The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1891-07-16
The News Condensed
lmpotan, Intelligence From All Parts,
DOMESTIC.

club by an insane negro named
Dnniel Welsh,
The West MICHIGAN Press association
in session at Kalamazoo elected e. A.
Blaclsman, OF Hillsdale, as president.
A FIRE which started in Mitchell
Bros, lumber yard at Jennings, Mich,
destroyed 100000 feet OF lumber,
pl aning mill, engine house and four
dwellings. Total loss, S25O,OOO -
JIM BAILEY, a negro VINO assaulted
Mrs. Folsom at Beebe, Ark, was taken |
from Jail and lynched by mob.
NEAR Edmonton, kyn Special united
States Bailih Catliff was shot from am
hush lnd fatally wounded ~ vioiators
OF the revenossiaw
Mrs. RAYMOND and her 4-year-oio
| son were struck by passenger traln on
the Ohio & Mississippi road near olney,
ILL.,, and instantly killed.
| John COLLIER, living near Monrovia'
Ind, found piece OF gold ore on MS
farm weighing about ten pounds
| The house OF 3. +. Anderson 10
miles west of Clifton, Tex, was struck
by lightning, and his wi1e ana tnree
daughters were killed.
ELIZA RYAN, OF Lamar ARK ageo
so years, was restored to sight a1ter oe.
ing blind thirty years by having atooth
extracted.
The tenth international conversion
of the Young Peoples Society OF ohris-
tian Endeavor opened at Minneapolis
on the 9TH with $4,000 delegate tes in at
tendance. The secretarys report
showed that there were in the country
1924 societies with a total member
ship of 1,00S,9S0. Among the denomi-
nations the Presbyterians have 4,ol9
societies, Congregationalists 3,745, Bap-
fists 1881, Methodists 2,O6S, Christians
SOL. During the year $1,000 members
of the societies became church mem
bers.
PHILIP STEPHENS, 81 years ola ana
hard of hearing, was run over oy
train on the Pennsylvania road at fort
Wayne, Ind, and instantly killed.
JAMES FENNELL was killed near
Wichita, Kan, by horse suffering from
hyufophoola. Inc amman seineo MN,
with its teeth and shook him ana
tramplcd him to death.
A FRIGHT train was wrecked near
Columbus, Ind, and thirteen boX cars
were smashed to pieces and several per-
sons were injured.
THE Chesapeake " ONO railroad mas
closed fre-year contracts Tor three
steamer lines between Newport News
Va, and Liverpool.
THE board OF visitors to the Annapo
lis naval academy in its report TO ths
secretary of the navy, comments severe
ly on 'the odious, brutalizing ana un
American haoit OF hazlng
MRS. GRisLEY, OF Lancaster WIS
confessed upon her dying oed that sh'
had murdered her sons wlie IN 1857
whose dead body was found IN hei'
perforated with bullets the second ia.
after the murder
THE dead bodies of j. ii. Puterbaugh
prosperous farmer living near Ellis
Neb., and his wife and four childrel
were found dead in their home witt
bullet holes in their heads. 1t was sup
posed the horrible deed was committed
by the father, who was temporarily in
sane.
In tho United States the busines
failures during the seven days ended o.
the 10th numbered PAT. against %
: the preceding week ant 1877 tor the cor
responding week last year.
BELLE HENDERSON, Ella Henderson
Millie Chenowyth and Rev. job
Spachmann were drowned in LAX
Erie near Oak Point, O., by the upse
ting of boat
J. X. DuwoRTH, president OF the Di
worth Cattle Company of Billings
Mont, was shot and killed in quarrt
over a land claim by young Frenct
man.
Cambria Iron Company at Johnstowl
Pa, at which thousands of their worl
men traded has been sold to party I
capitalists for nearly Sl,000,000. TT
law against company stores in tn,
state goes into effect August 1.
AN immense downpour of rain II
three hours at Sioux City, Ia, f1oode
the city, causing an aggregate loss
SlOO, 0OO
The entire wooded portion Of Chi
pewa county, Mich, and the Canadii
territory north of it were on fire on Il
10th. Settlers were being burned o
and everybody was fighting the flame
FIFTY families charged with beil
intruders were arrested by the Chic
asaw militia and sent across the r.
river into Texas.
Tom ROCHE. wealthy railroad CO
tractor, committed suicide at Fo
Worth, Tex, by shooting himself
the mouth.
Il. y. POTTER, a wealthy New Yo
man, was found dead in the woods ne