Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-10-24
NEWS OF The WORLD
DOM TIC.

"A fall at the NATION, Ill, IeslIFaA'
Four were killed, one fatally in
jured when.a train struck their auto at
Pottstown, Pa.
Newport is stirred by the runnor
that Gladys ,Yanderbilt's engagement
To q count is broken.
John D. Rockefeller gave 100000 to
yha Harper memorial library fund Oh
the University of Chicago.
The president of the society for the
prevention Of Noises said the din Of
New York did not compare to that OF
Paris
Fear of aeronauts in the st. Louis
race that they may be drowned In the
great lakes led the Aero club to ask
marines to be On the lookout.
The MaIoney family of New York
fears that Helen, who eIoped to Lon
don with Samuel Clarkson, is VIC
tim Of a plot to secure money.
Robert Mather, president Of the
Rock Island railroad, at banquet Of
the Chicago Association Of Commerce,
declared for federal regulation Of rail
ways.
The books of New York traction
companies show that men high in
their management have been in the
habit Of charging club dues to the
treasures.
Ocean steamship lines are said to be
apprehensiye of a government inquiry
into alleged rate discrimination, grow
ing out Of revelations made in the New
York oil hearing.
Provisions Of Nelson Morris will
we're altered by agreement SO as to
permit immediate distribution Of $780,
100000 in equal shares to the widow
and five children.
Frank HedIey, general manager of
the Interborough company Of New
York and formerly Chicagoan, has in
vented a device to keep cars from
teIescoping in collisions.
Miss Clara G. Leach, wealthy
woman of Worcester, Mass, has been
welded to John w. Maber, after wait
ing four years, while he served term
In the penitentiary for larceny and
forgery.
Announcement is made In New York
that cents per quart is to be added
90 the price Of icecream by the largest
manufacturers. Increased cost of milk
and rigid requirements under the pure
food laws are responsible for the rise
in prices.
George Melville Boynton announces
in New York that with a party of
students and scientists he will pene-
crate the center OF South America and
explore country never seen by white
men. 1t is planned to leave next jan
uary and be gone Ave years.
Mrs. Anna Davies, 70 years old,
daughter of Thomas Ford, one of the
early Illinois governors, is reported re-
Juced to the point OF restitution at
Middleton, H., and arrangements have
been made to care for her at the Sol
fiers' Widows home in Wilmington.
Robert Bacon, assistant secretary of
state, played the role of life saver in
Boston harbor. He jumped overheard
from the Harvard launch Veritas and
rescued one of the two boys spilled out
Of a canoe. capsized by the wash of
passing steamer.
One man was killed and eight in
iured at Pratt City, Ala, today, when
Frisco and a Louisville & Nashville |
train collided. Pullman Conductor |
:. C. Smith is dead and among the in |
iured is g. T. Wilcox, assistant general |
freight agent of the Frisco at Mem
0his.
Two new directors have been elected |
by tt Remington Typewriter com
g2ny. One of them, Miss Mary E.
Orr entered the employ of the com
2any 10 years ago as a stenographer. |
This is said to be the first instance in
which a corporation has elected a
woman to SO high place.
Baron S. Mitsui, reputed to be the
richest man in Japan and ex-oficio ad-
wiser of the Japanese cabinet, was the
guest at luncheon in New York of
q. H. Gary, chairman of the United
States Steel corporation. Peace and
.rade were the principal subjects
Inder discussion. The baron is said
% have declared that all talk of war
between the United States and Japan
Is roOlishness.