Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-03-14

peCt an early revocation OF tho decree
OF the French Government against the i'm
portation of American pork products
The National Association Of Bakers In
convention Mt St Louis on the 7th put
itself on record as opposed to the suprem-
sacy OF the anarohistio element in labor
organizations
The outlook1n the Chicago, Burlington l.
Quincy was more peaceful ON the 9Th, and
the probability of general strike on all the
Western roads decreased The Burlington
officials made application to Judge Gresham
for injunctions restraining the Wabash road
from further refusing to receive or deliver
Burlington freight and the Brotherhood OF
Locomotive Engineers and its officers from
issuing orders to engineers and tiremen to
refuse to haul Burlington freight
A TERRIFIC snow and wind-storm pre-
vailed ON the 9Th throughout Minnesota
and Dakota
The President informed Congress on the
9Th that negotiation with the Emperor of
China for treaty that shall exclude tho
importation of Chinese laborers into Amer
lea was begun several months ago, and
hopes were entertained that. a satisfactory
treaty would soon be concluded
JOSIE MoCULIEN committed suicide in
Chicago on the Sth, in pursuance Of an
agreement to that effect with her lover,
William Hartwell, married man, who killed
himself the previous day.
AT Evansville, Ind, on the 9Th Charles
Richter shot and killed Louisa Schm,tt,
who had rejected his addresses, and then
killed himself.
WHILE at work in a saw-mill ON the 9Th
near Collinsville. Ala, Joseph Keehn fell
against the saw while 1t was in motion and
was cut In two.
The Prohibitionist majority of the At
lanta (Ga.) Board of Aldermen on the 9Th
rejected the ordinance for free books in the
public schools because the books have to
he purchased with money accruing from
saloon licenses
POLITICAL quarrel on the 9Th in Clark
County, Ga, between Sheriff George W.
Allen aud ex-Sherlff Davis Carter, resulted
in murder and suicide. Allen shot Carter
dead and then killed himself
For insu ting the mother of boy eight
cen years old at Jonesvllle, Va, Charles Will
loughby, q deputy United States Marshal,
was shot dead by the son ON the 9Th
WHILE fooling with gun on the 9Th near
Attica, Kan, Charles Parkhurst, aged
twelve years, shot and killed Charles Slep-
Ply and fatally wounded George Sloppy
DUDEN l. Co IS lace factory in New York
City was burned on the 9Th, causing loss
of 100000
A FIRE on the 9Th destroyed ono of the
buildings Of the Williamson County Glenn J
poor-house, and William johnson and Dora
Shannon (coloreD, both insane, persisted in
the flames
AT the dinner Of the alumni of Williams
College in New York on the 9Th Mayor
Hewitt denounced Powuerly and Arthur as
the greatest tyrants that ever lived.
SAMUEL GILMORE (colored), aged ninety.
three years, Of Knoxville, Tenn, took his
first ride on the cars on the Oh. and his
nerves were so unstrung by the journey
that he d ed from the effects =
REn1EY's leather factory and twelve
houses at Newark. N. j., were burned on
the 9th Loss, 100000.
The National House Committee on Mil
itary Affairs on the 9th determined to
recommend for passage the Cutcheon bill.
approprtating 81, 475, 900 for the public
defense
TIE veterinary stable of Dr. Hayes, at
Emmetsburg, H., was burned on the 9th,
and several valuable horses were lost
GANG of five Italian counterfeiters were
captured on the 9th at Norfolk, Va. They
had flooded the city with silver counterfeit
doll;ra
WILLIAM THOMAS (colored) was lynched
on the Oh near Tunnel Hill, Ga, for a
criminal assault upon Mrs Eliza Anderson,
q white woman.
A FIRE at Harrisburg, Ill on the 9th de-
stroyed eleven business houses and five
dwellings,
AT New York on the 9th Gustav Ranger,
cotton merchant and banker, assigned, with
$3.50, 900 liabilities
FIRE on the 9th destroyed the Methodist
University building at NJ tcheil, D. T., and
out of forty inmates ten were badly "a
jured, one having died, while others were
thought to be fatally hurt
DURING the seven days ended on the 9th
five men and four women committed sui
eide in Chico go, and three other persons
failed in their attempts TO take their lives
AT Woodviile, NJ r., John St John shot
and instantly killed Mrs. Robb and then
over some prop ,rty caused the deed
MACY WARNER was hanged on the 9th at
JeffersonvilIe, Ind, for the murder, April
Is, 1887. of Frlnk Harris, fellow-convict
in the Southern penitentiary OF Indiana In
his speech from the scaffod he warned
those present to abstain from drink.
DURING the seven days ended on the 9th
there were 1875 business failures in the
United States, against 2O2 the previous
seven days.
ADE11NA LEWIS, aged twelve years. WIS
convicted at Greenville. Va, on the 93h Of
murder and sentenced to one years i'm
prisonment in the penitentary.
IT was reported on the 9th that farmer
in Scott County. Kan, had struck vein of
ore containing gold in paying Quantities.
WHILE in an Intoxicated condition Henry
G. Parker. IL New York provision Lroker.
and an unknown man. retired in the room
of the former on the nigh5 of the 9th, blew
out the gas, and both were found dead the
next morning.
In a fight on the 9th at New Era, Tenn,
Rufus Kittrel was killed and lis son fatally
wounded by Ferris Ernstein and his son.
Business rivalry caused the trouble.
THERE was no change in the Chicago, Bur-
lington & Quincy stri g in Chicago on Ne
9th. In Judge Gresham's court actor IN
the petition of the Burlington Company Tor
an order compelling The Wabash road 10
transport and deliver cars tend ,red by the
Burjngto ton W; s postponed until the 18th
In Omaha Judge Dundy issued an order en-
joining the Union Pacific r .ilroad Com
pany and it's eng 'neers from refusing to