Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-12-02


St. Louis into the river below, a dls-
eance of 1923 feet. He was not injured.
The Topeka police have arrested
Rev. A. f. Morrison, Methodist, of
Pan Handle, Texas, and are holding
him on suspicion OF wife murder.
At Washington an order was issued
by the orphans court making Mrs.
John A. Logan guardian for Miss
Eyangelina Cossioy Csneros.
Rev. Nathan Tibballs. founder Of
the old publishing house of Tibballs
a Sons died at his home in Brooklyn,
aged 81 years.
The new recreation hall which John
ID. Rockefeller has just built for Vas
sar college, at cost Of 100000, was
dedicated.
The announcement Is made that
Horace l.. Chapman, the recently de-
feated democrat candidate for COVER
nor of Ohio, will be a candidate for
the senate TO succeed Hanna.
The New York court of appeals set
aside the verdict of guilty, with IA
penalty of electrocution, in the case of
William j. Koerner. who killed Rose
Redgate, and granted new trial.
Ebert NJ. Rucker, Jr., of South
Carolina, an assistant attorney in the
interior department at Washington,
ID. c., has resigned to practice law.
The trial Of Drs. Sheldon and Vaughn
Ashton of Dixon, H., indicted for con
spring to obtain money under false
pretenses, is in progress at Galena.
The Georgia Legislature, which is
row in session, will act on the convict
lease system, school book uniformity
and other questions Of general inter-
est
Postmaster General Gary is receiy-
ing many letters indicating a rather
general commentator Of his PROPOSE
ton for the establishment of postal
savings banks.
Judge Adams in the United States
district court at St Louis has sent
creed Lawrence J. O'Neil, a letter
carrier. to three years in the peniten-
tiary for the theft of letters.
The court of appeals has affirmed
the judgment of conviction and death
IL the case of Hadley A. Sutherland, a
negro, who killed Sarah Wrenn in
BrooFlyn March %, 1897
George j. Appold, aged II years,
president of the Merchants and Miners
Transportation company and the Ho-
ward Oak Leather company, died Of
heart disease at Baltimore.
Edward Buechner of Topeka, Kan,
was found dead at his meat shop,
drowned in a barrel used to catch drip
water from the refrigerator, death
being caused by heart failure,
Mrs. Alice Ray, wife of an Indiana
farmer, has disappeared accompanied
by her sister, Miss Mary Kester, TAX
ing nearly $500 in cash and all the
valuable silyerware.
DR. O. Il, Miller. awaiting trial for
defrauding a bank, has organized a
mission called the Cooperative Bible
Union at Denver and is conducting
daily religious services.
DR.. Jefferson d. Goddard, whose
first trial for the murder of Frederick
]. Jackson ended Oct 81 in hung
jury, has been refused change of
venue by Kansas City judge.
Lieut. Michael j. O'Brien of the
fifth infantry, who was the prosecutor
in the O en-Romeyn court-martial
at Fort Mcpherson, near Atlanta, has
resigned from the army
The report that the Arbuckles and
the Hayemeyers had come TO an
agreement regarding the price of
sugar and coffee was denied at the
office Of both the companies concerned |
The schedule of liabilities of John !
A. willard, who assigned mt Mankato, !
Mimi. has been fled, The grand total |
Is s1147l 300 The direct liabilities !
are $685., 723, The assets are $4,000. |
At a special election in the sixth |
district Of Illinois Henry |
Boutell, republican, was chosen to /
succeed the late Congressman Il, ID |
Cooke, who belonged to the same |
narty
Carl H. Johnson, superintendent Of /
the noted Geyser Mining company OF !
Poston, which has expended 100000 /
IL developing a property at Silver /
cliff, Col. rs dead at Denver aged Go |
years.
Charles Serswell. the telegraph /
operator who on June Is last shot two ,
soldiers from Fort d. A. Russell kill /
ing one and seriously wouuding the |
otEer. has been acquitted Of murder |
at Cheyenne, Wyo,
Two sleeping ears on the rear of a /
West shore train jumped the tracks |
In the New York Central yard at Buff |
falo, one of them topping over ON it's !
side Theresa A. McCarty Of Detroit ,
" as severely injured
Ex-Governor Crittenden of Missouri, !
who was consul general to Mexico, I
viii with William J Bryan and Mrs.
Bryan. make four weeks tour OF