Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1901-11-28

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in the history Of the Klondike, pur t
chasing 214 gold hill claims for $780, +
900. {
A committee of residents of Higgins r
Ferry, S. c., visited two Mormon elders :
who have been preaching there and
warned them and four converts to
leave under threat of summary punish
ment.
The wedding of Miss Florence Mar
garet Foraker, daughter of Senator
Foraker of Ohio, and Randolph Mat
thews, took place and was followed by
a brilliant reception at the brides
home.
A $3.50 diamond ring ratified by the
Chicago maternity hospital in connec-
ton with the flower show, was won by
Thomas B. Scott, ex-president of the |
Northern Exchange National bank at
st. Paul. |
Five dead bodies have been taken |
from the Baby mine, at Pocahontas, w. |
Va. Several other persons are unac- |
counted for, and twenty-five persons
have been rescued, more or less Sc
verely burned.
Secretary Long in his annual report
asks for three first-class battleships,
two f1rst-class armOred cruisers and
| seventeen minor vessels, and recon-
mends a material increase In the per
sonnet of the navy.
The executive committee Of the Nc
| Kinley Memorial association of New
York met Chairman Cornelius n.
| Bliss presided. Fourteen thousand
two hundred dollars was subscribed
! toward the memorial.
A delegation from the commercial
organizations of Baltimore, New York,
Boston, Buffalo, Pittsburg, Cleveland,
| Indianapolis and Cincinnati called
upon the president to urge the impor-
lance of reciprocity with Canada
The body of Cerro GOrdo Hooks, a
Memphis business man, who died sew
eral weeks ago, was exhumed and the
chemist reported to a coroner's jury
that sufficient ground glass and ARISEN
ic were found in the organs to cause
death.
The British schooner Union, which
arrived at Mobile, brought % pounds
of Spanish gold in coin dated 1859
and bars, valued at $4,000, found in
Central America near Cayman Brac,
by Capt. Magnus Barton and asso-
ciates.
The sixth district committee Of the
National Founders association com
= prises: Chairman, o. P. Briggs, Min
neapolis; Charles E. Sammond, Mil
waukee; II. Fl. Wallis, Racine, Wis;
= F. G. Marcy, Milwaukee, and George NJ.
Gillette. Minneapolis
A dispatch from White Lake, n. Y,
Col William H Powell, U. s. A, re
. tired, died at Sackett's Harb0S N. Y.
He entered the army as a private In
1861 and won his first commission the
: same year. He became colonel of the
{ ninth infantry in 1897 and was retired
t at his request in 1899,
says Miss Mcconnell is slowly recov,
ering from her terrible experience OF
two days and nights in the north
woods. She is given the best Of care
but cannot be removed to her home in
Utica for several days,
There are 10000 people in the Yukon
territory. and the population of Daw.
son City is approximately 8vvO. Mai
/ H. J, WOOdside of Dawson, the dOmin-
ion government census commissioner
who arrived at Vancouver, B. c., from
the north, is authority for the figures
Damage by fire, smoke and water, es-
timated at about $4,000, was caused
at Winsted, Conn, by a fire which
started on the stage of the Winsted
? Opera house The theater was quilted
. and stores and offices in the structure
were more or less damaged by flames.
Officials Of the Burlington admit that
since the first of the week their night
trains leaving Lincoln, Neb., have gone
out with a guard armed with Wincheg-
tcrs. This precautiOn was taken fol-
lowing the discovery of twenty-six
sticks Of dynamite hidden under a
bridge
An advance Of 20 per cent. in the
price Of leather betting was agreed
upon by the Leather Betting Manufac,
turers' association. The new scale
was arranged by a straight advance
throughout the price list Edward P,
Alexander of Philadelphia was elected
president
The salary of Charles NJ. Schwab
president of the United States Steel
corporation, is 100000 a year, and he
is allowed contingent fee Of S125 600
and receives in addition one-fourth Of
/ per cent. Of all the corporation NAV
earn over and above it's fixed charges
and dividends.
| Fire that started in the Newton lun-
Der yard at Newton, Kan, did $50, 900
damage. It was caused by spontaneous
combustion Of tar. J. Slime, an en-
ploye, injured by the explosion. will
probably die. The principal losses ara
the Newton lumber yard and the Phil
lips building, occupied by Duff & Duff
as furniture store.
Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth GriswoId
Morse, widow of Prof. Samuel T. r. |
Morse, inventor of the telegraph died !
In Berlin, Germany. She was Prof |
Morse's second wife, and was married
to him in 184S. She was born in 1922. |
Four children, one daughter and three
sons, were born to her. She died at
the home of her daughter.
Rev. Henry Bowman. perhaps the
oldest Methodist preacher who was
active in the pulpit up to the time OF
his death, died at Bloomington. III.
aged 95. He preached for II years
and became famous throughout the