Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-02-13

Instructed them to indict the officials
responsible for the Park avenue
tunnel disaster, no matter how high
their position.
The house committee on territories
gave a hearing to a delegation from
Arizona, including Governor Murphy,
Chief Justice Street, J. G. Ainsworth
and Delegate Smith, in favor of it's ad-
mission as a state
The residence of Albert Steel, at
MONTGOMERY, Pa, burned. While try
ing to save jewelry Mrs. Steel was
overcome by the smoke and was
rescued with great difficulty. Her
hair was burned off
At Springfield, o., loan Turner, aged
u, made confession that she put
poison in coffee and caused the death
of her foster mother, Mrs. George
Turner, and the critical illness of Mr.
Turner and two children.
Fire in the basement of the Haskell
Museum at the University of Chicago
! threatened the destruction of the
priceless archaeological collection
from Egypt. A studen bucket brigade
oXtinguiShed the flames
The senate committee on forest
reservations has ordered a favorable
report on the bill authorizing the pur-
chase of land and the creation of a
large national reserve in the ap-
palachian mountains Of Virginia,
North Carolina and Tennessee.
| At Lake City, Mimi, fire destroyed
the grain elevator belonging to Peter
| Beck & Son. About 10000 bushels of
grain were in the building. and was
insured. The building was valued at
! $4,000, and was insured at $4,000.
| At Stephen, Mimi. Bernard Sires, a
! deaf and dumb man, living on home
stead, reports that during his absence
| in North Dakota his wife skipped
with the hired man. They also took
his four children and $3.50 in cash.
The Milwaukee Chamber of Com
merce adopted a rule which eliminates
curb trading in that it prohibits the
! buying Or selling of grain to arrive in
cars at any hour except the regular
time that the chamber is in session.
| United States supreme court affirm
ed the decision giving the Illinois Cen
trail title to the lake front it now
occupies north of Randolph street and
between Twelfth and Sixteenth
| streets. Chicago. Further filing is
enjOined
Senator Lodge has introduced a bill
authorizing the inspection of trains
| coming into the United States from
| Canada and Mexico, with the view OF
determining whether there are on
| board aliens who are not residents of
| those countries.
The fve-story building 19O-102
Illinois street. Chicago. was destroyed
| by fire, together with its contents.
causing q loss of $15O,OOO. The first
and second floors were occupied by
J the Dauchy Iron works, and the upper
floors by the L. B. Smith Shoe Dress
| ing company.
| The Virginia constitutional conven-
| ton made progress with the report of
the committee on agriculture. Chair
rights presented the report of that
committee. Chairman Fairfax of the
committee on finance submitted the
| report of that committee.
! Captain G. R. Edwards. who served
in the Philippines as chief Of the late
General Lawton, says that he is pre-
pared to identify a letter written by
| General LawtOn saying that if he
were shot the anti-imperialists would
| be responsible. The democrats in the
senate declared the letter was
| spurious.
Judge Tuley appointed Elmer Wash
| burn receiver for the Zion lace in
| dustries in the suit brought by Steven
! son. DOWie's business and religious
method were scored by the court
Dowie characterized as a lie that part
of Tuley's opinion wherein the iur,s+
declared religion and business do not
mix we'll together.
The state department has received
a cablegram from Consul General
| Bingham, at Cape Town, south Africa.
| stating that Congressman Thomp-
| sons lost son had sailed from Cape
Town homeward bound" It is believed
| the young man is L. L. Thompson. Jr.,
a young Missourian. who shipped to
south Africa with a cargo of horses
and mules.
John and Edward Biddle. escaped
murderers, shot to pieces by pursuing
| officers in Pennsylvania, died. The
woman, Mrs. Soffel. is alive. The
bodies of the BiddIe brothers will Je
buried in secret graves. Others be
sides Mrs SLfel helped them escape
from the Pittsburg jail. The coro-
ner's jury decided that the BidGle
brothers shot themselves to escape
hanging.
The president has approved the
recommendation Of the secretary of
war that the sentence of dismissal i'm
posed by Court-martial in the case of
First Lieutenant Preston Brown, Jr.
second infantry, be committed to the
loss OF 30 numbers and forfeiture of
half his pay for nine months. Lieuten-
ant Brown was charged with having
killed a Filipino who refused to rescue
browning soldier.
The Beers
Reports by Lord Kitchener indicate
continued activity by the beers in
the field