The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-05-04
TELEGRAPHIC.
THE MARKETS..

BALTIMORE, May Flour quiet
and unchanged. Wheat, southern
2a3 cents lower; western dull and
red 1.25al .34; do
amber; 1.S8. Corn, southern l cert
lower; western dull and easy-south-
ern white SO; do. yellow So. Oats.
quiet and steady-southern, 33a36S
western white, SLABS; do. Rye firm
and good demand, 65a6S. Hay steady
and quiet. Provisions dull and
heavy. Butter dull and weak-choice
western packed, 18a2l. Petroleum
dull and nominal-refined, 10b.
Coffee, firm-Rio cargoes, 13}aI7i.
New YORK May 1.--Gold. 1908.
WHISKY MURDER.
ROCHESTER. April 30.-In Pal
myra last night Charles Ton stabbed
and instantly killed Jas. A. Porter.
Both were partially intoxicated and
had quarreled over a trivial affair.
The murderer escaped.
BURNED OUT.
DETROIT, April 29.-The Office of
the Detroit Free Press was burned
this morning through the explosion
of gass main leading into the build
ing. The fire spread rapidly and but
little was saved. Tenders of assis-
lance were promptly made by the
newspaper and job offices of the city,
and the paper will be issued as usual
without any material interruption.
The loss is $5O,00O.
THE PARIS EXPOSITION.
PARIS, April 27.-One hundred
Thousand foreigners have already
reached here to witness the ceremony
at the opening Of the exhibition on
Wednesday next. May 1st. The
prices of living have advanced, but
not to shc extent that was feared.
The exhibition will not be in full
trim until the beginning of June.
The buildings are finished; exhibitors
only are behindhand. The English,
Amerjcan, Swiss and Dutch sections
are the most advanced.
GREAT TORNADO.
The Associated Press reports of the
great tornado in tho West of the
Dist instabt. The storm seems to
have been worst in Iowa, as may be
seen from the following extracts from
letters and kilograms to the Chicago
Tribune:
POMERoY, IA. April 22.-Yester-
day at $50 P. NJ. a tornado coming
from the southwest struck the house
off. Duhin and demOlish it, breaking
the leg Of John Murphy, a visitor.
The tornadO in its north east course,
struck and and over turned an emil
grants outfit entirely destroying the
wagons and killing the horses.
Thence the gale moved to the farm Of
Geo. Wallace, who had a somewhat
pretentiOus house for Northwestern
Iowa,-completely destroying the
house. barns and outbuildings,
dangerously wounding Mrs. Wallace
and three children. Northeast
of Wallace's it destroyed Gill's,
Longs and Johnson's houses. Mr..
Judd Lowery, who was at Gill's
house, was blown eighty-three yards
from the building, alighting in a
slough He escaped without a scratchy
while Mr.. and Mrs.. Gill and two
children were seriously wounded.
Several injured parties were picked
from two hundred to four hundred
yards from the house.
SIOUX CITY, lathe hotsse of
Daniel Lietz was blown down. The.
family were within at the time. The
mother had q child in her arms. The
child was torn from her arms and
found in a marsh east of where the
house stood. Mrs. Lietz. was found
half a mile west. One child was in
jured so Id will probably die. The
ground was strewn with wild ducks,
geese and brants, with feathers blown
off, and many disemboweied.
Near Wall Lake William HELEN
saw the storm coming, and ran to
the barn TO let out the cattle. The
storm struck him, and barn, CATTLE
hogs, and all went up into the air
and have not been seen since.
A boy was seen driving some cattle
and calves into the town. The storm
struck the cattle. They We're seen
going into the air with heads and
trails together, as If with backs