Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1901-07-11

| AT Lewis, N. l.. bEOFSe anu Andrew
Thaler, brothers, both farmers, got
into a dispute about a horse Andrew
drew knife and George shot him in
the left breast near the heart. The
wound is dangerous.
At Quincy, H., Frank C. Forrest, a
Well-known young man, and his former
sweetheart, Louise Strothoff, were
found dead in a country road. One
had been shot through the head and
the other through the heart.
Commander Frederick Robinson
Smith, United States navy (retired) =,
is dead at his home IL Binghamton, n
Y, aged 81 years He was graduated
from Annapolis in 1861 and served
with distinction in the civil war.
The navy needs 1000 sailors to com
plete its authorized strength. Eight
training ships are now in service and
two more will be added Ninety per
cent. of the sailors in the navy are
native or naturalized Americans.
Andrew Allan, the only surviving
founder of the Allan Line Ocean
Steamship company and president of
the line, died at Montreal, at the age
of so years. Mr.. Allan was born in
Scotland and went to Canada in 1899.
At San Antonio, Mrs. Vroom, wife
of Colonel Vroom, United States army,
inspector-general of the department of
the east, stationed at Governors
island, N. Y, died. She was the
la IA ap % ID
Dist infantry,
At Cataract, Wis, Charles Starck
stabbed James Church with a jack
knife in the groin and the latter lies at
the point of death. The men were at
tending a barn-raising and a quarrel
ensued over wrestling match be-
tween the two.
General Manager Hubbard of the
Chicago Telephone company says the
farmers Of Illinois are getting tele-
phone mad. Within a radius of thirty
miles from the Chicago city limits
800 farmers are connected with the
telephone system
The 100000 Yale bicentennial
fund has all been provided. the princi-
pal pledges being from Frederick
Vanderbilt Of New York; James j.
Hill, of St Paul and Matthew Borden
of Fall River. Mr.. Hill and Mr.. Van
derbilt give 100000 each.
While blowing out the center of 4
highway north of Lyons, N. Y, the
skeleton of a man, apparently 30 years
old, was unearthed three feet from the
surface. The body has been in the
highway probably GO years. How the
body came there is a mystery.
At Someryille N. j., terrific eX-
plOsion of gasoline occurred in drug
store, wrecking the building and
seriously injuring four persons. The
injured are Mr.. and Mrs. Hail. r. l..
Day and John Abbott, a boy. The
building was completely shattered.
At Panther, w. Va. Peter Price, 4
negro charged with affrOnting a white
woman, was cornered in house at
lager by Infatuated citizens. Price
cut and killed George Hooks and
f. M. McGrann and seriously cut
Charles Davis. Price was captured.
At Preble, Ind, lightning struck n
STANDARD Oil tank which contained
so, 900 barrels of oil. The tank eX-
ploded and burning oil spread de-
stroying considerable property. In
habitants fed from their homes, but
large number We're severely burned.
The italian government has notified
the state department that italy does
not pay an export bounty on sugar.
This action is taken because of Socre-
tary Cages order directing an in
vestigation and imposing a counter
vailing duty on imports of Italian
sugar.