The state capital., 1891-10-03

| sOr of New Testament literature and
exegesis in the Princeton IN. J.) theo-
| logical seminary, died on the 27th. The
| professor had been sick all summer.
GRATTAN DALTON. one of the men
| who robbed the Southern Pacific train
at Alila, and two other prisoners
escaped from the county jail at Visalia,
Cal, on the night of the 27th.
| AT the close of business, on the 2Sth,
the treasury department had redeemed
| S17,696, 900 four-and-a-half per cent.
bonds, and continued So, 09S, $50 at 2
per cent.
THE secretary of war has approved
| the new tactics for the government of
army maneuvers prepared by board
of officers.
IVAN ALEXsIEvITCH CONTSCHARoFF,
the Russian author, died in st. Peters
burg on the 2Sth. He was born in 1928.
A DESPERATE gang of white robbers
in Jail at Gadsden, Ala, under sentence
for robbery and train wrecking, over
powered Deputy Sheriff X. M. Melton,
on the 2Sth, put rope about his neck
and were hanging him when police
man appeared and fired on the prison
ers. They fled back to their cells.
Two were wounded. The rope was
taken from Melton's neck and he was
found to be still alive. He will re-
cover.
WILLIAM GOULD, Jr., of Albany, n.
Y, who was found guilty of aiding and
abetting Book-keeper Whitney in tals-
flying the accounts of the Albany City
national bank, by means of which he
was enabled to overdraw his account
many thousands of dollars, was SEN
fenced, on the Goth, to six years i'm
prisonment in the Albany county pen
itentiary.
MRS. THOMAS BOMBERGER, of Leba-
non, Pa, while endeavoring to save her
4-year-old son who had strayed on the
track of the electric railroad, was
struck by car and instantly killed.
The child was fatally injured
AGENTS for the French government
have been quietly buying up an enor-
nous amount of grain and meats,
mostly in the American markets
THE Hawaiian Gazette denies that
there has been an expression of desire
on the part Of the Hawaiian papers for
annexation to the United States.
GOLD in Buenos Ayres was quoted at
315 per cent. premium on the Goth.
THE Chilian situation is not regarded
in Washington as alarming.
HEAVY rains have fallen in Russia
and the ground is so soaked with water
that the potatoes are rotting. The
price of potatoes has already doubled
and is still rising.
THE largest oil well struck in the
Pennsylvania oil fields was opened, on
the 29th, in the McCurdy field, IS miles
west of Pittsburgh. The well started
off at the rate of 500 barrels an hour
and is estimated to be doing 10000 bar
rels per day. An exact measurement
can not be taken, as more than half the
product is going to waste on account of
insufficient tankage.
AT the Colorado state fair in Pueblo.
on the Goth, during the progress of the
2:20 trotting race, just after passing un-
der the wire in the third heat, the horse
Tramp S., suddenly stopped, staggered
up against the fence and fell dead. He
was owned by Mr.. Leonard, of Denver,
who had recently refused $4,000 for
him, holding his price at S75, 900. Tramp
s.. record was 2:21.
THE settlers in Calispel valley, in
northern Idaho, are alarmed over the
menacing attitude of the Indians in
that section. Marsela, the chief of the
Calispels, it is reported, has ordered all
white settlers out of the country, and
the Indians are running off the set
tiers stock and otherwise annoying the
whites.
The coroner's inquest on the sup
posed suicide of William Adams, who
was found hanging in his barn near
Columbus, Ind, has developed that
Adams had received white cap anony-
nous letters threatening his life. The
grand jury will investigate.
DR.. JOSEPH JENCKEs, rector of st.
Pauls Episcopal church in 1ndianap
oils, Ind, has resigned on request of
his congregation, which objected to his
conviction that the end of the world is
near at hand.
Hon THOMAS MCGREERY, M. P, was
expelled from the Canadian house of
commons, on the goth, by unanimous
vote. His offense was boodling.