Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1903-06-04

Chicago freight handlers demands
for increased wages refused by the
managers. Men are already being i'm
ported from smaller cities to prepare
for a strike.
A battalion of 100 troops reached
Jackson (Ky) to keep order during
the James b. Marcum murder hearing.
Their camp Is pitched on Alex.
Hargis' farm.
At Lannate, Ala, Miss leila
Lawrence, who was to have been mar.
ried, after receiving a note from the
prospective groom rejecting her,
drowned herself.
The Presbyterian general assembly
notified by its clerk that the creed
amendments have been adopted en-
tire by the presbyterians. The vote
was nearly unanimous.
Bloodhounds and citizens possess
are hunting near Manchester Und)
for negro who abducted Anna
Kaiser, II years old, after beating her
father nearly to death
Lee Turner of the "Quarterhouse, "
WHtIe StNtI al POI DoHb Ntlb INN'ht'y
robbed, killed his half-brother, Gen
eral" Turner at Jackboro, Tenn. Self
defense Is claimed
! The soldier who is suffering from
leprosy at an insulation camp in
j Georgia Is Charles c. Mix, first ser
geant In the fifth company Of the
coast artillery corps.
Chicago Is facing labor crisis, and
grave trouble Is feared in the stock.
yards and freight houses, where both
employers and employees are deter
mined to adhere to their claims.
At Lansing Mich, Representative
Rodgers has introduced a skeleton
measure providing for the electrocu-
ton of all children who are regarded
as hopelssely feeble-minded.
Nine persons were killed and more
than 100 injured by cyclones and
storms in Iowa, Minnesota, Kansas,
and Oklahoma. There was heavy
damage to crops and buildings.
At Stamford, Conn, Lincoln Taylor
has announced that he will bring suit
against Mayor Mulyihlll and the city
of Bridgeport for $4,000 damages for
injuries received in the strike riot.
James Smith Of st. Louis. was ar
rested at Indianapolis, for an alleged
attempt to brlbe Public Works Com
missioner Edward Logsdon in secur.
Ing his consent TO locate slot ma
chine.
Debate on Sunday observance was
started in the Presbyterian general
assembly at Los Angeles. by DIR.
James Yereance' resolution regretting
Sunday work on the st. Louis ex.
position,
The annual parade and ghost
dance" OF the students of the Uni.
versity Of Nebraska ended In small
sized riot on the grounds where the
Order Of Eagles was holding a street
carnival.
New York's Iron league has issued
n def" to the labor organizations,
telling the ornamental Ironworkers
/ that they must return to their old
positions June or other men will lie
employed
Standing in a cart, big Bill"
Devery was nominated for mayor of
New York by 1000 men, women and
children. but he said he would not
run If Tammany nominated "a man
: of the people"
DR., w. H. Tolman, director of the
American institute social service, has
No. t,t,N ~,
as head of an expedition equipped by
Miss Helen Miller Gould In a search
for the good"
| A building in Brooklyn occupied
by Frank Jenner 4 Co., manu-.
facturers Of tlre-proof flooring, and
eight other buildings, chiefly apart
ment houses. were destroyed by fire.
Loss 100000
At Terra Haute, John Mcmahon,
captain of n fire company. committed
suicide with poison because after
seventeen years of abstinence from
intoxicants the old habit reasserted
itself over him.
Reports from North Creek, Gore,
Mountain, Garnet, Silver Bay, Stoney
Creek, Thurman, and places In the
lower Adlrondacks say the forest fires
are again raging and In several places
are beyond control.
George Reeder, principal of school
at Victor, Colo, has caused the town
to lie divided in a faCtional fight as a
result of his attempt to cure girls OF
/ the chewing gum habit by putting
|Qunino into the gum.
Daniel w. Miller, assistant attorney
general for the postotiice department
was arrested for the alleged ac'
Iccptance Of bribe for a decision ia
voring the John j. Ryan 4 Co. get
rich quick turf concern.
Tho Woodmen of the World made
an appropriation Of $4,000 toward a
fraternal building AT the Louisiana
purchase exposition. n. b. MaNey OF
Muscogee l. r., was elected chairman
of the board of managers.
At Harrisburg, Pa. the boiler plate
mills OF the Central Iron and Stee
company, were destroyed by fire, en-
failing loss of 5000 900 and throwing