The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1891-05-07
The News Condensed.
Important Intelligence From All Parts
DOMESTIC.

DURING a quarrel near Richmond,
Mo-, Basco Dorrall shot and killed
Thomas Stewart and his wife and John
Finn.
Ar the annual meeting Of the Ma
tional Society Of the Sons of American
Revolution in Hartford. Conn, DIR. w.
S. Ward, of New York, was elected
president.
In was reported that every sawmill
on the mountains between Bellefonte
and I,eYisburg, Pa. had been burned
t5'1orsssss asssk .nna millions Of feet of
valuable timJSr had been reduced TO
ashes,
y Qp,s4Efltpgsslsorth of smnggied
opium was conhscated at San francisco
by government officials.
Six FI.ovRISo mills in. Minneapolis
with "A capacity Of 10, 900 barrels day
have united under the name of the
Northwestern Consolidated Milling
Company.
Ten THOUSAND men employed In the
hnildinF trades at Pittsburgh, Pa, have
struck for an eight-hour day.
= AsIIeIiARSEs, a young man. feinJah-
ted Suicide at Portlandi Ora, heeallse.
lho could not stop drinking Liquor,
THOUSANDS of acres Of forests were
swept over by fire in New Jersey and
several houses and outbuildings were
burned.
L. II. DmLY, prominent physician
Of Linton, Ind, was instantly killed by
his team running away.
A TERRIFIC rain, hail and wind storm
visited Bryan, o., and hardly "A house
escaped without some damage.
THOMAS CALmAN, aged so years, liv-
ing at Columbus, o., in fit of insanity
fatally shot his wife.
THE jury in the trial at Sioux Falls,
S. D., of Plenty Horses, the Indian
charged with murdoring Lieut.. Casey.
disagreed and were discharged.
AN unknown negro who killed Po.
heeman Davis at Franklin, Tenn, was
taken from Jail by a mob and hanged.
ALBERT SNOOKs, the bridegroom and
seventh victim Of the poisoned wedding
feast at Louisville, Ky, is dead. lis
wife was very low.
DIR. II. G. MAUss, a noted Washington
physician, killed himself while crazed
withlR grippe ----
THE first sod OF the tunnel to be built
between Detroit and Windsor, onts
has been turned.
A BAND of Juvenile white caps at
Mitchell, Ind, gave Johnny Grubb a
sound whipping because he refused TO
do anything for his widowed mother.
THE little hamlet of West Bloomfield,
N, V, was nearly wiped out by fire.
MAYOR MosRY, of Cincinnati, has an
nounced that Sunday theatricals will
not be allowed in that city next season.
By the explosion of n locomotive at
Johnston's station, o., the fireman was
killed and the engineerand head brake
man badly hurt.
CHXRIEs HANNAH, farmer who
lived near Beloit, Wis, blew his brains
out because he had been arrested for
drunkenness.
THE public debt statement issued ON
the list showed the total debt TO be 81,
54s, ,67s, 45l; cash in the treasury, $780,
| 1852, s5s; debt less cash in the treasury,
ss4s, ,515, 593 Decrease during April,
I si,5l4, 327. Decrease since June 80, 1890,
$50, ,622. .23s.
DIR. r. C. GOODWIN, an Englishman
who has a long and successful record
as forger, was arrested in Cincinnati.
jim CRABTREE and dim jackson got
into a fight at Huntington, w. Va, and
both were killed.
In the United States the business
failures during the seven days ended on
the LIST numbered 155, against EOS
the preceding week and 2li for the cor
responding week last year.
DURING the month of April 90, $40 i'm.
migrants landed at the port of New
York, the largest number for April
since 1889. At Baltimore 11,70O per
sons were landed in the same period.
LABOR day was generally observed il
this country by parades and Other
festivities.
MEMBERS of the Alaskan exploring
expedition sent out year ago from
i. New York under the guidance oi
Hazard Wells have arrived at Port
Townsend, Wash, thus contradicting
the report that the party had perished
WILLIAM REEL, of Waco, Tex, whC
confessed to having slandered homes
men and women, was whipped, riddeI
upon rail, tarred and feathered an,
duclsed in pond by posse Of citizens
MIscREANTs set fire TO a shaft of thu
Consolidated Coal Company's Works a
Oslsaloosa, Ia, and property valued a
500, 900 was destroyed
EARTHQUAKE shocks of greater o
less severity and duration were report
ed from Conocook, Keene Concord
Manchester and other New Hampshire
towns.
A coLoRED woman 30 years old wa
arrested in Philadelphia for disorderl!
conduct
A STATE camp of the Patriotic Orde
Sons Of America was organized at In
dianapolis, Ind, with ii. G.. Ellis, O
connersville, as president
IT was stated by Secretary of tn
Treasury Foster that the governmen
was amply able TO me9t all its obliga
tions.
REPoRrs TO the Nebraska state mi
lers' convention at Omaha showed tina
the crops were the largest and the bes
known in the history of the state.
While in a drunken frenzy Angus
Nilkii fatally shot his wife at Hougf
ton, Mich, and then killed himself
TkN THOUSAND miners in the Hocl
ing and Sunday valleys Of Ohio~hay
struck for an eight-hour day, and 1
other points in Pennsylvania, Ohi'
Indiana and Illinois the miners made
similar demand and quit work.
AN increase in the volume of trad
throughout the country was reporte'
and merchants were more confident 4