Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1903-03-05


cases not reported.
The anthracite coal commission re
sumed its meeting. There was gen
eral discussion of the general
method Of procedure in considering
the testimony preliminary to the act
ual framing of the award.
At San Francisco Major General
Lloyd Wheaton, U. S. A., who was re
Gently retired, has been very i'll, but
It Is now announced that he has
passed the critical stage and will re-
cover. He Is G5 years old
An incoming passenger train from
GAINESVILLE on the Chicago az North.
western road collided with a switch
engine IN the Belyidere yards, par.
TALLY dcmoIshing both engines. The
passengers escaped with bruises.
The hanging Of Mrs. Harrison's por-
! trait In the white House basement is
criticised by Daughters Of the Ameri-
can Revolution. Its removal to the
Corcoran gallery will be asked. Mrs.
Fairbanks is doomed for president.
Brown Bros. & Co., have made a
further listing Of their West Virginia
debt Virginia preferred per cent.
certhcates), amounting to $750,000.
This makes the total thus far listed
on the New York stock exchange $S,.
| 1866.
For their bravery in rescuing the
crew of the schooner EmeIine G.
! Sawyer January $, the members of
tho volunteer llfesaving crew Of
/ Chatham were presented with a purse
of 5000 by the Massachusetts humane
| society.
! A meeting Of the trustees Of Rich
mond college was held at Richmond
Va 1t was resolved to establish a
school of technology, to be named in
honor Of j. l., NJ, Curry who for 35
years was connected with Richmond
college.
Miss Marie Van Worst, author Of
The Woman Who Tells, declared in
New York interview that Joan of Alc
Is the only unmarried woman whose
deeds are historic. George Sand
never could have achieved fame as an
old maid
Tho grand jury at Webster City
Iowa, failed to return an indictment
against Bankie FIyEstad, the l6.year,
old boy who killed his father Feb. 10,
The hoy killed his father in selfde-
lonsc. The father was drunk and had
attacked the son.
At CHICAGO during dispute over
the seizure Of some furniture in the
store Of Phnlen q Bennett Constable
A. II. Patcll shot Albert Hicks, one of
the employees, and IT, s, Griswold a
customer Hicks is expected to die
GriswoId will recover
Cooper Hewitt, o Now Yorl, oloctri,
cal expert, declared that Marcont
wireless messages can he sent around
the world by an interruptor he has in,
vented, preventing loss from the
spark gap. and capable Of 100000
oscillations u minute.
4 final compromise CGfer on the
statehood bill was reached by ropub.
lean leaders oklahoma would he
admitted as one state, Indian Terri.
tory added to It after three years, and
Arizona and New Mexico ut once as
one state and divided later.
Secretary Moody has ordered the
trial by courtmaltial Of Ward *.
Workman, the ensign in charge of the
turret of the Massachusetts when the
a.
sci which resulted in the death of the
entire gun crew, nine IN number.
President Diaz Of Mexico has telc-
graphcd to Enrique c, Croel offering
him the govcrnship Of the state of
chihuahua. MIR, Crecl is in New York
ON business in connection with plan
to put Mexico on gold basis or
otherwise to secure more stable
currency,
President Roosevelt believes that
the safety Of the country and the
maintenance of the Monroe doctrine
are dependent to great extent upon
heavy increase in the navy within
the shortest possible time. He Is
impatient at the slowness of compile.
ton Of the new vessels
In wreck on the Illinois Central
at Galena. H., three traiumen were
killed and one fatally injured. The
killed are Engineer Searles aud Brake
man Clock. both Of Waterloo. Iowa
and the fireman, name unknown, A
passenger and freight collided, and
the fireman of the passenger cannot
| recover,
A law prescribing death for as,
sassination or attempted assasstna'
| ton OF the president, members of cab
met, and foreign ambassadors was
finally agreed TO by congress. The
teaching OF such crimes is made
subject to fine or twenty years i'm.
misonment. The immigration Of an
archsts is prohibited.
Jury mt Springfield Ill, acquit.
ted Johnson King, a farmer charged
with the murder of Abraham Carver,
u union veteran OF Decatur King
testified that Carver had insulted his