Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-03-18

10 pay fine of $500 and costs and TO
be imprisoned two years for illibuster-
ling He secured writ OF error and
was again released on bail
Representatives Of leading domestic
sp0ol cotton manufacturers met in New
York and perfected an organization
whose purpose, the secretary says, is
to make harmonious the relations exist
| ing between manufacturers.
John H. Sawyer, for the last twenty
five years editor of the Cherry Valley,
IN. Y. Gazette, died. He was the prin'
cipal Of the Delhi academy from 1858
to 1863. Mrs. Mckinley, wife OF the
president, was one Of his pupils
The Greek consul at New York, Gem
eral Botass, has received word from
| 500 Greeks that they are ready to 20
home and fight. Many Of them want
| their passage home paid, but there Is
no money available for this purpose.
/ The body OF the man who died sud
denly Saturday night in New York after
sandbagging a citizen has been Identified
as that Of Cornelius J. Il. Van Der
Dlys, a native of Amsterdam, Holland,
who was compelled to leave that coun-
try.
The town Of West Boylston, Mass,
that lies in the midst Of tract OF land
TO be used in the construction OF the
mammoth Nashua river basin which
is to supply the city Of Boston and It's
suburbs With water, win be completely
ohliterated
Cripple Creek district was credited
with production OF $4,000, 900 in gold
last year, and the state Of Colorado with
about $4,000, 900. Judging from the
value of the ore mined in the first two
months of 1897, this years output viii
reach fully sl5,00000O
The will of the late Cornelia V. Il
Thayer of Lancaster, Mass, widow OF
Nathaniel Thayer, bequeathed nearly
5000 900 to charity. The largest bequest
was S25 900 to the Domestic and For
eign Missionary society Of the Protes-
tant Episcopal church for domestic mis-
sions.
Miss Isabelle Fulton of Decatur, ILL.,
threw herself in front OF a Pennsyl-
yania railroad engine at Reading and
was cut to pieces. She went there
week ago on visit to her sister. one
of The faculty Of the girls high school
She had been suffering from nervous
troubles.
Fred Schnaubel Of Appleton, kittie
nuprie and Mrs Peter Ross drove to-
gether to a road-housa near Kaukuna,
Wis. Peter Ross followed them, killed
his wife mortally wounded the other
women and Schnaubel, then went to
Kaukauna and surrendered, He says
his wife deserted him,
Col. Lucen Losier, who commanded
a Pennsylvania regiment of volunteers
during the civil war died in Brooklyn.
John g. Rennlab. manager of hospital
In Sweden, who had absconded with
public moneys, shot and killed himself
in a New York hotel just as officers
entered his room to arrest him.
President Mckinley. accompanied by
his mother, attended the Metropolitan
Methodist church in Washington. The
sermon was delivered by Bishop John
p Newman. The president was cheered
by the crowd as he alighted from his
carriage Two thousand people were
unable to gain admission to the church.
In the North Carolina house of dele
gates the amendments and substitutes
for the bin to repeal the lease Of the
North Carolina railway were tabled,
thus dlsposine OF the matter for this
season Both sides claim to be satisfied
but the practical result is that for the
present the ninety-nIne years lease 10
the southern stands.
A Mexican woman named LUZ san
tcs Rodriguez and her three daughters
were drowned at a ranch 20 miles from
Brownsville Tex One Of the girls
while bathing in a lGgoCn went beyond
her depth. The two sisters rushed into
the lagoon 10 save her and also began
&c sink. The mother then threw her
self into the water TO save her children
and was drowned with them.