The Van Buren press., 1900-05-05
OTHERWISE UNNOTICED.

Saturday, May dewey Day., has
been declared holiday by the mayor
Of ST. Louis
[ John 5. Galloway, retired farmer,
dropped dead at the breakfast table
al Carthage, III.
Mrs. Evelyn Frost Hope, daughter
of Gen. d. Il. Frost, of st. Louis, died
in southern France.
Theobad Goerber was adjudged in
sane in the county court at Waterloo,
III. He is prominent farmer.
Mrs. Elizabeth Spots, aged 2S, of
Audubon, Ill.,, dropped dead at Pana
while attending an aged sick sister.
Thomas A. Hayes, aged 10, died at
Harrisburg, III. He was a soldier in
Co. f, Sixth Illinois cavalry, in the
civil war.
The food news from Texas indicates
that the waters have reached the high
est stage likely to be registered during
the present overflow
The Structural Iron Workers union
of st. Louis were granted their de-
mand for increased wages without pro-
test by the employers.
MAJ Gen. Otis has issued an order
which will have the effect of stopping
evasions of the Chinese immigration
laws in the Philippines.
The verdict of the coroners jury al
Granite City, H., found that Mrs. Will
lam Corrigan came TO her death by
poison self-administered.
A German cruiser has been ordered
to Venezuelan waters. The purpose
announced is that the Germans in that
country require protection.
Mrs. Marian Schrader, wife Of Ed
mund Schrader, of Carlyle, ILL.,, died OF
pneumonia, aged 81 years. She had
been resident of the city for &c
years.
The Rock Island Railroad Co., has
notified the Western Passenger assoc.
alton that it will take independent ac'
ton on giving special excursions thia
summer.
Mrs, Margaret Frost was arrested In
New York. on coroner's warrant,
charged with causing the death Of her
husband, Charles Frost, by administer.
ing poison to him.
a terrific explosion occurred in one
Of the buildings of the Marsden eel.
lulose works at Owensboro, Ky, Tues.
day afternoon. Four employees were
seriously injured,
The last meeting OF tho ecumencal
conference was held at Carnegie ball,
New York city, Tuesday night, there
being fully rs large an attendance as
on the opening night.
The democracy Of the Eighteenth IL
linois congressional districr, at Ed
wardsvillc, nominated Congressman
Thomas NJ Jrtt, OF Hillsboro, as a can
didatc to succeed himself,
A baltimore & Ohio freight train
ran through the Okaw river bridge at
Cowden, III. Twelve ears OF grain
and merchandise fell 30 feet TO the
river bed. Nobody was injured.
The North German Lloyd Steamship
Co, has just placed an order with the
Vulcan Shipbuldng Co. Of Stcttin,
for new ocean dyer which shall
maintain an average speed of a5 knots.
Mrs. Caroline Shelton was granted
divorce at Little Rock, Ark, from
Rev. r. j. Shelton, the former Chris
tian minister, on the grounds OF de-
sertion, Shelton Is now residing in
Colorado.
james s. Law, aged 70, son Of
Thomas Law, postmaster nt Lincoln,
Ia, in a TT of insanity, dubbed his
mother over the head with gun bar
rel, injuripg her so severely that she
can not live.
The United States transport Buford,
on which the remains Of the wife of
Gen. Wilson will be borne north, ur.
rived Mt Matanzas, Cuba, Tuesday
evening, when the body was placed on
board with due ceremony.