The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1890-06-05
TnE peroentages OF the base.ball clubs


cinnati, 900; Chicago, .517; New York, |
500; Boston, .46s; Cleveland, $40; Pitts
burgh, 300.
AT the loading clearinghouse in the
United States the exchanges during the
week ended on the 81st ult., aggregated |
81, ,075, ,275, 1855, against 81, 800, 930 235 the
previous week. As compared with the
week of 1889 the increase
amounted to as.
By the explosion Of q kerosene oil-can
on the 31st ult at Denver, Col, Mrs. A.
Morrow and her little boy md girl were
burned to death.
A heavy wind-storm passed over Dim
widdie County, Va, on the 31st ult,
destroying the crops.
SOME time ago the Reading Railway
Company ordered all its employees to
withdraw from trades unions or leave
their employ. On the 31st ult. it was an
nounced that nearly all of the men had
complied with the request, and that all
the conductors, engineers, brakemen
and fremen on the road were now nom
union men.
evangelist, was on the 3lst ult. elected
president of the Methodist University
in Ogden, U. T., and he would make
that place his future home.
FLAMES on the 3lst ult in DuLont's
paper-mill at Louisville, KY, destroyed
machinery and material valued at
s125, 900.
AT Curry & OBrien's rock quarry
near Castle Rock, Col, a cave-in on the
31st ult. caused the instant death of b.
Quist, John Anderson and F. L. Enden-
burg.
A FIRE on the 31st ult in the Hamp-
ton woolen mills at Philadelphia caused
loss of 500, 900 and the death of Frank
Mangelstrafs.
MEMORIAL services were held in the
churches Of Johnstown, Pa, on the 31st
ult., CONNIE morative Of the awful flood
of year ago.
A BREAK in the levee at Stockton,
Cal, on the 31st ult let water into the
middle division of 5000 acres Of grain.
MRS. PETER LovETsEN and her three
children were fatally burned on the 1st
at New Haven, Conn, by fire caused
u
A STOCK train was wrecked on the
'S1st ult near Albuquerque, N. NJ, and
1000 sheep were killed.
; AT marlborough, KY, five blocks of
buildin IS were destroyed by an incendi-
ary fire on the 3lst ult., with a loss OF
$500, 600. Two thousand families were
left homeless.
JOHN G. FILE, of Philadelphia, treas
\ .pger 81 ef the y LIatheEs3 Qrphans' Ftotr'''
and seysrsl Gerina an so6istiss, was on
the S1st ult. charged with being . de-
faulter to the extent of $50, 600.
FoRTY-THEEE THOUSAND enumerators
began work on the I'd, charged with the
eleventh official count Of the people.
THE village OF Loveland, Harrison
County, Ia, was almost totally de-
stroyed by q waterspout on tho I'd
Three persons lost their lives and others
were missing.
FIRE on the I'd destroyed the ship
yards of Tucker & Barry at Madison,
Conn, together with two four-masted
schooners in process Of construction.
Loss, 100000.
THE coinage at the mints during May
900 in gold coin and So, 300, 900 in stand
ard silver dollars and the remainder in
minor coin.
In the United States the visible sup
ply OF wheat and corn on the I'd was,
respectively, 30, 45l,931 and l2,6S5,2i1
bushels.
By fire in . tenement house in St.
Louis on the I'd q man named Scholt-
ham, 70 years f age, was smothered to
death, and his son George and the lat
ter's wife and two sons, aged and 4
years respectively, were fatally burned.
TEN of the principal breweries at San
Francisco were sold on the cd to an En-
glish syndicate for $500, 900.
THE first day of the enforcement Of
the Sunday law at Providence, R. l.,
resulted on the 1st in the closing of all
bake shops, groceries, meat-markets,
news and cigar-stands.
THE Episcopal convention Of Ohio
decided on the I'd to remove all restric-
tions upon women voting at parish
meetings and holding Office in the
church.
THE pension payments for the pres
CIV hoS"i JSoi uP W ~ NSioNOh
months) amounted to sl0S, III, 1877.
THE owego IN. W National Bank,
which failed recently, resumed business
on the I'd.
NEARLY 1000 saloons in Baltimore,
Nd, that were doing fourishing busi-
ness a month ago, were closed on the ID,
owing to heavy increase in the license.
THE statement Of the public debt is
sued on the I'd showed the total debt
to be 1851, 362 500; cash in the treas
ury, S96, ,901, ,791; debt less cash in treas
ury, S1,00s, s5s, 800 Decrease during
May, $6,68l,s71. Decrease since June
80, 1889, s67,7s7, ,722.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL
The Prohibition State convention
Of Illinois in session on the 2sth at
Bloomington nominated Robert Link
for State Treasurer and Prof Carl
Johann for Superintendent of Public
Instruction.
Four generations of her descendants
joined on the 2sth in celebrating the
Tooth birthday of Mrs. Charlotte Smith
at the house of her grandson in Brook
lyn, N. Y. The celebration was wound