Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1922-08-24
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Viscount Northcliffe, noted British
Dublicist, died at London.
The ratified copy of the Washington
treaties was signed by King George at
london.
Trainmen of the Chicago, Aurora &
E1gin line voted at Chicago, 304 to "a,
TO 90 on strike
William Giberson, wealthy lumber
man, was shot and killed by two bur-
glars In his home at Lake Hurst, n. J.
Sheriff S. A. (Bud) Felker Of Nc
Curtain county WAS shot dead at a
Number camp near Isabel, Okla, when
A baby's death, said to have been
caused by mosquito bite on the nose,
was reported from the Atlantic City
IN. j. hospital.
A dispatch from Helsingfors report
led the sinking of a Russian destroyer
curing maneuvers. No mention was
made of casualties.
500 train No. IA was wrecked Just
south of Portal, killing IL persons and
tnjuring others, according to reports
Seceived at Moosejaw, Sask.
A new air record was made when q
party of 81 American college girls
touring Europe, planed from Paris to
Aondon. -Four airplanes were used.
The continued use by Germany Of
fhe term empire" In diplomatic docu-
tnents came In for considerable discus
sion In official circles at Washington.
ALI the public buildings in Cork and
queenstown were destroyed by the re-
publican |irregulars before eyacuating
those cities, say adyices from Dublin.
The board Of directors Of the Tenth
kederal reserve district at Kansas
City, Mo-, announced a reduction In
discount rates from to AZ per cent.
Five persons were drowned in Bran
Don lake, near Lamar, Colo, when
41at scow from which they were fishing
overturned. None of the party es-
capped.
Harold r. Mccormick, multimillion-
Rire manufacturer of Chicago, and
dadama Gamma Walska. beautiful
Polish grand opera singer, were mar
|1ed at Paris.
The British schooner Marina, 200
Cons, bound from st. Pierre-MiQuelon
70 Havana, with cargo Of 1900 cases
pr whisky, was captured of Block is
land near New York.
John G. Woolley of Madison, Wis.
prohibition candidate for president Of
4he United States in 1900, died at Ora
Nada. Spain, after an illness of some
nays, due to cerebral attack.
A Los Angeles dispatch says IL
4Tanscontinental trains on the Santa
De railroad were stalled at desert
points. following the refusal of train
men to proceed under guards.
The Georgia peach crop this season
WAS worth more than $4,000, 600 and
twas the third largest crop grown, ac-
tcording to announcement by the GeOr-
igia fruit exchange at Atlanta.
Louisville & Nashville engineers on
the Henderson-St. Louis division voted
bt Evansville. Ind, to remain of duty
htntil equipment Is put into good condi-
Hon and armed guards removed from
railroad property.
After a month Of most terrifying ex-
beriences, Clonmel. long known as one
bf the cleanest and most businesslike
Downs in southern Ireland. is again In
khe hands of the Free State forces,
hays a Dublin dispatch.
The marriage Of Harold #. McCor-
mick of Chicago and Gamma WaAska
n Paris Is illegal In Illinois, accord
ing to attorneys, who pointed out that
HE Illinois statutes forbid marriage
within a year Of divorce.
The federal district attorney In
bouthern California was ordered by
attorney General Daugherty at WASH
tngton to investigate whether the
abandonment Of trains on the Santa
be railroad was the result Of q con.
knirocy