Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-09-15


ably hold a separate convention based
IN irregularities in electing chair
man of the first convention. The mat
ter may go TO the courts.
The Ave men arrested after the flgnt
hetween armed bodies of men repre-
ee1ting the two factions OF the silver
republicans Of Colorado for poses ION
~ tho opera house in Colorado Springs
have been r. leased, there being no
evidence to show that any ore OF them
fred the shot which killel Charles r.
Harris Cf Denver.
man died in the New Heyen, Con
necticut, po1rhouse with five Phiiadel-
mia bank books with deposits Tor
81 coo in his pos essiCn. round en-
him were letters showing he was the
san Of a rich family IN England
Death came from dementia and eS-
bausT1on. He had starved himself -
death, demen,ia causing him TO forget
the existnce Of his money
Gov Tanner announced that MISS
raisy lie ter will christen the new pat
t1eship Illinois. Miss Letter is the
daughter of l.. q. Letter and sister o.
Mrs George n. Curzon, wife Of the
ylceroy designate Of India, and also
sister of Joseph Letter, the youhs
wheat plungor The Chicago w. e.
r. U. has adopted resolutions asking
Mss Letter to use water Instead OF
wine at the christening which occurs
next month.
II ig the present intention OF Presl-
dent Mckinley to make a general tour
Of he west which viii extend PROB
ably as far as the Yellowstone Ma
tional park The trip will probably
include visits 10 many OF the import
at cities in the west ana northwest.
II the plan is carried out the presi-
dent. accompani d by Mrs Mckinney
will leave Washington about Sept. ID
and BE- absent for at least three weeks
aud perhaps month.
Adlu ant General Corbin has pre-
pared a list showing the total OF OIL
GERS and men who were either killed
or WOUNDED during The Santiago cam
paign. On June 30 the American
army in Cuba consisted OF S52 officers
and 1855 men. OF this number
twenty-three officers and 222 me were
killed and ninety-two officers am
/ 2S5 men were wounded. According
TO the oficia, records the Santiago
campaign only extended from July j
to n. Hence this list does not in
clude any of the casualties which oc-
Cured after the latter date.
Col James A, Sexton Of Chicago was
elected communicative o. the G..
A II. to succeed Gen. Goblin OF Penn
sylyania. There was only one other
candidate in the field, Gilbert d. Shaw
o. Watertown, ~ Y, the name Of f..
4 Mack Of ONO the third candidate,
having Withdrawn before the voting
began. Sexton received 42i votes and
Shaw 2Gl. A motion to make the
election Of S xt0n unanimous pre-
vailed. There was a lively fight be-
tween Phi 'adelphia and Denver for
me next ellthulpiltHla lt NE't'fNNA
city won however the vote being;
Philadelphia 1896; Denver, 295.
The democratic populist, and silver
republican conventions fused, adopted
a rad cal rree-siIver platform and nom
mated the following ticket; Secretary
Of state, Claude Porter, Appanose
county, (dem0; treasurer, Nelson An
Gerson. Des MONIES county tdem) j.;
attorney general, j. NJ. Parsons, Lyon
county (dem), supreme judge, w. a,
Spmrier. Pok county Csil. rep); au-
ditor, e. II. Gtnett, Polk (popO; rail
ray c1mmis sioner, long term, A Han
on, o. Brlaa pop); railway commits
sioner short term II, Evils, Clinton
(d,m); clerk OF supreme court, Or. y
r. Perkins, Polk Cdem); reporter OF
supreme court, w. A. F-rren. Taylor
(demD