Mower County transcript., 1899-11-01
NEWS CONVERSATIONS

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NEWS CONVERSATIONS.
Wednesday. Oct. %.
Times in Samoa are stormy again.
A Chicago man has confessed to hav-
Ing 40 wives.
General Funston, it is said, will 30
brevetted major general.
The United States troops will be with
drawn from the Coeur d llenes Nov. /.
1nsurgent Commander Caatpo has as
sumed control Of tho ..venezuelen gov
ernmentS~ -
The Russo-American dispute over the
seizure of American sealers will be ar
bitrated.
A plan for insuring its employees has
been inaugurated by tho management
of the Chicago and Alton railroad.
1t is rumored that the pending Brit
ish naval preparations are due to Rus
sia's intention to seize port in the Per-
sian gulf.
Governor General Brooke prevented
Cubans from driving Syrians out of the
island under an old Spanish law
against ''heretics."
Thursday. Dot. 90.
Governor Roosevelt Of New York is
campaigning in Maryland.
Railroads have been notified of an
other advance in stAol raila
Colonel Pando has been elected presi-
dent Of Bolivia in succession to Senior
Fernandez Alonzo.
The presi ent has issued a proclama-
tion nam:"g Thursday, Nov. 30,
Thanksgiving day.
Admiral Sampson was presented a
sword at Trenton, N. j., Wednesday,
the gift of the people of the state.
Ex-Mayor John Black, one of the
most prominent and wealthy men of
Milwaukee, is dead of Br,ghts disease.
The White Star liner Germanic COL
lided with barge in Liverpool harbor
and the big steamer was quite seriously
damaged.
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Frank L. Henry, we'll known New
York banker, died suddenly, aged 40.
Fourteen people were burned to death
near Mobile, Ala., in two dwelling
house fires.
The Ohio supreme court rendered a
decision which has the effect of legal.
izing the practice of osteopathy in Ohio.
A story via Hudson bay has it that
two white men supposed to belong to
the Andre expedition have been shot BY
Esquimaux traders.
Mr.. Sewall has informed the state de-.
partment that II. E. Cooper, at present
attorney general of Hawaii, has been
appointed minister of finance, ad in
terim.
The Portuguese authorities have re-
conducted over the Transvaal border
800 white and black prisoners whom the
Beers released from their jails and
turned loose in Portuguese territory.
Saturday, Oct. 98.
The queen has prorogued parliament.
Furniture prices have been advanced
by the manufacturers.
1t is now said that Canadian yachts.
men may challenge for the Americas
cup.
Cape Colony authorities have de.
clared null and vold the Free State an.
neAation proclamation.
General Symons, the British com.
mander in South Africa who was
wounded at Glencoe, is dead.
The Standard Oil company is buying
abandoned natural gas territory in In.
diana in the belief that it is to be flood
ed with oil.
The work of the grand lodge Of
Knights of Pythias at it last session is
declared by the judiciary committee
unconstitutional.
Monday, Oct. 80.
The Rev. Edward Lyon Berther, the
inventor of collapsible boats, is dead.
Lord Rosebery has been elected rec
tor of Glasgow University by S29 votes
to SOL cast for Lord Kelvin.
Twenty-four million dollars is to be
demanded through the courts from cor
porations in Cook county, Ills., for vio
lation of Illinois statutes in failing te
make proper return to the assessors.
The critical condition of the cotton
industry is exciting considerable atten.
tion at Calcutta and Bombay. Owing
to the overproduction Of the mills it il
feared the decision to partly close dowr
comes too late to save the situation.
Tuesday, Oct. 81.
Germany is to put up grain duties tt
pay for her enlarged navy.
Large tracts Of Wisconsin swaml
lands may be reclaimed by means of q
drainage canal.
Admiral Dewey announces his en-
gagement to John r. McLean's sister
widow of General Hazen of the sigma
service.
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