The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1891-06-18

sooner and claims there is no ground
for criticising any of his actions. He
also absolves John Wanamaker from
any unjust dealings in the case.
The training stables OF Prior & Brown
at Mulvane, Kan, were burned, and IA
lumber of horses, including three fine
stations, perished in the flames.
GERONIMO, the famous Mexican
bandit who had robbed over a dozen
stages and committed many murders,
was killed near Pantano, A. T., while
resisting arrest.
BY the burning of tenement house
in New York Phillip Brady, aged 55
years; Catherine Brady, his wife, aged
40, and Phillip Brady Jr, their 49,
year.old son, lost their lives.
THIEVES tortured with. fire an old
man named 1Sl. Bro ks, sliving near
Conneautville, Pa, until he gave them
over $40, 900 in money, all he had.
A NEW railroad is to be built to the
summit of Pixies Peak. The line will
be 20 miles in length, with grade
foot in 20.
AT Alum Cave, Ind, forty masked
men took John Bcasley to the woods
and whipped him terribly with switches
for indecent conduct.
THE severest and hottest windstorm
ever known occurred in Huron, s. d.
The sand and dust came in clouds so
that people could not go on the streets.
THE count of the cash in the vaults
OF the treasury, consequent on the re-
bnn IN, .
resulted in the discovery of a dis
crepancy Of 81, This was missing from
d bag of silver in vault containing
hearty S7O, ,OOO,O 900
The International Typographical
union in session at Boston adopted a
resolution favoring nine-hour day
after October 1.
SIxTY:NINE retail st. Louis grocers
have been indicted for selling olcomar-
garine from unstamped packages
ENGINEER CLARK was killed and
three other persons fatally injured by
collision on the Louisville & Nash
vile railroad near Sebrce, Ky.
FLAMES in the main building of the
Philadelphia Abattoir Company caused
loss of S375,00O.
CHARLES McGoUGn and James Aulds,
two young white planters, were shot
dead near Farmersvillc, La, by men,
bers of a family named Jones, with
whom they quarreled.
Bob CLARK, q mulatto, was taken
from Jail at Bristol, Tenn, by d mob
and hanged. He was charged with
eriminally assaulting white woman.
THE visible supply of grain in the
United States on the 18th was: Wheat,
15,5o1, ,54S bushels; corn, 1856, 677 BUSH
els; oats, 4,262, 500.
AUGUsT VoGT, of st. Peter, Mimi, in
a quarrel with his wife fatally beat her
with hatchet and then hanged himself.
REV. FRANK ID. LEE, residing near
the Theological seminary in Fairfax
county; Va, in a spell of temporary in
sanity killed his only son, aged . years,
to whom he was devotcdly attached,
and then committed suicide.
JOHN ADAMS and Miss Josie Orr were
drowned near Troy, N. Y, by the cap
sizing of boat.
FLOODS in the southwestern portion
of Indian territory have done damage
to the extent of S5OO,OOO and several
persons were drowned.
ROBERT JONES, of Edgefeld, S. c.,
the murderer of the three Presleys,
father and two sons, has, after six
trials, been convicted of manslaughter.
DURING the six days ended on the
18th 17,5 immigrants arrived at New
York from various countries of Europe:
and of this number less than 100 were
debarred as undesirable.
WAsHINGToN c. WooLFE, aged s5
years, and believed to have been the
Oldest printer in the United States,
committed suicide near Coshocton, o.
Hot weather prevailed in eastern
states on the 18th. At Providence, r.
l., the thermometer registered lO7 in
the shade, at Portland, Me-, 30, at
Hartford, Conn.,, 81, at Pittsburgh, Pa,
96, and at New York 81, the warmest
June day ever known in that city.
JOHN CoFFELT was killed and his Sis
ter fatally injured by being struck by
train at Spring Valley, o.
The agreement between the United
States and Great Britain for closed
season for seals in Behring sea was
signed in Washington, and the presi-
dent Immediately issued proclamation
to carry out its provisions
GLENN and William Ives, aged and
13 years, were drowned near Marion,
Ind, while bathing.
SEvILL SCHoFIELD, of the firm of
Sevill Schofield, Son & Co., woolen
manufacturers at Manayunk, Pa, has
failed for $780, 200.
AT Seattle, Wash, by the capsizing
Of their boat ]. Donaldson and Ida
Lundberg were drowned.
THEODORE SCHULTZ and John Bartels,
of Carpenters lille, H., were struck by
lightning and killed, and Fred Fink
and Jacob Flury met like fate at
Herzburg, Ill.
A. ID. COOLEY and c. H. Anderson, of
Cedar Rapids, Ia, and two young la
dies, Jessie Rollins and Anna Kochler,
were drowned at Rockford, Ia, by the
upsetting of boat.
AT Colorado Springs, Col, John Chap
man shot and instantly killed his de.
ranged son Wallace, who was pursuing
him with stones
REV. EPHRlAM RoEHR, minister of
the old Mennonite church near Mount
vile, Pa, dropped dead while preach
ing. He was 10 years old.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
THE Ohio prohibitionists in conven-
lion at Springfield nominated for gov