Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-02-25

point near Fort smith
Charles w. Gardner. ciiief detective
OF Ur PWkhursts and-yice society IN
New York, is sentenced 20 two years
Imprisonment for attempting 10 cXfOrt
money from the keeper Of a disOrderiy
house
At Marion, Ind, Russell IIaul-Ou's
suit against the Dalaheld Construction
company has been Withdrawn, owing TO
a settlement made in New York, which
leaves Mr. Harrison ana his company
in possession of the street railway. The
suit for $4,000 damages was also with
drawn
At Columbus, Ohio, The Cleveland,
Akron and Colorado railroad has filed
it's answer to the petition OF Edward L..
Mortimer b. have "a receiver appointed.
Each avcmcnt in the petition TO the eff
feet that the road is being mismanaged
is denied in detail The case is Of zen
cral interest because Of the belief tnat
Mortimer is a tool in the hands OF Hen
~ S. Ives for speculative purposes.
on the 18TH William Brooks, "a milk
mau, while driving along Giddings ave
nue.. Cleveland, in the central part Of
the city, was held up by two highway
men and ordered to hand over his mon
ey He refused ANA one Of the robbers
shot him in the side They then took
what money he had and made their
escape Brooks owunI win probably
prove fatal
For the last two years tue Wabash
Railway Company has lost from freight
cars valuable merchandise of every de
scriptlon The total value, it is said,
viii foot up not less than 100000
Detectives, it is claimed, have now got
ten trace Of the thieves, who are in
the companys employ
IN Capada the silver question is caus-
ing no little anxiety in view of the Of
feet upon Canada Of crisis ia the
United States. Canadian commercial
circles would naturally be affected 10y
any depreciation Of American currency.
which has a large circulation in the
border counties and in Montreal and
Toronto.
Mrs Elaine Goodman Eastman, Of
$. riuglield, Mass, publishes a letter
Withdrawing from membership in the
Indian Rights Association ana at the
same time records her protest against
The partisan and unfair action OF
it's corresponding secretary, Herbert
Walsh
Judge John SchoGeld, for the past
90
Court Of Illinois, died on the 18th at
bis home at Marshall, Clark County,
Illinois. He was one OF the most prom
iucnt and able lawyers in the State,
and in 1856 declined the chief justice
ship Of the United States Supreme
Courp rendered by President Cleve-
land.
Several years ago the city Of New
York brought suit to compel the Man
haitian Elevated railroad company to
pay into the city five per cent. Of its
net earnings, Tie case has been bitter
Is fought, but ON the 18th Justice In
graham decided that the company must
pay the five per cent. Of net earnings
for the ten years from 1880 10 1890.
David n. Collins committed suicide
in the jail at Exeter Mass, on the
18th lie was arrested Saturday charg
cd with completely OF the burning of
"a house at NeWbury on the night of
January 80. James IL. Addison and his
son William lost their lives in this fire
Ii is believed that Collins suicide clear
ly indicates ,hut he was the guilty per
suu
Bruce Carr, eX-Auditor Of Indiana, .
died ut his home on Central avenue, (
indianapolis, on the 10Th of cIisypclas,
aged 40 years. Mr.. Carr served in the
late war and was one OF the youngest .
soldiers in The country. lie was prom
ucut in financial and political lGatters,
and was also a hotscman of note
Representatives OF several OF the lead
Ing sewing machine companies Of the
West are iu New York TO attend a con
ference called TO make an effort TO re-
duye The competition which, Of late
years, has been cutting into the profits
OF luc manufacturers. Ii ia stated that
an attempt will be made ut the meet
iug 10 practically form "a rust
Search is being made for quantity
of valuable brc-u-brac left by Mrs.
Russell Harrison in her White House
quarters. The rooms were vacated
short time ago to be fumigated couse-
qucut on the illness OF her daughter,
and whom the operation was over the
articles in question had disappeared.
It is said that the condition OF the
miners throughout the Scuuylbm re ,
-lou and particularly in the districts ,
embracing the towns of Suamokin, ,
Mount Carmel, Ashland. G,rMdliIe 8
ana Ceuuh3, lis yerginE toward sUryu- ,
.iuu During the past three months {
'1ortS gf golfers have not worked morr {
ham TWO mli weeks and the outlook i
1t present is more dismal than M amy :
'lher time during The virtual shutdown {