Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-11-16

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Angeles, is dead
Miss Blanche Fowler Travers became
the wife of William Leslie Edison,
youngest son of Thomas A. Edison, the
inventor at elizabeth, n. j.
The schley home fund committee
hopes to have a sufficient fund in hand
on January / to buy house for the
admiral in Washington.
A woman averted fire panic among
the Daughters OF the Coniederacy as
sembled at Richmond to unyeil the
monument to Winnie Davis
Herbert r. Beecher, son Of Henry
Ward Beecher, is captain of the new
revenue cutter, General j. NJ. Wilson,
to do service ia Puget sound
indianapolis pastors will ask their
congregations for an expression on the
expulsion from congress Of b. II. Rob
erts congressman-ele from Utah.
Lieutenant Randolph Ridgely, Jr., Of
the United States revenue marine SER
vice was married at Easton, Pa. to
Miss Emily Grace Scott Of that city
Articles Of incorporation have been
filed at Trenton, n J, by the United
Telephone and Telegraph company
with an authorized capital of $1,000
600
Thomas l.. Boyd one Of the oldest
engineers on the Lake Shore and Mich
igan Southern road, died suddenly Of
heart disease at Elkhart, Ind aged ~
years,
The question Of the stamp tax on
express receipts will be decided by the
United States supreme court in a case
which will probably be argued this
week
At Plano, a small California town.
Reese Martin was shot and killed by
his 19-year old son Alfred The young
man accused his father Of striking mis-
mother,
Assistant postmaster-General Heath,
in his annual report, says the rural
free mail delivery system has proved
very successful and will be established
II. A. Sutherland, an Anti-Saloon
League detective, was beaten to insen
3ibiity by Lincoln (Ill) gamblers
whom he was instrumental in having
arrested and fined,
The details Of the Anglo-American
German deal in Samoa are announced
rhe treaty is said to have u secret
'lause advancing Cecil Rhodes plans
n south Africa
Frederick Weyerhauser bought a
million acres of Pacific coast timber
and from the Northern Pacific, said to
,e the largest individual deal of the
,ind in history.
The presidents of the chambers Of /
Of Toxic, Yokohama and |
Kobe paid their respects to President |
They are making a tour of
his country and Europe
Near stamford Conn, Mrs Sarah G. |
King, aged GO years, was murdered at
Ter home in the farm district. Charles /
ross II years old, who was employed /
m the farm, Is under arrest.
Ellis NJ. Roberts, treasurer of the /.
United States, points out ia his report .
hat the accumulation of gold in the .
reasury during the past year sur
asscd all previous records.
The ten Idaho miners convicted of
ioting were sentenced TO twenty-five
lonths' Imprisonment and $1,000 fine
ach, with the exception of one who
cts two months less
A national movement of women was
tarted by Chicago ladies To present
words to Generals Lee and Wheeler
nd petition congress to make them
MAJOR generals in the regular army
At meeting of the Chicago archi-
Gets association resolutions We're
dopted declaring that the association
lould take sides with the contractors
D fighting the demands OF the unions
Representatives of the United States,
reat Britain and Germany signed q
invention providing for the adjust
lent hy arbitration Of claims for dam
gees in Samon.
Admlral Rodgers, president OF the
ayol inspection board, highly praises
be performances Of the submarine tor
edo boat Holland and viii recon-
lend its purchase by the government
In his annual report the auditor Of
be- postodlco department points out
ne drift toward state socialism as IL
.suated 10y the money-order service
ld the proposed postal banks and
.legraphs
Count Cussini the Russian ambas
tdor TO the United States says Rus
% is i'm favor of the open door pol
" in China and has made its COM
ercia port FALLEN Wan free to all
atoms
AZ Columbus, Ohio. the funeral Of
gr Joseph Jessing occurred Mgr
art.ueli the apostolic delegate was
10 Celehrant OF the ponu6cal requiem
eh mass, while two sermons We're
.tvrred
In his annual report Secretary OF the
lyy Long recommends prompt action