Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-01-23

Mount Vernon, Texas, and six bust
ness houses were destroyed. Loss
100000; insurance $4,000.
It is estimated that loss Of s25,-
900 was caused by fire in the
factory of the Waltham emery wheel
company at Waltham, Mass.
The Grand Forks school census of
the city shows that the number Of
children between the ages of 6 and p
attending the schools is 2,267.
An Indiana man claims to have dis
covered way to see over telephone,
and a process for extracting gold
from sand at nominal cost.
Reports reach Duluth Of excitement
over valuable gold discoveries in the
Sturgeon lake district, fifty miles
north of the Canadian Pacific road.
Gross earnings of New York rail
roads for the year ending on June 30
1901. The report Of the state rail
road commissioners were $276,676,1 02.
Emperor William may send his
brother Prince Henry, to visit Presi-
dent Roosevelt at the time Of the
christening the emperor's new yacht.
It was announced in Wall street
that rival corporation with $30,000,-
900 capital would enter the field oc-
cupied by the Pressed Steel Car com
pany.
Sir Robert Ball, the English
scientist in a lecture at Columbia uni
versity predicted another glacial
period, to continue for thousands Of
years.
A bill providing for large number
of lighthouse and fog signal stations
in Alaska has been reported to the
senate from the committee on com
merce.
The Virginia constitutional cOnven-
ton adopted the judiciary report
being the first article of the new
organic instrument so far passed by
that body.
Representative Lowering of Massa-
chusetts has introduced a bill prOvid-
ing a salary for cx-presidents of the
United States at the rate Of $4,000
annually.
At West Superior post L-Ortem ex-
animation was held over the remains
of Nels Holm, and it was discovered
that death was due to a stroke o.
ap0pIexy.
James Burgess was killed and two
companions injured by the explosion
OF a blast in the mines Of the Webster
County Coal ard Land company at
Lehigh, Ia
The senate committee on census
unanimously agreed to recommend the
passage of the bill introduced by
Senator Hale to create a permanent
census bureau.
Ed Cheney, of Galesburg, H., an
ex-convict, shot his wife and her
| sister, Mrs Lettie COshOrn. He then
killed himself. Both women are
fatally wounded.
Lerona Bell was scalded to death IN
pail of water at South Bend, Ind.
Mrs. Nancy Taylor, aged Sc years
was burned to death at Muncie, Ind
! Suicide is alleged.
Edward Cheney of GaIesburg
seriously wounded his wife and hel
sister, and then killed himself. He
was angered by the refusal of his wife
! to give him money.
Herbert Reasoner and Fred Foor-
man, both members of leading
families. were arrested at Muncie
Ind, and confessed to burglarizing the
First Baptist church.
The grand jury at Norwich, Conn.
| brought IN a true bill against William
II. GalIiyan and Thomas M. Wormsley
for the murder of jeremiah Shumway
| of MOntVille, on Nov. 20.
Representative elect Montague Les
sler, who defeated Perry Belmont for
congress at the recent special election
in New York, is in Washington. He
will be sworn in this week.
! General Charles H. T. Coils OF
New York has invited the president
to attend the memorial day exercises
at Gettysburg. The president said ne
would be pleased to accept.
Though the weather is like summer
an immense gorge Of ice has damned
/ the river at st. Louis which threatens
! to open new channel, and renew the
interstate boundary dispute
! Cleveland and Chicago capitalists
have secured concessions to build
( trolley car lines from Cairo, Egypt
TO Mecca, along the Red sea. with a
/ branch lire to Mount Sinai.
The Lexington (KyD chapter.
Daughters of the Confederacy. have
petitioned the manager of the Lexiug-
/ ton Opera house not to permit the
production Of Uncle Toms Cabin.
At .Non1h c. ShoIz has caused the
arrest of eleven G his nc.ghbors. wh1
{ he declares, rendered him a chariva~l
/ PARTY before he was married and
malicious]y destroyed his property.
/ Governor DuTbin, Attorney General
Taylor and Auditor of State Hart of
/ Indiana will 80 to Washington in the
, interest of Indiana's civil war claim
! AGAINST the government for 100000
The democratic caucus of the Ken
lucky legislature nominated ex-Gov-
oEn0r James B. McCreary for United
States senator to succeed Senator
Deboe This is equivalent to election.
In response to the action taken by
Gov. Nash and the Mckinley Memorial
Commission, Gov Vansant of Min
ncsota issued a proclamation setting
aside Jan. % as children's Mckinley
Da~.