Mower County transcript., 1895-03-27
SUMMARY or or WEEKS NEWS

SUMMARY or WEEKS NEWS
Z 49,: Wednesday, March 20.
The Duke Of Aosta has been formally
betrothed to Princess Helene Of Orleans.
The 69th annual session of the New
Jersey Methodist conference is being
held at Burlington.
Mgr. Satoli has suspended tempor-
arily the edict Of the Vatican against
Knights Of Pythias.
A dispatch from Quito says that the
tnsurrection in Ecuador has been SUP.
pressed and that the leaders have been
arrested.
Walter w. Robinson, superintendent
OF the letter carriers Of Yonkers, N. Y,
has been arrested on tho charge Of rob.
bing the mails.
Patrick Egan, resident of st. Paul
for 40 years, is dead. Mr.. Egan was q
staunch Democrat and held several posi-.
tions OF trust.
Richard E. Nung, formerly of Mil
waukee, has been arrested in Philadel-
phia, charged with bigamy, desertion
and obtaining money under false pre-.
lenses. q
Thursday, March FL.
Prince Waldemar, reigning prince of
Lippe (Delmold), is dead, aged II. He
leaves no issue.
Captain G. F. Shoemaker has been
formally detailed to act as chief Of the
revenue cutter service.
Prince Komatsu, the commander.in-
chief of the Japanese army, will estab.
ish his headquarters at Port Arthur.
The Genoa (Neb.) State bank is in
the hands of state bank examiner.
The bank was reorganized last week.
The gunboat Vesuvius went to sea
again from New York to continue the
destruction Of dereliots along the coast.
The court of civil jurisdiction of the
San Antonio district appointed Henry
Terrell receiver for the San Antonio and
Gulf Shore railroad.
The famous stallion Ralph Wilkes,
owned by Colonel John E. and Baya1d
Thayer. is dead. Thayer Bros. had re-
fused $75, 900 for him.
Friday, March ~.
Fire destroyed nearly the entire busi-
ness portion Of Lafayette, Ala.
Between $1,000 and 10000 bales Of
cotton, valued at $3.50, 900, was burned
at New Orleans.
Twenty-eight fishermen were
drowned during q storm on Lake
Kuennerow in Pommerania.
West NJ. Holt, superintendent Of the
dining and sleeping cars Of the 500
railroad, died at Milwaukee.
A telegram from Washington, Ark,
says Senator Jones is much better, and
is thought to be out of danger.
The statement of the condition of the
treasury shows available cash balance,
$l8s, ,2s7. .794; gold reserve, 500, 1861, 800.
At Palmers Mills, Pa, an aged
couple were tortured and robbed by
masked men, the robbers securing over
5000.
The electrical workers strike in New
York, inaugurated Feb. 18, has been
declared off, the men gaining slight
concession.
Saturday, March IS.
A terrible landslide has destroyed the
village of Bollara, Italy.
Dock laborers at Manitowoc, Wis,
are on strike for higher wages.
Lena Olsen, q st. Paul domestic, is
under arrest for killing her newborn
babe by smothering it in her trunk.
w. P. Miller Of North Dakota has
been appointed special United States
attorney for the district of North Da-
kota.
Rev. Ninian S. Dickey, one of the
pioneers of the Presby terian pulpit and
prominent in church history, is dead at
Indianapolis.
Franz Schieman, blacksmith en-
ployed in the Great Northern shops at
St. Paul, shot and killed himself. The
act was the result Of spree.
At Milwaukee William Koch, for.
merly leader of the military band at
Fort Smelling, Mimi, was sentenced to
the house of correction for one year for
forgery.
Captain Joe Todd, one of the most
popular steamboat men in the Missis-
sippi valley, has announced his de.
termination to quit the river and go
into the ministry.
Monday, March 25.
An artificial cotton fibre is being
made from wood pulp in Belgium.
Severe earthquake shocks were felt in
Italy near the Adriatic coast Several
persons were killed.
General Walter w. Greenland, ex.
adjutant general Of Pennsylvania, died
at Clarion, Pa, Sunday.
E. F. Coffin, Texas telegraph oper.
| ator, has fallen heir to one-fourth Of a
! $40, ,OOO, 900 Brazilian fortune.
Senior Castillo has announced the new
| Spanish cabinet. Castillo stands at the
head as president Of the council.
Negroes and Indians fought des-
perate battle near Naciemento, Mex,
and six of the former were killed.
During storm in Alabama a woman
and her son were killed and the hus-
band totally blinded by lightning.
Unknown assassins enticed Albert
| Wight, Kentucky farmer from his
ho,,,o at nj oht and chot him fatally