Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-05-14

Two PASSENGER trains on the Pan
Handle collided at Tuscarawas, o., and
/ d. Longenecker was killed and c. ID.
Rogers. G.. r. Marvin and Otto Miller
were fatally injured.
The national board Of fire under
writer's held its twenty-ffth annual
meeting at New York and elected ID.
w. G. Slzilton, Of Hartford, Conn, as
president.
IL a sleep-fasting contest in San
Francisco W c. Woodford went 1853
hours and - minutes without closing
his eyes, breaking the previous record
of 144 hours and 20 minutes.
DR. o. H. MARY, of Boston. was
elected president of the American
Medical association at its annual ses-
sion in Washington. The association
petitioned congress to create a new
cabinet officer to be called the secretary
of public health
The wife of Gen. Foster dropped
dead at her home in indianapolis.
FIRE destroyed the planning mills,
warehouses and lumber yard Of
Schroth & Ahrens at Winona, Mimi.
Loss, 500. 900.
WILLIAM WRIGHTMAN, living near
Middletown, Ind. while removing
wheat from his barn for market found
in the grain an old pocketbooll contain
ing Sll. 500 in gold coin and paper cur
rency. How the money came there was
a mystery.
THE safe Of the iron works at Mari
nette. Wis, was broken open by burg
lars and robbed of 81 600.
JOSEPH BARoSDEss. noted labor
leader, was sentenced in New York to
twenty-one months in state prison for
extortion.
The statement Of the pension office
shows that during the month of April
there were issued 5t,4l5 pension GER
titicates, the first payments on which
aggregated So, s74 SIS.
THE four children of c. Pardee who
left East Tawas, Mich, in an open boat
and who were supposed to be drowned
reached Port Austin in safety.
By an explosion of gas in the Ocean
mine at Clarllesburg, W. Va, four min
ers were killed and several others bad
ly hurt
SECRETARY BLAINE has written an
other letter to Sir Julian Pauncefote on
the Behrng sea question in which the
claims of England are refuted. and Mr.
Blaine wants to know if England can
exercise exclusive control in an open
sea why the United States cannot do
the same.
A SHORTAGE of S75. 600 was found in
the accounts of the late Rufus Prince,
of Turner, Me- He was the trustee Of
ninety-tive estates.
Is the United States the business
failures during the seven days ended on
the Sth numbered 242 against 255
the preceding week and 200 for the cor
responding week last year.
A LARGE meteor passed over the Vic
tor Crex.l region, finally exploding
with noise like the report of big
cannon.
IL Chicago Miss Jennie Upper was
burned to death by gasoline explo-
sion and Miss Clara Peng met like
fate from burning alcohol
THE Western Farm Mortgage Com
pany of berdeen, = D.. with a capital
Of $3.50, 900, has failed
MINNIE WHtrrAKER. aged IS years,
committed suicide at indianapolis
Ind. because her father had been sent
70 prison.
THE Massachusetts board of health
reports seventeen deaths from hydro
phobia the past year, the highest mum
Der ever recorded
Ir was alleged that the navy depart
ment was unable to find able seamen
enough To man the warshipS.
WILLIAM PRICE was hanged at Mar
shall Mo. for assembling Miss Alice
Ninas, who later committed suicide
rather than testify At the trial
FoREsT fires were burning on the sth
at scores Of points in the upper penin-
suia of Michigan and heavy damage
was reported. Several farm houses and
other buildings were burned In Wis
consin fires were raging all through the
northern portion of the state. doing
immense damage. and in Minnesota
wide area had been burned over.
THE Spring Garden national bank of
| Philadelphia closed its doors The
| banks deposits were $1,000, 900.
THE tinware mandatory of f. a
Walsh \ 60. in Milwaukee was burned,
the loss being $3.50, 0O0.
| \ SHOCK of earthquake was felt in
San Francisco, and buildings were
4 shaken quite severely.
THE Santa Fe railway shops were
burned at Galveston, Tex, causing a
/ loss of 500, 900
NANpAIs desecrated the grave of Or.
Cronin in Calvary cemetery, Chicago,