The state capital., 1891-03-28

ment Co.. of Dallas, Tex, has made
general assignment The liabilities are
1856. .7S6. The assets are estimated at
S379, $780,
THE jury as to the sinking of the
Utopia at Gibraltar unanimously de-
cided that the cause Of the disaster was
accidental The relief committee has
collected a sum OF money for the sur
vivors, 132 of whom returned to Naples
Gov HoGG, of Texas, has vetoed the
bill allowing the state to take the
cents pound sugar bounty. There is
a sugar mill in the penitentiary operated
by convicts.
JOCKEY DECKER, who has been one of
the foremost riders of race horses at
the Guttenburg IN. j. track during the
winter meeting, was instantly killed
while alighting from moving train on
the New York, New Haven 81 Hartford
railroad at West Chester recently.
WHILE $50 Italians were holding a
meeting at Troy, n. Y, to protest
against the action at New Orleans, the
building was bombarded with cobble
stones and the meeting broken up by a
mob outside. Several shots were fired,
but no one was injured. The reserve
police force dispersed the large crowd
which had gathered.
ERNEST HARDENsTEIN, editor of Busi-
ness, and John G. eastman, editor of
the Evening Post of Vicksburg, Miss,
met in mortal combat on the streets
with the result of Hardenstein being
killed. The difficulty was in regard to
the action of the citizens of New Or
leans in killing the Hennessy assassins.
SIX white convicts, under sentence of
from five years to life, escaped from a
working gang at Jackson, Miss, as fol-
lows: G.. Talbert, Cad Brown, Joe Full1s,
j. Ii. Marshall Leroy Hodges ana Lee
Hinson.
THE grand jury at New Orleans has
returned two indictments in blank.
They are for attempting to bribe jurors
and are supposed to be against McChrys-
tai and Cooney, the two men previously
indicted. The only new feature is the
Indictment of D. C. O'Malley as an ac-
cessory before the fact
HENRY CONRAD, Nicholas Miller and
David Higgs, three young men OF
| Wilkesbarre, Pa, were poisoned by
eating a kind of parsnip which they
found while hunting. Conrad and Mil
Ter both died within {. short time and
| Higgs may recover.
THE application Of the governor OF
Missouri for refund of the direct tax
contributed by that state amounting to
/ seas, ,97S has been filed at the treasury
department.
J. c. ADAMS, charged with killing
Capt Couch near Oklahoma City over a
claim dispute, has been convicted OF
murder in the first degree.
THE grand jury is to investigate the
failure of Theodore Schwartz & Co..
the Louisville, KY, bankers, and Grim
inal prosecution is to follow. The as
sets now turn out to be nothing. The
failure was for $500, ZOO.
! BASCO FRANK, one of the survivors Oh
the Jeansville mine horror, is danger
ously i'll and his recovery is doubtful
Frank and three companions were dis
charged from the hospital few day:
ago. Since that time they have beer
feasted by their friends and the higf
living proved too much for Frank:
stomach.
IT is now stated that the injuries re
ceived by Mr.. Timothy D. Healy in th'
assault made upon him at Cork are more
serious than at first supposed He viii
be obliged to remain in his room TO
four weeks.
THE signal service reported Swedish
steamer ashore one mile south of Chica
micomico life saving station on tn
North Carolina coast, about 100 mile
south of Cape Henry. Only one of he
crayy was saved