Morris tribune., 1895-03-27

THE johnson county savings bank at
Warrensburg, Mo-, closed its doors
A DECISION at Findlay O., makes the
proprietor of IA cafe and the owner OF
the premises liable for money lost ut
poker in the cafe.
THE Women's club of Michigan have
organized the Michigan Federation OF
Women's clubs and elected Miss Clara
Avery, of Detroit, president
BELIEF was gaining ground in Wash
ington that the supreme court would
declare the income tax law unconstitu-
tional.
THE exchanges at the leading clear
ing houses in the United States during
the week ended on the ED aggregated
1852, 491, 395, against $685., 639,277 the
previous week. The increase, COM
pared with the corresponding week in
1894. was 1873.
:. TwENTY-NINE buildings in the bust
ness portion of Bayou Sara, La, were
| burned.
THE residence of P. Dollard at Chap
leau, Ont, was burned and three of his
! children were cremated in an upper
room.
THERE were a7s business failures in
the United States in the seven days
ended on the 22d, against 266 the
week previous and 244 in the CORE
spending time in 1894
| JIM MORRISON, notorious murderer
and counterfeiter in Alabama, was
killed while resisting arrest near Toad
vine.
| REV DIR. w. NJ. B. YoNCE, professor
of ancient languages at Roanoke col
lege, Virginia, dropped dead in church
at Salem.
| The Nebraska legislature passed a
bill forbidding the sale of cigarettes in
the state to any person under p years
of age
WALTER BARK was hanged at Table
quah, /. T., for the murder of johnson
Reese several years ago.
JOSEPH VALsIN (colored) was hanged
at Natchitoches, La, for the murder
of Maj. Anthony, also colored.
E. +. COFFIN, a San Antonio telegraph
operator, inherits $2,5OO,OOO from an
uncle who has died in Brazil.
NORTH DAKoTA's university and nor
NAL school will close, owing to the fact
that the governor reduced their appro-
priations.
A BILL appropriating 100000 for the
benefit of drought sufferers passed
both houses of Nebraska's legislature.
THREE tramps who had started fire
in a timers charcoal stove were suf-
located to death in a box car at Trim
idad, Col.
NEW YORK health officers discovered
man stricken with leprosy who had
been living in tenement for sixyears.
SEVEN members of German family
in Toledo, O., were seriously afflicted
with trichinosis, caused by eating dis
eased sausage.
MADISON county, Ind, was being ter
rorized by lawless men and farmers
will employ bloodhounds to hunt them
down.
DUN's review of trade notes stronger
demand for money and other evidences
of improvement in business.
A BILL was introduced in the Illinois
house taxing bachelors $25 annually,
the money to be used in building and
sustaining an old maids home.
INCOME tax returns were pouring
into the office of the commissioner of
internal revenue in Washington at a
rapid rate.
Miss PHOEBE CouzINs, the woman's
rights lecturer, says she was betrothed
to the late ex-senator Fair in Chicago
in 1893.
The finest counterfeit quarter dollar
ever made was detected at the United
States subtreasury in Baltimore. 1t is
of the series of 1893, and is composed !
largely of silver. Only the most adroit
expert can detect,if from genuine coin.
The Newport deposit bank of Perry
county, Pa, closed it's doors. 4
THE funerals of the sixty-one victims |
of the Red Bud mine disaster were held
at Evanston, Wyo.
Two MEMBERS of a boating party at |
Philadelphia were drowned in the Del
aware river by the capsizing of their
boat.
Four fremen lost their lives in fire |
that destroyed the St. James hotel in |
Denver
A vAL1sE containing $3.50 was
snatched from Leo Hale, lumber |
dealer, while going from the bank to |
his office on St. Louis street car.
The packing houses of Reed Bros. at
Armourdale, Kan, were damaged ST.
100000 by fire.
JUDGE KICKS, of Toledo, O., decided |
that foreign-born woman who comes
to the United States and marries a
citizen of this country becomes citi-
zen of the United States.
INVITATIONS were received that ia
maica would levy increased taxes on
American imports because of the duty
on sugar.
NIBLo's garden, one of New York's
most famous playhouses, closed it's
doors permanently. 1t was there that
Patti, when child of 8, made her debut.
OVER 1000 rolling mill employees at
Youngstown, o., went on strike be-
cause three puddlers were discharged.
DURING storm near Pine Hill, Ala,
Mrs. Jephtha Williams and her son
were killed by lightning and Mr.. Will
liams was totally blinded.
M X STIT,rON narrn;oy, |