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works at II. Louis. was asphyxtated bv
gss in one Of the cupolaS Ills duty
was TO regulate the amount of molten
metal allowed 20 flow into the steel
cone where the iron j. cooled. The
gateway which shut of the iow failed
TO work properly and In order TO
remedy this Woods entered the cupola
and was overcome by the gas
CLAuD J. WILSON quarrcled with I'd
NJ. cal<ins In the Union stock Yards
hotel at Denver. Col, when Calxins
struck Wilson with his fs,. knocking
him down. Wilson's head struck the
hoor with great force and when picked
up he was dead.
FIRE destroyed four stores and half
dozen offices and smaller buildings NJ
Somerset, KY. on the asth. Loss, $780,.
900; insurance. s6s, ,oOo.
MouSr srsRrrSo. Ill.,, had disas-
trous fire on the ssth. the bloomfield
hotel being entirely destroyed aud al.
most q whole block as we'll Albert
Pieper was killed by a failing wall and
Constable snodgrass and two other
men were injured. Loss. over si0O. coo
PRESIDENT MckISLEY made an al.
dress at the annual banquet of the Ma.
tioual Association of Manufacturers at
New York on the 25th. The principal
feature of his speech was about the
money question. lie said the financial
plank OF the St Louis platform was Of
as binding force upon the republicans
to-day as IL was when IL was adopted
and that all our silver and paper cur
rency must be maintained at parity
with gold.
In saloon row at wellsburg. Ia, q,
John Mullen was killed by being
struck ON the head with a beer key.
He had n quarrel with ice-eutters.
fAuI CAUSsE. a Lutheran preacher,
was arrested recently in ST Louis for
vagrancy and given hours to leave
town Liquor was his undoing.
Ar the National Fishery congress at
/ Tampa. Fla. a resolution was passed
recommending the establishment Of q
national fish hatchery and laboratory
at some central point on the gulf coast.
The congress believed that such a sta
tion would be of inestimable benefit 10
the work of the United States fish com.
mission.
CHARIEs y FAIRcHLp. ex-secretary
OF the treasury. addressed the national
monetary conveDtion at indianapolis.
Ind. on the 26th- Afterwards the res
olutions were discussed in fxe-minute
speeches and after two hours Of favor
a6le debate were unanimously adopted
aud the convention adjourned subject
to the call Of the executive committee.
IL was decided that the committee
should carry on an active educational
campaign
! THE Iowa supreme court has upheld
the anti-cigarette law passed by the
last legislature.
THE interstate Joint convention OF
bituminous coal operators and miner.
came To an end at Chicago on the s6th.
The miners were jubilant over the re-
suit of their ten DAYS session. for il
means to nearly 900, 600 soft coal min
erx an advance of ten cents per ton
and a uniform day OF eight hours at
uniform day wages
WILLIAM LEE. aged 90. a farmer, was
killed by Big Four train the other
afternoon at shelbyville. Ind. lie de-
i
track in front OF the train, il was
thought with suicidal intent
REy. LEROY CHURCH, one of the most
widely known Baptist ministers in the
west and founder of the Standard. the
Baptist western denominational organ,
died at Chicago, aged IS.
A sSowsroRM caused n collision on
the Manchester 4 Cedar Rapids line at
Alburnette, Ia Frank Sweet. fireman,
of Cedar Rapids. was killed. and En-
gineer l. II. Harvey and Mail Clerk
William McDuf were seriously injured.
Doc King. a cowboy, well known
over western Oklahoma and the Pam
handle of Texas, committed suicide in
Woodward county. Ok, by shooting
himself through the heart lie was IS
years old and ives married a few weeks
ago.
Ex-CoSGREssNAS Louis T.. McCoMAs,
the republican caucus nominee, was
elected United States senator by the
Maryland legislature on the a5th to
succeed A. y. German, who will retire
March 3. 1899
A TIN mine has been discovered in
Burnett county. Tex, which promises
an abundance of ore. an assay showing
that IL runs 81 per cent tin
VAcHER, the Paris murderer, who has
to his credit the death of nearly 40
person. has been submitted to radi-
ography by Dir. Testo. who has OBJ
tanned clear plate, showing re-
volver bullet imbedded in the region
of the right eye. Ii is believed tina,
L Al. = 4. ~ l. a..
may have had upon the mans mental
condition may be largely accountable
for his frightful homieidal mania
By the explosion of the boiler of a
locomotive standing in a roundhouse
at Madison, Wis, three men were
killed, two others seriously injured
and the building and three engines
were wrecked.
LEADERS say that Iowa is to be the
battle ground of the national woman
suffrage movement A resolution Is
already before the legislature submit
ting to the people an amendment to
the constitution striking out the word
male from the voters qualifications.
II the cause can win in Iowa. the suf.
frayists believe that half the battle for
the greater and national woman rights
will have been won.
The democratic caucus at Nashville.
Tenn, on the night of the cath took
the s5th ballot for United States sem
ator without nominating, the result
being: McMillin. 81; Turley, 30; Tay-
! lor. -.
| A FIRE in East 81. Louis. Ill, on the
night of the e5th destroyed the Union
elevator, with 5000. 900 bushels of
grain, the Chicago. Burlington &
Quincy freight house adjoining. with
ten cars of merchandise. IS car loads
of corn, the stables of the st. Louis
Transfer company and several small
dwellings. Loss. estimated at si,o0o.-
O00
| ]. +. CASEY, yardmaster for the Gin
cinnati Southern railroad at Chatta-
nooga. Tenn, discharged two men
named Mcconnell and Taylor. After
wards they followed Casey to q side
| track and between two trains knitted