Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-03-24
Peter Maher whipped steve" UDon-

that racing teams no longer pay.
]. b. Greenhut is at Cincinnati con
ferring with dstillers relative TO the
formation of new whisky trust
Thomas Mexican died at Philadel-
phia His wealth is estimated between
SIC, 900, 900 and s2O,000,000.
| j. G.. Schrieyer, traffic manager of
the Atlantic system Of the Southern
Pacific railway, is dead at New York.
| Rhode Island democrats nominated
state ticket, including Daniel Church
for governor.
/ James S. Fowler, formerly one Of
the largest grain dealers in the west,
died at Milwaukee, aged IS years.
The homesteads of both Mckinley
and w j. Bryan are to be reproduced
at the Omaha exposition.
| BY decision Of the Indiana su-
preme court all the oil wells In the
Hartford City field are closed,
An Indian territory farmer dug up
pot of old Spanish and American
dollars dated from 1926 to 1872
DR.. William II, Maxwell of Brook
! lya was elected superintendent of New
York city schools.
Mayor Graham, of Lincoln, Neb.
has been arrested on charges Of
bribery.
Chicago cash wheat, sl03A
John Moshik, the Minneapolis MIR
derer, was hanged
The Home Savings bank of Sioux
City, Iowa, has closed its doors;
$4,000 Of school funds are lied UP.
At Cape May N. j., Captain Henry
w. Sand, editor of the Wave, died Of
general debility.
Pugilist ChoynsH will soon return
to Chicago to await match with
Mccoy.
The temperance committee Of the
Presbyterian church has adopted %
modified report, emitting all mention
Of PRINCETON Inn.
Captain w. o. Layake was shot and
Killed in his law office at Dubuque,
Iowa, by an unknown man, who
I ltu Blk JULIUS iliLD MS bOlgs
Edna Wallace Hopper has brought
suit at San Francisco and New York
for divorce IRON De Wolf Hopper,
| the operate star.
A freight engine and sixteen cars
were wrecked on the Chicago e
Northwestern railroad at Powers,
Mich, caused by an open switch.
Eugene Saulsy, one Of the leaders
Of the Young Republicans of Indiana,
has been stricken with total blind
ness.
Jacob Bedler, the millionaire lum-
Der merchant and real estate owner,
died in Chicago. He was born in
Pennsylvania. in 1915.
The remains of Mrs. A. p. Plat.
only sister of General Alger, secre-
tary OF war, arrived in Detroit ac-
compa0ied by members of the family.
The second trial Of Mate Bran. on
the charge of numbering Captain Nash
OF the barkentine Herbert Fulle, was
begun iu Boston,
Report has 1t that the Standard Oil
company and J, Pierpont Morgan are
behind Joseph Letter in his immense
operations in wheat.
A plan for recognizing the Phila-
delphia, Readi0g and New England
Railroad company has been presented
to the holders OF securities.
The Bank of Abbeville, Ga, closed
It's doors, The cashier leaving the
town after having made an assign
ment
\ Bessemer plg-iron pool to con
troll the market has been formed by
producers in the Cleveland, Mahoning
Valley and Sheboygan iron districts.
The exports Of domestic merchaa-
disc in February amounted to $685.
Sl2614, a gain over February, 1897,
Of about $l5,50O,O0O
An extensive exploration of the
geological and typographical features
of Alaska will be made by the geolog-
ical survey,
The tramway over Chilkoot pass.
Alaska is reported completed and
freight Is being transported from Dyea
to the summit for 7 cents a pound.
Col Thomas p. Ochiltree is recover
ing from a long Illness in New York.
during which he underwent six sur
g,cal operations,
Lieut. Oswlu w Lowry United
States navy in charge of the New
York photographic office. died in
New York ufpneumouia.
Adolph S. Lane, for fourteen years
grand secretary OF the knights and
Ladies' of Honor OF Indiana. died at
NiHceueus. Ind
William J, Koerncr was seuteOced TO
Imprisonment for life TN New York.
for the murder OF Rose A. Redga.e.
hls sweetheart.
Rev. X. Jackson, n Baptist preacher
OF ST. Louis, beat his wife into in
sensibility after her repeated refusal
TO accompany him TO church.
Spring wheat is being sown in Ne
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