The Globe-republican., 1892-05-23
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The car has signed a ukase permitting
the exnortation of oats and corn.

The car has signed ukase permitting
the expectation of oats and corn.
Turkey Valley, in Greer county, Tex. had
terrible cyclone, demollshing everything
even TO dugouts, in its path. Deaths are
numerous; hardly anybody escaped injury
ton would not last in this country SIX weeks
American newspapers have way of assail
ing outrages of this character that does the
business for them in short order.
A terrific cyclone apparently 200 feet WIDE
struck Cory, Pa, and did much damage
The roof of a three story brick building occu.
pied by Stennitts q Mortfierdges. on North
Center street, was carried 500 yards away.
The International Printers Protective Fra
ternity, at their convention at Milwaukee,
adopted resolution that the Fraternity
would under no circumstances render assist
ance to an office where strike was in pro-
gress.
At review of the troops at Spandau the
emperor of Germany gave sudden order to
the mayor to close the schools and let the
children attend the review. Within fifteen
minutes 5000 children we're on the drill
ground.
By the explosion of Burlington freight
Rhinehead and Fireman Wilson were in
stantly killed. Head Brakeman Nelson was
fatally injured. The cause of the explosion
Is unknown.
In one place on the Canadian river, in
Oklahoma, more than 300 forest trees were
twisted from the ground, wrapped around
each other as wisp of grass and deposited
in pile on the prairie, forming a most
unique, but terrible sight.
The Missouri river has cut away 100 acres
on the west bank four miles above Omaha.
1t is within fifty feet of Florence lake, and
should it break through the river would as
sumo its old channel, leaving the manufac-
turing suburbs on an island.
One thousand men are at work ballasting
up the track of the Santa Fe's Chicago line.
The road has almost an air line with heavy
Els and cuts and is determined that 1t will
suffer no more from washouts if rock and
nprapping will prevent them.
An attempt was made to wreck the through
express on the Chicago Il Alton from st.
Louis by placing ties on the track on a curve
at the edge of Marshall, Missouri. A freight
train struck the obstruction and knocked 1t
off without derailing the train.
Near Cleves, O., freight train going west
and the Cincinnati and Lawrenceburg accom-
mediation going toward Cincinnati met both
trains at full speed. All the trainmen except
one brakeman were killed; all passengers
injured and from five to ten of them killed.
Kansas City shippers are trying to find out
the cause of shrinkage in weight of grain
shipped to New Orleans. They find that it Is
greater when the grain is transferred from
one car to another at st. Louis or Memphis,
and some of them refuse to ship except in
through cars.
The Columbian Passenger association,
composed of representatives of all lines CEN
tering in Chicago, has issued circular re-
commencing reduced rates on all lines to
enable people to attend the dedicatory services
of the Worlds Columbian exhibition, Octo-
Der II to ID.
The excess of exports over imports during
the three years ending March 81, 1889. aggre-
gated $28, 1884 ,379, or yearly average of 49,,
661, 459. The excess of exports over imports
during the past three years ending March 81,
1892, aggregated $2S1, Isl, 36T, or yearly
average excess of S93, 49,, 456.
The cases against Thomas Miller, of the
Burlington, and J. j. Johnson, general agent
of the Rock Island, indicted at Chicago for
giving discriminating freight rates, have been
dropped. The shippers who We're given the
favorable rates, and who testified before the
federal grand jury, refused to give evidence
in court.
Thousands of acres of wheat lands in the
Mississippi bottoms of Union and Alexander
counties Illinois, are flooded by the overflow
of the river. Farmers are fleeing to the hills
and the merchants at the river landings are
removing merchandise from their stores In
skiffs. There is much suffering, and the loss
of property will be great.
What's the matter with the decision of the
United States supreme court that 1t IS not an
unlawful discrimination to grant parties of
ten special passenger rates, If 1t be applied
to freight rates; if it is lawful to carry ten
people at less rate than is charged for one,
then it is lawful to haul ten cars of freight at
a less rate than is charged for one.
Fifteen hundred Berlin workmen out of
employment held a meeting at a brewery,
where a number of violent speeches were
made, and finally motion was made to
march to the town hall and there demand
work or food from tine authorities. At this
point the police cleared the hall and dispersed
q mob that had assembled outside.
While the Universalists we're holding
meeting in the new Week opera house at
Pittsburg, Pa, a storm struck the building |
and burst it out of shape and causing panic |
among the congregation, in which many |
people were badly bruised. The storm did |
great damage all over the city, unrooting |
many outhouses and destroying numerous |
fences. |
Secretary Butterield, of the Kansas Re |
publican league. announces that there will be |
an official league train from Kansas to the |
Minneapolis convention. 1t will also carry |
the Kansas delegates. 1t will probably go to |
Kansas City over the Santa Fe and from |
there to Minneapolis over the Rock Island. |
Secretary Butterfield wants everybody going |
on this tram to notify him.
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