The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-06-11
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
For the week Ending June ..

| For the Week Ending June -
The entire town Of Randsburg, Col.
has been destroyed by fire.
Eppinger & Co., extensive grain deal
ers of San Francisco, failed for ST ,OOO,-
900.
Four men were killed on hand
car that was run down by a stock train
near Genoa, Neb.
Howard Blackburn left Gloucester,
Mass, in dorie so feet long for trip
across the ocean.
Cowboys killed Z. NJ. Berry and his
three sons at St. Francis, Kan, In
quarrel over land.
The general freight offices OF the
Erie railroad are to be moved from
| Cleveland to Chicago.
George Smith (colored) was hanged
at Portland, Ore for the murder OF
his wife last November.
A drought of As days in New England
| Is estimated to have caused loss to
| farmers of $7O,00O,000.
Consul invade, at Canton, tele-
! graphs that over a million natives In
| Kwang-Si, China, are starving.
There is a wholesale emigration OF
miners and workmen from the iron dis
tricts Of Austria to the United States
William Thompson, the pioneer IN
the wholesale pie-baking industry in
America, died In New York, aged rs
years.
Weekly trade reviews show encour.
aging trade conditions at leading
cities, with consumption restricted by
strikes.
A mob attempted to take a wife
murderer from officers at Tomah,
Wis.,, but was prevented by militia
and officers.
William Daniels and Hall Youmans
were killed by black damp following
blast in the Briar Hill coal mine at
Coxville, Ind.
United States Senator Daniel has
been declared the nominee OF the
democratic party in Virginia az bis
own successor.
The Ferris wheel, which cost $780,.
600, has been sold to wrecking CON-
pany in Chicago for $500, and will be
removed as junk.
Two cloudbursts in Indiana did
great damage to small buildings and
flooded the country around Alexan'
dria and Crestes.
At Greenville, Miss, John Dennis, a
negro, was lynched by mob for an at
tempted criminal assault upon a well.
known young lady.
MILFORD Davis was hanged al
Moundsville, w. Va, for the murder
April 10, 1902, Of Page Martsiller, CHIEF
of police of Ell1ins.
A new counterfeit, Photographic
reproduction of the $2G Issue OF the
National state bank of Metropolis. ILL.,.
has been discovered.
A hurricane swept over the Philip
pine islands and the American steam.
ers Pearl and San Rafael and schooner
Mayfower were wrecked.
A treaty with the Uintah Indians has
been closed which will throw open In
Utah 1880, 900 acres Of reservation land
for settlement in October. 1894.
Mrs. Anna N. Noggie and Mrs.
Hiram johnson, the oldest twins In
the United States, celebrated theiI
eighty-eighth birthday at Monroe
Wis.
Samuel Mitchell (white), who led the
mob that lynched Thomas Gilyard a
negro, at Joplin, Mo-, recently, has
been sentenced to ten years. imprison.
ment
Prof. T. C. Chamberlin, of the Uni.
versity of Chicago, says labor condt
lions show disregard of civil law
that is a menace to the country's
peace.
Mayor Francisco Sanchez, instiga
tor of the assassination of Dupin and
Courmount, Frenchmen, at Chilpan'
ingo Mexico, has been shot dead al
public execution.
The Venezuelan revolutionists who
have for over a year and half been
fighting the government of President
Castro will petition the United States
for recognition as belligerents.
A New York labor leader has been
arrested, charged with receiving $4,000
for calling off q strike. District At
torney jerome says the accused has
been paid thousands of dollars for
such services.
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