The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-04-22
THE NEWS OF THE WORLD.
ALL THE CONTINENTS REPRESENTED.
Minor Occurrences of the Past Week
Briefly Photographed for ''The Weekly
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a Newsy Item.

The Mackinaw straits are now opened
to navigation.
A Chicago horse was paralyzed by fright
and had to be shot
Buffalo Bill and his Indians arrived at
Antwerp Wednesday.
The Chicago cigarmakers' union will
strike for higher wages.
The Pennsylvania German society was
organized at Lancaster, Pa.
At fire in Knightsbridge road, Lon
don, Wednesday, five lives were lost.
There was a sharp shock of earthquake
at Heraldsbury, Cal, Monday night.
Heavy rains have flooded the town of
Ingersoll, Ont, doing much damage.
The U. S. cable company has reduced
Its rates to Australia over 80 per cent.
The Al per cent. bonds redeemed by the
treasury northumberland to SllS,050.
A team belonging to NJ. Stearns of South
Beach, L. l. ran away, killing the driver.
Enos Garrett, wealthy retired mer-
chant of Westchester, Pa, committed sui
eide.
The window glass trust has raised the
price of their commodity about 10 per
cent.
The Minnesota legislature has ordered
the investigation of charges of cruelty pre-
ferred against officers of the state peniten-
tiary.
Three hundred members of the Chicago
fathers union are on strike for increased
wages.
Near Carthage, Tenn, Dill Crawford
blew off his head with gun. No cause
known.
w. III. Knocks, member of congress from
Ironton, O., was dangerously injured in
runaway.
and reception by Mr.. Z. +. Sheppard, at
New York.
Rufus Easton, colored, was shot and
killed by John Deiturig at Peoria, H., in
self defense.
The eleventh session of the National
farmers congress will convene at Sedalia,
Mo-, Nov. 10.
William Huffman and William Fergu-
son were struck by lightning and killed at
Trenton, Mo.
A reunion of the veteran republicans OF
Massachusetts, was held in Fremont
temple, Boston.
The statement that Stanley had been
appointed governor of the Congo state is
officially denied.
Three men we're killed and five injured
by an explosion of fire-damp in a colliery
at Tamaqua, Pa.
At Guilford, Conn, Miss Emma Leete,
aged thirty-fve, was trampled to death by
vicious stallion.
At Dallas, Tex, Freeland Belters shot
and fatally wounded Sam Ewing in quar-
rel over woman.
Maj. Ben T. Talbot, a prominent Phila-
delphia society man, killed himself while
crazed by the grip.
Louis Bulling, who was sentenced to
hang at Savannah, Mo-, Friday, escaped
and is still at large.
At Pleasanton, Cal, an immense flow
OF natural gas was struck at about depth
of one hundred feet.
The eleventh annual convention Of the
American water works association began
at Philadelphia Tuesday.
The Hon. John Birdsall of Glen Cove,
l.. l., was suffocated by gas at the United
| States hotel, in New York.
A committee of bankers has reported
that there is no danger of commercial
or financial crisis in Brazil.
Thomas Casey of Chicago said Morris
Kennedys wife was red-headed. Ken
nedy stabbed Casey fatally.
At Peoria, Ill, Bert Autwater was ar
rested for embezzling $1,000 from the
American glucose company.
Joseph Hughes, Cincinnati barkeeper,
shot and killed Frank Bell, a former ball
player, over game OF cards.
a three-ton casting fell at Ritter & Con-
ley's foundry at Pittsburg, killing Edward
Goodwin and Frank Kornaly.
Charges OF brutality have been pre-
ferred against the keepers of the eastern
penitentiary of Pennsylvania.
The Santa Clara Valley. California, wine
makers have formed an association to put
up the price of their products.
The American whist congress, in ses-
sion at Milwaukee, has not yet begun
work on the new code of rules.
The whist congress at Milwaukee spent
the day in discussing series OF rules de-
signed to make playing uniform.
The Todd Touring mill and elevator
at Dallas, Tex, burned Wednesday.
Loss, 5000; insurance, $4,000.
Vincent ]. Emmick, Toledos new
mayor. began his administration by raid
ing every gambling joint in the city.
AT Waukesha, Wis, Miss Julia Reagan
was accidentally shot and killed by her
little niece while playing with gun.
william Denny, a presbyterian preacher,
was killed at Sorrento, H., by Bud
Thatcher in dispute over an account.
DIR. ]. r. Pipes, a prominent physician
of Wheeling, w. Va, and Taylor Fore
man were arrested for body-snatching
At Pittsburg fire destroyed three acres
of sheds at the stock yards and cremated
l37 head of cattle. Loss about $4,000.
While services were being held in
church in Haisen, Austria a shoemaker
shot the priest and then killed himself.
Seven men, all negroes, will be shot TO
death at Okmulgee, the capital of the
| Creek nation, next Monday for murder.
Mrs. Nathan AIarsden of Chatfield,
Mimi, is dead and her two children are
dangerously ILL., They ate wild parsnips.
BY the breaking of hoist rope in a
Pottsville, Pa, coal mine, six Hungarians
were badly'iniured, two probably fatally.
At Eau Claire, Wis, the saw-mill work
ers have demanded that their hours be
reduced from eleven to ten hours per day.
A stranger giving the name of Manuel
LafFery, killed himself at Pekin, Ill. He
left nothing by which he could be identi-
| fed.
The Kimball manufacturing company of
| Boston, manufacturers of electric wood