Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1901-03-21

The report of the grand jury at
Anderson, S. c., condemns the labor
contract system in that county.
The major portion Of Sherwood,
small mining town eight miles from
Dubois, Pa, was destroyed by fire.
The Missouri house passed the pan
American exposition bill, appropriat'
ing $4,000 for an exhibit at Buffalo.
Samuel Moser, Pekin, ILL.,, was sen
fenced to q years Imprisonment for
the murder Of his wife and children.
Major William Warner Of Missouri
may be appointed pension commits
sioncr to succeed Henry Clay Evans.
Mr.. Allen, a well known and
wealthy south Jerseyman, died at his
home in Bridgcton, N, j., Gsed so
years.
Captain William II. Stevens, a re-
tired capitalist, and at one time
prominent miner in Colorado, Is dead
at Detroit, aged so.
New York city is threatened by
water famine, which the engineer de-
clares can only be averted by steady
rain for GO hours.
John A. Kasson, special peni-
potentiary to negotiate reciprocity
treaties, resigned because the senate
failed to ratify treaties.
e. J. Woltor Schuyler, Neb., was ar
rested at Omaha on the charge Of at
tempting to cXtorJ money from United
States Senator Kearns of Utah.
Mrs. Emma Jones and her three
daughters were badly burned and six
families were made homeless by a
fire In Madison street, HOboken, N. j.
The Indiana legislature passed
bill providing "A penalty of death In
extreme cases and Imprisonment from
ten to a life term for kidnapping for
ransom.
Stunned by girhood friends be
cause she had gone on the stage, Mrs.
Grace Mun2ill Grady, of New York,
after quarrel with her sweetheart,
took strychlno,
Ex-presidcnt Cleveland and Prof
Paul Vandykc have left Princeton f.
the SOUTH where they will spend a
few days shooting ducks along the
coast Of North Carolina.
Kirby William Johnson and Henry
Brooks, negroes, were hanged at Rich
mond, Little River county, Ark, for
numbering Edward Evans, white, and
Frank lIopson, colored,
An open switch on the Northwestern
road at Bark River, near EsCanaba,
Mich, caused a work train to collide
with car load Of oats. Louis Ander-
son had two ribs broken,
Andrew Carnegie has promised She
boygan, Wis, $4,000 for a public IL
brary, on condition that the city sup
ply the site and appropriate $4,000
yearly for library purposes
Roy Powell, who Is under arrest at
Frceport, H., for the murder of Wood
bury Worldnger, l6 miles from Free
port H., and who was indicted for
the crime, made a confession
Recently Andrew Carnegie offered
Montgomery $4,000 for II public
library building If the city would pro
vide site and $4,000 a year for sup
port Council accepted the offer
Three mon Charles White, Charles
Young and Il, Jamioson-and seventy.
six head Of horses were burned to
death in fire which destroyed Nor
toms livery stable in San Francisco.
The treasury department is satisfied
that bubonic plague exists to an alarm
Ing extent in San Francisco and that
stringent measures must be taken to
prevent the spread Of the disease.
The Standard Glass companys
plant, near Groonsburg, Pa, was de.
stroyed by fire, The plant was to have
been started up today with II large
number Of men. The loss is estimated
at $4,000.
Thomns Christian, white, horse
trainer and ex,bank clerk who shot
to death Frank Perkins, colorcd. n
trainer, and brother of Jockey Soup"
Perkins, qt Lexington, Ky, in October,
was given II life sentence.
At Kalamazoo, Mich, an autograph
letter of George Washington, dated
l166, was found among some waste
paper stock Mt the Bryant Paper ldiIl
1t was written to Captain James
Jameson, n New York merchant.
John Il, Searles, cx-secrctary of the
sugar trust and an officer of eighteen
corporations, made an assignment
after resigning from the presidency OF
the American Cotton company. His
liabilities may reach S2,0O0,OO0.
Sheriff Fasig, Terre Hautc. Ind
has received notice that the lnterua,
tional council of the world has of,
fered reward of $500 for the ar.
rest and conviction of every person
implicated in the lynching Of the
negro, Ward.
At special meeting OF the board of
trustees of the Durham medical in.
stitutc, Chicago, Dean James u. Kent.
announced that 81 100000 had been do.
mated the college for it's immediate
use by John Il, Dubois, wealthy
lumberman of Dubois, Pa.