Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-04-03


George Johnson of Newcastle, Pa,
found in Boston his two long lost
| children, who were taken away from
| home by their demented mother.
! A special train on the Pennsylvania
/ road carried President Cassatt from
, Philadelphia to Jersey City in 80 min
{ utes The distance is 80 miles.
| Henry Watterson, in speech be-
| fore the Virginia democratic club at
| Washington. declared President
Roosevelt seeks to become dictator.
The Tiffin, Ohio, wooden mills is in
| the hands of a receiver 1t owes
| $780, 900 and Mrs. W. II. Laird of
Winona Mimi, is a $4,000 creditor.
| Fitzsimmons accepted the offer Of
| the Los Angeles club for his fight
with Jeffries, but imposed new con-
| ditions which the club will not grant.
Thousands of Porto Ricans have
contributed TO the Mckinley National
Memorial. Gov. William H. Hunt
says that $1,49242 has been raised
in the island
The New York assembly rules com
mittee favorably reported bill appro-
priating 100000 for New York state
representation at the Louisiana pur-
chase exposition.
l.. H. Severance, of Cleveland, has
given $4,000 additional to Wooster
| university, adding this amount to $780,
| 600 given few weeks ago for a chem
ical laboratory.
The Chinese exclusion law will ex-
pire by limitation May IS. 1t is
feared that congress will not be able
to enact a new measure in time to
keep MongOls out.
Four negroes were killed and one
probably fatally beaten by white men
at Madrid Bend, KY. The victims
were accused of stealing chickens A
race war is threatened.
Henry Nye shot and killed his
wife at their home at Stephentown,
Rensselaer, county, n. Y, probably on
account of jealousy. They had been
married but six months.
John Woodward, the negro murderer
of Leonard Calvitt, a white planter,
at Union Point, Concordia parish, La,
was lynched within 300 yards of the
parish prison in Vidalia La.
Al elevator man in the Astor house,
New York, confessed to starting nine
fires in the hotel so he could put
them out. He is believed to be re-
SpOnsible for other fires.
Another investigation of alleged
violations of the interstate commerce
act at Chicago roads is to be held in
Chicago April /. Judge Kohlsaat en-
Joined six roads from cutting rates
At Quincy, H., General Elisha B.
Hamilton, a prominent attorney and
politician and a leader in Grand
Army circles, died while presenting
an argument before the circuit court
James r. Armstrong & Co.'S whole
sale millinery store, the Jacob Musi-
cal instrument house and the Soliday
& Hite furniture store, at Fort Wayne,
Ind, were destroyed. Loss, 5000. 900
The United Mine Workers conven-
ton at Shamokin, Pa, adjourned after
issuing an ultimatum to the operators.
The Anthracite miners will strike if
the civic federation attempt at media
tion fails.
At Grand Rapids, Mich. William
Klump was arrested and held in
custody on suspicion Of completely in
the murder Of his wife and was re-
leased, no case having been made
against him.
A permanent State Good Roads as
ISOLATION was organized in Richmond.
Va, with H. w. Anderson of that city
| as president. Senator Daniel made an
earnest speech in favor of the move
ment for good roads.
Nathan Stubblefield of Kentucky
gave a demonstration of a new wire
less telegraph system invented by
him. Tests were made in the presence
of number Of New York men and
proved satisfactory.
At Sioux City, the formation of a
huge ice gorge in the Missouri river
imperils thousands of dollars worth
of property. The river ceased run
ming so suddenly that a ferry-boat
was stranded in midstream
An interesting phase of the demand
for iron and steel is the arrival at
&C consignment of 10000 tons of Cleve-
land 0ngland) pig iron, bought by
the PiItsburg manufacturers.
Joseph Hopkins of Palos Park, Ill,
was badly wounded by ex-Detective
Dan Ripley, nephew of the former
Chicago chief of police. The wounded
man will probably die The shooting
was the result of a quarrel.
1t is understood that the president
has about decided to tender the civil
service commissionership to Harry
Garfield of Cleveland Ohio, son of
President Garfield, and If Harry de-
clines, TO his brother, James r.
The Southern Independent TeIe-
phone association was formed in
Charleston, s. c., at a meeting of rep
resentatives of Independent telephone
companies from North and South Caro-
lima, Georgia, Florida and Virginia.
The national Retail Hardware Deal
ers' association met in Chicago. Pres
ldent w. P. Lewis discussed the
lnroads which the mail order business
was making on the retail trade. A
plan TO check this will be considered.
At Aberdeen, Miss, Will Lanier,
murderer of the brothers named Bid
ole, was hanged. He said the cause
OF his downfall was gambling and
Illicit whisky-making. When the drop
Tell Lanler's head was jerked from