Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-11-25

coat ia IT, He had no business near
the lake, and it Is believed that he was
enticed there and murdered for his
money.
1 John Clark, one Of the trio Of bur
glars who allied Madame Wight the
\ wealthy employment agent while rob
bling her in ner office ut Kansas City
I September ., was found guilty Of mu
der IN cue first degree. Harry Jores
and John a Bartchey, accomplces in
i the murder, WIZ be lriai al ,ite next
term Of court
: 4 meeting Of the citizens Of Brooklyn,
representing many clubs Of democrats
and republicans. appointed a committee
/ which called mass meeting to de-
sued in the prosecution Of John Y Nc
I Kane, the law dcfying boss" of
I GraveseEd.
Two indictments FOR forgery in the
third degree were found at New York
against William r. Wentworth, the
/ former confidential bool-kecper Of the
( Victoria hotel He is charged with
making false entries in his books and
/ is suppose. to have gotten about SIS
900 in this way.
! The tendency to no longer abide by
/ the decisions Of the coal mine owners
+ association seems TO be spreading
among the mine-owners Of South Lance
shire Two firms IN that district have
reopened their pits paying their miners
the same rate Of wages that they re-
/ ceiyed before the strike
The delegates appointed by Russia to
negotiate a commercial treaty with
/ Germany made such concessions at a
( meeting Of the commissioners that the
/ conclusion Of the treaty is secured.
/ Moreover, Russia has now employed
her delegates 10 settle the minor ques-
/ tons connected with the treaty without
referring them to st Petersburg
Engineer John A. Schmg has been
arrested Mt Two Harbors charged with
wrecking the steamer Nevada two
1 years ago. The Nevad9, which was
loaded with / 800 tons II hard coal
suddenly sprung a leak in midlaEe and
sank 1t is claimed that Schurg opened
a seacock and pumped her full Of wa
ter. The owners collected $4,000 in
surance, of which Schurg is said to
have received $500
The Scottish crown authorities have
failed TO ind any trace OF the mys-
triOus Edward Scott, who is wanted
ia connection with the alleged murder
Of Lieutenant Iambrough who was
shot and killed while hunting on the
( Ardlamont estate, in Argyllshire, and
FOR which crime Alfred J. Monson is
now under indictment and awaiting
trial
The London court Of appeals threw
out the appeal of Mr.. Joseph Hayelock
/ Wilson, NJ =. aud secretary OF the
/ national seamcn's union From the
/ Judgment obtained against him by the
[ Alllu Steamship company for libel,
and today the same court dismissed
/ his appeal against the verdict rendered
in his action against the Evening News
| for abel, in which case the jury found
for the paper In both cases on appeal
cost are assessed upon Mr.. Wilson.
George w. Ferris and the Pittsburg
Construction company, which built the
Ferris whcel at the worlds fair, are
said to have lost SG2, 600, having re-
ceived but 100000. while the wheel
cost $780,. 600. The stockholders, how
ever have bedn paid % per cent. on
their investment. 4 movement is on
foot to induce Pittsburg stockholders
to turn over their stock to Mr.. Ferris
ut 10 cents, on the dollar in order that
he may save himself and the builders
from loss.
/ Obituary: At London, Mrs. J. Roose-
/ taIy of the American cmbasSy.-At
Cincinnati, Or. David Judkins, aged
/ scyenty-seyen.- Vienna, Baron
( Alexander Won Bach, the Austrian
statesman, aged seventy eight,-At
/ Munice, Ind, e. c. TuXbmy, aged
! twenty Grain Valley Mo,
Jacob Gregg, aged ninety-two.-At
Raleigh ~ c., Or. Henry NJ Upper,
president Of Shaw Uuiyersity.-At St
. GATHERINGS. Ont, Captain Harvey Nee
lon.-At Lockport, \. Y, Professor
Samuel G, Love, aged seH onty-tmee.
Herman 4 Hagen, of Harvard famous
cutomolo-ist, is dead He was born in
. Konigsbcrg, Prussia, in 1917 FRAN
els Pmilham, the eminent historian,
died from peritoEitis at jamaica Plain,
Mass. lie was 20 years old. MAJOR
j. Fry Lawrence, resident of Louis
willie and a member Of the national fish
commission, died at pinevlIe, aged 81.
+ Professor William J.. Shoup, VINO had
Il national reputation as an author of
text books, died ut Dubuque, Iowa.
from heart disease Charles Brewster.
( a resident OF Fort Madison, Iowa. since
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