Mower County transcript., 1892-01-20
EVENTS or A WEEK.

EVENTS OF A WEEK.
Nsws Of Current Interest Givon Brisl
Mention.
"a reconciliation Is said to be ii pro-
gress between the pope and King Hum
bert.
The French chamber of deputies has
reelected M. Floquet as president Of
that body.
Violence is threatened by Indianapo-
lis street car strikers in case the COM
pany attempts to run cars.
A boiler explosion occurred at the
North Pabst mine, at Ironwood, Mich,
killing one man and injuring several
others.
j. P. Andrews, Michigan man.
squandered his wife's fortune, then 80.
her locked up in an asylum and p.u-
ceeded to elope with another heiress.
The trial of the guns and mounts Of
the double turretted monitor Minatono-
NAH has been finished. Eleven guns
were fired during the trial. In every
respect the trial was great success.
A decrease of ~, soc, 900 roubles in the
revenues and an increase of $500, 900
roubles in expenditure is exhibited by
the Russian budget for 1899. It is ex-
pected that the deficit will amount to
Z 7,450,0O0 roubles
Governor Brown was inaugurated at
Annapolis, Nd, Wednesday.
Roswell Miller has been reelected
president Of the Western TraMc aAsocia-
tion. r..
Four men were injured, two Of them
fatally, by an explosion in the govern
ment powder factory, at the City of
Mexico.
The immense railway station at
Leeds, England, was destroyed by fire
Wednesday. The loss will exceed
| l,0OO, ,000.s
Rev. f. P. Baldwin, until recently of
the Universalist church at Oshkosh,
Wis, is to edit a temperance paper that
is to be started in St. Paul.
Silas Iturbi1e, nephew of the late
Emperor Iturbide, is dead in the City of
| Mexico. He was one of the most
prominent civil engineers in Mexico.
The strike of the cab drivers in Paris
is ended, the men having succeeded in
forcing their employers to- grant their
demands, though in a somewhat modi-
fled form.
James A. Bailey, proprietor of the
Barnuln q Bailey shows, has purchased
from Catherine A. Cooper, widow of the
late James E. Cooper, the Adam Fore
paugh shows.
The strike Of the German printers has
been officially declared off.
The Great Northern road will put on
q day train between st. Paul and
Browns Valley.
Bishop katzer, of Green Bay. has sent
his resignation to the pope. 1t will not
be accepted.
Queen Victoria is said to be ill with
influenza, The truth of the rumor can
not be ascertained.
Senator Cantor introduced a bill in
the New York senate appropriating
$500, 900 for a state exhibit at the worlds
fair.
DR.. j. n. Huff, of Ottumwa, Ia., has
declined the appointment as physician
to the Blackfeet Indians because of the
inadequate salary Of the position.
Heavy floods prevail in the Province
of Huelva. Spain. The damage done is
already enormous, but it is almost i'm
possible to get details, as telegraphic
communication is seriously interrupted.
The cruiser Baltimore has been extri-
Gated from her position in a shallow
part OF the stream, where she stuck
after coming out of the dry dock at
Vallejo, Cal, Wednesday. No damage
was done to the cruiser.
Charles White, the we'll known music
publisher and composer of popular
pneumonia. He was 81 years old. He
composed more than 1000 songs, in
cluding marguerite" ''Come, Birdie,
Come" and ''Put Me in MY Little Bed.''
Kansas City had a $50, 900 fire Sunday.
An international six-day bicycle race
began at Chicago Monday afternoon.
Three persons were fatally injured
while coasting at Nashville, Tenn, Sat-
urday night.
The Wisconsin treasury cases have
been decided by the supreme court in
favor of the state.
The business portion of Orleans, Neb., !,
was destroyed by fire Sunday. Several
of the fire1nen were badly frozen.
A Chicago woman disrobed and de-
liberately laid down on the ice on Lake
Michigan and deliberately froze to
+ death. ~.
Hon. A. G. Aldrich, of Chicago, will
probably be selected as successor to
Solicitor General Taft, when the latter
qualities as district judge.
The arrangements for tho military
procession at London at Prince Albert
Victor's funeral have been abandoned,
the authorities believing the exposure of
troops would result in a general attack
of Influenza.
Martin McConha, the man who was
arrested few days ago while demand