Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-02-04

T The action for a receiver Of the North
I Star Construction company, in which
the Duluth and Winnipeg railroad is
involved. has been settled and dismissed
Al ST. Paul, MINI.
The Cramp Ship-Bullding and Engine
company Of Philadelphia has awarded
he contract for all the steel Of the new
battle-ship Iowa and Of the cruiser
Brooklyn to the Carbon steel company
Of Pittsburg This included the nickel
protective armored deck.
The United States cruiser, Philadel-
phla, sailed on the 9th from New York
for Port Royal, S. G., having on board
the members Of the board that viii SUI
perintend the trial Of the dynamite guns
on the dynamite cruiser Vesuvius.
The Indiana Humane society through
Gen Cobun has decided to appeal 20
the legislature for broader powers. At
the annual meeting just held ID. w. Coffin
was made president; Mrs Eliza Eend-
ricks yice-presjdent; W. II. Robson,
secretary; and David = Snyder, treasur-
err
Z, a. Knight, receiver Of the order Of
die Iron Hall, has collected from seven
ty branches Of the order in Massachu-
sctts about 100000. There are eighty
more branches 10 be heard FROM and
the receiver expects to collect over
$4,000.
The United States Banking company,
Of Gcrwals, Ore. suspended payment
yesterday.
The exodus OF southern negroes to
Oklahoma continues. Twenty families
passed through Denison, Texas, on the
25th bound for the Cherokee strip.
g. H. Goodrich, who has just resigned
as assistant general freight agent Of the
New York and New England railroad.
viii, il IS said, accept a similar position
with the Reading
hTn Brnar and Acker Milling compa-
MY o., Seymour, Ind, has brought a
damage suit for $40 against G, Z
Harlow for entering into the milling
business when, it is alleged, he made q
contract TO keep out
An cast-bound passenger train collided
with a wcst-bound switch engine on the
Tewe Haut and indianapolis railroad
near Brazil, Ind, on the oath. No one
was injured.
A man with half dozen or more
wives Is under arrest in Cincinnati, o.,
charged with conducting swindlns OPP
p,.ttiora t1trsupb thp malls
The dismantled and deserted huh of
the Norwegian bark Star Of India has
been sighted. Her crew Of thirty seven
were undoubtedly lost
The United States Supreme Court on
the 24th sutaincd the award of the
Court OF Claims to Smithmeyer x Pcls,
the architects who designed the Con
gressionai library building. Of $4,000 in
their suit against the United States.
The infant daughter Of Jonas Christie
pheL Of Goshen, Ind, pulled a kettle
Of boiling water over upon itself on the
18th aud was scalded to death.
Indian Commissioner Morgan has gone
to Chicago to buy in open market 30O,-
900 pounds OF bacon for issue to West
ern tribes Of Indians under treaty stpu-
latlons.
The scheme for building the Winona
Marshulltowu & Southern railroad is
booming. A survey win be commenced
February l.
Won Chin Foo, representing the Chi
nesc Equal Right league of New York
City appeared before the house COM
mittee on foreign affairs yesterday and
advocated the repeal Of the Geary Chi
neSe exclusion act. He urged the pas
sage of the Andrew bin which leaves
the law as it was ten years ago.
Al ST. Paul the mercury dropped
from 80 To 10 degrees in the past
weuty -four hours and tonight registered
IA below Duluth reports the same. Us
DO the DakotaS and Montana
The Illinois supreme court has rem.
drred a decision that women can vote
AT school elections Last spring Mar
tha f. plummcr and May NJ. Moss de
featrd oscar O. Iost aud Otto Wallace
los the aid of the votes of 2q3 women
The county court decided against the
womeu. bur ON appeal the supreme
court reversed the lower court