Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1897-03-25
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NAL years. HID !
Cash wheat smashed an$records for
the last six years in st. Louis.by reach
ing the dollar mark. .<s q al
IN the prize hit at Carson City, New,
between, Corbett and Fl tzsimmons for
the worlds championship and q purse
Of $4,000 the latter won in the four
teenth round. T. es...,
In Philadelphia Frederick Franks
shot and killed his son William. aged
nine years, shot and fatally wounded
his daughter Amelia. five years old, and
then killed himself. 4 Ss
Wholesale charges of Legislative cor
ruption caused Speaker Byers, of the
Iowa house, to resign until an investi-
cation could be made. -
Five toll gates were destroyed in Gar
rard county. KY, by mob of masked
raiders. .- @s ...-,A
James Lane celebrated his 1o1st birth
day at his home in Chicago. -5&~s
John Hull, an employee of the Erie
railway at Servia, Ind, shot his wife
and then killed himself. Domestic
trouble was the cause.
j. r. Crosby & Co., of Danvers, Mass,
boot and shoe manufacturers, failed for
100000.
President Mckinley sent to the senate
the following nominations: Powell
Clayton, of Arkansas, to be minister of
the United States to Mexico; William NJ.
Osborne, of Massachusetts,, consul-gen-
eral at London; John K. Gowdy, of In
diana, consul-geperal at Paris; Joseph
H. Brigham, of Ohio, to be assistant Sec
retary of agriculture, and Perry S.
Heath, of Indiana, to be first assistant
postmas
Near Marion, Ark, Eta Lix and her
four children were drowned in flood.
William Fees, farmer living near
Wamego, Kan, fatally shot his wife and
his mother-in-law, Mrs. S. II. johnson,
and her daughter, and then killed him
self. Domestic trouble was the cause.
Fitzsimmons has decided to retire
permanently from the ring and settle
down in New York.
The floods in the Mississippi valley
were growing worse and the situation
in many towns was appalling.
Dave Pennington, a worthless chsrac-
ter at Odebolt, Ia, shot and killed
Luther Traver, fatally wounded Mrs.
Frank Stoll, seriously wounded Mrs.
Hiram johnson and then killed him
self.
The passing of mutilated or defaced
coins and the mutilation and deface-
ment of coins has been made a. crimi-
nal offense by congress, punishable by
Imprisonment not to exceed five years
| and fine not to exceed $4,000.
The levec 50 miles below Caruthers-
Vile, Mo-, broke and II persons were
drowned. .. ~.
The gunboats Marietta and Wheel
ing, twin screw boats of 1000 tons each,
were launched at San Francisco.
The Turkish minister has declared
vacant the office of consul of the Otto
man empire at Boston, Mass, held by
Joseph Iasigi, who is under arrest on
charges of embezzlement.
Patrick Casey. Edward Hayes and
Hugh Mcbride were scalded to death in
ii railway collision in Denver, Col.
The towns of Leeds, Lynn, James,
Hinton and Merrill in Iowa were flood
ed, and several drownings were re-
ported.
John Smith, negro preacher, was
shot to death by a mob at Scottsboro,
Ala. Smith Twas charged with outrag-
ing the wife of white farmer. -s,,-rs,.~
.2s4+ PERSONAL AND POLITICAL. 4
+ Mrs. Ellen D. Warren died at Creal
Springs,In aged LOG years. Z:
e The Rhode Island republicans met in
Providence and nominated Elisha Dyer,
Of tina city, for governor.
George Goes, an. old-time minstrel,
well-known throughout the country,
died at his home in Cambridge, Mass,
aged SO years. -a