Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-08-05
yrwS OF TIE WORLD.
DOMESTIC CONCERNS.

oo1', considerable increase in oceaA
FREIGHT rates from New YORK 70
A. the time fixed for President
,,a,,ro,s departure for Hayre, hi"ii
FAMED Legrand fred a revolver IN ,'r
,be staircase of the Care street i,'A", :.
To was arrested He declareu n ~
Tod IN advertise his misery "hiio
The president was passing .,ao,,,
Nc Fanny Dessau, who was "iuoi'
known in Georgia through h''
ties died in New YORK .ud,,o
rire destroyed a big factory Uuilu, na9
in Workers and did nearly >oVV'0VO
worth of damage 1o+ az
collection of stamps, valued az 90
ooo has been stolen from Ut D. ID "
Cbattenden Of New York. -
pasonelle Dadario was h&hseo -
philadelphia for the murder OF Mo'e'
tino MOTTO. aged three years.
rudee Thomas NJ Cooley has peeh
taken to private sanitarlum fle 10
IN a very precarious condition.
pocause Of the new tariff law Ne"
-Iork importers have decided to al
vance the selling price OF crockery'
The Spring House, at Richiahu,
Springs, N. Y, was almost destroyed
by fire. All of the 100 guests escapeu
Cen. Lafayette McLaws, one Of the
oldest surviving confederate MAJOR
generals, died in Savannah, Ga
A company headed by j. Edwards
Addicks has sent representatives "
the Klondike region of Alaska to take
mart in the hunt for gold.
Former United States Senator James
A. Doolittle, Of Wisconsin, died near
providence. Rhode Island, and was
buried at Racine Sunday
About $500 lmoe-pants makers en-
ployed in 14i shops in this city ana
Brooklyn struck. They had work put
dia not get living wages.
At Louisville, Ky the Avery pillow
fsctory resumed operations after
ihree-years' shut down, giving en-
yloyment to 900 men.
A lodging house that will cost $3.50
900, where working poole can find com
Portable homes at cheap rates, VIII
soon be completed in New York.
Half the congregation of Trinity
Evangelical church, Milwaukee, Sc
ceded because the pastor married
colored man to a white woman.
Blackjack & Co, proprietors OF
large department store at Toronto,
have assigned. The liabilities amount
to about S65 900, with assets of $4,000.
The rush to Alaska is so great that
many of the gold seekers will not be
able to reach the Klondike fields this
year on account of a blockade OF
travel
! Lillian Russell denies that she is
seeking North Dakota divorce in
order 70 accumulate a fresh husband,
she says she doesn't want to support
another.
benjamin Simon, fourteen-year-
old-boy Who aspired TO be a labor
agitator drowned himself in New York
because he failed TO pass a college eX-
animation,
The Metropolitan Electric Company
of Chicago failed Liabilities, 1886 600,
assets, 100000; capital 100000 Poor
collections are said 20 have caused
the assignment
The Algonquin Wooden Mills com
pany Of passaic \. j., have given
notice that on Aug L. wages in their
large mills will be increased from 10
to 10 per cent
The Amoskeag Cotton Mills. e
Manchester, n H., one of the largest
industries of the kind in the world
have been shut down ON account uf
lack OF profitable work
Secretary Gage. at dinner of Bos-
ton business men, made a speech, say
ing that currency reform can only he
secured by the people exercising con
slant pressure upon congress.
The remarkably cold weather has
played havoc at all the summer resorts.
over coats, crate fires and dancing hay-
ing taken the place of bathing suits,
ice-cream and fishing as amusemeuts
An English syndicate is buying UP
the milk routes OF New York city. aud
Is endeayoriuE 20 secure the consent of
milk dealers TO enter into comhiua-
tion somewhat after the scheme of "A
trust
Harry \. Rucker. the colored bar.
her who has been appointed internal