Daily Republican., 1886-06-22
NEWS SUN MARY.
STORMS or FwIND, RAIN
AND HALL MAN KILLED.
The Trial of the Anarchists Commenced
-SSd Drowning Case-Stabbed
With a Pocket knife.

The Supreme Court OF Missouri on
Monday decided that the Mayor of St.
Louis shall have complete control here
after of the municipal police force. IL
has been the custom ever siEce the
municipal government was established
for the Vice President of the Board Of
Police to control the force, the Mayor
being President ex officio. The latter
recently contested the right of the Vice
President such control with the above
result.
Terrific storms of rain and hail are
reported to have occurred on Sunday at
Elgin, Manor, and Paige, on the Hous-
ton and Texas Central Railway, in
Texas. Dwellings and churches were
wre Gked and damaged, and it is as
serted that hailstones fell which
varied in size from a marble to q
mans mead, strangely enough no
lives are reported lost, and only one
person injured.
On Sunday afternoon Jesse Vreeland,
aged 10 years, and his brother Charles,
aged is, went bathing in a pond near
lSchenectady, New York. Charles, who
could not swim, went beyond his depth.
He was pushed ashore by Jesse, but the
latter then became helpless and was
drowned.
Mass meetings of citizens Of Spokane
Falls and Garfield county, Washington
Territory, have adopted resolutions pro
testing against the proposed Congress
sional forfeiture OF the lands granted to
aid in the construction OF the Cascade
branch Of the Northern Pacific Rail-
road.
A consultation of physicians was held
yesterday In the case of Judge David
Davis, sick at his home in Blooming
ton, Illinois, and the verdict was against
his recovery. "He is liable to drop OF
Into a comatose state and death within
a few hours, or may linger for severa
days or weeks"
A telegram from Eldorado, Arkansas
! reports that six men there "took Willii
Ferdinand to a tree and nearly whip
lped him to death on alleged charges 0
Itrifing with a woman. Neighbors
however, rescued him, but he Will pro
baby die" all the parties are colored
II The trial of the alleged conspirator
y indicted by the Grand Jury of Milwau
kee at the recent investigation of tn
. labor troubles and riots was begun yes
= ierday afterooon in the municipal court
b About thirty defendants appeared a
the bar.
v Some thunder storms prevailed /
!. M innesota on Sunday. Buildings a
Z Fergus Falls, Barnesville and othe
lplaces were struck by lightning, an
one man was killed, several others b.
! ing injured.
James Gleason tried to stop sire,
light among drunken roughs in New
" port, KY, on Sunday when one of thei
named Banner stabbed Gleason with
t. pocket knife, causing death in q fe
,r minutes. Banner escaped,
A meeting OF the American Base Bs
Assoeiation will be held in Cincinna
on the 30th inst to consider newspap
r charges of selling games against Toi
Mullane, one OF the pitchers of the Ci
lu cinnati.
n. Sarah Nichols, a good-iooking woma
10 was arrested in Baltimore yesterd
"on a bailpiece" from New York. s
o. is charged with having kept an opiu
7ljoint aud induced young girls to vi
at her den.
ne A telegram from Halifax says th
at both the shore and bank fisheries ha
OF been most successful in Newfound!an
TO Salmon and goldfish are particular
CT abundant. The fish are ravenous al
ye are easily caught.