Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-02-07

Charles Schmidt put poison in his
glass while dgtahtag in a saloon al
Helena, Mont, ard died, His right
name was De Ia Gardie ard he was
connected wnn the royal family CT
Sweden.
w. c. McAllister, w. A. Death and
A. j. Campbell, slayers of Jennie Boss
cheiter at Paterson, ". j., We're ssen-
fenced to thirty years Imprisonment
and G. ]. Kerr was sentenced to fif-
teen years.
George Heiss, silk thief, arrested in
Chicago, pleaded guilty at Quincy to
robbng store and was sent to Chester.
The trial of William Davis, alias
Bloomington Red leader of the
gang, was continued.
In Brooklyn Judge Hurd accepted a
plea of guilty from George W..
Howard, formerly Of Cambridge,
Mass, charged with bigamy, and SEN
fenced him to two years and ten
months in Sing Sing.
Members of the subcommittee of
the national u. A. r. council of ad-
ministration, who are in Cleveland,
predict that 10000 veterans will at
tend the annual encampment to be
he'll, in that city next fall.
Relatives of Phoebe Ann Wing, a
widow. 50 years old who ownes a
thousand acres Of farm land in Dutch
ess county, n. Y, and has $4,000 in
securities, have brought proceedings
to have her declared incompetent.
A lamp exploded in the residence o.
Louis Beissel, Bessemer, Mich, aal
two OF his children, boy years old
and a girl years old, were burned to
death. Mrs. Beissel was so severely
burned that she is expected to die.
Senator Hoar. from the committee
on judiciary, reported fayorably tn"
bill granting a charter to the Fedora
ton of Woman's CLUBS. Inc incor-
porators mentioned in ,ne bill include
many women prominent in club life.
Charles T. HalloweI. general agent
of the Green Line tank cars of the
Pennsylvania Railroad system, with
headquarters at Oil City, died from the
effects or grip and stomach trouble.
He was born in Philadelphia in 1910.
DR.. Henry J. Herrick, a widely
known physician and surgeon of Cleve-
land. is dead He was for many years
professor of the medical department
of the Western Reserve university.
He was a member of the Loyal Legion.
Fourteen college presidents will at
tend the second annual meeting of the
Association of American Universities,
at the University of Chicago, Feb &c
to rs. Among the universities in the
association are Michigan and Wiscon-
sin.
Rear Admiral Kautz, recently re-
lieved from command of the Pacific
station, has been placed on the re-
tired list on account of age. He has
had long and distinguished career.
of which nearly eighteen years was
spent at sea.
Adam Hartman's body as disin-
TERED ut Jacksonville, H.. nd stry-
chine was found in the stomach.
Hartman moved from Petersburg, H.,
to Sheridan, Mo- in November and
died suddenly The coroner's verdict
was death poisoning
Countess Boni de Castellane is not
affected by the decision of the New
York court her lawyers declaring that
she has already limited her personal
expenditure to $250,0O0 year, de-
voting the remainder Of her income to
the payment of creditors
The Lewiston, Me, city council has
voted unanimously to accept the
offer of Andrew Carnegie to give for
a free public library ten times the
amount the city will appropriate an.
nually for its support. Mr., Carnegie
viii be called upon for $4,000.
The committee appointed by the
alumni of Stanford University to
ascertain reasons for the inforced re-
signation of DR.. Edward Ross, head of
the department of social science, re-
ported that the action of Mrs. Stanford
in asking his dismissal involved no
infringement of the right of free
speech.
A bronze memorial tablet, in honor
OF Pontiac, the Indian chief was UNI
yelled at st. Louis. by the Daughters
of the American Revolution. The
tablet was placed in the Southern
Hotel Immediately over the spot
where Pontiac was buried in 1863 by
his friend, Governor st. Ange Bel
leriye.
The president has sent a message to
renewing his recommends |
ton OF last session that congress make !
gracious provision for indemnity 20
4 he families of the two victims OF the /
TallglGh G.a} lynehins on July 20, /
1899. VINO were subjects 10 the Italian
government.
Five persons dead and one severely /
wounded is the result Of q collision be !
tween Petroleum and Volcano juno !
ton. on the Baltimore & Ohio railroad !
The dead are. j r Walker engineer, (