Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1904-11-24

practically paralyZed by the sIofH oi
Sunday and Sunday night, telegraph
telephone and railroad service being
demoralized.
Hugh Murray, woodsman, was
found dead on Manitou island, near
Ashland, Wis, with a bullet hole
through Is head. 1t Is believed he
was murdered.
Adolph Weber in Jail at Auburn
Cal, for the murder Of parents,
brother and sister, Is thought to be
the man who robbed bank there a
short time ago.
AT Pittsburg George NJ. Cochran,
wagon man for thirty years in the
city service, was thrown from his
patrol wagon and killed by collision
/ with telephone pole.
An angry crowd beat and threaten
ed to lynch William Vanderheyden
whose electric cab ran over a woman
and killed her at Twenty-ninth street
and Seventh avenue, New York.
President Smith OF the mormon
church will be unable to accept the
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/ irrigation congress at El Paso on ac-
count OF the pressure Of other bust
ness.
The contract for the construction Of
the new poStollice building at Law
renee, Kan, has been awarded to
Richey Brothers Of Hastings, Neb.,
ut $4i, G3S, to be completed Jan. J.,
1906.
u. T. Bruc a farmer residing eight
miles southwest Of Stanhope, Mo,
committed suicide by cutting his
throat Brue was prominent in the
community, No cause Is known for
the act.
Lieutenant General Prince SadufN
Fushlmi, cousin Of the Emperor OF
Japan, arrived at San Francisco. He
comes to America to try to cement
the bonds Of good feeling between
the countries.
Gen. a. Mackenzie, chief Of cngi-
neers, has submitted report TO the
secretary Of the navy recommending
the expenditure Of more than $1,000.
600 for additional improvements to 10.
cal rivers and harbors.
Mrs Amelia Fischer, wife Of the
United states Brethren pastor at
Scioloyillo, o., was fatally burned and
her two sons seriously burned by the
explosion Of gasolne she was pourins
on smoldertng fire.
by an explosion in the mine OF the
Peabody Coal company at sherman
twelve miles north OF Springfield, Ill,
Il warcroom and ttppIe wor destroyed
and two miners, James Melee and
Anton Meruscha, were killed.
Lawrence De Falo, aged n, shot
and seriously wounded Carrie Unity
and her brother Frank at Southington
Conn De FulIo then put bullet into
his head probably with fatal effect
De Fnlio was jealous of the girl.
United states Judge Dole al
Honolulu sentenced l.. =. Kaukoe, Tor
merly postmaster at Kapaa, Kauai
island, TO one years Imprisonment fol
cmbeHIement of funds Of his office,
Kaukoe's doIalcation amounted to
$1S92.
Delaware is counting the result OF
the third harvest this year, the first
being the peach, the second the grain
and the third the election Crisp $40
bills are to be found everywhere in
the saloons and votes are said to have
como as high as $40.
AT ST. paul Sarah nm of West
Gouldsbolo, Me- has filed petition
In court asking chat Congressman.
eject flctchera' acts rs administrator
of the estate OF the late Jedida $,
Eases be revoked and that he be re
moved from that position.
Mrs Fred owen OF Audubon, Iowa
called for physician over the
telephone. although SO terribly burned
that her nesh dropped from her limbs
and then walked out to the cornileld
whore her husband was ri work TO tell
him Of her injury She died few
hours later. She was ut work in her
Kitchen when her clothes caught fire.
Cincinnati police have secured the
names Of two young men who until
the night of the murder of Almi
Stenigeweg worked in tile factory
in Mlnton place, The morning after
the murder they quit work and two
days later appeared at Glendale,
whore they worked in the bitches
enc day, slept IN a box car that night,
ana disappeared.
Secretary Morton received tele-
gram from the commander Of the
monitor wyoming saying that when
she grounded in a heavy fog, leaving
Puget sound, her starhoard stake ana
several frames were injured and two
compartments were flooded. II will
be impossible to determine the extent
Of the damage until she has been
durked.
LABOR.
The American Federation of Labor
revoked the charter of a Chicago order
Former stockyards strikers make a