The Irish standard., 1893-04-22
TEL .EGRAPHIC NOTES.
For the week Ending April go.

IELEGRAPHlC NOIES.
For the week Ending April go.
"A. P. RUDOLPH, the French billiard.
! list, is dead. He was once champion o1
America.
ROBERT NEWTON was convicted al
! Aconto, Wis, the 18th, of manslaughter.
He killed Robert Kingston last fall.
! DURING the afternoon of the 18th one
of the worst cyclones which ever visit
! ed Kansas struck Usage City. and in q
short time 40 buildings had been
wrecked and several lives lost. About
20 persons were seriously injured, many
-of whom will probably die. The part
of the city which was devastated lies on
| the south side of the tracks of the San
| ia Fe, and comprises both business and
residence buildings. Mr.. and Mrs. An
drew Waggoner (colored) were killed.
Fully 100 houses, barns and stores were
completely demolished. Telegraph and
telephone lines are all down and the
streets lined with debris. Osawatomic,
Kan, was also in the path of the cy-
clone, terrific hail storm occurring at
!
torrents of rain, windows broken and
several barns and small buildings blown
down.
FIRE broke out the 10th in the Gin
ton Wire Cloth company's works at
Clinton, Mass. Over 100000 damage
was done.
A CYCLONE did great damage to Pa
chota, Miss, the 10th.
A TELEGRAM from Nashville, Tenn,
the Goth, says that troops have been or
dered to Tracy City, the scene of the
miner riots.
A JUDGE in New York City, the 10Th,
decided that the New York state oleo-
margarine law was unconstitutional as
against traders in foreign states.
! EDWIN BOOTH, the tragedian had his
second stroke of paralysis. He was
found in his room at the Players club
the 18th in an unconscious state.
| AS the steamer Cloctaw was entering
, the lake at Detroit, the 10Th, the cylin-
der head of her engine blew out. Mel
son Chambers, the cook, who was stand
ing nearest the engine at the time, was
so badly scalded that he died within 10
minutes. Chambers was 20 years old
and resided in Cleveland. c. Jones,
fireman, 80 years old, residence un-
known, was killed. .4.-.. ..
NINE inches of snow on the ground
and air full of flying flakes was the
, weather record at Minneapolis the
morning of the 20th.
NEAR Oconomowoc, Wis, the 10th,
while crossing the track, Sanger D.
Dresden, a carpenter, and Dannie Ma
lone, teamster, were instantly killed
by a train.
The village of Gravelton, Ind, was
completely blown away by a tornado.
The amount of free gold in the treas
nry at Washington on Monday was
$40,56O.
A block of four-story buildings in
Cincinnati was burned, the loss being
100000.
George w. Smith & Sons. lumber
dealers at Buffalo,. n Y, failed for
: 100000.
The steamer Nellie BLY, blew up near
: Winamac Ind, seriously injuring eight
persons.
i Wesley Corns was elected mayor OF
Ironton, O., For the thirteenth consecu-
tive term.
The silver wedding of King Humbert
and Queen Margaret, of Italy, was cele-
brated in Rome.
In the Ohio oil fields over fifty der
ricks were blown down by heavy winds.
causing great damage.
Jesse Jackson's large barn was burned
at Dayton, O., and with it sixteen horses
and 100 sheep persisted.
Fire in a quantity of baled cotton in
the hold of the steamer Chatham at
Boston caused a loss of 100000.
Fire in the establishment of the L.
M. Rumsey Manufacturing company in
St TO1iS did nearly 5000 900 damages.