Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1896-07-02


Rolomus Cottell, alias John Smith,
charged with the murders OF Alvin ".
Stone, his wife and their man, Ira F.
Stillson OF Tallmadge, Ohio, three
months ago, was put on trial for the
murders at Akron, Ohio.
Two tramps, names unknown, were
run over by train at Iron River, wis.
One will die and the other loses both
legs and an arm, They had just robbed
house and were sleeping off the Ell
fects Of jug of whisky.
Miss Mary Freeze, a Polish girl
whose Polish name is Mary Mychinski,
Il; In the custody Of South Bend, Ind,
authorities on charge of infantlcide.
She is q years old and her father re-
sides at Rolliiig Prairie, Ind.
Damages against Goshen, Ind :, to the
amount OF $500 have been awarded
orville r. Afford for broken leg. Al
ford some time ago fell into city ex-
cayation. The case will be appealed
to the supreme court by the city.
rhe supreme lodge of the A. o. u.
w at Buffalo, n. Y. spent the day
listening 20 the report Of the beneficial
commission. The level assessment sys-
ten now In vogue was discussed, but
no vote was reached en- changing It.
Harvard this year conferred honor
airy degrees upon Gen. Nelson A. Niles,
Thomas Bailey Aldrich and Bishop
John II. Vincent. Degrees were given
1853 graduates. President Eliot's adj
dress was in English instead of Latin.
The twelfth annual convention OF
the chiefs of the bureaus of labor
statistics and kindred offices in the
United States assembled at Albany, n.
Y. Carroll D. Wright, of Washington,
D. c., outlined the work of the conYen-
ton.
AS Charles Geddy and Misses Emma
and Eta Amman were driving home
from church near Oolman, ILL.,, fhe
horse ran away, and the three were
throwa OUT of the carriage. Geddy AID
Miss Eta Auman were seriously in
jured.
The second West Virginia district re-
publican convention al Morgantown re-
nominated Congressman Aston G.
Dayton by reclamation. This Is Post
mcste. General Wilson's old district.
The convention Endorsed the ST. Louis
platform.
Jennie Il. Flynn recently sued Frank
]. Flynn at Cleveland for divorce and
alimony on the ground Of desertton.
Since then Flynn has fallen heir TO
$4,000. The common pleas court gave
Mrs. Flynn her divorce and awarded
her $40 900 alimony.
John l.. Cowan, 9 young New York
lumber merchant, who disappeared last
winter. leaving an Indebtedness Of $780,
000 anC was later arrested in Central
America and brought back to Pits
burg. was found guilty ON three charges
OF forgery.
AT the Chase county, Kansas. repub.
liean convention at Cottonwood Falls,
Fl G, Snyder, nominee for the legisla-
ture was instructed for Ralph Burton
for United States senator. A motion to
instruct for ingalls, wns defeated by an
overwhelming vote.
Chiffon A. White, fyho heads the
Ohio democratic ticket for secretary of
state, during Lincolns administration,
was a close political friend of G. l..
NalanGigham. Something of prcsi-
Dental boom was started for Editor
John r. Mclean, Of Cincinnati In
qurer The platform dealt with moth
ing but silver.
The secretary OF var has issued an
order relieving Captain Aaron H. Ap
pei assistant surgeon from duty as *
aminer OF recruits at Chicago and di-
recting him 70 proceed to Fort Porter.
N. Y. for duty AT that post, in place oil
Major Daniel NJ Appel, the surgeon
there. who is ordered 70 duty at the new
pos near Little Rock, Ark.
Inc Chicago Evening Post, says
Henry Willard backed by European
and American capital, has about COM
Tleted q deal for the purchase OF the
Northern Pacific, then Tho Baltimore 4
Ohio, which is to be sSld II receivers
sale, thus securing a through line from
the Atlantic ocean to tho Pacific
Corbett put up a poor fight at
Frisco and failed to knock out THE
marine" (Sharkey). During the last
two rounds Sharkey was the aggressor
and Corbett was forced to elinch in or
der to save himself from his oppo-
nents rushes. Sharkey is offering to
fl sht the champion FOR $4,000 side
There were 10000 people present
AT Yale's commencement, over Geo
seniors received diplomas The honor
AIRY degree of master Of arts bestowed
upon Henry Roger Wolcott, of Colorado,
John La Fargo, the wellknown artist
and William II. Hunt of Montana The
degree Of l., L. y. was given TO 1'heo.
Bacon, the celebrated corporation law
yer; Judge Dwight Loomis, of the Con-
nectieut supreme court and DR.. William
H WEIGH, Of Johns Hopkins university
FOREIGN FLASHES.
The town Of London, 3. c., is sur
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