Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1896-10-22

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ton, but his personal accounts as cnsto-
dian Of trust funds are tangled. He y
short 100000.
Cyrus 3. Watson, the democratic
nominee for governor OF North Caro-
lima. is i'll and will probably be unable
to make any more speechss during the
campaign. Senator Blackburn is also
Ill and has Cancelled all his political ell
aagements.
George II. Van Week Of Standard OIL
fame Is defendant in q divorce suit
brought by his wife. Maria l.. Van
Week. for desertion Buffalo is their
home. Mr.. and Mrs. Van Week were
married thirty years ago and have six
children.
Chicago capitalists have secured OPP
tons on several thousand acres OF land
In La Porte, Ind By q new process an
excellent quality OF binding twine and
building and roofing paper can be made
out OF the long grass that stretches
away for miles in the Kankakee
swamps
trrst deed for 81 100000 was filed
in the county recorders office in Chi
cago, executed by Studebaker Bros,
in favor Of he Illinois Trust & Savings
bank to secure an issue Of $2,000.O0O
first mortgage gold bearing bonds This
will cancel all the obligations OF the
company.
Frank Lemon and g. Il. Mckee,
owners of Lemon Bros. circus, have
filed a bill of sale transferring to the
United States Printing company of
Cincinnati all the property connected
with the circus and manageries to Sc
eu.e claim for $12,50e for paper used
during the past season
The fifteenth and final day OF the
Christian Alliance convention In New
York was one with great results. At
the morning meeting subscription
blanks were passed around the hall and
the morning meeting subscription
secured amounted to $4,000. Rev.
Dwight t. Moody preached in the after
noon.
Mrs. Emma Sawyer White, daughter
of ex-senator Sawyer of Wisconsin aud
wife Of Howard w. White, journalist
of Syracuse, N. ", died in Washington.
John II. Williams, aged so, burgess OF
Norristown, Pa, dropped dead yester-
day. Mr. Williams gained national
reputation as funny man" Of the Nor
rlstown Herald
One hundred women are engaged In
selling whisky to the Usage, Otoe,
Ponca and Creek Indians on the border
Of Oklahoma. Deputy marshals re-
port 1t as dangerous for an officer to APP
pear in that country alone. A party
of marshals brought In dozen whisky
sellers from that country today, most
OF them Indians.
Several hundred million dollars have
been added to the value of American
products in the last ninety days. Wheat
had advanced from 5Sss cents to 703s
cents on Oct. 10. Corn, oats, rye, but
ter, eggs potatoes and other products
have gone up also. The exports from
America alone during the last five
weeks aggregated over 100000 bush
els.
The National Live Stock Exchange
III session nj Fort North Texas, has
elected these officers President, w, ~.
Thompson; secretary, G. A. Baker;
treasurer, Mr. Doad; vice presidents,
/. Ingerson, Sioux Citys b. Mccall.
Pitt3burg; Joseph Adams, Chicago; A,
u. Evans East 81. Louis w Il. Skin
ner Fort Worth, j. r., Slater Kansas
City; 4. ID. Pcmine, Omaha.
The Salvation Army'in Evanston has
been strengthened by the addition OF a
daughter of II. F. Wightman, freight
auditor OF the Northwestern railway
and Edwin w Gray, Junior in North
western university Miss Wightman
was 80 impresse ed by Il presentation Of
the work Of the army that she removed
her rings and other jewels and signed
the volunteer pledge,
James II. Wyatt, confined in the jail
at Clinton, H., for larceny, confessed
the murder of Daniel II. Gillian in Al
ton SIX years ago, md then cheated the
law Of it's prey BY hanging himself u
the bars OF his cell George Starkey
and John Brown were convicted of
Gillhams murder, mainly on WAITS
evldence, and sentenced to thirty years
imprisonment staskey died in prison
three weeks ago
Great excitement exists in the east
ern part Of Perry county, 0kl, and
Payne and lAwnee counties, IN the
Usage Indian nation. over the discoy
cry OF oil in great quantities 1t IS
leaked out that the standard oil COM
pany has secured Leases on thousands
OF acres and twenty otheI companies
have purchased leases consisting Of
many thousands 81 acres, AZ Cleye-
land wonderfully rich flow OF oil was
found by a farmer wht was boring a
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