The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1896-08-20
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THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.
A HEAVY wind and thunder storm
which swept over Detroit, Mich, on
the 9th, resulted in the drowning OF at
least three men in the Detroit river,
and several yachtmen had extremely
narrow escapes.
The fatalities resulting from the ex-
cessive heat in all parts Of the coun-
try call to mind the record Of July,
1876.
HARVEY ALLENDER shot and killed
Miss Wally Flelner and v. Crossett at
! San Jose, Cal, on the 9th, and then at
tempted to killed himself, but failed.
Che shooting occurred in q crowded
street, and created intense excitement.
NARROWING tales are told of suffer
ing experienced by a colony of Louisi-
ina negroes in Guatemala who were in
railroads. Four of their number have
condition worse than slavery.
The st. Louis telephone service,
which is to go into effect as soon as
the present plant has been recon
structed will, it is said, be the finest
In the world.
: FIVE persons were drowned in the
5 Delaware rivers near Bridesburg,
suburb Of Philadelphia, on the 10th,
bY the overturning of a rowboat dur
ing gale. There were no other oc-
eupants of the boat.
SPAIN is, it is said, contemplating
subscription to raise more soldiers for
sCnba.
A TERRIBLY destructive wind and
electrical storm swept over Saginaw,
Mich, on the 10th, doing great dam
age. estimated at s1O0. ZOO.
esDIvINE HEALER SCHRADEB was
stoned and run out of Fort Worth.
Tex, as soon as he was found to be an
impostor.
SAM T. PLArr, real estate man of
Kansas City, Mo-, met business rover
ses and committed suicide on the 10th.
An Italian man-of-war has captured
OF the coast of Erythrea the Dutch
steamer Doelwyk, laden with $4,000
rifles, which are supposed to be of
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destined for Abyssinia.
THE government report on the cotton
situation, on the 10th, cutting pros
poets more than ten per cent, caused
rise in speculative prices.
) CHOLERA again shows an increase in
Egypt, and anxiety is felt on account
Of the absence of reports from the camp
of the Egyptian forces on the Nile. It
Is feared that a serious condition pre-
walls there.
WINFIELD SCOTT, the Santa Fe rail-
soad official who had been missing for
several weeks, appeared at his homo in
Chicago ON the 1lth.. He was in .
dAzed condition and unable to tell
where he had been except to say that
he had been overcome by the heat
while In Turkish bath house.
{ GEORGE WALTERS, q well-known cit
sizen Of Columbus, O., was thrown from
his sullky, on the 11th, by his horse
running away. His foot caught and
he was dragged five blocks and IA
tally injured.
6. P. POND, train dispatcher, and r.
C. Friesner, operator for the Toledo &
Ohio Railway Co., who are held re-
sponsible for the terrible collision at
Columbus, O., on the night of the 10th.
have been placed under arrest, charged
with manslaughter.
A HAsTILY-CONvENED British cabinet
meeting was held at the foreign Office
In Downing street, London, on the 11th,
In which the situation in Crete was
under discussion for two hours.
TIE private bank OF North 4 Tay-
lor, $50 West Madison street, Chi
cago, was closed at ten o'clock on the
morning Of the 11th.
THE Murray Hill Bank of New York
was closed, on the 11th, by inspectors
pending an investigation of its books
FIRE at Anamosa Qa.) penitentiary
started In the cellar of tho prison din
1ng-room, on tho l1th, and in a short
time was beyond control, and the en-
tire entire building was destroyed. i'm
eiuding q large library of 1900 vol
umes. The loss will be $4,000
QUKEx VICToRIA has issued meg
esge to the nations thanking them for
sheir expressions of loyalty and affec-
uon rs the period approaches when the
lsngth OF her reign will have exceeded
! nat OF any other English monarch.
a coxTLAeRArIoN at Norfolk, Va,
! eo the 11th, destroyed the Atlantic saw
) nllis. the Old Dominion guiana factory
end the Merritt wrecking warehouse
I'D the docks. causing loss Of $780,
Twenty-Five fremcn were pros
I'D by the intense heat.
AZ Mount Etna, Ind, over 1900
lnds Of black bass wero taken from,
6slamonie river with buckets on