The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1890-08-28
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DOMESTIC.
A VERDICT of murder in the first de.
gree was rendered on tho Goth at
Parkersburg, w. Va, against Mrs.
Mary Morgan for the murder of her hus-
band, and she was sentenced to be
hanged.
FIRE at Atlanta, Ca, on tho Goth de-
stroyed the factory of Gholstein, Hass
& Guthman, mattress manufacturers.
Loss $4,000.
A F1vE-FooT vein OF rich silver ore
was said on the Goth to have been dis
covered near Duluth at depth Of for
ty-two feet.
IT was decided by the executive board
of the Knights OF Labor on the Goth to
call out all the members Of the organ
ization employed on the Vanderbilt
system Of roads in order, it was hoped,
to settle their strike on the New York
Central road. who refused to arbitrate
their differences with tho knights.
THE number or persons killed by tho
recent cyclone at Wilkcsbarre, Pa, was
said on tho Goth to be fourteen, and ten
we're fatally injured. Tho number OF
buildings destroyed was estimated at
over 400, and the loss OF property would
exceed $1,000, 600.
MICHAEL and Jane Lesser, an aged
couple of 70 years, living at Dubuque,
Ia, were remarked on tho 2lst for tho
third time. They quarreled and sep
aratcd twice. Both appeared to be
pleased to be again united.
UPoS being reprimanded by her fa
ther on the 2lsS Carrie Walker, II yearg
old, living in ST. Louis, went into her
dying an hour afterwards.
THE Thousand Island Park Hotel and
twenty cottages at Thousand Island
Park, on the st. Lawrence river, were
burned on the morning of the 21st.
Loss, Sl50,000
AN explosion OF powder at the Stand
ard Cartridge Companys works, four
miles south Of Blue Island, Ill, on the
21st resulted in the killing of one man
and tho injury Of twenty men, boys and
| girls,
BY the blowing down OF street rail.
way sheds at Philadelphia on the 21st,
four persons were killed outright and
several others were fatally injured.
MASKED burglars entered the resi-
dence of Michael Shelby, farmer re-
siding near Wooster, o., on the 2lst and
bound and gagged tho family and stole
$4,000.
By the collision OF freight and pas
senger train at Carbondale, ILL.,, on the
Illinois Central road on the 2lst Charles
Mitchell, the freight conductor, was
killed.
FIVE members of pleasure party
were drowned by the upsetting OF their
boat off Whitestown l.. l.. on the 2lst.
AT Cassopolis, Mich, on the morning
of the 2lst James Matthews killed Mrs.
John Matthews for refusing to marry
him. He then shot himself in the head,
inflicting fatal wound.
b. II. Cooks & Co., clothing merchants
Of Nashville, Tenn, made an assign
ment on the 21st Liabilities, $500, 600
assets, SI4O, O0o.
TIE Blue Grass Palace Exposition
was opened at Creston, Ia, on the 21st
by Go fernor Boies.
A FREIGHT train on the Missouri, Kan
sas & Texas railroad telescoped pas
senger train at Paola, Mo-, on the 2lst
killing Pullman Conductor Camp and
seriously injuring Engineer Woodward.
IT was said on the 22d that great des
titution prevailed among the farmer,
in Aparahoe, County, Col, and that be
tween 500 and 800 people were in &
starving condition, the entire failure o.
crops being given as the cause.
THE special agent sent to Oklahom;
by Secretary of the Interior Noble re-
turned on the 22d and confirmed the
stories of destitution existing there ant
said help should be senk at once.
ABOUT 200 engineers, fremen and
switchmen employed by the Union
Stock Yards Switching Association O
Chicago struck on the 22d for an in
crease in wages and more rest on Sun
days.
SEVERE trosts were reported in Mime
sofa, North Dakota and Manitoba OF
the 22d. and fears were entertained tha
great damage had been done to crops.
WILLIAM ALEXANDER, a 17-year-olt
mulatto, was lynched near Bator
Rouge, La, on the 22d for attempted
assault on q ll-year-old VIII to girl