Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-09-03


money.
AT midnight on the asth Otto Louth
and John, alias Brocky Smith, murder.
ers, were hanged in the Ohio peniten'
tiary at Columbus, e.
AT the National encampment of the
Sons OF Veterans at ST. Joseph, Mo-, on
the 2Sth Colonel LELAND j. Webb, of To.
peka, Kan, was elected Commander-in.
Chief for the ensuing year. Mrs. Ella
L. Jones, of Altoona, Pa, was elected
president of the Woman's Aid Society.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
The Union Labor party of Missouri
In session on the 35th at Jefferson City
nominated A. Huntington for Supreme
Judge; Russell Fox for Superintendent
OF Public Schools, and Patrick Shannin
for Railroad Commissioner.
AT Washington on the 25th Lewis F..
Watson, Representative from the Twen-
ty-seventh Pennsylvania district, died
of heart disease. He was q Repu blican
and was serving his third term.
The Prohibitionists of the First dis
trict of Illinois on the 25th nominated
I. H. Pedrick for Congress.
H. M. JOHNSON, the noted profess
sional sprint runner. died in San Fran
cisco on the a5th, aged 81 years.
The following Congressional nominal
tions were made on the 26th: Ohio, Six
teenth district William Mckinley
(Rep) renominated; Tenth, John O.
Smith (Dem.). Minnesota First dis
trict, Mark H. Dunnell (Rep.) renomi-
mated. Kansas, Second district j. r.
Chapman (Dem.). West Virginia, Third
district, J. D. Anderson (Dem.) renomi-
mated; Fourth, j. A. Copehart (Dem.).
North Carolina, Fifth district, Charles
H. Moore lind. Rep). Pennsylvania,
Seventh district, Irving P. Wagner
(Rep). California, Fourth district, w.
| w. Morrow (Rep) renominated I'LL:
nois, Tenth district George A. Wilson
(Dem.). ... ........
AT State convention of North Car
DINA negroes at Raleigh on the 26th
resolutions were adopted indorsing the
Administration of President Harrison
and asking for the passage of the Fed
eral election bill. .
BENJAMIN WILSON, of Boise County,
was nominated for Governor of Idaho
on the 26th by the Democratic conven-
ton at Boise City.
OHIO Democrats in State convention
on: the 27th Of Spring. nominated
Thaddeus ?. Cromley for Secretary OF
State and George B. okey for Supreme
Court Judge Y The platform ndopted do.
olares for : tariff for revenue only; Tor
the suppression of trusts; favors the
free coinage of silver; favors legislation
that will secure the freedom and Sc
crecy of the ballot - =
CONGRESSIONAL nominations were
made as follows on the 9th: Iowa, Fifth
district, }. T. Hamilton (Dem.) }; Eighth,
j. P. Flick (Rep.) renominatei; Ninth,
Thomas Bowman (Dem.); Tenth. J. J.
Russell (Dem.); Eleventh, J. P. Allison
(Dem.). Indiana, Seventh district, w.
D. Bynum (Dem.) renominated. Mis-
souri,, First district 7. NJ. Harrington
(Rep.); Sixth, E. L. Redwood (Rep).
Ohio, Tenth district, John Q, Smith
(Dem.). West Virginia, Second district,
William L. Wilson (Dem.) renominated.
Texas, First district, E. L. Augier
renominated. Kansas, Second district,
Judge Phillips (Rep).
The Oklahoma Legislature convened
at Guthrie ON the 9th.
The Wisconsin Democrats in State
convention on the 9th at Milwaukee
nominated George W. Peck. of Milwau-
kee, for Governor, and Carl Jonas, of
Racine, for Lieutenant-G The
platform denounces the Bennett school
law, demands reduction of the tariff,
charges the Republican party with ex-
travagance and corruption, and opposes
sumptuary laws as unnecessary inter-
ference with individual liberty.
THE Union Labor and Greenback par
ties of Indiana effected union of their
forces on the 9th and convention will
be held in Indianapolis September % to
put ticket in the field.
A NATIONAL convention of the Green
back and Labor parties met in Indian
apolis on the 9th for the purpose of
forming a new party.
The death of M. l.. Bonham, an ex-
member of Congress, occurred on the
9th at Columbia, S. C.
NEBRASKA Prohibitionists met at
Lincoln on the 2Sth and nominated
State ticket headed by D. L. PLANE, of
Lincoln, for Governor.
The Republicans of Missouri on the
2sth nominated the following ticket at
Jefferson City: Supreme Judge, Alex
ander Mullin; Railroad Commissioner,
James K. Merrifield; Superintendent of
Schools, Frank p. Sever.
NOMINATIONS for Congress were made
as follows on the 2Sth: Indiana, Tenth
district, w. D. Owen (Rep.) renomi-
mated; Eleventh, G. f. Briant (Rep).
North Carolina, First district, G. N.
Bernard (Rep.); Fourth, a. McIyer
Rep.). Nebraska, First district, E. N.
Chaplin (Pro.); second; Z. B. Palmer
(Pro.). Minnesota, First district, w.
r. Harris (Dem.). Illinois, Fifteenth
district, Joseph G. Cannon (Rep.) re-
nominated for tenth term.
The Indiana Democrats nominated
the following ticket at Indianapolis on
the 2sth For Score tary of State, Claude
Matthew's Auditor, J. O. Henderson;
Treasurer, Albert Gall; Attorney Cen
<s r.