The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1890-06-05

erty ny laHu ana WuIcr umcnaDlc 10 the inter
State commerce law. favorable report was
made on the bill for an investigation into the
hours of labor.
DOMESTIC.
THREE miners OF Park City, U. T., by
the breaking Of a cable on the 27th wero
precipitated to the bottom of 400 foot
shaft and instantly killed.
TIE two infant children OF Mrs.
George Graham and Mrs. Lucy Berger,
of Urbana, Ind, were killed on the 27th
by the kick of horse.
JAMES CLINTON WAITE, charged with
having married six women in the past
three years, all Of whom are living, was
arrested on the 2sth at Geneva, O., for
bigamy.
AT Toledo, O., on the 2sth Nine. De
We're, clairvoyant, was found guilty of
forgery and sentenced to ten years i'm
prisonmcnt at hard labor.
FIVE acres of frame buildings in Chi
cago, comprising tho Lyman A. Bud
long pickle works, were burned on tho
2sth. Loss, 5000, 900. Fifteen head of
cattle and six horses were also con-
sumed.
AT the meeting of the Ohio Grand
Lodge of knights of Pythias at Cleve-
land on the 2Sth the constitution of the
order was amended prohibiting any per-
son who deals in intoxicating liquors
from becoming a member Of the order.
THE boycott recently instituted by
the Farmers Alliance against the busi-
ness-mcn of Warren, Ind, came to an
end on the 2sth.
A SYSTEM OF "knocking-down," which
had been followed for five years by a
number OF managers of Western Union
telegraph Offices in the Northwest, by
which the company had lost $50, 900, was
discovered on the 2sth.
TIE first original-package house un.
dor the~iate decision of the UMfted
States Supreme Court was opened in
Burlington, Ia, on the 2Uth.
A RICH strike of gold was made on
the 2Sth in the Golconda mine near
Denver, Col.
AT the session of the Congressional
sub-com mittoe on immigration in Chi
cago on the 2Sth Potter Palmer advised
a tax of $50 head on all immigrants.
C. l.. LIND, of Hillsboro, Wis, who
wife fatally on the 2Sth and afterward
committed suicide.
THE Baptist National Anniversaries
which had been in session in Chicago
for ten days closed on the 2sth with an
immense meeting in the Auditorium
building, where it was announced that
the $500, 900 necessary to secure the
5000, 600 offered by Mr.. Rockefeller for
the building of n Baptist TJniyersitv in
Chicago had been raised.
THERE were 14O business failures in
the United States during the seven days
ended on the 29th ult. against 223 the
previous seven days. The total number
of failures in the United States from
January / to date is 4,767, against s, o44
in like portion of 1889.
AT Putnam, Conn, four mon were
killed by the cars on the sOth ult.
DECORATION DAY was generally oh.
served throughout the country on the
3Oth ult. At Cleveland monument to
the martyred President Garfield was
dedicated, President Harrison assisting
in the ceremonies. and in New York
the cornerstone of tho Washington
memorial arch was laid.
AT Oakland, Cal. a narrow-pauoe
local train went tbrougb an oman dra "a
of bridge on the 3Oth nit. and thirty
people were drowned.
TIE General Assembly of the United
Presbyterian church was orened at Buf.
falo, n. Y, on the Goth uit. A motion
asking for a law forbidding the use OF
tobacco by members of the church was
referred.
A cLoUp-BuRsr and thunderstorm
passed over Arcadia, Wis. ON the eotb
ult., flooding the town. Two mill dams
and ono mill we're DESTROYED and a child
was drowned.
THE Laclede flour mills at st. Louis
were entirely destroyed by fire on the
Goth ult. Loss, S1a5'OOO
SNowDEN SMITH, of Prairie Grove.
Mo-, died on the sOth ult. of bvdronbo.
bla after enduring terrible suffering.
He was bitten by dog a wear ago.
BENJAMIN HAwKINs (colored) was