Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1894-08-09

DOMESTIC DoINGs.

Gov. Mckinley ard Mrs Cleveland
will soon visit Minnesota.
A heavy rain banisned the drouth
In western Minnesota and Iowa.
State troops are withdrawn from
the California strike centers.
Fire In Chicago lumber district
caused a loss Of about Sl,50O,OOO.
Samuel Hill becomes president Of
the Eastern railway Of Minnesota.
Mayo college, the leading north
Texas educational institution, is
burned Loss $1,000,000,
Protestant w. G. 4. e. women at
tended the Catholic w. &. H. Y. con
yention in st. Paul.
The annual interstate eneampment
OF the G. A. X. was held at Nebraska
City About 10000 were present.
The liye-mile- bicycle record was
broken at La Fayette, Ind, By +. J.
Titus. Time, 12:2S 10
A hail storm In Stevens county,
Mimi, destroys from 5000 to 10000
acres OF grain.
A grand jury in Chicago fluids that
gambling places are run under police
protection.
Charles III. Warren succeeds e. w.
Case as general manager of the Great
Northern road.
Carr b. Nec of Chicago proves
champion IN the Northwestern tennis
tournament. defeating George Belden
A jury has been selected TO try ex-
Wardmnn Jeremiah s. Leyey, accused
of bribery in New York.
The government commission to in
vestlgate the strike viii hold its first
meeting Aug. - in Chicago
Gov. Mckinley and party leave
Cleveland on the steamer Northwest
for a trip TO Duluth.
Five labor leaders, railroad men,
have been arrested in ST. PAU
charged with the assault on Conductor
0'Brlen,
VIM. Ii. Bright, an oil operator, was
probably fatally shot by Barney Muir
ray, a discharged employe, at Buffalo,
n. Y.
With revolver Maud Maddox, an
actress known as Frixie Bennett,
killed herself at Hot Springs. She had
an insane husband.
The Hawaiian royalist commission
passed through Plttsburg ON It's way
TO Washington. The restoration Of
the queen is confidently expected,
Joseph Daul of Newark. =. j.,
glanced at Broadway thermometer
in New York, saw that it registered
l02 degrees, and then cut his taroat.
Mayor Gilroy formally announced
that under nv circumstances would
he accept denomination FOR mayor
OF New York
Fire at Fulton and Gold streets.
New York, Quilted three sixstory
buildings owned by the Roosevelt es
tate and damaged many tenants.
While new explosive vas being
tested in Chicago an explosion oe-
cured which killed three men and
fatally injured two others.
Frederick Hardman retired Eng
llsh army officer, committed suicide al
North Beach, New York, because Of
business troubles.
Miss Jennie Joyce ana Mr Phil
Daily, Jr,, were married al Long
Branch by justice Of the peace and
New York society is asas
4 bill Tor the enrolment Of every
ahle.hodicd u ale citizen IN the militia
receives the approval 81 the house
committee on militia
The Michigan republicans placed
full state ticket In the field headed
by Governor Rich, who was reuom-
mated Oh the hrst ballot.
Major ID w Halford, formerly
private secretary to President Harri
son, was painfully injured in run
away al Omaha
The constitutional convention at Al
bauy considered DE proposed amend.
ment providing for compulsory yot-
ing.
Mayor Gilroy, of New York, in an in,
teryiew, intimated that perhaps Tam.
many would nominate man outside
the organization for mayor this fall,
William A,nett, an aged farmer,
was surrounded by forest fires which
he was lighting at 0regonia, o., and
was hurnef to death.
jdoyo college, The leading cduca.
tionai institution OF northwest Texas,
az Cooper, Delta county, was burned
with loss or 100000
Farnum \ Cos commission produce
dealers, lbs Faneml hall market, Bos-
ton. aud fruit dealers at o. CONNER.
cial street. Boston, have assigned
The two Scott brothers. negroes.
We're hanged in the Jail yard az Cam
ton, Miss FOR the murder Of Norman
Hopson in October 1923
The first execution lii Norfolk. VA,
for 80 years took place when Madison
Brown, Ieglu. was hanged for the
murder Of John Dullard in April. 1898