Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-10-20

way IN view lUTh.
The formal letter OF Augustus Van
Wyck, accepting the democratic nom
nation for governor OF New York,
was made public.
John d. Rockefeller, the oil king,
was subjected to a searching inquiry
by Ohio authorities to learn secrets OF
the Standard Oil trust.
The fall term OF the supreme court
of the United States began, the just
ices coming together after an ex-
tended summer vacation.
After conference between Richard
Croker and Senator Murphy 1t was
announced that a campaign fund of
$500 900 is to be raised in New York.
News has come OF the finding of
gold quartz at Skaguay, Alaska going
81 900 to the ton The find Is located
only short distance from the city.
President and Mrs. Mckinley at
tended the funeral in Canton of Mrs.
McKinley's brother, George ID. Saxon,
WHO was shot and killed by woman.
Dr.. Alexander Cornell, of London,
will probably succeed the late Rev.
Or. John Hall as pastor of the Fifth
Avenue Presbyterian church, New
York
print cloth combination has been
formed. The production will be eur
tailed for the present, and number
of high-saaried officials Will be dis
pensed with.
The triennial conclaye OF Knights
Templar began in Pittsburg with SER
vices and special sermon. Ten
thousand sir knights are there, in
Guiding 400 Marylanders.
Robert Fitzsimmons filed suit
against the Gilsey house, New York,
for $4,000 damages. j. II. Breslin,
the proprietor, refused to serve the
fighter a meal few days ago,
The situation at Leech lake i'm
proves satisfactory council was
held, at which Flat Mouth and other
chiefs promised to do all they could
toward bringing the hostiles to terms.
The Ohio centennial which is plan
ned for on an elaborate scale for 1903
| is to be turned into national ex
hibition and centennial anniversary
Of the purchase of the Louisiana tract.
Governor Lord of Oregon has APP
pointed a committee of citizens OF
Portland to collect funds for the pur-
chase OF a sword to be presented to
Captain Clark of the battleship Ore
gon
The charges of corruption made by
Tammany against Gen, Charles H. r.
Coils, who was commissioner Of pub
lie works of New York under Mayor
Strong nave been dismissed by the
grand jury
Rev. Or, Charles A. Briggs, whose
criticisms OF the Bible led to his
separation from the Presbyterian
church, preached his first sermon in
Brooklyn as a minister of the Pro-
testant Episcopal church.
The trustees of the Catholic uni
yersity held their annual meeting.
Three new scholarships will be es-
tablished. with endowments aggregat-
ing $4,000. Or. Shanahan was elected
professor OF dogmatic theology.
James e. Boyd assistant attorney
general. has rendered an opinion in
which he holds that the refund check
given passengers on railroad trains
who pay cash in excess of the regular
fare, is not subject TO the stamp tax.
The published specials that 10000
inter-married whites had been ordered
off the reservations of the five civil
lied tribes in Indian Territory is
denied at the interior department on
positive adyices received from the
territory.
Charles G.. Dawes, comptroller OF
the currency and treasurer of the fund
to be raised by voluntary contribu-
tions OF the school children of the
United states to erect a monument in
Paris to General Lafayette, is receiy-
ing encouraging reports from all sec
tons
Howard Gould and Actress Kathe-
rine Clemmons were secretly married
at New York, The groom may lose
S5,000.000, as under the provisions OF
his fathers will his share of the es-
tate viii be cut in half unless a ma
iorlty of the executors consent to the
marriage.
The immigration bureau has infor-
nation that two steamships with 1000
Italian immigrants on board are soon
due TO arrive at New Orleans, but as
that city is quarantined the immigra
ton bureau will send a force Of in
spectors TO Pensacola, where they
will be landed
George ID. Saxon. Mrs Mckinley
brother who was murdered in Ohio.
was engaged to marry Mrs, Mary T.
Parks OF New York city and two
other women Canton people say that
guilty or not guilty, no jury there will
convict Mrs. George of Saxton's muir
der Mrs. George broke down i'm
court She was held for trial
An unequiyocal denial was made OF
the story originating at the recent an .
uual eueampmenJ of the Il. A. K. at
Cincinnati, that the commissioner Of
pensions had called his chiefs to
Eether and instructed them to dis