The American citizen. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1888-1909, 1889-03-15

r.prA1N CHARLES RUSSELL, for twenty"
80 ,,oors q citizen of Minneapolis Mimi,
suicide recently on MS TeCutn
home from a winters trip. Cause, INSANITY
produced by illness.
MISS Dow. young school teacher z:
white Rear Beach, Mimi, was run over
Nv q train while walking on the track III
cut recently. companion escaped
THE late Hiram Kelly OF Chicago ledt
COO 600 to the Chicago library and Slo,OOo
aocb To the Home Of the Friendless, orphan
AevIum. St Luke's Hospital, Old FeopIes
Home and Illinois Humane Society.
Joseph L. HALL, proprietor of the i'm
r,enee iron safe foundry of Cincinnati, !
AGA On the 10th Of heart disease, aged
siTty-fve years u-:,,:
DtoCrinnis and Fred Schrank stole can OF |
blasting powder at Akron " the otner
dow and filed their pockets with 1t. lie De-
came ignited and all four of the boys
were terribly burned.
SAN FRANCISCO was greatly excited on
the 9th by rumors of an Impending wal
over the troubles in Samoa. On the de-
NAL Of sensational rumors the excitement
onieted down, but the feeling would De
Comprehensive until the arrival OF the Aea-
1andia bringing advices from Samoa to
March /.
CoNcREssMEN BUCHANAN, Spinola and
| Ice who have been quite i'll with pneumo"
| MIA at Washington are reported much pet
| fer and will recover. Their sickness was
caused by the bad weather on Inaugural
ton day.
| r. w. TowNRHEND, the we'll known Con-
| grassman from the Eighteenth illinois
| district. died at the Riggs House, Wash
ington. on the 9th Of pneumonia.
6. c. WATTS United States Attorney
Charleston w. Va, has been requested to
send in his resignation.
TIE large planning mill of w. H. Dyer in
Washington was totally destroyed by nre
the other evening. Estimated loss, $5o' :
900.
ANNIE ROCHE, of the town Of Ida, Doug
las County, Mimi, has committed suicide
nv hanging She was the sweetheart OF
Lee. recently hanged at Alexandra to1
murder and since that event has been ex'
ceedingly respondent and at times par
TALLY deranged.
WHILE Allen Gregory, his hired mar
, ord wife were in sleigh the other even
ing irving to cross the railroad track
r Chicago Junction, O., they were struck b,
| the BdlGlIuOlO ~ OAAlO - II
instantly killed.
A SMALL riot in the shape of a stree
d foht occurred at Steubenville, O., tn
Q other night between the pottery striker
J. and non-union men. Several persons Wer
G injured.
THE employees OF the Oregon Railway
9 Navigation Company have struck becaus
h of an order for reduction Of wages.
J. THE funeral of Newt Watt, the brake
10 man who died in prison, took place trol
the Langley avenue Methodist Church
Y Chicago. The pastor bitterly reproache
n the detective system for securing the col
viction of Watt, whom he eVldentI
J. thought innocent of the murder or IL
d press Messenger Nichols
: MISS ADA FULLER, living near East
Louis. ILL.,, is reported to have eloped WI
A. her fathers negro farm hand.
bit RYayote of 50 to 80 the Minnesota Hou
he of Representatives refused to submit
p- the people an amendment III favor OF pr
hibition OF the liquor traffic.
IN By the dtching Of a passenger ira
n near Coshocton, o, the other night,
ID dozen persons were slightly injured
nd THE British vessel Port Gordon w
wrecked on the coast OF Washlngt
Territory recently and four of the ere
lost. TheSurvivors were cared for by
Oh Indians.
y A RESOLUTION has been introduced
OF the Illinois State Senate providing Tor
submission to the people OF Constitution
lie amendment for the raising OF all taxes
+ck assessments OH lands only.
THE Chicago, Milwaukee & St Paul re-
zen road has reduced flour and wheat ra
ng from Minneapolis to Chicago cents
a. 100 pounds.
BY the fall Of the roof Of n cyclora
des building in Cincinnati recently. two lab
the ers were badly injured and rag pic
n. probably fatally hurt.