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

reSentatlVe Lever which provides that
all cities of over 1900 population shall |
be given the benefits of free delivery
The law at present requires 10000 in
habitants.
w. Elwell Goldsborough professor |
of electrical engineering at Purdue |
university, Lafayette, Ind, probably |
will be chief of the department OF
electrical exhibit of the St. Louis |
world fair
The civil service commission has
called the attention of the secretary
Of the interior to charges of removal
Of employees for political purposes
against Joseph Perrault, surveyor
general of Idaho.
Marinette men purchased the ma
jority interest of J. H. Wittbeck, of
Chicago, in the H. Whittbeck COM
pany, one of the largest lumber COM
| Eanies on the Menominee The con-
sideration was s250,000.
The officers of the steamship Edith,
which has arrived at Seattle from San
miles north Of Cape Mendocino, life
raft from the iIl-fated Walla Walla.
There was no one on the raft
| A story was current that District
Attorney Jerome had threatened
Mayor Low and Police Commissioner
| Partridge with possible indictment
for neglect Of duty if they failed to
enforce the New York excise law.
Senator Cullom is making efforts to
secure early action on the reciprocity
treaties which have been referred to a
| subcommittee of three constitutional
| lawyers to determine the power Of
| the state concerning such treaties.
| In an address before the Tri-State
Association of Grain and Cattle
Growers at Fargo, n D., President
J. ]. Hill, of the Great Northern rail
way, defended the railroad con-
solidation in which his road figured.
At Dubuque Archbishop Keane has
created a cOmmotiCn among liquor
| dealers because of his determined and
strenuous opposition to the sale of in
toxicating liquors. 1t is said he will
take a hand in the coming city cleo
ton.
1t is unOfficiaIly said that NJ.
Lampre, agent of the Panama com
pany has let the president know that
the French ditch, as it now stands,
with frst-cIass title, can be pur-
chased at a figure between $25,0OO,0OO
and $30,000,000.
The Union League club of New
York last night elected Cornelius n.
Bliss president, and reelected George
S. Terry yice-president. President
Roosevelt was elected an honorary
member He has been an active
member for 10 years.
At Fargo nine Cinnamon we're ar
Iaigned, charged with entering the
United States Illegally. Ii Wood
and Ii Wing proved they were stu
dents Of the University of Chicago.
Sam Moy and two others were per-
mitted to remain, four being returned
for further hearing.
John Miller and Ole Anderson, en-
ployes of the Eau Claire Grocery com
pany and David GUlst, a Hungarian
peddler, were in the municipal court
charged with stealing goods from the
Eau Claire Grocery company. Gunst
pleaded not guilty and gave bail.
Miller is in Jail. And -I-Cn pleaded
guilty and paid a fine.
In connection with efforts the post
office department is making to exs
pedite the delivery of mails in cities,
a new scheme for quicker dispatch of
special delivery letters is under con-
sideration. This contemplates attach
ing a supplemental letter box to the
regular letter boxes on the streets,
3. with a view to depcsiting therein
only the special delivery letters.
An empty wagon, which had been
driven by Elmer Harrison, a farmer
80 years old, was found On the Colts
vile road three miles east of YOungs-
town, o. The seat, lap-rObe and some
empty bags were covered with blood
but no trace of the man could be
found. Harrison had sold cattle to
the amount of about $50, and it said
to have had $500 more in his pocket
The Vicksburg express on the Mis-
sissippi Valley railroad coIlided
head on with a freight near New
Orleans during a heavy fog. Henry
Foster. negro fireman of the freight,
was killed and Engineer Campbell was
/ seriously injured. Engineer Baldwin
and Fireman George WATSON Of the
! passenger train and three negro
brakenen were injured, None of the
passengers was hurt.
A bill has been introduced by Rep
resentative Jenkins of Chippewa Falls,
the object of which is to effect relief
for settlers upon certain railroad
lands in northern Wisconsin which
were forfeited some years ago and
which lands were claimed by the in
terror department as indemnity lands
of the Omaha railroad. The bill
provides that qualified homestead set
tiers who made application to enter
the lands, and who have resided on
and made improvements on the land,
should be entitled to receive credit
for said residence and improvements.
Obituary.
At Watertown. George Spangen-
berg. aged 6S years, a soldier of the
/ civil war, is dead.