Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1896-12-17
TELEGRAMS In BRIEF.
DOMESTIC.

Ex-congressman John X. Fellows
led in New York.
Two hundred Montana men enlist ID
the Cuban army.
The gunboats Newport and Vlcks'
burg were launched at Bath, Me.
Twenty naval apprentices escaped
from their vessel at Newport, X. |.
Secretary Carlisles estimates lot the
cost a. government next year are s4zl'-
1880. n.
New York Carl Schurz wept wnile
delivering eulogy on SteinWay IN ne"
York
Valuable deposits Of gold have been
discovered within the city limits Oh
Macon. Ga
The sight Of a blind girl in New 1et-
sey is said to have been reSuoreu W
Edison and surgeons.
Judge Lochren OF st. Paul denie''
the application for receiver ior uhe
Yellowstone Park association.
New Haven, Conn.-James y. hou-
gers was unanimously elected captain
~ the varsity football team.
The federal grand jury at Chlcaso
has decided TO abandon It's lhVesGlsa
ton OF the alleged beef trust
The Union National Bank OF New
Orleans, which suspended payment seV-
eral weeks ago, has reopened Its doors
An attempt was made to wreck 1he
Southern express on the Nor1ileln
Central railway near Penabrya station,
Pa.
bill prohibiting the making q con
tracts calling specifically for gold pay
ments was defeated in the Alabama
senate.
An original copy Of the first printed
RULES for the Society Of the People
Called MethodIsts" was found In 81
Louis.
AT Lexington, Mo, Jesse winner ana
James Nelson were lynched for the
murder of Mrs. Winner and her TWO
-abies.
Washington The vacancy in The
Crookston land office may be filled by
the appointment Of Joseph Smith, now
chief clerk.
Winston. N. C.-Sherlff +. A. Moiiitt
OF Randolph county was shot ana
killed in Asheboro while making raid
on moonshiners.
ST. Louis-Congressman Seth W.
Cobb OF ST. Louis says that congress
will recognize the belligerent rights 81
the Cuban patriots.
James Chrlstianson and his son,
James. were buried in a snow-sllde IN
Logan canyon, Utah, and both were
killed.
Under the direction Of Commissioner
Brice. a large number of Pacific coast
salmon are To be planted in eastern
waters
Governor-elect Leedy of Kansas says
he will appoint populsts, silver dem
oerats and silver republicans as state
officers without discrimination.
Los Angeles. Cal. Senator Stephen
NJ. White says: Il think very little
will be done by congress beyond pass
Ing the regular appropriation bills.
The top story OF the Wolff building,
119 Cotton avenue, Macon, Ga, TELL
killing James Brice, a colored laborer,
and injurng w. b. Paulin and Ghas.
Marshall.
Three persons were killed aud q
number were injured in a collision OF
trains on the Baltimore and Ohio
Southwestern Railway near Storr's
wikesbarre. Pa. Abraham Eckert,
who was to have been hanged for the
murder of Frederick T. Bittenbender
on July Z. 1895 took poison in the cell
this morning and Is dying.
Frederick I.oveand, the oldest and
best known guide in the Adirondacks,
has been accidentally killed. He was
struck and his skull was crushed BY
tree which lie was Telling.
Leayenworth, Kan The marriage of
Lieutenant q G, Smith, second cavalry,
and Miss Fannie Graham. daughter Of
Major Graham OF this city, took place
in the First Episcopal church.
Chicago Henry Owen 0'Connor. one
OF the principal witnesses for the pro-
secution IN the Cronin murder case,
has committed suicide by shooting
himself Illness was the cause
The total sums distributed for the
destitute Armenians In the province of
Erzcroum alone from December 1898,
ID November, 1896. was S45.l9l NUM-
bel of persons assisted, 66t00.
Ithaca. N " Major Winchester u.
Osgcod, reported killed at Guaimaro
Cuba. WAS wen-known at Cornell Us.
good played on Cornells football team
from 1855 to 1892 at right half baek
Washington Mail adviees from Brit
18Th Guiana state that the high court
has appropriated m additional $4,000
tor military defense The resolution
Was not passed without opposition
Newark. n. ]. Mrs Anna Sloane
Alien, wife of the Rev j q Allen, i
Baptist minister of Jersey City, applied
% Vice Chancellor Reed for a separa-
ton from her husband. who has LEFT
her
Santa Fe. II NJ The official vote II
New Mexico showed as follows. Fol
congressional delegate. Ferguson