Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-01-13
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An artificial pond Of fourteen acres
in Bedford will yield no ice crop this
winter because muskrats gnawed a
hole through the dam and drained the.
pond
Custer proceedings were instituted
by Attorney General Major Of Miss
issippi in the supreme court against
WeIleston, ST. Louis county. The le-
gality Of the towns incorporation is to
be tested.
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Bunno, French
family Of 500, Mich, were made
happy by the arrival of another son,
making the total number Of their
children fifteen, fourteen of whom
are boys and all living
A letter containing a demand for
$4,000 ransom for Alma Kellner has
been received at Louisville, KY. 1t
came from a town in Ohio and will be
investigated. The girl has been miss
ing since December 8.
The New York coroner in one day
handled thirty cases, of which one
was a possible murder, one an unusual
suicide by shooting, one a death due
to criminal operation, six were sui
cides by gas, and three fatal acct
dents
eve will not only give $4,000 for
the return of Alma Kellner, but we
will give another $4,000 for a private
interview with her abductor" de-
clares Frank Fehr, wealthy cousin of
the Louisville, KY, girl who recent
Iy was kidnapped from her home.
On account of the growing import
ance of American interest in the far
east and the difficulty of administer
ing the whole fillet as now constituted,
the navy department has decided to
divide the Pacific fleet into two sep
arate fleets to be known as the
Asiatic fleet and the Pacific fleet.
James Middleton, principal witness
in a night rider case set for trial in
the federal court at Mobile, Ala. was
shot from ambush near his home in
Baldwin county and died soon after
The Indictment is against six men
and is said to have grown out of the
killing Of sheep.
Lizzie Crenshaw, aged % years, at
Nashville, Tenn, cut the throat of
John NJ. Jennings, b0okkeeper with
whom she lived. Later she hanged her
self in a cell at the police station,
using her apron strings as a rope, and
was dead when discovered. Jennings
has chance to recover.
A woman shoplifter, arrested at
Flint, Mich. as Mrs. Wilhelmina
| krause said she was Lena Buchanan
of Milwaukee and that she saved
enough money from her dishonest
/ trade in Milwaukee and other places
| to buy the house at 1890 Sixth street,
Milwaukee, and that she still owns it..
She was born in Germany. When her
parents came to America thew settled
in Kentucky.
A little girl years old, two small
bull terrier dogs, and doll with
sore toe were in the custody of the
Chicago police waiting for some one
to claim them. According to the girl
her name is Helen Malone, the dogs
are known as Bunnie and Buster
twins, and the doll, whose name is
Annie" has a sore toe which ac-
accounts for bandage on it. She
said her father worked in a place
where they made pennies.
Mrs. Charles E. Spencer, of Battle
Creek, Mich, wife Of a railroad engf-
neer and mother Of four children
was found burned to death after
fire had destroyed a shed at the rear
Of her home. The police started an in
vestigation to determine how the wo-
mans night clothing caught fire. The
husband, who turned in the alarm.
said that he was awakened by smoke,
and discovered his wife's body before
calling for help. Indications point to
suicide.