Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-06-12

highest in weny years.
The Masonic Fraternity association,
owner of the Masonic Temple, Chi.
cago,at the annual meeting showed
/ earnings Of 3.81 per cent. on the cap
| ital, against $40 in 1901.
At Fort Wayne, Joseph BosselI, a
weIlknown business man Is in a
critical condition as the result Of be
ing struck on the head by golf ball
driven by his daughter.
The anthracite mine engineers, fire
men and pumpmcn were ordered to
strike and a majority obeyed, Prcsi-
dent Mitchell claimed that 80 per
cent obcycd the order
Walter Bolger of Yonkers, N. y,
whose parents have conducted a
world wide search for him, was found
aboard the United States training
ship Franklin, at Norfolk, Va.
IN San Francisco Mrs Nettie O.
Craven has abandoned her fight for
recognition as the widow Of the late
Senator James G, Fair. She has been
| paid $50 600 for Withdrawing.
The st. Louis grand jury report on
municipal bribery declared the Condi-
tlon Of corruption astounding" Four
officials were indicted and arrested.
City Register Beach IS missing.
An earthquake throughout Alaska
was followed by the eruption Of
Mount Blackburn. Dust powders,
and ashes were emitted from the
| r,ountofn g1tnnoeo1 IN bova M orator
Margaret Perkins, daughter of the
president Of the Importers and Trad
erB' bank, New York, and James
| Pearcc n horse trainer, are said to be
on their way to Europe on a wed
ding trip.
by the formation OF the Havana
Tobacco company a $4j, 600, 600 corpo-
ration, ut Trenton, N. j., the Con
solldated Tobacco company secures
85 per cent Of the Cuban trade in that
product.
The Ohio republican convention
nominated n state ticket of minor OF.
lcers, and adopted n platform indoors.
Ing Roosevelt, the army and the
Philippine policy and condemning IL
legal trusts.
w. c. Baker and his chauffeur, c.
T.. Den2cr, who run down n number Of
New York people with their auto,
were released on $4,000 and $4,000
bail respectively. Bogart. the second
victim, Is dead
President Roosevelt will be asked
by the national conference Of chart
ties and correction to appoint n ma
tionnl commission in vagrancy for al
governmental investigation of the
tramp problem
Dr. Austin OMalley head of the de
partmCut of English in the University
Of Notro Dame was removed from his
home in South Bend to Philadelphia to|
have an operation performed for
potmainc poisoning
At Birmingham, Ala, the members
of the Grand Army Of the Republic
dropped out of the parade in honor of
General Fit2hugh Lee because con
fcderate flag was being carried by oneI
of the color bearers
The extension of the Could rail
roads to tidcwatcr at Baltimore will
cost $50 600 600. Their mileage will
soon exceed the Vanderbilt, Pcnusy-
vanin, or Hartman system and 5,lG0
are now controlled by Gould.
No sooner had II been announced
that Commissioner Evans was to re
tire than hundreds of rejected ap-I
plicntions were received with the
opinion expressed that Justice would
he rendered by the nov commissioners
Or. A. S knopf Of New York, at
the national charities conference iu
Detroit urged state hospitals for con
sumptivcs Tho belief that climate
effects II cure was denied The dis.
ease Is not dangerously contagious.
For the first time in fifteen years
Representative Babcocll has had his
chin whisl,crs cut off, and 1t was
necessary to have somebody vouch
for him at the door of the house the.
other morning, when he presented
himself for admission.
The death OF Miss Mae Thompson.
after n facial massage 10y or Yves
ley johnson In Chicago, developed a
coincidence which led to the latter's
arrest Letters from her fanoc found
IN the girls possession warned her
AGAINST the doctors 0ancoc
4 report by the bureau Of foreign
commerce shows increased exports of
American goods of all classes to Ger
many and also that German dealers
are initiating our wares SO closely
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