Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-09-09

bpjug prosecuted ana not uIeclplineu
for various alleged infractions of the
military code" Correspondent Roman,
OF the Military Gazette, has beer or
dered to leave Camp Lincoln, as a
newspaper man, ana to remove his
| supplies ct cetera from the tent oecu-
pied by the Gazette staff.
Mrs. Thomas c. Hall, wife of the
! Rev. Or. Hall, pastor OF the Fourth
Presbyterian church, Is in Chicago TO
convey 10 the many friends and ad-
mlrers of the latter a final message
from her husband, n Is at present
detained in Germany, that he will not
return to Chicago. He is suffering
from nervous exhaustion. He is a son
of Rev. DR.. John Hall, of New York.
The wife is a German lady of Coffin
gen.
Corporal Henry Geyer Of Co. B, Sth
infantry, Ohio national guard, which
is in camp at Steubenville, O., while
defending himself in a saloon brawl
shot John Ovington and Orville Ely,
residents Of that city. Ovington is
fatally wounded. Ely was wounded
twice in the left wrist, severing n Of
the large arteries. Geyer was arrested
after a hot chase. 4 member of Co.
d Of Wooster was badly beaten after
the fight and was taken to camp.
Rev. C. 0. Brown, now in Chicago,
refuses to meet the Frisco conference
in the way that the conference commit
tee desires. A letter was received
from DR.. Brown in which he rejects
their offers and reiterates that he will
allow himself to be tried only upon
the assumption that he was acquitted
by the first council that tried him.
This the bay conference has refused.
The committee will meet in a few
days to consider the communication.
Frederick Weyerhauser believes that
conditions are ripe for an advance in
the price Of lumber. Mr.. Weyerhauser
is the controlling factor in some eight
cen companies, at least fifteen of which
manufacture white pine lumber. The
total cut of these mills this year will
be not far from 525, 900 900 feet. This
is more than the combined cut last
year of all the mills at Minneapolis and
Winona, and one-tenth of the total
cut of the northwest Each
is a separate and distinct ~organiza-
ton.
Texas sheep men are happy. Two
hundred thousand head of sheep were
shipped last year and there will be
that many to ship this year. Prices
have doubled, fine rains have fallen
and pastures are fine. The sheep
men say that prosperity is coming.
Through the good offices of Carl f..
Schmidt, the warm friends of Governor
Plngree, and also a member of the
state board of arbitration, Pingree &
Smith and their striking employees
came to an agreement and the men
and operatives will return to
| work.
The first passenger street car of the
West End Street Railway en-
tered Bostcn's new SO. 900, 900 subway
Wednesday. More than $50 people
were packed into the car. and the run
to Park street was made in Just three
800 - ~ A1S III III pNtl IHt
surface tracks of at least six minutes.
When completed cars will run from
Pleasant street and the public garden
to Causeway street, a distance of about
a mile and a half, under the most con
gested portion OF the city. About
three-fowths of all the street cars that
rass through the congested district will
then 80 underground.
The attention OF the department of
state has been drawn to the fact that
the state of Iowa has attempted to dis
crimiEate against foreign insurance
companies doing business in the state.
John sherman HIS written the COVER
nor that the state of Iowa has laid a
tax upon the premium income of Euro
pear insurance companies greater
than the tax imposed upon the prem
ium income of American companies,
which is a violation of a federal treaty,
"Will the Sedan chair have a place in
future fashionable American wed
dires2" II made IT'S debut ut the we'd
ding of Miss Buda Mae Peck Of Chi
AstNN ~ MI NAitl liN iANll - hllhHl0 VI
Dayton. o., at Oconomowoc. 1t was
used to convey the bride from the sum
&:er residence of her parents to Zion
church. Miss Peck was gowned in yir-
gin white. Her bridal gown of heavy
ivory satin was yelled with mouse
line de sole. The bodice was low
necked and short-sleeved. The corsage
was covered with the mousseline.
About her waist Miss Peck wore a
girdle OF pearls. Ropes of pearls were
twined in and out of the short pulled
mousseline sleeves. Miss Peck wore a
crown Of pearls and from this crown
fell the bridal veil of tulle.
FOREIGN.