The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-11-11


suited In majority of 1884 for prohi-
bition only one out of five voters cast
ballots.
Mrs Amelia Sonnabend, first cousin
of Prince Hohenlohe. the chancellor of
the German empire, committed suicide
at Detroit.
James Robinson. formerly the cham
pion bareback rider of the world, who
has been dangerously Ill at Lake Del
AVIAN, Mo-, is recovering.
The thirty-third annual convention of
the American Institute of Architects
Is in session in Washington.
Friday, Nov. 4.
The supreme court Of North Carolina
has taken a hand in the uprising Of the
whites against the negro voters by the
issuance of warrants for the arrest of
Democrats charged with unlawful in
tlmidation and threats to kill a negro
officeholder.
John w. Gates, president of the I'LL
nois Steel company, has purchased o
plantation en- the southern coast of
Cuba.
Judge Kicks, of the United States court,
has allowed construction contracts and
terminal charges against the Detroit
and Lima Northern railroad to the
amount of $4,000.
C. II. Summers, chief electrician If
the Western Union Telegraph company
at Chicago, died Of heart disease at San
Francisco.
Evidence that the trust among the
manufacturers of envelopes has become
a fact has reached the stationery trade
in higher wholesale prices.
Saturday, Nov. 8.
p. B. O'Reilly, aged sc, the oldest |
member of the Ancient Order of Hiber-
mans in the United States, is dead at
his home in Terre Haute, Ind.
Robert Willis, of Chicago, is reported |
to have been drowned in the Athabasca
river while en- route to the Klondke.
A call has been issued for a national
Christian citizenship convention, to be
held at Washington Dec. 13 to Is next.
Jack the Clipper" cut off the braids
of Miss Jennie Haranski, 10 years old,
as she was sitting in Douglas park, |
Chicago.
A 3-year-old son Of G.. f. Dennis, Of
Wauzeka, Crawford county, Wis.,, ac-
cidentally swallowed poison and died
of the effects.
Colonel Amos Webster, a member of
General Grants personal staff in the |
campaign around Richmond, is dead at |
Washington. He was 81 years old
Direct from Austrian court circles the
announcement comes that Francis Jo-
seph contemplates a second marriage !
as soon as the time of official court |
mourning has expired.
Monday, Now 7.
There is a serious cabinet crisis In !
Newfoundland. Sir Herbert Murray |
the governor, demands the resignation
Of NJ. Morine, the minister of finance.
There is a macadamized road in India !
1900 miles in length.
The weather bureau says that tomor |
row will be clearing and cold.
The French newspapers announce that |
Sarah Bernhard is going to India to |
act and shoot tigers. She has chartered |
a big steam yacht.
Phya Visuddha, minister of Siam to |
the United States, was a passenger on |
board the steamer Campania, which ar
rived at New York Saturday.
The French language, it appears, is |
better adapted to the purpose of the |
telephone than the English.
A dispatch from General Brooke at |
San Juan. Porto Rico, ANNOUNCES the |
death of Sister Mary Larkin, contract |
nurse of typhoid.
In Bielefield. Germany, there is |
colony of epileptics, numbering 1900. |
The colony was establish in 1868.
The proportionate mortality from can |
Ger is now four and half times great |
er than it was half a century ago.
Tuesday, Nov. 8.
Rev. DR.. H. l.. Wayland one of the |
most eminent Baptist divines, died at |
wernersville, Pa, after an illness of |
several months duration He was 6S
years old.
The force detailed to guard the United |
States legation at Pekin has arrived
Emperor William and Empress Au-
gusta Victoria have arrived at Damas-
Gus, from Beirout, after an interesting |
Journey over the Lebanon mountains.
The Bank Of Spain has advanced to
the Spanish treasury 60,000,000 pesetas
for current expenses.
A. E. Stillwell president of the Kan
sas City and Gulf railroad, is slated as
the new president of the Detroit and
Lima Northern.
T. b. Potter the founder of the Cob
den club, the once famous free trade
organization, is dead at London.
Christian Science has finally reached
the City of Mexico, where it has
quite following in the Anglo-Ameri-
can colony.
Wednesday, Nov. o.
Burglars obtained vaiuables worth
s., 900 Sunday and Monday nights in
entering the homes of James B. Camp
bell, Miss M. Howard Hugh Kent and
Patrick Quinn at Chicago.
Two sticks of dynamite weighing
nearly half a pound arrived at San
Francisco through the mails on the
overland train.
Khalifa Abdullah, the defeated derv-
ish leader, Is hard pressed on the from
tier of Kordofan southwest of Khar-
toum, by natives friendly to the Anglo.
Egyptian expedition.
lola Is reported to have agreed to de-
liver a series of lectures in the United
States.
Nikola Tesla claims to have perfected