Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1904-05-12

over, Neb., and secured several hun.
dred dollars.
Grover Cleveland, in an address at
Princeton, N. j., gave the inside
history of the clash between federal
and state authority during the Debs
strike in 1894.
The Cumberland Telephone com
pany, controlling southern lines, was
ordered by Nashville court to be
ousted from that state because of
efforts to stifie competition.
Greth's airship left San Francisco
for San Jose but descended after sin
miles, because valve collapsed. The
machine is readily controlled by the
operators who accompanied it,
The committee directed by congress
to investigate and report on the best
methods of restoring the merchant
marine of the United States chose Sen
ator Gallinger of New Hampshire chair
man and decided to hold a general
meeting in New York.
John d. Rockefeller has granted an
thItuDlOI vi Ola lIShlh5 III hhC lllllC
given the Young Women's Christian
association of Cleveland for raising
5000 coo in order to obtain his $50 900
gift There is still needed $6S,OO0.
The $25OOOO will be used to erect a
new central building.
Work has been begun by the Chica-
90 and Milwaukee electric railroad on
the construction Of a track through
Zion City under the franchisesr tecent-
ly granted to the company there. This
is the last link in the chain connecting
Milwaukee and Chicago by electric
lines.
The census bureau has issued re
port on mines and quarries in the
United States in 1902 showing that
the mineral produced in that year ag-
gregated in value 1884 ,040 1863, which
includes the refined products for gold
silver, and other metals. These re-
fined products aggregated $S7,214452.
Senators Cullom, Gallinger and Cock
reIl, constituting the commission ap-
pointed by the senate to superintend
the proposed senatorial Office building,
for which provision was made at the
recent session of congress, organized
by electng Senator Cullom chairman
and Garfield Charles secretary.
General Peter j. Osterhaus. the dis
tinguished union officer, who arrived
in this country from Germany a few
days ago called on the president to
pay his respects. He was accom-
panied by Representative Bartholdt
and Henry Evers of St Louis, who is
the personal escort of General
Osternaus in this country.
James Dayle has served notice in
Council Bluffs on attorneys for James
+. Burns, defendant in the Portland
Gold Mining company suit, involving
stock valued at $1,000.000, that he will
move rehearing Of the case by the SUI
preme court, which recently reversed
the decision of the district court and
remanded the case for retrial.
The state department has received a
cablegram from the United States
legation at Petropolis, Brazil, saying
that the president of Brazil has signed
a decree by which Brazil grants tariff
concessions to the United States on
flour, rubber manufactures, paints and
varnishes, condensed milk, clocks,
and watches.
James Il. Campbell, former governor
of Ohio, will return next fall to his
home town, Hamilton, o. He has for
the last five years been a resident of
New York. Like David B. Henderson,
former speaker of the house of rep
resentatives, who has just announced
his intention Of quitting New York,
Mr.. Campbell says he prefers the quiet
of smaller town.
The price circular of the Phila.
delphia and Reading Coal and Iron
company for May, shows an advance
of 10 cents ton for domestic sizes of
anthracite coal over the April price.
( At Wheeling, w. Va, a stranger de'
manded money of Sister Alma at ST
Josephs convent, and when refused
threw carbolic acid into the nuns
face, severely injuring her.
In the anthracite coal rate inquiry
against the Philadelphia 4 Reading
Railway company and other carriers of
coal from Pennsylvania mines to New
York and other points, the interstate
commerce commission entered an order
|reopening the proceeding for further in
|vestigaton, The commission has set
the case for hearing in New York city
May "a.
The committee of the South Side
turnverein of Milwaukee,, appointed to
investigate the charge Of Islander pre-
rerred against Gustav Lehrmann by
August Oesterreoh reported to the
veren and recommended that Lehr-
mann be expelled from the society.
This was done by almost unanimous
vote of the 200 members present Mr..
Iehrmaun will appeal to the Turner
hund Of the United States