The Van Buren press., 1899-02-04
OTHERWISE UNNOTICED.
Archibald MeMillin, of Boston, COM

hbitti SulNlut III hoto' 10
Casper schoeller, of Mascoutah. Ill,
finally hiceoughed himself to death.
W. II. Mitchell, wealthy stockman,
was frozen to death near Jolly, Tex.
Alice Hendershot, a crippled girl of
Marshall, ILL.,, committed suicide with
poison.
United States Consul W. Y. Cobb,
at Colon, Colombia, is reported Sc
riously i'll with fever.
Iowa coal miners will hold eonven-
ton February 22 to consider the
eight-hour day question.
The mortuary rate for January in
ST. Louis was the highest of any in
the history of the city
The water tower at Murphysboro,
Ill.,, fell. 1t was demolished and
smashed an Office building.
Jethro Kemper, of Gentry county,
Mo-, killed his wife, shot twice at her
daughter, and then mortally wounded
himself.
Miss Mary Withrow, aged nearly 81
years, the oldest resident of johnson
county, Mo-, died at her home in Cen
terview.
Ethan Allen, a veteran Missouri
newspaper man, is dead at Lexington,
Mo-, where he had been in business
since 1856.
Judge O'Neal, of Greene county,
Mo-, dug up several thousand dollars,
which his aged father had buried in
the garden.
Fire of unknown origin totally de-
stroyed Iowa City Electric Light Co.'S
plant at Iowa City, Ia. Loss, $4,000;
insurance. $4,000.
County treasurers of Illinois met at
Springfield and formed an organiza-
tion 10 obtain compensation for their
services as assessors.
George Plummer, who bought ho-
tel and an eatinghouse with worthless
checks and gave free dinners, was ad-
judged insane at Sedalia, Mo.
H. II. Gardner, one of the founders
of El Dorado, Kas, a leading citizen
and fnancier there and cashier of the
national bank, died Tuesday.
Jake Hanna, n farmer who lived at
Climbing Hill, Ia, met with a runa-
way accident near Horniek, Ia, and
his skull was so badly crushed that
he died.
Jacob Schwartz, patrolman of
New Albany, Ind, committed suicide
by cutting his throat with a pocket
knife. The deed was caused by de
spondency
1t is reported from London that the
Filipinos will take news of the ratif-
cation of the treaty by the United
States senate as signal for inaugu-
rating war.
A United States deputy marshal is
at Sedalia, Mo-, endeavoring to locate
counterfeiters, who have been flood
ing the city with bogus quarters and
half dollars.
Edward Gum, a travelling salesman,
of Ypsilanti, Mich, died suddenly at
Decatur, Ind. He was wild with rage
few hours before he died fighting an
imaginary foe.
Peter Holt, of Dickson county,
Tenn, was shot from ambush in his
yard, the contents of shotgun being
emptied into his right side, fatally
wounding him.
Mrs. Mary a. Bower, widow of John
r. Bower, one of Pettis county's first
| representatives in the Missouri gen
eral assembly, died at San Angelo.
| Tex, aged so years.
Fred and Charles Gerber, aged ten
and four years, died at Gilman, H..
| from injuries received in a fire which
burned their home. They had been
left alone at home by their mother.
In the passage of the Hull bill by
the house, providing for an increase
of the army, six republicans voted
against and five democrats for it,
| Otherwise it was a strict party vote
| While the chemical wagon was max
ing a run to a fire at Logansport, Ind.
a runawty team dashed up behind
the wagon and crushed John Griffin
and John O'Mara, two firemen. The
former is probably fatally injured.
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