Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-12-19
GENERAL NEWS BY WIRE.
Matters of Interest Covering Various
Parts of the World and Put
in Concise Form.


John Rhea. aged II years committed
suicide by drowning at Eaton, o.
william Allen, murderer. was hang
ed at Unlontown, Pa, in the presence
Of 500 persons
According to the Christina Tageblaet,
J. pierpont Morgan of New York IS
buying iron mines at Salten.
Frank Moore we'll known land own
er in northern Indiana, fell dead while
talking with friends at Peru, Ind.
S. l.. Hall. a sewing machine repair
man. was found dead near Eufaula,
Ind. r. The supposition is he was
frozen to death.
w. G. Patten, agent for Chicago
telephone company died in hotel at
pique, O., from a dose of morphine
taken at the bar
Charles Griffth, a miner and labor
organizer, was fatally injured by fall
of slate at the Collins Coal company's
mine at Brazil, Ind
Coleman Mitchum, a negro teacher
shot his wife al Paris. Tenn. and set
fire to the house The negro fred at
Marshall Mills, who killed him.
A passenger train on the Baltimore
6 Ohio railroad ran down three work
men in the belt line tunnel at Baltl-
more killing one and injuring the 9TH
ers.
City Marshal Walter Vannoy Of
Tishomingo. Ind. r., was arrested
charged with the murder OF Thomas
Pickins, well known Chickasaw In
dian.
The Harrisburg and Chicago Coal
company purchased $40 acres of land
containing the Big Muddy vein and J.
B. Blaekman bought an adjoining l40
acres.
Henry Reupine one Of the victims OF
the Depcre (Wisl wreck OF June "a
1900 received a verdict at the hands of
jury OF Sl2 600 against the North
western Railroad company.
Frank NJ Smith, former cashier OF
the savings bank Of Portsmouth. O.,
pleaded guilty to enlightenment Of SEQ
coo OF the bank IS funds and was sen
fenced to IS months In the penitenti-
airy.
the street car company for So 900 for
injuries received in collision and
John Miller sued the ChiCago~lndiana
Block Coal company for $4,000 for in
juries received in the mines,
The Catholic archiblshops OF the
United States have decided upon this
personnel OF the Catholic Indian bu-
reau; Cardinal Gibbons, president; the
Rev. VIM II Kctcham, director: the
Very Rev +, Il Dyer, D D., treasurer
and Charles S. Lusk, secretary
John Verrall pleaded guilty to per
jury at Indianapolis Ind. and received
sentence Of from two to IA years at
the Michigan City prison. Verrall de
clarcd he had forged in nearly every
city in the country The police think
he Is striving to escape punishment for
some other crime
Bishop Won Scheele, special repre-
sentative of King Oscar of Sweden and
Norway. has conferred upon the Rev
Ludwig Holmes. pastor of the Swed-
ish Lutheran church in Burlington. Ia
the decoration Of the Royal Academy
OF Sweden for proficiency in the arts
and letters
Gardiner NJ. Lane, OF the class OF 81
has made gift to the Harvard corpor-
alton that Will enable the classical de-
partmcnt to invite eminent European
scholars TO lecture at the university on
subjects connected with Greek and Lat
In literature
Herman Deerlng, aged 60. and his
Wife Margaret, So years old. were
found dead in bed al their home in
Astoria l. l., Friday The room
was filled with gas from an open
burner. II is supposed the couple com.
mitted suicide
T Minister Brown of Philadelphia
has presented to IIaverford College
nearly ! 900 clay tablets or Babylonian
books, many OF which were in exist
ence 5000 years before the coming Of
CHRIST All OF the tablets bear inscrp-
lions m the Assyriau language
David Shanks, a well.known bust.
ness man OF Los Angeles, who has
Just returned from Mexico. says he
met there Henry j Fleischmau the
absronding cashier of the Farmers
and Merchants bank Of Los Angeles.
who was shor, Sl5o000 when he left
The report that Cora. countess OF
Stranugd rs betrothcd TO Paul Cam
. bon, the French ambassador at the
court OF ST. James, is officially con
/ irmed. This is the third matrimonial
venture q, the pretty New Orleans girl
Who i'm her tceus was the wife of sam
. uel Colgate Of New York
The strike of the fishermen which
was fnlugWvnrpi 8t PpneafDtg Fla