Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-09-12


the Retaliation bill was again considered but
no action was taken. =
THE bill excluding oil Chinese immigration,
which originated in the House, was passed in
the Senate on the 7th by vote OF 81 to 8
f ght pension vetoes were eyed from the
President. Adjourned to the 10th 80. In the
House the time was devoted entirely to dis
cussion of the Retaliation bill. 4At the even-
ing session thrty-two private pension bills
Nors passed.
DOMESTIC.
A TRAIN ran into hand-car on the 4th
near Durant, Miss, killing three colored
boys.
THREE men, while walking on the Chi
cago & Atlantic tracks on the 4th near
Hedgewisch, Ill.,, were run down by a fast
passenger train and instantly killed.
THREE workmen were killed on the 4th
at st. Johnsbury, VT, by the caving in of
bank.
OH1o's centennial exposition, to CON-
memorate the first one hundred years of
the States history, was opened on the 18th
at Columbus, and will continue for seven
weeks.
The wholesale grocery store of Klausen
& Levi, at San Diego, CAL, burned on the
4th. Loss, $245, 600.
DURING the absence of the parents on the
colt, N. Y, who is demented, choked to
death his baby sister, aged thirteen
months.
MRS. MAGGIE COLLINS, an aged colored
woman, was shot and killed while at din
ner in her homo near Circleville, O., on
the 4th. Her unknown assassin fred
through the open window:
CHARLES G. HoLToN, a wholesale furni-
ture dealer Of Chicago, failed on the 4th
for s95,0O0
JUDGE ZESoR on the 4th instructed the
grand jury at Corydon, Ind. to use every
effort to indict the lawless White Caps.
A SCHOONER from Havana was detained
at the Delaware breakwater, of Philadel-
,phia, on the 4th, by the United States au.
thorities, because there wero several cases
of yellow fever on board.
The biggest single transaction in many
years was closed on the Board of Trade in
Chicago on the 18th, Leopold Bloom selling
a million bushels of December wheat to
B. P. Hutchinson at 95'2 cents.
The National Chess Congress opened ut
Cincinnati on the 4th. .-
WHITE CAPS at Ada, O., on the 5th tarred
and feathe ed Mrs. Strunn, accused Of run
ming house of ill-fame, and ordered her
TO leave town within twenty -four hours.
JAMES p. BENNETT, retail tea and coffee
dealer at New York. failed on the 5th for
$3.50, OO0
:. A FIRE on the 5th at Baker City, Ore,
destroyed an entire block at loss of $780,
OOO
The Federation of Miners and Mine La
Dorers in session on the 5th at Indianap-
|elis decided that after September l, 1889,
nine hours should be days work, and
after September l, 1899, eight hours.
Tnvvr - Az m
see began its twenty first annual reunion
lat Toledo, O., on the 5th, General w. T.
Sherman, the president, in the chair.
THB striking coal-miners at Sheradsville
and Salineville, o.. returned to work on
the 5th at the operations terms after four
months Of idleness.
The official bulletin for the twenty-four
hours ended on the 5th showed 81 new
leases and 5 deaths from yellow fever at
Jacksonville, Fla; total cases to date, 3A6a
deaths to date, a. Seven new cases w6fe
reported at Tampa, one at Manatee and one
at Palmetto
NEAR Columbus, Ind, on the 9Th James
Ford, farmer, while suffering from de-
llrium sprang from his bed, seized chair
and killed his youngest tchild, a babe, and
fatally injured his. wife and ten -year-old
child.
lar silver certificates were circulating in
Brooklyn, n Y, on the 5th.
THE disappearance of c. A. Cadalso, tho
Delaware s. Hudson railroad agent at
Green Ridge, Pa, led to tho discovery on
the 5th that he was 81, 900 short in his &C
counts.
A FIRE which broke out in J. H. Acker-
mans store at Cattaragus, N. Y, on the
9Th destroyed thirteen buildings The loss
was large.
On the 9Th two freight trains on the st.
Joseph & Council Bluffs road collided near
st. Joseph. Mo-, causing $780, 900 damage.
The number Of new yellow fever cases
reported at Jacksonville, Fla, during the
twenty-four hours ended on the 9th was
46; deaths, 10. Total cases to date, 434;
deaths, 52
ANTHONY MAHER, a carpenter, of New
port, r. L, shot his wife and then himself
In fit of jealousy on the 9th. ~
AT the reunion Of the Army of the Ten
nessee in Toledo, o., on the 9Th General w.
7. Sherman was reelected president. y
SERIOUS damage was done by a killing
frost in New Hampshire, Rhode Island and
Vermont on the 9th.
THE Irish Catholic Benevolent Union, in
session on the 9th at Columbus, O., elected
III. Glenman, of Norfolk, Va, president
The village Of Jennings, La, lost nearly
all of its business places by fire on the 9th.
RAINS in Georgia resulted in floods on the
9th, causing heavy damage. Cotton had
been injured severely, the loss In bottom
lands being placed at fifty per cent.
A VICIOUS horse bit off the top of the head
of Albert Banta's three-year-old son at
Bragtown, Ind, on the 9th. causing instant
death.
DTsp ATcHRs of the 9Th aav that Taxas
fever had made its appearance among cat
Tin the western suburbs of st. Louis, and
was killing of fine mich COWS belonging
to dairymen and suburban residents at
terrible rate
CHARLES AuLTMAN, aged sixteen years,
was attacked by tramp near Cameron,
Mo-, on the 9th for purposes Of robbery.
George Aultman, aged fourteen years, a
brother, opened fire on the tramp and IA