Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1896-03-12


dens, fishermen or Lakes Winnebago,
Butte, Des Nortes and Fox and Wolf
rivers, Wis, have suspended opera
lions for two months and all nets
have been removed.
Frank A. McGowan, ex-mayor of
jersey City, n. j., and wealthy man
ufactcrer of that city, secured a di-
vorce from his wife on the ground of
abandonment and cruelty. II was the
result of an agreement.
At a conference In ST. Louis between
representatives of tobacco firms not
members of the American Tobacco
company. 1t was decided to manufac-
ture cigarettes In competition with the
big eastern combine.
Clothing manufacturers and striking
cutters will be let alone by the Illinois
board of arbitration. Attempts at con-
ciliation and arbitration have failed
and the three members think 1t is use
less to make further efforts.
e. Fl. Sellers, Of Michigan, president
of the National Council of Patriotic
associations of the United States, has
issued an address protesting against
the receiving by the government of
the statue of Pere Marquette.
Governor Altgeld has issued his
reuuisition upon the Governor of In
diana for the extradition of Walter
Lester, who is wanted at Bethany
Moutrie county, for larceny, and un-
der arrest at Lyon, Green county, In
diana.
At independence, Iowa, in the Fields
bank case the assignee states that
lands and properties scheduled at S74,-
900 did not bring $4,000. Horses
valued at s43, 900 were traded for North
Dakota land at $40 an acre which is
high at IS.
At Cedarburg, Wis, 2-year-old
child of farmer named Wegner wan
dered away from her home in the town
of Trenton, Washington county. A
searching party found the little frozen
body in swamp after search last
ing three days.
Lawyers and the community of di-
yorcees in Oklahoma are anxious
about the bill before congress making
uniform divorce laws in every state
and territory. Oklahoma City has
sent an attorney to lobby, and other
citizens of the territory will do the
same.
Representative Mcmahon, of Penn
sylvania, has introduced bill appro-
priating $4,000 to procure site and
erect a peace monument at Appomat-
tox va. The site selected shall be
where General Grant and General Lee
met and agreed upon terms of capitu-
lation.
At Superior WI, convention OF
head of the lake evangelical ministers
was held to discuss the adyisability
of forming a permanent organization
with meetings held alternately at SUI
perior and Duluth. About so ministers
were in attendance. Another meeting
/ will be held at Duluth to perfect an
organization.
Senator Burrows has introduced a
! bill to make 1t illegal for the commits
4 sioner Of patents to reject an aDplica-
i ton for patent on the ground that the
i several features which it combines
/ have been anticipated in several diff
ferent patents. 1t requires that all
reflections shall be based upon single
i invention embracing a complete an
i ticipation OF the device applied for.
i w. Fl. Bragdon, an electrical engi-
neer and amateur photographer of
\ Portland, took picture of the con-
denser of an electrical machine with
out using any cathode or X rays. He
/ took a perfect picture of an insulated
i wire through an inch and three-quar-
ters Of solid steel Experiments else
where leave question as to whether
there are such things as X rays.
At Duluth, Mimi. trust deed run
ming to the United States Mortgage
and Trust company of New York was
filed by the Commercial Light and
Power company. 1t is for 100000,
and is for the purpose Of refunding
the old bonds of the company paying
its obligations and providing means for
the extension of the plant.
Commissioner of Pensions Loehren
informed Mrs. Belva A. Lockwood
that her appeal from the action Of the
pension Office in requiring her to re-
, fund $25 in a certain claim has been
allowed and the money will be re-
turned to her. Miss Lockwood had
paid back the $25 and then took the
appeal. 1t was for the retaining of
this fee asserted to have been illegally
Maid IN her that the report was cireu-
lated that she would be disbarred
from practice before the pension office
but the action of the commissioner
shows that there was nothing of an
Illegal character about the transae-
ton.
VIM. j. Doerr, one of the Chicago
aldermen Of the city, was taken to the
police station. The alderman was
covered with mud, his nose bleeding.
his face scratched and ragged frag-
ments of what had been his coat were