The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1890-05-15
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sons homeless. LOSS, S2OU, UUU.
A NATIONAL convention in favor OF
free silver coinage will bo held at Car
son, New, May 30.
FIVE bodies Victims Of the flood ono
year ago) were found on the sth by
workmen at Johnstown, Pa. Two OF
them were mother and child clasped
in each others arms.
AT the session in st. Louis on tho sth
of the general conference of the NJ. +.
church South resolutions were adopted
denouncing dancing, card-playing and
theater-going and in favor of prohibit
ing members from signing dram-shop
petitions.
FRosTs on the Sth in the vicinity oil
Wabash, Ind, did great damage to veg
citation.
THE Pandora levee near Benton, La.
broke on the sth, and the water swept
down over large area Of country, in.
volving heavy losses to hundreds ol
planters.
The Chenango County Insane Asylum
at Preston, N. Y, was burned on the
sth, and nine insane persons perished
in the flames.
INSPECTOR EBERsoI.D, OF the Chicago
police department, narrowly escaped
death on the Sth from the explosion Of
torpedo which was thrown at him by
some person unknown.
Four Greek workmen were fatally in
jurcd at Braddock, Pa, on the sth by O
new smokestack falling on them.
In the New York Assembly on the Stt
a concurrent resolution proposing pro
hibition constitutional amendment was
passed by vote of &C to A.
Rev. GEORGE NJ. GREEN, one of the
best-known ministers in Arkansas, was
accidentally shot and killed in Saline
County on the sth by his brother, Mar
tin Green.
JOHN d. DAVIS and William Morgan
were killed by fire damp on the sth in O
coal mine near Mahouoy Plane, Pa.
Two SISTERS named Mcdonald, aged
and IL years, were drowned on tho stl
at Portland, Ore.
THE town OF Columbia, Tex, with the
exception Of one street. was under water
on the sth and railroad traffic was sus
pended.
AT the annual meeting OF the Nov
York Civil-Service Reform Associate
on the sth George William Curtis wa,
reelected president.
AT Charleston, S. c., on the Sth tht
diocesan convention OF the Episcopa
church adopted an amendment exclud
ing colored members from seats on thu
floor.
THE boiler of an engine drawing
freight train exploded on the Sth nea
Wellington, Kan, killing the enginee
and fireman and 1875 cattle.
DAVID STOKES (colored) died on tn,
9th in Rockingham County, N. c., from
the bite OF cat
NATHAN WILLIAMS, of Staunton, Ind.
who in nine months spent in dissipation
100000 left him by his father, was takel
to the poor-house on the Sth.
In was reported on the 9th that tn,
Pennsylvania Railway Company haC
made cash contribution of $275, 900 t,
the Chicago worlds fair fund.
Hon water on the 9th swept away
$4,000 log boom at Bangor, Me.
THE Iowa Supreme Court decided OIL
the 9th that the sale Of original liquo
packages in the State was legal.
A TERRIFIC tornado passed north o
Blythedale, Mo-, on the 9th, completed,
wrecking dozen houses and as man,
barns and outbuildings. The family o
Henry Young were all injured, Mrs
Young fatally.
THERE were 300 business failures Il
the United States during the seven day
ended on tho 9th, against 211 tho pre-
vious seven days.
| CONSTANTINE ScHAEFFER, q farme
| living near Chester, Mimi, murdere,
his wife and child on the 9th and thel
| killed himself The cause of the trag
edy was unknown.
MAsURY & Sons large paint factor,
at Brooklyn, N. Y, was burned on tn,
9th. Loss, 500, 900.
A FREIGHT train dashed into herd O
horses on the 9th near Andover, N. d.
killing eight Of them, wrecking tn
train and fatally scalding Engineer Jo
| Dixon.
THOMAS LYNCH, one of the Rocheste
| IN. W detective force, and q MAJ
named Samuel Stoddard had disput
over fence on the 9th, during whicl
Lynch shot and killed Stoddard and hi
| wife.
JonN M. WIssTEp shot his wife ant
himself through the heart on the 9ti
at Ouray, Col, in an alteration ovel
money.
THE Providence Or. ~ school boar,
decided on the Nth to Danish the Bibl
and devotional exercises from the eit,
schools