Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-01-28
CAPITAL NOTES.


day evening. Abous half past 7
o'clock No. 351, locomotive engine
of the company blew up at the round
house, killing one man instantly
and so severely wounding two 9TH
ers that they died the next day.
The first man, who was found among
the ruins, was Peter Burke, a wiper
at the round house, who had been
in the service of the company for
twenty years or more. The other
two were John Detempel and John
Klug. There were several others
of the companys employees wounded
and the round house was greatly
damaged. The section Of the build.
ing in which the exploded engine
was located, was stripped of its
roof. The other engines standing
in the adjacent stalls were badly
jammed up by the explosion and by
the falling roof and ceiling. The
shock shook up the western part of
the city like an earthquake. The
work of rescuing the buried men
from the damaged building was
tedious, as the night was extremely
cold. The trains on tho road had
been belated all day and No. 351,
was fired up to help a train west
that evening. AS soon as the acct
dent was reported by telegraph to
the officials of the company at Mil
waukee, the depot agent at Madison
was promptly wired to use all pos
sible means to care for the wounded
men, The sadness of the scene was
somewhat overcome by the willing
ness which the citizens displayed in
assisting the wounded workmen,
and by the prompt and humane
spirit manifested by the officials of
the company.
The supreme court adjourned last
Wednesday till February 2, and the
| United States district court adjourn
ed Saturday till February ..
The board of university regents
held their semi-annual meeting at
their Office last Tuesday and
Wednesday. The election of a
professor of astronomy and Of a
secretary for the board was post
poned till The June meeting.
President Bascom notified the
board in writing that he would
tender his resignation as president
of the University in June, A com
mittee Of five, consisting of Regents
Paul, Parkinson, Marshall, Smith
and Raymor was appointed to secure
another president. Resolutions
were adopted by the board express
ing their regret" at the conditions
which have induced the president
to sever his connections with the
institution" The friends of the
University who have watched the
proud growth of the institution
under president Bascom's admins
uauon, will be grieyed to hear Of
his loss.
The fourth annual conference Of
the Y. NJ. G. A. and the second an
nual convention of the Y. w. G. A.
held their meetings here conformity,
Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
About 100 delegates from the nor
NAL schools and colleges Of the state
were present
LATER.
Madison, Jan. 60 The inquest
over the bodies of the men killed
at the West Madison boiler explo-
sion was begun Monday forenoon
at II o'clock. Al the employees Of
the st. Paul company who We're
present at the disaster, and able to
come out, were examined before the
jury. They all testified that the en-
: CINE which exploded was considered
: safe up to the fatal accident. It had
{ been repaired at the Milwaukee
shops last October, and since then
/ Lad worked well; had q small leak
{ about a week before the accident
1 bu. that leak was nothing danger
: GUS and had been promptly repaired
/ The engineer who handled her had
t left her in the stall at 2:85 a. m
. Eri1ov baytno, ,9,lla1 n train Will