The Globe-republican., 1899-07-06
NEWS NOTES.

thracite coal IL announced.
Mayor James Babirnie. Muskegon,
Mich. was assasinated by J. w. Toyes,
. disappointed oficeseeker, who then
committed suicide.
Constitutionality OF tho eight-hour
law; which caused the tie-up of Colo
RADIO smelters, is being tested before
the supreme court Of that state.
Charles II. Griffith, druggist.
Weatherfori, Ok, was shot and killed
by q drunken man whom he was try
ing to eject from his store
Five cranks called at the United
States sut-treasury at Boston and de-
nandcd that the 81 ,0ot'. 900 in gold
just received from the mint be turned
over to them. They had to be elected.
Chairman II. Ingram of the New
Richmond. Wis. tornado relief COM
mittee, has issued an official circular,
which shows the money loss from the
tornado to be s75O.OOl Subscriptions
thus far amount to about $50, 600.
A letter supposed to have been
| written by Explorer Andreo was
picked up off the Norwegian coast. It
was in a sealed bottle and read: Il
am leaving balloon and provisions. :"
This probably confirms the story that
the Arctic explorer is dead.
The attorney general of Texas rules
that corporations cannot be chartered
in other states to do business exclu-
! sively in Texas.
A train load of negroes leaving
Pana fred fusilade from the train
and riddled the Office of the Pana Coal
company with bullets, but injured no
one. Free transportation has been
offered them and the blacks are scat
tering away.
Texas pine prices have advanced
| sharply on account of the lumber
trust
Kansas has quarantined against Ill
igan cattle.
A railroad may be the civilizing in
fuencs to bring the Clay county, Ken
lucky, feul to an end. A line is to be
extended into that county.
Tho Bakers are Withdrawing from
the scene of the encounters with the
White Howard faction. They have
, no lea Ter at present
A Sicilian inventor has contrived a
/ device which it is expected to make
collisions at sea impossible. 1t is
called wireless telephone.
Riots continue at Brussels, where
the gendarmcs repeatedly charged tho
people. The troops were finally called
out. Many civilians were injured and
the cry OF 'Vive la Republique" waa
heard repeatedly.
Madame Dreyfus' house at Rennes is
guarded day and night, and no person
may enter without first securing her
/ permission.
Governor Lownes OF Maryland has
! accepted Governor Savers invitation
to attenl tn, antitrust conference.
Five mea were drowned in the
river near GAINESVILLE. Mo. They were
! EN- 2loyed by the Mississippi River
| Commission and were occupants Of a
skiff which was overturned.
The wages of all the employees on
creased.
Sedalia has arranged for a street
fair to b. held in the fall.
The official crop report for Kansas
shows 4 better wheat yield than ex-
! pectcd.
Otto Carpenter tried to board train
near Centretown. Mo-, and was killed
| beneath the wheels.
Two prisoners sawed out of the
Piattsburg, Mo-, Jail.
William Anderson has been arrested
near Linn Creek, Mo-. on the charge
of killing his father. George w. An.
derson. and his houseSeeper.
The official government report says
that the weather was exceedingly
| favorabl. for Missouri crops during
the week. Corn is in good condition
and the wheat yield is better than ex-
pected- Oats are being injured by
rust. Much hay has been secured in
good shape. Garden vegetables are
i fourishi,C.
John W. Gates identifies Alexander
Jester as the man who murdered his
brother twenty-eight years ago The
Old man wept under his vehement &C.
cusatior-s and said God forgive me. "
Mrs. Street says her brother killed
| q man in Kansas in 1870.
The negro miners at Pana. Ill. have
no money to get out Of town and the
operators refuse to aid them.
The St Clair county judges again
outwitted the federal authorities and
transacted business undetected, al
though deputy marshals were on the
, lookout for them.
The Goulds will probably establish
! new system of steamships in con-
nection with the Texas and Pacific
line and Gulf ports
Miners at Moberly are out on a
strike in sympathy with the strikers
in the Indian Territory.
Captain NJ V. Mosley. farmer. near