Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-01-02
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DOMESTIC.
United States Senator Stephen R.
Mallory is reported to be in dying
condition at Pensacola, Fla.
At Chicago, indictments have been
returned against w. S. Birmingham
and his wife, accused of kidnapping
Lillian Wulff.
At a meeting Of nut and bolt manu-
facturers at Pittsburg, it was decided
to reafirm the prices which have
ruled fer 1907 for next year.
Earl B. Heintzleman, aged % years,
committed suicide in Jersey City be-
cause, as he said, his mother-in-law
had separated him from his wife and
child.
GOV. Blanchard of Louisiana, has Of
ferrcd $1,000 for the arrest and cen
viction of persons who attacked Ital-
ian Iaborers near Cbathamville, killing
two of them.
Thinking it unloaded, Jonn Myer, a,
farmer boy at Holy Cross, Ia, pointed
shotgun at his 16 year old sister
and pulled the trigger. Her head was
blown from her shoulders.
Joseph H. Choate, in an address be-
fore the New York State Charities
Aid association advocated adherence
to the old Mosaic law that One-tenth
of all property be given in charity.
While entering the stall of strange
COW that she was about to milk, Mrs
Ole Olson, wife Of Il merchant Of Glad
stone, Mich, was knocked down,
trampled upon and gored so badly
that she viii die.
Finnish socialists are planning to in
duce the Finnish temperance societies
of the United States, which will con-
.vene at De Kalb, Ill, in January, to
ally themselves with the socialists or
ganizatiOn.
After a creeping journey of two
weeks, the first crude oil from the oil
fields Of MartinsvilIe, ILL.,, 1926 miles
distant issued from the pipe line Of
the Standard Oil company at East st.
Louis Sunday night.
Following two days investigation
Of the affairs of the Neal bank, one of
the largest state repositories in
Georgia. it was decided to put the af-
fairs Of the institution in the hands of
the state examiner.
At Pittsfield, Mass, three persons
were drowned by breaking through
the ice while skating The victims
were: Henry Norris, 16 years Of age;
Henry AnO, aged 20 years, and Alice
Koziener, aged Is years.
At Pittsburg, Bertha A. Goodwin is
on trial charged with embezzling
money collected in Pittsburg for hos
pitfalls. With the exception of a
woman's skirt, the defendant always
wears the apparel Of maa.
Mayor Mcclellan, of New York.
after having been assured that the
Douu ordinance permitting sacred and
educational entertainments on Sun
day does not conflict with the penal
code, has signed the new measure.
That the officials of the Savings
Bank Of New Britain, Conn, have re
ceived notification Of the detention in
a Mexican Jail of a man supposed to
be William +. Walker, the banks alb
sconding treasurer, was practically
admitted this evening by the banks at
torney.
Mrs. John Wilson of Barberton,
Ohio, is dying from a pistol shot
wound. Her husband rushed into the
house saying, q am going to kill you
and then myself" and fired. The
woman's brother turned him over to
the police.
Efficiency in fire drill probably
saved the lives of many of the 1000
children in a Cincinnati school. When
fire was discovered, the teacher, Miss
Lille Flynn, tapped the fire gong, and
before the fremen arrived the build
ing was emptied.
When Constable James Dolan Of
Lebanon, Pa, went into the foreign
settlement to arrest coal thieves the
foreigners turned out en- masse and
set upon the officer, who, in self-de-
Tense, shot into the crowd, killing two
men, both Hungarians.
In an opinion fled in answer to a
request from Gov. Sheldon, of Ne
braska, Attorney General Thompson
holds that under the provisions of the
pure food law packages sold in the
state must be branded to indicate con-
tents and net weight.
Twenty-Five Catholic priests al Al
ton, H., slid down a patent chute fire
escape of the Catholic orphanage to
test the escape at the behest OF
Bishop Ryan. The twenty-five priests
mac slide in safety. Bishop