Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-11-28

I the case of John COnsidine, accused of
| the murder of ex-Chlef OF oPlice Mere
dith, returned a verdict Of acquittal
! Representative Nicholas Muller of
| the Seventh New York district, has re-
! signed as a member Of congress.
The w. c. r. Y. national executive
board Thursday selected Portland, Ne.
for the next convention. The date VIII
/ be fixed later.
What is claimed to be a remarkable
find of lead ore has been made near
Friendsville. Tenn. where it is said a
vein 22 feet thick and of undeter-
mined depth was uncovered.
At Pomona. Mich, two children OF
Frank Stiver-aged eight and ten-were
burned to death. They were Ia the
house with their grandmother, who was
taken out of the window badly burned.
The children were in bed and the house
was destroyed.
a Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
stock train broke in two near Walnut
Wednesday morning The rear section
and caboose ran down grade and col
lided with freight engine, killing
John j. Besse of Erie, H., who was
burned in the wreck, and injuring nine
others.
Sunday night Thomas Ryan, farmer,
residing near Taylorville, H., was shot
three times while sitting in his buggy.
Andrew Ryan his cousin, was suspect
ed. Wednesday Andrew was found ~
ing at the gate of Willis Watkins, a
neighbor in a dying condition, having
shot himself.
At Fort Worth, Tex, the national con-
yentioIi of the w. G.. r. Il. ended its
regular session with the adoption of a
sensational deliverance on the attitude
of the victorious reform forces in New
York City in respect to the partial
open saloon on Sunday which was Wig
orously denounced.
Governor Savage said recently re-
garding the consolidation of the rail-
roads. that Nebraska would join Min
ncsota and Washington in rightly en-
forcing the laws against combinations,
which in this state are regarded plain
and unmistakable.
The president has announced the fol-
lowing appointments in the navy; Re-
mus G.. Persons, medical director, rank
of captain; Edward n. Green, medical
inspector, rank of commander; Charles
4. Crwaford, passed assistant surgeon,
rank of lieutentant. junior grade; Dom
mick Glynn. chief boatswain, rank with
but after ensign.
At Harrisburg, Pa. the board of par
dons commuted to life imprisonment
the death sentence of George w. Nc
Murray of Pittsburg. whose case has
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Adiutant General Corbin received
cable message from General Chaffee.
saying that Mrs Hugh r. Belknap left
Manila on the transport Thomas with
the body of Major Belknap, who died in
the Philippines last week.
James Bruce was arrested in San
Francisco just as he was boarding the
transport Meade bound for Manila, and
lodged in the city prison He will be
held pending the arrival of requsi-
ton from Chicago, where, it is alleged
he is wanted for participation in da-
mond robbery.
Executive officials OF Western rail
roads are planning TO met in New York
the first week in December, to insure
the cancellation of all cut-rate freight
contracts on Dec. 81, SO as to begin the
new year with clean slate" Expert
ence has shown that it does not take
much longer to write on the slate than
To Wine It
The New York court of appeals has
declared the anti-ticket scalpers' law to
be unconstitutional. The decision was
in a case which developed during the
PAN American exposition in Buffalo,
where Clarence Fleschmann was ar
rested for ticket scalping. He was sub
seQueutly released on a writ of nabeas
corpus issued by Justice White Of the
Supreme court. who held that the law
is unconstitutional and that decision was
affirmed by the appellate division
fourth department,
Executive officials of all railroads
east of Chicago and of the steamship
lines connecting with the railroads
have entered into an iron-clad agree
ment 10 baolish all forms of free trans
pOrtatiOn Ian 1902