The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1891-07-02

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were being fed by the relief committee.
From Storm Lake to Cherokee the
country had the appearance of one vast
lake, and not bridge on any of the
country roads could be seen. The
counties which suffered the worst by
the flood are Clay. O'Bricn, 1luena
Vista, Cherokee, Plymouth, Woodbury.;
Ida and Monona.
MRS. SYLVIA HARTNETT, aged 10S
years, started from Chicago to walk to
her old home in Cumberland, Md, but
was found sitting on curbstone by
the police and taken to the home of her
son.
JAMES FERGUSON, the famous stecple
climber, known all over the country
for his daring asceuts, was killed by
falling 45 feet at Albany, N. Y.
THOMAS HARRIS (colored) was hanged
at Shreveport, La, for the m ,rder of
Ella Franklin on May 12 last So
Mrs. PHILo, who was arrested in Chis
cago for forgery committed in Denver,
jumped from rapidly moving train
near Ashton, ILL.,, and escaped.
STEPHEN STAKENBERG, student at
Normal college at Marion, Ind, dropped
dead while playing football.
8, NJ. DEAN and l.. r. Grutger were
killed in collision between freight
trains at jefferson, Tex.
FLAMES in the Nelson lumber yards
at Cloquet, Mimi, burned over 10, OO0,-
900 feet of lumber, the loss being $780,
900.
IN quarrel over girl at Pleasure
Ridge Park, KY, White Seward and
Sidney Smith were fatally shot
HARVARD won the annual four-mile
race with Yale at New London. Conn;
by eleven lengths. Time, 81 minutes
% seconds
JUDGE BARTLETT, of New York,
made an order dissolving the sugar
trust and appointing receivers for the
various companies.
An explosion in powder houses at
Galveston, Tex, wrecked several build
head of cattle.
AT the leading clearinghouse in the
United States the exchanges during the
week ended on the 27th aggregated
S940, ,662, 02O, against $1,000, ,913.542 the
previous week. AS compared with the
corresponding week of 1890 the decrease
amounted to 1870.
SAN FRANCISCO was shaken by a
slight earthquake shock but no harm
was done.
The percentages of the baseball clubs
In the National league for the week
ended on the 27th were: New
York. 500; Chicago, .592; Boston, .545;
Cleveland, .52e; Philadelphia, 500;
Brooklyn, .464; Pittsburgh, 4O3; Cincin-
natl, 1868. The percentages of clubs
in the American association were:
St. Louis, .641; Boston, .G33; Balti-
more, 900; Cincinnati. .4SI; Columbus,
.46l; Athletic, .442; Louisville, All;
Washington. 327.
counts in the indictment against
George ]. Gibson, the secretary of the
whisky trust, who was charged with
conspiring to blow up the Shufeldt
distillery in Chicago.
AN appeal for aid for the persons
made homeless by the floods at Chero-
kee, Ia, and vicinity has been issued
by Mayor Bloom, of Cherokee.
REV. WILLIAM NJ. OGDEN, rector of
the Church of the Holy Cross at War
rensburg, N. Y, fell dead in the pulpit
while preaching.
THE coffee mill of Z. Levering & Co.
t Baltimore, Md, was burned causing
loss of S1OO, OOO
THE St Louis & San Francisco rail-
road filed at st. Louis $50, 600, 900 gen.
eral mortgage on its property in order
to make improvements.
r. GREGG & Co., millers at Cannon
Falls, Mimi, have assigned. Their liza
bilities were $150,0OO.
The loss to the growing crops by the
floods in Iowa was estimated at ST.
100000.
ALLEN w. SWAN is travelling from
New Bedford, Mass, to California on
a bicycle. He is due in San Francisco
September l6, and one week later he is
to marry an heiress.
Gov. HovEY, of Indiana, has paroled
Sylvester Bassett, subject to his good
behavior. He was serving an eighteen
year term in the penitentiary for muir
dering his brother three years ago.
A TORNADO swept over Harrington,
N. j., and several houses were blown
down and number of trees were up
rooted.
The stables and car house of the
Newburyport & Amesbury Street Rail
way Company were burned at New
buryport, Mass, the loss being $780,
600.
A FIRE destroyed the old ferry rolling
mill at Wilmington, Del, causing a
loss of $500, ,0O0.
A CYCLONE east of Denver, Col, de-
stroyed houses and crops, injured a
dozen persons and killed 250 sheep.
GREAT damage was caused by the
heavy rains in Lyon county, Kan.
Many farms were flooded and barns,
implements and entire crops were
washed away.
WHITE strikers, angered at the action
of the Oregon improvement Company
at Seattle, Wash, in taking negroes to
the Newcastle coal mines, started to
clean out the negro camp and in the
scrimmage four persons were killed.
"A DISTRICT near Holstein, Ia, miles
wide and 10 miles long, was swept by a
hailstorm. totally destroying barley
and badly damaging wheat and oats.
JOHN ToRBErT, living in Patoka
township, Ind, was given fifty lashes
by white Gaps because of failure to pro-
vide for his family.
The armory of the Seventy-frst regi-
ment in New York was burned, the
loss being 5000,
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
TIE Iowa democrats in convention
At Ottumwa nominated the following