Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-07-29
TELEGRAMS IN BRIEF.
HAPPENINGS AT HOME

,ord &c in somewhat improved heal'"
a. n,.irtv thousand voters have been en-
a,,oa nv the citizens union, ne"
York. n o.. Thorn
Judge Truax refused bail for morn
.cused Of the Guldensuppe rnurue' ~
,ew York. ..o, IN
The Epworth League convention :"
r.anto closed to meet next in IN
dianapols ~ hork of
Hartford. Conn, will 90 into Noiun-
tary liquidation.
DIR. Joseph Senner, commissioner Vi
,r,roiqration at Ellis Island, has been
permitted to resign.
cloudburst six miles west u
Lodge Pole, Neb., washed out one
ME of railroad track,
In Now York leading merchants pre-
dict a general advance in prices III coii-
senuence of the Dingley bill.
Soma of the West Virginia miners
,atd down their tools Saturday ana
Joined the strikers
The Baptist Young Peoples union
At Chattanooga has selected bulla'o
for it's next place of meeting in 1898
Mrs ". ]. Cooke. wife of ex-Mayor
Coke of Asheville, N. G., commltIeu
suicide at her home there.
Mrs. Iyey Aldrich, one of the seven
surviving widows Of the revolutionary
soldiers. died at San Diego in her Soth
year.
Excitement prevails in Seattle
Wash, and San Francisco over gold
discoveries In British territory near
Alaska.
Can't. 0. NJ. Carter Of the engineer
corps and Rear Admiral Walker nave
been appointed members of the Nicara-
qua comission.
The national convention OF German
Christian Endeavor societies began us
sessions In st. Louis with 400 dele
gates present,
Lieut.. r. Il. Peary the Arctic eX-
plcrer, and party left Boston on the
steam sealing bark Hope, bound LOT
northern Greenland.
The Chicago federation Of labor has
decided that every man who marches
in the labor day parade must wear
union-made shoes.
Governor Taylor of Tennessee APP
pointed Thomas b. Turley OF Memphis
United States senator to succeed the
late lsham G. Harris.
The freight men of the western rail-
roads are holding secret meeting
In Denver. to consider rates between
Denver and Chicago.
Theodore Schintz. real estate dealer
of Chicago assigned, The liabilities,
100000, are probably exceeded by
large real estate holdings.
Mrs. Amelia Kohler, who gave to
Moore, the Irish poet, his suggestion
for The Last Rose Of Summer, died at
Mount Vernon, New York
The presidents currency ommission
II essage will be withheld until after
the conference report on the tariff bill
las been adopted by the senate
Twelve document eases in the office
OF the clerk Of Kings county in Brook
Ign, toppled over, causing chaos that
it will cost 100000 to correct,
Very heavy rains have prevailed
throughout southwestern Wyoming
and western Nebraska, causing nUmer-
Gus washouts along the railroads
Commodore Robert l., Pythiau. SUI
perintendent of the United States ma
val observatory, has retired and will
be succeeded by Commander Davis.
The treasury department notified
collectors OF customs TO make final
liquidation of all entries made since
the passage of the tariff bin by the
house,
The nomination of T. Y. Powderly
to be commissioner Of immigration will
be opposed by some senators on the
ground that 1t is objectionable to the
labor element
The Il. Rothschnd's Sons company.
dealers in bar fixtures and furniture.
a. $40 Broadway. New York. assigned
without preferences. Liabilities. $3.50
GOO; assets 100000
An ordinance has been passed by
the Los Angeles. Cal, city council
which prohibits the public exhibition