Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1897-03-11

sworn in by Vice President Hobart. Mr.
Davis (Minn.) was also designated acting
chairman of the committee on foreign re-
cations. to succeed Mr.. Sherman.
DOMESTIC.
In tho presence of $4,000 people Will
liam Mckinley, of Ohio, was on the 9TH
inaugurated the twentyfourth presi-
dent of the United States. Chief Justice
Fuller administered the oath and the
new president kissed the Bible pre-
scented by the bishops of the African
Methodist church to seal his oath.
Carrot A. Hobert, of New Jersey, also
took the oath as vice president. A grand
military and civic parade took place
during the day, and the great inaugural
ball in the evening closed the exercises
of memorable day.
President McKinley's cabinet has
been completed and is as follows: Sec
retary of state, John Sherman, of Ohio;
secretary of the treasury, Lyman j.
Gage, of Illinois; secretary of war, Rus
sell A. Alger, of Michigan; attorney
general, Joseph McKenna, of Califor-
MIA; postmaster-general, James A.
Gary, of Maryland; secretary of the
navy, John D. Long, of Massachusetts,;
secretary of the interior, Cornelius N.
Bliss, of New York; secretary of agri-
culture, James Wilson, of Iowa.
A. Streicht & Bros wagon factory
was burned at Oshkosh, Wis, the loss be-
ing 100000.
Martin Brickley, of Jefferson county,
was expelled from the house in the
Montana legislature for corruption in
office. sl* r.
Flames among factories at Rome, N.
Y. caused a loss of $15O,OOO.
Three railroad men, all of Newark,
o., were killed near there by the wreck
ing of work train.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Mckee, who
lived four miles west of Marcellus,
Mich, were killed By a train on the
Grand Trunk railroad at crossing.
A terrible explosion involving large
loss of life occurred in mine No. A. at
Huntington, Ark. The number of men
killed and injured is not known.
Union elevator No. 2, with capacity
Of 100000 bushels of grain, was burned
a: Peoria, ILL.,, causing loss of 100000.
United States Senator Wolcott, of
Colorado, who for two months has been
comforting with the leading fnanciers
of Europe for the purpose of bring
ing about an international movement
in favor of bimetallism, arrived in New
York much encouraged by his trip.
The exchanges at the leading clearing
houses in the United States during the
week ended on the 5th aggregated
81 ,010, ,627, against $7s3,420,O55 the
previous week. The decrease compared
with the corresponding week of 1896
was ST..
The Duhme Jewelry company, the
largest establishment of the kind in
Cincinnati, failed for over 100000.
There were 248 business failures in
the United States in the seven days
ended on the 5th, against 296 the week
previous and 2S5 in the corresponding
period of 1896. --.'
columbus, O., BARLEY Kinselman. a
laborer, aged 40. shot his wife probably
fatally and then shot himself through
the heart. r.. -
President McKinley's first official act
was to sign the commission of John
Sherman as secretary of state. ~. -:
In Deals mill at Borden's Point, Va,
lumber valued at 100000 was destroyed
by fire. 5 -.-
: The Missouri legislature has passed a
bill which prohibits bookmaking and
poolselling, except by a license from
the state auditor. ~
Winchester (Ky.) and vicinity were
swept by a cyclone and much damage
to property was done and several cases
of loss of life were reported.
Reports from southern Illinois, In
diana, Ohio. Missouri and Kentucky say
that the worst rainstorm known in
years did great damage to property and
caused the loss of several lives.
Colin Daughdrill was hanged in the
Jail at Gadsden, Ala, for the murder Of
u. I. Bates, drummer, Christmas eve,
sin 1895.
Star Pointer, the great racehorse,
with a record Of 2:0211ls, was sold in New
York for $4,000 to James "A. Murphy,
of Chicago. Il .:35
Abner Davis and Miss Della Morris
(loyers) took their own lives at Par
mel, Mo-, after q quarrel. j.