Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-12-19

| Charles NJ Sehwab, president Of the
| United States Steel corporation. viii
| leave for Europe shortly after Christ
mas. He will be absent nearly two
months and will spend the tine IN
| England and on the continent.
Another young Austrian vioinist.
named Kocian, has made his first APP
pearance in London under the expert
enced management of Mr. Vert and has
been received with the homage due TO
the art OF Paderewski or Wethelmi
Hugo Johnson of Chicago has
bought seat in the New York stock
exchange for 81 900 Johnson is a
| son-in-law of Samuel Allerton, the
Chicago millionaire. He went to Chi
cago from Iowa He now makes his
home at New York
Mr.. Kruger. formerly president Of the
South African republic has arrived al
Utrecht and has taken possession of his
rev residence. Mr. Kruger. who APP
peared to be in excellent health. re-
ceiyed great ovation from crowds of
people
Advices al London from Valparaiso
and Buenos Ayres indicate that peace
vii be preserved.
Balston, ~ Y, dispatch; Inspector
Graham finds the alleged embezzlement
Of Teller Fitcham Of the First National
bank TO be $4,000
trolley car was dynamited on Ca
pouse avenue in Scranton. Penn. last
Wednesday night at 100 The few per-
sons aboard were severely shaken up
but no one was injured. This makes
the third time that the crew aboard
this car has encountered an explosion
The Modern Match company OF De
troit has entered suit for $4,000 dam
ages against the Diamond Match com
pany and the Wisconsin Match COM
pany, alleging that the former COM
pany employed the latter concern to
drive out the Detroit people by ruinous
competition
AT San Francisco Cal, Adolph OPP
penheimer who was one of the prin-
cipal witnesses against Theodore Dur
rant. hanged for the murder of
Blanche Lamont was mysterously
shot and killed early Friday morning in
his shooting gallery. Robbery was
the motive.
John Homerigous a dentist of Mat
toon, ILL.,, courted his cousin. Miss EN-
ma Homerigous, of Oh 10. for 20 years.
Then. fearing that they We're not tenn
permanently fitted for each other and
that the IS 900 he had saved would not
be sufficient to care for her properly,
he committed suicide
On account Of i'll health Captain
Richard T. Leary. L, S. n. first gov
o1nor of Guam who is now on sick
leave at the Marine hospital IN Chel-
sea. near Boston. has asked to be re-
tired. Having served more than 40
years. he can be retired with the
rank and pay of rear admiral.
Nine Lillian Nordica declares that
she is weary Of travelling and singing.
and that she is going to seek recreation
lat the roulette table, The prima dom
ia sang Monday at St Louis and de-
clared that she would soon go to Hot
Springs, where she would divert her
self playing roulette and taking the
baths.
Father ]. w O'Kelly the New York
Catholic priest who injured his hand
while fishing at Rockaway beach. n
month ago and who refused until TOO
late to allow one of his thumbs TO he
.amputated for the reason that he fear
ed it would interfere with his work as
la priest, is dead, the result of blood
poisoning.
Eight prominent cattlemen have
been arrested last week by order Of
the oklahoma live stock sanitary com
mittee on the charge of attempting to
drive diseased cattle across the terri
oil I'm
Other arrests will follow The board
refuses to diyulge the names Of the
transgressors.
The Canal Dover and Philadelphia
street car Companies and New Phila-
delphia and trchsvlle street railway
company have been consolidated and
have passed into the hands of the
pomeroy Mandelbaum syndicate OF
Cleveland. These lines form an inn
portant link in the proposed Cleve-
land Wheeling trolley road,
The submarine torpedo boat Fulton.
which sank at her dock at New Sut-
folk l.. L. on Monday, has been
raised The only damage done the
boat was by the water that poured in
10 her through the open forward hatch.
Her bottom was not damaged After
her machinery has been overhauled
and cleaned the vessel will be as good
as ever.
From New York; Two worlds
records We're made in aquatic sports at
the Hnickerbocker Athletic club w.
G. Miller of New York lowered the
swimming record for - yards to . Pr
seconds The former record was rs 4-5
seconds, held by w. c Johnson of the
Manhattan Athletic club David Brat
ton OF New York in plugging Cor dts
lance. sci new mark at IS feet
Members of all divisions Of the Society
Of Friends gathered al Philadelphia Fri
day for the American Friends peace
conference as q protest against waN
Nearly I loco Quakers We're present At
the opening session. including orthodox.
Hickaite and Wilbuitt Friends from
/; -nt branches since the a.ys, 81 o.
tae first combined meeting ~ the dlt-
e,ers section OF the country.
Word has been received 10y the New
YORK police from Police Sergeant No