The Irish standard., 1893-06-24
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The village Of Jeffersontoyyn, 3 u
was swept away by fire. 5. 5.ss1 81
The Iowa repu lican convention viii
meet at Des MONIES August IS
\ Fisher Broth cloak manufacturers
in New York. led for So. 600.
Fire in the barrel works at South ST
Paul, Mimi, caused a loss ST 300 !, 900 y
The George i. Squire Manuf aeturing
company at Buffalo, N. =. failed. for
$500. OOO.. 55tss .
At q fire ii a New Y orlS dyeing, estab-
slishment ten men were badly burned BY
explosives.
An earthquake shock was felt
throughout North and South Carolina
and Georgia. 81.
John J. Haggerty jumped from the
Brooklyn bridge while intoxicated. He
was unframed.
Immense beds of asphaltnm have
been discovered in the Chickasaw reser-
walton in Indian territory.
Warren, James and John Keaton
(brothers) were drowned while bathing
in the river at Merrill. Wis.
Mareschal Jose s. de Oliviera, presi-
dent of the Brazilian worlds fair com
mission, died in New York.
/. A toy pistol in the hands of boy
caused a fire at Fredericton, N. B /,
which made .125 persons homeless.
Thomas Cordway and his sister were
murdered at their home near Logans-
port, La. Robbery was the motive.
The Missouri law permitting the sale
of Migrants has been declared uncon-
stitutional by the state supreme court.
A proposition to settle on the basis of
fifty cents on the dollar has been made
to the creditors of ex-Secretary Foster.
Frank Davis, said to have committed
twenty-five burglaries in New York
city, was sent to prison for twenty-four
years.
Enlisted Indians had a fight with
other Indians at the Cheyenne agency
in Montana and five of the latter were
killed
In a row at an emancipation day cele-
bration at Flat Prairie, Tex, four
negroes were killed and many others
wounded.
Indian tribes in the village of Laja,
Ecuador, raided the village of Zamora,
killed all the male inhabitants and car
ried off the women.
West Virginia's building on the
worlds fair grounds was dedicated, the
day being the thirtieth anniversary of
the birth of the state.
Through an error Of government sur
veyors, strip of Texas land embracing
$4,000 acres was included within the
boundaries of Oklahoma. j
Robert E. Phillips and Arthur Mead,
prominent members. of the Boston
chamber of commerce, were drowned
by the upsetting Of a boat. s
Mr.. and Mrs. e. G. Eames drove in
front of an express train at Rock Is
land, ILL.,, and both were killed. They
leave several small children.
A portrait of ex-Gov. S: J.. Kirkwood
was unveiled in the governors Office at
Des Moines, Ia, and speeches were
made by many prominent men. *.
f Philip Graver, retired market man
81 years of age, whose estate is val
ued at $15O,0OO, committed suicide at
Pittsburgh. Pa. No cause known:
An attempt to hold up an express
train near Council, Bluffs, Ia, was frus-
trated by the fireman turning the hot
water hose on the would-be robbers.
The seventeenth intern ational and
second worlds convention of Sunday
school workers will be held in st. Louis
from August 81 to September 6, inclu-
sive. #
A steady Improvement in the con-
dition of labor is shown by the report
Of subcommittee of the senate COM
mittee on finance on prices and wages
for fifty years.
Emma Breene, aged 10 years, was
drowned while bathing in the Rick
river at Beloit, Wis, and Charles
Belken, aged 10 years. met like fate
in the Mississippi at Davenport, Ia.
The historic warship Hartford, now
lying at Mare island, is to be repaired
and put in commission. It will be
armed with modern high-power guns
and be rugged similarly to the cruiser
Chicago rss
Back Broken by Ball Bat.
h RACINE, Wis, June 81. j hnnie Seip-
Ter, II years old. had his back broken
Tuesday afternoon by a blow from q