Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-09-05
GENERAL NEWS BY WIRE
Matters Of Interest COVERING vo
Parts of the World and Put
in Concise Form.

The Twin City Chicago lines Fria..
agreed to increase the grain rat 10y ,Iay
Minneapolis to Chicago from To Ie
cents
The laying of the government mari.
cable from Skaguay to Juneau
completed Aug. 20, and it is now T.
operation. ~
The trials OF the new submarine ma.
vessel Delfino, carried out by the Ia
ian ministry of marine. have baen M.
satisfactory.
Ex-President Cleveland has eonser,
ed to deliver the grafton at Foun5|1y,
day of the Carnegie institution AT pie
burg on Sept 3.
The Rome Patria says that Ameri,a.
courts will give no satisfaction for ~.
lynching of Italians and urges the qo,
eminent to take other measures agains.
the United States.
| Mrs. Johanna Lovelace Of Turn
Kan, has made an offer to the Karsa.
| City (Kan.) theological seminary ~
free gift of 80 acres OF land, valued AZ
$500 lying just outside the limits
OF that city,
The Luxembourg museum at parie
has decided to establish Russian Soc
ton, and number of Russian artist.
have been commanded to paint nic.
ture, the subjects being left to their
own selection.
DR.. Koch has announced that he viii,
inoculate Dr. Gransault with boyi..
| tuberculosis to test the theory that I'M
man and bovine tuberculosis have
nothing to do with each other and Thar
man cannot catch the disease from
cattle
One OF the primary attractions of tho
st. Louis worlds fair will be a mar
velous aerial globe 700 feet high from
stone base to roof. Beside it. if present
plans are carried out, the Eiffel tower
and the Ferris wheel are crude on.
gineering feats.
Kate Livingstone, a cousin of DIR
Livingstone, the explorer, who is living
on the Isle of Null, one OF the largest
of the Hebrides Islands, has Just com
pleted her 106th year She knew III,
explorer well. She is weak mentarv
and physically.
A. II. Breschor, the former chairman
OF the strikers committee of the phia-
delpnia & Reading railroad employees
has been brought to Reading. Pa. \,
He is charged with emhezzling money
contributed TO carry on the strike.
The very latest phase of the gold
swindle which has developed in Alaska
and in Klondike is that bogus gold dust
and nuggets have been sent north in
large quantities and disposed of as the
product Of various claims. Many per
sons are said to have been victimized.
German women of fashion are great
ly excited over the crusade against the
wearing of corsets which has been
started by Prof WHITAKER. the chief
physician of the medical staff of the
Sisters OF Mercy hospital in Berlin. Dr.
WHITAKER proposes to substitute for
C Nrset3 lattice work of elastic gigths
Women and even young girls flock in
crowds to the pool rooms across the riy-
lie in New York, and experience no DIFF
ficulty in placing bets on the results Of
races on tracks all over the country
Plans for opening a woman's pool room
are under way, but in the meantime
side rooms are set aside for their eXelu-
sive use.
A wedding ceremony in which the
contracting parties agree that if they
tire OF each other they shall be Gi-
vorced without opposition from either
side, was performed at Baraboo Wis,
yesterday by justice of the peace The
parties are Mary Ellie Lippett and Rog-
erald Rathwell Reynolds, both agnOs-
tics.
AS result of compact between
Rosa Pride and Minnie Smith of Ciar-
endon Ark, girls 10 years old the
former committed suicide The young
women had agreed to end their lives be-
cause of disappointment in love and
two bottles of laudanum were procured
Miss Pride swallowed her poison and
died, but Miss Smith did not carry out
the compact
Arrangements have been practically
completed for the run of the Chicago
Automobile club to the Buffalo expo
sitlon. After a careful study of road
charts and map those who are going
made the schedule that will be main
tanned. The start will be made on Sat
urday. Sept. Z, and the automobiles
expect to cover the 571 miles in eight
days.
Commander-in- Chief Rassieur Of the
GraEd Army of the Republic has named
the committee on credentials Of the
coming cncampment in the persons OF
Adjutant General Sterrett and Assist
ant Ad1utant Generals Rodgers Of MIS-
souri,. Thatcher of Connecticut. Kasson
of Ohio and Robbins of Colorado ana
Wyoming. This committee will sit on
Sept, 10 and II at the Hollenden
The committee of judges selected by
the New York Reform club to award
the prizes offered by the club for the
best original essay on given fields Of M
quiry. have awarded the first prize %
Edward F. Adams of San Francisco, hls
subject being Credit Facilities for ha,
raj Communities" and the second
prize to A u. s. Gillett of West super
ior, Wis, whose essay was entli.ea
Better Credit Facilities for Our Ru'li
Communities.