Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1898-08-04
The American troops in Puerto Rico
have taken possession of the Ponce
railroad andare operating the trains
for the movement of supplies.
Paducah, Ky, while bathing.
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trees uprooted by a wind and hail
storm in. Chicago and several persons
were injured and number of horses
killed.
Frank Mccormick, one of the most
noted counterfeiters. in the country,
was arrested in Anderson, Ind.
John Palmerton dropped dead in his
hotel office at Shelbyville, Ind, of
paralysis Of the heart
The powder mill of E. T. Johnson at
Troy, Pa, was blown up and the owner
was killed. L.... 49, ...."
James L. Hampton shot and killed his
wifi, at Manitowoc, Wis.,, and then
fatally shot himself. Domestic trouble
was the cause. D.. i.
William Selden and Miss Minnie De
Witt, of Anna, ILL.,, were drowned at
Harris ford, near Golden.
= DR.. C. II. Strickland, D. D., aged So,
pastor of the First Baptist church in
Jackson, Tenn, died in bathtub.
Howard Fish and Miss Ada Glenn
mons, young society people of Monroe,
ILL.,, were drowned in the lake at San
dusl1y, O., by the capsizing of a row.
boat. TO-;
jacques Brown and his wife commit
ted suicide by placing themselves in
front of passenger train on the Ohio
River railroad at Parkersburg. w. Va.
BY the collapse of a building being
erected ill Boston Morris Brena and
James Sullivan were killed and two
other men were fatally injured.
The exchanges at, the leading clear
ing houses in the United States dur
ing the week ended on the Goth aggre-
gated $1,03o, 1915, 602, against ST, 1872 $780,
653 the previous week: The decrease
week in 1897 was 0.3.
There were $50 business failures in
the United States in the seven days
ended on the goth. against 207 the week
previous and $50 in the corresponding
period of 1897.
The business situation throughout
the country shows unusual Indication
of season of general prosperity.
-. A dozen farmhouses near Cover,
Mo-. were demolished by cyclone and
many persons were injured.
Peter Knass and Herman Elbek were
suffocated by foul air in we'll near
La Sale, Ill.,. ..> ... g.,
On the race track in Cleveland the
worlds mile record to wagon was
broken by Grace Hastings, the time be-
ing:2:ooH.. ..i,
The percentages of the baseball
clubs in the National league for the
week ended on the 31st ult were: Gin
cinnati, .6S1; Boston, .651; Cleveland,
GIG; Baltimore, .595; Chicago, .556;
New York, $40; Pittsburgh, .511; Phil
adelphia, .476; Brooklyn, 1884; WASH
ington, .3G5; Louisville, 1856; St. Louis,
.261.
Five persons were drowned by the
capsizing Of boats at the cloalmakers'
ric1ric at Columbia park, near Chicago.
The town OF Beckwith, CAL, having a
population of about 500, was almost
wiped out 10y fire.
The farmhouse of Mrs. j. hartman.
near Waterloo, n. Y, was destroyed by
fire and Mrs. hartman, her married
daughter and hired man were burned
to death.
A balance has been struck of the
conscience fund" in the treasury of
the United States, showing that the to-
tai amount received since it was opened
in 1911 was $2o7,452.
Kate Connolly, William White, Frank
Kelly, George Hansen and C. A. Holmes
were burned to death in fire in San
Francisco.
Five young women and one young
man were drowned near Humansville,
Mo-, while attempting to ford river
in wagon.
All the Chicago morning papers have
per copy.
Three hundred head of fine cattle
were attacked by bees near Bancroft,
Neb., and jumped over high bluff
into the Missouri river and were
drowned.
Fire wiped out two business blocks
in Escanab a, Mich, the loss being
$2OO. 1000.
Jesse johnson. Fred johnson, James
Stewart and Luther Stewart, ranging
in age from IS to 10, were drowned al
Several persons lost their lives and
others were badly injured in fire
in the Berwyn hotel in Chicago.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
In convention in St. Paul the Min.
! nesota prohibitionists nominated
George w. Higgins, of Hennepin, for
governor. ... ....
The populist state convention at