The Penn's Grove record., 1896-05-29
with his dwelling on fire, and
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that Missionary Knapp, who was ac-
cused of aiding anti Turkish plots in
Armenia, will not be tried by the Sui
tan's Government.
The village of LafOntaine, Kan,
was almost destroyed by II tornado. A
number of persons were injured. Hail
and rain accompanied the wind and
Destroyed every vestige of vegetation.
A c~loudburst between MarshaIltown
and State Centre, Iowa, swept away
nearly a mile of the Chicago and
Northwestern tracks, dong great dam.
age to growing crops and other prop
erty.
From eight to ten inches of rain fell
in southwestern Kansas and disastrous
floods resulted. Many miles OF rail.
road and thousands of acres oil growing
crops in Coffey, Anderson and Linn
counties are under water.
One and a half inches of rain fell in
ten minutes at Eldora, la.
A heavy hail and wind storm dam
aged property at Iowa Falls, Burling-
lOu anu DtneT lOWh pDlllls.
By the exp'osion of a gasoline stove
in Chicago, Otto Malm, a carpenter,
was burned to death and his four chill
dren we're fatally injured. Mrs. Malm
was also seriously burned.
Hugh Conroy and Steve Jansen,
each aged about %, and Mrs. Mary
T,neonn ,riFo ~ tho Last non,nl uara
drowned in the lake at Oak Harbor,
Ohio, by the upsetting of a boat.
Conroy was partly intoxicated and per-
sisted in rocking the boat against the
protests of the Janssens.
John X. Taggart, n prominent coal
operator, and Mr.. Hardin were killed
and a number of others were injured
by the premature explosion of dyna-
mite in n coal mine near Big Stone
Gap, Virginia. Six of the wounded
are not expected to recover. l
Mrs. f.. T. Burgess, of South Farm,
Conn, was shot by a tramp.
l. A man named Perry was arrested at
Ava, Mo-, for the butchery of the
Sawyer family
A family quarrel at Cleveland, Ohio,
ended in August Guenther shooting
his wife, Minnie, and then himself.
Both are dead.
Elliott NJ. Sauton, an expert be- ell,
ist of Worcester, Mass, was killed
while coasting down Cemetery Hill, a
North Oxford.
Charged with forgery to obtnin goods
from Pawnee Bills show, George
Capien, an acrobat, with Buffalo Bill,
is being taken to Frederick, Md, fol
trial,
4. II. r. Green, of Texas, Il Sol OF
Mrs. Hetty Green, was left $1,000, ooI
by his grandfather, hut st far has been
able to find only 81. 700, 900. He says
he will find it all or hold the former
executors responsible.
Michael Crosby. aged OF, and Der,
nard McHugh, aged 20, were drowned
iu the Charles river at Cambridge,
Mass, by the capsizlng of a canoe.
About forty person who had partak'
en- of a dinner after a funeral at Mon
louisville, Penna., were poisoned by
the meat they had eaten. Some o.
the party have not yet recovered.
Francis ]. Kieckhofer, formerly dis
bursting clerk of the Department O
State, was arrested in Washington OF
three warrants sworn out by Chic
Clerk Renick, of that department
charging him with the embezzlemen
of about $37. 0o0.
In Newark, New Jersey, James Gre
gan and Charles Becker, who are
charged with having robbed the Neva
da Bank, of San Francisco, OF s2o,oO'
by means of a raised draft, were turned
over to the custody of the California
authorities.
At Kunkel, Chic, Lewis Wertz sho
and killed Gaorge Wheeler, the ALLEGED
paramOur of Mrs. WertZ. Later in-th'
day Mrs. VERT was fatally wounded
by the irate husband, fired three
? times at her.
A cyclone swept across Polk count.
and into the eastern edge of Jaspe
county, Iowa. Twenty persons arr
known to have been killed, and Il
many more seriously injured. In,
path of the storm was nearly twent,
, miles long, and forty to eighty rod
wide, and everything in its way wa
; destroyed. At some places the peopl'
had timely warning, and were able Il
seek safety ia caves and cellars.
The towns of Ortonvllle and Thoma
in Michigan were visited by a cyclon'
: and partially destroyed. So far "A
known sixteen lives were lost. A
Mount Clemens fifty houses were de
S stroyed and SIX persons killed.
: The scandinavian Church, wher'
:, the murders OF Henrietta Ciawson anC
: Annie Samuelson took place, has beef
visited by large numbers of people eve
since the horrible discovery was mad
known.
The human remains, together witt
: the garter buckle and belt buckle
, which were found in the furnace, hav
I been 80 identified that there is now n
doubt but they are those of Miss Claw
) son. One of the razors and tn
= butcher knife also found in the fuI
mace have been positively identified b
Rev. MIR. Mork as the property of Rev
Francis Hermann, who is accused
9 the crime.
Miss Samuelson's watch and a rim
have been found in a %pawnbroker
shop, where they were pledged by MI
Hermann Just before he left for Kan
sas. The police here have so far M
further clue to the whereabouts c
Hermann.