The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1892-01-21
srIsukILxNEous.

CHRIsFoPHER FURNEss, mem Der OF
parliament for ,Hartlepool, Eng has
invited subAcfS Sptions from British ship
owners TO defray, the cost of convey
iug t. the Russian famine sufferers
4, ,UoO 900 pounds of flour contributed
In the United Stntcs.
SHORTLY before midnight OF the 18th
Are broke ont In the Leader bui ding
NJ Plttsburgh, Pa, and dcstroyei It and
the block adjoining. The total loss 10
the Leader IL 800, 600, with s49, 900 in.
bufance:
THE thicago worlds fair federal legis-
lat:on committee has issuel an address
to the public ia regard t, the 5000, oOo
loan.
TIE past week was dull one in Eu-
ropes stock centers, This was es-
Paris.
A bic fire occurred ut Kansas City,
Mo, OH the night of the 18th, the
Deardortf building at Eleventh and
Main being dcs,royed. Loss, ever
$170, 900; insurance, S12S, 400.
A PRIEST of San Salvador was shot by
q young man whose betrothed he was
accused OF betraying A mob killed an
officer In trying 10 secure the young
man.
FIRE in New York on the l6sh caused
two deaths and the destruction of Van
Tasscrs new elevator and grain ware.
house.
THs wretch who had slashed the
throats Of Ave drunken then in New
York city was arrested the other night
In the act of cutting the throat Of d man
on the street.
WARRANTS have been issued by t c
federal authorities In southern Texas
for many prominent ranchmen for
furnishing food to the Garaa revoiu-
tiotiist
A DISPATCH from Belgrade says that
Servia is ravaged by diphtheria. Two
| children of one of the ministers died in
one night, All the sch, OILS of the city
are closed iu consequence of the epi.
| demlc.
A LATE dispatch from Huntsville,
Ala, said that the North Alabama fm-
provement Co. hhd sold and transferred
all of their properties to the North
western Ian association of Pierre, =.
d. 1t was the largest deal ma e in the
south for several years, involving The
transfer of upward of So. 600, ,OOO worth
Of property.
THE powder mill at Central City, Ky,
exploded with terrific force. The sound
| was heard twenty-five miles away.
FIVE men were killed and some injured.
The hearing of Senator Quay's libel
suit against the Star of Beaver, Pa,
began Mt Beaver on the 18th. The SEN
| ator was the chief witness for the pros
ecution.
By the fall of brid &c over the river
at Tiflis, Russia, while priests were
blessing the stream, many persons were
crushed to death and many more
drowned.
THE Minnesota supreme court has
decided that the individual liability of
st ,ckho,ders for corporate debts may
be inforced in sequestraton proceed
ing against the corporation ana that
stockholders are liable to an account to
their subscription. The decision has
been rendered in connection with the
famous double liability"
| A TERRIFIC explo sion of natural gas,
in which a fine residence was de-
stroyed, two chrrches partially de-
stroyed and about fifty houses dam
aged, occurred at Lancaster, O, on the
18th. Fortunately no one was injured.
| NORTHERN Arkansas mountaineers
have lynchet Mrs. Peter Baker and u
neighbor named johnson for the MUIR
der Of Baker.
The noted stal ion Badger (2:262l)
owned by John Rowcll, of Beaver
Dam, Wis, and valued at $4,000, is
| dead