Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-01-12

Henry Watterson dominates Adj
mlral Dewey and Gen. Ftzhugh Lee
for president and vice-president on
the democratic ticket as "a platform
in themselves"
\ mob of 1000 people has destroyed
the internal revenue sentry boxes and
stoned the gendarmes around the
Niscemi, Sicily, as protest against
excessive taxation.
Statistics complied at the treasury
department show that there was
large increase last year in the i'm
portations OF raw materials by Amer
lean manufacturers.
The Pennsylvania legislature or
ganized and Coy. Hastings sent In
message in which he advocates taking
state moneys away from favored
banks as repositories
Colonel Woodson Hayward May
bury OF the LIST Texas volunteers, act
ing brigadier general OF the 18th Army
corps. died near havana Of typhoid
fever and pneumonia.
With his 'rain laundering along at
80 miles an hour, Horace Weber a
veteran Lake Shore engineer, fell dead
IN his cab from an attack of heart
disease near South Bend.
Paul Brooks, a member of the bank
ing firm OF Brooks x Co. at Santiago
and late United States consul at
Guantanamo, died at Rutland, Vt, OF
pneumonia, in his Goth year
Ia l,ff
latlve caucus gave Quay 1903 of 1874
votes for senator Both sides claim
victory, but the minority claims it
controls enough votes to defeat Quay
William c. Whitney is at the head
Of syndicate which has purchased
the Edison Electric Lighting com
pany and will try to control all other
lighting companies In New York city.
Greater Chicago is in sight Steps
have been taken to secure legislation
to consolidate the city and county
governments and abolish the different
township organizations within the
city limits.
The funeral of the late Senior
Romero. Mexican ambassador, took
place from ST. Matthew'S church
Washington, and was attended by
President Mckinley and members OF
the cabinet.
The advisory committee OF PLY
mouth church, Brooklyn, unanimously
resolved to recommend Rev. \. ID.
Hills, d. D.. of Chicago to the con
gregatlon as the successor 10 DR..
Lyman Abbott.
At Evansville. Ind, .Iinor Carratt,
Edgar Garner, Elijah Scott, Frank
Curl and William Morris boys from
10 to II years old were given q
public whipping in the police codt
for stealing.
John w Dearborn, mining expert,
said TO be well known in the far
west was found dead In a New York
hotel He was about 60 years old.
Dearborn claimed TO be the adopted
brother of Chief Justice Fuller
Daniel La Forte known By his
Indian name Of Te-hes-la, president OF
the Six Nations and principal IN
the case of Onondaga Indians against
John Boyd Thatcher In the supreme
court for the recovery OF wampum is
dead
II has been announced that the offer
made some time ago by DR. u. X.
Pearsuns Of Chicago To give $4,000
for the endowment of Berea tky)
College. IL the trustees would raise
$3.50 coo by Dec, 81 1898, has been
made binding by the fultllment Of the
condition.
President Harper OF Chicago uni
yers.ty announced tha. gifts aggregat-
ing sos GOO has been made to the iu-
stimuou Martin Ryersuu and Mar
shall Field gave lands worth $l69 900
and john y. Rockefeller donated
S2&i0O0 in cash along with this as he
had promised
Before Major Marchand jett Fash
oda ON Withdrawing his expedition
the Sudanese battalion of Genera
Kitchpners forces presented to him
the banner Of the deryish Emir Said
negheln, against whom Major Mar
chand fought before General kitche-
uers expedition arrived
by direction Of CHER Lees detectives
az san Francisco are watching all on.
going vessels ANA trains i'm the hope Of
capturing Charles A Beelcr the Wells
Fargo delivery clerk who abseonlel
with $4,000 cash belonging 10 The
Southern Pachc railway company from
san Antonio. Tex. December 2S.
The reorgaulzed Church of Jesus
Christ OF Latter Day Saints In In
dependence Mo. the strongest Nor
mon church outside of Utah. has de-
clared strongly by resolution against
seating Congressman. Elect Roberts
of Utah The members OF the church
uphold all the teuets o, the Mormon
church except the one In regard to so
lygamy.
Officers Who have been working on
the case OF David Rotbschild, the
Cincinnati bar fixture manufacturer
arrested az New York charged with
having swindled the Central Ma
tional Bank of 5000 hy means OF
u.,rtbTs.g uptgs say hR has 9Wiu3lpf