Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1896-10-01

n. T., with q hatchet and then cut his
own throat. ~
The Argonia (Kan.) state bank closed
its doors.
Snow to the depth OF several inches
fell at Deadwood. s. D.
There were 315 business failures in
the United States in the seven days
ended on the :5th, against 81 the week
previous and PIG in the corresponding
period of 1895.
The National Council of Women of
the United States will hold its annual
executive meeting in Boston November
2. and 4.
By an explosion of gas in collery
near fremont, Pa, Jasper Newton and
his son-in-law, John Sogrove, were killed
and Charles S. Hoffstall and james Nor
ton were fatally hurt.
Albert B. Gibson, young farmer
near Ava, Mo-, shot and killed his wife
and then made an unsuccessful attempt
upon his own.
The exchanges at the leading clearing
houses in the United States during the
week ended on the 25th aggregated
$685., 1854, against $906,2Os,52 the
previous week. The decrease com pared
with the corresponding week in 1895
is 14.3.
Miss Elizabeth Almy, of New York
city, was left fortune of 81 SOC, 900 by
rich Cuban planter whom she nursed
through long period of illness.
Louis Gimm, of Pittsburgh, Pa, broke
the previous 24-hour bicycle record in
-
yards.
During riot at political meeting
in Orestes, Ind, Joe Martin, Hosek Tenn
pleton and Sam Slavin were fatally
stabbed.
The entire plant of the Carnegie Com
pany's Edgar Thomson steel works at
Braddocl<, Pa, resumed operations, Civ
ing 1900 men work.
In the 1irema1i's tournament hose reel
races at Sisterville, W. Va, the worlds
record was broken by the Butler (Pa.)
team.
Gen. Carlos Roloff, who is accused of
aiding ilibustering expeditions to
Cuba, was held to the grand jury in
New York.
A waterspout near San Marcos, Tex.
caused great destruction to property
and some loss of life.
County Treasurer George S. Morri-
son, of Rensselaer, county, N. Y, is said
to be short in his accounts to the ex-
tent of 100000.
The schooner Edward E. Webster, of
San Francisco, was lost in the Pacific
ocean and IS persons were drowned.
Charles Gossler, a young business
man at Defiance, o., was drowned in
the Maunee river while attempting to
walk on the water in imitat ton of the
Saviour. He was insane over religion.
In freight wreck near Hilton, Pa,
Engineer Mitchell and Fireman Kelly
were killed.
Many of the colored colcnists who
went from this country to Liberia early
in the spring have died of fever and
others were in destitute condition.
The big wholesale dry goods firm of
Wolf &, Brother at Little Rock, Ark,
failed for 100000.
&c. Krafts and George Dixon lowered
the worlds five-mile bicycle road rec
ord in San Francisco, placing the figures
at 1922 AS.
The Northern Illinois college at Full
ton was destroyed by fire, the loss being
100000,
The great miners strike which has
kept Leadville, COL, in turmoil for
nearly two months and which resulted
in the killing of five men, has ended, the
men to resume work at the old wages.
The National league baseball season
came to an end with the clubs stand
ms in the following positions: Balti-
more, .698 per cent; Cleveland, .625;
Cincinnati, COG; Boston, 1868; Chicago,
.555; Pittsburgh, .512; New York, .4S9;
Philadelphia, ATT; Brooklyn, .443;
Washington, .343; St. Louis, .30s;
Louisville, 800.
Thomas German and Mat Carey were
cremated in q log hut near Lansing, la.
The cause of the fire il unknown.
The twenty-sixth annual meeting of
the National Prison association con-
vened in Milwaukee.
Frank E. David, of Defiance. O.. and
c. M. Grove and ]. U. Smith, of Cleve-
land, made the discovery that they were
all married to the same woman.
At South Hadley, Mass, the main
building of Mount Holyoke college, the
pioneer institution for the higher edu-
cation of woman, was burned, the loss
being $150.OOO.
For the first. time in their history
Minnesota and South Dakota will con-
sumo corn for fuel the coming winter
because Of the high prices for coal.
Harris Boone (colored) was shot by a |
party Of citizens at Sparta, Ga, for
shooting at an officer who was trying to