Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1909-12-30

| ton deal all tire surface traction lines
in Chicago south Of Madison street
and Inc extending beyond the city
and state to Whiting, Ind, were
merged into one ownership, that Of
syndicate of local magnates and j.
Pierpont Morgan was eliminated as
factor in Chicago transportation
| lines.
That Dr. Frederick A. Cook, arctic
explorer, regarding whose strange dis
appearance there has been such mys-
/ terry. fearing plot to take his life,
shaved his mustache and In disguise
/ left for Europe under the assumed
name Of Frederick Hunter, was the
gist of a statement Issued by Charles
Wake Of New York, one Of Cooks
most intimate friends
The new president of Nicaragua,
Jose Madriz, is taking hold Of affairs
! with strong hand Zelaya left him
the legacy Of an empty treasury, and
/ soon after President Madriz had pub
licly announced. in effect that the
country was practically on the verge
( Of bankruptcy Joaquin Passes, Ze-
| laya's sonin.law, and Ernesto Marti-
nez, Zelaya's last finance minister,
we're arrested and charged with mis-
appropriating public funds.
Seyerest storm In many years
/ swept the section from Ohio to the
| Atlantic coast Eight lives we're lost
| in New England and New York, prop
| erty was damaged to the extent OF
millions trains were badly delayed.
| telegaphic service was badly demon
allied and Boston experienced a Sc.
we're tidal wave, which wrecked ship
! ping and docks
| Fire that broke out at Des Moines
In the old Jewish tabernacle at East
| Fifth street and Grand avenue used
as mill, for time threatened to de-
stroy an entire block Of buildings, The
tabernacle and few other buildings
were burned, causing a loss of $50 coo.
I Thirty men were overcome In one
house, but were rescued by compan-
| ions.
After drinking pint of pure alco-
/ mol in an attempt to commit suicide.
| Joseph Bowden. a wealthy merchant
of Salmon, Ind, succeeded in dying
/ by stabbing himself in the neck with
pair of scissors at Hot Springs. Ark.
He was respondent over Ill health.
! The definition Of the word whisky"
by the highest legal authority was
given when President Taft rendered
| the final decision on the subject in
connection with the construction of
| the pure food law with reference to
labelling, The president held that
whisky made of neutral spirits is
whisky when reduced to potable
strength
Entering the chapel of St. Josephs
church, Lexington, Ky, where he was
to ofiiciate at early mass. Rev Father
Edward Wiesner, rector of the church,
was attacked by drunken negro, with
whom he was compelled to fight in
defense Of his life The priest was
painfully wounded. The negro es-
| capped
Musicians from all over the country
gathered at Northwestern university,
Evanston, Ill.,. for the meeting of the
Music Teachers National association.
The Kansas State Music Teachers as
ISOLATION also met I'm Wichita
Or. Frederick A. Cook received an
other severe blow to his reputation
when the board of governors of the
Explorers club at New York received
report from a special committee to
the effect that nr Cook deliberately
hoaxed the public when he claimed
that he climbed Mount Mckinley IN
1906 Tho board thereupon announced
| his expulsion
Charles Johnson and his wife, Mi
nerya, We're found guilty of murder ia
the circuit court at Harrisburg, H.
and sentenced 10 % years In the peui-
I Tertiary Johnson shot aud killed John
| Browder last September while the lat,
( ter and Johusons wife were engaged
in n quarrel
More than 1000 persons were
drowned in severe gales or KNrea and
Japan. according to word brought by
the steamer Empress of India. which
arrived at Victoria r. c,
hundred or more scantily clad Ia.
natIcs roamed about the country after
being liberated from Imprisonment by
fire which destroyed the north wing
OF the Northern Hospital for the In
/ sane at Jacksonville Ill Several fire.
men we're injured by falling walls in
the fight TO prevent the blaze from
spreading to the main part OF the build
| ing No one was killed
Five men were killed and II injured
as the result OF the explosion OF an
engine In the shops OF the Chicago,
Rock Island & Pacific railroad AZ
| shawnee Okla The explosion oc-
CURED during the noon hour. while
most OF the employees OF the shops
| were at lunch
The exploding Of an oil lamp in the
home Of Santana Cierha at Hnlsville.
Pa caused the death Of at least eight
persons and the serious injury of two
| others
Gen Estrada has begun his march