Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1903-05-07


suicide.
John London, living near Grand
Rapids, Mich. Is believed to have
been shot TO death on Bernard Fingle
tons farm. Fingleton and Nancy j.
Flood. the latter's housekeeper were
arrested.
The navy department has issued
orders that the birthplace of the late
Rear Admiral Sampson at Palmyra,
N. Y, be marked with one OF the
| fve-nch guns of the Spanish war
ship Oquendo.
| The Tuskegee (Ala) Industrial
school for negroes was given 100000
in United States Steel company
per cent bonds by Andrew Carnegie
Booker r. Washington was called
modern Moses"
A protest against the Russian de.
mand that sovereignty Of Manchuria
! be coded by China will be made by
the United States. The cars pledge
is to be cited. Other nations are ex-
pected to join.
| The proposition TO hold the re-
publican national convention in De.
trolt as feature of the semi
centennial OF the birth OF the party
under the oaks at Jackson, Mich, is
fayorably received.
A. W. Machen, superintendent Of
postoffice department free delivery,
will be removed by President Roose.
welt or Postmaster General Payne.
Collision and dividing profits with
contractors are charged
BY pne premature explosion OF
charge in the revieIle gun at Fort
Smelling, MINI, Private Carver OF
company II and Corporal Foley, com
pany $, were badly burned and lost
parts of several fingers.
John NJ. Wisker, engineer Of the
Harlem railway train In the Park
avenue, New York, tunnel disaster Of
Jan 8, 1902, which caused the death
of seventeen persons was found not
guilty. Wsker was charged with
criminal neglect.
James N. Tyner. the postoiiice de-
partments attorney general, was dis.
missed by Postmaster General Payne
and prosecution was started against
Tyner, his wife and Mrs. Harrison j.
Barr EFT for opening n safe and carry
ing off public records.
At New Castle, WyO., the corners
jury has returned verdict that Nj
and Mrs. John w. Church came to
their deaths from gunshot wounds a.
the hands of w. G. Clifton. Clifton
conlosses. He was in love with Mrs.
Church and she spurned him
The New York commission ap
pointed by the appellate division OF
the supreme court to report whether
the tunnel railroad, planned by the
Pennsylvania railroad, to cross Man
haitian insland should be constructed,
filed its report tavoring the bore.
Tho British ship Colorado from
Hull. reports that on April II the
body of the elephant lingo, then
ahoat thlrty.six days was sighted in
latitude 1926 longitude 36.45. lingo
said to have been the largest beast in
captivity, died at sea and was thrown
overheard
Aaron Bark a farmer who died
suddenly at his home in Muhlenburg
county, about twelve miles west OF
Muhlenburg, Ky, was discovered to
be n woman, whose name Is Mrs.
Fred Green. She came to Mullen.
burg county thirteen years ago with
a small child.
Mrs. Jennie Flood OF Grand Rapids,
Mich, was arrested for the alleged
murder OF John London. An accident
insurance policy for $1,000 was
recently taken out on LondOn's pen
son, with Mrs, Flood as the ben.
eAciary. Bernard Fingleton, on
whose farm the tragedy took place,
also was arrested.
At indianapolis, Rufus Cantrell
king OF the ghouls." was found
guilty upon two counts. The first
count was for robbins the grave Of
Rose Niedllnger and the second was
for conspiracy with Or Joseph
Alexander, demonstration of anatomy
at tho Central college for physicians
and surgeons to rob her grave. The
punishment on tho first count Is inr
prisonment Of from three to ten
years and ON the second imprison-
ment from two to fourteca years.