The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1890-09-18
DOMESTIC.

A COMMITTEE Of the eS.employes oi
the New York Central railroad called
on Mr. Depew, president OF the com.
pany, on the 11th, In the hope of set
tling the strike. Mr.. Depew declined
to discuss the strike with them, saying
that it was practically over.
Two ENGINEERs, fireman and a
brakeman were killed and three others
wounded by collision OF freight trains
near Albany, N. Y, on the 1lth.
FIRE at Park City, U. T., on the 1ith
destroyed the business portion OF the
town. which is the principal mining
camp in Utah.
STEVE CnuMP and George Batter
(colored) were taken from Jail by q mob
and lynched at Annoy, Miss, on the
11th after being convicted Of an assault
on two whito women.
THE mangled bodies OF three unknown
men were found beside the Illinois Cen.
trail track near East Dubuque on the
morning Of the 1lth.
MANUFACTURERs Of yellow pine lum.
ber in the South met in St. Louis on tho
l1th to establish uniform grade and
thickness OF flooring and to discuss
prices.
IT was reported on the 18th that the
stage between Bitten and Diamond,
Orc, had been robbed by highway.
man, who secured all registered letters
and destroyed the others in the mail
pouches.
THE Census Office at Washing ton on
the 1ith announced tho population OF
Maine as $50, PSI, an increase in ten
years OF 1895
THE first snow OF tho season in the
United States was reported from Fort
Assiniboin, Mont, on the 11th.
The great council Of the Improved
Order of Red Men closed its annual ses.
sion at Boston on the 1lth. Thomas j.
Donnelly, OF Philadelphia, was chosen
great incohoneo.
THE Pacific express on the Chicago &
Grand Trunk railroad was wrecked al
Schoolcraft, Mich, on the 12th, by run,
ming into freight train, killing George
Merrigold, the engineer.
THE business failures in the United
States during the seven days ended on
the 18th numbered 1893, against 2O3 tho
preceding week and 1876 the correspond
ing week last year
In Pittsburgh, Pa, on the 12th the
executive committee of the National
Reform Association resolved to issue a
call for meeting in every county in
the Union to protest against opening
the worlds fair on Sunday.
THREE Indians were killed and sew.
eral persons wounded in riot on the
tn WI tor in
over question of accepting lands In
severalty.
Miss ANNIE ADAMS, aged SIS years,
and her nephew, aged 8 years were
asphyxiated by gas from a gas-stove at
Mansfield, O., on the 18th.
RICH finds OF copper and silver on the
north shore OF Lake Superior were re.
ported by prospectors at Grand Marais,
Mimi, on the 18th.
SERIOUS damage by floods were re.
ported from Pennsylvania, Ohio and
several Southern States on the 18th,
caused by the recent heavy rains
THE percentages Of the base ball clubs
In the Players League for the week
ended on the 18th were: Boston, .e2s;
Brooklyn, 1881; New York, .bsl; Chi.
cago, $3.50; Philadelphia, .53s; Pitts
burgh, .4s2; Cleveland, 1887; Buffalo,
I'll. The clubs in the National League
stood: Brooklyn, 1856; Boston, .6le;
Philadelphia, COS; Chicago, 500; Gin.
cinnati, .5s7; New York, .4e6; Glove
land, .295; Pittsburgh, Ira
THE Census Bureau at Washington
mado public on the 18th the Official
population of New York City, as fol-
lows: 1880, 1,2o6, 900; 1890, 1878, sol;
increase, 25. 46 per cent
BY the wreck of u passenger train on
the Missouri Pacific railroad at Glen
coe, Mo-, on the 18th one passenger was
killed and eleven others seriously In.
jured.
DURING storm at New Sedan, N. Y,
on the 18th 100 Italians huddled them
selves in building. Lightning entered
the shanty and instantly killed four Of
them.
In Piatt County,'I ILL.,, on the I2th Dan
lei Quick unearthed the skeleton of one
OF the largest mastodons ever found.
AN epidemic, supposed by many to be
genuine Asiatic cholera, was reported
vt Carrollton,f O., on the 18th. Six
deaths had occurred and many wore
down With tbe disease