Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-01-11
MINOR EVENTS OF THE WEEK
Items Of General Interest Told il
Paragraphs.
COMPLETE NEWS SUMMARY.
Record of Happenings of Much or Little
Importance from All Parts Of the
Civilized world-Prices of Farm Pro-
duce in western Markets.

New York-Fire destroyed the brick |
factory building, 1888 and 342 East
Fifty-ninth street Loss, 100000.
Roam. Ind The plant of the Roam
Cooperage company was destroyed by
fire. Loss, about $4,000; insurance,
S12,500.
Scottsburg, Ind.--The case against
Freeman Moon. charged with compiled
ty in the lynching Of Marion Tyler, has
been dismissed.
Washington. -Congressman Hopkins
of the house ways and means commit
tee states that there will be no revi-
sion of the war internal revenue tax
law at the present session of congress.
Butte, Mont.-The Hennessey Mer-
camille company's warehouse was de-
stroyed by fire. Loss estimated at $57
600; full insurance on stock and 500
900 on building.
Kalamazoo, Mich.-Rev. Charles e.
Thomas, pastor of the Simpson NJ. f.
church, was stricken with apoplexy at
the close of his sermon. His condition
is critical.
Indianapolis The movement to es-
tablish a national park on the ground
made historical by the battle of Attain
ia, Ca, Is Endorsed by former President
Harrison and otner prominent north
erners.
Atlanta, Ga.-Gov. Chandler has APP
pointed J. Lindsay Johnson, J. w.
English, Jr., Seaton Graniland, b. A.
Denmark and Col. c. S. Webb as com
missioners of the state to the Paris
exposition.
Omaha, Neb.-Gen. r. H. Stanton,
U. S. A., retired, is critically i'll at his
residence in this city.
Silver City, N. M-Thomas F. Con-
way one of the oldest and most promi-
nent attorneys in the territory, died
here of Bright's disease. aged Go years
Sioux Falls, s. D.-The implement
! dealers of South Dakota. northwestern
Iowa and southwestern Minnesota will
form an association to be known as
| the South Dakota implement Dealers
association.
Richmond, Ky.-The reports sent out
that Rev. John G. Fee, the founder of
Berea college and the noted abolition
list, was dead, were not correct DR..
| Fee is recovering.
Kingston, Jamaica-Adyices from
Colombia report the death of President
| NJ. A. San Clemente, which has created
new situation and greatly compli-
Gated the political outlook.
Hartford City, Ind.-The Montpelier
tin plate mill, employing 200 men, was
closed, and it is believed that it will
not resume.
Delaware, Ohio.-Mrs. Elizabeth Me-
barry OF Richmond, Ind, who gave
$4,000 recently to Ohio Wesleyan uni
versity, has added $4,000 more to her
fund. thus endowing two chairs.
San Francisco, Cal.-Advices from
Guatemala say that revolt at Tecana,
on the Mexican border, has been sup
k pressed
Ottumwa, Iowa-Phillip Deitz was
found dead in his room pierced with
three bullets, two of which penetrated
his heart. The case is one of suicide
New York-The New York China,
Glass and Toy company, commercially
rated as having capitals of $4,000 to
/ $4,000, has assigned.
st. John's.-The public revenues OF
Newfoundland for the six months end
Ing Dec, 81 were $1,043, 600, which is
$230,000 over the figures teached dur
ing the corresponding period of 1898.
Philadelphia, Pa.-At the United
coins were made during the year 1899
4 representing a value of little more
than $65 100000.
| Denver, Cola. M. PinkeTton sur
1 rendered to the detectives, stating tha
| he was wanted in Mercer county, Ill.
on charge of embezzlement He viii
4 go to Illinois fpr an investigation.
/ Denver, Colo.-Chasrles ]. Durham
an employee of Fl. M. King, ranch
man, near Arvada, committed suicide
here by swallowing corrosive subj,
! mate.
Barnstable, Mass.--Edwin Ray Snow
charged with the murder of James T
| Whittemore, at Yarmouth, pleaded
guilty, and was sentenced to be exc
/ cuted March IS.
Denver, Col.-Wyatt Sharp, who es
capped from the Arkansas penatentiary
has surrendered to the police in thi'
city. Sharp killed B. A. MILESTONE il
fight at Huntington, Ark.
Rio Janeiro.-The bubonic plagu,
has broken out in the city and neigh
borhood of Sac Paulo.
Chicago-Louis Schwartz, year
old, was run over and instantly killet
by wagon which his father was driv
ing.
Vandalia, ILL., Parks -four mill a
Vera, five miles north of this place
was totally destroyed by fire. Loss
s25, goo.
| Washington, d. C.-Surgeon Genera
Sternberg has been designated to rep
resent the war department at the in
ternational congress of hygiene whicl
meets at Paris this summer.
Me.ieS, NoS- sdllWeS L. MOOfEy dSS'
65, shot and ltlled his wife, agnd 2
years; then committed suicide
Scranton, Pa.-The stockholders o
the Lackawanna Iron and Steel com
pany voted in favor of increasing TIN
capital stock from s3,75O,O0O to $25,
0OO. 1000.
: Washington The total sugar prod
} uct of the Hawaiian islands for thu
season of 1899 was 304 500 tons