Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-04-24

| killed four men. Two were killed and
one fatally hurt in a Georgia feud.
One killed in Kentucky, and two IA
tally hurt at Carbonate, III.
Mary Peterson, is years cid, was at
tackled and murdered and her brother
| killed to prevent discovery while re-
turning from a church at Des Moines.
A negro suspect was arrested.
Louis Terrebonne of New Orleans
found a girl who strikingly resembled
him. He believes she is his daughter.
reported killed in 1893 by cyclone.
and sued her adopted mother
General Schoield, a retired United
! States army commander, in testimony
| before the senate committee, said the
office of commanding general was I'M
called for and should be abolished.
Mrs. Shepard r. BUGGY, wife Of the
assistant cashier of the American
National bank at Everett, Wash,
killed her husband, their 4-year-old
son and herself in a fit of insanity.
The state of Washington case
against the Northern Pacific merger
was argued in the United States SUI
preme court. The state contended
! that the court is alone competent to
| hear the case.
At Scranton, Pa, Rev. John Ardan,
/ a Polish Catholic priest, has been ex-
communicated for printing an article
in a Polish paper, over his signature,
| saying that Czolgosz did right in as
| sassinating President Mckinley.
! A second murder since strike at the
AIlis-Chambers factory, Chicago, com
menced came to light in the death of
/ T. w. Smith, an employee Of the com
pany, who died in hospital from in
/ juries inflicted by union pickets.
INSTRUMENTATION at the Kentucky
agricultural and mechanical college
came to a climax when, in the dorml-
tory, Commandant Robert A. Mckee
was knocked down. deluged with
" ater and egged by a division Of
cadets.
| Richard OIiphant of Metamora, Ind.
! terrOrized the town by avOwing his
/ intention to kill Dick McAtee, a brake
man of whom he was jealous. Citizens
/ stopped a train and warned McAtee
| Oliphant then killed his wife's step
| father and took carbolic acid, killing
| himsc
! By Jne will Of Colonel John Mckee
| said to have been the Wealthiest negro
! in the country, who died a few days
! ago in Philadelphia, Archbishop Ryan
! VIII come into possession OF an estate
valued at 100000. Mckee was a
Presbyterian. His family may con-
! test his will
| II. l.. Barber, president of the
Dominion company, Chicago pub
! lahing concern, whose annual bust
! ness is estimated at $5OO,OO0. and A
J. Munson, formerly secretary, have
| been arrested on the charge of using
! the mails for fraudulent purposes.
! They were released on bonds
Boston detectives have captured
Philip A. Troutfetter, alias A. P
Taylor on a warrant charging him
! with being a fugitive from justice in
Colorado Springs, but the police say
| the man also is wanted in connection
with tho cases of Nicely and Rathbone
| i'll the Cuban postal frauds charge
At San Francisco Joseph Won Loeb
nnr, a baron Of the German emuiIo
aad formerly Il lieutenant Of Uhlans in
the k>.sers army, has committed sui
eide He left letter saying that
sickness. due to years of reckless liv-
! ing, led him to end his misery with
| death. He was So years of age and
retoucher of portraits by occupa-
| ton.
The Ohio house has passed the
congressional redistricting bill after
amending it by taking Fairfield
county, democratic, from the twelfth
district and adding it to the eleventh,
| General Grosvenor's district One OF
| the arguments used by republicans
IL favor of the change was that it
would prevent the return to congress
! OF John J. Lentz.
At Denver Health Commissioner
Clough says that many dairymen are
aduIterating milk with lime and sugar.
! The health department has warned
the dairymen that the practice must be
| stopped" said DR.. Clough. The use
! of lime eats out the stomach of chill
| dren and while a man of robust con-
stitution may stand it for a while. it
| Will in time ruin his digestion"