Mower County transcript., 1898-05-25
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NEWS CONDENs NsAT TIONs.

NEWS CONVERSATIONS.
Wednesday, Msy 10.
The house has passed the senate bill
to establish an assay Office for the
Klondike ct Seattle.
Orders for 1000 900 pounds Of salt
meats, half Of which is to be sent TO
Tampa. have been placed by the gov.
ernment in st. Louis.
Seven houses were unroofed by a tor.
nado at Albion, Neb. Mrs. Harry
Austin and two children were seriously
injured by falling walls.
The Ohio Prohibition state conven.
tion has decided to refuse to join with
the other minority parties on q com.
mon platform in the interest Of reform.
The Chicago Times Herald says DR..
Edwin Brant Frost of Dartmouth col.
lege will become ber of. the fac
ulty of the University Of Chicago at
the beginning Of the next school year.
Professor Frost will work with the big
lens at the Yerkes observatory.
Thursday. May 10.
The Spanish cabinet has been reor.
ganized by Premier Sagasta.
The battleship Alabama was success.
fully launched at Cramps shipyards.
A naval reserve division consisting Of
76 men has been organized at Seattle.
General William Writ Lowe died at
Omaha of paralysis Of the heart, aged
IS years.
The cruiser Charleston has sailed
for the Philippines, after having taken
on full supply of ammunition.
The Heman Construction company of
st. Louis has secured the contract to
put in $6, 900, 900 sewerage system for
the City of Mexico.
The consolidation of 10 of the most
prominent envelope companies in the
country, representing 10 per cent Of the
output Of commercial envelopes, has
been effected.
The cold and rainy weather has in.
creased Prince Bismarck's neuralgia
and aggravated the swelling of his legs
and he has been unable to leave his
bed for several days. -
Friday, May 20.
Ex-Governor O. NJ Roberts Of Texas
| is dead.
The Presbyterian general assembly
10 in session at Winona Lake, Ind.
The services Of a Canadian. American
regiment at Chicago have been offered
to the president.
Senators opposed to the annexation
of Hawaii threaten to hold up the war
revenue bill in retaliation.
The Spanish loss in the recent en-.
gagement at >Cienfuegos is estimated
to have been at least 800 killed.
The Seventh Kansas district Popu:
list convention renominated Hon. Jerry
Simpson of Medicine Lodge for con.
gress by acclamation.
Ten men attempted to cross the AL.
legheny river on q raft, near Spring
dale, Pa. The raft was swamped and
six of tho men were drowned.
! Saturday. May FL.
| Fire in Dow & SHELLS wholesale
grocery building at Toledo, O., caused
a loss Of sSoo, 900.
Algernon Sartoris, General Grants
grandson, has been appointed ieuten.
ant Of engineers. ..
It is now virtually decided that Mr..
/ ohon 1,4 s~<
in Westminster abbey.
Australian advices state that hurri.
cane which swept the shores Of Austria
liza, has wrecked many small craft in
the coast trade.
Advices received by steamer tell of a
very critical state of affairs in the
Samoan islands, where another native
war is believed to be inevitable.
9. L! Baker, president of the Baker
Carriage Works, at Des Moines, Ia,
shot himself twice in the mouth, dying
almost instantly. Financial troubles
unbalanced him.
B. ]. Franklin, ex-governor of Ari-
IONA, died suddenly at his home at
Phoenix. He lay down to rest and when
member of his family went to call
| him he was found to be dead.
Monday, May 23. -.r.-
San Diego harbor is being mined.
Paris dressmakers, in interviews, de.
plore the loss of American trade.
| It is reported that one expedition Of
American troops has sailed for Cuba. ~,
The United States steamer Monterey
has been ordered to Manila to reinforce
the Asiatio squadron.
! Kansas City and Indianapolis ball
players were arrested for playing ball
at Indianapolis Sunday.
Spanish bishops at Manila and Hong
kong have issued pastorals urging that
no quarter be given Americans.
The United States supreme court has
decided convictions under the oleomar.
garine laws Of Pennsylvania and New
Hampshire to be invalid, thus holding
the laws unconstitutional
Tuesday, May -.
Sir John T, Gilbert. the historian of