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

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lard bill was presented. -. In the House tn,
conference report on the bill for the relief O
the sufferers in Oklahoma.was agreed to- Tn,
Dill for the adjustment Of the claims of labor
ers under the eight-hour law and the lard bill
were passed.
DOMESTIC.
Tar boiler in the -four and saw-mill
OF G. c. White, near Columbus, Ind, ex
ploded on the 25th, killing three en-
ployes and seriously injuring five Others
AT mass-meeting in New York on
the Goth of the striking workmen on the
New York Central railroad Mr. Powderly
said that the battle would go on, and
that in the end the strikers would win.
AT the session in Indianapolis, Ind,
on the Goth of the American Association
for the Advancement of Science Albert
B. Prescott of Ann Arbor, Mich, was
elected president.
The net production of pig iron in the
United States in the first six months OF
1899 was 4,615,sS7 tons, an increase of
1868 tons over the production of the
last half of 1889.
EPSTEIN & WANNABAcHER, whole
sale dealers in groceries, liquors and
tobacco at Savannah, Ga, failed on the
25th for S175,OO0.
The Changers National exhibition
was formally opened at Williams Grove,
Pa, on the Goth.
WHILE sitting on the grave of one of
her children in cemetery at Carbon
dale, Wash, on the Goth Mrs. Mary
Wilson and her infant child were killed
by falling tree.
OWING to. the switchmen's strike in
the Chicago stock yards the railway
managers on the Goth dissolved the
Stock Yards Switching Association and
declared that no concessions would be
made to the switchmen if every Chicago
railroad and its connections throughout
the country had to be tied up indefi-
nitely.
AT meeting of the worlds fair COM
missioners in Chicago on the 26th it
was decided to settle the site question
September 9. -s.. l. 80
THE Kansas Central express was de-
rallied on the Goth at Salt Creek valley.
near Leavenworth, Kan, and i've per-
sons were severely, injured. ILL
Two MASKED men robbed the stage
on the Goth running between Dallas and
Telluride, Col, but got little of value.
A HURRICANE on the Goth in the vicin-
ity of Lexington, Ky, uprooted hum
dreds of trees and swath half mile
wide was torn through the growing
crops.
FREDERICK DAVIS was hanged on the
Goth at Birmingham, Ala, for the MUIR
der of his wife.
THE Farmers National congress
opened at Council Bluffs, Ia, on the
Goth. Governor Boies welcomed the
delegates to the State.
The switchmen in Chicago on the Al
ton railway struck on the Goth because
of an appointment as foreman of man
they objected to.
ADvIcEs of the Goth say that strange
disease had appeared among cattle near
Marshall, Mo. Their tongues swell to
few days.
FIVE women were fatally injured in
an electric car accident at Boston on the
9th.
NEAR Decatur, ILL.,, on the 9th Will
lam Crawford killed Mrs. c. Matthias
and then fatally wounded himself. He
was in love with the woman who Wis
married.
DURING wind and rain-storm on the
9th at East Union, O., several houses
were destroyed, and Rev. Stephen w.
Archer, Dias Kirkbride, his wife and
child, Mrs. Bell Dach and David Morse's
child were drowned.
The boiler of a locomotive exploded
on the 9th near Mansfield, O., killing
and horribly mangling the engineer and
fireman.
ORDERS were issued at Washington on
the 9th for the flagship Charleston,
which had just arrived at Seattle,
Wash, from Honolulu, to return imme-
diately to that port to assist in the pro-
lection of American interests in tho
Hawaiian Islands.
A NATIONAL organization OF h0rt1-
culturists was effected in Chicago on
the 9th and the following permanent
officers were chosen: S. NJ. Emery, of
Minnesota, President; Captain C. L.
Watrous, of Iowa, Vice-President; w.
j. Beatty, of Pennsylvania, Secretary.
A STATEMENT ON the 27th of the crop
situation in the South showed the larg-
est cotton crop ever produced and said
that farmers were less in debt than at
any time for twenty-five years. The
cotton crop was estimated at over ., $780,
600 bales, valued at $500, 600, 600.
At Independence, Ia, Roy Wilkes
paced mile in 200, beating all pre-
vious stallion records in the world.
Ar marlborough, KY, Marsh Turner
and Steve Wannick fought a duel on the
2Sth and both were killed. Fl.
SALVADOR vents mile in minute
351@ seconds at Monmouth Park, n. J.,
on the 2sth, breaking all previous rec
ords ss
An orchard Of 400 young trees near
Martinsville Ind, had on the 2sth been
destroyed by grasshoppers that had
stripped the trees Of leaves and bark.