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26
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September
Year
1894
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Thk visible supply of grain in the United States on the 17th was: Wheat, 69,214,000 bushels; corn, 4,110,000 bnshels; oats, 8,221,000 bushels; rye, 312,000 bushels; barley, 1,628,000 bushels. Pólice Justice Coonky, of Dxibuque, Ia., was attacked and terribly beaten by a prisoner on whom he had just passcd sentence. Tuk world's bicycle record, 12:39, in a 5-mile competition road race was broken in Chicago by Tracy Holmes, who ran over the course in 12:30. One man was killed and three fatally injured by the premature explosión of a blast at a eolliery at Hazleton, Pa. At Pittsburg-h liarry C. Tyler, of Springfield, Mass., lowered the mile bicycle record for a quarter-müe track to 2:03. As order for the transfer of more than half the regiments of the army to new posts was issued by Gen. Schofield. Djïknown persons entered the circuit courtroom atOwensboro, Ky.,and every indictment found at the recent term of court was stolen and torn to fragments. Slnce the inauguration oí the present administraron at Washington 1,597,233 silver dollars have been coined. A iiURKiCANE swept through the towns of Mining1 and Jennings, in Oklahoma, and ncarly every house in both towns was laid loiv and a young woman and two children were killed and others wounded. At Nerth Enid, O. T., the Arlington hotel and eight of the most substantial business buildings were destroyed by an incendiary fire. The sixty-fourth annual assembly of the grand couneil Royal and Select Masons opened in Columbus, O. Bandits made an unsuccessful attempt to wreek the Chicago express of the Big Four at Hazelridge, Ind. The seventieth annual session of the sovereign grand lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows convened at Chattanooga. Tenn. During a fit of insanity Mrs. Absalom Wiser, of Marshall, 111., threw hot water on her husband, his death. James W. Purdum, who captured the conspirator who had been detailed to kill Vice President Johcson in 1863, died at his home near Darnestown, Md. Thk Logansport (Ind.) presbytery resolved to establish at Cedar Lake a resort similar to the Chautauquan assembly in New York. Marshall Cobey, a prominent farmer, and his wife and 18-year-old daugbter were killed by lightning atOwing'sville, Ky. Elliott defeated Carver by one bird in the concluding shootof the series at Kansas City, thus regaining his title. of champion. John W. Stebbixs, of Maryland, was elected grand sire of the Sovereign I Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows at their meeting in Cbattanoogs, Tenn. Armed guards frustrated an attempt to hold up a Santa Fe éxpress train near Gorin. Mo. Engineer Prescott was wounded and one of the robbers fatally shot. Thk National Association of Lettor Carriers of the United States met in fifth annual convention at Cleveland. Mus. Helen L. Griek, charged with poisouing her sixth husband, was found guilty at Spokane, Wash., of murder in the second degree. The Germán coke workers of Pennsylvania have resolved to remove to Douglas ccunty, Wis., and take up farras. Ada Jones, a young society woman of Seymour, Ind., after a short interview with her lover, in which their marriage was declared off, shot herself dead. Jacob Levy coinmitted suicide in St. Louis in order that his family might be provided J'or by the insuranee on his life At the annual meeting in Harrisburg of the Brotherhood of Loconiotive Firemen Frank P. Sargent was reelected grand master. Lafayktth Pbuícb, a wealthy farmer living near Cleveland, O., killed iiis wife with an ax and then cut his own throat. Daniel C. Osmun. of Chicago, was united in Jersey City. X. .)., to Mrs. M. D. Powers, whose parents haf" prevented their marriage thirty-five yLars ago. T.WEN'pr-FrvE children were made ill ai Hazleton, la., by eating candy ir which colorinff matter had been used and it was feared four would die. KErRESENTATivEg of the boards of public works of many of the principal cities met at liufïalo, N. Y., and effeeted a national orgarüzation. LouisiANA sugar planters applied for a mandamus againstSeci-etary C;irli:le to eompel the inspecün of sug'ar plantations. Acoording to data compiled b' the inter-state commeree eommission eighteen countries own and opérate railways. Pbbhy ('ook, suspected of stealing horses, was lynehed by farmers near Lincoln, O. T. EoBEKT ('lemkns and .lames Hullen foug-ht a duel with knives at BlackvilJc, Ga:, nul both %vere mortally wounded. Uatid Goosby (colored), who asEaulted and killed a girl at Thomasville, (ia., coufessed and was lynehed. Alix dethroned Nancy Hanks as queen of the trotting turf by reeling otï a mile in 2:03% at Galesburg, 111. Supervising Architect O'Rouuke has resigned, in obedience to the request of (iecretai'y Carlisle. A message was signaled by heliograph from Mount Uncompahgre, Col., to .Monut Ellen, Utan, Í8S miles, breaking all records. ai uaiesourg1, 111., Directly paced a mile in 2:07%, reduciug the 2-yeai--old record from 2:09. The United States veterinary convention at Philadelphia condemned the docking of horses tails. 1 n'Iiustrious hammering by bears forced December wheat options ín New York to 58% cents, a new low record. Wii,son Woodley, one of the conspirators in the Grant assassination, was hanged at Montgomery, Ala. L. C. Weir, of Cinci.ii iiti, was elected president of the Adams Express company at a meeting' of the, board of directors in New York. Poynteh was hanged at Fort Smith, Ark., for murdering William Holding' and Ed von der Ver on December 25, 18Ö1, in the Indian country. It was clairaed that ad venturera were destroying all the animáis in Alaska by the indihcriminate use oí rjoison. The ready-madeclothingindustry in Boston was paralyzed by a strike of the operatives, involving 5,500 employés. The loeomotivé fuemen in convention at Harrisburg eed not to strike as long' as eontracts were not violated. It was discovered that the present tarift' law makes no provisión for a duty upon preserved fruits. Bishop Maes suspended the Catholic young men's in&titute of Covington, Ky., for dispeusing beer at a recent picnic. Geokgh Schmous was hanged in the jail at l'ittsburg-h, Pa., for murdering his wife and two children. New Yüük physicians were puzzled over the case of a woman weighing ninety-eight pounds, but who could not be liited against her vvill. Tuk Sovereigu Grand Lodg-e of Odd Fellows in session at Cliattanooga decided to admit women to the order, Thb Reaves Warehouse company at Savannah, Ga., failed for 300,000. Thkhe were 212 business failures in j the United States in the seren days ended on the 21st, aga;nst20 the week previous and 321 in the eorresponding time in 1893. Wii.i.iam Ledbetter, a farmer, and J. H. Clayton, an engineer, living near j St. Clair, Mo. , were arrested for i terfeiting silver dollars. Edmonia Anderson and Irene Washington, two octoroons, fought a duel with knives at Swift, Ala., and both were killed The New York constitutional vention adopted a civil service aniendinent recommending' old soidiers for office. Thb exchanges at the leading clearing houses in the United States during the week ended on the 21st aggregated $900,287,045, against 8853,263,145 the previous week. 'i. he decrease, compared with the eorresponding week in 1S93, was 12.0. A train struek a buggy at London, O., and Mrs. H. L. Jewell, of Greeley Col., was killed, and Mabel and Helen Stutz were fatally injured. A CYCLONE which swept northern Iowa and southern Minnesota killed two persons at Emmetsburgh, la., and three at Leroy, Minn. Doitg-e Oenter and Lowther, in Minnesota, were devástale!. Chablks E. Norris, wanted at Pear'sall, Tex., for a murder comniitted ten years ago, was arrested in Chicago. A compasy has been incorporated at Columbus, O., to build an eleutrie road f rom l'ittsburgh to Chicago and to iurnish heat and lig'ht to towns aJong the line. C. A. Jones, a La Grange (Ind.) business man convicted of assault on a little girl, was found dead in his cell from poison. C. 11. Bi.akely, of Chicago, was elected president of the United Typothetse at the Philadelphia meeting. Bbeckinbidge's son attempted to piek a quarrel with Judge Kinkead at Lexington, Ky., and made an attack with a knife on a former friend who had supported Owens. Cavisg of the earth from some uuknown cause created great excitement among farmers in the vicinity of Wichita, Kan. In the supreme court at Boston an injunction to prevent the sugar trust doing business in the state was uef used. The Commercial bank at Weeping Water, Neb., closed its doors with deposits oL y:lC,,'M0 and $89,000 in loans. Fkancis M. Loggan, aged 30, a firebug and prouJ of it, went to the state peniteutiary from Kansas City, -■:... for five years for setting lire to the yards of the Kansas City Lamber company. He volunteerd the statement that he had been big fires in all parts of the United States and Canada for many years. A kaïn and hailstorm did great damage throughout central Jown. At Knoxville the storm was espeeially severe. John and Jasper Atkins (white) were hanged at Winnesboro, S. C. , for the murder of William Camp. The cattleinen and Cheyenne Indians near Woodward, O. T., were at war and the settlers in the vicinity were moving their effects into town and the citizens were avmiug. PERSONAL AND POLITICAL. In convention at Saratoga Springs the republicans of New York nominated Levi P. Morton for governor. The platform arraigns the democratie administration for its Hawaiian polic', its treatment of old soidiers, and says the most important achievement, the tarift' bilí, has been fitly characterized by the chief executive as one of perfidy and dishonor. An international agreement which shall result in the use of both gold and silver as a circulating medium is favored. Cobrected and official returns from the líiglit connties of the Ashland (Ky.) district show a plurality of 810 for Owens for congress over Breckinridge. Wii.i.iam Jefferson, a colored man who elaimed to liave been 110 years old, died in Champaign. 111. Ex-Senator O. V. Coffin, of Middletown, was notninated for govemor by the Connecticut republicancouveiition at Hartford. The following congressional nominations were made: Michigan, Nineteenth district, W. L. Churchill (dem.). Missouri, Fifth district, J. C. Tarsney (dem.) renominated. New Jersey, Second district, J. J. Gardner (rep.) renominated. Pennsylvania, First district, H. N. Bingham (rep.) renominated; Second, K. Adams, Jr. , (rep.) renominated; Third, F. K. Halterman (rep.); Fourth, John Eeyburn (rep.) renominated; Fifth, A. C. Harmer (rep.) renominated. Ohio democrats m convention at (Jolnmlras nomina tod Milton Turner for secretary of state and J. D. Ermiston for supreme court judge. The platform endorses the administration oí the president, declares protection a fraud, and favorsthe unlrnited coinage of silver at the legal ratio of 16 to 1 and with equai legal tender power. Blakely Dubant, better known as "Old Shady," who was the bodyservant of Gen. S herman during the war, died at Grand Forks, N. ). 9. ('atiíarin'h ííatxan, aged 10.3 years, died at the home of her son near Amite City, ... Tji.i.ma.mtes werp in the majority in the South Carolina democratie convention at Columbia and John G. Evans was nominated for governor. MlLTOH F. Joiidan, of Barry county, eratic nominee for lientenant governor of Michigan, lias declined. E following nominations for conwere maile: district, J. 1'. Heatwole (rep.). Neb ra ska, First district. Ha or Weir (dein.). Tennessee, Fouvth district. J. H. Dentón (rep.). Pennsylvania, First district, D. J. Cüiahan (dem. ); Second, llax Herzburg (dem.); Thir.l, J. 1'. McCullen (dem.); Fourth, G. Muller (dem.); Fifth, David Moffet (dem.); Twentieth. ï. .J. Barke (dem.). Mme. Amy Fubsch-Madi, the noted opera singer, died in Warrenville, N. J. She was about 50 years old. The republicans of the First district of Michigan nominated John B. Corliss for eongress, and W. C. Robinson was nominated by the populists in the Third district of Alabama. FOREIGN. The .Tapanese g'ained a. decisive victory at Ping Yang, 16,000 of the Chinese force of 20,000 being" killed, vvounded or missing-, while the J apáñese loss was trilling". Alexasdee L. Poller, American consul g-eneral at San Salvador, died there from yellow fever. The official report of the French wheat erop of 1S94 shows a total of 151,002,781 hectolites, against 97,792,080 hectolites last year. Ges. Willjam Booth, who founded the Salvation Army, arrived at St. Johns, N. F. He will visit all large cities in Canada and the United States during" the next six months. Niïïeteen Japanese and fourteen Chinese warships took part in a battle in Yalu bay, and 2,500 men were killed or drowned. Grecian brigands captured a judge and his assistant near Lama, on the Turkish frontier, and killed them. Natives of Madagascar expect war with France and are actively engaged in arining" and fortifying themselves. Spain is endeavoring to negotiate a new reciprocal treaty with the United States. The United States consul at Hamburg" has been instructed to detain all immigrants to America from East and West Prussia, Posen and Silicia during the prevalence of cholera in those disj tricts. Dr. Rafael Nunez, president of the j republic of Colombia, died at Colon oí gastric fever. LATER. Sevexty persons are known to have lost their lives in the cyclone which swept northern Iowa and southern Minnesota, while the property damage was enormous. The name of the post office at Appomattox, where Lee surrendered, as been changed to Surrender. Euxaway horses dashed into the family of Daniel Stevenson at Clearfield, Ia., killing two ehildren and fatallj' injuring the father. Flames that started on a wharf destroyed property wortli SI, .500,000 in Portland, Ore., and three men were supposed to have been burned to death. Theke negroes who had murdered a merchant at McGhee, Ark., were taken from the sheriff and hanged to a telegraph pol e. I';y a olause adopted by the New York constitutional convention bookmaking is to be prohibited in the state. Tuk democrats of the Eleventh Mis sissippi district nominated J. G. Spencer for congress on the l,lS6th ballot. In the Sixth Illinois district the republicans nominated E. D. Cooke. The democratie committee of the Ashland district met at Frankfort, Ky., and declared William C. Owens the nominee for congress by a plurality of 255 votes. Five acres of ground sunk at Duryea, Pa., and twenty-six dwelling houses j were wrecked. Ho KA C. Büoki.ey, ajred 73, a vet eran of the Mexican war, was killed j at Muncie, Ind. , by a horse kicking j him in his breast. Hbrbert M. Kinsley, the famous Chicago caterer.died in ÏC e w York from the effects of a surgical operation. He was öii years old. By the capsizing of a boat in the Ohio river at Pomeroy, O., David Nutter, Eobert Thompson, Daniel Ilarrigan. Ment Chester and Ernest Tliomas were drowned; all coïored and single. Sa.ndow failed to lift Mrs. Abbott, the ninety-eight-pound woman who has astonished New York physiciana with her peeuliar power. The Grand View hotel at Atlantic Highlands, N. J., was burned, the loss being $100.000. ; percentages of tlie baseball clubs in the nationai league lor the week ended on the ''.'ld were: Baltimore, .699; New York, .659; Boston, .685; Phüadelphia, .579; Brooklyn, .544; Cleveland, .520; Pittsburg-h, Adi; Chicago 426, Cincinnati, .415; St. Louis, .404; Washington, .352; Louisville, .283.

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