The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1890-09-18
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newspaper hah, shot ahd killed Citt
Civil EngineerC &. l. tahgcrmah, Of New.

newspaper man, Snot anu killed City
Civil Engineer 6. I: tHhgcrmah, OF New:
port on the t4th:
THREE persons were. killed and many
injured by the wreck OF an excursion
train near Deadwood, ), d., on the 18th.
TIE failure OF Smith & Co, members
OF tho Chicago Board OF Trade, was an
nounced on the 18th. Liabilities, s1Oo,.
bOt
1'iif nephew OF the original settiet Of
Erie, Pa, commenced suit on the 18th
to recover property in the heart Of the
city valued at several million dollars.
A swITCu-ENGIyE exploded at st.
Louis on the 9Th, killing the engineer
and fireman. Thsir fdutilated bodies
were picked up 800 feet away.
The Secretary OF the Treasury on the
18th instructed the Treasury Depart
ment to advertise for offers OF sl8, ,OOo,-
900 OF 4 per cent bonds, and to pay at
once oil interest on the 0's for the
present fiscal year In order to relieve
tho btoseft ssttahgeiii,ya'in the mohey
market
LoBING X. LOOMS, Chicago broker,
disappeared : on the 18th with s25, 900
supposed he had gone to Canada.
MAXWELL, the murderer Of Charles
Decker at Morris, ILL.,, was on the 18th
found guilty Of murder in the first de-.
gree and sentenred to be hanged,
LEsiuEL PBNDLEroN and his wife, an
aged couple, were instantly killed by
being run over by passenger train at
st. Joseph, Mo-, on tho 18th
AT the leading clearinghouse in the
United States the exchanges during the
week ended on the 18th aggregated
Sl,171, ,G10,922 against 81, ,O04, 72O, 100 the
previous week. AS compared with the
corresponding week Of 1889 the in.
crease amounted to I4.6
COUNTERPART $40 bills on tho German
National 1Ianlt of New Orleans were in
circulation at St houis on the 18th.
The visible supply Of grain in store
In the United States on the 18th was:
Wheat, 1859, 729 bushels; corn, s, l3O,=
$50 bushels.
lr was reported from Ellensburg,
Wash, on the 18th that forest fires had
caused suspension Of traffic on tho
Northern Pacific road.
AT meeting OF citizens of Aberdeen,
/ Wash, on the 18th committee OF forty
was appointed to notify all Chinese to
leave tho town before September a9.
AN Eris engine on the 18th struck
four Italian quarry laborers at German.
; town, N. Y, instantly killing three and
badly injurng the other .
ADvIcEs Of the 18th saw that the
schooner Comrade, of Cleveland, with a
crow of eight men, had been lost in
Lake Superior.
E. s. DREYEn OF the delegation from
Chicago to Springfield, H., to urge Gov.
ernor Fifer to pardon Oscar Neebe, the
Anarchist convict, expressed his belief
on tho 18th that Neebe would be re-
leased on or before THANKSGIVING day
AT meeting Of the Methodist con
ference in Muskegon, Mich. on tho 18th
twas decided that Rev. W. Gardner, the
Republican candidate for Secretary of
State, and Rev. j. w. Reid, chairman
OF the State Central Committee of the
Prohibition party, must withdraw from
politics or from the ministry.
AT Morris, ILL.,, on the 18th James
/ Maxwell, who murdered Charles Deck.
er, was sentenced to be hanged October
II.
ROBERT TURIN and Glenn Duskin,
two business men OF Newbe rn, Ala,
fought duel in the street on the 18th
and both were killed.
A FIRE OH the 18th destroyed sl5O, 900
worth of property in Lynchburg, Va.
HEAD and Young Mule,