Mower County transcript., 1904-07-20

Lady Marjorie Gordon, the only
daughter of the Earl of Aberdeen, for.
merly governor general of Canada,
was married in London Tuesday to
John Sinclair, member of parliament
for Forashire and a former captain of
the Royal Irish Lancers.
Thursday, July "a.
The advance Of the British mission
on Lhassa, the capital of Tibet, has
commenced.
The bubonic plague has appeared in
Rio Janeiro. The municipal and state
authorities have adopted rigorous
measures to check an epidemic
At Waukesha, Wis, Charles F4intz
of Milwaukee was sentenced to four.
teen years in state prison at hard labor
for killing Mrs. Augusta Piskie at Mus
kege last August.
Philip Casey, who for twenty-five
years held the title of champion hand
ball player of the world, is dead at his
home in Brooklyn. He was born fifty.
six years ago in Ireland.
Adolph Bernard Spreckels of San
Francisco. is dangerously i'll with ap-
pendicitis at Carlsbad. Germany He
will go at once to Berlin, where an
operation will be performed
The AnglO-German arbitration
agreement signed in London Tuesday
does not apply to the larger political
differences that may arise, but is con.
fined to legal questions, like the inter.
probation of treaties.
Friday, July IS.
At the Metropolitan regatta at Put.
ney, Eng, the Winnipeg four easily
won the Thames senior cup.
President Roosevelt has informed
Pennsylvania miners that he will be
pleased to receive their committee.
Cyrus W. Davis, mayor of Water.
vile, Me-, has been nominated for
governor by the Democrats of that
state.
Edward r. Taylor, city missionary
of Plainfeld, N. J., has just ended a
thirty days fast and appears none the
worse for his ordeal.
w. w. Astors newspaper, the Pail
Mall Gazette, announces the engage.
ment of Mr.. Astor's daughter, Pauline,
to Captain NJ. H. Spender-Clay, for.
merly of the Second Life Guards.
Samuel Plumer McCalmont, one OF
the wealthiest oil producers in Penn
sylvania and one of the organizers of
the Republican party and later of the
Prohibition party, is dead at Franklin,
Pa, aged eighty-one years.
Saturday, July Is.
Gerard Reiter, supreme secretary
of the Catholic Knights of America,
with headquarters at st. Louis, is
dead
Mrs. Hazel Mcdonald was burned
to death and her husband, John Mo.
Donald, fatally injured in a fire at
roominghouse at St. Louis.
Speaker Joseph G. Cannon has de.
clared his intention of taking an active
part in the campaign this fall, max.
ing speeches in Illinois, Wisconsin and
Indiana
Clutching a decree of divorce Mrs.
Ella SwObOda was found dead on a
sidewalk in South Park avenue, Chi
cago. A broken vial which contained
poison was found in her bag.
John J. Rossiter, who since he came
to this country in 1867 as an Irish po-
litlcal refugee had been prominent in
Irish and Catholic societies, is dead
at his home in Newark, N. J.
The funeral of Mayor Samuel M.
Jones of Toledo, O., was the largest
ever held in that city. The city was
draped in mourning and there was q
general suspension of business.
Monday, July 1s.
Elisha L. Bump, one of the most
prominent attorneys in Northern Wis.
consin, is dead at WARSAW.
Two trainmen were killed and
third seriously injured in the wreck
of a passenger train on the Pennsyl-
vania railroad at Shipper, Pa.
Minister Allen has again reported
to the state department from Seoul
that the Russian forces are becoming
quite active in Northeastern Korea /
Nj. Picard, commissioner general of
the late Paris exhibition, has been ap-
pointed to replace M. LaGrave as COM
missioner of France at the St. Louis
exposition. ..4. D..
With record of nine convictions
and as many terms in prison George
w. Johnson has appealed to Police
Magistrate Ommen of New York city
for refuge in the penitentiary because