Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1896-02-20

in spite Of the great opposition 1t
would affect lands ON the Sissiton.
Yankton and Sioux reservations in
South Dakota.
Priceless tapestries and beautiful
vases selected from the collection of
lis imperial Japanese majesty the mi
kado, constitute the offering Of friend
ship and esteem which the Oriental
sovereign has sent through his minister
to Mrs. Walter @. Gresham, widow OF
the late secretary of state.
Mr.. Pickler has introduced bill APP
propriating 100000 for the establish
ment OF sanitarium at Hot Springs,
S. D., to be under the control of the
board Of national soldiers homes and
used exclusively as home for diseased
ex-soldiers. Mr. Pettigrew viii intro
duce a similar bill in the senate
The proposition Of the suspended
Keystone National bank at West SUI
perior to settle with the city for its
deposit has been made by W. E. Me-
Cord, who is on the banks bond for a
large amount. he offering to buy the
city's and board OF education's claims
for 50 cents on the dollar. The bank
had a city deposit Of $4,000
The Italian colony in San Francisco,
is considerably agitated over the dis
coyery that Pietro Gori, the anarchist
who was said 10 have melted Santo
Caserio to murder President Carnot, is
shadowing Prince Luigi the nephew of
King Humbert, of Italy, who arrived
there last week on the war ship Chris
topper Colombo.
Assemblyman Butts introduced a res
olution. in the New York legislature,
urging congress TO make appropriations
to fortify the Atlantic and Pacific
coastc; o bring the navy up to first
class basis to complete the Nicaragua
canal; to purchase Cuba, and to form
an alliance with the South American
republics
f. Fl. Pearl, of Superior, charged with
embezzlement, has been bound over to
the circuit court. Bail was fixed at
$500. Pearl was originally charged
With he embezzlement of $3.50 from the
insurance firm of Fowler & Manner.
hut the first complaints were with
6.swn eaG Two new ones filed charg-
ing the embezzlement of LOO
Capt. George Winans, of Waukesha.
Wis. is in Washington, endeayoring to
secure a contract for keeping the upper
Mississippi free from sand bars by
means of barges sunk in such a way as
to divert the current and clear the
channel by securing a device long in
use by lumbermen. The house, river
and harbor committee will give him a
hearing next week.
Obituary: At Warrensburg. Mo,
Mrs Eve Stone. one hundred.-At Peru,
H.. John Connell, seventy.--At Quincy,
H.. John Kinkel AT Charles City,
Iowa, John Mahwa seventy
Peru, Ind, Justice A. w. Dawes, eighty
two. AT Coldwater, Mich, Amos Ste.
yens, sixty-six: Mrs. Elizabeth Eldred,
ninety-three. AT Decatur, Ind, John
Dirkson,
American wall paper makers entered
the German market, with unexampled
success this year, but United States
Consul Stephane reports from Anne.
burg that after delivery of the goods,
signs appeared in many cases that tho
papers were not freshly printed and in
some instances they soon turned ye'
low He says the unfagorable impre
sion made by these goods in Germany
will not easily be forgotten when offers
are again made
A short time ago Congressman Gam
bic introduced a bill to give l00o000
acres of arid land in each state where
there was such land, to be used In such
manner as might be fit for irrigation
purposes The interior department Of
ficials in recommendation to public
lands committee. have gone further,
and favor giving all the arid lands in
any state or territory nnqualifiedly to
that state, without restriction, for the
purposes of irrigation,
James H. Pollock died at Racine, Jan.
81, and left an estate of about SIS 900.
In 1856 his wife was granted divorce,
Most Of the children sided win the
mother The will of Mr.. Pollock is
dren who sided with the mother at
that time he Wills one copy Of Millions
Paradise Lost Then the estate is be-
queathed 10 the other children An
effort will be made TO break the will.
All Butte, Mont. through d woman's
anxiety to earn an imaginary reward,
b. Ii. Coyington, alias John Holt, was
arrested ana will be taken to Cheyenne
TO answer to the charge of stealing
cattle In Wyoming For a year he has
been living in hiding with his wife and
child in little cabin in the mountains.
Bun few months ago. in one of his
trips to town, he was seen and identified
by Mrs r. 4. Shafer She thought
there was a reward OUT for him His
wife and child were left alone out in
the mountains