The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1891-04-16

museum on NeSI MHQlsOD street IN
Chicago caused loss OF over $500, 900.
One life was lost and Several persons
were injured.
Coy. FIFER, OF Illinois, has made APP
plication at the treasury department in
Washington for the refund of the direct
tax paid by Illinois during the war of
the rebellion amountingto S9iT, ,5Gs.
A DOZEN school children of Du Bos.
Pa, were poisoned by eating wild
parsnip roots. Two of them had did
JOHN CARROLL, a coal3miner of Usage
City, Kan, committed suicide by
placing dynamite cartridge in his
mouth and lighting the fuse with
match. The explosion blew off his
head.
MARY and william Johnson, two
children, were chased into the Arlan-
sas river by vicious COW near Ponca,
l. T., and both were drowned.
FoRrv -"ee'.ed -~e,I a. ci,S into the
Jail at Sealand, Wash, and shot to
death John Rose and John Edwards,
who were convicted of the murder of
Hans Frederickson and his wife about
year ago.
Two MEN were fatally shot and one
killed in timber camp near Reno,
Ark, during quarrel.
THE steamship companies bringing
passengers from Europe to this country
have been notified that the new imni-
grafton law will be strictly and impair
TALLY enforced
PAUL GLENN and William Gibson,
stonemasons, were fatally hurt at Gin
cinnati by the fall of a wall on which
they were working.
ALIEN FooTE, negro who murdered
J. j. Meadows at Bluefield, w. Va, was
taken from the Jail by ii mob of masked
men and lynchcd.
THREE boys at Washington, Pa, sons
of Thomas Munco. found an empty
glycerine can and began throwing
stone at it, The can exploded, blowing
the boys to pieces.
Mr.. AND Mrs. CHRISTIAN PREUss,
aged 10 and II years respectively were
suffocated by coal gas at their home in
Waukesha, Wis
THE discovery of rich gold ore in the
Black Hills has created considerable
excitement in that region
THIRTEEN women. members of law
class in New York, were given ccrtiii-
Gates authorizing them to practice law.
THE Kentucky constitutional con
vention completed the constitution to
be offered and adjourned after being in
session in Louisville l90 days.
JAMES IIIrcnCoCK, of Mason, Mich,
convicted in 1852 of murder and SEN
fenced to life imprisonment has been
found innocent by the deathbed con-
fession of Il witness at the trial.
The visible supply of grain in the
United States on the 18th was: Wheat
%, 2,53S, ,637 bushels corn, 2, 33S, ,3S7 bush
els; oats, 2,593, ,Gl4 bushels.
A boat containing twelve boys
while crossing the Mississippi river at
st. Louis was capsized and five of the
young men were drowned.
WILI.ouGHBY j. EDBRooKE, of Chi
cago, has been appointed supervising
architect of the United States treasury.
IT was learned in Washington that
Italy had not limited the time within
which Mr.. Blaine should reply to Ru-
dini's note, and also that the reply had
not been sent.
AT Wheeling, w. Va, five women
over 30 years of age have died from the
grip
The exports of mineral oils from the
United States during the month of
March last were So, 400, 1870. against ST.
sos, ,65l during the same month of last
year.
FIRE destroyed the post office, First
national bank and other buildings in
Elizabcthport, n. j., causing loss ot
500. .000
THE Northwestern Baseball league
was organized at Toledo, o., and con-
sists of Toledo, Dayton, Detroit, Grand
Rapids, Bay City, Fort Wayne, Evans
vile and Peoria.
FLAMES in the Henry Anes Packing
Company's works at Springfield, Mo-,
did damage to the extent of 500, 900.
ALI but three of the business build
ings at Latham, Ill, were destroyed by
fire.
WILLIAM DEARY and William Nelson,
young men who lived at Prairie du
Chen, Wis, were drowned by the cap
slang of a sail boat
SEVERAL houses were destroyed and
other damage done by windstorm at
Beatrice, Neb.
GRANVILLE RICHARDS and his wife,
of Cecil county, Md, were fatally shot
by burglars.
FOURTEEN persons were poisoned at
Chattanooga, Tenn, from eating cream
putfs which contained arsenic.
Miss Tuck COOPER was burned to
death in a fire which destroyed her
brothers residence at Hastings, Neb.
FRANK SIERK, music teacher at Gin
:innati, o., was found in his room dead
from starvation.
REV. FATHER MCGoREN, II Catholic
priest visiting at Newport, KY, fell
mead first from high sidewalk into q
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