Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-01-28

| Banked II. n. Coffinberry OF Garrett,
| Ind, fell dead from heart disease wni e
a deputy sheriff was reading to him Six
indictments found against MIN on
charges of forgery, embezzlement ana
malfeasance in office.
Obituary: At Bloomington, H., Ii
ms Graves. Sat New York, Eleanor
c. Leggett, M. D., 6O.-At Greensburg'
md, DR.. Littlepage, 73.--At Washing
ton, Iowa, J. A. Henderson, la
Earlyille. ILL.,, Eli G. Cole Of Sandwich
President Roosevelt, of the New
York police board, has declared hiiu-
self in favor of boxing and all iorghs
of rough, manly sports, while CommIs-
s,oner Grant believes state lot-er
would be an outlet for the gam Jllhs
| spirit.
New Haven--The Hale News says
| that plans are afoot for an INTERIOR
legiate baseball league OF Yale Har-
] ward Princeton, Columbia, Pennsyi-
vania. Dartmouth, Bucknell, Amhurst'
| Brown. Carlisle school and SWARM
| more.
jefferson City, Mo.-fhe movement
! 10 reduce passenger rates to Genus d
! mile is being opposed by the Brother-
! hood of Railway Trainmen on the
/ ground that it will mean a reduction
| in the force of employees as well as IN
wages.
John l.. Sullivan, the pugilist VINO
went to New Bedford to attend the
Dunning polo benefit Is suffering with
tonsilitis. He grew worse and anotheI
uhvsicIan was called. The pugilist is
very sick, but the doctor looks for his
recovery
The board of health OF New YORK
city has declared formally that con-
sumption Is an infectious ana COM
municable disease and by an amend
ment to the sanitary code physicians
are compelled to report all cases uha'
come under their observation.
Washington General Harrisons at
tention was called to the published
statements that his name had Deeh
mentioned In connection with the
ENTHUSIASTICALLY to the court OF st.
James, and he very promptly said that
he had not been offered the position,
San Francisco kilograms have been
sent by the citizens committee to the
governors of Oregon washington,
Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa asking the
people OF those states to unite with
California in sending shipload OF
grain to the starving people in lndia.
Washington Much of the wool which
| is exported in large quantities frcm
Russia to the United States, coming
principally at New York sud Philadel-
phia, is being largely adulterated with
sour wool" gathered from the clip
pings of sheepskins made inc cloth
ing
San Francisco interesting item
on the manifest of the steamship
Australia. lust arrived from Honolulu,
is 20i bags of taro flour, the principal
! ingredient IN the famous Hawaiian
/ dish known as poi" So far as known,
this is the first shipment of the fiou'
ever received.
San Francisco-Th Honolulu papers
contain news of another transpaciflc
steamship line having its origin in
Yokohama The first steamer VIII
leave Yokohama for this city on or
about Feb. g. The company is known
as the San Francisco and Yokohama
Transportation company. The steam
ers will tonch at Honolulu.
The seectmen Of Waterbury, Gu
we're authorized at n special town meet
ing to expend 10000 on the highways
and to furnish employment to the poor.
II is announced at Norwich, CT,
that George S. Palmer OF The firm OF
palmer Bros, has given $4,000 to the
Rock Nook children's home, in memory
of his wife. The donation Is to be
known as the Ida Cooke Palmer fund.
The decision of Bishop Richter, in
dorsed by Archbishop Martlnelii, IN
in the case Of the St Stanislaus Polisf
congregation of Bay City, Mich, was
read before large crowd Of Poles be
longing to 81, Stanislaus parish, The
requests of the dissenting faction are
taken up consecutively and disposed OF
according to the rules Of the diocese,
It is a practical Knockout for the dts
sentng faction,
The following senator's were elected
by votes of legislatures: PennsyiVa-
MIA Boies Penrose. republican, New
York, Thomas C. Platt republican
New Hampshire, Jacob II. Gallinger,
republican; Indiana, Charles W. Fair
banks, republican; Missouri, George G,
Vest, democrat Arkansas, James X.
Jones. democrat; Colorado, Henry Nj.
/ Teller, silver republican; North Da-
kota. Henry c. Hansbrough, republican
FOREIGN,