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


ended on the asth ult. we're; Boston, .O25;
Philadelphia, .553; Chicago, l.bI7; New
York, bis; brooklyn, BIT; Pittsburgh,
,49i; Cleveland, .4a0; BUFFALO. .229. The
clubs In the National League stools
Cincinnati, ,0s5; Brooklyn, al; Phila-
dclphia,. COZ; Boston, .bb3i Chicago,
.513. New York, 1928; Cleveland, $685.
Pittsburgh, .2i5. b.
A TRAIN on the Missouri Pacific road
was wrecked on the 2Sth ult near
Nevada, Mo-, and two persons wore
killed an1 twenty-seven Others injured.
A CYCLONE on the 2sth ult Gin Michi-
gan wrecked many housesfi Il Portland,
Orange, Be.s1. a, and DetroitN y s,hc man
was killed, many persons were injured,
crops were ruined and much stock killed.
THE official count Of the population
of tho District of Columbia, as an
nounccd by tho superintendent of the
census on the 2Sth ult, was 800, 100, a
gain in ten years Of something over
62, 900.
In the lake at jackson Park, Chicago.
Michael Shehan and his wife were
| drowned on tho Goth ult. by tho up
setting OF q boat.
| A TORNADO swept over Gallatin,
1tnn., on the Goth ult., destroying sew
eral houses and church and injuring
ten persons three fatally.
AT the leading clearing g-houses in the
| United States the exchanges during the
week ended on the 2Sth ult. aggregated
Sl,1ld, G67, Sol, against 81, ld5, Gl3,21 the
| previous week. AS compared with the
| L. - O Al.
amounted to 2.5.
ONE HUNDRED persons were poisoned
at picnic in Wichita, Kan, on the 2sth
ult. by drinking lemonade, AID one
man and three children died.
AT Wilkesbarre, Pa, John Mosser,
his daughter and his wife died horri-
bio death on the 2sth ult. after eating
sausage.
AT Vanceburg, KY, lightning killed
Jerry Searles, his wife and his only
child on tho 2sth ult., thus annihilating
the whole family.
INTENSE heat still prevailed through
out the country on the 2sth and Goth
ults., largo number Of cases of sun
stroke being reported. In Chicago dur
ing the two days there were lsl persons
prostrated, twenty-nino cases proving
fatal.
On the 25th ult. Superintendent of
tho Census Porter said that from present
indications the roturns of the enumer-
Rtors would show a total population of
the United States of "a, 500, 900, against
/ TO- los, ,7S3 in 1880.
IN an accident on the Chicago G. Rock
Island railroad on the 2sth ult. near
! Joliet, H., two people were killed out
right.and seven injured.
AT the meeting of the Worlds Fair
National Commission in Chicago on the
2sth ult. Thomas NJ. Waller of Connec-
ticutic, NJ. II. Dc Young of California,
u. b. Penn of Louisiana, G. W. Allen
of New York, and A. B. Andrews, of
North Carolina, were elected vico-presi-
/ dents.
TIE plant Of the Allen Bradley Dis
tillery Company at Louisville, Ky, was
destroyed by fire on the 30th ult., en-
failing loss of S150,000.
THE steamship Rotterdam, which ar
rived in New York from Antwerp on
the 3oth ult., brought $4,000 pounds
of Sumatra tobacco, valued at over ST.
100000, the largest single consignment
over received at New York.
THE ship Great Admiral was on the
30th ult. unloading cargo of 4.O0O,OCO
punches of fre-crackers at New York.
She was 104 days on her voyage from
Hong Kong
A FIRE on the 3Oth ult. at Troy, Ala,
destroyed the Messenger Office. opera
house, Western Union telegraph office
and number OF other buildings.
THE total number Of mercantile fail
ures throughout the United States re-
ported to Bradstreet's during the six
months ended on the 30th ult. was j,i6G,
against 5,9lS during the same time in
1882
THOMAS MCGREw, treasurer of the
Superior Drill Company at Springfield,
o., was on the 30th ult found short
Sic, 900 in his accounts.
TnE store OF Barker, Rose & Gray
hardware dealers at Elmira, N. Y, was
burned on the 30th ult. Loss, 500, 900
Dir. r. A. HOFFMAN, aged IS years
was found dead in his office at Boards
town, H., on the 30th ult. lie was the
discoverer of glucose and the process:
of its manufacture.
FouR persons in Columbus, O., were
struck by lightning and killed on thu
3Oth ult.
THE Standard Oil Company's refinery
at Louisville, KY, covering five acre:
of ground, was burned on the 30th ult.
and seven persons we're injured, two fa
tally.
WHEELING, w. Va, was visited by
violent electric-storm on the 30th ult.
and heavy rain flooded many Of th'
streets.
TEN more Cinnamon were captured
, on the 30th ult. while trying to get int,
, the United States from Lower Cali
, fornia.
i. A HARD wind and rain-storm passed
7 over Calhoun County. Mich, on tn,
: S0th ult,, blowing down many small
! buildings and doing other damage.
, A TRAIN on the Northern Pacific roa,
: plunged down an embankment nea
. Drummond, Mont, on the SOth ult., an,
: one woman was killed and twelve othe
persons were badly injured.
: THE period for taking the eleventh
l census ended on the S0th ult. Superin
tendent Porter stated in Washington
: that information received from all poi
tions of the country indicated that Their
:, had boon no serious hitch in the work.
: FLAMES destroyed the wall pape
factory of Jardino & Co. in Railway, N
, j., on the 80th ult. Loss, $4,000
WILLIAM HiNscHAw was murdered b
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