Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-06-17

worth Of property, including the new
Baptist church and annex. the HAIL
day ware house and contents, Glynn
transfer stables with twenty-six head
~ horses and several dwellings, partly
insured.
In Salt Lake City rumors are current
that the Southern Pacific anu the
Union Pacific are negotiating FOR the
purchase and completion Of the salt
Lake and Ogden railway in Order 10
get a direct track connection with
Salt Lake.
The Jury case OF John Powell, mem
her of the Cleveland Baseball club,
charged with playing ball on Sunday
and also exhibiting the same, returned
verdict Of guilty on both counts.
This settles the fate Of Sunday base
ball in Cleveland.
A woman known as Irish Annie was
n ordered at Hurley, Wis. Sherif Lo-
gan and posse are out in search oi IN
murderer. Men have been stationed
all along the railway track between
Hurley and Ashland in hopes or cap
turing the murderer.
Sheriff Brown, of Marinette, Mich,
made a strange find. He climbed
ladder on the Presbyterian church bel
fry and up there discovered bicycle
and 500 worth of bicycle sundries
which had been stolen. The belfry
was being used as fence.
James Hughes Taylor, veteran ira
gedian of wide reputation, is dead at
Downington, Pa, victim OF dropsy.
He was leading man for Nine. Janaus-
check seventeen years. He was
member OF the Players and Lambs
clubs. He was 70 years of age.
John Ryan OF North Milwaukee, the
largest carpenter contractor in Wis
cousin, and heavy dealer in coal and
lumber, assigned to George A. West.
Ryan has at present under contract
the erection of more than 100 expensive
houses which will be built by the as
signee.
Lewis Klopsch, publisher of the
Christian Herald of New York, which
had undertaken to procure cargoes OF
grain TO be sent to the famine sufferers
in India, has notified the navy depart
ment that the grain on hand will be
sold and the money forwarded to India
instead.
At Princes Ann, Md, William An
drews, colored, was taken from the Of
ficer at the door OF the court house and
killed by a mob. Andrews had been
sentenced TO death for assaulting Mrs.
Benjamin r. Kelley, near Marion May
5. Judge Bage, who passed the death
sentence, endeavored to reason with
the excited crew but in vain
Ten rich men are on trial in New
York charged with "unlawfully, wick
eddy, unjustly, oppresively and mali
ciously" conspiring, combining, con
decorating and agreeing ito control
and monopolize the making and vend-
ing of paper cigarettes in the city and
county OF New York" This is the first
prosecution of the tobacco trust.
Niola Tesla announced that he would
soon be ready to put to practical
test three of his marvellous inventions
One is his apparatus to communicate
intelligence from any point on the
globe TO any other point without the
Intervention of wires. The other in
yentions are designed to produce a
cheap light with glass tubes.
The members of the Ottumwa. Iowa.
bar except three of whom were en-
gagged in the prosecution of Hamilton.
the convicted Seldom bank robber, have
petitioned the district judge to recon
slider his decision and grant him new
trial stating in their opinion that he
was wrongfully convicted under the
evidence. Hamilton will not be taken
to prison pending the result of the
petition,
The American Book company of Des
Moines has begun suit against G. a.
Gates, president Of the Iowa college at
Grinnell, for 100000 for malicious
libel Gates published some time ago
a pamphlet charging the book COM
pany with bribery and corrupt methods
in getting books adopted by school
boards over the country, He claims
the company does not stop at anything
The company wishes to relieve itself
of the odium cast upon il. Gates is
a prominent man in the school world
in Iowa.
A new sect calling themselves True
Followers are playing havoc near
Homestead oklahoma A week ago
child of John Geiger. one of the sect,
became very i'll with whooping cough
and was allowed to strange to death.
the parents and neighbors refusing to
do anything for it's relief, saying that
a the Lord wanted il to live He would
look out for IL. Last week they in
duced Mrs, J. f. Euhank. who was very
III, 20 discharge her doctor and join
them. She did SO and was baptized.
and nothing more was done but pray
for her and she has just died. The