Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-01-31
After six months spent in negotia'

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tions the Pratt & Whitney company
of Hartford, Conn. passed into the
/ hands of the -Bement-Pond com
| many Of New 1Tefkk ; which has plants
Ii Ohio. Pennsylvania and New Jet-
sey. F. w. Gordon, of Phliadeiphia'
is one of the directors.
William A. Murphy, a prominent
| grocery merchant of Tolono, Hi ana
also a prominent democrat politician
of the thirteenth congressional as
trict was found dead n his bed wn9n
his daughter Miss Gertrude. went INTO
his room to awaken him. Death re-
suited from heart failure.
Wilton c. Smith OF chicago re-
ceived a telegram announcing the al
rival of the steamer Vaterland IN Ne"
York bearing the remains of William
A Talcott of Rockford who died H.
! Jerusalem Dec. 20. Accompanying
the remains we're Mrs. Taleott ana
Wait, the only son of the decedehI.
Mr.. Talcott died wh.-e on "Trip
through the holy land.
The schooner Kate and Ann, Cap
tain Walker, which arrived at santa
Barbara, Cal, from Santa Rosale, re
ports that Mike O'Brien, a sailor, ran
. muck on board the vessel He made a
vicious attempt to kill Captain walker
| with knife and succeeded in cutting
the cook near the heart, the wound
being probably fatal. He then cut
his own throat, dying on the deck
Representative Nohe will introduce
bill at Springfield making five cents
the =. maximum fare any railroad can
charge inside the limits Of any city
Another bill taxes telegraph com
panies the same as other corpora
lions are assessed" Another bill IS
for the abolition of abstract companiaa
as trusts. Representative Hops Will
offer a bill for two-cent railroad fare
in Illinois.
General John p. c. Shanks is deaf
at his home in Portland, Ind, after
short illness. Death was caused by
complication of stomach and heart
troubles. General Shanks was born
in Berkeley county. Virginia, June H..
1926. President Lincoln made him a
brevet brigadier general at the first
battle of Bull Run and at the request
Of Edwin NJ. Stanton, secretary OF
war, he was made a brevet major
! general.
Mrs. n. n. Jones, mother Of
Buffalo" Jones, the famous hunter,
scout and statesman of Kansas, died
at the home of her daughter, Mrs
Clayton of Chicago She lived In
Normal H.. for fifteen years. She
leaves six children. Besides her son,
two of her daughters have gained
some prominence, Mrs. Katie Jones
Reid now singing in opera and Ida
Aurora Jones, known on the stage as
Ilda Orine.
Miss Marion Strong, only daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Edmund Strong of
59S Division street, Chicago, died of
Typhoid fever Miss Strong was one
of the bellies of the city's society ana
the death of few young women could
have cast so deep and genuine a
sorrow over the circles of which she
was a member. She was educated IN
an eastern seminary and was an &C
complished musician. She had but
Just passed her twenty-frst birthday.
f. NJ. Simmons was elected senator
from North Carolina to succeed Marion
Butler; Moses T.. Clapp and Knute
Nelson were elected senators from
Minnesota; J. w. Bailey. late repre-
sentative, was elected senator from
Texas; J. r. Burton was elected sena-
tor from Kansas to succeed l.. Baker;
stephen b. Elkins was elected senator
from West Virginia; w. j Sewell was
reelected senator from New Jersey
and j, II. Berry was reelected senator
from Arkansas,