The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-05-06
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AFTERNOON DISPATCHES
From Washin e ton.
Congregational Proceedings
IMPEACHMENT TRIAL.
Speech Of Manager Bingham.
Proceedings Of the General ~ =. Cons
ference at Chicago.
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GOLD CLOSED IN NEW YORK 1891
IMPEACHMENT TRIAL.
Speech Of Manager Bingham.
Preesedings Of the General n =. Con
ference at Chicago.
LATEST NEWS by CABLE
GOLD CLOSED IN NEW YORK 1891.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

WORCESTER, Mass, May 5.
The Fenian Convention here last evening,
was largely ATTENDED. Several regiments
offered their services, and $50, 600 was sub.
scribed for expenses. An address to the
Fenians of the State WAS adopted, stating
that Ireland will have to be rescued by the
force Of arms, and resolutions were adopted
repudiatipg assassination as cowardly, and
denouncing the murder of McGee.
NEw Yoax. May 5.
The walking match of Geo. Topely. an
English pedestrian, to accomplish fify miles
in ten hours. terminated BY Topely falling
into fit on the 43d mile, with one hour and
forty minutes TO spare.
BISGHAMToS, N. Y, May 5.
A girl of sixteen and four small children
of Pat Laughlin, were burnt to death by fire
which consumed his stable at Great Bend,
Pa, last night. Mr.. Laughlin was away.
The girl saved two children and was return
ing for the others when she was sufocated.
CHICAGO, May 5.
The Tribnne's Monmouth special says:
The village Of Ionia in the Northwestern por
ton OF this county, was yesterday evening
visited with one Of the most terrific storms
ever witnessed in this section Of the country.
The entire northern portion Of the village
was destroyed, some sixteen houses. besides
the school house and the only two churehe
the town contained large number of the
cit,zens were gathered in the new Advent
Church, which was carried from its
foundation and dashed into pieces.
Thir,y-hve to forty persons were wounded,
many Of them fatally. The killed, SO far as
reported, are, Harrison Wilson, son of Nor
timer Page; George Yenn and Mrs. Wood.
The distance from the scene renders the
names Of the wounded unob;ainable. The
escape of any from the church was miraen-
lous. The funnel shaped cloud first struck
the earth about mile and a-half from this
village. Its track wasabout three<fourths Of
a mile in width, and it passed some three
miles northeast of this place, destroying
three farm houses in its course before il
again rose into the air.
BosTos, May 5.
The Biennial Convention of the German
Turner'S commenced to day. Ahoui Eve hund-
red delegates were present.
The report Of the Central Committee shows
the whole number Of the Association in the
country, including the Pacific coast, to be
IL, 600.
a young woman named Margery McKenny,
living in South Boston. attempted TO murder
her seducer, named George O Donovan. with
q plStGI, Up thS hicPs VI tuE of1 5oNSh
Church, last evening. He was but slightly
injured. She was arrested.
CINCINNATI, May 5.
dispatch to the Commercial, from Dela.
ware, Indiana, says: On Sunday three boys,
sons Of Henry Page, aged ten, twelve and
sixteen years, were out in field when some
difficulty arose between them. In their dis
pn,e the oldest one mashed the heads of the
Younger brothers with an axe, killing one
outright and leaving the other for dead. 0n
the approach Of the father the Oldest boy ran
IN a barn. where he was soon afterwards dis
covered dead, having hurg himself.
CHioAGo, May S.
The l,epubHcan's Galesburg special of the
5th SAYS. Hon. E. G. Ingersoll was nomina,
| ted By aceIamation for member of Congress,
from the Fifth Illinois District, at the Con.
yention held here this afternoon.
Further particulars OF the effects Of the
| tornado at Shangai, in Warren county, on
| Sunday, have been received. The following
| are the names OF the persons whose honsei
we're totally destroyed: jackson Ryndon
VIM. Fleak, Mary Mosa, Dr. Stenton, Dan
| Churchill, Abigail May, A. G. Talbot, New
ton Douglas, Fl. NJ. Page, VIM. Doug as
| Washington Strade, JAS. Reed aud Samue
/ Hett. The loss ia estimated at from twenty
list Of the killed and wounded: Killed, Geo
Mann, Harrison Wixon and A. Page. Dan
perousIy wounded, Mrs Joseph y Wood
4 since died, Freeman Lord, John Jack. his
Lucy Yord, Miss Alice Maxon, George Tai
bott Mrs. Moss and two children, DAME
/ Churchill, wife and san, Jackson Rynaol
| ard wife, Peter Antimer, Isaac Hubbard
Joseph Peltard, Henry Holcomb, Carri
j Holconb, Chss b. Hause, Emma Churchill