Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-09-18

In session on the 10th Of Ellenaburr nomi-
mated Eugene Simple for Governor and
Samuel Whaelwright and Thomas q Grtf-
9th for Congress.
IN the State Constitutional convention al
Santa Fe, n. NJ /, on the 10th majority re-
fused to permit the incorporation OF 8
woman's suffrage clause In the article re-
lating to an elective franchise.
JAMES H. MoRELEY, one Of tho oldest and
most prominent railroad engineers IN the
country, died at Windsor, N. Y, on the ii TIL.
CAPTAIN JAMES REEFS, aged sixty-nine
years, the celebrated boat-bullder. died on
the 18th OF Pittsburgh, Pa, q tor d pro-
longed illness Captain Rees was the first
manufactures In the world to make q steel
plate boat. Ia E 4l
CAPTAIN W1111AM B. LOWE, U. IS. A. lre-
tiredl, died on the 18th at Baltimore, Md
His homs was In Junction City, Kan d:
JOHN H. JONES, pioneer in the Iron bust
ness, who secured many patents and built
ten rolling mills died on tho 18Th at
Youngstown, O., aged seventy-seven years
AUNT DINAH YOUNG (colored) died on
the 18th at Louisville, Ky, aged ono hun
dred and thirteen years
\. E. ToUZAL1N, president Of the Chicago.
Burlington & Northern railroad, died at
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FIVE members OF a christening party were
drowned at Killarney, Ireland, on tho 9th
by the upsetting Of their boat !. Pa
ADvIoEs OF the 9th from Russia say that
eight thousand Czechs In Wilma had for
saken the Roman Catholic faith and Joined
the Greek church. 81
The annual returns received in Dublin on
the 9th showed that 1854 persons emil
grated from Ireland during tho past year.
The mutilated remains OF another fallen
woman were found by the London police
in the Whitechapel district on the 10th. All
the circumstances attending it proved that
tho murder was the work OF the same mys.
FERROUS assassin by whose hand SO many
victims have fallen
A RA1N-sToEM in Mexico had ON the 10th
flooded the towns OF Panica and Tempoal,
and in the surrounding country the crops
were de strOyed ... -.
IRA PAINE, the celebrated Ar~erioan
marksman, unequaled with shotgun, rifle,
pistol or revolver, died in Paris Oh the 10th
from Inflammation of the bowels.
The entire bench Of judges, district and
circuit Of Riga, in Russia, were arrested on
the 10th for using the German language
after they had been ordered to use the
Russian
The town of Shoat Lake, Man, was al.
most totally wiped out by fire OH the l1th
ADv1cEs Of the 18th say that Henry NJ.
Stanley was marching toward Mombassa
after fighting his way through the hostile
country of the Umjoro and Uganda tribes
and conqnerng the natives. He had es.
tablished the authority Of the British East
Africa Company over the country from the
upper Nile to the cast coast.
A SCHEME was announced on the 18th fo1
the construction of q ship canal between
Edinburg and Glasgow: The capital wae
placed at 81, 00o, COO.
LULU ISLAND. In British Columbiv, was
devastated by a whirlwind Oh the 18th,
and whole forests were uprooted but no
lives were lost
THOMAS A. EDISON. the inventor, before
his departure for Berlin, on the 18TH gave
ten thousand francs for the benefit of the
poor of Paris.
WILLIAM GooDEIHAM, millionaire
philanthropist and temperance advocate
of Toronto, Ont, died suddenly on the 18th
Of heart disease while attending prayer
meeting. He had Just finished prayer
The last Government report on the 18th
concerning the wheat crop Of France
showed that the yield would be LII. AGo, 3le
hectoliters, against 81, 74O. 728 hectoliters in
1855.
DURING the three days ended on the 18th
twelve persons died from trichinosis in the
town OF Eisleben, Prussan Saxony, and
eighteen others We're reported dying from
the same disease.
CAPTAIN W1ssMANN's police on the 18th
destroyed the town OF Kondutsohi, in
Africa, to punish the inhabitants OF the
place for having supplied the insurgents
with arms.
The great strike of dock laborers In Lon.
don was ended on the 18th. the nlen-sccur.
ing an increase in wages.