Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-05-17


evangelical creed 10 be submitted 10
the church for adoption as part Of its
constitution.
President Gompers of the Fedora
ton Of Labor urges New York tobac-
co strikers to disregard the court in
junction against pieketng or attempt
ing in any way to deter others from
taking their places or from giving
financial aid for the purpose of con-
tinuing the strike.
John w. Gates resigned the chair
manship of the board of directors of
the American Steel and Wire COM
pany and Is now on his way to Eu-
rope. He is succeeded by Alfred Cliff
ford of Chicago. John Lanb bert, the
president of the company, resigned in
favor of William P. Palmer
John Francis Brice, the late former
Senator Brlces youngest son, who is
a law student at Harvard, has, with
the consent of his mother, married
Miss Florence La Vergne Ricketts,, a
member of The Founders company,
and brought her to the home of the
Brice family in this city.
w. G. Sharp, superintendent OF the
Pleasant Valley Coal company, has re-
ported concerning the Scofield (Utahl
mine disaster as follows: Total killed,
1893; bodies recovered to date. 1876; in
iured. Z. OF those in the mine 103 es-
capped alive and uninjured There are
l05 widows and 270 orphans.
f. w. Atkinson of Boston, the
newly appointed superintendent Of
education for the PHILIPPINES, viii en-
gage only active teachers there in ad-
dition to the present force which
consists of natives, 40 Spaniards
and % Americans. Many adults are
attending at Manila to learn English.
The ruins of dwellings of the Hopi
Indians in northern Arizona and of
various other tribes of Indians in the
far northwestern states, will be
searched during the next few months
by two parties for additional collec-
lions for the anthropological depart
ment of the Field Columbian museum.
Chicago.
Gov. Roosevelt has granted the requi-
stion for the surrender of George w.
HUI, the Arizona millionaire mine
owner, who is wanted in Providence on
the charge of perjury. 1t is claimed
that Hull in an action for divree
against his wife swore falsely that he
had been resident of the state Of
Rhode Island for year
The seventh annual international
convention of the chiefs of police con-
vened in Cincinnati with a large at
tendance. The following officers were
elected; President, A. II. Leslie,
Pittsburg; vice president, Philip
Deitsch, Cincinnati; secretary and
treasurer, Harvey o, Carr, Grand Rap
Ids. thirty new members were in
stalled more than at any previous
convention.
The populist convention adopted a
platform fayorug 10 to 1, income tax,
postal savings bank. government rail
ways and telegraphs, antitrust legisla-
ton, direct legislation, ana denouuc-
ing new currency law and the Philip
pine war. The convention nominated
Bryan for president, and by a vote of
262 TO 1872 the conventiCn refused TO
leave the nomination for the vice pres
idency to a committee to confer with
the democrats at Kansas City. Towne
of Minnesota. eX-republican. was NOM
mated for vice president by acclama-
ton.
Richard Yates of Jacksonville was
nominated for governor by Illinois re-
pubIicans. Fifer was elected perma-
nent chairman. The platform recon-
mended the reelection OF Cullom to
the senate, Endorsed the Mckinley
and Tanner administrations, ignored
Mason, approved of the congressional
legislation for the islands. urged anti
trust legislation, and instructed the
delegates for Mckinley and amend
ment sympathizing with the beers
was tabled Northcott, Rose, and Nc
Cullough were renominated. NJ. o.
Williamson of Galesburg was selected
for treasurer; Akin was defeated for
attorney general by II. J Hamlin Of
Shelby lie: Mrs. Alexander, S. A.
Billiard, and Alex Mclean was nomi-
mated for trustees. There is no Chi
cago name on the ticket. On May 9,
1860. Richard Yates was nominated
for governor at Decatur. He was the
father of this nominee Young Yates
is 80.
FOREIGN