Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-10-23


pardoned by Governor Nash.
The G. A. II. encampment ended,
after choosing San Francisco as the
1903 meeting place. Congress WIZ be
asked to modify the civil service IN
the veterans interest.
Paul Woodward confessed con-
spiracy to rob the two boys recently
murdered near Camden, n, j.
James Pendleton, mayor Of Gentry,
Mo, was sentenced to five years IN
the penitentiary for bigamy.
The fertilizer factory of Charles
Macker a. Co., in Lancaster county,
Va. was burned. Loss $4,000.
Chicago coal docks containing 25,-
600 tons of bituminous coal are burn
ing through spontaneous combustion.
At Rome, N. Y, Hiram Cronk, the
last survivor Of the war Of 1872, is in
his one hundred and third year and
very feeble.
John O'Rourke, visiting veteran,
hid $35 in the vines at the national
capitol, and when he searched for it
it was gone.
Committeeman Bragg at Havana
has been transferred to Hongkong
China, and W. A. Rublee from Hong
kong to Havana.
The Virginia Passenger and Power
company has purchased the Richmond
and Petersburg electric railway
for about 100000.
owing to the pressure of naval
officers Secretary Moody has ordered
u special entrance examination for
Annapolis November II.
Robbers held up the Pacific
coast express on the Burlington road
near Lincoln, Nob., and secured $780,
OOO mostly in gold coin.
At Homestead, Pa, Charles Cawley,
aged II years murdered his mother
and sister and severely wounded
four Ouner members Of the family with
an AK.
A, b, Chinn of the firm of Chinn &c
Todd Of Lexington, KY, was shot to
death by two masked burglars, and
his son, Asa Chinn, was mortally
wounded.
The convention of the Association of
Agricultural Colleges and Experiment
Stations elected James X. Patterson,
Of the Kentucky agricultural and
mechanical college, president
II. Oelrichs has been notified that
G. l.. Fair left a child who is entitled
to a share of the estate Of $1,000 600.
The claim is repudiated and the mat
ter Will be aired in the courts.
DR.. william II. Furness, the Borneo
explorer was Tilted by Miss Ada
! Mildred French, Philadelphia
heiress, who eloped with Horace
Grooff, n travelling salesman.
Henry |, Toews, teacher near
Altoona, Manitoba, shot three school
trustees who criticised him, three of
his pupils and, himself. The four
victims and Toews probably will die.
President Roosevelt Is able to walk
down stairs on crutches to his car
rage, for the first time since the
operation was performed. He was
taken for drive while bystanlers
, applauded.
Tho government monthly crop re-
port showed the condition of corn as
1916, against S4.3 for 1901, oats yield,
3i.5 bushels an acre, against 25,1 for
1901; condition of potatoes, 825.
against S91 for Sept /.
At Chicago Miss Hattie KohImann,
accused of exercising hypnotic
power over Miss Mary Arnold. which
resulted in her stealing $500 from her
employer, was arresteu on charge
of receiving stolen property.
The Union Veterans union COnven-
ton split and the members from six
states seeded. Gen DyrenfOrth
mmandor-in-chief, was suspended.
The seccdors oppose him and want
the sly months service requirement
restored.
In New York Thomas J. Sharkey
who is charged with being responsible
, for the death of Nicholas Fish, has
been released on 1900 bail by Re
cordcr Gon after three weeks i'm.
prisonmont Originally the amount
of bail was fixed at $4,000
Having made and lost four fortunes
aud finding himself broken in health
and almost pcnnilcss ut the age Of 40,
| Charles w. Lewis. well-known New
York promoter and member Of lead.
ing Htth avenue club, has ended his
| life with morphine.
Miss Georgia Crosby. II years old
arrived in Chicago from Hickory
Miss, to wed "A. E. RIGGS" by a
matrimonial bureau aid. Tho police
! discovered Riggs" was Il. f. Han
sell, of Austin. married man. and
he must pay her expenses home.
Tho daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. j
Ogden Armour of Chicago, was
| operated on by Prof. LorenZ of the
University of Vienna. A hip dis
located from birth was replaced with
out cutting, and n cure pronounced
! practically certain.
The sweat box methods used &c
secure confessions from prisoners was
declared illegal by the Indiana SUI
prone court, Arthur Steel, IA KokomC
larceny suspect and the complainant
was awarded $40O damages against
sheriff Hardness of Howard county