Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-08-30

the Merchants National Bank OF He
lena, was acquitted on the charge OF
making false reports to the comptroller
of the currency as to the banks con-
dition
Officers fired on a mob Of 1000 at
Akron. O., which surrounded a Jail
clamoring for negro accused Of a
serious crime. A boy and baby were
killed and the prisoner was spirited
away
Suit has been brought against the
American Chicory company by Rich
ard A. Bevan, Christopher II. Oldfield,
and the Barclay & Co., Limited, all Of
England, to foreclose a mortgage for
100000
The population Of the city of Oma-
ha is shown by the returns of the cen
sus bureau to have decreased in the
last decade nearly 10000. The expla-
nation is that the census of 1890 was
padded
At Chicago Sol Bloom, music pub
Usher brought suit for $4,000 damages
against the Union restaurant and hotel
in Randolph street for refusing to serve
him while he was clad In a shirt waist
aud minus coat.
AT san Francisco Julian Tregenna
Biddulph Arnold, son Of Sir Edwin Ar
mold, has been ordered extradited to
England by the United states Com
missioner Heacock on a charge Of en-
bazzling over 100000 of the estate Of
John Thomas Donville Taylor.
Gen John 3. Gordan, commander
in-chief of the United Confederate
Veterans, has replied to recent strict
lures Of the Confederate Association Of
the Army Of the Tennessee, stating
that he must always be the judge of
the propriety of his own actions.
At Alexandria Ind fire started in
the grinding department Of the Kelly
Axe Manufacturing company, In a
short time the whole plant, covering
ten acres. was reduced to ashes. 1t
was the only plant not in the trust
and was valued at million dollars.
Joe Alvarez, the richest cattleman OF
/ FL Paso county, Texas, died Of wounds
received in a battle with four New
Mexico outlaws on his ranch, near
Viuton Tex He came upon the band
while they were killing and sdnning
his cattle. Two of the outlaws were
arrested,
Minister Storer at Madrid states that
a treaty of amity, commerce and nayi-
cation and general intercourse has
been signed prov jonaIly by the Span
ish minister If state and himself,
which act practically marks the last
step in the complete restoration Of re-
lations with Spain
James NJ. Burnham, publisher Of the
Wymoran at Mymore, Neb., shot and
killed his father, Captain Collins A.
Burnham. coroners jury immedi-
ately eXonerated the son, Both father
and son were prominent political
workers in the county in which they
reside, The killing was in self-defense.
Two-thirds OF Kansas west OF the
encing one of the most severe
droughts in the history Of the state.
and the general opinion is that the
Kansas corn crop will be the smallest,
in proportion to its requirements for
feeding, that has been raised in many
years.
Rev c. o. Brown, whose sensational
church trial stirred San Francisco and
other cities a few years ago, is in To-
ledo with Mrs Brown No. ?. His first
wife petitioned for a divorce in Chi
cage about two months ago. The di-
yorce was granted, and Rev. Mr..
Brown on Aug. married Mrs. Mary
Malloy wealthy and we'll known
lady.
At Hundred in Wetsel county, w,
Va, four men came In from the coun-
try, got drunk and proceeded to take
the town. When officer William c.
Taught attempted to arrest them, they
knocked him down and beat him badly,
A posse of citizens appeared but the
desperadoes fired on them with Win
chcsters, The posse fred back; shoot
ing and wounding three. The other
escaped and is still at large.