Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-10-14
LATE NEWS CONDENSED.
DOMESTIC.


RestIessness among 1900 Cheyenne
Indians on the reservation near Sher-
idan, Wyo., has caused fears among
the white settlers.
Mrs. Frank Grover saw her two
children burned to death in forest
fire near Lee, Alberta. She was so
seriously burned herself that she died
in few hours.
The threshing separator belonging
to John Kosanke was set on fire and
completely destroyed at Kuhn, N. D.
The f1rebug was traced some distance,
but was not located.
An unknown man about thirty-hVe
years old jumped from the upper steel
arch bridge into the Niagara and was
drowned. The body appeared on the
surface for only an instant.
Tired Of life, George II. Johnson OF
Rockford shot himself st Nora
Springs, Ia, and died instantly. Ill
health is given as the cause. He
was about so years of age.
While in bed C. E. Murrow, aged "a,
a dairyman of Des Moines, Ia, was
shot and instantly killed by a burglar.
The burglar ransacked MurroW's
clothing and escaped with SIS.
As a result Of a rere war on the
Pacific coast first class tickets, in
Guiding meals and berths on steamers,
between Los Angeles and San Fran
cisco. $50 miles, have fallen to $1.85.
Suffering from some drug, which it
is believed he took by mistake, T. F.
Ford, member Of Ford Brothers Medi-
cal company, Minneapolis, died at
Deadwood. s. D., after brief illness.
Ford had been peddling drugs from
a wagon.
The forest service in Washington
has found a fence that will protect
western sheepfolds from the raVages
of coyotes. The fence, while keeping
out coyotes, will not bar bears, badg
ers or lynXes.
The smallest babe ever born in
MarshalItoWn, Ia, came to the home
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Graves. The
infant weighs three pounds and is a
boy. 1t can be placed without any
but size the child is normal.
Albert Carnahan, So years of age,
shot and instantly killed his wife, ia
tally wounded Mrs. Ida Calvin and
then killed himself at Indianapolis.
Carnahan had been separated from
his wife for about five weeks. Appar-
emily he had become insane.
LIZ
H. Perry, Of Rapid city, S. D., had
his right hand torn to shreds as the
result of exploding with match a
mercurial cap, used in discharging
dynamite, which had been left exposed
by careless workmen.
Martin Fehr, while threshing near
Fergus Falls, Mimi, was caught be-
tween the separator and engine and a
steam pipe broke discharging steam
upon him and literally cooking him.
He died in a short time. He was 81
years old and leaves a family.
Earnest Brodine was killed near
Montevideo, MINI He had been in
town attending the county fair, and
it is thought that he boarded a freight
train to ride out to his work In some
manner he fell between the cars and
his body was horribly mangled.
Mrs. Katherine f. Lynch Of New
York, thirty years old, a guest at a no.
tel in Los Angeles, Cal, went to the
pantry of her apartment to take a
drink of apple cider and in the dark
ness drank from a vial containing TO-
dine. She died twenty-four hours
later. aAA,
The Offices of the engineers of the
Cuyunna Iron Range railroad were
broken into at Deadwood, Mimi, and
six suits OF underwear and two suits
of clothes stolen. The burglars left
unmolested instruments valued up in
the thousands. Not even a pen or pen
Gil was touched.
Henry w. Samuels presented his
resignation as mayor OF Chester, S.
c. At the trial OF James S. Farnum
for bribery, Samuels testified for the
state that he had acted as a gO-be-
tween for Farnum and Joseph B. Wy
lie, former member of the dispensary
board.
Raymond. the 9-year-old son of Mr..
and Mrs. Edward Erickson, was buried
under tons Of sand as a result of a
cavein on a street where a sewer was
being constructed at Redwing, Mimi.
The body was not recovered for two
hours after the accident. The boy
was playing in the pit when the acct
dent occurred.
In sight of several thousand per-
sons assembled in New York to view
the Hudson-Fulton parade. John H.
Bell killed himself by leaping from the
top of the Riverside Drive viaduct.
500 feet high Bell was forty-five
years old 4 short time ago nervous
trouble caused him to resign his place
as manager Of a local dairy company
While playing horse with a moose
about his neck on the veranda of the
home of his parents in Proctor, Mimi,
the little iva-year-old son of A. B.
Buchner fell off the edge OF the
porch and hanged himself. He was I'M
able to make an cutlery. The mother
found the child dead a few minutes
later
Louis SemDson, aged 81. died at St
Vincents hospital, Crookston, Mimi,
as the result If 4 fall from the top of
q refrigerator car, his legs and arms
being crushed by the wheels. He was
a car inspector and q switch engine
bumped into the car, knocking him