Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-01-18


was given at the white house by. Pres
ident Mckinley in honor of the cabi-
net.
Gen. A. w Greedy, Arctic explorer,
was knocked unconscious in his Wash
! ington home by drunken express
man.
The United States naval observatory
/ has rendered an official opinion that
the twentieth century begins Jan /,
1901
Henry Kessler, who was at one time
catcher for the famous Cincinnati
Reds, died at the poor farm near Pitts
burg.
The report Of the American Board
Of Foreign Missions shows that S633,
lois was expended last year for various
causes.
Congress and the cabinet are in
doubt as to whether special tariffs may
or can be made for our new possess
sions
Or. p. "A. Garretson, one Of the best
known physicians and most thorough
| " representative citizens Of Peoria,
/ H., died.
Rev. c. G. Thomas, who was stricken
with apoplexy in the Simpson NJ. Il.
church. Kalamazoo, Mich, died, aged
So years.
The heterodoxy Of Rev. Mr. Haskell
Of Rockford, his fashionable clothes,
and fondness for sports excite his con
gregation.
w. S. Warren (reform) was elected
president of the Chicago board of
trade. This means a bitter war against
bucket shops,
Bloomington democrats announced
former Vice President Adlai E. Steven
son as a candidate for the nomination
for governor.
The democratic national headquar-
tiers may be moved away from Chicago
because of the alleged Altgeld- Harri-
son feud
At Raysvile, Ont, Thomas Brown,
Jr., aged 10 years, Margaret Brown,
10, and Jane Brown, II, were drowned
while skating.
In New York, Louis e. Goldsmith
assistant cashier of the Port Jeryls
! National bank, pleaded guilty to en-
bezzling $54 600.
Captain r. p Fitzgerald died at his
home in Milwaukee He was one of
the best-known men along the chain of
the great lakes
The funeral of the late Dr. William
Alexander Hammond, surgeon general
Of the United States army, retired took
place in Washington.
John Buckstafl, a wealthy lumber
man and president OF the Buckstaff-
Edwards company, died at Oshkosh,
Wis, aged 76 years.
William l.. Wilson, former postmas-
ter general will spend the winter in
/ Arizona in the hope Of finding relief
from pulmonary troubles
S. Dana Greene, an aide on Governor
Roosevelts staff, and his wife We're
/ drowned while skating on the Mohawk
river at Schenectady, n Y.
l.. H. Severance, formerly treasurer
of the Standard Oil company has given
/ $50 900 to OberliG college TO erect and
equip a chemical laboratory
The New York state charities aid as
ISOLATION reports its inability to sup
ply the demand for girl babes by per-
sons wishing to adopt them.
/ Archbishop Chapelle is said to have
made an agreement with President
\ Mckinley on the settlement of church
land titles in the Philippines
/ Colonel George w. Moses, president
OF the First Ward National bank, Bos-
ton, has been named to be receiver for
/ the Broadway National bank.
! At Roseyille, y. D., Col. A. d. Hope,
who had charge of the first train TO
carry troops during the Civil war to
Washington, is dead, aged 81.
The body of Sister Augusta, who dis
appeared from Kenosha a week ago,
was found floating in Lake Michigan.
| Blighted love caused the suicide
+. A. Maus. a rich Indianapolis man,
! irrititated at having his name pro-
nounced Mouse, has applied to the
courts TO have it changed to Moss
The house foreign committee ia
yored a resolution asking for intorma-
tlon as TO the treaty forbidding the
| building Of warships on the lakes,
A tablegram from Rome, Italy, an
nounces the death I'm that city Of J.
b Sallo Of Cincinnati, who was for
merly United States minister to Italy.
Az Chicago burglars secured unen-
dorsed notes to the amount of $4,000.
They were returned by mail the next
day with polite apologies for the mis-
I take
! AT Hampton, Ia., Or Appleby, a lead
ing physician. in ht Of insanity,
/ crushed In the skull OF a teu-months-
old baby brought to him for treat
mcnt
| At Mcpherson. Kas. Mrs Joseph
1 Christie cut the threats OF her two
/ children, both under years old, then
Icut her own throat ana set fire 10 the
house
/ President Lorenzo Snow OF the Nor
mon church has published a declara-