Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1900-07-19
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
The republicans of West Virginia
have nominated A. B. White for gov
ernor.
North Dakota republicans have.
nominated F. B. Fancher, of Suits
man, for governor.
The republicans have renominateds
Walter Reeves for congress in the Elev'
enth Illinois district, John F. Lacey in
the Sixth Iowa and Henry O. Smith in
the Second Michigan.
The populists, democrats and silver
republicans of Nebraska nominated a,
fusion state ticket headed by William
A Poynter, renamed for governor.
President Mckinley was formally no.
titled at his home in Canton, o, of his
denomination for the presidency by
the republican national convention,
and Gov. Roosevelt was notified at Oy
ster Bay, L. l., of his nomination for
vice president.
Mrs. Mary Lee, aged 80 years and 10
months, and believed to have been the
oldest woman in Ohio. died at Warren.
Messrs. Bryan and Stevenson will be
officially notified of their nomination
at indianapolis on August s.
Congressional nominations: Indi-
ana, Thirteenth district, C. C. Bowers
(dem.); Illinois, Fourteenth district.
Jesse Black, Jr. (dem.); Michigan, elev-
enth district, A. B. Darragh (rep.C
Populists and democrats fused in
South Dakota and nominated a ticket
headed by B. II. Lein, of Sioux Falls,
for governor.
The middle-of-the-road populists of
North Dakota have put full state
ticket in the field, headed by C. G. Ma
jor for governor.
The Nebraska prohibitionists named
L. O. Jones, of Lincoln, as candidate
for governor.
John Billingsley, aged LOG, died at
Loudon, Ky.
Indianapolis has been selected as
headquarters of the middle -the-road,
populist national committee.
Perry S. Heath will be secretary of
the republican national committee,
and will resign his place as assistant
postmaster general.
John Henry Gear, United States SEN
ator from Iowa, and twice governor of
his state, died suddenly in Washington
of heart failure, aged Is years. .,
FOREIGN. r.:
Chinese officials in Shanghai report
the destruction of the legations in Pc
king, and all the foreigners and Prince
Ching, with other Chinese opposed to
the Boxers, are reported killed. There
has been hard fighting at Tientsin.
where the guns of the Chinese proved
far superior to those of the allied
forces.
Extreme cold weather and heavy
snowstorms prevailed throughout Aus
tria.
Rear Admiral Remey has arrived at
Chefoo and relieved Rear. Admiral
Kempff of supreme command of Amer
lean naval forces in Chinese waters.
Alleged plans to divide China be-
tween Germany, Russia, Great Brit
ain and Japan are published in Ger
many.
DR.. Francis E. Clark, of the Christian
Endeavorers, just arrived in London
from China, said that northern China
had been hotbed of insurrection all
the spring. ss-<, III
The Beers surrounded and attacked
the British at Nitrals mex, near Pre-
toria, and captured squadron of cav
airy and nine infantrvmon
The commercial treaty between the
United States and Italy has been. ap-
proved by the Italian chamber of dep
uties.
King Oscar of Sweden has offered re-
wards for news of Andree's balloon
polar expedition.
Cannibals on the coast of New Brit
ain killed and ate party of bushmen.
Russia is aroused almost to state
Of frenzy by the report from Admiral
Alexyeff that. NJ. de Giers and the en-
tire legation have been murdered in
Peking after being subjected, to most
horrible torture.