Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1894-12-13
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Charlie Brewer, full back at the Har-
ward football eleven, has been chosen
to captain the team for next year.
Mrs. A. Il. A. Crofton, wife of the
commander of Fort Sheridan, died
from apoplexy. She was go years old.
The king Of Corea calls upon the
United States to assist him in making
his country independent
David Joyce, the Clinton, Iowa, lum-
Der king, died In Minneapolis from
paralysis. He was 60 years old.
Leon Albeit, four times elected gov
ernor of New Jersey, died at his resi-
dence In Jersey City from diabetes.
Oden Bowie, ex-governor of Mary
land, and prominent figure In war
times, died at his home at Bowie.
Martin w. Garrison, an old clzen
of Rushyille, H., dropped dead. He
was 60 years OF age.
Masked men attempted to bow up
Berea college with dynamite bombs,
but were frustrated by student.
A favorable showing is made by the
biennial report of the commissioners
of the northern Illinois penitentiary.
Ii. 0. Hayemeyer issued statement
In which he attacked the president for
his recommendations regarding sugar.
Secretary of the Treasury Carlisle's
'stimates of appropriations required
3r the next fiscal year aggregate
S410,435,079.
Chief Brennan discharged Officers
McGrath and Nicholson for failing to
do their duty on election day In Chi
cago.
A Delaware and Hudson train weAt
over an embankment into Lake Cham
plain. Two passengers We're drowned
and several injured.
Three Chicago scenic artists aDd
four assistants fell from a scaffold In
a Memphis theater and were seriously
injured.
Ex-senator Joseph Il. Brown was
buried at Atlanta, Ga. Memorial sery-
ices were held in the assembly cham
Der.
The repub. lcan-popullst fusionists IN
North Carolina aim To make their vic
tory Of D rmanent advantage and Keep
the democrats out OF power.
After boring for wafer for eighteen
months the authorities ut Princeton,
ILL.,, struck u sufficient supply for the
city at depth of 2,275 feet.
Expenditures OF the government dur
ing the last fiscal year exceeded tue
r. venues by $69,S03,2G0. Receipts fell
snort of $SS,914.063.
Remains OF Sherwood Dixon, la e
United States district attorney, We're
taken from Chicago to Dixon, ILL.,,
where the interment took place.
The president and directors Of
Georgetown college have prohibited
the playing of football until the rules
have been changed.
Robert j. ilotchkiss, right half back,
has been chosen captain OF the UnSef-
sity OF Illinois football team for next
year.
In the Lexow investigation, ties l.
mony which placed Commissioner An
drews in very bad light was brought
out.
Thu city of Valparaiso, Ind, has
brought suit against eX-Ireasurer
Schwarzkopf and his b,ndsmon for tn
recovery ~ $4,000.
While digging a sewer at Hunting
ton, Ind, Il workman struck dyna-
mite cartridge. 1t exploded and live
men were injured, two fatally.
At Hull, Quebec, four men and u
boy were killed aud several other per
sons injured by the explosion OF dyna-
mite, which was being thawed.
The Brotherhood of Decorators and
Painters expelled Secretary Mckinney
and declared the proceedings OF the
Buffalo convention void.
Quimby Buffe, IL young Ohio farmer,
invited his neighbors TO Il popcorn SO,
cial and committed suicide in their
presence.
While returning from Il visit to Scot
land Mrs. Hannah Williams, Of Chi.
cago, jumped into the Atlantic and
was drowned.
Coal operators in the pttsburg dis.
trict have asked reduction In the
mining rate, alleging the scale is being
infringed
Great damage has been caused By
the prairie fires in northern Indiana.
Nearly 1000 tons of hay were de-
stroyed near Wilders.
j. s. zerb, Il New York electrician
and inventor, has brought suit for
100000 against the Westinghouse
company for infringement Of patent.
Coal operators in the vicinity Of
Peoria, ILL.,, have formed an association
70 combat discrimination by retail
merchants.
Attorney for Banker koetting Of
Milwaukee, claims the statues he Il
charged with violating are uneonsu.
tutional.
Gov Waite Of Colorado charges that