Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-09-11

THE one hundredth anniversary At Tho
birth Of Sophia Lawrence was made he 90
oasiOn Of q public observance Al RathAIs
! Ind. on the Sd. Tho cd lady was il pood
health. q E ~, 90
DEMOCRATS In convention on the 4th a
Harrisburg, Pa, nominated Edward a.
Bigler, OF Clearfeld County, for State
Treasurer.
The Union Labor party at Iowa met In
State convention ut Des Moines on the 4th
and nominated the following ticket: For
Governor, s. b Downing, Of Davis County:
Leutenant-G Governor, Ezra Brownen 81
Madison County; superintendent 81
Schools, Mrs Harriet Bellangee. of polk
County; Railroad Commissioner, I. RI.
Griffith, OF Cass County. s7, FIN
The Massachusetts Prohibitionists mot in
State convention at Worcester on the 4th
and nominated DR.. John Blackmer Of
Springfield, for Governor. 4.
The widow of President James K. Polk
celebrated her eighty sixth birthday on
the 9TH at her home in Nashville, Tenn.
The Washington Territory Republican
convention held at Walla Walla on the 4th
nominated +. P. Ferry for Governor.
ABOUT fifty de egates, representing about
| thirty counties, assembled at Birmingham
on the 9Th and reorganized the Greenback
party of Alabama
HE Democrats of South Dakota in con-
Ventlon on the 5th at Huron adonted a
platform favoring free trade and opposing
prohibition, and nominated q State ticket
headed by P. F. Mcclure, of Pierre, for Gov
ernor. L. O. Jetfries and s. NJ. Booth were
nominated for Congressman.
HE Washington Territory Republicans
on the 9Th nominated John L. Wilson for
Congress =
L G1TlME. ex-President of Hayti, arrived
at New York on the 9Th with his family.
THE New York ProhibitionisCs in State
convention on the 5th ut Syracuse nomi-
mated full State ticket headed by Jesse
H. Griffin for Secretary of State.
FOREIGN.
WILLIAM OBR1EN, editor OF United
Ireland, was taken to Galway (Ireland)
prison on tho I'd to serve sentence of two
months upon conviction Of holding 'pro-
claimed" Nationalist meeting.
AFTER an absence OF fifteen years, spent
in Africa, DR.. Fricke, who was with Gordon
in Khartoum, returned to Berlin on the I'd.
ADv1CEs of tho I'd say that Malietoa. King
man naval forces nearly two years ago. had
returned to Apia from his exile and waa
royalty received
A SEVERE shock of earthquake was ex-
per1enced in Turkey on the I'd and the
village of Kantazork was ingulfed in lava,
one hundred and thirty-six lives being lost.
A BOILER explosion on the Sd in mill at
Munster, Eng, killed the owner his wife,
his mother and the foreman, besides two
employees.
ExcAyAr1oNs were being made on the Sd
at Coyoacan, Mex, for the purpose OF re-
covering gold and jewels supposed to be
hidden by Montezuma at the time of the
Spanish conquest The value OF the treas
ure was estimated at from $2O, O0O, 600 to
$50, OOO OOO.
AT the session of the Trades Union con-
gress at Dundee, Scotland, on the 9TH the
census reporton the eight hour law showed
S9,629 for and 62, 8SS against the question.
IT was stated on the 4th that Mexico had
placed heavy duty on imported cattle and
other animals which were formerly admit
ted free of duty.
IT was announced on tho 4th that the
German expedition for the relief of Emin
Bey had been abandoned
A FIERCE encounter took place on the 18th
near Suakim, Egypt, between q detach-
ment of friendly tribes and. body of
dervishes. in which the former were routed
with terrible slaughter
ADv1cEs of the 5th say that the town Of
Tlacolula, in the State of Hidalgo, Mex,
had been entirely destroyed by floods, and
the people In the flooded districts were in
great distress
EARTHQUAKE shocks were felt in the
western part of France on the 5th. The
shocks were most severe at Anglers and
Nantes but no damage was reported
nS1xrY-Two Scotch miners were impris-
oned on the 5th by an explosion at Mid
lothian colliery: Four bodies had been
taken out, and it was believed that none of
those remaining underground were alive