The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1890-07-17
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INTERESTING NEWS COMPILATION.
CONGRESSIONAL

dent Of the Senate and the Speaker Of tho
House be authorized to close the present
session Of the Fifty.frst Congress by adjourn
ing their respective houses the 9ist day Of July,
tsQO, at 2p. m. ..,.....
In the Senate on the lith resolution was in
troduced calling for an International confer.
cncc to establish . uniform standard between
gold and silver. The bill TO establish o United
States land court was discus scd.. In the
House the conference report on the silver bill
was presented, and q favorable report was
made on bill to revive the rank Of the Lieu
tenant. General VI toe army.
THE shipping bills were passed In the Senate
CO the i2th and the tariff bill was taken up and
made the diminished business" In the
House the compromise silver bill was passed by
q vote OF i23 to 20. A petition OF the National
Division of the Sons OF Temperance adopted al
It's forty-slxth annual session In favor OF the
'orlginal package" bill was presented.
In the Senate on the 18th several bills Of
minor Importance we're passed and the sundry
civil appropriation bill was discussed. The
approval of the silver bill by the President was
announced. In the House the lack OF a quorum
prevented any business being transacted.
DOMESTIC.
AT Concordia, Kan, some laborers
while digging cellar on the 10th ex.
cavated several pieces Of sandstone
WHlCu upOu tAdIDlHdJlOu WtTc iOuHu w
be filed with veins of virgin gold.
In the Louisiana Legislature on the
10th the House adopted the resolution
of the Senate declaring that the Gov
ornor had no power to veto the lottery
bill by vote OF 81 to 81, and the pro-
mitigation of the bill was intrusted to
the Secretary OF State. The Legis.
lature then adjourned sine die.
PRESIDENT HARRISON on the after.
noon of the 10th approved the act for
the admission of Wyoming as State
of the Union.
THE National crop report on tho 10th
gave the condition OF wheat as 76.2,
against ~. 1 last month.
AT Warsaw, Ind, Mrs. William G..
Gordon, wealthy widow, and William
c. Evers, a young man about the house,
were fatally burned on the 10th by an
explosion Of n gasoline stove.
On the 10th 100 Mormons arrived in
New York en- route for Utah.
Every business house except one al
Calloa, Mo-, was destroyed by fire on
tho 10th.
ONE of Brooks, Waterfeld g. Co.'S to-
bacco warehouses at Cincinnati was
burned on the 10th, causing a loss ol
Sl35, ,000
AT meeting Of the supreme lodge
of the Knights of Pythias in Milwaukee
.gs,tse 9a ,lae 1Gsh RI Ss SGssEgs Y; shaw, Of Eau
cellor. ss'iS'-
THE Navy Department at Washing
ton on the 10th ordered two war vessel:
| nj In
American interests and subjects in the
event OF war between Salvador ane
Guatemala.
TIE centennial anniversary Of Meth
odism in Boston was celebrated on tht
l1th.
BENJAMIN BuTTERwoRTH, of Ohio
was on the 11th elected secretary of tht
Worlds Colum bian Exposition.
AT Birmingham, Ala, All Coope
(colored) was hanged on the llth for tn
murder of jeff Googer, and Edward d
Gallagher was executed at Vancouver
Wash, for the murder of Louis Ma
last November.
TIE village of Ithaca, Mich, was Wis
tied by disastrous fire on the It'll
twenty-eight houses being destroyed.
NEAR West Milton, N. H., Edwi
Holt became suddenly insane on th
nth and killed his father and fatal
injured his mother
THERE were 107 business failures
the United States during the seven day
ended on the 1lth, against IFS the pr
vious seven DAYS The total number
failures in tho United States from ia
uary to date is s, 702, against d, 255 in
like portion OF 1889.
THE thirty-fourth annual conventio
OF tho National Educational Associ
tion in session on the 11th at St Pa
elected w. II. Garrett president and a
journed sine die.
WHILE insane on the 11th Mrs. Jam
Williams. living near Fair Haven, V
murdered her two children-a girl OF
and boy of 6-set fire to tho house al
cut her own throat. Her husband W
killed in his slate, quarry two wee
ago.
FIRE destroyed the business porti
of Lamar. Col, on the 1lth.
A BATTLE took place on the 1lth
tween Mexicans and natives at Yste
Tex, in which over a dozen perso
- | were k1lltus-
An explosion on the big freight stea
ship Tioga on the river in Chicago
the llth killed fifteen men and injur
eight.
Tur brewery of the Henry Mil
Brewing Company at Philadelphia v
burned on the l1th. Loss, 500, 900.
Tnn refinery of the Southern cott
seed oil mills near Atlanta, Ca, v
burned on the 11th. Loss, 500, 900.
The American Institute of Instr
tion in session on the 11th at Saratt
Springs, N Y, passed resolutions
yoring an educational exposition
Chicago at the time of the Columb b
Exposition.
FoR the week ended on the 18th
percentages OF the baseball clubs
tho Players League were: Boston, 4
Chicago. $40; Brooklyn, .5S5; New Yo
$3.50; Philadelphia, .507; Pittsbur
.492; Cleveland, .435; Buffalo, 1858. ]
:. clubs in the National League sto
8 Brooklyn, CAT; Cincinnati, .627; PHI
n delphia, .e2S; Boston, .594; Chicu
.5Ss; New York, .420; Cleveland, :.
Pittsburgh, ,239.
Two-TmIRDs of the business portion
Delano, CAL, was destroyed by fire
tho 12th, the total loss being $4,000
THE lumber-yard OF II. Il. Atkin
v and the all.paper factory OF Ca
y Bros. at Philadelphia were burned
q the 18th. Total loss, 5000, 200.
~ Mrs. L. j: BURKHrIM, her son
BY Miss Tillie brown wore drowned on