The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-06-01
WEST AND SOUTH;

Two MAD dogs bit twenty persons in
Chicago in the neigh borhood of Forty
eighth and West Lake streets.
The newly appointed consul to Vera
Cruz, Charles Schaeifer, of Sedgwick.
Kan, was made consul before he was
citizen of the United States.
A HEAVY windstorm blew down or
unroofcd twenty-five houses in the
eastern part of Louisville, Ky.
FIRE destroyed the Lattcrer pump
and box factory at Middlctown, o., the
loss being 10000
TmE management of the Pcnnsyl-
vapia railroad system and the Lake
Shore & Michigan Southern railroad
have informed their employees That be-
tween now and October 80 every ciH-
ployc, irrespective of his or her depart
ment, will be given two weeks vaca-
tion I'd see the fair.
FLAMES among tobacco factories at
Winston, N. G., caused d loss of $3.50,
600.
STUDENTS Mt Grant university, Chat
tanooga, Tenn, hauled down the stars
and stripes and substituted a flag of the
confedcracy.
BY u decision of the courts at Omaha
the Union Pacific company will be com
PEELED to build II fine railway station at
Omaha, as it agreed To do more than
ten years ago.
A TRAIN on the Wabash road made
the run from Kansas City TO Centralia,
Mo-, l53 miles, in 16s minutes, breaking
the record west of the Mississippi for
long-distance running.
A TORNADO in Indiana wrecked houses
and did other damage at Jacksonville,
Elwood, Marion and Columbus.
An extensive gang of counterfeiters
has been unearthed in southwest Mis-
souri, by government secret service
officers.
Ar their home near Plymouth, la.
Charles Townc, Il farmer, and his
young wife were probably fatally sho,
while eating supper by some person
unknown who fired through a window
No motive was known for the crime.
In Denver the American Baptist Pub
lication society held its sixty-ninth an
nual session The reports showed that
more than 35,O00,000 copies Of books
tracts pamphlets and periodicals hat
been printed during the year.
The commissioners representing al
the European nations and Brazil have
withdrawn their exhibits at the world''
fair from competition for awards undel
the single judge system.
Miss MARY SNUTz and James Brown
were killed by the cars while walking
on high trestle near Bluefield, w. Va
EVAN OWEN and Griff Harris, em
| ployes of the steel works at Pueblo
Col, during n drunken fight fell il
| front of an electric car and were in
stantly killed.
AMONG Kansas farmers new secre
political society has been formed.
| ON the Missouri Pacific an express
train was held up and robbed of 81 go
by four unmasked men just beyond tn
suburbs of st. Louis.
In Chicago Hugh Etter, o colore'
man, shot and killed another colore'
| man named Dewitt Sherrcll in a quar-
rel over woman, and Etter was fatal.
shot while resisting arrest.
Because she was seeking divorc
John Mario, of Green Bay, Wis, kille
his wife and then took his own life.
AT Lamar, Mo-, Amos Avery wa
hanged for the murder of james A
Miles on September %, 1891. He mad
speech on the gallows proclaiming hi
innocence.
A VILLAGE in Cherokee county, Tex
was almost wiped out by fire and DIR. j
+. Roberts was burned to death in hi
office.
AT Arcola, ILL.,, ex-Mayor Dimon
was shot and killed by David E. Miller
his partner.
AT the Carson New mint coinage
TO be suspended after the presen
month.
In the Arab camp in Chicago thre
camels and seven Arabian horses, on
valued at $40, 900, perished during a tir'
In three days thirty convicts died |
the Pratt mines near Birmingham, Ala
from pneumonia.
AN indianapolis servant girl, Ann
Wagner, is charged with the death
poison of five members of the Koestei
family, where she was employed.
The doors of the Farmers state ban
of Brooklyn, Mich, were closed wit
liabilities amounting 10 about $50, 600.
The death of Gen. Ralph w. Kirl
wars and millionaire, occurred 1
Oakland, CAL, aged ~ years.
In central Missouri cyclone did In
mense damage. The town of Ladoni
with !, 200 inhabitants, was entirely d.
stroyed and twenty persons were kille'
| Al Moberly. SedAlia. Brook6eld an