Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1894-02-17

sent a protest and request 10 the
senate finance committee, asking for
q hearing on the wool sched - Of the
Wilson tariff bill
Counsel for the Farmers Loan and
Trust company Of New York, have fled
a bill asking for the appointment Of
a receiver for TIE Petersburg and
Asylum railroad company, for the sale
Of that property for the benefit Of the
creditors
John D. Dining a wealthy farmer
and stock dealer ut Benton, H.. has
disappeared. January q he went to
81. Louis with two carloads Of stock
ard nothing has been heard OF him
since.
Miguel Norena, the Mexican sculptor,
is dead from typhus. He was the de-
signer Of the great statue Cauynhtemoc
on the Pasco de Ia Reforma 10 the
city Of Mexico and leaves many other
monuments to his genius.
Upon the receipt Of the news Of her
sisters death Mrs Causehain of Nil
waulSee suddenly dropped dead 1t
was generally supposed that she was
in fair health, and it is thought that
she died from shock.
Thomas Lloyd has been held on the
verdict of q corOners jury AT Mont
cello, H., charged with the murder
Of Frank Sucker. The two men fought
over a small matter, and Sucker was
Injured 50 seriously that he died a short
time afterward
William T.. Morrison, son Of the late
Colonel ! j.. ID. Morrison. fell dead on
the street from .eart disease at Nor
rlsonyile, III. lie was elected 10 the
legislature in 1876 and was a promi-
nent man In that locality.
H. Acliley Sackett, the silhouette
fakir, who eloped with Miss Frances
Davenport, rich hciress of Elkhart
Ind, has been landed in Jail at Topeka
Kan. He is known to have wife and
three children In Jersey iCty.
The plan of inspecting immigrants at
foreign ports before their embarkation
to this country was approved by the
house committee on judiciary yester
day. The plan was presented in a bin
introduced by Representative w A
Stone, Of Pennsylvania.
Col j. Monroe Meek one of the
wcalthiest capitalists of Knoxville
Tenn, has assigned to w. w. Woodruff
Liabilities, $4,000; assets, S2a0,0O0
Inability to make collections and press
ing payments precipitated the assign
ment.
Andrews n Doty, commission mer-
chants IN precious stones at New
York, assigned. They are the selling
agent of the American turquoise com
pany of New York and Chicago, Of
which Mr.. Andrews is president. NO
statement is given
Some days ago dispatches from De
troit stated that the schooner Florence
of Holland, Mich, was lost with all
on board. This report was erroneous,
for yesterday the Florence landed AT
Carollton, La All on board were IN
the best of health.
Archibald G. Voris Of Bedford, Mich,
has been appointed receiver for the
Dark Hollow Quarry company by
Judge Baker at Indianapolis. II is
alleged in court documents that the
company has not paid TIE semi-annual
interest on $4,000 worth OF bonds, and
is insolyent
Investigations a, Mil yam,ee show
that a wholesale dealing in dead bodies
has been going on for some time. \
special committee was appointed by
the county board to look into the
charges against Undertaken Judson,
and its report makes some sensational
revelations.
Clintons grand jury had indicted a
man named Cook of Dewitt, Iowa, for
arson John Peterson, who fired at
Charles Meyers, a young companion
who had given him permission to
shoot, and who died from the effects
of the wound received, was also in
dicted.
The house naval affairs committee
has ordered n favorable report on the
resolution commencing the action of
Admiral Benham TO protect United
states commercial interests mt Rio de
Janciro, which was introduced by Re
preventative Money, Of Mississippi, a
members Of the committee on foreign
affairs
C5lws uogarth of Akron. O., has
filed a petition for restraining order
against the director of the Akron build
ing and cabinet company and asking
the appointment of q receiver and
misrepresentation Of funds are made
against President c. H. Wheeler and
Manager II. c. Viele.
Mr.. ana MIS-. Thomas Murray. an
aged couple well known i'm mining
towns Of upper Michigan, have been
held ON charges of larceny, burglary
and receiving stolen property 1t u.s.
claimed that they have taught their
two little children y9 steal, and seY
oral thousand collars w'.th Of plumber
was found nj their residence when it
was searched.