Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-02-20

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A charter was granted at Charles
ton. w. Va, for railroad from Buck
I harmon, Upshur county, to Fairmont,
Marion county.
Senators CullOm and Mason agreed
to recommend 3. F. Lawson of Eff
fngham, H.. for fourth assistant post
master general.
Fire destroyed the VendOme hotel,
three-story building, at Minneapolis.
Many guests had narrow escapes. The
loss is $4,000.
Manufacturers and other testified in
favor Of adopting the metric system
before the house committee on weights
and measures.
Charles Tyler Of Baltimore has
sold his foundry and machine works in
Fredericksburg to John T. Dale of
Chicago for $1,000.
1t is said the ways and means com
mittee will report on Cuban re-
ciprocity after the war revenue reduc-
ton bill is disposed of.
Dr. Octavius Smith, a Cuban com
missioner, has had his son arrested
Warrington school girl.
The house labor committee ap-
proved the bill prohibiting the Marine
band from competing with civilian or
CARNATIONS or individuals.
Senator Cockren of Missouri missed
dinner with the president at the
residence Of Secretary Hitchcock be-
| cause he forgot all about it.
It is said that Gen. Charles P.
Eagan former commissary-gene
has been challenged by Col. w. P. Har-
low Of NOgaIes, California.
Thomas Byrne, owner Of the Uni
versity flats, Chicago, which was
destroyed by fire, gave each of the
AZ families burned out 800.
The murder Of Carrie Larson in Chi
cago has given added impulse to the
movement for home where girls can
stop while seeking positions.
The comptroller of the treasury de
ctded that refund of duty on goods i'm
ported from Porto Rico shall be made
| only when protests are filed.
Senators cannot agree on law rela-
tive to punishment of anarchists.
Uncle Dan" Harness, the owner of
Imp, died near Chillicothe, o.
Policeman B. S. Clue, respondent
over charges preferred against him
and fearing to face trial killed him
self by shooting, in New York
The Chicago Telephone company
may be compelled to refund $4,000
| 600 illegally exacted from sub
scribers during the last ten years.
Kaiser WiIhelm's decree that Prince
Henry shall speak English in America
disarranged the plans of the Chicago
German societies in welcoming him.
Andrew Eighmey, %, formerly a
resident Of New York city, commit
ted suicide on a farm near Saratoga,
N. Y. 1t is believed he was insane.
Theodore Roosevelt Jr., and three
other boys at a Groton, Mass, school
have pneumonia as a result of going
hatIess. The president and Mrs.
The Presbyterian committee on
creed revision issued a statement as
sorting that the church does not
teach that those dying in infancy are
| lost.
The draw in the Rutland railroad
| bridge across Lake Champlain burned.
and traffic will be delayed for several
weeks. The draw-tender was severely
burned.
Scenes from six operas are to be
given at the Metropolitan opera house,
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range from S. to $50. Noted stars are
to sing.
Rev Edward A Waldo, former
charity worker in Chicago, who dis
appeared five years age, is located in
San Francisco. He has lost his
! memory.
The graduating class at Carlisle
! pa Indian school numbered AZ.
Theodore Davis, a farmer of Pitts
Hollow, KY, was attacked by English
sparrOws.
Sociable burglars at East Orange,
! n. J., chatted with a woman whose
house they were robbing and were re
buked for dropping candle grease on
the carpet.
| vi SNll N III W lllIS ; an GiCN dIOl at
| WapelIa H.. was destroyed and the
business district was almost wiped
out, together with several dwellings.
Loss 100000
DR.. Dowie, in an address to his con
gregatiOn, scored Judge Tuley for de-
Gliding against him in the Stevenson
case. He called the aged jurist ig-
norant and unjust.
Roosevelt are with their son.
The health board Of Plymouth town
ship, near Wilkesbarre, Pa, killed
1000 cats and dogs to prevent the
spread Of smallpox
Two big fires in the downtown
district, Chicago, caused destruction
Of property worth $222,00O. The
Gage millinery store and Trude
| building were damaged.
Eleven persons were killed and
eight seriously hurt in fire that de-
stroyed the Empire hotel of St. Louis.
Guests who escaped wore only their
night clothes and were badly frozen.
Payne Whitney and his bride, for
merly Miss Helen Hay. arrived in
Thomasville, Ga, to spend their
honeymoon. They will be the guests
of Col. Oliver Hazard Payne at his
mansion, GIenwood. near Thomas
vile. Col. Payne is an uncle of the
| groom.
Steamship Philadelphia, on it's last