The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1890-07-24
DOM ESTlC.


DOMESTIC.
THE mayor OF Rod Wing, Mimi, on
tho 18th prepared an official list of the
victims of tho Lake Pepin disaster, by
which 1t was shown that ninety.seven
Of the lis persons on the Sea Wing lost
their lives.
THE steamer St Lawrence ran into
the yacht Catherine on the st. Law
renee river near Alexandria Bay, n.
Y, on tho 18th, and out of party of
twelve on the yacht five were drowned.
They were all from Bradford, Pa.
Two coUNTERFEIrEIs, members of a
gang that had been flooding the country
with an excellent two-dollar silver Ger.
tificate, wore captured by the New York
police on the nth.
The Natural Bridge property in Vir.
ginia was sold on the 17th to Massachu-
sets and Virginia syndicate for 5000, 900,
FRANK VILLERMAN, secretary of the
German and Centennial Building and
Loan associations at Denver, COL, was
on the 18th said to be short in his ac-
counts about sSo,C)0.
PRESIDENT HARRISON on the nth ap-
pointed o. l.. Spaulding, of Michigan,
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury. vice
George G. Tichenor, resigned.
A HOME for soldiers wives and mothers
was dedicated on the nth at Madison,
O., by tho National Woman's Relief
Corps.
The three little sons of Otto Golden,
at Monroeville, O., were struck by light
ming and killed on tho 18th, and Ben
jamin Morton and his son Rufus met q
like fate near Paris, Ill.
In the Federal. Court at Paris. Tex.
on tho 18th nine men were sentenced L
be hanged for murder
LOUIS PIPER and David Walker were
killed by carbonic acid gas while dig
ging a we'll on the 1StB at Franklin,
Ind.
THERE wero 207 business failures ir
the United States during the seven days
ended on the 18th, against 1917 the pre-
vious scvon days.
THE robbery Of $4,000 from thu
United States Express Company in Chi
cago last March was virtually cleared
up on tho 18th by the confession of JohT
Ehret, tho driver of the delivery wagon
who took the money.
THE upper floors of tho Western
Union Telegraph building at New YorI
were destroyed by fire on tho 18th, to
gether with valuable books, files ant
records that can not be duplicated
Loss, $500, 200.
NEGOTIATIONS were completed on thu
18th between the Cheyenne and Arapa
hoe Indians and the Cherokee commits
sioners by which 1900, 900 acres of Ian,
in Indian Territory will be thrown opcl
to settlement.
NEAR Harlingen, n. j., George Duf
field, an aged farmer, shot and fatal,
wounded his grandson, Oscar Bodinc
on the 18th and then cut his own throat
EIGuTY-sIX Swedish Americans were
naturalized in Chicago on the 18th an,
lie were granted first papers.
DURING fracas on the 18th at Tus
cumbia, Ala, Mayor Steele was sho
dead and John Goodwin and w. =. Chal
len were probably fatally wounded.
AFTER an illness OF twenty-four hour
Mrs. w. B. Bishop died at Atchison
Kan, on the 18th, and physicians unite
in declaring that Asiatic cholera cause
her death.
GREEN JACKSON (colored) was lynche
at Fort White, Fla, on the 18th b
neighbors Of Mrs. Robert Pritchard
white woman whom he had assaulted.
THIEVES on the 18th took SIC, 90
worth OF jewelry from tho Bliss cottag
at Saratoga Springs, N. Y. occupied b
tho families of President Morto
and Mr.. Bliss.
AN unsuccessful attempt was mad
on the 18th to rob q train on the Cir
cinnati, Jackson & Michigan roa
near Enterprise, o. Engineer Vandt
vender was killed and the fireman II
tally wounded by the robbers, VIII
made their escape without securing an
| plunder.
CYRUS CRAIG, of Marysville, Mo
local agent for Bartle Bros, extensiv
brokers and real-estate dealers in S
Joseph, Mo, was on tho 18th charge
with having defrauded his employer
and others out of S125.O0
AT the leading clearinghouse in tn
United States the exchanges during tn
week ended on the 10th aggregate
81, 115, $780, against 8, l,097, sos, ,693 tn
J previous week. AS compared with th
corresponding week cf 1889 tho increas
amounted to 80.
DURING severe electric storm on tn
Goth at Milneburg, La., Ed William
Louis Morris, Victor Marchard an
Edgar Charles, mulattoes, were kille
by lightning.
Mrs. LOUISA BENDER, Of Peoria, Ill
became so enraged in the course OF
dispute with her son-in-law on the 1st
that she cholSed to death.
Ina quarrel over mule trade on tn
18th at Guyton, &C., r, q. Norton, Jr
shot and killed Willie and John Bir
'Srothersl All were yeppg boys