Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1896-08-13
THE NEWS.
Compiled From Late Dispatches.

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Compiled From Late Dispatches.
DOMESTIC. -
Hiram Weightman (colored) was
lynched by mob in Franklin, La, for
criminally assaulting and then murder
ing Mrs. Bertha Gilbert, a young white
woman. wife of farmer.
The wool clip in Montana this season
Is $500, 900 pounds, the largest on record
there. s
Frances Thurman, aged "a years, pro-
fessionally known as mile. Zoe" was
drowned at Curtis Bay, near Baltimore,
while performing an aerial feat.
Fifty persons were overcome by the
heat in Chicago and one case proved IA
tai, that of ]. B. Lapham, a leather
dealer, aged 70 years.
William Murray died at Richmond,
Va, from being overcome with the heat.
lie was, in 1879, the champion amateur
carsman OF the United States.
The entire business portion of Con-
cord. Tenn. was destroyed by fire.
During a thunderstorm in Omaha,
Seb., Mrs. Zykora, Fred Meyer and Lee
roy Carter were killed by lightning.
Eddie Hurd, aged two years, had his
mead bitten off by a lion at show in
Chillicothe, o.
John Glass, of Buffalo, N. Y, holder
of the worlds record for dressing a steer,
cut, down the record from 5 minutes So
seconds to minutes 441a seconds.
The American national bank at New
Orleans closed its doors. e
G. II. Fargo & Co., wholesale dealers
in and manufacturers of boots and shoes
in Chicago failed with liabilities of $685.,
600 and assets of $500,o0O.
A cyclone struck Swayzee, Ind, where
fair was in progress, and two men
were killed and several injured.
The Park theater, Trugby's museum
and other buildings were destroyed by
fire at Niagara Falls, N. Y. and seven
persons were burned to death. The
property loss is $25o,0oo.
George w. Hawkins, once the king of
Chicago gamblers, and lately interested
IN horse racing, made an assignment and
turned over property valued at 81. SOC, 900
to settle his debts.
In Missouri Conl<liDg Bros. banking
house at Nevada and the banks at Bron-
augh and Richards were all closed by
the sheriff. ,,l ,., -.s
The Christian brothers outlaw gang
raided the town of Cummings, O. T.,
and killed the family of Rev. 7. c. Ray
mond, consisting Of his wife and three
daughters.
Boyd, Farley & Co., carpet dealers in
Philadelphia, failed for $25O,O0O.
At the races in Columbus, O., Robert
j. paced the fourth and deciding heat
of the free-for-all pace in 2:0274, which
is the fastest fourth heat ever paced.
By decision handed down by Judge
Adams, chief justice of the supreme
court of the Creek nation in Oklahoma,
tho names of over 100 negroes are
stricken from the rolls of citizenship
of the nation.
There were 269 business failures in
the United States iii the seven days
ended on the eth, against 2s1 the week
previous and 200 the corresponding
period of 1895. ..s ssfssE y S'''4ss'
fatally injured, III a fire at Swift S pack
irg plant in Kansas City that caused a
loss of 100000. .S.5.5... 49,.
The American line steamer St. Louis
made the trip from liverpool to New
York in days 5shours and32 minutes,
breaking all previous records.
The exchang ess leading clear.
ing houses in the United States during
the week ended Oh the 18th aggregated
Se11,997, 1884, against 1911 ,433, 2o3 the pre-
vious week. The decrease compared
with the corresponding week in 1895
it GA. :. #
The Lake county bank at East Chi
cngo, Ind, suspended payment.
Charles Thiede was hanged at Salt
lake City for numbering his wife April
30, 1894, and Claud Hoover was executed
ut Omaha, Neb., for killing Samuel Du-
bois. his brother-in-law.
Robert Hopper and Matte johnson
were murdered and robbed by five ne
groes near Harrodsburg, Ky.s
At church social and picnic in Fort
'scott, Kan, over Is persons were poi
"oncd by eating ice cream and several
would die.
At Nashville, ILL.,, Thomas J. Rogers,
aged Ga, killed his aged wife by cutting
her throat and then killed himself. No
cause is known.
Willie Aqxler and Joe Enright, both
ten years Old, were drowned in the
river at Atlantic, Ia, while bathing.
The entire family Of James Pitt, seven