Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-01-16

IL is understood that a way may be
found by which two naval officers of
high rank will take part in the corona
ton ceremonies at London. The in
dications are that the president will
select a civilian representative for
the coronation, and also one officer of
the army and one officer of the navy.
Apart from this the navy will be rep
resented by a squadron, with a rear ad
miral in command.
Mayor Low has issued a statement
indicating that he has reason to be-
lieve a movement is on foot among the
opposition to upset the majority in
the New York board of aldermen.
The mayor says: Pretty definite
rumors have reached me that money
is being used to induce aldermen
elected on the fusion ticket to stay
away from the meetings of the board
for organization on Monday next, or
if present, to vote against the fusion
side"
Chairman Hull of the house military
committee expresses opposition to the
establishment of large camps of mill
tary instruction, as proposed by Sec
rotary Root. Mr.. Hull's objection
has reference particularly to the idea
| of Secretary Root that the military
camps should be established on large
| scale, and that the state militia should
! take part in the annual maneuvers
He regards this suggestion as i'm
| practical.
One fireman was badly hurt at the
| New York fire which burned Miners
Eighth-avenue theater to the ground
| The building and it's contents were
valued at $150,000, on which there was
! full insurance. The fire was started by
the dropping of a lighted cigarette by
a chorus girl in one of the dressing
| rooms after the close of the nights
| performance. The firemen worked
with difficulty on account of the colo
and the high wind
Representative Morris has a con
| ference with Indian COMMISSIONS
Jones concerning the pending legisla
ton providing for the removal Of tn
white pine on the Chippewa reserya
tons. Judge Morris proposes to pusI
this measure before the house Indian
committee as soon as possible, and
with the aid Of Representative Eddy
expects to secure an early report. !
is by no means a certainty that MI
EDDY will support the Morris bill
New light, sufficient to explain thu
n % III
tempted self-destruction of Charles E
Holcomb, now lying at st. Louis hos
pital, is thrown upon the mystery b,
the discovery of a letter written b,
Holcomb. The man had determined
to kill himself, because he was
physical wreck on account of dissipa
ton, and intended to kill the youn;
woman because she wished to die witt
him, but lacked the nerve" to Kill
herself
A demonstration has been made o
an invention which was pronounced
the greatest stride forward in the cot
ton industry since Eli Whitney in
vented the cotton gin, in the earl,
part Of the nineteenth century, |
deals entirely with the cotton seet
and covers all steps in it's treatment
The new process, it is claimed, no
only shOrtens the time required unde
the old process 900 per cent, but re
duces the cost Of producing the prod
uct in its final state so per cent.
An increase of over 100000 in tn
fish and fish eggs distributed by tn,
government throughout the countr,
and a marked decline in lobster fish
ing are shown in the annual report o
United States Commissioner of Fish
cries Bowers. The fisheries of tn,
Mississippi and it's tributaries hay,
developed to such a degree that il
1899 they exceeded in quantity am
nearly equaled in value the entir,
yield of the remaining interior waters
of the United States, except the grea
lakes.
The preliminary reports on tn
manufacturing industries of Wiscon
sin for the census year 1900 hav
been announced by the census bureau
The report shows an aggregate cal
ital invested of $329,7S5,13 an il
crease Of almost "a per cent. sina
1890, and total products, including
custom work and repairing valued a
! $3.50, 134,O57, an increase of As pc
cent. The number of establishment
is 1915; wage earners, 142,O74; tota
wages, $58,375,062; miscellaneous ex
penses, S30,S11, 005; cost Of material
used, $2O8, 29O,820.