Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-04-19

the 2Sth, to name national conven-
ton delegates.
! Charles o. Wlnold was arrested on
] the charge OF attempting to poison his
wife and children in Cincinnati. He
claims his wife secured divorce from
MIN in Minneapolis.
Edwin A. Alderman, president of tae
University OF North Carolina, has
been elected president of Tulane uniA
versity, to succeed William Preston
! Johnson, who died recently
Honore Palmer, son of Potter Palm
er. the millionaire, has retired from
the Merchants Loan and Trust com
panys bank, where he was employed
as messenger at 81 per day
The physical laboratory of Lehigh
University, one Of the largest and
best equipped in the country, was
burned and all it's scientific apparatus
destroyed. The loss is 5000 600
At Mount Vernon, H., George w
Roberts, prominent farmer was kill
ed last night by his stepston, Hardy
Hughey. The cause for the killing is
unknown. Hughey is under arrest
Mr. and Mrs. Adrian Schoen-
macher, eloped from Amsterdam, Hol-
land, are with relatives near Apple
ton, Wis. The bride is AN heiress and
her husband was the family coachman
At Norwood, Ohio Anthony O. Rus
sell, president and general manager of
the United States Printing company
and yice-president of the United States
Playing Card company is dead, aged
u.
John Norris. who mas been promi-
nently identified with the New York
World and the St Louis Post Dispatch
in various official capacities, has
severed his connection with those pa
pers.
The state department authorizes a
denial of the published statement that
it has practically completed an ar
rangement for the acquisition of a
considerable strip of territory along
the route Of the proposed Nicaragua
| canal
At Peru, Ind, fire destroyed the liv-
- b'l IA VI w al u l1lOLAFlo N Wv ~
gether with Lazarous, a fast horse,
reilly Gregory, an employe, was burn
ed to death. Loss $4,000; partially
! insured.
At Bailey, Ca, King and Lewis
Goosby, negroes, paid the death pen
atty here for the murder of Daniel
Mimms, a farmer, near Hazlehurst ON
March g. The Goosby boys were aged
respectively IA and II.
Minnesota university regents, for
an unstated reason, propose to dismiss
| four veteran members OF the faculty
Profs. G. w. Hall geology; Maria
Sanford, rhetoric; j. s. Clark, Latin,
and E. e, MeDermott, oratory.
Aurora citizens held a mass-meeting
| and planned to subscribe 100000 to
induce manufacturers in Chicago who
are bothered by strikes to move to
that city, which claims to be practical
! ly immune from labor disturbances.
| At Ironwood. Mich, Mike Barry ana
his little son were drowned in a sink
! hole, The boy aged years, tried to
get a doll out Of the water for his
sister. He fell in. His father tried
to rescue him and both were drowned.
! Western roads. after agreeing to
carry old soldiers to G. A. r. encamp-
ment in Chicago at rate of one and
! one half cents mile, now propose TO
demand two cents, though eastern
lines will handle the business at one
cent.
At Worcester, Mass, the will of
Mrs. Alice NJ Rice was filed, in which
! there are public requests that viii ag
gregate several hundred thousand dol
lars. Bowdoin college viii receive.
$25 900 The other requests are to
! churches
The president sent message to con
gress stating that by his direction the
/ secretary OF state had turned over to-
/ the Mexican ambassador $403 ,030, the
balance of the amount paid by Mexico
in the award 70 La Abra Silver Min
! ing company
George w Hull of Arizona said toI
be multimillionaire and prominent
figure in the politics of mis- state, was
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arrested. charged with perjury, alleged
to have been committed in a suit
brought by him for a divorce from
| Margaret J. Hun.
The Idaho state prohibition conyen-
ton nominated full state ticket and
has chosen delegates to the national
convention. The ticket Is headed BY
Rev w j. Booze of Caldwell for COVER
nor and Miss Amanda Way of Boise
for cungresswoman.
The golden statue of Maude Adams
IMPLYING The American Girl barred
from the Paris exposition by Commits
sioner-General Peck's ruling that no.
American statue shall be shown except
that of Lafayette, will be exhibited
under private auspices in Paris.
At a specia, conference Of city Off
.f,f. ~ Ngurark Y IL was decided