Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1892-04-07

sas on the night OF the 3lst ult., enter
Ing the state at the Barber county lin
and following its way northeastwardl.
through the counties OF Barber, Sun
ner, Sedgwiclx, Butler. Chase and Lyon
and on the Missouri river, damaging al
most every village in It's path and leav
ing behind in all the larger cities storic
Of wreck and ruin. The town Of Tow
anda, in Butler county, was blown
away, four persons were killed, fiv'
fatally and thirty seriously injured
Augusta in the same county was partly
destroyed and three persons killed. A
Oxford bridge near Wellington five of ;
family lost their lives. Near Strong
City four persons were killed and clever
injured fatally.
ABOUT 300 employees have been laid of
on the Jersey Central and Lehigh Valley
roads as the first fruits of the Reading
combine.
TIN is reported TO have been found
near Chattanooga. Tenn, where a com
pany has been formed TO work the
mine.
The Tennessee Midland has been sold
to I. j. Moss, OF st. Louis, and will
eventually form part of a new line, in
conjunction with the Hollow Rock
route, between ST. Louis and Birming.
ham, Ala.
THREE million dollars worth OF cotton
and cotton presses in New Orleans were
destroyed by fire on the Sd. Many res
licences were burned. The losses are
estimated at 5000, 900.
TIE Chicago Doodle investigation end
ed on the I'd in an unsatisfactory man
ner
PARTICULARS of the tornado of the 3lst
ult have swelled the list of killed to
half a hundred, mainly in Kansas, Chi
cago and points in Texas, Iowa and
Nebraska. But three fatalities were
reported in Missouri. The loss at St.
Joseph will aggregate over s900,O0O.
AT Houston, Texas, on the I'd Walter
r. Shaw who on the previous day con
fessed TO the murder with razor of his
mother, Mrs. Anna Shaw, and his aunt,
Mrs. Belle johnson, for $40, that he
might continue his spree, again CON
fessed. lie waived preliminary exam
ination, acknowledged his guilt, signed
a confession and urged that his execu-
tion be brought about at the earliest
possible date as he knew he ought TO
die, having committed the crime delib-
eratelv and in his sober moments
Gov. HoGo, of Texas. has issued a
proclamation declaring that quarantine
shall be established on the coast and
Rio Grande border ON and after the lst
OF May
IN contrast to his behavior on first
being lodged in prison at Melbourne,
Australia, Deeming has assumed bold
front. lie has said TO his solicitor:
wait until get out | will make the
newspapers shut up. will sue every
one of them for libel. The idea that
had anything to do with the Jack-the-
Ripper work is absurd"
On Saturday at Oklahoma City. Ok,
J. N. Beck, 10. late Of Conway, Mo,
shot and killed Lottie Dehaven. with
whom he went there week previous
from Dcnison, Tex. She had run away
from home with him, and after week,
in fit of jealousy, he shot and killed
her. lie is in Jail.
JoHS BAKER, ex-alderman Of Laneas-
ter, Pa, died from blood-poisoning. re-
sulting from the scratch of pet cat
received two weeks ago
TnE public debt statement for the
month of March shows aggregate of in
terest and non-intercst bearing debt
s9Tl ,026, ,52s. la decrease of Sl,256,-
912. so during the month. Aggregate of
debt, including certificates and treasury
notes, 81 500 l24, Still. Cash balance
in the treasury March 81, 1892, sl32, ,s9s,-
ss4. 4.O6--increase during the month of
s736 ,679.l7.
The Steamer Missouri from New York
with food for the famine sufferers was
welcomed on her ar
rival at Libau. Russia.
THE ESusquehanna riverat Wilkcsharre,
Pa. on the Sd was sixteen feet above
low water mark. The flats ON the other
side were inundated, and boats were
used TO convey people from that side to
TwENrY-sIx pounds of dynamite have
been stolen from rail works at Mines,
France Some anarchists worlmen
have been arrested in connection with
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