Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1895-08-22
The News Of the Week.
FROM WASHINGTON.
BY TELEGRAPH AND MAIL

Ex-PREsIDENT HARRlsON's picture,
painted by Eastman Johnson, was hung
in the white house.
SILVER democrats met in Washington
in national conference for the purpose
Of agreeing upon line Of policy to be
pursued in the interest Of silver in the
democratic party. Nineteen states
were represented.
OFFICIAL returns for August show
that the prospective fruit crop of the
country, taken as q whole, was much
larger than for several years.
AT the close of the conference of free
silver democrats in Washington an adj
dress was issued to the party which
urges united action to have white
metal declaration at the national con.
vention and a candidate for president
nominated who is a free coinage man.
A plan Of organization was also out
lined for states to carry out.
EXCHANGES at the leading clearing
houses in the United States during
the week ended on the 10th aggregated
1878, 743,725, against S976, O33,215 the
previous week. The increase, com.
pared with the corresponding week in
1894. was 1910.
In the United States there were LOG
business failures in the seven days
ended on the 10th, against 225 the
week previous and 229 in the CORE
spending time in 1894
ACTING ATTORNEY GENERAL CONRAD
decided that the appointment of Matt
Ransom as minister to Mexico was
illegal, on the ground that the salary
of the office had been increased by con-
gress while Mr.. Ransom was senator.
THE EAST.
AT Newport, R. l., Cornelius Wander
bilt and wife opened the doors Of theft
new summer palace, 1.-The Breakers. y
The building cost $4,000, 600.
FRED TITUS made 10 miles on BIZ
cycle in New York in 20:5S As, break
ing all previous records for the dis
lance.
The New York democrats will hold
their state convention at Syracuse on
September "a.
The discovery was made that China
men were being struggled into New
York from Havana by hundreds every
month.
AT Pittsburgh the thirtieth annual
reunion of the Brotherhood of Loco
motive Engineers opened with 1000
members of the brotherhood present
AFTER an enforced separation of thir-
ty years Mrs. William Howarth, of
Newark, N. j., and her brother, JOS
eph Shaw, of New York, met.
AT Norwich, N. Y, Tom Wilbur,
aged 81 years, committed suicide with
a razor.
BY the premature explosion of a
blast near Mehaffy,, Pa, eight men
were killed and ten seriously hurt.
PERCENTAGES of the baseball clubs In
the National league for the week ended
on the nth were: Cleveland, .623; Balti-
more, .615; Pittsburgh, .594: Chicago,
$50; Philadelphia, 1854; Cincinnati,
.553; Boston, .543; Brooklyn, .521; New
York, 500; Washington, .349; st. Louis.
1896; Louisville. .241.
AT Pittsburgh, Pa, a storm wrecked
several buildings and killed Patrick
McShane, John Adams and Mile Lin
baugh.
AT Newburyport, Mass, the sloop
Jumbo, stone laden, was sunk, and
Cayt. Stephen Orr and Seaman George
Welch, who were asleep on her, We're
drowned.
MASSACHUSETTS democrats will hold
their state convention at Worcester
october g.
w. B. TAYLOR and G. II. Mitchell,
bicyclists, arrived in Philadelphiaifrom
Denver, Col, having covered the entire
distance on their wheels.