Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1896-10-08
The silk factory owned by Alfred
Streuli at Sterling, Mass, was destroyed

The silk factory owned by Alfred
Streuli at Sterling, Mass, was destroyed
by fire, the loss being 5000, 900.
The monthly statement of the director
of the mint shows the total coinage at
the United States minis during the
month of September, 1896, to have been
$5.915,313.50, divided as follows: Gold,
/ $3,1 0,922.5O; silver, $2,754,165; minor
coins, $2O,226.
Further odvices say that in the recent
hurricane in Florida 81 persons were
killed and 62 injured. Hundreds Of per-
sons are homeless and must suffer from
hunger unless relief is quickly fur
nished. t
Over 5000 men and women employed
in the manufacture of clothing il. Bos-
ton went on strike in an endeavor to
better their condition.
The boiler of the Mills sawmill at No
vesta, Mich, exploded, killing Nelson
Mills and Jerry Lewis and fatally in
juring Ezra Scribner and Ezra Dael.
The exchanges at the leading clearing
houses in the United States during the
week ended on the I'd aggregated
$S94,271,4 19, against $sO7,1O3, 264 the
previous week. The decrease compared
with the corresponding week in 1895
is 21.4.
The First national bank at Joserh,
Ore, was robbed of $4,000 by three men,
one of whom was shot dead, another
badly wounded and the third escaped
with the money.
| The total number of business failures
throughout the United States from Jan
uary l to September 80, 1896, is 1880,
the largest aggregate reported for like
period since records of this character
have been compiled.
The Minnesota Methodist conference
voted against the admission Of women
to the general assembly.
Since tue opening of navigation up 10
the present time 4,2Os boats have cleared
from Buffalo on the Erie canal. This
| is almost double the clearance Of last
year.
Clinton r. Coulter rode mile un-
| paced at Denver, Col, in 1850 Is, beat
! ing the worlds bicycle record of 2: 100 rs
held by Sager.
In the first game at Baltimore of the
| Temple cup National league baseball Sc
| ries of 1896 between the Balti1nores and
Clevelands the former club won, the
| score being Z to 1.
Bishop Keane has been deposed by the
pope as rector of the Catholic university
in Washington, one OF the greatest ed
vocational institutions under the man
age1nent of the church.
Spencer academy, located ten miles
west of Antlers, l. T., was burned and
four Choctaw boys lost their lives in
the flames.
Flames swept through the canyons
and over the slopes of the Echo noun
tain range in California, destroying
many lumber camps.
In the second game at Baltimore Of
the Temple cup National league base
ball series of 1896 between the Balti-
mores and Clevelands the former club
won, the score being
In a railway wreck on the Santa Fe
road near Usage City, Kan, seven per-
sons were killed and others were in
jured, some fatally. ~
Latest advices from the recent storm
in Florida say that the property loss
will be at least $10,0O0,Oo0, and at Flat
land, Judson, Clay Landing, Manatee
Springs and other towns along the
suwanee river many persons were in
starving condition. Over 125 people
were killed in the hurricane.
George Williams murdered his wife
and babe at Peoria and then killed him
self. Williams was hodcarrier and sus-
pected his wife of being untrue.
At the new bicycle track in Chicago
John S. johnson rode an exhibition
paced mile in 1:40 rs, breaking all rec
ords, and James Michael rode five miles
in 9:3s, also breaking the record.
An excursion train ran over and killed
two boys named Lutzinger and Over
baugh at Mexico, o.
Mgr. Martinelli, recently appointed
apostolic delegate in the United States
to succeed Cardinal Satolli, arrived in
New York.
Fire destroyed four blocks of build
ings at Jeanerette, La, the loss being
$15O,000.
The merchant marine of the United
States on June so, 1896, according to the
completed tabulation of the bureau of
navigation, comprised 22,908 vessels, of
4,703,S30 gross tons, an increase of 6s,-
600 tons over the previous year.
Commissioner Lamoreaux, of the
general land office, in his annual report
for the past fiscal year says the total
land selections during the year were
13,2OO,OOO acres, an increase over the
previous year of 4,sO2,673 acres The
cash receipts were $2,1O6,361, an IN
crease of $72,907. The total vacant