Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1903-02-26
GENERAL NEWS BY WIRE.
Matters of Interest Covering Various
Parts Of the World and Put
in Concise Form.

President Palma has signed the naval
coaling station agreement.
Mrs Roosevelt has returned from q
brief visit to friends in Philadelphia
The pope has appointed Cardinal Mar
tinelli to be a member of the congre-
ton Of rites.
Louis Cure defeated Schlossen 500 10
30 at the international billiard tourna-
ment at Paris.
The president has nominated John J.
Lambert to be receiver of public money
at Pueblo Colo.
In the international Billiard Tourna-
ment at Paris Sutton won with 500 to
Slossons BOG in q innings.
The opera house and public library
and three stores of Ashland, Ohio,
burned. The loss is $50, 900,
Ex-State Senator Smith Of Jackson,
Mich, has accepted the Office of prose-
cutting attorney at Manila.
The Big -Four today purchased the
Chicago & Southeastern railroad at
receivers sale for 81 100000.
Steve Crosby of Louisville and kid"
Ashe of Cincinnati fought 20 rounds TO
draw at Hot Springs, Ark.
Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, wife of the
president, is the guest of Mr. and Mrs.
John William Brock at Philadelphia
AS a result of zero weather several
schools closed and traffic of all sorts
has been hindered by snow at Toledo,
Ohio.
Ambassador Choate has returned to
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countries of the eastern Mediterranean
and Egypt.
Eleven passengers and 40 members Of
the crew of the wrecked steamer Ma
diana have arrived at New York from
Bermuda.
The British steamer Kelvinside has
been sunk In Para river in Brazil. The
captain and eight of the crew were
drowned
The Monongahela and Allegheny riv-
ers are rising rapidly at their headwa-
ters Pittsburg is threatened with an
other flood
Prince Komatsu who was the envoy
OF Japan at the coronation of King Ed
ward, is dead at Yokohama of an effec-
ton Of the brain.
The president has nominated James
Rudolph Garfield of Ohio to be com
missioner of corporation in the depart
ment of commerce.
The main strike Of the Chicago city
railroad employees was avoided by the
acceptance Of the company's PROPOSE
ton OF arbitration,
Three trainmen were caught under
locomotive that jumped the track in the
Denver 4 Rio Grande yards at Lead
vile, Col, and scalded TO death.
The residents of Jackson county have
started a movement, supplementary to
that OF the school children to erect a
monument to Gen, John A. Logan.
A bill has been introduced in the Illi-
nois legislature prohibiting foot ball,
A violation Is punishable by fine OF
from ten to one hundred dollars,
The body Of William Corlett, an old
prospector was found in his cabin at
Boulder Mont, frozen stiff and n large
portion of the fresh eaten away by
rats.
The second day of the convention OF
Illinois supervisors and county clerks
at Bloomington was devoted to various
matters coming under the jurisdiction
of these officials.
Two unknown men. dressed ms wo-
men, smashed the window of the Her
wick Jewelry company in East St
Louis and escaped with a tray of da-
monds worth 81 500,
VIM. Cossitt, Cone & Co. stock brok-
ers Of the consolidated exchange, as
signed at New York, II is stated the
assignment is due 10 embelzlement of
$4,000 by an employe.
A Constantinope correspondent says
that Russia sternly refuses 20 admit
Bulgaria's plea of inability 10 restrain
Bulgarian bands in that country about
Monastir. Macedonia.
II Is reported from Fec that the sui
tan's troops suffered repulse with
great slaughter at the hands of Hiania
Kabyle tribe, which Is friendly 20 the
pretender. Blu Hamara.
Judge Blodgett of the United States
court of appeals. Is critically i'll with
pneumonia at Chicago Because OF his
advanced aye, SO years. fears for the
outcome are entertained.
The Hamburg American company is
organizing new coasting service for
tHlUd. Ht NlNdllltiH VIII ilN h'N Nt'll
penE Kong. Fort Arthur, Chempulo.
Nowchoang and Kanton.
Four prisoners escaped from the
Morgan county Jail AT Jackson
vile, III They broke a lock and
tnen made an attack on the turnkey,
injurinE him seriously.
The Erie Railroad company mas been
granted the consent of the state board
of railroad commissioners 20 issue a
mortgage OF $50 1000 600 for improve
meuts are bettermcuts.
BluejaCkets from an American war
ship had night with German sailors IN
cafe az Brussels ana two Germans
and one American We're injured Five
of the American sailors are under ar
rest.
Rev. Father Aloysius Bosch a Jesuit
missionary, who for the past 10 years
has been superior of Holy Rosary mis-.
sion Of Pine Ridge Indian agency, died
at Omaha OF injuries received last Sep
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