Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-12-29
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sin system.
DR.. ]. Fl. Lee, circuit court clerk OF
Saline county, died at HARRISBURG
/ M. of neuralgia Of the heart
Mrs. 0. S. Williams of Henry ILL.,
died at Biloxi, Miss. She had Just
gone there with her husband.
Many changes will be made in the
personnel of the ways and means com
mittee in the ffty-sixth congress.
James s. McIndoo, the Minnesota
giant" died at Madela Mimi He was
IS wears old and Z feet inches tall.
The navy department will invite
public bids for raising the vi eek OF
the Maine, in the harbor of Ha'ana.
At Chicago Joe Cheynsk was given
the decision at the end of the sixth
round over Ed Dunkhorst of Syracuse
n. Y.
The Cuban Junta obtained the re-
lease Of daughter of General Mira
bel. arrested on charge of shop
lifting
Mrs W. A. Il. Moore, first wife OF
the convicted New York robber, says
that he planned 10 badger Barney
Baruato
Senator German, in his speech
against imperialism, said if the standing
army is increased it cannot easily be
reduced
Ex-Q Queen Lii" of Hawaii sent a
protest to the senate against the APP
preparation Of crown lands by the
United States
American manufacturers may soon
be called on to supply an iron ceme-
terry, with a capacity for $4,000 bodies
for Caracas, Venezuela
The Canadian members Of the Anglo
American commission entertained
over a hundred guests at an elaborate
dinner at Washington.
William j. Bryan left for Washing
ton with Congressman Sulzer and
there is talk OF the latter for the vice
presidential nomination
The Winona normal school inyesti-
cation began Much bad blood is
shown to exist between President
Shepard and Prof. Freeman.
Rev Or Mckee Brown. rector OF
the Episcopal church Of St Mary the
Virgin and a prominent New York
ritualist died of pneumonia.
During a fire in the artillery stables
at Fort Adams, r. j. a gun shed eX-
ploded killing three privates and
seriously iniuring eight Others.
The American federation of labor, in
session at Kansas City. formally
thanked Governor Tanner of Illinois,
for his action i'm the Virden strike.
The Ascension Memorial Church in
New York is about to try to make
money by building and managing a
ten story hotel adjoining its editice.
The commissioner of the general
land officer orders the resumption of
dead-and-down timber logging on the
Chippewa reservations in Minnesota.
The remains of ex-senator Calvin
s. Brice We're taken to Lima, o., for
burial, floral tributes estimated to be
worth $4,000. accompanying the re
mains
Mrs Cordelia BotRin, on trial in San
/ Francisco. charged with the murder
of Mrs John p Cunning, of Dover
/ Del, has broken down and Is under
the care of physician,
Two women arrested in ST Cathe-
rine's Catholic church. New York, are
I believed to he the persons who have
| picked the pockets of hundreds OF
momuers at church funerals
/ Senator Nelson has introduced bill
4 10 pay the chief examiner Of pine
lands allowance for actual expenses
and travelling expenses and allow him
also So month for the rent Of an
Office
Harlan p IIalscy, author of more
than COO detective stories under the
pen name of old Sleuth died in
4 Brooklyn, where ne was prominent
business man and a school commits
stouer.
Senator Mitchell OF Wisconsin. one
of the few western democrats i'm that
body said that the indications are
that q large number of the democratic
senators will vote to ratiry the Paris
peace treaty
John p Dunuing husband OF the
woman whom Mrs Curdolia Botlim is
accused of numbering was sent TO
JAIN in san Francisco for contempt
of court In refusing 90 answer GER
tain questions
Rev Dr Daniel Wise died in Englc-
/ We a. y. j.. aged 50 years He was
The author of over 55 religious works.
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