The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1890-05-15

TWENTY-FIVE business houses and
dwellings in Grove City, Pa, were
burned by an incendiary fire on the 9th.
THE construction OF new rail roads in
the United States since January 1, 1890,
to the 9th inst. amounts TO 1,1OO miles,
There we're also ga new roads incor-
porated.
WILLIAM DAVIS (colored) was hanged
on the 9th at Unien, S. c., for tho
murder of Susie Fernandez, Sandy
Jones (colored) was executed at Bir-
mingham, Ala, for the murder Of
Policeman John Manning, and Robert
Hill (colored) was hanged at Warren
town, Ca, for the murder Of A. s.
Rogers. ~
w. II. Popg, the a5sconding bank
teller Of Louisville, KY, who got away
with $50, 900, was captured near Duluth,
Mimi, on the 9th while on his way to
Canada.
THE Montana Union Depot at Butte
was destroyed by an incendiary fire on
the 9th, the loss being 100000.
ApvIcEs of the 9th say that Montana
cattle shipments this year will reach
nearly 100, 900 head, an increase of at
least 80, 900 head over last year.
GEORGE w. CRANE G. Co., of Topeka,
Kan, printers and publishers, failed on
the 10th for $4,000.
A FIRE on the 18th at Ellicottville,
N. Y, destroyed one-half Of tho busi
ness portion of the village.
THE percentages of the baseball clubs
in the Players League for the week
l41 Al. vi
Boston, .6s7; Philadelphia, BOO; Brook
lyn, 1896; Buffalo, .454; Pittsburgh, .42s;
Cleveland, .4l6; New York, 1857.
The clubs in the National League stood:
Philadelphia, .642; Chicago, .615; Gin
cinnati, 900; Brooklyn, .537; Boston,
.43s; Cleveland, .416; New York, 400;
Pittsburgh, 1857.
AT the leading clearinghouse in the
United States the exchanges during the
week ended on the 10th aggregated
1918, 4s9, ,023, against 81, 3s2, 39s, 273, the
previous week. AS compared with the
corresponding week of 1889 the increase
amounted to 1871.
VIOLENT wind-storms on the 10th in
Northern Missouri destroyed many
buildings and caused the death of five
persons.
Mrs. Frost, OF Portsmouth, N. H., in
fit of insanity on the 10th threw her
child into the river and jumped in her.
self. A tramp who saw her rescued
both.
PRESIDENT HARRISON, his Cabinet and
the Governors of O number of States
will be present at the unvailing Of the
Garfield monument in Cleveland May 80.
A TERRIFIC wind-storm at Dubuque,
Ia, did much damage on the 10th, and
at Council Bluffs houses were unroofed
and others blown. from their tonndas
tions.
The body Of a woman, mutilated be-
yond recognition. was found in pine
box in the Union depot at Kansas City
on the 10th. The box was checked
through from St Louis over the Wabash
railroad.
In Washington on the 10th Secretary
Proctor made second allowance Of $50,
900 for the relief of the Mississippi flood
sufferers.
A CYCLONE on the 10th near Oil City,
and two children of William Nunnemak-
er and wrecked houses, barns and other
outbuildings.
TIE Iron Car Company, doing busi-
ness at Carlisle, Pa, failed on the 10th
for $3.50, 900.
A CYCLONE on the 10th at Cedar Val
ley Kan, killed four persons, injured a
dozen others and wrecked several build
ings.
FLAMES on the 10th in large Gov
ernment warehouse Mt Willet's Point
L. l., destroyed property valued at ST.
900, 200.
IT was announced on the 10th that the
five leading breweries in Chicago had
been sold to an English syndicate for
e1,900,000
AT Detroit, Mich, the seventy-two
hour heel-and-toe walking match was
won on the 10th by Hoagland, he max
ing $50 miles.
On the 10th two workmen were killed
at Cleveland, O., by falling seventy feet
from scaffold to the ground.
GEORGE p. WHITNEY. book-keeper
in tho City National Bank of Albany,
N. Y, was on the 10th accused of embez-
zling $4,000.
lhhEE WOrhuicu were hlllcu anu
several others injured by an explosion
in powder mill at Winton, Pa, on the
10th.
ONE-HALF Of the saloons at Baltimore,
Md, were closed on the 10th through the
enforcing Of the high-license law.
ED BENNETT (colored) was lynched or
the 10th by mob at Hearne, Tex, for
an assault upon white woman.
A CYCLONE swept through Akron, O.
on the 10th, destroying over 100 houses
and damaging as many more, and
seriously injuring number of persons
THE town of Greonville, Pa, wa!
flooded to the depth of two feet on the
10th by a cloud-burst
THE Oxford Club stables at Cam
bridge, Mass, were totally destroyed by
fire on the 10th, and thirty blooded
horses perished in the flames.
A TRAIN on the Kansas City & Col
orado road was wrecked on the 12tl
near Clayton, Mo. and Richard Jones
engineer, Richard Shellcraft, conductor
and Arnold Garfield, fireman, wer,
killed,
GOVERNOR STONE, of Mississippi, OF
the 12th requested Major Weston t,
furnish rations for twenty days to 400
persons in the vicinity Of Yokena ant
New Town Landing.
THE visible supply Of wheat and corr
in the United States on the 18th was
respectively, sa,7al,9is and II, 415, AZ
bushels.
FIVE farmers were killed ON the 12tl
in fight with numbes of Chickasay
cowboys on the South Canadian river
near Ok lahoma City, Ind. 7.