Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-06-08

Immense crowds attended the fu-
neral Of Senior Don Emilio CASTELAR, n
Madrid.
John Smart, r. S. A., R. s. W.,
the landscape painter, is dead, aged 81
years.
Russia's plan for arbitration is be-
ing adopted piecemeal by the peace
congress.
The presence of the plague at Hons
Kong and in Egypt is regarded as a
menace to Europe.
Stories that Queen Victoria is to I'M
dergo an operation for cataract OF the
eye are declared to be untrue.
Deroulede and Marcel Habert ad-
mitted in court that they wanted to
overthrow the French republic.
1t is reported that the steamer La
fayette, which arrived at st. Pierre
will take Dreyfus home to France.
The Finnish diet has agreed upon
new army bill as a substitute for tina
obnoxious one proposed by the car.
Major Marchland, the hero OF Fa-
shoda," arrived at Toulon from Abys-
sinia and received a notable welcome.
Belgium has raised the embargo
against the importation of American
cattle which has been in force since
1894.
Emperor William and Empress Au-
gusta Victoria gave reception al
| Potsdam to the delegates to the tuber-
culosis congress.
! The. Outlook, at the International
peace conference at The Hague is con-
sidered brighter for a practical plan
of arbitration.
The Caterham plate of 200 sover-
eigns at EPSON was won by Lord Will
liam Beresfords 2year-old bay filly
Lutetia, ridden by Tod Sloan.
Lord Kitchener of Khartum has been
| detained in quarantine on board the
steamer Semirams. from Alexandria,
| where deaths from the plague have oc-
| Cured
The British Medical Journal says the
reports in regard to Queen Victoria's
! oversight are erroneous, and rumors OF
contemplated operation on her eyes
unfounded.
| Efforts to float the American line
| steamer Paris, which is ashore near
Falmouth, England, will be abandoned
for thep resent, as her bow is impaled
| on a rock.
Various governments have declared
severe quarantine regulations against
all Egyptian Red sea ports and Hong
kong, where the bubonic plague is on
! the increase
NJ de Blowitz cabled that he had as
| certained positively that the highest
| court of France will order Dreyfus to
| be retired before new court-martial
| He predicts acquittal and reparation.
Sir Miner, governor of the Cape Col
ony, and British high commissioner Of
ger of South African republic, left
! Cape Town and Pretoria, respectively
Signor Chingalia, the ministerial
candidate, was elected president OF the
| Italian chamber of deputies, receiving
223 votes against 1913 cast for Signor
/
presidency owing to the reorganization
| of the cabinet.
The agents of Ignac Jan Paderewski
the celebrated Russian pianist, de-
| clare there Is no truth in the report
that Paderewski has married the for
linist The lady, 1t is added. is Pa tnr
ewski's sister
The winter wheat crop in southern
Russia has been completely destroyed
by protracted drought The spring
wheat crop is also in jeopardy from
the same cause. The steamer Moscow
has sailed with $500 Cossack emil
grants for Port Arthur.
Or. Blyden, native Liberian states
man, reported to he en- route from Ii
| IBERIA empowered by the Liberian ex-
| ecutive TO demand an American pro-
tectorate for Liberia. and, in the event
Of the United States refusing he is en-
powered to approach the British gov
eminent on the same subject.
A parliamentary election was held
in the Southport division of Southwest
Lancashire, to fill the vacancy caused
by the death on May Z, last OF Capt.
Sir Herbert Scarisbrick Naylor-Leland.
liberal, The result was a victory for
the liberal candidate, Sir George Au-
gustus Pilkington. who defeated his
unionist opponent c. B. Balfour, by
563 votes.