The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1891-03-19
EpitOme of the Week.
INTERESTING NEWS COMPILATION.
DOMESTIC,


Much damage wis done at Bangor
Me-, by an unusually high tide which
Hooded oil the lower portions of the city.
In preparing retired list for privates
and non-commissioned officers of the
United States army Secretary Proctor
has decided that the war Of the rebel
lion began April 49, 1861, and ended
August 20, 1866.
GEORGE ELMER, prisoner in the
Ohio penitentiarv, was believed to be
Tascott the Chicago murderer
AUGUsT HEINTz q Co., merchants at
La Grange, Tex, have assigned with
liabilities of 800, 900 and assets un-
known.
By the derailipg OF train on the
Bellaire & GAINESVILLE road near Cald-
lwcil, o., twcffty passengers were in
jurcd, though none fatally.
In the last four months 30, 900 pounds
of prepared opium valued at 1880, 900
has been legally imported at San Fran
cisco.
THE Bohn sash and door factory at
Omaha, Neb,, was burned. causing
loss of $3.50, 600; insured for $3.50, 600.
A MAIL car and contents was burned
in a wreck at Bethpage, Tenn.
A son of John Wigginton, aged 10
years, has confessed that he and a
brother, obeying their fathers instruc-
tions. poisoned William Ferguson, II.
c. Watts and Miss Boyd at Mount Ster-
ling, Ky, by putting arsenic in the
coffee.
THE levee on the Mississippi river at
Conlcys Lake, Tenn, gave way and
the village was completely flooded
Breaks in the river at other points were
reported,
BELLA PRUEscH, Virginia (Neb.)
schoolgirl, committed suicide because
She was suspended from school.
JAMES SEwELL, president of the Ar
kansas valley bank of Ozark, Ark, was
robbed by two men in passenger
coach in Texas of 81, ,O42 in bank notes.
THE exports of breadstuffs from this
country during February amounted to
sS,S4S,9Ol.
IMMIGRANTS to the number of 3,4OO
landed in New York on the 18th.
WILLIAM BRoTuERToN left Napa, CAL,
for New York, trundling a wheelbar-
bow, on wager of 5000 that he will
make the trip within six months.
JouN WILDER, u noted desperate and
| Illicit whisky dealer, was killed by n
United States marshal's posse at Cum
berland Gap, Tenn.
| Two ATTEMPTS to wreck trains were
made at East Norwalk, Conn. The
trains in both cases dashed into piles of
ties at high speed, but neither left the
rails.
THE supreme court of Ohio has de-
cided that the law creating the board
of city affairs of Cincinnati is unconsti.
tutionai, being special legislation. The
old board of public improvements at
once took charge of affairs at Cincin-
| natl
Is the United States the business
| failures during the seven days ended
on the 18th numbered 273, against 2Gj
the preceding week and 252 the corre-
spending week last year.
The California legislature has passed
bill. prohibiting the coming of Chi
ncsc into that state.
Mrs. mabel KLIsE. the young wife
of Sioux City Qa.) contractor, has
fallen heir to property in England
worth over $40, 100000.
The family of John Geppinger, OF
Logansport, Ind. was poisoned by eat
ing moldy cheese, and Mrs. Lizzie
Woods, one of the family, died in hor.
rible agony.
HENRY SANDERS was lynched by a
mob near Lavinia, Tenn, for criminal
ly assaulting Miss Angie Bolton, aged
16 years
THE women of Mount Etna, Ind.
armed with clubs and axes, beat down
saloon door, empticd vessels, de-
molished furniture and gave notice
that all dramshops would meet SINH
| lar fate.
THE Romano Qnd.) post Office was
raided by burglars and S4OO worth OF
stamps and considerable money were
| taken.
THE barn of Jerry Hetlers, nea,
Dixon, ILL.,, was burned, together with
six horses and forty cows and guam
| tity of farm machinery.
The wholesale drug house of Humis-
ton, Keeling & Co., in Chicago, was
burned, causing loss of Sl25, 900,
AN earthquake shock was felt al
Newburg, n, Y, and vicinity.
THREE mail-box thieves have beer
arrested in Syracuse. They had keys
which opened mail-boXes and had il
their possession thousands of dollar.
worth of drafts and checks.
j. w. FOSTER and j. &. Blaine, Jr
have started for Spain, where they viii
negotiate n reciprocity treaty between
1 nj tnH Stat nd NIL,
THE heaviest snow-storm in thre,
years was experienced in Texas, apt
it was feared that it would be disas
trous to the fruit crop.
| ACTING Gov. BARRIER, of Wyoming
has issued proclamation at the re
quest of Gen. Miles enjoining citizen.
to refrain from selling arms to Indians
THE jury in the assassination case O.
Chief-of-Police Hennessy at New Or
leans returned verdict acquitting SIX
of the prisoners and failing to agree OF
the remaining three.
THOMAS MOORE, aged 20, of Franklin
N. c., murdered his wife, aged 6s.
| ELMER JOHNSON murdered Mrs. 10.
seph Graham at Caldwell, o., in quar-,
rel over a lead pencil.
| AT Cleveland, o., Mrs. William Bake,
attempted to light a fire with crude oil
when the can exploded and she wa.
burned to death,
At the leading clearinghouse in the
United States the exchanges during the
week ended on the 14th aggregated
1905, ,s5l,944. against SLOTS, lOs, ,7O5 the
previous week. AS compared with the
corresponding week of 1890 the decrease