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county, Ia, and Lake Contrary and
Conception, Mo. At the latter point
three persons were killed and great
damage was done.
FRED L. KENT, cashier of the First ma
tional bank of Ellsworth, Me-, was said
to be defaulter in the sum of $19, 600.
LIGHTNING struck circus tent at
River Falls, Wis, and seven persons
were killed and thirty injured.
JOHN HARRISON and wife, of Lead
vile, Col, drew $1,000. their savings of
years, from the bank, and the money
was stolen the same day.
CHARLES KELLER and his wife and
John Steinbaugh were killed by the
cars at railway crossing near Lima, o.
The national convention of Women's
Amateur Musical clubs met in Chicago.
NEAR Phalanx, O., Preston Osborn,
his wife and two of their children and
a man named Heintzslman were fatally
poisoned by some ingredient that had
been mixed with their coffee. The af-
fair was shrouded in mystery.
CHARLES p. WHALEN was sentenced
at GAINESVILLE, Wis, to twenty-fi five years
imprisonment for the murder of Gerald
Spaulding.
A NUMBER of exhibitors at the worlds
fair met and recorded themselves as be-
ing unalterably opposed to the opening
of Che worlds fair gates on Sunday,
not only on moral grounds but from
q financial standpoint as well, and de-
cided to enter suit for an injunction to
have the gates closed on Sunday.
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withdraw their worlds fair exhibit on
account of Sunday opening, but it will
be covered up on the Sabbath. The
church committee adopted resolutions
in which they declare that the act of
the directory in turning aside from
keeping its pledge of honor to the con-
gress and people of the United States
will be conspicuous in the future as an
act of perfidy beclouding the business
integrity of the citizens of Chicago
which years of shame will not remove.
FIVE men We're instantly killed by
an explosion of gas in mine at Nanti-
coke, Pa.
The Columbia liberty bell, the tribute
of many to the shrine of independence.
which will ring in Chicago for the first
time July 4, was successfully cast at the
Clinton & Meneely bell foundry in Troy,
N. Y.
BAIRD & BRADLEY. real estate deal
ers in Chicago, made a voluntary as
signment with assets estimated at $780,
600 and liabilities at 100000.
SUPERIOR JUDGE GRANT decided in
favor of Sacramento and against San
Jose in the California capital removal
case.
BANKS closed their doors at Santa
Anna, Cal, San Diego, CAL, Pomona.
Cal, Ontario, Cal, Greenville, Mich,
and Ridgeway, Me.
FOREST fires in the western part of
Pueblo, Col, were doing enormous
damage.
JACOB HAJANEKI, of Akron, O., fatal
ly shot his wife and then stabbed him
self fatally. No cause was known.
THREE men who were put in Jail the
evening before fire at Virginia, Mimi,
were burned to death.
THE big armored cruiser Maine,
which has been building for nearly four
years at the Brooklyn navy yard, was
successfully launched.
B. I. RHEA & Son, grain dealers at
Nashville. Tenn, failed for 100000.
DAVE KENDALL and Frank Tempel-
man while working in we'll near
Morehead, Ky, were overcome by gas
and both were killed.
THE National Association of Master
Mechanics in session at Jamestown, N.
Y, elected as president John Hickey.
of St. Paul
DURING the week ended on the the 23d
leading clearing houses in the United
States reported exchanges amounting
to s1,O33, ,309, 1922, against 81 1,O31, 1854, ,527
the previous week. AS compared with
the corresponding week of 1892 the de-
crease was &C.
THERE were 2S7 business failures re-
ported in the United States during the
seven days ended on the 23d. In the
week preceding there were 3ls and dur
ing the corresponding time in 1892 the
number was 100.
Mr.. AND Mrs. PETER BoILLor were
fatally injured at Beatrice, Neb., by be-
ing thrown from their carriage.
BALTIMORE police claim to have dis
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chists whose purpose was to levy black
mail.
A LONE robber boarded the express
car of Rock Island train at Vir-
ginia, Neb., bound the messenger and
robbed the safe of $3.50.
B. J. DoRAN, pugilist killed his lit
tie boy at Rochester, N. Y, with poison
and then took his own life by throwing
himself in front of a train of cars.
ATTORNEY GENERAL OLNEY says the
controversy over the opening and clos
ing of the worlds fair ON Sunday is
ended SO far as his department is con-
cerned.
The store of Charles Piellas in Lam
sing. Mich, was robbed by two men of
diamonds valued at 100000.
A CYCLONE swept for fifty miles across
the counties above Atlanta, Ga, wreck
ing many buildings and running crops.
FAILURES were reported of the Co
lumbia bank at New Whatcom, WASH,
State bank at Minneapolis, Minn., First
national bank at San Bernardino, CAL,
Peoples home savings bank at San