Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1896-06-04

Metropolis, ILL.,, for killing Benjamin
/ Laid at Brooklyn May. admitted the
! fact and said ne killed Laid on behalf
\ of Nora Lesley, aged H. who. pursued
4 by Laid, ran to him for protection.
/ He was put under bonds OF $4,000.
i At Fond du Lac, Wis. Judge Gibson
1 has sentenced Charles Blanchard, an
\ eastern crook, to two years In states
( prison for burglarizing Roblee &
4 Thompson's hardware store, and David
4 Graves TO eighteen months for LARCENY
committed in his home town Waupun.
The democratic territorial convention
! OF Oklahoma, after the stormiest time
ever seen in Oklahoma, Endorsed Bland
! for president and instructed the six
4 delegates OF Oklahoma to vote for him
7 and to favor the free and unlimited
/ coinage OF gold and silver at a ratio Of
4 16 to /.
( Fire at Brillon, Wis, destroyed the
Brillon Manufacturing company's fac
\ tory. Barnes Lumber company's yard,
I Weigand's block, G. Tesch's store and
residence, Union opera house, North
western depot, Werner's elevator and
number of dwellings and barns.
Loss, $4,000.
I The supreme court, In an opinion by
Justice White, passed upon the right
Of the Bannock Indians to kill game
in the unsettled lands OF their former
\ reservation In Wyoming, holding that
under their treaty the Indians could
not kill game in violation OF the game
I laws OF the state.
1 An expedition left New York for
I Cuba. IL is stated that the ship built
after the plan of the Bermuda and,
/ like her flying the British flag, carried
a good sized cargo of war munitions TO
the insurgents, as well as about one
| hundred passengers making summer
tour of the West Indies"
At Hamilton, O., Paul j. Sorg, the
millionaire tobacco manufacturer If
Middetown and congressman, has en-
tered the fight against the tobacco
trust. Sorg has cut his popular brands
to Is cents a pound to jobbers and ~
cents a pound to consumers. Tobacco
has been selling fol 40 and so cents.
The audience which attended the IN
dianapolis May festival was treated to
a sensation in the shape of strike OF
\ the chorus, which delayed the perform
anee about an hour. The difficulty
arose over dispute as TO whether the
4 tickets held by members OF the chorus
were transferable. The chorus won rs
I point.
! Apropos OF the report that Colonel
Fred Grant had made visit TO Major
Mckinley at Canton, and that he had
been mentioned as possibility for the
+, vice presidency, a telegram was re-
ceived from General Grants son asking
that Accommodations be reserved at the
4 Planters hotel FOR himself and wife
I during the convention.
Shipping men believe the British
\ bark Cambusdoon has been lost. she
left Java carrying a cargo of sugar
from Vancouver, Jan, 2, and has not
been sighted nor heard from since, She
/ is fifty-flye days overdue She was
commanded by Captain Macdonald, and
carried crew OF thirty men. There is
100000 insurance on her,
Prominent representatives OF COM
mercial and transpc rtation interests APP
peared before the house committee or
commerce to oppose the bill introduced
by Representative Sherman of New
York, to repeal the imprisonment pen
atty cause Of the interstate commerce
law The delegation was headed by
Interstate Commissioner Yoemans.
More than 100 free silver democrats,
representing every district in Indiana
met to perfect az, organization. This
was done by appointing an executive
committee OF fourteen, of which Allen
i w. Clark of Greeusburg is chairman,
I This action almost amounts to a revolt
against the state central committee, the
majority Of whose members are gold
standard men,
At the Presbyterian assembly In
Saratoga the Christian Endeayor
carried all its points, The report on
home missions showed the present debt
was almost 100000. receipts amounted
to $129,433, and expenditures reached
SS5S,9S5. The cost of administration
aggregated ISL ,922 Under the board
is a total of 1914 ministers, 1880
churches and membership O. 100000