Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1908-12-03

and other officials the state was quar-
antined.
More cattle infected with aphthous
fever were found near Detroit and
quarantine against that state was es-
tablished by Illinois and Canada.
The department OF agriculture or
dered a quarantine against the entire
state OF Maryland so far as cattle and
sheep etc, are concerned, on account
OF the appearance of foot and mouth
disease
President William A. Shanklin of
Upper Iowa university received a
check from Andrew Carnegie for $780,
900, in payment of his pledge to give
that amount when $150,000 had been
raised.
William Montgomery, former cashier
Of the Allegheny National bank OF
Pittsburg, which failed for over $1,000
600, was sentenced to 10 years in The
Western Pennsylvania penitentiary.
The Iron and Steel Trades Journal
OF London states that English and
American tin plate manufacturers
have formed combine which will con
troll the industry throughout the world.
United States and Japan have made
an agreement which not only contains
a mutual guaranty to respect each
Others territorial possessions in the
Pacific, but defines the attitude of the
two countries towards China, binding
each to defend by every peaceful
means China's independence and in
tegrty, and to give equal commercial
opportunity in the Chinese empire to
all nations. The agreement in the
event of complications threatening the
status quo, binds the United States
and Japan to consult each other with
a view TO acting together.
The Philippines coasting steamer
Pointing. carrying a large number Of
laborers from Narvacan TO the rice
fields IA Pangasinan province, struck
a rock and sank during a storm off
the town of San Fernando and about
100 persons we're drowned.
William Kallebrun OF Jersey City
shot and killed his brother Leo and
then his aged mother Mrs. Victoria
Kalebrun, in New York.
Nellie Morton Of Belleyiile ILL.,. con
fessed that she watched her sweet
heart, sydney Baker, chloroform aged
Peter Waeltz, who was found with his
skull crushed.
Sixteen thousand miners attended
the funeral of Rev H. F. O'Reilly, rec
tor OF Catholic church at Shenan-
doah, Pa for 40 years All the col
lIeries and schools closed and business
Nae suspended
Martin H. Halloran. r Plttsburg,
Pa, mining engineer, was robbed OF
81 500 In Kansas City,
DR.. d. K. Pear sons, the Chicago
rhlanthropist der wing story that
his fortune was gone, said he stil had
50 600 600 to give 20 colleges.
The Chinese government decided
on Tuesday, December ], as the date
for The browning Of Pu vi, the infant
emperor
A hotel exclusively for Jews was
opened at Seventy-second street and
Lexington avenue. New York where
an the old Mosaic rule Of diet will be
observed.
The Panama line steamer Finance,
outward bound, was run into off Sandy
Hook in the fog by the White Star
freighter Georgia, and sank within ten
minutes The Panama carried 36 pas
sengers and OF these three were
drowned, together with one member of
her crew,
The Grand Prize automobile race at
Savannah. Ga, i02 miles, was won
by Louis Wagner with Fiat car The
contest was most exciting and the
pace was the fastest ever set in an
international automobile race in Amer
lea
The census bureau says the divorce
rate in America is higher than in any
other country, at least one marriage TO
IL terminating in divorce.
Protestant pastors throughout the
Kansas and Missouri zinc mining dis.
trict offered Thanksgiving day prayers
for higher tariff on zinc ore.
Under circumstances puzzling to the
police, Salvatore Baldona q wealthy
Italian grocer of Philadelphia, was
found murdered on a sidewalk near
his home in Chestnut Hill Baldona
recently received a number of threat.
ening letters demanding money.
/ As the result OF a quarrel over a
cock fight at Poeahontas. Va Frank
\ Butt of Bromweu. w Va, was shot
and fatally wounded, Judge owen, po-
/ lice Justice OF Pocahoutas was shot
/ through the lungs and Lee Carter OF
! Pocahontas received a bullet wound.
Oaicial denial was made In Hayu OF
the report that Minister OF the Interior
! Leconte was killed by the rebels
Peter Cunningham and wife OF Pa
tersou were asphyNiated by gas from
leaky main, three children We're
overcome and three men were badly
injured by an explosion when they
nc match 10 find the leak.
The British steamer Sardinia OF the
/ T~U,r,,,g., ffvy hound for Alexandria