The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1890-07-03

commission, consisting OF five persons, to
make nm impartial and thorough investigation
OF social vice in oil its phases in relation to
labor and wages, marriage and divorce and tho
general welfare OF the people. The Federal
elections bill was further discussed.
DOMESTIC.
AT St. Lo lis on the Goth nine deaths
from the heat and sixteen prostrations
were reported.
THE Pottawattomio Indians in Kan
sas received their land in sevcralty and
300, 900 in money on the goth.
HARRY BoUGHToN, of Catlin, ILL.,, on
tho Goth received notice that ho had
fallen heir to $500, 900 worth of property
in New York City.
In drunken fury at Kansas City on
tho Goth L. II. Meyers fatally wounded
his uncle, b. Van Horn, and the latter's
daughter
GRAIN merchants at Louisville stated
on the Goth that the oats crop of Ken
lucky was total failure.
AT Standing Rock, n. d., Rain-in-the
Face, the noted Sioux chief, ranking
next to Sitting Bull in renown, was
fatally stabbed by his wife on the Goth.
jealousy WIS INC CAUSE.
THE eighth annual convention OF the
Travellers Protective Association in
session on the Goth at Denver elected 4.
s. McGreat, OF St Louis, as president.
AT Indianapolis on the Goth a pistol
in the pocket OF street-car driver was
accidentally discharged, killing Thomas
Liddy, passenger.
AT Joliet, H., three Italian quarry.
men named John Stancher, Joseph
Stancher and Michael Milausky were
drowned on the 2Gth while bathing.
ThEhE were ITS business failures in
the United States during the seven days
ended on tho 27th, against 1si tho pre-.
vious seven days
REroRTs Of the 27th from all the
wheat-growing regions OF Kansas were
to the effect that the berry was plump
and full. The yield would bo Is per
cent. above the average for the last six
years.
| A LARGE class graduated on the 27th
| from Whites Institute at Wabash, Ind,
the well-known Indian training school.
The course comprises three years, and
about thirty Indian children are brought
from the West each year.
Two LITTLE girls were killed by q
train at South Somerset, Mass, on the
27th, the elder losing her life in the at.
tempt to save her younger sister.
FoH the fifth consecutive time Yale
defeated Harvard in the four-mile
boat-race at Now London, Conn, on the
9th. Yales time at the finish was
cleo, Harvard's 2l:4O.
PRESIDENT HARRISON on the 2Tth ap.
proved the dependent pension bill.
w. H. HAMMEL and wife, of Hutchin.
son, Kan, were burned to death on the
2Tth by the explosion of a gasoline
stove.
Much property was destroyed on the
2Tth by u tornado in the vicinity o
Loves, KY, and one person was killed
TnE business portion of Carbon, Wy
T., was burned on the 27th. Loss Sl0o,
900, with small insurance.
A CYCLONE passed over the eastern
end of Washington County, Wis, or
the 27th, doing great damage to no o-@
barns and trees, while growing crop,
we're loveled for miles.
PETER BETTEs, Of Jeffersonvillc, Ind
who was denying himself food because
he was deluded with the idea that hi
children were starving, had reached
the fiftieth day OF his fast on the 27th
THE strike on the Illinois Central rail
road was settled on the 27th, the me-
having come to terms with the company
Tho loss to the railroad by the five days
strike was $500, o,0oo.
THREE bodies of women were founS
on the 27th in the river at Johnstown
Pa, near the stone bridge. One wa
recognized as the wife of ii. j. Roberts
cashier OF tho First National Bank
who, with his family, was drowned il
tho flood.
THERE were eleven deaths from tn
heat in ST. Louis on the 27th, and Il
Chicago twenty-soven persons wer
Frustrated and three died. In Gales
burg, La Sale, Monticello and othe
towns in Illinois the thermometer reg
istered l03 in the shade and a numbe
OF people were fatally sun-struck. Il
Iowa the heat was also intense and nu
mcrous fatalities were reported. Tn
heat was general throughout the coun
try.
ALL tho brewers and distllers in Bal
timorc, Md, were on the 9th indicte
for violations Of the high-license law.
The National Association of Daugh
ters of Veterans concluded its first an
nual convention on the 27th at Quincy
H., Miss NJ. Estella Mcmillan, OF Mas
sillon. O., being elected president.
MARSHALL GRAYsoN, Of Brackett
Tex, in fit of jealousy on the 2st
ult. shot his wifo through the heart
killing her instantly, and then blew hi
own brains out.
c. M. HALLowAY, agent for tn
Adams Express Company at Salem, o.
skipped out on the 27th with Sc, 500 O
the company's money.
The Government signal Office a
Washington on the 2Sth ult. reports tn
month OF Jun9 to have boen the hotties
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