Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-08-13

crop would be failure, and it was es-
tlmatcd that the yield OF the State
would not exceed Is, 0OO, 600 bushels.
SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY WIN
DOM decided on the 7th that q Chinese
laundry proprietor is a laborer, and can
not be permitted to roland in the
| United States after visiting his native
oountry.>
IT was said on the nth that J. w.
Dupee would soon attempt to ride a
bicycle from the summit of Pixies Peak
to Manitou, distance of twenty.four
miles In forty-eight minutes for purse
OF 81, 500.
A uAn-sToRM in the vicinity of
Montevideo, MIMI, on the 9TH did
e. eat damage to crops, the destruct ton
in some localities being total.
Tucson, A. T., was on tho 7th cut off
from communication by washouts and
no trains had arrived or departed for
1--we days, and it was thought the
breaks could not be repaired before
several days.
| A BOILER explosion in the saw-mill
Of John Jacoby at Frankfort, Ind, on
the eth killed the proprietor and James
Shoemaker, the engineer, and scat
tered the building all over the town.
A DESTRUCTIVE wind and hail-storm
swept over Union and Taylor counties,
Ia, on the 9TH, totally destroying the
crops in many places. Hail drifted
against fences and buildings in many
places to depth of several feet.
A REVOLT among the convicts OF the
Massachusetts, State prison on the 9TH
at Charlestown, resulted in the killing
by the guards OF one convict and the
serious injury OF several others. OBJ
noxious rules caused the trouble.
By the explosion of boiler in saw.
mill at Elliston, Mont. on the Sth one
man was killed, twelve wounded, and
the mill blown to splinters
WHITES wheel works at Fort Wayne,
Ind. were destroyed by fire on the Sth,
causing loss OF nearly 500. 600. Over
200 men were thrown out of employ
ment
WITHOUT q word of warning $4,000
Knights OF Labor employed on the New
York Central railroad between New
L w oA0 1SuA0IO "cuV Ou SVIlh0 Ou Vll0
morning OF the Sth, leaving trains wher-
ever they happened to be at the mo-
ment. The strike was orde red on &C
count OF the discharge OF certain en-
ployes.
DURING the seven days ended on the
Sth. there were 30S business failures in
the Unitel States, against 1913 the pre-
vious seven days.
The President on the Sth sent to Con-
gress letter from Governor Steele, of
Oklahoma, representing that great dis
tress prevailed amor g the residents of
the Territory and requesting that the
attention Of Congress be called to the
fact Crops in the Territory were al
most 4 failure. and the people we're suf-
fering for the necessarieH of life.
The works of the Laclede Fire Brick
Manufacturing Company of St. Louis
were destroyed by fire on the Sth. Loss.
500. 900.
Mrs. MoLLIE STONE. her 14-year-old
daughter, Edith, Mrs. j. +. johnson
and Carroll Graham, a boy of 9 years,
were drowned on the Sth while bathing
in ST. Inigoe's creek. in St. Mary's
County. Nd.
The first bale of Louisiana cotton of
the crop of 1890 was received at New
Orleans on the 8th. 1t classed. strict
middling, and was sold at auction on
the Exchange.
UNITED STATES LAND COMMISSIONER
CROFT on the sth made an important
land decision, to the effect that when
Indians take land on the late Sioux
reservation and the survey afterward
shows they are on school sections they
may hold their claims, but that white
settlers can not.
The strike of the switchmen on the
Mackay system of railroads came to an
end on the Sth, the company granting
the increased demand of wages.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
NOMINATIONS for Congress were made
on the 5th as follows: Illinois, Eleventh
district, Ben. r. Cable (Dem.); Michi-
gan, Ninth district, Byron McCutcheon
(Rep.) renominated; Arkansas, Fifth
district, S. w. Peel Dem. renominated;
Texas, Sixth district, Joseph Abbott
(Dem.) renominated; Kansas, Second
district. E. H. Funston (Rep.) renomi-
mated; Iowa, Fifth district, G. r. Stru-
BILE (Rep.) renominated.
THE election for memb ers of the Leg
islature in Oklahoma on the 5th resulted
in Republican victory.
The North Dakota Democratic State
convention in session at Grand Forks
on the 9th nominated ticket, headed
by John D. Benton, of Fargo, for Con-
gresham, and w. N. Roach, of Lari-
more. for Governor. The resolutions
favor tariff reform, the resubmission Of
the prohibition question and the free
coinage Of silver and oppose the Lodge
bill.
The Iowa Democratic State conven-
ton assembled at Cedar Rapids on the
9th with 500 delegates present.
Rev. JOHN w. DArMuN, for twenty
five years chaplain and superintendent
of the schools connected with the 1sos-
ton municipal institutions on Deer
Island, dropped dead of apoplexy on the
9th.
CONGRESSIONAL nominations were
made on the 9th as follows: Illinois,