The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1896-05-07
81 FORSYTH, NO, THURSDAY, NAY {, 1896 !

was completely wiped on the face Of
the earth, on the 28th, by : cyclone,
not q building being left standing.
Three persons were fatally and Is mora
or less seriously injured In the imme-
diats vicinity:
The Poo Memorial association bf
New York has made q final appeal to
Gov. Morton, protesting against the
bill which provides for the widening
OF the Kings Bridge road on the site
of the Poe cottage, and for the removal
of the cottage to a small park I'd be
laid ont across the street.
IT was reported from Grey Horse, 1.
T., in the Usage reservation, on the
29th, that the Usage Indians were exc
cited over the killing Of one of their
number by white man named Nc
Laughlin, near Blackburn, and were
holding war dance and threatening
vengeance on the whites unless Nc
Laughlin is punished.
A DISPATCH from Cape Town, South
Africa. on the morning of the Goth,
said it was reported from Johannes
burg, on good authority, that John
Hays Hammond had died from excite
ment and the shock, on an official mes
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tence being committed:
THE Virginia court Of appeals, on the
Goth, upheld the validity of the Matpin
anti-racing law OF the state, but dis
charged from custody Lacey, whose
case was brought to test the law, on b
technical question of jurisdiction.
COMMANDER BooTH-TUcKER was ar.
raigned. in the Center Street court.
New York city, on the 29th, and aske d
to explain his Summing tour, which
was interrupted by his arrest while
strolling through Chinatown. Justice
Simms, after hearing the commanders
version Of the affair, discharged him
with reprimand, warning him that
the law against masquerading would
be strictly enforced.
T. ). MoYNAHAN, owner of the Port
land hotel, in which the fire at Cripple
Creek, Col; started on the goth; called
at the office of the state insurance de-
partment in Denver, the same day; and
made statement which stands to
show that the fire was of incendiary
origin. Mr.. Moynahan stated that
$4,000 insurance was carried on half of
the furniture. and that the furniture
had cost but $780,
LOUISE ADAMS. aged 81 years, and
Annie Shimp, aged IA. were drowned
in the Delaware river at Philadelphia,
on the 3Oth, by the capsizing of a row.
boat.
A COMPANY of militia from Pueblo,
Col, was ordered to Cripple Creek, on
the 3Oth, to prevent pillage and pre-
serve peace, should it be necessary.
On the 3oth Cleveland, o.. was visited
by the heaviest rain storm ever known
there, and much damage was done, the
sewers being unable to carry off the
surplus water. Many Easements were
flooded. Girls at work in the base
inent Of the store of Levy & Stern, toy
manufacturers, were caught unawares
and narrowly escaped with their lives.
Shade and fruit trees were uprooted
all over the city.
EDWIN BETHEL, the Boston actor who
fired four shots at his wife, known as
Miss Dallas Tyler, at the Hotel Heu-
blan in Hartford, Conn, on the Goth,
was arraigned in the police court, on
the 30th, charged with assault with in
tent to kill, and held in $1,000 bail for
trial.
BoURKE COCHRAN, the ex-congress-
man, while riding his bicycle in New
York city, on the 3Oth. fell over an
other rider, who had met with a mis-.
hap, and was painfully but not dan
geronsly injured.