The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1892-06-09
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Marshall, of Marion; attorney general,
A. P. Wright, of La Sale; congressman
at large, James Felter, of Sangamon,
and +. E. Andrews, Of Whiteside. The
platform calls for the suppression
OF the liquor traffic and favors the
present state compulsory education law.
WISCONSIN prohibitionists in conven.
ton at Madison nominated a ticket as
follows: For governor, T. C. Richmond,
OF Madison; lieutenant governor, G. A.
Shepard, of La Crosse; secretary OF
state, E. F. Russell, of Colum 5ia; state
treasurer, j. c. Martin, of Marquette;
attorney general, +. A. Watkins, OF
Douglas; superintendent public instruc.
ton, c. w. Underwood, of Outagamie;
railroad commissioner, J. E. Clayton,
of Milwaukee,; insurance commissioner,
Ole Ritan, of Barron. Congressmen:
First district, J. S. Murdock, of Green
county; Second, G. S. Martin, of Mad.
ison; Third, ]. Thomas, of Hazel Green
Eighth, J. P. Zonne, of Appleton.
THE Iowa prohibitionists in conven.
ton at Des Moines nominated the fol.
lowing state ticket: Secretary of state,
s. H. Taft, Humboldt; auditor, A. B.
Whitmore; treasurer, R. NJ. Diehl.
Delegates to the national convention
were chosen and a platform adopted
which declares for prohibition, state
and national; woman suffrage, protec
ton to American labor and stricter
naturalization laws, and urges the clos
ing of the worlds fair on SUNDAYS and
the refusal of the sale of liquors on the
grounds.
MINNESOTA prohibitionists in conven-
tion at Minneapolis nominated a full
ticket with w. j. Dean, of Minneapolis,
for governor. The platform declares
that the liquor traffic is the overshadow-
ing question and demands the repeal of
the license law.
A soUTHBoUND Santa Fe passenger
train was held up by masked men near
the station of Red Rock, Kan. in the
Cherokee strip, and robbed of $4,000.
The following congressional nomina-
tions were made: Indiana, Ninth dis
trict, Daniel Waugh (rep.), renomina-
ted; Illinois, Ninth district, H. w
Snow (dem.); Texas, Ninth district,
q. w. Pendleton.
AN estimate of the amount of dam
ages caused by the loss from the high
waters from Kansas City to New Or
leans reaches the enormous figure of
0,OOO, 600.
AT Louisville a mass-meeting was
held to cele the Tooth anniversary
of the admission of Kentucky into the
union.
Mrs. ALBERT GEsT and Mrs. Sarah
Warde committed suicide at Lima, O.
Domestic troubles were the cause.
AT New Orleans the river was higher
than ever known in its history, and the
water was finding it's way over the
ferry landings into the city streets.
MINNESOTA republicans will hold
their state convention at st. Paul on
July 2S to nominate state officers.
THE board of trade in Chicago ap-
the food sufferers. Fully 5000 persons
in Illinois have lost every thing and are
in destitute circumstances.
TENNESSEE prohibitionists in conven-
tion at Nashville nominated Edward
II. East, of that city, for governor.
THE Mutual Benefit Life Insurance
association of Hillsdale, Mich. has col
lapsed. Mem bers will be transferred
to the Odd Fellows Mutual of Gales
burg, Ill.
AT Neadmore, ILL.,, Moses Taylor, a
farmer, in fit of jealousy shot and
killed his wife and f. Foster and then
took his own life.
THE democrats in the Fifth Ohio dis
trict have nominated Dennis D. Dono-
van for congress.