Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1903-11-05

B. and Samuel A, Grof, and George
E. and Martha Lorenz, indicted on
charges of conspiracy. in connection
with the sale of letterbox fasteners
to the postoffce department, We're
set for trial November %, in the
criminal court of the District of Co
! lumbia.
At Des Moines, Constable John
DAILY, indicted for receiving brides,
ically i'll as the result of wound on
the temple made by blunt instru-
ment He Rad been before the grand
jury giving testimony concerning the
alleged corruption in the police de
partment.
AT Delaware, Ohio, Joseph Stout.
the young farmer who recently plead.
ed guilty to the charge of having as
saulted Prince zee, the second son OF
the emperor of Corea, was sentenced
to serve 80 days in Jail or pay fine
of SIS and the costs of prosecution.
The prince is student at Wesleyan
university.
Eighty students from McGiGl uni
versity, who undertook to celebrate
halloween in Longueuil, just across
the river from Montreal, in manner
not appreciated by the citizens, were
driven into the river number being
severely beaten. About so were more
or less injured; several were taken
to a hospital
AT La Junta, Cal, the Santa Fe
east bound passenger train which
was wrecked at Apishapa creek last
Friday met with disaster again at
Thatcher where the engine left the
track and turned over, killing Fire
man Everhard No passengers We're
hurt. The accident is attributed to
the spreading of rails.
A Douglas. Wyo, dispatch says a
battle has occurred between Deputy
Sheriff Cooks posse and the band OF
Indians who shot and seriously
wounded Sheriff Miller and killed
Deputy Sheriff Faulkenberg in fight
Saturday right on Lightning creek,
Converse county. 1t is rumored sew
eral members of the posse were kill
ed.
Postmaster General Payne admit
ted that an investigation was being
made into charges involving the Of
fee Of Third Assistant Postmaster
General Madden, in connection with
speculation with philate!ists in GER
tain valuable specimen postage
stamps. The charges We're made in
a philatelic organ in April, 1902, but
were only brought to the attention
of the president and postmaster gen
eral last Friday, when an investiga-
ton of the matter was Immediately
ordered.
At Chicago ]. H. Barrett, general
superintendent of the Alton railroad
announced his resignation from that
office, giving as the reason that the
offices of general superintendent and
general manager are to be combined
The Crestline, Ohio, Pennsylvania
railroad yards presented a scene of
ruin as the result of the explosion OF
a car of dynamite on a side track. So
far as learned no lives were lost, al
though high mass of wrecked
freight cars has not yet been thor
oughly searched The estimated
financial loss is about 100000.
At New York great fatality was
narrowly averted when an engine
jumped the track on an approach to
the Second avenue bridge over the
Harlem river and crashed into the
rear car of an elevated train, derail-
ing it and all but pushing it off the
bridge to the surface so feet below,
The engine was at slow speed and the
guard rails kept the car with its load
of passengers from falling from the
bridge and the collision itself damag-
ed the car hut slightly and injured no
one Among the 400 passengers on
the train there was a slight panic.