Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1896-05-14

A car of oil caught 6re,and exploded
at Bellmore, on. causing %theh death Of
William Culnnlins, aged 24;aand Will
sliam LongnccSer, aged SO.
Ihe5Soutnerna B aptist convention met
at Chattanoo = IS lfnr With 600 dele
gates present, IL IL, y,
The president issued an order extend
ing the civil service rules to theyinter-
state commerce commission, making
total Of about IS, 200 government posi-
tions now included IN the civil service.
d. c. Collins, one of the largest to-
bacco dealers in Ohio, failed at Cincin-
natl for 100000. .17-,,1 .>s..- .s
A cyclone wrecked houses and barns
at Clark, S. d., and the wife of C. H. Lind
land was killed. '.51tss ts.t''. ...>.'-. %
Mrs. Fritz Henisint, who lives near
Fowler, Ind, gave birth to six infants,
four boys and two girls. Two years ago
Mrs. Henisint gave birth to triplets.
The textile mill of Samuel Riddles &
Sons near Chester, Pa, was destroyed
by fire, the loss being 100000. #.lsrin
! Mike McRea (colored was hanged at
Ozark, Ala, for the murder of Angus
McSwean and wife near Newton in Sep
TENDER, 1898. y ri, f. H. .0- ..r = .'-.i
In fire that destroyed the Metro
politan restaurant in St. Louis ten men
were injured, one fatally.
In San Francisco. the Vulcan iron
works were destroyed by fire, causing
a loss of 100000. ...... .. ...-.
c. w. Butts and C. X. Goodwin, two
prominent young men, left Providence.
r. l., on bicycle trip to California,
with the intention of breaking the pres
ent record. 49, =. .....F
Thousands of feet of dockage and
nearly 20,OOO,OOO feet of lumber were de-
stroyed by fire at Ashland, Wis, the
loss being $50O,00O, and Peter Enge-
man, John Nolander and Ole Olson were
burned to death. .:-* -. =. ,
The percentages of the baseball clubs
in the National league for the week
ended on the 10th were as follows:
Philadelphia, .722; Boston, .667; Pitts
burgh, .647; Chicago, $50; Baltimore,
$40; Cincinnati, $40; Cleveland, 1868;
Washington, .474; Brooklyn, .474; ST..
Louis, $50; New York, 1888; Louisville,
100. ....
At the Methodist conference. in
Cleveland resolution was introduced
requesting thatno Sunday school teach
er orEpworth league presidents or other
officers be elected who used tobacco.
I Near Mintau, Ala, Redden Williams,
a prominent farmer, charged with rap
ing his l6-year-old daughter, was
lynched by mob. 49,. -. i.,.s-
Destructive forest fires were raging
in several portions of the upper PENN
sula in Michigan. -
The Tennessee centennial exposition,
to celebrate the end of the first century
of the states history, will open in
Nashville on June /. -
Ten or twelve acres Of land belong
ing to the Diamond Match company
were burned over near Ontonagon,
Mich, and about $780, 900 feet of lumber
destroyed, the loss being 100000. s' III
j The entire village Of L'Anse, Mich,
ex cept a few scattered houses, was de-
sttoyed by fire, the loss being estimated
at:from 100000 to $750,OOO. Fifty fam
lilies, numbering about 800 persons,
were homeless. ..f, .....-...e-: .-.
After a; career of 20 years the Nash
vile American, one of the oldest papers
in Tennessee, went into the hands of a
receiver. : -, >-v5-y +, =,
Ferdinand Schumacher, the oatmeal
king, and president of the American
Cereal company, failed at Akron, o., for
$1,5oo,ooo.t. - g. = WIZ IL, j.
ssa Annie Anderson, aged "a years, was
shot. at Trenton, N. j., by Joseph Ora
ham, her lover, who Immediately after
ward shot himself. ! Jealousy was the
cause. 81 80 -