Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-04-10
DOMESTIC

AT $4000,00O twenty-five lives are
SHOWN to have been lost.
II. Clay Evans resigned as commits
aioAcr OF pensions. He will be given
a more desirable position.
The Rhode Island legislature passed
law requiring two years residence
III the state before divorce.
Fire at Guthrie, Ok T.. burned
@25O,0Oo worth Of business property.
LncondiarIsm is suspected.
Rev Granville Lowther of Arkansas
City, Kas, was expelled from the
Methodist church for heresy.
Miss Julia Lamont, daughter of Col
Daniel S. Lamont, i'll at her home in
New York. is much improved.
Manson u. Johnson, dealer in school
7applies at Anderson Ind, is believed
10 have made 100000 by forgery.
Hereafter Americans going abroad
may schedule articles taken which viii
ne exempt from duty on the return
General S. b. Bradford, United
States commissioner for the Indian
Territory was stricken with paralysis.
IRIS Frances LangewOrthy Taylor
and daughter, both magazine writer's,
we're convicted at Cincinnati OF child
stealing.
Secretary Root opposes General
Miles recommendation that an army
post be established at Crookston
MINI.
Secretary Root sent papers 10 the
president showing how General Miles
sought to supcrscdo General Chaffco
n China
Five young negroes educated at
Tuskcgee. Ala, sailed for the German
colony at 1'ogo. west Africa. 10 teach
aativcs.
Mrs Ellen Balom. Il trained nurse
oI AmityyilIc. l.. t. donned oypraIls
and a jumper and painted her three
story house.
Fighting cattle and sheep men Of
ntah County, Wyo.. are said To have
hiIIed 1900 sheep and fatally wound
two men.
An Omaha court granted a judgment
of $500 against the head OF the Fig
cite church for alternating the affcc.
ions Of a mans wife
J. $. Judd OF Topeka was killed at
las Vegas n. NJ, by Mrs G. Il.
Walker OF Miles. Ia. while resisting
an attack upon her.
Voting machines may be used at
future elections in New York city II
viii cost the city about $500. 600 to in
stall the machines
I.caudcr Lewis Nixon is said to be-
looming Judge AItoi i. Parker OF
New York for the democratic nomina
ton for president.
Harry A. Garfield, son of the former
president of United States. was ap
pointed to the United States civil seTy
ice commission.
Floods in the south continue to do
great damage Terrific storms in
Mississippi stopped railroad traffic and
demolished houses
Miss Mary Hartman, daughter OF
near being killed by bucking broncho
at Phoenix. Arizona.
Burt A. Magee, accused of murder
ng three members of his family was
convicted at Watseka. H., and sen
-enced to fourteen years.
Twenty two miners were killed by
an explosion of dry coal dust IN the
Nelson mine Of the Dayton Coal Iron
'ompany at Dayton, Tenn.
At Beatrice, Neb. William md
Frank Skrable were arrested, charged
With robbing their mother. Mrs.
Josephine Skrable, of $2,70O.
4 bill appropriating 100000 for the
erection of a monument at Buffalo in
memory of President Mckinley was
passed by the New York senate.
Two hundred Kansas hunters, who
Took part in wolf drive between Kan
sas City and Leavenworth, killed only
-wo wolves. Over fifty escaped.
G. F. Woodward a condemned nuT-
derer who had been granted a re-
prieve by the supreme court. was
lynChed in the Jail at Casper, WyO,
The house committee has ordered a
favorable report on the bill establish
ing a coinage mint at Omaha, and
appropriating $250.000 for building.
The president has appointed Howard
Pruden, son of assistant secretary TO
the President o. l.. Pruden, superjn-
tendent of mails for Porto Rico at
San Juan.
Charles F. Jones, OF New York
who was Rice's clerk and attendant
and who testified that he killed Rice
az Patric.- S request. will probably be
discharged.
Marvin Hughitt, president of Chica-
go and Northwestern railroad, char
acterized the story that he will re
sign to make way for ". X Wander
bilt as silly"
Mrs. Katherine Tingley. leader of the
theosophists. charged with using the
order for personal ends. spent 100000
TO establish an oriental court at
Point Iona. Cal
New York, April 6-Major Pend
yesterday closed a contract, through
Charles A. Stone of Boston with Miss
Ellen NJ. Stone. missionary. for
series of one hundred lectures TO be
given in the principal cities of the
United States.
The engagement OF Miss Caroline