Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-08-15

+9l NOM1NAT1ON6 lot congress were mace Dy
the Democrats on the 9th as follows: Ken
lucky, Eighth district, James B. McCreary
(renomiuated); Indiana, Twelfth district,
G.. A. O. Mcclellan; Tennessee, Seventh
district, W. c. Witthorne (renominated);
Virginia, First district, q. S. Kendall.
THE Connecticut Democratic State con.
vention will be held in New Haven on
Tuesday, September 4.
CHARLES WoLFoRD, Past Grand Master
of the Sovereign Lodge Of the World, T. o.
o. F., died at his home in Louisville, KY,
on the 18th, aged seventy eight years. He
had been an Odd Fellow fifty-fve years.
FOREIGN.
A DETACHMENT of the Salvation Army
arrived at Quebec on the 9th from the
East Indies to raise assistance and recruit
officers for work in India.
IT was said on the 9Th that crops in o
large section Of Eastern Ontario would be
q failure, and farmers would have to buy
fodder or sacrifice their stock
SIX persons were killed in railway COL
lision on the eth at Teddington, Eng.
THE house Of Mrs. George Caouette, at
Cape St. 1gnace, Can, was burned on the
9TH, her five children perishing in the
flames.
THE High Court Of Foresters sitting on
the 9TH at Reading, Eng, suspended Amer
lean courts until they comply with the
rules regarding the admission of colored
persons.
EIGHTY THOUSAND English weavers
threatened on the 7th to strike unless
wages were increased.
ADv1cEs of the 9TH say that two mer
chants travelling on horseback were robbed
by bandits at Bauraca del Muerto, Mex, Of
5000 During the struggle three of the
robbers were killed.
DURING u storm on the 9TH in the harbor
at Valparaiso two banks were sunk and
twenty-f four persons were drowned, and
five vessels were blown ashore and dashed
to pieces.
LARRY DONOVAN, the famous bridge
jumper, who first jumped from the Book
Ign BRIDGE jumped from a bridge over the
Thames, in London, on the eth and was
drowned.
CANADIAN authorities decided on the 5th
to take steps to prevent the further impor-
tation Of Italian paupers.
FIFTY THOUSAND persons gathered in the
streets of Paris on the Sth at the funeral
of General Endes, the ex- communist. Red
flags were unfurled, when the police
charged on the mob with drawn swords
and many persons were injured. "a
THE steamer City of Hamburg, wesE
ashore in the English channel during 8
fog on the sth, and seven passengers were
drowned. -
THE Hawaiian Legislature on the 9th're
duced the standing army to sixty-five men
and abolished the navy.
FIFTEEN Communists in Paris were on
the 9th sentenced to terms of imprison-
ment varying from fifteen days to two
months.
JAMES .O'KELLY, of Boyle, the Irish
journalist and member of Parliament, was
on the 10th sentenced to four months i'm
prisonment for violating the Coercion act
LATER NEWS.
AT Shenandoah, TO-, on the 10th, Frank
Phillips who had att mpted to outrage a
six-year old daugh er of F. J. Pine, was
taken from the Jail by a mob, tar1'ed, feath-
cred and then returned to the Jail from
whence he was again taken, tied to lamp
post and severely whipped. On the night
Of the 18th, Frank Gallop friend of Phil
lips shot and killed Mr.. Pine. Gallop es-
capped to his house which was soon sur
killing two and wounding several others.
The militia was called out, but before they
arrived he was captured by q mob and
lynched by hanging to a tree. .
AT Wilkesbarre, Pa, on the 18th, J.. NJ.
Thomas, a miner, fell distance of 900 feet
down shaft and was mashed to jelly.
GEORGE BRADLEY shot Lille Potter and
thsn himself at Plainvil!e, Conn.,, on the
18th.
AT Valparaiso, Chill, on the 18th, 200
people were drowned by the bursting Of a
reservoir.
AN attempt was made on the nth, near
Eau Claire, to wreck a passenger train on
the Milwaukee railroad by placing ties on
the track.
GEN BoULANGER was fred at five times by
q political enemy, on the 18th, while riding
in the streets of Paris.
BY co lision OF two freight trains on the
20" railroad at Chicago on tho 18th, loss
of $780, 900 was entailed.
GEN. SHERIDAN was buried on the 18th at
Arlington Heights on slope Of Virginia
soil near the Old home Of Gen. r. E. Lee
which overlooks the Potomac The funeral
services which were held at st. Matthew's
church, Washington, were quiet and un-
ostentat ious.
u DAVID BALL1NGER killed David Arnold at
Alton, Iowa, ON the nth. Arnold was
drunk and attacked Ballinger because he
was PrOhibi iOnist $50.
LINCOLN, Neb., had small riot on the
18th, over an excursion train, which was a
revival of the old "Q'' trouble, So. 80
EDWARD KELLEnER, railway employe at
Ashland, Wis, lost an arm by the cars on
the 18th.
The river and harbor bill became a law
on the 18th without the Presidents sigma
ture, the ten days having lapsed without a
veto being interposed. ..4@:.s -.sss
ADvICEs were received at San Francisco,
4o1 ~, tho: 10Th 1,11 n or - n, fran HONG