have been Illegally disposed Of IN
San Francisco.
Charles p. Lyman, father of George
p. Lyman, general traffic agent of the
Burlington railroad, died suddenly at
the home Of his son in st. Paul Of
heart disease.
The body Of Simeon Quinn was
found hanging from tree near K0-
komo, Ind. 1t is thought he killed
himself on account of the suicide Of
Aggie Song.
The men suspected of being the real
criminals in the effort to steal 100000
in gold from the Kaiser Wilhelm der
Crosse are said to have been traced TO
the United States.
J. p. Kelly from Missouri was
arrested in Meridian, Miss, charged
with robbing the postofIice at Marion,
Ala, and brought back to that place
and admitted his guilt.
An autopsy on the body Of John e.
Mitchell of Milwaukee, who dropped
dead in the depot at Benton Harbor,
Mich, disclosed the fact that the man
had only one Kidney
Miss Martha Desdemona Moon, an
old resident Of GAINESVILLE, died as the
result Of n stroke Of paralysis received
three years ago She was a native Of
New York. 81 years old.
Philadelphia is stirred by the action
Of Mayor Ashbridge in signing the
street railway franchises. Injunction
proceedings will be brought. but poll
ticians think the prize is secure.
Congress Is likely to extend the
Geary law for the exclusion of Chinese
another ten years. The Gresham
treaty, whereby China consented to
the exclusion act, extends to 1914.
Perry Belmont, just back from Eu
rope, declared that the expulsion Of
Richard Croker and w. J. Bryan from
control Of the democratic party is nee
cssary for the success of democracy
l.. K. Salisbury, II. A. Taylor, y. T.,
McGarry, S. V Mcleod, and Gerritt Al
bers were indicted for completely in
the Grand Rapids Waterworks scandal
City Councilmcn may be added to the
list.
The famous Miles will case at Falls
City, Neb., has been reopened by the
filing Of a new petition on the part Of
the heirs who were beaten at the first
trial. The estate is valued at 81 500
600.
Charles Belknap, commander in the
United States navy died at Baltimore
He entered the naval academy in 1864
graduating three years later. His last
command at sea was the Bancroft IN
1867.
Mrs. Edith Smith. IS years old,
killed herself at Evanston two weeks
after her marriage to the man she had
loved since childhood She was dis
appointed with her husbands manner
Of life.
Seneca W. Hazard, city passenger
agent Of the Chicago e Northwestern
railway at Des MOines, was found
hanging to a raftcr in the basement of
the city ticket office. No motive is
known.
Herbert w. Bowen of New York.
minister to Persia, has been appointed
minister to Venezuela as the successor
of Loomis. who will be sent to Portu-
gal. Lloyd c. Griscom was made Per
sian minister,
The jury in the IIouck murder trial
at Mount Vernon, o., returned u YER
dict in the second degree. George W.
lIouck, the convicted man, kilISi
Sarah Jane Hess, a widow, at Bladens.
burg on March 10.
Il. Il. Hudson of Cleveland died at
Upland, Ind, aged So. He was u we'll
known hymn writer and singer, AMI
had visited Upland to attend the an.
nual meeting of the board Of trustees
of Taylor college.
A new ireland Is planned in the
southern Pacific by Joseph O'Donag,
hue, who has obtained what he CON
siders an ideal site for a government.
There is room for each county to have
n separate island,
Colonel NJ. Bryant, a retired army
officer, died at his home in Wichita,
Kas He was colonel of the 18th in.
tantry and was in command Of Fort
Sill when he retired He had served
in the army since 1857.
More than zoo degrees were con
| ferrod at the commencement of Col.
umbia university and 142 at Vassar.
Gifts TO Nassar Of $4,000 by John D.
Rockefeller and Of $4,000 by Helen NJ.
Gould were announced.
The Mississippi good roads associa-
ton has been organized at Jackson,
Miss, as a result OF the good roads
convention. The legislature will be
mcmoriali2od TO compel counties To
adopt the contract system.
Scott and Charles Henderson. aged
9 and II years, sons of a wellto-do
man Of Cassvillc. Ind. were arrested
for attempting TO wreck a passenger
train and admitted placing window
frame and chair on the tracks.