Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-03-16

ABOUT ptll'Ne'
At San Francisco Welcome A. Bot
kin. husband of Cordelia Botkin, has
applied for divorce.
The new postal laws, which save
thirteen days between San Francisco
and Australia, go into effect.
II. b. NJ. warship Talbot arrived
from Bermuda and took Lord Her
schell's body to England.
A number of Kentucky farmers were
drowned in crossing streams which
were swollen by unusual floods.
The Ohio river continues to rise,
and damaging floods are expected Tor
several days along it's course.
Sidney G. Lumbard a pioneer IN
surance man, capitalist and real estate
dealer Of Fort Wayne, Ind, died.
Republican leaders at Dover, Del,
expected break In the senatorial
fight. but the factions held together.
Bishop Henry w, Warren of the
Methodist church is suffering from
appendicitis at Buenos Ayers, Argen-
tina
Thomas Donaldson, the champion
high diver, received fatal Injuries
while giving an exhibition in New
York
The seats OF four democratic mem
beers of the house Of representatives of
the hfty-sixth congress will be con
tested.
The Old Dominion liner jamestown
entered New York harbor withra fire
in her hold, which was soon extin-
gushed
Miss Carolina Hazard OF Peacedale,
r. T.. has been elected president OF
Wellesley college to succeed Mrs. julia
Irvine,
The Western Union Telegraph com
pany has declared the regular quarter
ly dividend Of "a per cent, payable
April IA.
Winter strawberries from Floriua
are of the most delicious flavor and
sell al from 60 to IS cents quart in
Chicago
Ex-Goy Merriam announces his in
tentIon as to the $4,000 appointments
to be made by him as head of the cen
sus bureau.
Dr. Emil G Hirsch says there is a
lack Of intelligent system in the work
OF the public schools and that inhoga-
lions are fads.
The state department lets 1t be
known that this government viii
neither aid nor try to stop the spoil
alton Of China.
The United Electric, Park Steel and
American Brick companies were ineor-
porated in New Jersey, with a total
capital Of SiO,0OO.OO0.
Diseased horse flesh is being turned
into sausage and "corned beef at q
factory near New York There is no
law to cover the case.
-Four hundred New York city Meth
odist ministers applauded a paper read
by one Of their number, denying the
ingaliHlity OF the Bible.
Monroe Leland Hayward was nomi-
mated by the republican caucus of the
Nebraska legislature to succeed United
states Senator William V. Allen.
In New York Fayne Moore, the
form worker of the badge game, viii
probably 50 free because Of the alb
souce OF Witness Martin Mahon,
Carl SEIZURE was guest of honor At
dinner given In celebration of his
seventeen birthday by the German So
cial Scientific Society Of New York.
Congressman Sulzer of New York is
confident that he viii succeed Bailey
as democratic leader in the house and
will be nominated for vice president
The appropriations made by the
dfy-0fth congress, aggregated Sl,5G6,-
S9oolG. of which SiS2,5G2 ,0S3 repre-
scuts the cost of the war with Spain
Four hundred inmates of a Cleye-
land apartment house are quarautlned
ON account OF a case of smallpox
which was discovered In the building
policeman les now suspected Of
having been the murderer OF Under
aker Henry Kuaus. who was found
dead ln his New York shop ten days
ago.
All naval officers who are promoted
under me new personnel act will be
required To- stand an examination as
Go tbrtr qualifications, professional and
physical
THE Utah legislative committee sub
mi,it1 majority and minority reports
regarding the charges OF bribery which
We're brought against senatorial can
d.dutes
William N Clom.shrc has been ar
rested charged with conspiracy in
smuggling into this country several
Chinese. two of whom We're caught in
Baltimore
by % decision of the United states
ruur, of appeals al Cincinnati, the
liberals of the United Brethren church
are given the title TO a large amount
ul property
,. PicrpoHr Morgan dcuies the story
that hc has secured the assent OF the
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