The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1890-05-08


was on tho I'd sentenced TO mprison
ment for life.
IDA WARREN, aged 20 years of ssulli.
van, Ill, was sentenced on Me I'd TO |
fourteen years In prisoi, for kplins het
chiid f /
ADvIcEs Of the I'd say thSf sevehty-
eight negroes lost their liyesin the re-
cent floods in Louisiana.
FOREST fires were doing great damage
on the I'd in portions OF Wisconsin
and Minnesota. M
CHARLES EpERs, ex-auditorof Henry
County, O., was on the I'd tQund to be
short S1t, S97 In his accounts-
A LARGE meteor was repoftgd on the
I'd to have passed through the heavens
5ver Iowa cities, making in i@ progress
noise resembling reports OF 0tnnon. d.
\ AT San Francisco cu tt SA,A Frank
| Williams was sentenced to imprfson-
ment for life for stage robbery.
THE Baptist and Catholic churches
End the Catholic parsonage at West
Boyleston, Mass, were burned to the
ground on the I'd:
TIE Second Presbyterian Church con-
gregation of Lafayette, Ind, cele brated
the fiftieth anniversary Of its organiza-
tion on the I'd.
A THOUSAND drinking places in Balti-
more, Md, were closed on the Sd by the
new liquor law.
THE Kansas Prohibitionists decided
on the Sd to fight original package"
dealers, despite the decision Of the
United States Supreme Court
THE percentages OF Uhe baseball clubs
in the Players League for the week
ended on the Sd were: Boston, .727:
Chicago, .666; Buffalo, .555; Brooklyn,
500; Pittsburgh, 800; Philadelphia,
.444; New York, 1888; Cleveland, 300.
The clubs in the National League stood:
Cincinnati, 600; Chicago, 900; Brook
lyn, .555; Philadelphia, .555; Boston,
.545; Pittsburgh, 500; New York, 1868;
Cleveland, 800.
SAND-sToRMs swept over portions Of
Minnesota and Dakota on the Sd, blow
ing wheat from the ground and doing
other damage.
ABEL BERGERoN, who eloped from
Quebec with French girl committed
suicide on the Sd at Spragueville, N. v,
after having killed his two children.
THE furniture warehouse OF the Mat
toon Manufacturing Company in Chi
cago was burned by an incendiary on
the Sd. Loss, 100000.
J. T. MURRAY, county treasurer OF
Aiken County, S. G., was on the Sd found
short in his cash to the amount OF ST.
900 or 5000.
A HURRICANE struck Willspoint, Tex,
on the Sd, and every house in town was
do,
were killed outright and several in
jured.
AT Lathrop, Mo-, seventy-eight per
Bons who took part in the recent whisky
crusade were arrested on the Sd for
willful destruction of property.
:. The remains Of DIR. Cronin, murdered
in Chicago one year ago, were taken
from q vault and inferred in Calvary
Cemetery on the 4th.
THE exchanges at the leading clear
ing-houses in the United States during
the week ended on the Sd aggregated
S1,3S2, 39s, 27S, against 81, 026, 400, S64 the
previous week. As compared with the
corresponding week of 1850 the increase
amounted to OIL.
A GREAT snow-storm prevailed in
; Wisconsin, Minnesota and the Dakotas
on the 4th, snow falling in some places
to the depth of eight inches.
THE business portion of Gilboa, N.
Y. was destroyed by fire on tho 4th.
Loss, Sl75,0O
A MONUMENT to James w. Marshall,
the first discoverer Of gold in California,
was unvailed on the Sd at Coloma, Cal
Mrs. SARAH BLANEY, a widow aged
n years, and her daughter Caroline,
I were found murdered in their beds in
: Baltimore on the Sd. Agrandson of Mrs
Blaney was arrested on suspicion.
: AT Racine, Tex, 15O cattle belonging
I to the Toyah Land & Cattle Company
: were killed by cyclone on the Sd.
: THREE men named Martin Byan, Cor
2 Downcy and Will Cosgrovc were
drowned on the 5th by the capsizing o.
a boat in San Francisco bay.
. The private bank of Charles A. Math
. er & Co. at Berlin, Wis, failed on the
5 9Th for 800, 900.
WILLIE LEAPHANT, an 1S-year-o dc
: negro under sentence Of death at Lex
ington, S. c., for assaulting white
girl, was shot to death on the 5th by {
mob.
ADvIcEs Of the 5th from Texas say
: that cyclone wrecked several house
at Salt Creek and killed three persons
: At Fall Creek many buildings were de
stroyed and several persons injured. A
Acton four people were killed, nun
> ber injured and many houses ademol
ished. At Robin Creek eight person
y were killed, Ave of whom belonged b
> the family Of DIR. George Griffin.
MEMBERS of the Chinese diplomati
b service at Washington said on the ST.
, that they did not blame the Unite,
o States for restricting Chinese emigra
tion, as 90 per cent. of the emigrant
were vagabonds and criminals, Of WHOM
!, tho home Government was glad to b.
rid.
0 THE Tooth anniversary Of the grant
ing of Polish liberty was celebrated b.
J, the Poles of Minnesota at Winona o.
q the 5th.
u In Chicago on the 5th two domestics
Annie and Bessie Parlick, aged II an
10 years, we're asphyxiated by gas.
: IT was reported on the 5th that tn
officers OF the State Farmers Allianc
: OF Texas had swindled that organizatio
s out of 81, 200, 600. M
: THREE horses near Maryville, Mo.
died on the 5th from hydrophobia, hay
u ing recently been bitten By o rabid dog
o SEVERAL bull dings lost their roof
: and Methodist church was wrecke
by tornado at Matches Miss, on tn
: 9Th, and at jackson portion Of tn
State-H5use roof was blown OF.
WILLIE and Clara Fitzpatrick wer
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