Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1892-07-14
FROM WASHINGTON.


months ended May 81 last, 546.2 200; for
the same period last year, 467,179.
The president has signed the bill APP
propriating $4,000 for the erection of a
statue of the late Gen. w. T. Sherman
in Washington.
The resignation of Harold Nj. Sewall
as consul general at Samoa has been
accepted by President Harrison.
In the country the oat crop is about
100, 000.O0 bushels short, or 63S, 900, 900
bushels, against $4,000, 900 bushels in
1890.
The exchanges at the leading clear
ing houses in the United States during
the week ended on the Sth aggregated
81, 14O, sol, 767, against 81, O31, 6S5, SOS the
previous week. The increase as COM
pared with the corresponding week of
1891 was 16 Z.
The business failures in the United
States during the seven days ended on
the Sth numbered 176, against 1877 the
preceding week and 247 for the CORE
spending week last year.
THE EAST.
HANLAN beat Hosmer about 10 feet
in a Smile race on the Connecticut
river at Hartford. Ii ne: Is minutes SIS
seconds.
AT Bethlehem, Pa, and vicinity a
cyclone did damage to the extent of
$3.50, O0O
DURING the fiscal year just closed
there We're issued sos, 1862 pension GER
tifcates of all classes, as against 25O,565
in 1891.
AT Kirkwood, Del, Belle Hamlin and
Globe broke the double team record,
going a mile in 2:12. The best previous
double team record was 2:13.
FIRE ruined the storehouse of B. b.
& r. Knight at River Point, R. / /, the
loss being 100000.
In Boston Prof. G. A. Rogers, a vet
eran aeronaut, and Thomas Fenton, his
assistant, were killed while making an
ascension.
PRIcHETr & BoUGHs tannery at
Mann's Choice, Pa, was burned, the
loss being $4,000.
In Maine a cyclone passed over the
towns Of Paris, Buckfeld, Sumner and
Hartford, wrecking many buildings, in
j
stock. gar
In riots between workmen and Pink
erton men at the Homestead (Pa.)
mills of Carnegie & Co. nine Pinkerton
guards and eleven workmen were
killed and eighteen workmen and
twenty-one Pinkerton men were in
iured. In addition to this at least 100
guards who had surrendered and laid
down their arms were seriously in
jured by the strikers while on their way
to place of safety.
A ROOF fell in mine at Wilkesbarre
Pa, and John Williams, John Nc Gallery
and Thomas Jones were killed
In fire in New York Mrs. Annie
Frederick and her three children were
| suffocated.
A LIST of those killed and injured in
the riot at Homestead Pa. shows six
workmen and five Pinlserton men
killed, and thirty-six of the former and
| 143 OF the latter wounded. The death
of those most seriously injured may
swell the number of fatalities to twenty.
The United Society of Christian En-
deavor opened its eleventh international
convention in Madison Square garden,
New York. over 1000 delegates being
in attendance. The report of the sec
rotary showed $4,000 societies with a
total membership of 1,37O, 200.
IN Boston nine long-term prisoners
escaped from the state prison in Boston
through the sewer in the middle of the
yard.
In the bay just off Bedloe's island,
New York, five persons were drowned.
They were in small row boat and were
| struck by the steamer Cephus
WEST AND SOUTH.
THE death of Mrs. Ruth Wood worth
occurred at Berlin, Wis, aged 1O4 years.
| The peoples party has chosen Her
man Taubeneck, of Illinois, as chair
man of the executive committee.
HENRY, Joseph and Zacharia Martin,
three brothers, aged 90, II and Is years,
respectively, were drowned at Huron,
Cal, while bathing.
On account of private business,
| William j. Campbell, of Illinois, has
declined the craftsmanship of the repub.
lican national committee.
IN DuDuque, Ia, AnCnony II. craig
killed his wife and then took his own
| life. No cause known.
FIRE destroyed forty -one buildings al
Rockland, Mich, the loss being $780,.
900.
MRS. EMIL CHIFFLET and her 4.
months-old infant were burned to
death by the explosion Of gasoline
stove at Catalina Island. Ca.
MRS. JESSIE GARRETT while attempt
ing balloon ascension and parachute
descent at Button, O.. was killed by
the failure OF the parachute to work.
JOHN e. ADAMS and Smith Tooley
{colored) were hanged by mob at
Vicissturg, Miss, for killing mer-
chant named Blake.