The Minneapolis observer., 1890-08-23
MINoR. NEWS ITEMS.
For the MreE a.n.llas Aug 80


The electric street.car line at Rock
ford, ILL.,, was formally opened ON Fri-
day.
The jefferson iron works at Stenhen.
willie, O. were burned on Monday. caus-
ing loss OF 500, O00
The new cruiser San Francisco showed
speed Of moro than twenty miles an
hour on her trial trip
A destructive fire occurred at wenona,
Ill.,, Sunday, resulting In loss of about
$50. 900 worth of property.
The cornerstone OF monuments to
Davy Crockett was laid at Lawrence
burg, Tenn, on Tuesday.
The statue OF Lafayette, which France
has presented TO the United States,
reached New York on Monday.
The largestillicit distillery in Arkan-
sas, located in Pike County, has been
destroyed by United States officers.
United States surveying parties have
reached point in the interior OF
Alaska 1000 miles from the coast line.
John Phillips tcoloredl WAS hanged at
Boydton, Va, Friday for the murder OF
Captain X. c. OVERLY on the l4th OF last
April
The executive committee of the Grant
Monument Association in New York re-
ports subscriptions 70 tho amount OF
S14T. 1905.
To meet the demands OF cattle ship
4 pers along tho line OF the Northern Pa
citic road in Montana, 254 cars have
4 been ordered.
/ In Boston tho Letter Carriers Ma
tional convention Friday Endorsed a
movement To eroct monument to the
/ late 5. 5. Cox.
| The thirty-ninth annual meeting of
! the American Association. for the Ad-
/ vancement OF Science convened az lndi-
annapolis Tuesday.
The revenue cutter corwin has re-
ceived orders TO proceed q Behring sea
and seize all the poaching vessels and
/ take their skins and papers.
| Fire in New York on Sunday de-
stroycd the stables Of the Lion Brewing
f Company, and fifty horses persisted in
/ the flames. Loss, $780, O0
Mrs. Myla Powell, eolored woman
of South Bend, Ind, died on Saturday
/ aged 100 years. Before tho war she
was n slave in North Carolina.
/ While on fence picking plums near
Bloomington. H., MONDAY. Mary Paglc,
/ aged IA lost her balance. fell into an
uncovered we'll, and was drowned.
by an explosion OF boiler in the
Lincoln tNeh,) gas works on Monday
William Deuneen. fireman. and Lem
Maggard. "a drayman, were killed.
Ransom Shiyers, planler and politi,
clan. had his neck broken by being
hurled head foremost against tree Ia a
runaway near rennille, Ga, Monday
Fire in the Dunnell SFipt works at
Providence, II. l.. on Saturday destroyed
property valued at SS50O00 Six hum
dred hands weto thrown out OF employ
menE
/ A sensation was caused In London on
| Tuesday by the discovery that a man
/ recently from Calcutta was afflicted
| with a most yirulent form OF Asiatic
cholera.
+ The Queens Theater at Manchester,
I Eng. was destroyed by flro on Monday;
also Hollands mill. near that city. Tho
loss at the latter conhagration was
$500, 600
Early on the morning OF Sunday fire
vas discovered In Crows Opera House
at Highmore, s. d.. and the flames were
not checked until nine blocks were de-
stroyed
Joseph A. Jameson, a wealthy mem
Der Of the New York Stock Exchange,
committed suicide by hanging in that
city on Sunday, temporary insanity be-
ing the cause.
Captain Frank Holland, one OF tho
Oldest sesselmen in the West. who has
sailed The lakes for thirty years. hanged
himself at his home in Port Huron,
Mich, on Friday.
II is said in Paris that the French
acronaut Boscancon. and the astrono-
mer llermite. propose to make bal.
loon expedition TO the North Pole.
starting from Spitzbergen.
The thirty-hfth annual convention Of
German Catholic societies. In session in
Baltimore, adopted a resolution on
Tuesday protesting against all laws en-.
acted against paroehiai schools
The Denver Lottery Company closed
its doors in Kansas City. Kan. on Mon
day. II had received $50. 600 for the
sale OF tickets and had paid no prizes
A warrant Nas issued FOR tho arrest Of
the manager, but he bad fed.
A battle between village and railroad
authorities at Continental Crossing. o..
on Tuesday over the right 70 run sewer
under the railroad track resulted in the
injury OF forty persona Two hundred
men were engaged on each side.
The nominations Of Alexander Clark,
OF Iowa, as Minister Resident and Con-
sul-General TO Liberia. and Of Samuel
McNutt Of Iowa, as Consul at Mara
eaibo. and Adam Lieberknect, Of IlIi-
nois. at Tampic0, were confirmed by the
United States Senate on Saturday.
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