Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1895-05-01

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| JAMES YEAGER, an old man, and his
two children, aged and 8, were burned
to death in their home at Frankfort,
Ky.
THE towns of Lytle, Benton City and
Castroville, Tex, were devastated by a
hailstorm, houses being riddled like a
sieve, and the cotton and corn crops
completely ruined. The loss was es-
timated at $500, 900.
THE exchanges at the leading clear
ing houses in the United States during
the week ended on the Goth aggregated
1895, $40, 1877, against $91s,274, 55l the
previous week. The increase, COM
pared with the corresponding week in
1894. was 16.7.
DURING storm on the Rappahan-
mock ten men two white and eight
coloredl were drowned by the capsiz-
ing of a canoe at Burnham's wharf in
! Virginia.
THE Nebraska relief commission an
nounced that calls for aid had closed,
| and that further contributions We're
not needed.
| REPORTS received at the immigration
bureau in Washington show that dur
ing the last ten months the number of
italian immigrants arriving in this
country was 10, 1926 less than during the
same period last year. An
| THERE were 230 business failures in
the United States in the seven days
| ended on the Goth, against PAL the
week previous and 179 in the CORE
| spending time in 1894
COUNTY TREASURER C. w. Rowe dis
appeared from Montezuma, Ia, taking
with him, it is alleged, about $45, 900 Of
the funds of Powesheik county.
GEORGE RAY, disreputable negro,
was hanged by a mob near Jensen
ton, Ky.
CHARLES STANLEY shot and fatally
wounded his wife at Los Angeles,
Cal, and then killed himself The
couple had been married only three
months Jealousy was the cause.
GOLD was discovered near Raleigh, a
suburb of Memphis, Tenn. 1t was
plentifully mixed with platinum.
JOHN RIGoULoT started to walk from
San Francisco to New Orleans, his
home. The midwinter fair broke him.
CURRYvILLE, a small town in Pike
county, Mo-, was almost destroyed by
fire.
CONSUL GENERAL c. D. WILDER, of
Hawaii, and United States Secret Serv-
ice Agent Harris were warned of con-
spiracy on foot in San Francisco to
overthrow the Hawaiian government
by means of another revolution.
+. G. ANDERSON was struck by light
ming and killed instantly at Valley
Springs, S. D., and Jacob Howard met
a like fate at Luverne, Mimi.
The worlds fair diplomas awarded
to exhibitors whose exhibits were fav-
orably mentioned by the judges are
being prepared at the bureau of en-
craving and printing in Washington
and will be sent out in about sixty
days.
MANY bucket shops throughout the
United States and Canada were heavy
sufferers by the failure of John c.
Allen, who ran the Standard grain and
stock exchange at Buffalo, n. Y. His
liabilities were $25O,OOO.
SLOAN HURST (colored), who shot and
killed Lemly Raply December 3, 1894,
was hanged at Abbeville, S. c.
The bodies of James Yeager and his
two children were taken from the ruins
of the Fincel block fire at Louisville,
KY.
JOHN RICH, Sidney Burns, Annie
Mitchell and Lora Long were stand
ing on ledge of rock 800 feet high at
Coshocton, N. Y, when it fell and all
were killed. &55
THE Manhattan exchange, stock
brokers in New York, with about
sixty branch offices in the eastern
states. failed for 100000.
HAILsToRMs in Arkansas and Missis-
sippl damaged growing crops and de-
stroyed considerable farm property. A
negro woman named Kaufman was
frightened to death.
The percentages of the baseball clubs
in the National league for the week
ended on the 27th were: Pittsburgh,
1875; Baltimore, .667; Boston, 800;
Brooklyn, 500; Washington, 500; New
York 500; Chicago, 500; Cleveland,
500; Cincinnati, .5O0;s Louisville, 1875;
Philadelphia, 1888; st. Louis, $50.
EDWARD TUCKER, merchant at Port |
Tampa, Fla, was taken from his house
and numerically whipped by feminine |
white caps for abusing his wife.
TIE Trading Commercial company
of Laramie, Wyo., made an assignment |
for 500,
Miss Lou WILSON, 30 years old, frus-
trated an attempt to wreck passenger |
train on the Southern California rail- |
way just outside of Pasadena, Cal
ADvICEs from st. Johns, N. D., say |
that 1900 Indians and half breeds were |
on the warpath, and that 700 women
and children were in tents on the |
prairie.
FIRE losses throughout the country
for the week ended on the 27th I
to So, ,425, against SIS, 49,
$50 for the week previous.
THE Merchants national bank of |
Rome, Ga, closed its DOORS The bank
had a capital of 100000
On wager that he could kill 90 out
Of 100 picked pigeons at 80 yards rise,
SO yards boundary, Capt. Brewer killed