Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-01-25

| The report of the township mutual
| insurance company of the town of
| Eagan, Dakota county, Mimi, shows a
salary list OF only s4.6S for one year.
! Representative Sherman of New
/ York, whose name has been mentioned
in connection with the office, has de-
/ cined the secretaryship Of the senate
| Heavy rains, causing a general rise
/ Of all streams, interfere with the ac-
curate observations of the Chicago
| drainage canal flow down the Illinois
/ river.
! DR.. G.. Amos Warner of Line In,
Neb., formerly professor Of political
economy in Nebraska and Leland Stan
/ ford universities died at Los Crucez,
/ New Mexico
/ The suit Of Alderman James c, Pat
terson Of Chicago for $4,000 damages
against the Joliet Oll) street railway
/ for injuries sustained last summer was
commenced
| The urgency deficiency bill appro-
PIRATES $4,000 to complete surveys of
|lake-to-ocean routes and increases the
I app Dil ihlt'h l1i Lilt 81 - tAppol-
ton to sl19950O
| A lone robber, masked and armed,
cleaned ont two restaurants in the
center Of Kansas City under the glare
Of an electric light. He secured
$500 and escaped.
/ Peter Bonkoski was instantly killed
and several other workmen were seri-
ously injured by the explosion of
metal ladIe in the Federal Steel com
panys plant at Joliet, III.
4 proposal TO unite all the railroads
in a big passenger pool was favorably
considered by the eastern lines and
committee is working to get the west
ern roads into the combination.
At Newport, r. l., Charles A. Sieg-
fried, medical Inspector in the United
States navy, In charge of the naval
| hospital at Coasters Harbor island,
died Of pneumonia, aged so years.
The house committee on foreign af-
fairs has entered upon the considera-
tlon Of a bill for the reformation Of the
consular service by promotion and
continuous service for consular officers.
At Cincinnati the professors of the
university will Immediately quit If
President Aver insists that all mem
bers Of the faculty should resign and
he accept such designations as he may
select
A feud between two Kentuckians led
to a shooting in a Frankfort hotel and
the killing of three persons and the
wounding of five. The verdict of the
coroner's jury is that Col Colson killed
the three men.
EXPresdent Cleveland Commodore
Benedict and Captain Bob Evans ar
rived at the Murphys Island Gun
clubhouse at Fairfax, s. c., from
South island, at which place the shoot
ing was not so good
Rev. J, wilbur Chapman has re-
signed as vice president OF the Moody
Bible Institute as the result Of con
uroyersy as to who should write the
official life Of the dead evangelist
himself or VIII r. Moody,
General George Henry Sharpe of
Kingston, ~ Y, died in New York, OF
a shock following an operation, aged
IL, lie was present as a member Of
General Grants staff when General
Lee surrendered at Appomattox.
Minister Leishman, at Berne, swift
erland, has cabled the state depart
ment that the Swiss government has
revoked a former decision and gives
general authorization for the importa-
tion of American dried and fresh
meats
The board of naval bureau chiefs has
decided against the use OF double tur-
rets for the new battleships; they also
ask permission Of congress % eliminate
from these ships the sheathing which
Is at present a feature in the new con-
structiou
Lieutenant Samuel Howard, the
pilot and last of the officers and crew
OF Ercssons Monitor during her
memorable engagement with The con
federate irouclad Merrimac, died In
Washington from conclusion of the
brain, aged ~ years
a post-mortem examination Of the
body Of Charles Seeberger, the cleo
ltlNldh, WHO WIS HNbi Ut BRUNSWICK.
Md. by Conductor Jerome Swartley,
and died, revealed the fact that Seeber-
ger lived sixty hours with a bullet hole
through the center Of his heart.
The senate confirmed the following
nominations. Il. w. McMade Of
Pennsylvania, consul TO Canton China
7. J. Henderson OF Illinois, a member
Of the board Of Ordnance and Fortid-
cations T. S Warner of st Paul sur
yeyor general of Minnesota
II is said by member of the foreign
relations committee that an under
standing exists between the United
States and Great Britain under which
This government can proceed with the
construction of the NicaraCuau canal
without reference to the provisions OF
the Clayton Bulwer treaty
Ry the terms Of the win Of the late
porman b Eaton, several large be-
quests are made for educational and
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