Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1922-03-30
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Premier Norris rendered the resigna-
ton of his cabinet to the lieutenant
governor at Winnipeg, Man.
A great fire at ST. Nazaire, France,
did damage to the extent of 100000
francs (by current exchange $685.
6OO).
A serious epidemic of smallpox is
sweeping Costa Rica. A dispatch from
San Jose says 1000 persons have the
disease.
For the first time in the history OF
Bakersfield, CAL, people there aWak-
: ened to see the city covered with
blanket of snow.
Pope Plus at Rome appointed Rev.
Patrick j. heane, titular bishop Of
Samaria. as bishop of the diocese OF
Sacramento, Cal.
The shipping. board at Washington
rejected all bids received for the 400
shipping board vessels recently an
nOunced for sale.
Joseph Letter, former wheat king"
testified at New York that the failure
OF his attempt to corner the market in
1897 had cost him $3,250,OOO.
The seventh national biennial con-
yention Of the Young Women's Chris
tan Association of America will meet
at Hot Springs, Ark, April 20-27.
One hundred and seventy syndical-
lists are being held in Fort Sac Ju1iao-
"a of T oh INV ont
charged with causing bomb explo-
SionS.
Edward Arthur Walton, widely,
known artist, is dead at Edinburgh.
He was president of the Royal Scot
fish Society Of Painters in Water
COlors.
A straight drop of 20 cents hun
dred pounds On flour from Portland.
Ore, to Atlantic coast ports is an
nounced. The new rate Is 35 cents a
hundred
The Masonic temple at Chicago has
been sold. The price was So, 100000.
The sale was made to the State Bank
Of Chicago, representing an unknown
purchaser.
One hundred and fifty Chicago drug
gists lost their licenses by order of
Charles A. Gregory, prohibition direc-
tor, for selling liquor on fraudulent
prescriptions.
A Rome dispatch says Italy has sent
a new and energetic note to Greece
demanding release of the steamship
Abbazia and complete satisfaction for
the recent incidents.
The governments operating ex-
penses weres reduced $4,000, 900 in
February, in economies effected by
the budget, the Treasury department
announced at Washington.
Oscar L. Cain, former United States
trict of Washington, was found dead
in the bathroom of his residence at
Spokane, Wash, with his throat
Slashed.
Twenty natives were killed and
thirty wounded at NairObi, British
East Africa, in fighting which followed
demonstrations over the arrest of the
Indian agitatOr Thuku, says a London
dispatch.
Viscount Feel FORMER under-secre
tary of the war and air ministry and
chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster
in the present government at London
has been appointed secretary ct state
for India.
Marked stimulation in home con-
struction is shown in contracts award
ed during the last three months, as re-
ported to the division of building and
housing of the Department Of Com
merce at Washington.
Six hundred thousand union miners
in the anthracite and bituminous
fields will quit WORK April l, unless
some unforeseen solution of the pres
ent wage controversy is offered in the
meantime, John l.. Lewis, president of
the international organization Of
Unired Mine Workers, announced at
New York.