Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-09-08

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wants t. go home, but another Span
ish officer has written home that he
would like the war to continue an
other year simply to stay here and be
wei treated.
Charl c tt, president Of the failed
Rosedale bank and Editor G. e.
Wright Of the Vicksburg Dispatch
fought a duel near Vicksburg. Wright
was slightly wounded at the second
shot, when the chief Of police stopped
the fight. The trouble grew olt OF
newspaper controversy over the fail
ure OF the r sedale bank.
Edward Cartwright, colored ex-
policeman Of Chicago, and Gently r.
leased from the lenitentiary at Jolie',
was shot and killei in Chicago by
colored man named Reynolds, the hus-
band of Cartwright's former wife, who
secur divorce from him after h
was sent to prison for robbery
Robert Ftzsimmons visited Camp
Vo rhees at Sea Grit, few days ago,
and among other things took a ride
through the camp on one OF the army
| horses. The animal stood it for a
while, but when the pugilist triel to
make it jump it object d and the pugi-
list landed on his neck IN soft mud
| The Army Of the Potomac, which met
at Niagara Falls, elected the following
Ulcers FIR the ensuing year Presi-
dent, Gen Orland Smith, Ohio; re
cording secretary, Horatio C. King,
New York city: treasurer Sam 81
Trusdall; C responding secretary. c..
w. Scott. pittsburg was decided NO
as tn next plac2 OF meeting,
! NJ. Faure, president Of the French
republic, who Is an enthusiastic horse
I man, has many fine animals IN his
stables. They are cared for by his
famous whipper- n, Montjarret, whose
unique and gorgeous dress has ceased
to exc te the risibilities OF Par siaqs
as it did when he first made his APP
pearance at the French capital.
A crowd OF boys stoned the Morrill,
| twins In Chicago a. the two evange-
lists and a party of friends were re-
! turning in a gospel wagon" from a
revival meeting in Oak Park. A crowd
! Of urchins had gathered at Warren
! and Sacramento avenues, and as the
vehicle passed they greeted the occu-
pants with shouts and a volley of
| stones.
Randolph II. Waters, an inmate Of
The soldiers home at Leavenwor, h,
Kan, recently visited a cemetery at
Elmwood, Kan, and read the epitaph
over a grave supposed to be his. His
g ster had placed the headstone over
the grave two years ago. Waters ran
away from home at the beginning of
the civil war and after It was over he
went west.
! At Madrid the deadlock over The ap-
pointment OF the members Of the
Spanish peace commission contiaues
Cerrea, minister Of war, has received
dispatCh from Rios. acting governor
genera, of the Spanish territory / the
Phil ppines, announcing that he has
acced d 70 Dewey's request u open
the Philippine ports, subject to rati-
fiCation by the Madrid government.
! Prof Robert VAIL ch eff chemist Of
the Brewers institute, in Chicago, dis
covered horse-hair waterslake. abolt
inches long and the thickness If a
! air, In a glass Of water drawn from
! the city mains The parasite is sci
| enti0caliy KIN wn as "strolgulus ill
! ARIA and, while common enough In
| shallow stream In tht country, has
never befora e. seen in lake water
Mysteri us fires which recently have
wiped out eyeral large planning mills
In Chicago have thoroughly alarmed
the sash, door and blind manufacture
of the city. There are a large mum
her OF these Establishments in Chi
cago, AMI their proprietors, almost
without exc piiol, have red uble tn
I guards ab Mt them, hoping that the
factories may escape being de tr2yed
J by fire W thin a month there have
, bean five fires in Chicago planning
mills.
! Assistant Engineer Norton has eu
] ordered to proceed Is Newcastle Eng
land, to supervise ,h7 machinery OF the
/ cruiser Albany. purchased by the
! United Stat from Brazil before the
war with Spain began TIL Albany
is The sister ship To- the New Orleans.
Tha m nthly statement of the pub
. lie deb, shows tha al the close OF
, business August 81 the public debt,
less cash i'm the treasury. was $t0l2,-
| S70,7l7 which is decrease FIR the
4 sh
is accounted for by respondmg
increase in the cash on hand due TO
, receipts from the war loan The total
cash I'm the treasury was $927.144.G4f.
| Against this amount there were out
standing dema q liabilities amounting
/ o. Sb32 t51 56l, which left a net cash
balance iu tn treasury Of S294.4SIQSi
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