Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-11-12

injured. Nome OF the passengers were
hurt.
The civil service commission recon-
mends the criminal prosecution Of
/ Treasurer Thomas, OF the New York
republican state committee, for solicit
ing campaign funds from government
clerks.
Judge Smith, at Yankton, $. D., de
cides against the 800 Indians who
sought to compel populist county COM
missioners 10 provide places for them
TO register and vote. The decision prac-
tically DISTINGUISHES the indians
Mellon Lyon, the 21-year-old son of
VIM. G.. Lyon, OF Rockford, H., com
mitted suicide Tuesday afternoon by
shooting himself. He was Il member
Of the Salvation army, and is supposed
to have gone crazy over religion.
Two hundred Dunkards who wero
holding a meeting at Phillipsburg, o.,
were rendered dangerously Ill Tuesday
by eating soup into which some fiend
had poured sroton oil There were no
fatalities, but the meeting was broken
up.
AT Louisville, KY, Albert Wing kill
ed his wife Miriam In brothel Tues
day night, and escaped. Both belong
ed to prominent families, but the wo-
man went astTay and the man was
sent to the pcnitentary for killing
man.
Officers from tho United Indian
sys.fff ITfah consider
able anxiety at the temporary removal
from Fort Duchesne of a portion of
the United States troop. 1t is said the
Indians are now mdulging in drunken
orgies
Unknown persons visited the stock
farm Of d. l.. Simon, near Valparaiso,
Ind, Tuesday night knocked the horns
OFF Of his fine Jersey COW, drove sick
horse through a barbed-wire fence, and
turned the other stock into the public
highway.
Preliminary steps towards the organi-
cation of a naval militia have been
taken in Pennsylvania and Vermont
There are laroady eight states with
properly equipped and crcditable naval
forces organized in conformity with the
national law
/ Canadian cattle shippers are much
excited over tho report that the Eng
fish board If agriculture has ordered
1000 head Of cattle, landed Mt Dundee
from Canada, to be slaughtered, on
account Of the existence Of plouro
pneumonia among them.
TWO men entered the house of Henry
Stuhau, farmer living pear Lincoln,
H., Tuesday night, and ut tho point Of
a revolver demanded $1,000, which the
farmer had placed in a safe at his
fathers home. Before accomplishing
their purpose the robbers Were frighten-
cl away, and made good their escape.
Tuesday afternoon two men robbed
Cashier Baird, of the Ford County
bank, mt Spearville, Kan, of $4,000.
As the robbers ran out Of the bank
and jumped into their saddles party
of hunters came along, end hearing of
the robbery opened fire on them, Many
shots were exchanged but the robbers
managed to escape. A large reward Is
offered for their capture.
( Suit has been brought by Vice.Presi-
/ dent Levi L. Morton, John ii. Nymm
and John G.. Richardson, executors in
the superior court of New York to de
eide the construction of certain clauses
/ i'm the will Of Lizzie IL. Perkins. The
, estate is worth $4,000. There are Il
number of odd requests of wearing
apparel and jewelry and queer pro
isions i'm the win which make the bust
ness of the executors difficult
Anticipating the large volume Of mail
and the value of quick transmission
during the worlds fair the United
States Rapid Transit company OF Chi
cago, has submitted the details Of am
elevated road To the post office de-
plrmcut at Washington The plan
is to erect this system between the cN-
position grounds ana the post office,
and 10y means of am electric cable
placed high enough 10 clear all build
iugs along the route, attain speed OF
zoo miles n minute.
. At Detroit, Mich, the United States
custom department. seized 30a pounds
OF smugglcd opium, valued mt $4,000.
and arrested a man giving Che name of
A.. j. Morrison The stuff WAS brought
across the river Tuesday night i'm two
large trunks and was being checked
at the Michigan Central depot when the
seizure was made. The seizure Is the
most valuable one of opium since the
taking Of 600 cans by Inspector Nc
Douough about four years ago nj
though in that instance the one nav
ing it managed to give the officers the
slip.