Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-04-17
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The italian government will buy
thc Phoebe Hearst residence in
Washington for embassy.
Cruelty charges against the warden
and deputy Of the Michigan City GndD
prison will be investigated.
Eammauy Hall is again liz control
If the board Of aldermen through q
suvisjon IN the fusion element
Grand Trunk passenger train was
wrecked near Lansing, Mich. one
..rson being killed and five hurt.
fire losses of the United States for
March were $1o.552.78o, nearly 90
per cent less than for March, 1901.
3ncause she dtslikes her neighbors
4 New York woman has advertised
DER house for sale only to negroes.
)r Howard Taylor, missionary to
china said in interview that Chris
aanity ultimately win prevail there.
Colonel Espado, Filipino, who
wore allegiance to United States ana
.tuned to the insurgents was given
iic sentence
Albert T. Patrick, who murdered
Marsh Rice, in New York. was sen
enced to die May 5. The execution
will be stayed by appeal.
Louis Sparks, 13-ycar-Old St.
Joseph Mich. boy, started for Texas,
where he expects to elope with IL
Iearold Delphine O'Connor
new merger suit against the
1eat Northern and Northern Pacific
.oads was begun by the state of
Minnesota In the state courts.
Cigarette smoking is on the in
:rease among New York women, ana
public smoking and Iouneiug rooms
are being provided for their use.
The state of Washington asked ne
supreme court for leave to bring an
4nti-merger suit against Northern
2acific-Great Northern railroads
Della Mathews, a woman patient at
ibc Chicago county hospital, jumped
1cadfrst from third story window
while in . delirium and was killed,
kankakee and neighboring towns
are seeking TO solve the identity OF
Miss MAY Keney - journeyman
printer who some suppose is a boy.
The St Louis grand jury made a
report charging the members Of the
lou,e Of delegates with Corruption
md citing numerous cases of whole
sale bribery
The retail clerks OF Chicago started
Il mo, ement for a nine hour day and
i minimum wage. to include the
1titcd states They viii organize
14 union lines
burlington passenger train Vas
acid ZIP near st Joseph. Mo. by
four men The express car 10,
entered. but the hunt for vauables
vas unsuccessful
Secretary Shaw made public his
letter in reply to complaints regard
ne the conduct of customs inspectors
.cward returning yoyagers. He says
specific charges are few.
Secretary of State Hay. in the
Danish West Indies investigation,
denied that Captain Christmas repre-
4ented the United States, or was con
.erued officially in the islands sale.
Lawton, Ok. TT. tried to expeI
negroes. The white and black resi-
t,nts collected In two armies. Forty
groes were driven out and a battle
= expected Fort Sin troops may be
sent.
Ernest Erickson. son of an Evanston
teweler. was arrested on the charge
of impersonating a messenger boy
ana obtaining 81, 500 worth of gooua
from Chicago firms in his mothers
lame.
Clyde Felt. Is years old. confessed
% killing Samuel Collins, Waterman
at the Wasatka mines, Warm
Springs. Utah The Waterman wish
al to die and asked him TO cut his
hroat
4 negro at Tuscumbri& Ala.
sought by the sheriff, killed two per
sons, fatally wounded three. and
seriously wounded four more. He
vas then caught and thrown in a
burning building.
The sheriff of Sawyer county Wis
'onsin asked the governor for troops
70 QuelI disturbance over the cleo
lion at Hayward. where the old town
officers refused to surrender to the
men just elected.
Harold McAdam, SAID 70 be the sou
II State Senator from Quincy. toos
Strychnine and shot himself while in
the Windsor-Cnfton hotel Chicago
he will recover. He was detected By
domestic troubles.
The New York excise law was en-
forced more vigorously than on any
sunday since Theodore Roosevelt
time, All OF the 500 saloons were
closed, but 1900 Raines law hotels
remained open and obeyed the law.
Al Austin, Texas. the court OF
CIVIL appeals dealt a severe blow ia
the state of Texas against the
Waters-Pierce Oil company. and the
case or the state of Texas against the
Shippers Compress and Warehouse
company.
The board of managers OF The
national soldiers homes chose thu
following officers: President, Genera
n. 7. Mcmahon. New York: 1rsl
Fice-president. General Pearson. Pitts
burg; second vice president. Colone
John L. Mitchell. Wisconsin: secre