Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1896-05-14

Six firemen we're severely injured in
a fire which broke cut at Kingston, n.
Y, in Fischsr's hotel, So East Strand.
This hotel, Rigney's hotel adjoining 1t,
and several barns in the neighborhood
were burned, as was the dwelling and
store of Herold Bros. The total loss
was over $4,000.
The interest so suddenly developed
in the business affairs of the late mil
lionaire, John Stetson, and which af-
fairs are remarkably entangled legally
by the death OF his wife, has increased
manifold by the reported claims Of sew
eral women, each alleging that she
was wife of Mr. Stetson.
Tim Dustan's bagnio. at Winona, has
been broken up and Dustan is .luding
officers who have a warrant for his ar
rest Dustan, two weeks ago, under
false promise OF work. lured to his
place Flossie Hopkins, a pretty Black
River Falls girl, engaged to Edward
Austin, Of Minneapolis, who traced her
here.
Captain John f. McGlensey, q. S. N,
retired, is dead at Washington. He
entered the naval service Sept. rs,
1857, being appointed from Pennsyl-
vania, an acting midshipman. He be-
came a lieutenant commander in 1875
and reached the grade of captain In
1890 being retired three years later on
account of disability incurred in the
service.
Thomas G, PlaIt issued statement
denying the Mckinley mems claims
that they have already elected a ma
jority of the delegates. He declared
that twenty Illinois delegates will no.
vote for Mckinley and that twenty
Ohio delegates are ready TO desert him.
Gen Grosvenor claims 495 delegates
for Mckinley.
The topic of conversation in Dubuque
was the grave charges brought against
ex-Mayor Olingel, and it is intimated
that other charges quite as grave are
to be launched in regard to other mat
tiers. 1t was expected that Olinser
NOull Auft AOPle " tliS ~
cusations, but he has done nothing ex-
cept simply deny them.
At Duluth fac moose was seen out
in the lake heading from the Wisconsin
shore for s. point in the distance east
OF the city hall A tug going through
the canal caused him to take to the
land. He went ashore on Minnesota
Point, near the life saving station The
law saved his life, as "a large number
of people could have killed him.
Rev. Nathan e. Wood, a Boston Bap-
fist preacher, has given up his auxil-
larry membership in the salvation army.
He says Gen. Booth Is more of an au-
tocrat than the pope. He also says ths
nit OF the ordinance OF baptism, or the
serving of the Lords supper; neither
are its members permitted to unite
with a christian church as members.
The second conviction of Frank A.
Coffin of completely in the wrecking of
the indianapolis national bank in Aug
lust, 1898, was confirmed by The su-
preme court of the United States. COT
fin was originally convicted with his
brother and partner, which conviction
was set aside by court on appeal and
on the second trial he alone was con
victed and sentenced to the peDeten-
tiafy for seven years.
A man named Edward Helm was de-
Gnnnrinp hu
ders of United States Immigrant In
spector M. T. Stokes. The man came
in on the steamer United Empire
which he had boarded at Port Arthur
He admitted to Stokes that he was a
miner under contract to work IN mine
at Hibbing, and under the alien con.
tract labor law he was not allowed to
get off the vessel.
When George J. Haag, % years Of
age. told the occupants of the Monarch
boarding house in Frisco that he be-
longed to a suicide club and would kill
himself when the proper time came,
they treated the matter as a joke.
When he took dose of stryennine in
iH0 IBnluS VI WI ANfillC al nv NNe
was his spiritual guide to the other
world, they realized ne meant what he
had said. Haag was quiet and good
natured young man who said little or
nolniag to any one.
Private Policeman Charles Sales ar
rested Charles Boyse. colored. at the
Louisville race track, for shooting
craps, and started to the central station
with the prisoner on crowded street
car. On the way in. Boyse broke from
the officer and ran. Both men pulled
reyolyers and began firing. Boyse was
shot through the arm. Sales was shot
in the eye and under the chin. Both
VIII probably die, Charles ]. Champ,
manager of the Grand opera house, and
his wife. who were on the car, were
also wounded, as was the motorman.
ABROAD.