Mower County transcript., 1904-04-27

nuoS1d PIOAu1Cu ol.1f per CSut.
William Seybold. a wealthy organ
manufacturer of Elgin, Ill.,, dropred
dead at Chicago while standing in
Telephone booth waiting to talk to his
wife. Death was due to heart failure.
Wednesday, April 20.
Robbers looted the safe in the bank
at Napier, Neb. They escaped with
$4,000.
The Hawaiian Republican territorial
convention has instructed for Presi.
dent Roosevelt
The Oregon Democratic convention
refused by large vote to send an ir.
strNcted delegation to st. Louis.
The University of Glasgow conferred
the honorary degree of doctor OF laws
on United States Ambassador Choate
Tuesday.
No marriage license without ply
sician's certificate of health attached"
is the slogan of the Progressive Health
club of Chicago. -
DR.. Lorenzo ]. Kohnstamm, traveller.
philosopher and physician of more
than local reputation, is dead in a hos
pital for the insane in New York city.
Professor Thomas r. Vickroy. aged
seventy-one years, we'll known among
educators as all advocate of phonetic
spelling. is dead at st. Louis. Death
was due to heart disease.
Thursday, April 21.
Western railroads have practically
reached an agreement on the adjust
ment of the grain rates.
Mr. Russell, United States charge
d'affaires at Panama, has been i'll with
malaria fever and is improving slowly.
The United States canal commits
sioners sailed for New York Wedres-
day on the steamer Yucatan from
Colon.
Dr.: John Percival, since 1864 pastor
of the Free Church of the Annuncia-
tion and preacher and educator of
note, is dead at New Orleans.
Mrs. Sarah ]. Lippinc6tt, best known
under her pen name of Grace Green
wood. died in New Rochelle, N Y,
Wednesday, aged eighty years.
Joseph German, master of transpor-
tation of Wild West show playing at
Oklahoma City, Okla, was shot and
killed by W. l.. Durant, an employe.
James G. Kennedy, sixty-seven years
old, we'll known sporting man and
former writer ON sporting subjects,
died suddenly in IN elevated railroad
train in Brooklyn Wednesday night
Friday, April e..
A coaling station is to be estab-
lished in the Aleutian islands by the
United States government ''
Joe Cans. lightweight champion,
won the decision over Sam Bolen OF
Philadelphia Thursday night at Balti-
more in a fifteen-round bout.
Professor Sylvester S. Jackson, a
musician of national reputation and
for nine years director of musical in
struction in the Detroit public schools,
is dead at Kansas City, aged sixty-four
years.
Mrs. Carrie Nation, the saloon
smasher, has arrived in Chicago and
will on rext Monday commence an
engagement at dime museum. This
Is her. first appearance in such ca
paclty. Her salary is 5000 week..
Several physicians at Bellevue hos
pital, New York, have suddenly con-
tracted tuberculosis from association
with patients in the institution. House
Surgeon Robert S. Macdonald is the
most seriously affected and his death
Is expected hourly.
Saturday, April -23.
A full agreement has been reached
on the naval appropriation bill by the
conferees. of the senate and house.
Captain A. p. Alexander, a pension
attorney we'll known throughout East
srn Iowa, is dead at Cedar Rapids.
Julian Schultz, editor OF the Texas
Voerwaertz. is dead at Austin. He
was the national president of the Sons
of Herman.
Robbers entered the bank at lola,
Wis, wrecking the vault, safe and
building. They fed with $1,000, over.
looking $4,000.
The Kentucky court of appeals has
afirmed the judgment of the Franklin
circuit court sentencing James r. How
ard to life Imprisonment for the mul-
der OF Governor William Goebel. This
was. the third trial and appeal.
President Roosevelt has been in
formed that Postmaster General
Payne's health is much improved. He
expects to resume his duties in the
postoftice department upon his arrival
in Washington in about ten days.
Monday, April 25.
A son was born i'll Wash:r2:on Sat.
urday to Representative and Mrs
William r. Hearst.
Hon. Joseph Powell. representative
in congress from the Fifteenth Penn
sylVania district from 1874 to 1876. Is
dead at Towanda, Pa. -.
Stephania, Baroness di Gallottie al
Napoli,- daughter of Signor Ghil]ar1i of
Milan, Italy, and a second cousin of
the late Queen Victoria of England
IS dead at Leadville, Colo. : =
Henry Slater, head of the hast
known private detective agency. n
England, has been held in heavy hail
In a. London court charged with con.
spring to pervert the due course Of
justice. T., ~. - - = :. -