Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-09-28

us nome, IN Mount sterling. Judge
Peters was a schoolmate of Jefferson
Davis at Pennsylvania, and was an in
Innate friend of John c. Breckenridge.
Professor Swingle of the agricultural
department has gone to California for
he purpose Of giving the fig growers
Of that state who are attempting to
propagate the Smyrna variety of figs
the benefit Of his information of this
subject
Taylor Cook, under death sentence
at Topeka for murder committed ten
years ago.. has petltioned Governor
Stanley to sign the death warrant.
He wrote that he would take his own
life if the death warrant should not be
signed.
AS the result of a dispute over a suit
of clothes in Chicago Martin Walgren,
bookkeeper, was killed and Theo-
dore Walgren and George Clark slight
ly wounded by Fred Fisher, tailor.
Fisher used a knife. and claims he
acted in self-defense.
Louis Ingerson of New York has
been elected supreme commander of
the supreme lodge, Knights Of Pythias.
A fall of rocks from the center Of
the horseshoe falls at Niagara has had
the effect OF restoring it to the shape
from which it derived its name
Abner Mckinley, brother co the
president, accompanie by Mrs. Nc
Kinley, his daughter Mabel, and others
spent a day in Omaha en- route for an
outing. which includes Denver, Mani
tou, Salt Lake, Portland, Los Angeles,
San Francisco and Victoria.
There is a move to abolish the pass.
Even employees and big shippers will
be shut off, The st. Paul, Santa F'e,
Union Pacific, Illinois Central, Wa
bash and Rock Island Railroad com
panies, it is said are the moving
spirits in the proposed departure
The forthcoming report of Land
Commissioner Herman will show the
past year to have been one of the bust
est in the history of the office More
homesteads have been taken and more
cash sales made said the commits
sioner, than in any one of the recent
years,
At the Methodist ministers meeting
in Chicago resolutions We're adopted
expressing gratitude to the president
and secretary Of state and trusting
that much good might result from
their efforts in behalf of religious
liberty for Protestants in South
America.
The San Francisco Evening Bulle-
tin publishes a story to the effect that
the entire Croker interests, 1900
shares of the stock of the Southern
and Central Pacific railways, has been
sold to Morris Speyer Of New York,
VINO is supposed TO be acting for the
Vanderbits.
The agent of the Uintah Indians re-
ports to the secretary of the interior
that he has sent out his police TO bring
in any Indians who may have left the
reservation. He adds that the reports
Of an invasion of the old hunting
grounds of these Indians In Colorado is
greatly exaggerated.
The Standard Oil company has filed
its answer TO the petition of the Ne
braska attorney general in the case
brought under the antitrust law 90
restrain the company from transact
ing business in the state. The COM
qany, in its answer, denies that it is
in any sense a trust.
The two Griliins were moved from
London, Ky, to Barbouville, Ky, and
from there, under escort OF the state
guards, they were taken to Manchester.
There We're no demonstrations The
guards, in accordance with Governor
Bradley's orders, will stay at Man
chester until further orders.
Another strike was inaugurated at
Cramps ship building yards, when $50
ship jolners laid down their tools.
These men have presented demands to
the firm asking that nine hours con-
stitute a days work and the pay be
thirty cents an hour, instead Of ten
hour day at twenty-seven and a half
ceuts per hour.
At GAINESVILLE, Ga, man named
Dudley killed Jim Smith and Berry
OKelly, whom he FOUND with his wife
on his return from a business trip,
O'Kelley was found dead on the floor,
his head split open with an ak, Smith
was lying on the bed with his throat
cut Dudley and wife have left for
parts unknown.
At the formal opening OF the one
hundred and fh,y-third academic year
at Princeton University President Pat
ton announced That 100000 had been
donated for establishing a chair in
political science The name of the
donor was withheld, but popular
opinion ascribes the gift to former
President Cleveland.
At joint conference OF representa-
lives of the operators and striking
miners Of the Chicago & Alton sub
district and state officials of the United
Mine Workers an agreement was
reached and the strike, which has af-
fected over a thousand men since April
last Is declared of. The agreement
is in the nature OF a compromise
David G, Shater, promoter Of BIZ