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Winfield, W. Va, were caught under a
fall Of slate and killed.
IT was stated nj the department OF
justice IN Washington that nothing
could be done 70 keep the United States
courts going as congress failed 10 make
an adequate appropriation.
FARMERs In Porter county. Ind,
claimed that nearly half the wheat
crop had been killed py the Hosslan
fly.
SAMUEL EcnoLs, Sim Crowley and
John Brooks (all colored) were lynched
by mob near Ellaville. Fla, for muir
dering Miss Mamie Armstrong. the
beautiful daughter of a prominent
farmer
A CYCLONE struck near Luling, Tex.
unrooting several houses and killing
small negro boy. Crops in the track
of the storm were blown out of the
ground.
FOURTEEN mad dogs were killed at
ST. Joseph, Mo, after they had bitten
several persons.
THE Milwaukee Street Railway com
pany, with bonded indebtedness of
nearly sls,000,00o, went into the hands
of a receiver
AN order was issued for the M rest Of
all persons who ride bicycles on Sun
day at Babylon, l.. !.
The income tax law, after being
twice heard in the United States SUI
preme corrt, was finally decided by
that court 10 be invalid and unconsti-
tutional 1he vote in the affirmative
was Harlan, White, Brown and Jack
son; in the negative, Fuller, Field,
Shiras, Gray and Brewer.
Mis-. WARWICK, living near Oslxa-
loosa. Ia, poisoned her three children
the children would die.
The botanist OF the agricultural de-
partment in Washington says that the
decrease In the value of lands in this
country due to weeds amounts TO tens
of millions Of dollars a year.
HARRY HAYWARD, convicted OF incit-
ing and planning the murder of Cath
crime Cling in Minneapolis, VIII be exec
cuted ON June 21.
CRAWFORD a. VALENTINE, stock
brokerage firm in Chicago, made an
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CHARLES AIEsrER, IA teamster at
Grants Pass, Ore, threw his wife into
pool of water and held her head
under until she was drowned.
TIE thirtieth anniversary of the
establishment in Lexington, KY, of
the first colored school south of the
Mason and Dixon line was celebrated.
john G. CARLISLE, secretary OF the
United States treasury, opened the
discussion of the silver question at
covington, KY, speaking against free
coinage.
THE announcement was made by In
ternal Revenue Commissioner Miller
that under section 3.220 of the revised
statutes all the moneys paid in on ac-
count Of the income tax will be re-
funded 10 the payers by the treasury
department without delay.
STEPHEN j. FIELD, who was appoint
ed by President Lincoln an associate
justice OF the supreme court thirty-two
in Washington.
STEVENS a Co, New York commits
sion brokers, failed for 100000.
CIVIL service examinations for clerks,
storekeepers and gaugers will be held
In sixty-three OF the principal cities
and towns the latter part of June.
THE visible supply Of grain in the
United states on tine xUth was. Wheat,
sc, asa, 900 bushels; corn, 1890, ,00o bush
els; oats, 6,333,00 bushels; rye, 49,
600 bushels; barley, 1884, 900 bushels.
THE Commercial bank of Kingfisher,
l. r., made an assignment in favor Of
its creditors.
THE supreme court of the United
States win adjourn for the term June 3.
REAR ADMIRAL r. w. MEADE was
placed upon the retired list.
THE Piedmont Marble company, the
largest in the south, was placed in the
hands of receiver at Atlanta, Ga.
THE new and magnificent 81, ,0O0, 600
temple OF the odd fellows in Philadel-
phia was dedicated with appropriate
ceremonies.
by an explosion in coal mine near
Fairmount, w. Va, four miners were
killed.
FRANK y. HASTINGS presented to the
state department at Washington his
credentials from Hawaii as charge
d'affaires.
HARMON, the professional diver,
leapcd from bridge at Winona, Mimi,
72 feet into the Mississippi river.
The Merchants national bank at
Seattle, Wash, suspended.
In was said that frost In Michigan
did over 81, ,0oo, 900 worth of damage in
Allegan, Ottawa, Van Buren,. Barry.
Musxegon and neighboring counties.
AFTER making fight for two years
John Il. Koeung, the banker who
wrecked the South Side savings bank
In Milwaukee, pleaded guilty and was
sentenced 10 iive years in prison.
A POWDER house exploded az Pinole,
Cal, killing fourteen men.
FRANZ voN SUPPE, the musical COM
poser, died in Vienna, aged 70 years.
A QUANTITY OF gold bearing sand was
fouud In n we'll In tho haarf ~ Fort