The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1890-08-14
DOMESTIC,

THE State National Bank of Yelling
ton, Kan, closed its doors on tho 9th.
Tho liabilities wero about Sl0O. 900.
JAMES MIDDLETON, wealthy resi-
dent OF Harlan, Ky, while on his way
to the courthouse on the 9th to appear
against William Jennings, was fired
upon from ambush and his body com
plotcly riddlcd with bullets
THE official count of the city of Chi
cago was made public by. the Census
Bureau at Washington on tho 9TH. 1t
credits Chicago with q population of
1.C9S,5TG
The body OF McCalrrey, the bridge
jumper, who recently jumped 1870 feet
into the river at Boston, was found float
ing on the 7th. His neck had been
broken.
lr was said on tho 9TH that drought
had reduced tho corn average in Kansas
So per cent, n reduction of 81 per cent
within month. In some counties the
crop would be failure, and it was cs-
timatcd that the yield of tho State
would not exceed -, 900, 600 bushels.
SECRETARY OF TIE Treasury WIN.
DON decided on the 7th that a Chinese
laundry proprietor is n laborcr, and can
not lo permitted to rcland in the
United States after visiting his native
country.
Ir was said on tho 18th that !. W.
Dupcc would soon attempt to ridc
bicycle from the summit of Pixies Peak
to Manitou, distance of twenty.four
miles in forty-oight minutes for purse
of cl, ,iO0.
a uAiI.-sToHM in tho vicinity OF
MontevidCo, Minr., on the 7th did
great damage to crops, tho destruction
in some localities being total.
Tucson, A. T., was on the Tth cut of
from communication by washouts and
no trains had arrived or departed for
five days, and it was thought the
breaks could not be repaired before
several days.
A BOILER explosion in the saw-mill
of John Jacoby at Frankfort, Ind, on
the 9TH killed the proprietor and James
Shoemaker the engineer, and scat
tered the building all over the town.
A DESTRUCTIVE wind and hai-storm
swept over Union and Taylor counties,
Ia, on tho 7th, totally destroying the
crops in many places. Hail driftcd
against fences and buildings in many
places to depth of several feet.
A REVOLT among the convicts Of tho
Massachusetts State prison on the 7th
ateCharlestown, resulted in tho killing
by the guards of one convict and the
serious injury of several others. OBJ
noxious rules caused tho trouble.
BY the explosion of boiler in a saw
mill at Elliston, Mont, on tho Sth ono
man was killed, twelve wounded, and
the mill blown to splinters
WHITES wheel works at Fort Wayne,
Ind were destroyed by fire on the Sth,
causing a loss Of nearly 5000, 900. Over
200 mon were thrown out OF employ
ment.
WITHOUT a word OF warning H., 00G
knights of Labor employed on the New
York Central railroad between New
York and Buffalo went on strike on tho
morning OF the sth, leaving trains whcr-
ever they happened to be at tho mo-
ment The strike was ordered on ac-
count of the discharge of certain EN-.
ployes.
DURING the seven days ended on the
sth, there were 90S business failures in
the United States, against 1913 the pre-.
yious seven days.
THE President on the 9Th sent to Con.
gress letter from Governor Steele, of
Oklahoma, representing that great dis
tress prevailed among the residents OF
tho Territory and requesting that tho
attention OF Congress be called to the
fact, Crops in the Territory were al
most failure. and the people were suf-
fering for the necessarie4 of life.
THE works of the Laclede Tire Brick
Manufacturing Company OF St. Louis
were destroyed by fire on the sth. Loss,
800, 600.
Mus. MoLLIE STONE, her 14-year-old
daughter Edith, Mrs. j. r. johnson
and Carroll Graham, boy of years,
were drowned on the sth while bathing
in St Inigoes creek, in st. Mary's
County, Md.
UNITED STATES LAND COMMISSIONERS
CROFT on the Sth made an important
land decision, to the effect that when
Indians take land on the late Sioux
reservation and tho survey afterward
shows they are on school sections thoy
may hold their claims, but that white
settlers can NOT