Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1903-10-22


out to them while a gale was blowing.
Earl Neil and J. M. Peterson, former
attendants at the Kansas state insane
asylum, are on trial for killing B. L..
Maxwell, patient, by Ill treatment.
At Henderson, Texas, Bob Willis, a
negro, fired into a mob Of white men
who intended to fog him, killing one
and wounding another. He is under
arrest
At Salt Lake, Utah, Elder George A.
Smith has been chosen to the coun-
ell Of apostles of the Mormon church
in place of Brigham Young. de-
ceased
The Worcester and Southbridge
Street Railway company Of Worcester,
Mass. has been victimized to the ex-
tent of 81 100000 by forged indorse-
ments.
An attempt by Dowie to install
nonunion Dowieite foreman in the
stereotypng plant at Zion City caused
strike of the skilled union en-
ployes.
Hamilton Fish, associate United
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subj. easury at New York, is i'll and
&c doctors say he is tht aatCned with
aprcna t!tis.
Mayor James M. Head of Nashville,
Tenn, was elected president, and
| Mayor Crollus Of Joliet, H., vice pres
ident Of the League OF American Mu-
nitipalities
Ivory Rogers, n boy who confessed
to the murder of Mary Prokash, a 49,
year old girl, near Saltwater, Ok,
pleaded guilty and was sentenced to
prison for life.
Race suicide Is not likely to result
If ballot Is given to women, ac-
cording to tho Rev Olympia Brown in
an address at Joliet Gll) equal suf-
irage convention,
The accidental shooting OF Bra
lillian midshipman by his companion
on board the man Of war Benjamin
Constant at New York caused clash
between authorities.
The American ship Benjamin Sewall
and cargo have been lost at the Pesca-
dores, Only twelve OF the persons
on board the vessel including the cap
tain, were saved
Governor Van SAINT Is reported to be
planning to enter competition for the
st. Louis worlds fair trade by estab
St Paul to St Louis
t. IT, Hartman has leased for four
n Cnths at $4,000 Tie Stokes man
sion on Madison areru", New York,
ard VIII be neigh.rr n his former
oncmy j. T., Morgn7
]. t. Trondez, accused of embez
cling $150,000 from the Netherlands
government, was arrested on the
Japanese ship Nipeon Maru on its ar
rival in San Francisco
The Interurban Street Railway
company, which leases and operates
all the lines In Manhattan and the
Bronx issued It's first annual report,
showing a net deficit of $272, 1861.
At Danvlle Va, VIII Jones, hanged
for numbering Jake Lee last Novem.
her, left confession to three other
murders, but claiming innocence of
the crime for which he was hanged.
Paterson, N. j., Is In grave danger
from the Passaic river which Is al.
most over It's banks and threatens to
burst through at any moment. Dam
age of $2,OO0,OO0 has already been
done.
Or Kellogg Baker, an insurance
agent 70 years old, shot himself in
"A mia nj hp
Everett house, New York He en-
gagged the room evidently for this pur
pose,
At Redwood Ohio, the trtcounty
fair was ended by a riot in which
farmers who had been swindled by
fake gambling devices attacked the
gamblers and chased them out of
town.
AT Oil CITY, Pa, landslide carried
away thirty feet Of track of the Penn.
sylvania railway A train ran into
the gap and crashed down the en-
bankment killing the engineer and
| fireman.
At Johnstown, Pa, by the breaking
of rope In the Sunshine mine, a
string of loaded cars was released on
steep grade and ran away, killing
two mon and seriously injuring five
more.
Governor Peabody announced the
appointment of general court.martlal
to convene In Denver Oct. 10 for the
trial of the militia officers against
whom charges of Irregularities have
/ been made.
Near shelton, Neb,, craftsmen civ
ing the names of Frank Gordon, John
Carroll and Walter Dillon, were cap.
tured at farm house. They were In
bed and offered no resistance. though
heavily armed.
At Springhold Ill, an open switch
caused collision between pas.
senger train and six cars loaded with
oil, which exploded and set fire to the
cars and sheds near by, No one was
seriously hurt,
Five indictments, charging grand