Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-03-17

Mexican territory is unfounded.
Christian Keppler, who startled the
Cincinnati police by announcing that
he had taken part in the plot which
resulted in the murder Of Empress
Elizabeth of Austria, has been re-
leased None of the crimes to which
he confessed" could be traced to
him.
The police are investigating the
death of Nelson Talmadge, the aged
hermit of Talcville," near Utica,
n. Y. whose body was found in his
shack with his throat cut. 1t had
been believed that the hermit kept a
large sum of money, but none was
found.
AS a result of quarrel between A.
I. Redmond, dairyman Of Mem
phis, Tenn, and his wife, Redmond
was shot to death by Allen Webb, an
employe. when Webb interfered In
behalf of the wife. Redmond shot at
Webb twice before receiving his
death wound.
His wife and five children taken by
typhoid fever within ten days, Lee
Cogley of Killarney, Pa, the only sur
yivor of the family, is near death
with the same disease, while Mrs.
John L. Wood, who volunteered to
nurse the afflicted ones, is in a pre-
M r;orc condition
Peter Karaklanis, Greek, con-
fessed to the st. Joseph, Mo-, police
tatha, Greece, ten years ago, and was
sentenced to life imprisonment at
Pelas. He escaped six years ago and
came to the United States, where he
has been a railroad laborer.
From many sect;ons OF Pennsyl-
vania there are reports of thousands
Of quail being frozen to death be-
cause of the long period of snow COW
cred ground. This condition exists
all over the state and all birds, sucn
as quails, pheasants, woodcock, and
cartridges. will be scarce next fall
Viola Curry, of Pottsville, Pa, ~
years old, who was shot in the chest
while attempting to save her father
Robert Curry from an attack by
Thomas Hurst of Ashland, is dead al
Fountain Springs. Hurst, who is a
brother of Tim Hurst, the baseball
umpire, fled after the shooting, and is
still at large.
With jury in the box at Kansas
City ready to hear testimony in the
trial of Eugene Hays, charged with
killing Edward Hays, his business
partner, the state ~.smissed the in
dictment against Hays and the jury
was released, owing to technical1ty.
Immediately after the dismissal of
the indictment a new charge of MUIR
der was filed.
J. B. Rinehart, former cashier OF
the Farmers and Drovers' National
Bank of Waynesburg, Pa, who is
serving a fifteen year sentence
charged with looting the bank, has
begun action to fight the effort OF
the bank receiver to take his $780,
900 estate to cover part of his al
legged defalcations.
Fits of sneezing by John Hun
Zilier, a Pittsburg boarding house
keeper, resulted in a cutting affair, IN
which Michael Mondik, a boarder,
was slashed about the face and was
sent to hospital while Hunziker
was sent to Jail. Mondik says Hun
ziker disturbed his sleep by sneezlng,
room to ask him to stop Hunziker
stabbed him.
AS the result of a conference be.
tween Executive Officer Ramsey, and
General Superintendent NJ D. Schaff
of the Chicago, Peoria and st. Louis
railroad and committee of the
transportation department employees,
the railroad company will raise the
wages of the passenger conductors
$3.50 per month, the freight conduc-
tors 81 per month, the passenger
brakemen $3.50 per month and the
freight brakemen $3.50 per month.
Is Frank Sheppard, the Fargo boy
held for assault on Miss Erickson of
Moorhead, innocent? This is a ques-
ton the police are endeavoring to
solve. George w. Nordby, the sui
eide, had mailed letter to the chief
of police of Moorhead which indicates
he was the assailant of the girl and
committed suicide through remorse
or fear. His letter is so rambling
that it is far from conclusive. Shep-
pard's friends contend that it is a
complete exculpation of the prisoner