Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-04-20

ton. Democrats carried Jersey city,
| Hoboken and Patterson.
There is a tremendous rush OF Ill
yorcees TO North Dakota to take ad-
vantage OF the present law, which is
soon 10 become imperative
Antonio Noyi, years old, through
his entreaties and tears prevented MS
mother from committing suicide by
jumping from a Chicago BRUCE,
A negro fireman was taken with
smallpox on board an excursion steam
er at st. Louis; the 80 passengers were
fnmigated and allowed to land
President Barrows Of Oberlin college
announced the anonymous gift OF 500
900 for the purpose OF building and
eauipping a chemical laboratory.
Idlehour, the mansion near Oakdale,
/. l.. where william * vanderbilt,
ir. and his bride were spending their
honeymoon, was destroyed by fire.
Jury was secured in Philadelphia
for the trial Of former Senator Quay
on the charge of conspiracy in misus-
ing The funds OF the broken Peoples
Bank.
Word has been received in Omaha
that w. n. Babcock has been appoint
ed general western agent OF the Lacka-
wanna road with headquarters in Chi
cago.
The trial Of 70 alleged Lake City
Iynchers was continued at Charleston
with the testimony Of members OF the
E4a.s3ffy .ss size y egre postmaster wha-
was murdered.
President Mckinley has selected
Bartlett Trip OF South Dakota, for
merly minister to Austria as the rep
resentatiye of the United States on the
Samoan commission,
Secretary Hay informed the British
government that the United States
does not think it expedient to reopen
the question of bimetallism at present
In view Of the British attitude
I'm the trial of Mrs George for kill
ing Mrs. McKinley's brother at Can
ton, O., 1t was proved that 40 minutes
before the shooting of Saxton she In
tended to keep within the law.
At Omaha Mrs. Daisy O'Neil and
Mrs. Kittie Overy, who have recently
had trouble with their husbands, com
mitted suicide. They were each %
years old and came from Burlington,
Iowa.
Owing to the necessity OF maintain
Ing at sea more than the usual mum
Der OF line officers, the navy depart
ment Is compelled to reduce the num-
Der Of instructors at the naval acad
envy
Wallace Andrews, the New York
millionaire who with his wife and
daughter and grandchildren persisted
In the recent fire, in his will bequeaths
$500 900 for a girls school to be located
at Willoughby, o.
William zimmerman OF Deerheld
township, o., has disappeared, after
having been tarred and feathered by
II masked men. supposed to be neigh
boris who objected to his relations with
woman of that locality,
The actual expenditures of the postal
service during the quarter ending Dec
81 last amounted to $3.50, SIS The
actual receipts for the same period
were s24,771 706, or deficit of 1888 600
This indicates an increase of nearly
SO per cent in the income over the
same period of the preceding year, and
only about 2 per cent increase of ex,
penses.
The supreme court declared uncon-
stitutional the law providing that in
the trial of receivers of goods stolen
from the government the judgment in
the trials OF the principals. where they
have been found guilty, shall be ac-
cepted as evidence that the goods in
question were stolen, the court hold
ing this contrary to the sixth amend
mcnt to the constitution, requiring
that accused persons shall be confront
ed with the witnesses against them.