The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1890-04-10

70 tho eHeCt tnab inc W{nJer wheat belt
of the State had been Greatly benefited
by rain.
FAST day was observed throughout
New Hampshire and Massachusetts on
the Sd, business being generally sus-
pended.
GRAcEAu CHLERoEkD, OF Atwood,
Kan, was on the 4th sentenced to Hfty
years IN the penitentiaky for poisoning
his brOthef.
An explosion Of gas II tunnel near
Santa Paula, Cal, on the 4th killed six
men.
1T was reported on the 4th that SNUG
Cling frauds in the glove trade in the
country to the extent cf 1000, 900 had
been discovered by United States Of
fleials, &
dovEnSon FIrEn, Of Illinois on the
4th named April Is as Arbor day In the
State, s.NsS
AbvrcEs OF the 4th say the condition
of the wheat CROP in Missouri would not
exceed s5 per cent, owing to severe
freezing weather in March.
THERE were 2Oe business failures in
the United States during the seven days
ended on the 4th, against 1S9 the
previous seven days. The total of fail.
ures in the United States from January
/ to date is BBS6, against $500 in 1885,
A SEVERE storm of wind and rain pre-
vailed at Arkansas City, Ark, on the
4th. and nearly every house was flooded
to depth of ten or twelve feet. Two
churches and three or four residences
were blown from their foundations.
THE forty-fve directors of the worlds
fair wero chosen in Chicago on the 4th.
AT Louisville, KY, the relief for the
cyclone sufferers amounted On the 4th
10 si55, 900. Eight hundred applications
for aid had been received.
THE fire in tho Cameron pa, colliery
was on the 4th beyond control, and the
entire mine would have to be flooded.
The loss was estimated at 500, oOd.
REPORTS of the 4th from 300 Minne
sofa farmers were to the effect that the
crop outlook in the State was excellent.
FIFTEEN passengers were injured on
the 4th by the plunging duwn an en-
bankment Hear ST. Charles, Mo-, OF an
express train.
Two THIEVES robbed the jewelry store
of NJ. j. Mitchell at Denver, Col, of
$500 worth of diamonds on tho 4th and
made good their escape,
TuE sistieth general annual confer
ehce Of the Mormon church opened at
Salt Lake City on the 4tb with Presi-
dent Wilford Woodruff presiding.
SHERIFF JOHNSON, Of Atlantic Coun-
ty, N. j., was reported on the 4th to
have sold within two days 200 farms to
satisfy forcclosed mortgages; and 1t
was said that forty families in the town
of Germania were homeless.
ADAM BEACH had his eyes blown out
on the 4th at Lima, O., by natural
| gas explosion.
IT was reported on the 4th that six
revenue officers had been shot by moon.
sinners Mt Fleminsburg, Ky.
An Indian named Eagle Horse shot
and killed Frank E. Lewis, school
teacher, on the 4th at Pine Ridge
agency, in Nebraska, and then killed
himself.
ADv1cEs Of the 4th say that tornado
at Thomaston, Ga, blew down several
buildings, and in its track through the
country the ground was swept as if by a
brush, and the crops would have to be
replanted
MRS. CARRIE YoUNG was burned to
death on the 4th at Paterson, y. j. Her
clothing caught fire from lamp.
A NEW counterfeit $40 bill was in cir
culation on the 4th in ST. Louis, Chitai
20 and Cincinnati. 1t is on the Ger
mania National Bank of New Orleans,
letter sc" bank No. $50, series of 1882
THE business portion of Theresa, n.
Y. was burned on the. 5th, the loss
being estimated at from S1sO,Ooo to
5000, 900,
TWELVE negro women were drowned on
the 9th while attempting to escape in a
skiif from the overfiowed section near
Greenvillc, Miss.
Mr.. +. W. NEwhASb, OF Chicago,
died on the 5th from poison mixed in
food by servant girl named Emma
Stark, and eight hours later his wife
passed away in great agony. The two
remaining members of the family,
Francis ID. and Grace Ncwland the
former 81 and the latter 10 years OF age.
were still dangerously i'll. No cause
for the deed was known.
JOHN SLOAN and Robert Burgin in a
quarrel on the 5th at Somerset, Ey,,
fatally shot each other.
The second raid on liquor saloons in
Kingman, Kan, was made on the 5th by
members of the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union and Salvation Army
lassies and the whisky poured into the
streets.
CONFEDERATE Decoration day was oh
served throughout the South ON the 9th.
AT Irohdale, Ala, two deputy sheriifs
attempted on the 9th to arrest crowd
of negroes on a charge of larceny, and
in the fight which ensued one of the
deputies and three negroes were shot
dead.
TwENTY-siS men started at 1878 on
the morning of the eth at Pittsburgh,
Pa, in six days walking match.
MAYOR LoNDoNER, of Denver, Col,
was deposed from office on the 9Th by
tho district court upon a showing that
he had been fraudulently electSl.
Two MEN we're killed by an explosion
on the 9Th In the Bay Chester powder
works near Barlow, n, Y, and several
houses were wrecked.
The exchanges at the leading clearing
houses in the United States during the
week ended on tho 9th aggregated
s9s3, 0s2, 1855, against s1,045, 317, $3.50 tho
previous week. As compared with the
corresponding week Of 1889 the de-
crease amounted to lag.
A CLoUD-BURsT on the 9Th near
Ithaca, N. Y, curried away many dams
nd h.sI