The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1890-07-31

the tarin bill In the House the day was
passed In the consideration OF the Senate
amendments to the sundry civil appropriation
bill. A bill to create bureau OF health nnd to
prevent the introduction and extension OF con.
tagcous und infectious diseases In the United
States was introduced.
DOMESTIC.
A wATERspouT formed on the gath on
the bay off Escanaba, Mich, lasting
fifteen minutes. 1t was 200 feet in
diameter at its base, extended into the
clouds and made noise audible at a
distance OF two miles.
Is. b. TtLLMAN, candidate for Gov
ornor on the Alliance ticket In Louisi.
ana, refused to speak at the Democratic
mass-mccting ut New Orleans on the
cath for fear Of assassination.
TuE Poorman mine at Caribou, tho
largest silver mine in Colorado togeth-
or with the Hubert gold mine at Cen
tral City, was transferred to an English
syndicate on the cath for $1,000, 900. A
tin deposit embracing 1900 acres at San
Jacinto, CAL. was also sold to English
men for $1,000, 900.
Mrs JouN O'MEARA, of st. Joseph,
Mo, while asleep on the 2Ith with her
twin babies, months old, lay upon
them and crushed thom to death. When
she found what she had done she killed
h erself.
CAPTAIN WILLIAM ELLINGTON and his
son, the former noted Union scout
during the war, were killed on the 24th
at Magazine, Ark, by detective named
McInturf.
TIAMps assaulted the crew Of Lake
Shore freight train at Ligonicr, Ind,
on the 24th and brakeman was fatally
shot and tho conductor was badly
pounded. The tramps were repulscd.
NEAR Lincoln Lake, Mich, the 7-ycar-
old daughter of Peter Olsen while pick
ing berries on the cath was bitten by a
snake and died after ten minutes OF
agony.
AN explosion occurred in w. J. Bull
lard's boarding-house at Savannah, Ca,
on the cath that laid the building in
ruins, killing three and injuring six of
the occupants.
IT was estimated on the cath that the
corn crop of Kansas would be 80 per
cent. of last years yield, which was the
largest on record.
AT Pullman, ILL.,, w. j. Cartwright
and Miss Dora Warner were killed by
| the cars on the Gath. The man lost his
| life in trying to save the woman.
IT was said on the 24th that $3.50, 900
would be required to replace the recent
washouts on the Colorado Midland road
THE paint factory of the Alston Man
ufacturing Company in Chicago was
burned on tho oath. Loss 100000.
THE house of &. w. Masters, at
| Ripon, Cal, was burned on the 25th,
and George and Warren Masters and a
baby girl perished in the flames.
ADvICEs of the .25th from Washing
ton say that during the past fiscal year
the merchandise exports from the
United States aggregated Ss57, 1856, l50
in value, against S742, 4Ol,375 in the pre-
ceding fiscal year. During the last
fiscal year 451,2l9 immigrants came to
this country, against 43S, G10 in the pre-
ccding fiscal year.
THERE were 100 business failures in
the United States during the seven days
ended on the 18th, against 207 the pre-
vious seven days,
A TERRIFIC thunderstorm occurred in
Jacks valley in Nevada on the 25th.
Rocks were upheavcd, sand thrown 100
feet in the air and trees torn up. Two
Piute Indians and several animals were
killed.
A PROSPEROUS condition of affairs in
the business world was reported on the
25th.
FLAMES on the 25th at Urbana, Ia,
In n -
500. 900.
JAY GOULD on tho 25th purchased the
Kansas City, Wyandotte & Northern
road for sl,75O,O OO0
PRESIDENT HARRISON, accompanied
by several members of his Cabinet, Wis.
tied the encampment of the Pennsylva.
mia National Guard at Mount Gretna on
the cath.
IN the Illinois Senate on the 25th the
judiciary committee reported in favor of
both the State and city of Chicago
voting on tho proposition to issue S5,-
900, 900 in bonds. In the House reso-
luton that the Worlds Columbian Ex-
position be held on one site was debated
at great length.
ALI the cloaknakers who had been
on n strike in New York since June Is
resumed work on the 25th.
FoR the week ended on the 26th the
percentages of the baseball clubs in
the Players League were: Boston, .613;
brooklyn, 1893; New York, .551; Chicago
.53s; Philadelphia, .537; Cleveland,
.446; Pittsburgh, .444; Buffalo, 1850. The
clubs in the National League stood:
Philadelphia, .675; Brooklyn, CAS- Bos-
ton, 500; Cincinnati, .602; Chicago,
$40; New York. .4l5; Cleveland, .273;
Pittsburgh, 1881.
The National Amateur Press Associa-
tion in session on the 25th at Indiana
polls elected William Dunlop, of Mil.
waukee, as president.
CUsTIs Scorr and sou while crossing
the Illinois Central tracks at Clinton,
Ill.,. on tho sssh wore struck by Q traip
and killed,