The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-05-24
DOMESTIC.


United States, against l5l the previous seven
days The total OF failures in the United
States Januarysl to date was 1870, against
1000 in 1889
AT Birmingham. Ala, Mrs. Barker and
her daughter were burned to death on the
10th.
A TORNADO swept over New York City on
the 10th, doing considerable damage, but
no one was seriously injured The storm
also swept across Long Island, and build
lngs were blown down, huge piles OF lum-
Der scattered and several persons injured
Great numbers of animals were killed.
In q fight on tho 10th between cowboys
and Indians near Fort Wingate, N. NJ,
three OF the latter were killed
VIOLENT wind and rain. storm on the
! 10th did great damage in Pittsburgh, Pa,
and vicinity, and several lives were lost
SOME rye straw sheaves took fire on the
10th in a saddlery concern at Cincinnati,
and while extinguishing the blaze ten fire.
men were suffocated by the smoke and had
to be carried to the engine houses.
MRS. JAMES II. McGAHAN wife of a Bap-
list minister mt Johnson Creek. N. Y, was
| fatally burned on the 10th by the explosion
Of q gasoline stove.
Bald Knobbers, "Bill" Walker, his son, and
John Matthews, members of the order, were
hanged ut Ozark, Mo-, on the 10th. The
scene at the execution was horrible, tho
ropes breaking and the men having to be
carried up to the scaffold and swung off q
second time
AT Williamsport, Pa, Barnum's show was
stampeded by a wind-storm on the evening
! Of the 10th. Three cages OF animals were
1 overturned, an antelope was killed, and the
trumpeting of elephants caught under
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confusion. Many of the performers men
and women. were shockingly hurt
The thirty-fourth session OF the Southern
Baptist Association assembled at Memphis,
Tenn, on the 10th.
AN order was issued on the 10th by the
| Window Glass Workers Association that
alien glass workers who come to this coun-
| try for work hereafter shall be backlisted.
AT New York on the 10th Judge Barrett
gave q Judgment dissolving the Electric
Sugar Refining Company, Alexander Cam
eron, who represented the corporation,
consenting thereto.
| A FIND of gold of great value was made
on the 10th only few miles from lshpem-
ing, Mich, but several miles from where
gold had been found before
SOME boys fishing on the 10th at Shelby
Vile, Ill, found soap box containing the
remains of q man. There was no clew to
the mystery.
f. L. CRUMp millionaire of Columbus,
Ind, entered plea OF guilty on the 10th to
the charge OF renting rooms for gambling
purposes
MANY horses in the vicinity of Danville,
Ill, were suffering from CHAMBERS on the
| 10th. Two had been killed and others were
quarantined
SIX days walking match for women
was begun at Baltimore, Md, at midnight
on the 18th. There were seven contest
ants
JAMES ID. FISH, ex-president OF the Marine
Bank of New York, was released from
prison at Auburn, N. Y, on the 1lth
In court at Kansas City on the 18th
| during the trial of James Smith for burg
larry the prisoner cut Detective John W.
Gilley's throat inf1icting fatal wound,
and was killed while trying to escape.
G. G. BEssEY, a prominent business-m man
of Abilene, Kan, disappeared on the 18th
with $40, 600 belonging to creditors.
AN earthquake shock vibrating from
northwest to southwest was felt ut Annapo-
lis Md, on the 18th.
AT Mountain Home, Pa, on the 18th JEFF
frey Harrison, aged fourteen years, shot
and killed Sophia Everett, aged ten years
The youthful murderer was in custody.
] A STABLE belonging to Fred Hampke, at
Mount Oliver, Pa, was struck by lightning
| on the nth and consumed, and fourteen
horses and two COWS were cremated.
AT Anderson, Ind, on the 18th William
Kellar fatally stabbed his wife. They had
lived unhappily for some time.
BELOW will be found the percentage of
| the baseball clubs In the National League
for the week ended on the 18th: Philadel-
! phia, .615; Boston, .615; New York, .51 !;
Chicago, .533; Cleveland, $50; Pittsburgh,
SOC; indianapolis, 43S; Washington, .166.
American Association: St Louis, .750 Bal
| timore, 900; Brooklyn, $50; Kansas City,
| .545; Athletic, 500; Cincinnati .476; Column
| bus, .3l6; Louisville, .195. Western Asso-
| citation: ST. Paul, $40; Omaha, .769; Sioux
| City, .53S; St Joseph, .455; Denver, .455;
Minneapolis, Az; Des Moines, 1888; Milwau-
kee, 200.
A FIRE on the 18th at Fort Atkinson, Wis,
| destroyed Cornish, Curtis & Green's dairy
| manufacturing establishment Loss $685.
| OOO
r. IRVING LATIMER, convicted in jack
son, Mich, of numbering his mother, was
on the 18th sentenced to imprisonment for
life.
| In Chicago on the 18th Patrick Ford, o
man sixty three years old shot and killed
| his young bride and then wounded himself
|
MAJOR J. W. WHAM, paymaster In the
United States army, and an escort Of eleven
soldiers were attacked on the 18th by high
waymen while on their way to pay the men
at Fort Thomas, A. T., and robbed of s29,-
600 In the fight eight of the soldiers were
wounded, some fatally.
| FoUR Hungarian workmen were instant
ly killed on the 18th by an explosion of
fire damp In coal mine near CHARTERS, Pa.
ADvIcEs of the 18th say that the recent
storms throughout Eastern Ohio and West
ern Pennsylvania did immense damage to
farm property. Near Allegheny small
settlement was almost entirely destroyed.
barns and fences being swept away.
The house OF Mrs William McNaliy, at
Ridgeway, Pa, was struck by lightning on
the 11th and Mrs McNally and three chill
dren were killed. An infant In the mothers
arms was uniniured and the tragedy was
discovered by its cries.
FIVE negroes and seven whites were
whipped at Newcastle, Del, on the 18th
for larceny, highway robbery and horse
| stealing.
The count of money in the sub-tre asury