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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-06-15
IOWA VETERANS.
Over 5000 Parade ut the Grand Army
En- emf.

Over 5000 Parade ut the Grand Army
Encampment.
Marshalltown, Ia, June 10. - Gov
Drake and Department Commander
Given, accompanied with their stats,
headed the grand parade of the G. A. r.
encampment Wednesday afternoon and
reviewed the procession on counter
march. Over 5000 veterans were in line.
Delegates to the grand army and Wom-
ans Relief corps subsequently held bust
ness sessions and elected part of their
officers for the ensuing year. Three can
didates, A. H. Evans, of Keokuk; L. B.
Raymond, of Ham pton, and C. w. Neal,
Of Stuart, were nominated for depart
ment comma nder. Evans was elected.
Mrs. Georgia McClelland, of Denison,
was elected department president of
the Woman's Relief corps. Mrs. Anna
Cooper, Of Gardiner, was chosen senior
vice, and Mrs. jerome Smith, of Mar
shalltown, junior vice president. Next
years enca1npment will be held in
Sioux City, but the Sons of Veterans
will probably go to Creston.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-06-15
Elections In Illinois.

Chicago, June s:-The judicial cleo
ton yesterday was carried by the re-
publicans, who elected all of their can
didates by pluralities of about $4,000 in
the city, and 1000 in the county outside
of the city. Although the ticket was
called republican" it included all Of
the IA judges now on the bench in the
circuit court-eight republicans and
six democrats. In the. state at large
the republicans elected 81 s and the
democrats II Judges. tre5, ~. .>-..,.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-06-15
a NEW PARTY.
Silver Republicans Form nm OrEani-
cation i'm Chicago.

Silver Republicans Form nm OrEani-
zation in Chicago.
Chicago, June 9.-Representatives of
80 states met in this city yesterday and
adopted plan of organization for the
silver republican party of the United
States, which includes the nomination
of candidates for president and vice
president. Charles A. Towne, of Mime
sofa, was elected chairman of the ma
tional executive committee. The fol-
lowing resolutions were adopted:
Resolved. That the silver republican
party of the United States favors the i'm
mediate establishment of bimetallism by
independent action Of the United States
through free coinage Of both silver and
gold at the ratio Of sixteen to one. and CLOTH
ing both metals equally with every at
tribute of full money. with the right to
every debtor to choose which coin shall be
the basis OF payment.
"And Resolved, That the achievement OF
this great object Is deemed by us Of para
mount political Importance. and shall form
the controlling motive of our political ac-
ton until it is accomplished. 90
"Your committee on plans and organiza-
ton for the silver republican party of the
United States beg leave to submit this, our
report:
''First-We recommend the appointment
of national executive committee of seven
members. including the national chairman,
to be appointed by the chairman of the
national committee.
Second-That this committee be empow-
cred to take such action as may be neces-
sary in order to fill any vacancies existing
or which may exist at any time in the ma
tional committee.
''Third-The executive committee, with
the advice and consent of the national
committee. is authorized to call national
convention Of the silver republican party
to meet at such time and place as they may
designate, and to perfect necessary de-
tails therefor.
"Fourth-In those states where organi-
cations are not complete, members Of the
national committee tor such states shall
take such steps. under the direction of the
national executive committee, as are neces-
sary to complete such organizations"
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-06-15
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CHILLY FOR: CROPS. .
Farmers interests Suffer from Cold
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Farmers interests sufrer from Cold
FL ssff and Frosts. y s&s#; 49, - Z, !,
Chicago, June 9.-The reports as to
the condition of the crops throughout
the country and the general effect of
the weather on the growth, cultiva-
ton and harvest of the same were
Tuesday made by the directors of the
several climate and crop sections. The
reports received at Chicago were as fol-
lows: Is, =
Ohio-warm days. cool nights, severe
frost. showers local, sunshine deficient.
Wheat, pastures, timothy. clover, rye, bar
ley, potatoes and tobacco made slight
growth. and look fairly well, but corn
slow and poor and much being replanted.
Wheat heading, some complaints Of insects
and rust. Gardens variable:, meadows
weedy; some millet sown; tobacco not all
planted; Strawberries and cherries ripe; To-
Gusts becoming numerous. ="
Michigan-Good week for field work, but
continued cold has held back growth. be-
ing especially detrimental to oats and early
corn, which look yellow and poor. Cold
cessitating much rep;anting. Rye. grass
and meadows in generally good condition.
Wheat beginning to head. Corn cultiva-
ton and late potato planting begun. Snow
duu 1feeZllS temperatures OAO AAuCA udu1-
age in upper peninsula.
Indiana-Weather too cool for corn,
which comes up yellow. Wheat, oats and
other crops improved. The hay crop will
be heavy. Tobacco plants ready to sod
out
Illinois-Weel1 too cold for corn and gar
den growth, but favorable for wheat, rye,
oats and grasses. Corn cultivation gen.
eral. considerable replanting done owing to
cut worms, moles, poor seed and frost
damage. Winter wheat heading and
blooming and cutting will begin in ex-
IRENE south counties next week. Glover
cutting progressing. Strawberries and
cherries being marketed in large quanti-
ties.
1owa-Another cold dry week, following
freezing temperature, has retarded all crop
growth Gardens, vegetables and grapes
in northern districts were much hurt by
frost, but field crop not badly injured. Corn
cultivation and replanting in progress.
Observation-Disclosures rain during week, but
too cold for rapid growth. Frost on 1st
damaged corn, potatoes. gardens and fruits
in central and western counties. Winter
wheat. winter rye and barley slightly in
jured. Much corn will be replanted. Oats,
spring wheat. spring rye and meadows
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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-06-15
MINOR NEWS ITEMS.

+ For the Week Ending June II.
: Five hundred fishermen lost their
lives in gale off the east coast of China.
John Crowell and his four-year-old
son were killed by the cars near Whit
ing, Ind.
The commercial firm of C. Aries &
Co., at St. Pierre. Martinique, failed for
$1,Oo0,Ooo.s
The Boone county bank closed it's
doors at Harrison, Ark, with liabilities
Of $4,000.
Fanatics mobbed the mission build
ing at Liu Ching, China, and killed three
Christians.
Joseph Richardson, an eccentric man
worth 100000, died in New York,
aged 81 years.
Gov. Tanner has vetoed bill to regu-
late the practice of osteopathy in the
state of Illinois.
Three members of the Scheffelbine
family at Berea, O., have. gone insane
inside of fortnight.
In freight train wreck near Exeter,
N. H., seven cars were demolished and
three men were killed.
Fire destroyed the building of the
Marshall Elevator company in Chicago,
causing loss of $125,0oo.
A fire destroyed $4,000 worth OF
property, including the new Baptist
church and annex, at Cairo, Ill.
John Walters, an aeronaut, fell from
his balloon at Centerville, Ia, a dis
lance of 40 feet and was killed.
"Eph" Morris, at one time champion
oarsman of America, died at his home
in Allegheny, Pa, aged 4s years.
A fire that originated in the plant of
the St. Louis Milling company at Carlin-
Vile, ILL.,, caused loss of 100000.
James Hughes Taylor, veteran ira
gedian of wide reputation, died at
Downingtown, Pa, aged 70 years.
McKendree university at Lebanon,
ILL.,, has bestowed the honorary degree
of LII. d. upon President Mckinley.
Plans are being prepared for So
story office and studio building to be
erected in the central part of New York
city.
The one hundred and forty-first an
nual commencement of the University
of Pennsylvania took place in Phila-
delphia.
The grasshoppers threaten to ravage
eastern Washington. In Columbia and
Whitman counties many gardens have
been cut to the ground.
The Wilcox & White Organ company,
one of the largest manufacturers of or
gans in the United States, failed at
Meriden, Conn.,, for 100000.
A cutting affray took place near
Mountain City, Tenn, in which Bud
Price killed James Hampton and fatal
ly wounded Hampton's brother.
Rear Admiral Samuel Phillips Lee, u.
S. n, retired, the last of the command
ers Of great squadrons during the civil
war, died at his home at Silver Springs,
near Washington.
The strike at Jones & Laughlin's
American works, at Pittsburgh, was
declared' off by the strikers committee
Thursday and all the old men who can
get work will go back at once at the
reduction
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-06-15
FIREWORKS EXPLODE,

A Woman Killed, Many Persons Hurt
and. Buildings Wrecked.
Chicago, June 9.-Exploding fire.
works wrought havoc in the immediate
vicinity of Halsted and Van Buren,
streets at precisely 1888 o'clock Tuesday
evening. AS the result of the swift &C.
cident one person was killed and As
hurt, some of them seriously, $50, 1000
worth of property was destroyed and a
commotion was precipitated such as the
West division has seldom witnessed.
The name of the dead person is Mrs.
Maggie Kenney. She was struck by
runaway horse, bruised and cut, and
died at midnight in the county hospital.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-06-15
SWEPT |; z BY J WIND "
Great Damage Done at Lyle, MINI,
" "sa+bySa Cyclone. = ~. y -
Houses and OTHER Buildings Wrecked
and Cars Smash ed-The Number
of Lives Lost Is Not Def
.n -..,~...,- initcly KNOWN ~s}' =

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Minneapolis, MIMI, June fla spe
cial to the Tribune from Mason City,
Ia, says: At $3.50 Thursday night
sasscyclone struck northwest OF Lyle,
MINI. takingsa southeasterly course.
1T tore up houses and other buildingsin
its course andSStthe territory is now bare.
It was about half mile in width. All
telegra phi lines north' are down and box
carson sidings were smashed into
kindling. One report says six per-
sons were killed and number injured,
but later dispatch says that so far as
eknown only zone person. Henry Han
sen. was killed, butsten were injured.
some of them it is feared fatally. Those
injured were Charles Larson and wife
and baby, Mr.. Brooke and wife, Peter
Hanson and wife and their son Robert,
Mrs. Haughson and Mrs. Henry Han
son. ~r ,:>.= :.. .'>.
Hansen, the man who was killed, was
caring for his team when the storm
struck his barn, demolishing it and
killing his team and other stock. Han
sen was carried about 40 rods east,
where his body: badly mutilated, was
found. The storm originated four miles
west of Lynn and half a mile north of
the Iowa line. and pursued a zigzag
course toward the northeast, sweep
ing everything before it fully half a
mile wide. Trees were uprooted, tele-
phone and telegraph poles were broken
off, barns, houses, orchards, groves and
gardens were swept by the mad fury
of the storm. Several loaded cars on
the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
railroad were removed bodily from the
track. The lumber yard of L. A. Sher-
man was scattered promiscuously about
the country, and windmills without
number were destroyed. The school
house known as Minnerka, near the
Iowa line, was obliterated.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-06-15

RUSSIA has a method all its own for
dealing with professional labor agi5a-
tors and walking delegates. Sixty of
them, who had assembled at Moscow
for the purpose of 4organ Eng huge
strike, have just been arrested all on
the same day, and exiled to Siberia,
"administratively''-that' is to say,
without trial. The majority of them
are said to have been men of universi-
ty education, who had. however,
worked for a short time as Common
mill hands with the object of winning
the confidence of the laboring classes.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-06-15
LOSS TO IOWA FARMERS.

RavaHes OF Hog Cholera Last Year
Cost Over $22,OOO,OOO.
Des Moines, Ia, June s.-Reports
from 81 counties show that in these
counties 1,344,15s hogs died of cholera
last year. These reports are from re-
turns by township assessors. tabulated
by the county auditors and returned to
the auditor OF state for the state
weather and crop service. The returns
are reliable, and will show that about
2,225, 900 hogs died of cholera in the
state last year. A fair average price of
hog is ten dollars, so the loss will be
over 500. OOO. 900.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-06-15

IN Austria law has just been passed
making it punisha BILE offense for
parents to take young children into
bed with them. This arbitrary Interior
ence with 1.-The liberty of the subject"
has been rendered necessary by the
large number of deaths Of infants
through being overlaid, the annual
average having been for some time
past as much as 1900. In England,
where no such law as yet prevails, the
average is still larger, possibly in con-
sequence Of the extensive insurance of
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-06-15

Pope LEO has opened the ,Borgia,
rooms. of the vatican after spending.
$10o, 900 on their restoration. i The
whitewash has been removed from the
freseoe and the. pavementsf restored
to the original; designs in smajolica
tiles. r. The decorations OF the great
hall were destroyed at the time OF the
sack of Rome Z by the 4 constable of
Bourbon and were replaced by paint
ings by Raphael's pupils. The work
Of restoring Of the ancient glories was
accomplished in four years, as the pope
was very anxious that the repairs
should be compl ete before his death. 3
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-06-15

ABNER MCKINLEY, the presidents
brother, has just secured control of an
invention which he believes is worth
millions of dollars, and his friends
trust that his hopes may not be ILL
founded. It is process for adulter-
ating silk with fiber made from wood
pulp. A fabric half silk and half
fiber is difficult to distinguish from
the genuine article, and is said to be
even more durable for dress goods and
Innings than pure silk. =
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-06-15
SIGNED az TANNER.

Governor of Illinois Makes the Fam
Gus Allen Bill a Law.
Springfield, ILL.,, June 10.-Gov. Tan
ner signed the famous Allen street rail-
way bill at 10:45 a. m: Wednesday.
By virtue of the provisions of the new
law the council of Chicago, which city
the bill most closely affects. may ex-
tend street railway franchises, the five
cent fare remains fixed for 20 years
and the. transportation corporations
may combine, These are the main
points of the measure.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-06-15

POPULARITY among Dutch farmers
who live at a distance from a town is
to have coffin in readiness Tor their
burial. It is by no means uncommon
to see still sturdy old patriarch going
to an clubhouse and gravely contem-
plating that which is to hold his body
when he shuff1es off this mortal coil.
This characteristic has also appeared
in President Kruger. who's has recent
ly imported coffin, at a cost, too, of
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-06-15
Hchlatter IL Dead.

Denver, COL, June IA special to the
News from Ell Paso, Tex, says that
Francis Schlatter. who claimed to per-
form miraculous cures by Divine power.
WAS recently found dead in the foot
hills of Sierra Madre, IS miles south
west Of Casa Grande, in the state Of
chihuahua, Mexico. He had been fast
ing, and apparently starved to death.
While in Denver, from August ~ to
November 10, 1895, ZOO people visited
to receive treatment, >.:,.> ~
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-06-15
Nancy Glen Ii Dead.

Indianapolis. Ind, June 10. - Mrs.
Nancy E. Glen is dead. She was the
central figure in Indiana's most famous
criminal case; was tried five times for
murder; sentenced to hang twice, and
finally escaped on technically. Mrs.
Glen was finally convicted of perjury
and served four years in the state sfe-
male reformatory. -,
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-06-15

A LOT: Of ground at the corner of
Fifth avenue and Forty Fifth street,
New York, so feet front by 100 feet
deep. was sold asfeyy daysago for 81 los
900; that is, $500 a front foot, and
$s2 per square foot. That is the highest
price everspaid for residenceaproperty
in the United StatessS faS @s
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-06-15
Kills Sunday baseball.

Cleveland, O., June 1.-the jury in
the case of John Powell, the member
OF the Cleveland Baseball club, charged
with playing baseball on Sunday and
also exhibiting the same, returned a.
verdict'of guilty in both counts at noon
Thursday. The deliberation of the iury
lasted from seven o'clock Wednesday,
evening until noon Thursday. This set
ties the fate Of Sunday baseball in
Cleveland.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-06-15

AMONG the treasures of the Passama-
quoddy (Me.) tribe of Indians, it is
said, is letter from George Washing
ton, written from his army on the
banks of the Delaware, Dece mber p,
1776, in which he expresses his pleas
ure that the Passamaquoddies<h had &C.
cepted the chain of friendship he sent
them the preceding February.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-06-15

NUMBERS of experiments have been
made to test the speed and destination
of corked bottles thrown into the sea
at various portions of the world. The
most remarkable example ever heard
of was that in which bottle travelled
5000 miles in about two. years and
half; roughly at the rate;of six and
half miles day: s 1t travelled from #6s
degrees south latitude and so degrees
west longitude .tosWe Australia.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-06-15

:: City Of Mexico, June s.--A boiler ex-
ploded in the print works of Noriega
Brothers, in }Puebla. causing the death
5of 20 or more persons. the number not
being positively known. as it has been
impossible to remove the debris caused
by the explosion +
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-06-15

RUss1A's population, according to
the reports of the first general census,
lately taken, is $4,000, 900, exclusive
of the Grand Duchy OF Finland, which
has just taken a census of it's own, and
OF some, remote districts of Siberia,
and of the Caucasus, and the wander
ing tribes of the steppes, the reports
of which have been DELAYED.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-06-15

MARK GRANT, trayeling sales man,
while stopping atSGoving ton,K Ky, went
to the post off and was handed three
letters from his Michigan home. Upon
opening the first he read 81 the death
of his grandmother, the second told of
the burning of his home, and the third
announced the death of his child.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-06-15
Storm in New England.

Boston, June 1.-The northeast rain
storm which set in Wednesday morning
and which was apparently the culmina-
ton of a week of dull weather, appears
to have blown itself out. Nearly every
city and town in Maine. New Hamp-
shire and Vermont reports more or less
damage by the high water, while the
lowlands all through this region are
flooded,
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-06-15
Air Ship Failed to Work.

Nashville, Tenn, June 1O.-Wednes-
day morning Prot. Barnard undertook
to try another voyage in his air shin.
The balloon appendage had been too
highly inflated, and when away up in
the air the machine began to descend
rapidly. The balloon had burst but the
parachute appliances enabled the pro-
lessor to land safely.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-06-15

THERE are now 7l2 fountains for hui
man beings, 2s6 large troughs for
horses and cattle and 476 small troughs
for sheep and dogs in the streets and
suburbs of London. During a period
OF "a hours the fountains have been
used by more than 1850, 900 persons,
while at the troughs 500, 900 horses
have quenched their thirst
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-06-15
Losses by FIRE.

New York, June. g. The fire .lose -
the United States and Canada for Nav :
amounts to $1o.1o7 600. against $1o.61s-.
600 in May, 1896. The total loss since
January /. amounts to $50, go. an,
against $ss,2ss,soo in the first i've
months of 1896. #sszs @.s - B - =
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-06-15

DEXTER G1aeER and His brother,
Elbridge, the sole male survivors of
what was once the powerful Hassana-
misco tribe of Indians, in Maine, are
petitioning the legislature of that
state for an annuity of $3.50 each.
There are two other survivors, both
old women, who receive pension of
$500 and $500 respectively. + 80: =:
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-06-15
Killed His Father.

Barhourville, KY, June o. Rev.
Berry Lawson, a Methodist divine of
this county, was shot and instantly
killed by his 15-year-old son Isham.
The father whipped the boy for some
slight offensc, and the murder was the
result. .,.,.. - ..,..... 49,. r 4
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-06-15
BASEBALL,

standing of Leading Clubs for the
Week Ended June 10.
The following tables show the num-
Der OF games won and lost and the per-
centages of the clubs of the leading
baseball organizations. National
1ea
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-06-15
Death of = sister Of Douglas.

49, Death Of = Sister Of Douglass. >,
Clifton Springs, n. Y.,.June 9.--Mrs.
Sarah A. Granger, widow of The late
Julian N. Granger and sister OF Stephen
A. Douglass, the democratic leader of
ante-war days, died at her home near
here Tuesday, aged SO years. She was
postmistress here under President Ar
thur. H>$jEsS,7? W y%1 ~ i a2>S.r
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-06-15
Called 1T . Z, Drew.

sS Jew x orlx June 10. Peter Adaher and
Is Tom {. Sharh fought here for q 81
900 purse, and atsthe end ofs The seventh
round the police. nterfered and the
contest resulted il d draw. CA
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-06-15
Died OF His Iniurfe.1

Chicago, June 10.--Dr. sAlva Owen, in
ventor Of the electric belt and founder
Of the company at State and Adams
streets bearing his name, died at his
home in Palatine from injuries inflicted
by a horse. .fs:z,.s.e@. i Z#tss,,.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-06-15
VIII Reprieve Durrant.

Yosemite, CAL, June 11.-Gov. Budd
says he will grant reprievc to Theo-
dore Durrant until July and as often
thereafter as the circumstances of the
case may necessitate.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-06-15
Horror i'm. China.

4. London, June q "A dispatch say.
that during a festival at Tien-Tsin,
China, fire broke out, and il the panic
that followed over 100 persons were
killed. l5<s. :E$ss, 7 ,.ss.. r y, &5S$$
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-06-15
An lll-Fafel Family.

Defiance, O., June s.-Emma Techan-
nan, five years old, was struck by a
passing train and instantly killed. She
was the third member of the family
killed on the railroad within wear.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-06-15
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;Warshfp Goes to- Sea.

Boston, June Il ~ The navy yard Off
Gals yesterday announced that the
United States cruiser New York sailed
from this &harbor between three and
four lock ii the afternoon under
sealed orders. 5s S.. ~.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-06-15
BuLr II to, Death.

81 Dubuque, Ia, June / I r.. --- T'he residence
Of Nicholas Honlan at Bellevue was
burned and his oldest son, aged ten,
persisted il the flames. OH S.s.ssss 4
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-06-15
a., Maryland zLynchinr.

sS< s5:? .{Ss A Maryland Lynching. s. 3#
Princess Anne, Md, June 1o.--Imme-
diately after William Andrews (col-s
tored was sentenced to4death here for
assa ulting Mrs. Benjamin Kelley a
mob took Andrews from the sheriff and
hanged him. Y 4 s n III zs & 5=s 81