The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-10-17
NEWS Of The WEEK,
Oct. 8.

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NEWS Of The WEEK,
| Oct. 8.
| Choo Foo China, is captured by the
! Japs.
Scotland will probably ship large quant-
ties of potatoes to the United States
| Forty inmates of the Soldiers Home at
! Dayton, Ohio have been robbed and
| dered, and the murderers seem to be with
| in reach.
Q. NJ. Hall, congressman from the Third
| district, makes a Democratic speech in Min
| neapolis, dwelling upon the panic of 1893
| and the depression which followed.
The Kings county, New York, Democ-
| racy nominated a state ticket headed by
| Everett p. Wheeler for governor, and the
| Independent Democrats of the state are
| expected to indorse it, 1t is the regular
Democratic ticket except the head.
Oct. 10.
Sixteen more bodies of victims of the
forest fires found.
Tammany dominates Nathan Strauss for
mayor of New York.
Gov. Mckinney is gwen ovation dur
! ing a trip through Illinois.
Many vessels are wrecked and 30 lives
| lost on the coast of Newfoundland.
Forty thousand Japanese troops are said
to have landed al New Chwang
The American board of commissioners
for foreign missions meets at Madison,
Wis.
Northwestern loggers decide to limit OPP
erations this winter to the burned dis
trcts.
The annual convention Of the American
Association of Bankers begins in Balti-
more.
NicePresident Stevenson, in speech in
Illinois, warns the country that tariff fink
ering will continue.
Hon. Levi p. Morton writes a letter ac-
cepting the Republican nomination for
governor of New York.
During severe storm in New York
large building collapses, killing several
people. Great damage is done land and
sea.
Oct. IL.
The JaDs win another victory over the
Chinese.
An extensive plot against the life of the
car is discovered
Senator Hill, at Syracuse n V makes
his opening speech.
Several indictments for pine land steal
ing reported from Madison Wis
Corbett and FitZsimmons meet and ar
range to fight at Jacksonville Fla after
July | next. They come near "scrapping'
on the spot
Gen. schofeld, in his annual report as
head of the army, strongly recommends
that the army be increased
The Minneapolis and st. Louis railway is
sold by the sheriff in Minneapolis to the
reorganization committee for 100000.
inc American Bankers Association
ment Of the currency question. ]. J. p.
Odell, of Chicago, is chosen president.
Oct. IL.
Hon. Joel p. Heatwole prepares to sue
the Chicago Times for libel, alleging 800 900
damages.
A train is robbed of $500 in California
Pension Commissioner Lochren's annual
report is out.
Gov. Mitchell, of Florida, declares that
Corbett and Fitzsimmons shall not fight in
that state
Judge McComas, of the District of Co
lumbia supreme court, refuses the applica ton
of sugar planters for a mandamus to COM
pei the secretary of the treasury to pay
bountieS.
Importers of Brazilian goods will sue the
United States for imposing duties upon
Brazilian products, and not givir. the
agreed three months notice of the aproga-
ton Of the reciprocity treaty.
Oct. 13.
Judge Sanborn declares unconstitutional
the state law regulating the sale of nur-
sery stock.
Col. Breckenridge is suspended from his
church.
The Washington Park Club, Chicago, de-
cides to disband
The football game between the University
of Minnesota and Grinnell Gowa) College
is won by the Minnesotas, 10 to g.
Bond investment companies seem to be
on the increase. They lottery concerns
a.iio eiiC government - Tying " suppress
them.
Services held at Batavia ~ T. in
honor of Robert Morris. the patriotic fnan-
cier of the Revolution. Nearly all the
members of the cabinet attend, and Sec
rotary Carlisle delivers an address.
Oct. II.
Ex-Queen Liloukolan of Hawaii, is said
to have become insane.
Whisky is being made at Omaha from
sugar beet and molasses.
An engineers carelessness is responsible
for a railroad accident in Louisiana. in
which large number of persons in
jured.
Six thousand families of Poles and Sa-
vonians coming from New Jersey and
Pennsylvania to settle farms in Mime
sofa.
formidable rebellion occurs in China.
Troops are defeated in battle with rebels.
and many of them are killed, while others
join the insurgents.
Bourke Cochran, of New York. it trans
pires. announced that he would not be a
candidate for reelection congress. be-
cause Boss Croken compelled him to.
Oct. I5.
The executive committee of the Assoc-
ated Charities meets and discusses relief
matters.
Capt. A. H. Reed finally decides to be an
Independent candidate for congress in the
Third district.
A $1,000 express robbery is committed
at The Dalles, Ore.
The experiment of having army officers
act as Indian agents is to be abandoned.
China and Japan will fight to finish.
Chinas overtures for peace having been
rejected.
Federal and state authorities collide in
question connected with the South Carolina
dispensary law.
The Indian bureau begins to gradually
abolish contract schools transferring the
dusky pupils to the public schools.
Judge Jenkins confirms that portion OF
Master Cary's report which exonerates Re-
ceiver Cakes. of the Northern Pacific