Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-10-03
THE LATEST NEWS.
GENERAL NOTES.

SAMUEL s. STEVENS, a prominent citi-
zen OF Bloomington, H., Is dead
TACOMA, WISH, and Columbia, S. c.,
were shaken by earthquakes Monday.
AT Headsburh, Cal, very severe and
long continued shock Of earthquake was
felt at ! 80 p. m. Wednesday.
TnE British and German ENJOYS to the
world fair arrived in Chicago on Friday
and are inspecting the jackson Park
site.
Mr.. BLAINE expects to secure ST.
Nicholas Mole, Hayti as a naval station
within year.
TnE CHILEAN junta is making war on
United States Minister Egan and demands
his recall
So great is the diphtheria epidemic in
Lafayette, Ind, that the public schools
have been closed indefinitely.
JoHN S. SINCLAIR, North Dakota
farmer, has just learned that he is heir to
the title and estate of the Scotch earl OF
Calthness.
ELEVEN Cinnamon are captured at
Detroit while sneaking into the United
States from Canada.
MrNNEAPoIIs outdOes herself In tri
butte TO the bountlful crops, the parade
being from ten 10 twelve miles IN length.
THE acting secretary of war has ordered
the Canal street bridge, Chicago, to be
taken down.
PRESIDENT HARRISON has issued full
pardon for Robert Slge, son OF Gen.
Sigel, convicted OF forgery.
Police Officer John King, Of Chicago,
who was bitten " negro four years ago,
has just died of blood poisoning.
The Iowa agricultural authorities re-
port that this has proved The best allround
crop year in the history Of be state.
1nE governor of Pennsylvania calls a
special session of the senate to investigate
the charges against the auditor general
and state treasurer, both of whom may he
removed.
THE treasury department has compro
missed the hat trimmings cases and will
refund to importers 100000 overpaid
for dutles.
DRExEL, MORGAN & Co, ct New York,
have received subscriptions for 500, 900
more tban was required TO Iiquidate the
floating Indebtedness of the Union Pacific
railway.
CAPT. SCHLEY. commanding the Balti-
more IN the Chlian waters eabled the navy
department from Valparaiso Tuesday that
eyerythingi is quiet since Balnaceda com
mitted suicide, Sept. 10.
EXPERIMENTS at Boston have demon
strated the feasibility Of telephoning
across the Atlantic, and plan is being
considered for laying d cable Cor that pur
pose.
Col H. S. 0LCoTT president and
founder of the theosophiCal society, arrived
in New York Wednesday, Tie is on his
way to Japan to found branch Of the So
ciety there.
AN American company has received per
mission from the Mexican government to
use the harbor OF the island Of Cayos
Ameus or Ancran ia the fishing Of red
snapper on certain condition.
liz the Canadian house of commons
Wednesday a motion was made to impsach
Postmaster General Hag CART in connection
with acts in the constructions OF the Can |
adam Pacific railway.
JAMES CRUM, the welI-mown stock
breeder OF Morgan County Illinois, cele
hrated his eighty NTH birthday Tuesday.
Descendants to the fourth generation were
present
OBITUARY: At Columbus Ten, ex-
Congressman W. C. Whtthorne, aged
sixty-six. At haywood KAN William
Ferrel. the noted meteoroogist, aged
seventy eight.
TINS failure offs. V. White 4 Co., one
Of the most widely-known of Wall street
Gr,,,s was announced in New York this
morning. No statement Of assets and /
liabilities has yet been made. The
private fortune of s. V, White, the senior
member of the firm, is estimated at 81
600 600.
TnE collector of customs at New York
has been authorized by the treasury de-
phitmert 10 admit to free entry SIX cases
Of marble statuary and marble bas retiefs
intended for the museum of the Leland
SANFORD, Jr.. university at Palo Alto,
Cal, if upon examination, the ar.
tlcles in question are found to be works Of