The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-01-19
DOMESTIC,

and Chinese into Cali ;ornia from Brit
ish Columbia were revealed by the con-
fession of five sailors of the steamer
Louis Olsen. who were under arrest,
AT Evansville, Ind, Mrs. Will Crump
(colored), II years old, had both hands
shot off Mt the wrists by her husband
in quarrel,
PAUL ScRuaGs and Henry Allen, who
murdered, robbed and then bhrned
Rube Atkinson, hia housekeepcr. and
her little daughter near Cotton Plant.
Ark, were taken from Jail by a mob
and hanged
DISTINCT shock of earthquake was
felt in the western part of Frederick
county, Md. Goods were thrown from
the shelves of stores in Jefferson. The
shocks lasted five to ten seconds
DR." w. II. HALE, aliac dohH Muir
ray, aliae Dir. HUrdon Smyth, the ex.
pert counterfeitcr and swindler, wanted
on nearly 100 charges in this country,
has been sentenced in Liverpool, Eng
land, to eighteen months ut hard labor.
Gov. LEwELIrNG, of Kansas, has In
dicated that it Is his intention to en-.
force the state prohibition laws,
AN explosion in GOAL mine at King.
COL, killed twenty-one Italians, one
Scotchman nd two Americans.
II was stated that the coal magnates
OF Pennsylvania, acting with the
Canadian Pacific railway, had about
concluded deal by which almost the
entire coal fields of Nova Scotia were
to pass under their control.
FIRE destroyed John YorX's dry
goods, clothing ur' furniture store III
Chicago, causing i loss OF SaSh, 900,
FLAMES Mt Chateaugay, n Y, de-
stroyed almost the entire business por.
tion of the town. Loss, slT5,ODo.
THE wife and daughter Of Jacob
Ringer, farmer near Alma, Wis,
died from eating diseased pork.
ANOTHER consignment of worlds fair
souvenir half dollars wns received at
the sub-trcasuvy in Chicago, making in
all l,200, 900 thus far received,
HANS ANDERSON, aged II years, who
murdered Marcus IIomerfeldt, an old
man, near Ogema, Wis, was sentenced
to imprisonment for life.
WEALTHY Farmer Judd, of Tyrone,
Ia, monras the loss of hired tramp,
s9ol and n shotgun,
FIRE swept clean one street in the
business district of Alliance, Neb., in
eolving ii loss of over $1,000
CUSHING academy at Ashburnham,
Mass, noted educational institution
and preparatory school, was burned,
the loss being $780, O00
IT was reported that gigantic lum.
ber combine had been formed by
Maine and Massachusetts parties which
would practically control the lumber
business of the United States.
ADVOCATES of a canal to unite the
great lakes and the ocean met in Wash.
ington. Between scventy-fve and 100
gentlemen were present. representing
the commercial bodies and the lake in.
terests of the country.
THE westbound Maysvi!le accommo
dation train coilidcd with a freight
train at Dover, Ky, killing the en-
gineer, fireman and six passengers
The National Bicycle Association OF
America was formed in Philadelphia.
1t is allied with baseball and its pur
pose is to give regular bicycle meetings
with cash prizes.
A FIRE in the heart of the retail dis.
trict of Kansas City, Mo-, caused loss
of s245, 900.
WILL BRowN, aged IS years, and
Alice Smith, 15.year-old girl, sur
prised their friends at Springfield, o.,
by cloping and getting married.
An ice bridge of frozen foam was
fnrfpal OF Nin,rn,.., Enllc md
solid that u number of persons crossed
it. This was the first time in 100 years
that these boiling waters lad frozen
over.
The trial of Hugh Dempsey, district
| master workman of the Knights OF
La Dor. j. NJ. Davidson and Robert Beat.
ty, charged with poisoning non-union
workmen in the Homestead steel mill,
began at Pittsburgh.
THERE was considerable excitement
in Jackson over reports of outrages
committed by white caps agains,
| wealthy Jews in southern Mississippi.
AT the leading clearing houses in
the United States the exchanges during
the week ended ON the 18th aggregated
1870, sos, ,9sl, against S1,o66, $40, 4so the
previous week. The decrease us com
pared with the corresponding week Of
1899 was 81.
Two NEGROES, Ed and Dick Moormap
(brothers), were hanged by mob AT
CASTOR, KY, for numbering and robbing
| q farmer.
AN avalanche swept down the noun
tain side iu salaso, Wash, and buried
-,
tin FlRhsrty, under lsQ feet Of Snow