Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-07-17

| hanged.
Ira N. Terrell, a convicted murderer
! from Oklahoma, argued his own case
in the Kansas supreme court, taking
the ground that Kansas has no juris.
diction and that he is wrongly i'm.
! prisoned.
d. A. j. Jennings Is under arrest IN
| Chicago, charged with extortion by a
midwife who says the doctor was 4c.
companied by man representing MIN
self as an officer. The doctor denies
the charge,
President w. II, Harper of Chicago
in an address to the National educa-
ton association at Minneapolis, saiu
professor who uses sensationalism
to influence public or pupils abuses his
privilege.
The nine children of Leonard
Lewiston, the copper millionaire, who
died in London last March, will give
100000 each to charities in accor-
dance with a request made in their
fathers will.
President Roosevelt, in a speech at
Pittsburg, said new laws were needed
to deal with the trust problem.
w. Bourke Cochran, in a speech at
Tammany hall, denounced the i'm.
pcrianstc policy.
The statement that the Roman
Catholic church is losing ground IN
the United States caused a meeting to
plan a church census. The member
ship is said to have dropped 1851 800
In twelve years.
At Louisville, Ky, James Dub, who
is fired into the air Clinging to a
bomb, which explodes, and then de-
scends with a parachute, fell when
within 100 feet of the ground and
broke his back.
Harry Tracy, the fugitive Oregon
convict, deludod his pursuers, com
PEELED farmer to cook eight DAYS
food and provide him with clothes
Then he forced a farm hand to row
him down the sound.
Mrs. II. Yates of Ontario, Canada
was burned to death at Mountain
View. Oklahoma, while attempting to
light the kitchen fire with kerosene.
Her father-inlaw was burned severely
in trying to save her,
The Federal Sugar Refining com
pany, which was incorporated under
the laws Of New Jersey recently, with
capital of $5O,OO0,OOO, proposes to
establish chain of rehneries through
out the United States.
The Denver & Rio Grande Railway
company carried two actresses
through to San Francisco in an other
wise empty Pullman car because
they refused to transfer to another
car on through tickets.
At Peoria the prohibition convention
adjourned for hours earlier than liz
tended, to prevent a speech by Carrie
Nation. Nearly $4,000 in cash was
thrown on the platform by the en-
thusiasts when call was made for
funds.
President Roosevelt has been In.
dorsed for denomination by four state
conventions and is sure of their LAG
votes out of 952. The New York
delegation is certain to add Is more,
Friends are confident of his re-
nomination.
TO save Michael McCaffrey from
unjust punishment for Webster
Adams murder, Herman Eidhendom,
Of 1893 Washburne avenue, anu
Michael = lara, 1865 West Thirteenth
street, Chicago, surrendered to the
police and confessed
Mrs. Aline O'Malley and w. j..
Hearin, a Cornell student, both u
New York city, were arrested in
philadelphia when about to take a
train for the west. They were
charged with larceny. Her husband 3
II! in a Philadelphia hospital.
over 5000 Chicago freight handlers
struck because the railroad officials
| refused to recognize their union III
discussing demand for increased
wages, The freight business OF
twcnty.four railroads is partly tied UP.
New men are being set at work.
Detective c. c. Norbeck, on the
| witness stand confessed that g
Minneapolis police and city ad.
mnistration stood in" with thieves
and swindlers. Norm King, a police
man, was sent to prison for three
years, and the jury in the case Of
Chief of Police Ames disagreed
At Mt Sterling, H., when ,hc
funeral cortege of Mrs. John Leibort
! was ready to start for the cemetery
| the husband and the sister Of the dead
woman were discovered hugging and
kissing in closed apartment In
diguation was so great that they wcrc
tarrod and fcathercd, after which tie
funeral ceremonies were concluded.
During the fiscal year ended Jurc
! 80, 1902, the bureau of navigation re.
ports that 1861 vessels of 47&o>l
, gross tons were built in the Uuitol
States, compared with 1919 vessels
Of i9S,6lG tons for the previous fiscal
year The decrease in tonnage is IN
sailing vessels. canal boats, barcos.
etc. New steel steamers aggregate
275,479 tons. compared with 235@Go
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