Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-04-07
NEWS OF THE WORL D..
DOMESTIC.


filed at Owego, n. Y, leaves his es-
"a e, estimated at 100000, to his
Three sons.
Mrs. Julia Gardner Gayley was
granted divorce and $4,000 ali
nony in her suit against the steel
man at Reno New.
Serious trouble has broken out on
4he scout, cruiser Salem at Norfolk
because of the alleged harsnness Oh
Commander George r. Evans.
Because of his badness the Rev.
r. A. Hafer has resigned as pastor
of Jersey City lutheran church. He
caught cold bareheaded and could
not wear a hat in the pulpit.
Indian chieftains OF every tribe IN
North America will gather around
the council fires at Muskogee, Okla,
FOR ten days ending July in the
grst national convention ever held.
Entangled in the cord OF monster
aite which he was flying, William
Fletcher, II years old, was dragged
over a deep decliyity on Telegraph
Hill at San Francisco and fell $50
geet to his death.
Nicholas Miele, an Italian, was
killed by three fist blows on the
temple by Olesio Mashino, country
man. Mashino's Is year old son an
moved Miele and the father took up
She boys quarrel. The slayer escaped.
The eighty-six defendants who were
indicted n New York charged with
illegally manipulating the live pout
try business were each held in 1000
bail for trial. Sixty Of the defend
ants appeared in court, after bail
was set, and deposited bonds for
their release
An accidental gunshot wound has
cost Angus McPhee, winner or the
worlds championship in roping steers
at the recent meet in Wyoming, his
left hand. McPhee is employed at
the Parker ranch, at Honolulu, ana
ais wound was so serious that am
putaton was necessary.
Following the crusade against long
natpins in Chicago, movement has
been started at Lynn, Mass. to make
it a misdemeanor for any woman to
wear a hatpin which protrudes from
her hat one inch. A councilman will
introduce an order providing a $40
fine for such an offense.
Eighteen girls employed as oper-
ators in the Portland Qnd.) tele
phone exchange struck because the
manager ordered them not to wear
low neck dresses on or off duty, as
they caught cold and could not talk
plainly over the wire. The manage
ment secured peace by modifying the
order
william R. Sterrett, well known
resident Of Lake City, Mimi, is dead
at his home from suicidal wounds
he was i'll in bed, and in the alb
s5ence Of his wife secured a jack
knife and cut his throat. It is pre-
sumed his sickness had deranged his
mind, as no other cause is known
for his rash deed.
Michael Reuss, grocer, was drowned
and thousands of dollars damage was
caused by the bursting of twenty
inch water main at Cincinnati under
Findlay street, between Lynn and
Baymiller streets. Reuss stepped
into the side yard to investigate
the cause of the running water The
ground and foundation OF his house
gave way and he sank from sight.
Henry Caldwell, farmer of Spartan
burg, S. c. broke up an acre of land
with 800 charges of dynamite, the
explosive being used instead OF a
pillow. He says that blasting land
with dynamite is the best method
for subsoiling and that it can be
done more cheaply than by manual
labor. Many persons from the city
and the country were present to
view the experiment
Two men were instantly killed. and
one other fatally injured, and house
burned as the result of collision
between two interurban electro
trains near Lima, Ohio. Both trains
were destroyed. James Risk, bag.
gageman, Lima, was fatally injured,
and several passengers on both cars
We're seriously hurt. An exploding
fuse set the wreckage on fire, des-
troying an adjacent house Risk was
eelectrocuted