The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-06-12
Condensed TELEGRAMS.

CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.
Adam Yeager of Lawrence, Kan,
was struck dead by lightning in his
yard.
A chinch bug station has been es-
tablished in the building of the
Weekly Crescent, Hope, Kan.
Awoman of marlborough, Queens
land, Australia, poisoned four of her
children and herself.
John E. Ward, for eighteen years a
newspaper man of st. Paul and Min
neapolis, died aged AZ.
The 4-year-old son of John Field of
Marshall, Mo-, was drowned while
the family was at picnic.
Ellis & Lessig's large mill at Potts
town, Pa, was burned. Loss $780,
600. Six hundred men are idle.
M. L. Andrews. auditor of the Cud-
ahy Packing company at Omaha,
Neb-, while bathing in the Platte was
drowned.
Valley townships, Vernon county,
Mo-, damaging wheat, corn and fruit.
In Glasgow. Scotland, five women
including a member of the Salvation
army, were suffocatcd in bed by an
escape of gas.
DIR. r. B. Tyler of Joplin, Mo-, has
announced his candidacy for the Re-
publican nomination for congress in
the Fifteenth district.
Forty miners employed in Boyd &
Sons coal mine at Knob Noster went
on a strike through sympathy at other
points
QIn Newton. Mass, in responding to
an alarm of fire, Chief Henry L. Box
by was thrown from his team and
killed, while his driver, A. p. Rawson,
received fatal injuries.
At Long Island City jury awarded
William c. Leavitt 81, 900 damages in
his suit against Eugene Maurice for
the alienation of his wife's affe ctions.
Leavitt claimed Se5, 900 damages
The paper manufacturers of Fox
river valley, Wisconsin, have decided
to close their mills two days in each
week until further notice, to relieve
the market of over-production.
Estimates place the loss by Satur-
day nights fire in Dubuque, Iowa, at
$500 900 and insurance $500, 600. The
amount of lumber burned will not ex-
coed 25, 900. 900 feet
On account of the soft coal famine
the Ga1len mills, the largest Touring
mill in Wayne county, New York,
shut down. The Cato pillow works
have also been closed for lack of coal.
A Valparaiso, Ind, special says the
disappearance of City Clerk 8 Ross
Martin of that place has created
sensation. He is short several thous-
and dollars in his accounts
The body of David Ellsworth,
brother of Professor d. A. Ellsworth
arrived at Strong City from Leadville,
Colo, where he was killed in a rail
road accident Saturday.
The dry goods store of Goodsen,
Calhoun & Co. of FIT. Scott, Kan, was
robbed of over $500 worth of silks.
The same men tried to rob the post
office but were frightened away.
Mile. Beatrice, the young lion
tanner who was bitten by lion at
Coney Island, has symptoms of lock-
jaw. Her tongue is swollen SO that 1T
fills her mouth. She is unable to
speak, and swallows liquid food with
difficulty.
The national board of management
of the Daughters of the American
recommending that June IA be OBJ
served by the Daughters as flag day,
displaying the national emblems from
their homes.
In Paducah, KY, the Chesapeake,
Ohio and Southwestern shops have
shut down, throwing over 300 men out
of work. Eight trains have been
taken off one end of the road, and six
off the other Scarcity of coal and
falling off in business is the cause.
The Populists of the Twenty-s second
judicial district of Kansas have nOmi-
mated Judge J. +. Thompson for re-
election. Thompson was nominated
by the Democrats a week ago. -Four
years ago he was elected by 2 COM
binat1on of Democrats and Populists-
The district comprises the counties OF
Doniph an, Brown and Nehema.
The report of Naval Constructor
Hanscom on the injuries received by
the Columbia on her trial trip shows
that twelve plates were damaged, and
that $4,000 and one months time
will be required to repair the ship
Senator Sherman has given notice
of an amendment to the tariff bill
providing for duty of 40 per cent adj
valorem on wool. including wool on
the skein. noils. waste hocks and rags
composed of wool. and also including
the hair of the camel. goat or alpaca
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