Mower County transcript., 1890-12-24

IHE Idaho Legislature elected three
United States Senators: Governor Shoup
and w. j. Mcconnell, for the short
terms ending respectively March Z, 1901,
and March 4, 1893; and Fred T.. Dubois
for the full term beginning March
next.
! M. II. PHELAN, exc Consul General at
Halifax, dropped dead upon the street
at st. Louis. He was 81 years old.
Mrs. WASHINGTON ANDERSON, over
30 years old, was buried at Dubuque, Ia.
It was said that she was the last repre-
sentative Of the family Of General
George Washington.
~ FOREIGN.
ORE containing nickel was discovered
near Frankenstein, Germany.
In the Alps seven men went over q
precipice and fell q distance Of $500
feet. Their bodies were recovered in a
frightfully mutilated condition.
AN aged couple by the name Of Hig-
gins were frozen to death near Char
lottetown, P. r. I.
THREE priests while crossing frozen
lake near Grenoble, in Italy, broke
through the ice and were drowned. ,a
THE political campaign in Ireland re-
suited in free fight at Ballinakill on
the 10th between the Parnell and Nc
Carthy factions. Meetings Of the ro-
spective parties were in progress and
violent speeches were made. The Par
nellites finally charged the Mccarthy
ties and many persons were injured.
Michael Davitt, among others, received
Il severe wound on tho head, and lime
was thrown in Mr.. Parnell's eyes, blind
ing him, but it was not thought that his
sight was permanently injured.
ANOTHER plot to assassinato the Gear
was discovered in Russia. Members of
a noblemen's club were the conspira-
tors.
CAPTAIN NoRroN's life-boat, in which
he left America on trip across the At
lantic, was signalcd off Gibraltar.
E1aHrEEN men fell in a cage to tho
bottom Of coal mine at Hornu, Bel
gium, and were killed.
JAMES N. HENRY disappeared from
Chatham, Ont, after swindling the
Bank of Montreal out of S40,0O0
THIRTY persons were killed in Bonn
bay, India, by the collapse of house,
and many others were injured.
The Grand Hotel ut Margate, Eng,
was destroyed by fire, and the guests
had to leave the building in their night
clothes.
EMPREss AUGUSTA VICTORIA, of Ger
many, has given birth to a son.
AT Windsor a statue of the late Fred
erick of Germany was unvailed by
Queen Victoria.
In wreck on the Intercolonial road
at st. Joseph station, near Quebec, fif-
teen persons were killed and from
thirty to fifty injured, four Of them
fatally.
VALENTINE SANCHEZ LOPEZ and Gull
lermo Perez Cruz were executed at
Santa Clara, Cuba, for the murder of
Don Tomas Cacesis.
ARTHUR HORT DAY was hanged at
Welland, Ont, for numbering his wife
by pushing her over cliff at Niagara
Falls. Days sister was the principal
witness against him.
ANTONIO GUERRERO, the "Jacl< the
Ripper" of Mexico, has been convicted
of q long string of crimes, including
eight murders, and sentenced to death.
SEVEN men were drowned at Halifax,
N. S., by the collapse of wharf upon
which 1000 tons of coal were being
stored.
REM LA MoNrANaE, the murderer OF
Napoleon Michel, was hanged at Sher-
brooke, Que. The excitement attend
ing the execution caused the death of
Sheriff Webb from acute heart failure.
OVER 800 persons were killed by an
explosion in a powder-mill at TAPPING,
China.