Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-06-06

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James c. Stout OF Auburn, n. Y,
former warden of the state prison,
died suddenly of apoplexy. He was
so years Old.
At Nashville, Ind, ex-Mayor Joseph
A. Armstrong, 81 ysars old. sick and
penniiess and deserted by mis- family
became an inmate of the county poor
farm
A mob Of masked men went to the
house of Lee Key, colored, near Knox
Vile, Ark, called him out and shot
him. 1t is charged he had been ter
rorizing other negroes.
AT Louisville. F. Fl. Richardson
shot and killed his. wife, Kitte
Richardson, mistakilg her for a
burglar. 1t is thought Mrs. Richard
son was walking in her sleep
At Leavenworth, Kan, Mrs. Emily
kegelmeyer, wealthy widow, was
shot and fatally wounded by Jacob
Utters, livery stable proprietor. who
afterwards committed suicide
While preaching from his pulpit al
Avondale, Ila.. Rev. j. r. McEven, q
negro, was shot from window of the
church and killed Henry Flacher
another negro. was arrested.
At El Reno, Okla, Postmaster
Lowry and son of Carter were shot
and killed by man named Fowler
The shooting was the outcome of an
old feud
The Civil-Service League has filed
with President Mckinley and the
secretary Of the treasury demand foI
the removal of Internal Revenue Cole
tor Sapp Of Louisville.
Frank Charles of Eau Claire, a
bridge-builder working on the Great
Northerns steel bridge across the
Spokane river, slipped from trestlc
and plunged headlong 65 feet to the
ground.
The appraisers for the real and per
sonal property Of the late General
Harrison found real estate valued al
$l70025 This sum includes only the
property in the county.
The trustees of Beloit college met to
discuss the prospects for raising the
$1500O0 required to secure the dona
ton of 100000 from DR.. ID. X, Par
sons for the endowment fund.
A great strike OF oil has been mad
at Sour Lake, twenty miles northwest
of Beaumont. Tex. A well was struct
IN the rear of the Sour Lake hotel, ant
at once became gusher, fiowlnl
1000 barrels a day.
A fondness for champagne is tbs
direct cause of the death in Chicago
of Matthew j. Flynn, well known il
theatrical circles. In one night Flynn
consumed the contents Of twentythret
bottles of champagne.
Because of alleged mistreatment OF
his wife, DR.. Adolph Goodman, an os
teopath, was horsewhipped by j. X
Beckham, Sr.. his father-in-law, and j
*. Beckham, Jr., his brother-in-law, IN
Kansas City.
The president has appointed Colone
Amos Stickney, corps of engineers
member and president Of the Slissis
sippi commission to fill the vacancy
caused by the detachment Of Genera
Gillespie, now chief of engineers.
Rev. William Creighton Dandy,
former member OF the Rock river
conference, died at Los Angeles, aged
70 years. He was born in New Yorl
state, and moved to the Rock river
district in 1856
At Michigan City, Ind, James Lee
coored a convict from st. Joseph
county, was shot and killed by Officer
Herrick of the state prison. The ne
gro had attacked the officer with an
iron bar
Professor David Shepard Holman
known throughout the scientific world
as the inventor of the Holman life
slides, which are exclusively used by
mcroscopists, is dead in New York
He was born in 1926.
The case against Brigham Fl. Rob
erts. who was convicted of unlawful
cohabtation and which was appealed
to the Utah supreme court, was dis
missed by that body, as the indictment
was defective.
Schedules of the assets and liabili
ties of John f. Searles. who made an
assignment on March S, have been
filed. The schedules show on their
face that Mr.. Searles' assets greatly
exceed his liabilities. being $3,616,545
The war department published the
reorganization order prescribing the
strength of the various branches OF
the military service upon the base of
a total army of 77,2S7 men and staff
of 2,7S3 men.
Fire destroyed the entire plant of
the Walkerville, Ont, match factory
and also the match stock in the yards
adjoining. The loss is Sl15,000, with
s5S,O00 insurance. About 100 men
were employed
The United States supreme court
has denied the rights of California
mission Indians TO hold lands upon
,,bfch thav H4xa Ifygl when their