Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-08-01
OLIO OF EVENTS,

novelty OF the proceeding.
The census returns Of manufact,ro-
in Rhode Island show that the nor
centage of capital invested in man
featuring has increased 1852 Der cen+
since 1890, while the value of the nrod
ucts has increased only 1916 per cent
Two thousand of the 80 900 hooks On
the French revolution, which have
been presented to the Bibliotheque Ma
tionale by the British museum will bo
kept there. The remaining $4,000 will
be sent to the Bibliotheque Sevigne.
According to Berlin correspondent
the demand for "Bismarck's RecolIec'
tons and "reminiscences" continues n
be as great as ever. Up to the present
he says, the publishers have made ,
net profit of about 100000 marks on
the book.
Buffalo needs 100000 paying visit
ors to make her exposition a success
The attendance is now about 10000 q
day. The exposition managers are en-
couraged by the fact that at the Chi
cago worlds fair So per cent Of tha
visitors came during the last two
months.
Cleveland, with about the same non
ulation as Cincinnati, has twice as
many arrests in a year for drunken
ness, owing, there Is much reason In
believe, to the fact that beer is the
most popular drink in Cincinnati
while in Cleveland there is a much
larger consumption of spirits.
The Philippine commission has es-
tabished government biological and
chemical laboratory at Manila. which
will have branch stations elsewhere. A
superintendent will be appointed. with
salary of $4,000. A board OF health
has been established with a commits
sioner, with salary of $4,000.
During excavations near Lamksak
on the Dardanelles, beautiful vase
was found. 1t is made of burnt clay
encrusted on the exterior with gold
1t has three golden handles and splen-
did reliefs representing hunting scenes
The date of the vase, which contained
human ashes, bones, and pearls, is es-
timated at about b. G. 400.
1t is said that there were at least
100000 mustangs scattered over the
plains of Arizona. New Mexico and
nearly all of them are gone. A few
were caught and kept by the Indians
in their reservations. but the wild
horse. in his natural state, is practical
ly extinct.
AT a recent meeting in London of the
Humanitarian League for the purpose
of presenting Rev. J. Stratton with
testimonial for his work in abolishing
the royal buckhounds, letters from
George Meredith, Thomas Hardy and
Frederic Harrison were read. all ia
voring the abolition of sports that
were attended with cruelty to animals.
The Queensland treasury returns for
the financial year show a revenue of
4O96.300, as compared with e45SS-
200 last year. The principal decreases
were in customs, G97 800; in stamp
duty, e44,300; in mining occupation,
E42,700. and in railways, G176 600 The
expenditure amounted to e4,624 800
leaving deficit of C 52S,200, mainly
attributable to the severe drought
The statement made by Ouida that
Oliver Schreiner is held a prisoner by
the British in South Africa is denied by
authoress He says his sister is living
in Hanover, Cape Colony, for the sake
of her health, and that her husband.
Mr.. Cronwright, is with her. The town
OF Hanover is under martial law, but
she is allowed the freedom of the mill
tary Gordon.
Visiting the Midway at Buffalo is
called flying the goose" It takes $13
to see the entire Midway from end to
end. For this amount the sightseer
can wander through the streets of
Egypt, Mexico, Japan, Old Nuremburg,
a Filipino, Eskimo and American In
dian village, with glimpses of Venice,
darkest Africa, trip to the moon, the
house upside down. an ostrich farm
and numerous other shows.
Upon the recommendation of the
board of ordnance and Notifications,
Secretary Root has decided to aban-
don the use of pneumatic dynamite
guns. Half million dollars has been
spent in the manufacture and installa
ton of these guns. The board which
tested the guns reported that effect
fully as great could be obtained by
shell charged with less sensitive high
explosives fired from powder guns
Both M. de White, now Russian min
lister of finance, and Prince Khiloff. the
present minister of ways of communl-
cation have had pra ctical training as
engineers. The former worked through
the locomotive shops, drove an engine
and was subsequently a station master
for some years on the Southern Rus
sian railways Prince Khilkoff, under
an assumed name. worked through all
the practical branches of railroadins
as paid employe.
The municipality of Paris contsm-
plates the abolition Of the domestic
dust-bin in favor OF one of several
more economical and effective methods
OF waste removal which have been
submitted Great perturbation Is caused
by the proposal, as 10000 men ara
women suhsist entirely hy sorting the
contents OF the Threatened bias. asa
it is pointed out that all these people
with their families, must be reduced 10
starvation
-Four years ago the United States fsA
commission began to plant in Lake su'
perior the steelhead salmon OF tLe