Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-05-30

Presbyterian general assembly sug-
gests that the government establish a
substitute for the army canteen.
Miss Helen Grantley OF New York
has sued manufacturing firm for
S50009 damages for displaying her
portrait in corset advertisement
Une man Was itiiiSd,, oae flSs,i.f 'iis.
iured and six others injured by the
falling of part of the Sidewalk in
front of Central Music hall, Chicago,
Ex-Governor John r. Tanner died
suddenly at Springfield Of rheuma-
tism of the heart He. bad been sick
a long time but his, death was unex-
pected.
Governor Shaw of Iowa has ap
pointed Felix E. Hughes Judge Of the
Keokuk superior court, vice Richard
r. Miller, who was recently killed in
a runaway
Louis Tote. returning from the
penitentiary at Leavenworth, kas.,
to his home in Atkinson, was killed
by train just as he was leaving it at
the end Of his journey
Robbers failed in an attempt TO raid
bank at Cambridge, Mass, partially
wrecking the bank building with drla-
mite. The cashier and an assistant
were injured by the explosion.
Rt Rev p. Maurer, one of the most
prominent Catholics in Kansas and for
twenty years priest of the church in
Salina, died of heart disease at Will
son, Kan, while waiting for a train.
Rev. Frederick w. Taylor of Spring
field was elected coadjutor to Bishop
Burgess of the Quincy diocese at the
annual Episcopalian diocesan cQnven
ton. Bishop Burgess is fatally i'll.
The monthly statement of the coilec
ton of internal revenue shows the
total receipts for April, 1901, to have
been s26,941,J79. In increase as com
pared with April, 1900, of $3,6S9 1926.
At Jacksonville, H., William Webb
Ferguson. a negro. has confessed that
love for Mrs. Mamie Barnes impelled
him to administer strychnine to her
insane husband, Dr. Joseph l.. Barnes.
DR.. Thomas f. Rumbold, known in
America and Europe for his contribu-
lions to medical literature and re
searches in nasal surgery died at his
home in st. Louis He was II years
old
At Kokomo, Ind, a steel and wire
company was organized not con-
trolled by the steel trust 1t has a
capital of 81 500, 900 and will cou-
struct a plant To employ $4,000 opera
tives
Ex-Colgressman Ham Lewis nf
New York has picked d. b. Hill and
Tom Johnson as democratic candidates
for presidency and vice-presi1eney in
1904. He says Bryan is out of it and
that Hanna would be hard man to
beat
General Brooke has ordered com
mandants Of posts in the department
Of the east to send to him on Sept.
a complete report of the results which
ensued upon the abolition of the army
canteen.
Several Kiowa Indians, Leon Wolf,
White Buffalo and KoKoy. Tandle.
called on Acting Secretary of the
Interior Ryan and protested agans.
the opening of kiowan lands to settle
ment.
William Park was shot and killed at
Central, n. Mex, in the Office of
the justice of the peace Joseph
Crowley, during the preliminary ex,
animation of May Esmond, charged
with serious crime.
Mrs Elizabeth Fitzgerald, alias
Mildred Preston. alias Mime Zingara,
alleged clalrvoyant, has been scntenc-
ed at Grand Rapids to the Detroit
house of correction for FIVE years for
swindling Miss Evelyn Quimby out of
$500.
AT Bridgeport Conn, Perez l.,
Johnson an attorney, pleaded guilty to
embezzlement of $4,000 from three
trust funds aud was sentenced to six
years Imprisonment He recently
returned from Mexico and gave him
self up.
Governor Stone of'Pennsylvania has
received warrant for $102.213.0C
from the United States government as
part payment of the war settlement
account. This account covers money
expended by the state during the
civil and Scandinavian wars.
The Kansas supreme court re-
yersed the decision of the district
court in the Topeka mayorality con
test and Installed ] w. h. Hughes,
the republican and law enforcement
candidate, in the mayors chair To
peka is now entirely under the control
of the dry" element
At Cincinnati. Jones Lonsway q
teamster shot and killed Frank Riley.
shipping clerk a; tho Russell Morgan
& Co.'S printing works. Lonsway at
tempted to escape, but was caught by
an officer He was discharged by the
firm two weeks ago and elared Rley
for having been the cause of II.
I'm the suit Of Rudrard kip3ing