Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-07-04
WEST AND SOUTH.


On all{St. Louis lines traffic was re-
sumed and neither passengers nor
crews were molested.
By cyclone in Beaver county, Okla.
five persons were killed and great DALI
age was done to property.
In St. Paul Henry Finehout, believed
to have been the Oldest railroad con-
ductor in the world, died at his home,
aged 81 years.
In wreck caused by washout on
the Southern railroad near McDon-
ough, Ga, IS persons were killed.
In Cedar Rapids, Ia, Charles Milford,
a crazy man, killed James. 7Fitzsim-
mons and wounded Mrs. Fitzsimmons
and her daughter, fatally shot Joseph
Drake and then killed herself.
John Ethridge's two daughters
were killed by lightning in their home
near Charlotte. n. C.
The wheat crop in Kansas is 100000
900 bushels, and 10000 men have been
imported to help harvest it.
In Chicago Andrew Dekas, 103 years
old, veteran of three European wars
of the early portion of the century,
died at the home of his daughter.
Further reports from the railway
wreck at McDonough, Ga, say that Al
persons lost their lives.
The death of Martin J. Russell, ed
itor of the Chicago Chronicle, occurred
at Mackinac island, Mich, aged IS
years.
Two churches, the female academy
and other buildings at Eutaw, Ala,
were wrecked by cyclone.
In quarrel over game of cards ut
Granite, Kan, Jeff Gilmore shot and
killed three persons.
A negro named Jock Thomas, who az
tempted an assault on Mrs. Keene, a
widow living near O'Brien, Fla, was
hanged by mob.
In St. Louis the federal court issued
an injunction restraining the street
railway mems union from interfering
with the running of mail cars.
In Beaver county, Okla, two men
were killed and much, property de-
stroyed by cyclone.
Plans are being made for the with
drawal of as many troops as can be.
spared from further service in Cuba.
In the southern states unprecedented
rains have done great damage to cot
ton and corn.
The republicans made the following
congressional nominations: Minneso-
ia, First district, J. T. McCleary; Sec
ond, ]. A. Tawney; third, Joel Heat
wole. Michigan, Sixth district, S. w.
Smith.
In Chicago pickpockets stole 5000
worth of negotiable bonds from Henry
X. Duffield. :.
Firesweptaway nine business houses
and contents at Bussey, Ia.
The death of Mrs. Sallie Shackleford
occurred at Elizabethtown, Ky, aged
101 years and eight months. ~
The supreme court of Tennessee de-
ci1ed that women cannot practice law
before any of the courts OF the state. .
Advices from North Dakota and
northern Minnesota show wheat and
fax are q total failure, four days Of hot
winds having burned up the crops.
In Chicago the Bricklayers' and
Stone Masons' union decided to desert
the Building Trades council, and this
action win probably end the long
strike. B;
The Illinois democrats met in Spring
field and nominated Samuel Alschuler,
i Of Aurora, for governor, reafl irmed the
national platform Of 1896 and elected,
delegates to the national convention
instructed for Bryan. s=
ProhibitioEists Of Illinois met in
Chicago and nominated Judge Y. ".
Barnes. Of Lake Bluff, for governor.
Arkansas democrats have nominated
JET Davis for governor.
the supreme court Of Ohio handed
down q decision adverse to the Toledo
centennial project.
The low stage of the Mississippi Is
s' q llele g n the history q the
river.