Show IMPORTANT EVENTS review of important events of home and abroad the reports report from the northwest telling of death and destruction from the f orest forest fires fire in minnesota wisconsin and michigan have occupied tile the major part of public attention during the past pait week at one time it was feared that the hie number of death would reach 1000 but the later reports have much lowered that estimate the work of relief began I 1 promptly and offers of free farms andfrew and free lumber for homes have been made to the survivors A welcome fell putting out some of the flames but in other places tile the fire yet continues and all danger is not over the lynching lunching lyn ching of six negro negroes es suspected of near Kerr kearville kerrville ville tenn arouxet aroused great gr eat indignation and many meetings were held protesting against the lawless proceedings governor turney of tennessee says bays that he is determined to put it down and I 1 in indictments have been returned against some of those suspected of complicity the third national irrigation convention met at denver A letter from mr morton of agriculture criticising criticizing critic ising the methods employed caused considerable comment the colorado populists lists ed cd gov waite and the wisconsin democrats gov peck the litter latter endorsed president cleve lands course and condemned the senators who opposed his views on the hie tariff the political sen sensation gation of the week was the announcement of senator john P jo jones nes of nevada that he had left the republican party and gone to the I 1 populists lists holding that free coinage of silver was the most important issue A number of sugar planters met at new orleans and decided to net act with the alie republicans owing to the democratic action in repealing the sugar bounty attorney general lIo maleney leney of illinois no f as filed an amended petition asking for the annulment of the charter of the pullman company A man named burke was lynched fit at watertown S D for assaulting a woman some apprehension was created by the death of a german immigrant from cholera forbus at cumberland ud md it was feared at 11 first tint that it might be asiatic cholera this was shown to be an impossibility his associates socia tes were quarantined but there was no illness among them AG dayton was nominated to oppose congressman wilson in west virginia an all exciting fight is promised arkansas held its state election on tuesday going democratic by the populist vote out cut little figure vermont on tuesday elected the republican ticket by nearly the largest majority ever given gen stoneman ex governor of california died FOREIGN in the elections in sweden the government lost six seats in the lands thing t several socialists were arrested at valparaiso for fomenting disorder the japanese captured several islands commanding 7 the chinese stronghold n g of port art arthur hur the japan japanese es e are nearly ready to take the field with men the the vigilant lost her centerboard again while on her way to cowes and the race with the britannic britannia for the cape may cup was finally declared oft off the vigilant will winter in england r the kaiser unveiled a statue of his grandfather grand father william 1 I at kongs erg at al a gathering of the nobles the kaiser appealed to them to stand by him more cholera cases were reported in iii geranan germany 1 and at amsterdam new zealand wants england to protest Ila walis annexation of ni ackar ackar island the cook greenland excursion steamer Mira iida was wrecked wreck in the ice and the were brought to cape breton IPA |