Mower County transcript., 1889-10-30
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| COMPANY was formed IN London on the
2lst for the purpose OF ere,ting tower On
the Ettfel plan. The tower is to be 1850
feet high. 2<., ~ s.. -
CHOLERA was still making frightful raw
ages on the 2lst In the valleys OF Tigris and
Euphrates There had been seven thon. ON
sand deaths In three months sU - :.
Al Ottawa, Ont, fire on the a1st de-
stroyed block Of small dwellings and
stores. rendering fifty families homeless,
THE report that the English Government
had refused to assent to the Canadian ex.
tratlon law was dlscredited on the 2lst
| BA1LooNIsT named Dewey descended
safely with the aid Of parachute from O
height of fourteen thousand feet at Wo,ver
hampton, Eng, on the 23d ~. N,T Fl
ADyIcEs of the 22d from Zanzibar stated
that the buying and selling of slaves in the
streets OF that city was being carried on
with scarcely any attempt ut concealmeut.
| NEARLY dozen men were arrested on
the 2sd in the City Of Mexico for counter
| feiting. ::
| THE German Reichstag was opened on
the S22d and the speech of Emperor William
was read The address dealt mainly with
army matters.
The Mexican bonds that were believed to
have bean stolen and negotiated in London
turned up all right on the 22d. They had
simply been mislaid in the treasury de-
partment
! DR.. PHrLA1pE RECORD, the celebrated
French surgeon, who was for many years
known in Paris as 'The Gre American
Doctor" died OH the 22d He was born in
Baltimore, Nd, Decembar 10, 1900
THROUGH the burning OF barn on tho
"Sd at Elsenach, Germany, six boys who
were asleep inside were burned to death.
! SUDDEN rise in the waters of the river
Neva on the 23d flooded tho whole lnwer
part of the city o. st. Petersburg, and the
damage to property along the water front
extended for many miles on both sides of
the river and would reach enormous fig
ures.
| CAPTAIN WIssMAN. commander of the
German forces in South Africa, said on the
Esd that news had been received that
Henry NJ Stanley, the explorer, with Emin
Pasha and an escort, were marching toward
the coast
The steamer Quiute was burned on the
sd three miles from Deseronto, Ont, and
the following persons lost their lives:
Captain Christie; Mrs Christie, the cap
tain's mother; John Christie, the captains
brother; Cyrus Christie, the captains son.
and Mrs. Stacy, second cook.
Southport Eng, on the 2Sd Mr.. Gladstone
made great speech, which was almost en-
tirely devoted to Irish grievances
The ocean race from New York to Queens
town between the City of New York and
Teutonic ended on the 23d in victory for
the former by an hour and half
YELLOW fever was on the gath said to be
breaking out in many places In Brazil, and
general epidemic was feared.
PRESIDENT BAR.LLos, of Guatemala, on
the Ath ordered the execution Of seven
iusnrrectionary leaders recently captured
AT Didsbury, Eng, an unknown man
entered bank on the oath, shot the man
ager, Mr Allen. fatally, and grabbing s4oc
from desk, fed. He was overtakcn by q
crowd, but shot himself dead
MANY houses were wrecked, three lubor.
ers Instantly killed, five fatally injured and
many others less seriously hurt by an ex-
plosion of dynamite on the Gath at Mon.
treal
Rich silver discoveries were reported on
the 24th in Durango, Mex