Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-12-08

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The war department is preparing !.
1 bill providing for an increase OF the
regular army TO 100000 men. Ii Is
possible that natives for our new p0
sessions will be employed for garrison
| duty
further reports from the disasters al
ca from the terrible blizzard and gas
| % Saturday ana Sunday show The
loss Of about TO lives and of about
$50 boats, largely sehooners and FISH
ing vessels.
The steamer CoDtic from Frisco sail
ed and took 500 Chinese away, many
of whom were ordered deported by tht
courts. Many OF the Chinese were
wealthy residents who visited Their
own country to celebrate the new
year
Lieutenant Hobson has refused ar
offer OF $4,000 from a New York lee.
! ture bureau for a series OF lectures on
the ground that be has no right 10 use
| the performance Of a duty as an Officer
of the navy for his financial better
ment.
AS the result of a family feud,
Charles Schleichs of Marinette at
tempted to murder his brother, James,
with revolver. The latter only re-
ceived flesh wound In the neck. The
brothers were partners IN cigar
store.
The jury in the Alton school case
! has returned a verdict for the de-
| PENDANT, holding that the negro school
| children of Alton were not discrim-
| mated against nor kept out of the
| public schools on accounts of their
| color
A. Montgomery Ward of Chicago
| will present each of $50 married men
| in the store of Montgomery Ward & Co.
| with 81 700 life insurance policy
as a Christmas present this year: Mr.,
Ward will pay the premium for the
| first year.
Mrs. Emma ID. Penepacker was
granted a divorce in Chicago from At
| torney Samuel S. Penepacker and was
| also exonerated from the charges OF
| infidelity, cruelty and excessive use OF
morphine contained in the cross bill
| filed by the husband.
| Three masked robbers held up a
| Missouri Pacific train near Sedalia
| The company had been warned and
| had a guard on the train. One OF the
| robbers, an engineer in the company $
employ, was captured, and it is be-
| lieved another was wounded.
1 One hundred and twenty-nine lives
were lost by the wrecking of the
steamer Portland in the storm. On the
| Massachusetts coast more than l5C
persons persisted in the storm. The
storm caused more than hundred
wrecks on the New England coast
In the United States supreme court,
Judge Shiras delivered an opinion in
the case of the Green Bay & Missis-
sippi Canal company VS.. the Patten
Paper company, concerning the use of
the surplus waters of the Fox river In
Wisconsin. The decision WAS favor
able to the canal company.
At st. Louis, meeting last night
of the general committee, Is appointed
recently to take preliminary steps
looking to the proper celebration in
1908 of the Tooth adversary of the
purchase of Louisiana from France,
the committee on design made its re-
port favoring an exposition.
John Philip Sousa has been or
dered by a New York court to pay
amounts estimated at 100000 to the
widow of David Blakely. former mana
ger of Sousa's band. Under the de
cision Sousa must pay half the profit:
for the tour of the band ending II
1897 and half the proceeds of music
composed prior TO Blakely's death.
Fred w. Ganter the champion bi
cycle rider of northern New York
killed himself at his home at Pamela
Ganter's wife died in the morning
while giving birth to child Tn,
| husband took a Winchester rifle and
went to the room where his Wife!
remains had been laid out and sho
himself. Death was instantaneous
Granter was % years of age and hat
been married year
Inmates OF the Soldiers and Sailor.
Home at Erie, Pa, have petitioneC
that steps be taken to recover pension
money alleged TO have been taker
from them illegally by the trustees o
the institution. They have been com
PEELED TO turn over all pension none!
in excess of 81 per month. and $10O,00'
has been turned over since the HON,
was organized The petition has beer
laid before the governor.
At Lexington, KY, 1t developed that
w. j. Alexander of Chicago, to whom
the great imp. Top Gallant was
knocked down for 500. 900, is none other
than w. l. Alexander, a we'll known
citizen OF Chattanooga, and that he
bid the horse in for Maj. j. B. Owing
Nashville, fenn.. former owner. Kin
sea Stone, Georgetown, Ky, was bid
ding on the horse for a syndicate will
ing to pay $4,000.
Tphu Hancock who has inst beer