Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-08-14


5GnNRRA1. HENRY Dur POINT, he au 81 the pun-
wder-mnking firm OF Dupont, de Ne
mourse & Co, OF Whining ton, Del, died on
the Sth, aged seventy seven years His
fortune 10 computed ut S15, 0Oo,O
e. j. HEMILLIoN, inventor OF the three
throw railroad switch, and superintendent
OF the Kansas City switch and frog works,
died on the 9th at Kansas City, IS
FoREiGN.
"A BATTLE between Christians md Mos.
lens took place on the 9th in Crete, Ia
w hich ten were killed on each side and
many wounded The Government OF
Greece has demanded Of the powers that
they restore order In Crete, or she will do
SO In order to protect her own subjects
against the Turks. III A. Is=
IT was reported from Germany on the
9th that that Government were prohibiting
meetings OF working-men on various pre-
texts ... 5 %s
PARTS advices of the 9Th state that a man
named Bonningre was sentenced to twelve
years imprisonment with hard labor, fol-
lowed by ten years exile from France, for
selling diplomatic documents to German
agents while an employee OF the Danish
Ministry in Paris. 1E 5
IT was reported on the 18th from Father
Point, Quebec, that the steamship Montreal,
which sailed from Montreal for Liverpool
on July 81, was total wreck on Belle Isle..
The passengers and crew were saved.
Nus. MAVERICK, the American woman on
trial at Liverpool, Eng, for the murder OF
her husband, a Liverpool cotton dealer, by
poisoning, was on the 9TH found guilty OF
wilful murder by the jury and sentenced to
hang. The verdict Of the jury was generally
disapproved by the public. Judge Stephen
was hooted at by the crowd as he left the
court room. E=,5,..-: -. = %E4s.a@t3
EMrERoR WILLIAM, OF Germany, reviewed
$4,000 English troops at Aldershot, Eng :,
on the eth. In a banquet which followed
he said he would always make it his duty
to maintain the traditions OF good fellow
ship existing between the two countries
In tho English House OF Commons on the
Sth several Irish members started across
the floor with the intention Of assaulting
MI. Balfour, who was accused of using ali
After much uproar peace was finally re-
stored, MI. Balfour denying that he had
used an insulting gesture and Mr.. Harring-
ton apologizing for his hasty action.
1T was rep ported on the Sth that among
the latest mines discovered in Cuba were
two Of mercury covering q surface Of fifty
acres and one of anthony OF about one
hundred acres
In London and Liverpool on the Sth siren
uous efforts were being made by tho citi-
IONS to secure reprieve for Mrs Maybrick,
the American woman under sentence of
death for the murder OF her husband, the
verdict Of guilty being very unravorably
received by them.
Mr.. LINCOLN the American Minister to
st. James. spoke on the evening OF the
6th at Tavlstock, Eng. at dinner In honor
OF the fifty ''Scripps League" workings men
from America NJ"
INTERVIEWS with the foreman OF the Jury
who convicted Mrs Maybrick OF murder ut
Liverpool, Eng, on the 9th showed dense
stupidity and ignorance OF the testimony
offered and total ignorance OF The law 4
petition would be presented to the House
of Commons for her reprieve
REvo: UTION IN Hawaii eliminated in IN
attempt on the eth to overthrow the Gov
eminent at Honolulu The Honolulu Rifles
were called out and the result was the kill
ing of seven of the rioters and woundlng a
dozen more. The rioters were finally COM
PEELED to surrender. ...@ sx;
IT was officially announced on the 9th
that Emperor William, when departing
from Osborne, expressed to the Queen his
utmost pleasure with his reception in En-
gland He also expressed the hope that
the Queen, responding to his strong desire,
would return his visit by coming to Berlin
The mayor OF Cardiff, Wales, on the 9th
presented gold medal to Captain Murrcll,
of the steamship Mis- souri,. in recognition
OF his service in rescu1ng the passengers
and crew of the Inflated steamship Dam
mark.
BLoND1N, the rope-wa ker, on the 9th
wagered 1000 that he could walk on a
cable from the top OF the Eiffel tower to the
central dome OF the exposition but ding in
less than five minutes The wager was
accepted