Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-08-23

widow and two children, both of whom
are grown, survive. The children are
Edward X. Curtiss and Elizabeth f.
Curtiss.
Dwight n. Bill. aged 81, died at
Bridgeport, Conn, at the residence o.
his brother, DR.. C. II. Bill, after a long
illness. Deceased was for many years
emlgrant agent of the Chicago, Rock
Island & Pacific railroad.
The two Union Pacific train robbers
killed in Kansas are believed to be
James and TON" Jones, Missouri AMI
Texas desperadoes There is a reward
of SO 900 in Missouri and $500 in Texas
for the brothers. dead or alive.
The largest amount of gold ever
shipped in a day from this country to
Europe has been ordered for shipment.
The amount is over SS,000000 and is
the first payment on the English war
bonds subscribed for in this country.
Gov. Roosevelt announced that he
would ask Mayor Van Wyck to answer
charges against him of malfeasapce in
ofiic, in connection with ice-trusL
scandal, and then decide the question
Of appointing a commissioner to take
evidence.
The California deadlock between the
wine makers and wine growers ended
by the breaking up of the growers
combine. Grapes are selling for Sl2
and $14 a ton, instead OF SIS and $40
the prices fixed by the defunct growers
association.
Danforth presented the Coler boom
for governor of New York to Croker
and later ex-senator Murphy declared
Golfer weak, said his attacks on Croker
were unjust and declared r. NJ. Shep-
ard was $4,000 votes stronger. Lamont
is a dark horse.
Joseph Brown, his wife, five children
and two girls accompanying the
family on a holiday were struck down
by a thunderbolt while seeking pro-
lection from the storm under a oak
tree near Highbridge, n. Y. All were
fearfully injured.
BY permitting an express train t
pass mis- station without delivering
orders Operator Wells caused wreck
on the Grand Rapids and Indiana road
at Person, Mich, which resulted in
seven deaths and the injury OF nine
nersons, one fatally.
Washington Turner, young farmer
residing near Admission, Ala, with his
wife and baby, who had never ridden
on a railroad before, jumped from q
railroad train. Turner was killed
instantly and his wife SO badly injured
that she died. The baby has broker
leg.
Judge John r. Reagan, chairman o.
the Texas state railroad commission
and the only surviving member o.
Jefferson Davis cabinet, announced
that ne will resign next January ans
retire permanently from public life
He will devote the remainder Of hi:
life to writing his memoirs. He is 5,
years old
Miss Clara Klemm, for 20 years hea;
OF the department Of German at thu
Lake View high school, died a
Squirrel Island, Maine, OF hemor
| rhage OF the brain. The remains wer'
taken to Boston and cremated. Miss
Klemm was born in Chicago in 1856
an was educated in private SCHOOLS il
philadelphia.
At Columbus, Ind, While bathing il
| White river Joseph Irwin |. Sweeney
| the 2O-year-old son of the Rev. Zachar,
| /. Sweeney, American ey-consul 0
Turkey, was drowned. The youn3
man was a student Of Butler college
indianapolis Mrs Sweeney, the boy
mother, is daughter of the million
aire banker. Joseph l. Irwin
Frank B. Van Yal5enburgh, a well
! known Milwaukee bicyclist, died sud
denly supposedly from hemorrhage 0
the brain. He served one term a
| chief consul OF the Wisconsin di ,ision
! League Of American Wheelman, am
wae assistant United states distric
attorney for the eastern district o
Wisconsin under the Cleveland adj
minis ration He was 40 years old.
At the ffty-fourth annaul conventi0,
of the Temple Oh Honor and Temper
| ance George c. Gates of Rhode ISLAM
was made most wortuy templar, an
] the most worthy vice templar, e-ecte
was Jesse X. Starr of New York. tn
other officers elected were: tue Rev
DR.. c. s. Woodruff, Dover, n J" re
corder. d. l. Robinson, Massachusetts,
treasurer; H. d. Williams, New Jersey
chaplain; Henry Pearce Wisconsin
usher; c. e. Boswell, Connecticut
guardian. 1t was decided that tn
next convention should be held a
! Fredonla. y. Y.