The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1890-03-13

A FEW hours after getting marfied on
the 7th John N. Hodgson, a book-keeper
at Cleveland, O., shot himself with a
revolver, causing death Instantly No
calise was known.
THREE boys--Fred Sachs, George
Crawford and Willie Cheatham-t were
burned to death on the 7th in a hre in
the Armstrong furniture factory at
Evansville, Ind.
In portions of New York and Vermont
the mercury ranged from 26 toS5 de-
grees below zorro on the 7th.
AL GRAHAM, formerly auditor Of War
rem County, O., was sentenced at Sjncin-
natl on the Yth to eighteen years inn
prisonment and to pay fine Of s1s6, 422.
His guilt was embezzlement
II. G. BEDELL, well-known ins franco
agent Of Cleveland, o., commit ! sui
eide on the 9th by shooting hins}elf in
the head.
J.P. MITCHELL, OF Franklin, Pa, was
blown to pieces on the sth by the ex-
plosion of can OF nitro-glycerine
which he was handling.
THE small village of Jonesville, s. G.,
was nearly destroyed by fire on the 9th.
II. II. Cook, who was supposed to have
committed suicide in Omaha three
months ago, was on the sth found to be
living in Oklahoma. The suicide was
identified and buried as Cook.
AT Youngstown, o., on the Sth John
Loritz was killed by train which he
saw coming, but made no effort to get
out Of the way.
Mrs. ANNE CHoMo, indicted at Potts
town, Pa, for the murder of her hus-
! band last November, committed suicide
in Jail on the 9th.
sth at Lima, o., for drunkenness. He
set fire to the bed-clothing in the cell
and died from suffocation.
THE steamship Black Prince, from
Mexico, which arrived in Philadelphia
on the 9th, reported the loss of her
second officer and three of her crew in
storm.
In New York on the Sth John s.
Eastman was sent to Jail for five years
for bigamy. His six wives were in
court when the sentence was pro-
nounced.
THE exchanges at the leading clearing
houses in the United States during the
week ended on the Sth aggregated
81, 145, 139, 100, against 81, 1877, 500, O64, the
previous week. AS compared with the
corresponding week Of 1889 the in
crease amounted to S.3.
GRAY & BAFFY's furniture factory and
other buildings at Detroit were de-
stroyed by fire on the 9th; loss, $3.50, 000
The Ave renegade Apaches who muir
dered George Herbert in Arizona re-
Gently were overtaken by troops on the
sth near Globe, A. r., and in the fight
which ensued two of the Indians were
killed and the others captured.
Miss CLARA BARTON, president Of the
! American National Association of the
y Red Cross, issued an appsAt,os ..,e 18th
for aid for 5000 persons in want in the
Dakotas.
CHARLES WILLIAMS and his 12-year-
old son, living in the suburbs of Galena,
Kan, were found murdered in their bed
on the 9th.
FREIGHT trains collided on the 10th
near Harvard, Neb., and Conductor Nor
ton and Brakeman Miller were killed.
THE seventh annual meeting OF the
Commercial Travellers Mutual Accident
Association of America was held at
Utica, n. y, on the 10th.
! OVER 1000 female shirt-makcrs in
New York struck on the 10th. They de-
mand uniform rate Of pay in all shops
and that the hours of work be reduced
from fourteen to ton hours per day.
SARAH HIGGINS, of Upton, Ga. beat
her two children to death on the 10th.
A SPECIAL train on the Reading rail
road on the 10th ran from Jersey City
to Philadelphia, distance of ninety
miles, in eighty-five minutes.
A FIRE on the 10th in the warehouse
of the Is. c. Clark Crockerv Company, at
Kansas City caused a loss of S102, 200,
FRANK MINGus stabbed and instantly
killed his mother-in-law, Mrs Nehc-
miah Lounsbery, near La Grange, Ind,
on the 10th because she refused to al
low him to enter her house.
The clothing house of Stern & Meyer
at Cincinnati was burned on the 10th,
causing loss of $500, 900.
THREE distributors employed in the
= Chicago post.office died on tho 10th
from ia grippe" contracted while sort
ing mail matter from Russia.
FLooDs were reported on the 10th
along the lower Mississippi, and the
water was still rising.
THE National Department of Agri'
culture reported on the 10th 97O, 900, OOC
bushels of corn and 10000, 900 bushels
of wheat in the hands of farmers.
4 SIR THOMAS EsMoNDE arrived at New
Orleans on the 10th and was given re-
ception. He said he had collected $780,.
600 in Australia for the irish cause.
THE residence of Martha Washing
ton, at Fredericksburg, Va, was on the
10th said to be for sale for $4,000.