Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1904-12-01

Telephone girls were rescued from
fire by being lowered from third
story window by means of the rope at
/ Decatur, III.
Two 0rdinaces were presented 10
the Chicago city council providing
for the elevation Of railway tracks to
cost 100000.
The viii Of Miss Sarah G. Tracy Of
| New York left $6,000,000 for the found
ing Of schools and asylums and for
other charities.
The tobacco trust started a war 10
4 the death at philadelphia and the east.
orn Independents prepare for the bat
4 tie for existence.
The Missouri state building at the
worlds fair grounds burned. One
person is dead and four were injured
The loss is $225OO0
Prince Fushimi, before leaving
Washington for st. Louis, presented to
Mrs. Roosevelt and Mrs Hay personal
gifts from the miItado.
The United States treasury calls on
The national banks 70 turn in one
fourth of their government deposits
before March Is, 1905.
The auttsaloon league convention al
Columbus charged army officers with
hack Of cooperation in effort to aboI-
lsh liquor traffic at posts,
The lfactley hospital was dedicated
at MuskogoE, Mich. The structure
cost $22O,000 and is the gilt Of Charles
I H. HacMey to his home city,
The report Of the American commits
8loa on international exchange shows
that Chinese officials have been won
over to Il gold currency basis.
President Roosevelt delivered an al
dress at the unyciltng Of Ne atuc OF
Frederick the Great. & MNEkaiscr to
the people OF the United o@tes,
President Roosevelt offered Senator
Cocluoll of Missouri the isthmian canal
commlssioncrahiD, made vacant by
The resignation Of Colonel Ilccker.
At GAINESVILLE, M. Ostorhout whose
home is supposed to be in Chicago,
was caught in the 8hartng at the sugar
factory, and died from his injuries.
bandits dressed as women robbed
one suburban station ON tho Chicago
and Northwestern and three with
masks held up an agent AT another
Add Casey son Of cx-shcrif Tom
Casey, who was defeated In the demo
cratic primary Saturday for coanty
Judge, shot himself at Cynthiana, Ky,
major" Sampson, II Chicago poll.
tician and former leader Of market
street gang" Is dying IN hospital
from the effect Of a blow on the head.
Robert j. Icrran ticket broker,
was nncd $3.50 at ST. Louis, Mo, ON the
charge Of violating the antlscalping
law by selling n nontransferablc ticket.
Department storCEcepeIH in New
York have organized AN alliance
against shopliftcrs ella ming to have
lost 100000 by thcfts during the last
year
Felix RichcN Matilda Fleming and
ella Brown, charged with the murder
Of Dave Monutt at Decatur, Neb., on
Sept 3, were acquitted at Tekaman,
Mob,
The trustees of the Catholic univer.
sity issued financial so'cnen ignor.
ing the apostacy of MarQrise de Mon
stior8 Mcrinvillo founder OF the insti-
tuition.
At Columbus, O., Mrs, Muffin Temp
klns has brought suit against former
Congressman Emmett u. Tompllins for
divorce She alleges extreme
cruelty
Counsel for Nan Patterson, the
actress who Is ON trial for killing
Caesar Young. received letter from
another alleged eyewitness of the
tragedy,
CITY Marshal /. c. Hughes was kill.
ed AT Min creek, !. T. and John Work,
whom he was summoned TO arrest on
a trivial charge, was shot and fatally
wounded
Two large tish,canning plants, one
owaed by l.. y, Clark 4 Sons and the
other by the Seacoast Canning Com
pnny, were burned at Eastport, Me-
loss, $4,000
After harhoring a murderous grudge
for years William Pollworth. aged
20, shot and probably fatally wounded
Conrad naNman, his neighbor, at
bartlett, III.
Seven persons were injured in the
collapse OF the 0oor OF the yestibule
of ST Jarlnth's Catholic church, Chi
cage, AT the close Of services, and