The state capital., 1892-01-02

ing Tor leBal Gay work OF elgnt
hours per day for boys.
AN order has been issued by the navy
department remittinS the unexecuted
portion of the sentence of suspension
upon Commander B. III. McCalla, who
was sentenced to three years suspen-
sion for cruelty to subordinates,
IN two or three weeks, perhaps
sooner, the Minneapolis (Minn.) -four
mills will have to shut down on ac-
count Of the scarcity of freight cars,
and the ipP,bility of the trunk lines
east of Chicago to handle scaboard
business.
THE White Plains IN. " jury inves-
tigating the condition of Il. NJ. Field,
the reckless fiEancicr, nfter a consulta-
tion of fifteen minutes, on the 23d,
brought in verdict that he was insane.
The jury also found that the personal
estate of Mr.. Field was valued at SIS,
900.
THE remains of Senator Plumb ar.
rived at Topeka, Kas., on the 28i, and
were escorted from the depot to the
capitol with all proper ceremony. The
public schools were adjourned, immcdi.
ately after the opening exercises, out ot
respect to thc memory Of the dead sen
ator.
THE Catholic pilgrimages to Rome,
which were interrupted by the incident
in the pantheon when a French pilgrim
insulted the memory of Victor Eman
uel, will be resumed after Easter
The first pilgrims will go from Spain
Austria and Germany, and French pill
grims will follow in April.
s
LYDE CLARK, the largest grand urn,
post in Iowa, has adopted resolution
against the building Of a~soldiers' mon
ument or a memorial hall with Iowa
share Of the direct war tax. The pos
favors, instead, the building of cottage
at the soldiers home at Marshalltow1
for soldiers, their wives and widows.
A MONTREAL special says: The nev
treasurer of the province Of Quebec OF
taking possession at once instituted al
investigation and soon announced tina
there had been found an item of 81,
800. 600, called special expenditures,
which swells the total deficit or eXces
of expenditures over receipts to S2
223, 900.
THE revolutionary movement IN MeN
leo under the leadership of Catrin
CARA has assumed such serious propOl
tions during the past few days tina
President Diaz views the situatio
with great alarm. 1t is anotlceable fac
that Gar2a is becoming more popula
among the masses in the norther
states Of Mexico every day.
FATHER KRoEGER, priest Of st. Viz
cents parish of Elkhart, Ind, has file
the town, and is thought to be in Car
ada. He has. left debts amounting t
about $4,000. and his creditors can fin
but little to liquidate their claims
Many Of his parisfioners are sufferer
and it is thought that the church fund
have suffered by misappropriations
THE Rome Diretto says it is the il
tention Of the pope to confer the Gran
Order Of the Cross Of Christ upon til
archbishop of AK as q token Of til
sympathy of his holiness with the arcl
bishop in the latter's recent trial, col
viction and fine for writing n lette
classed as insulting, to nj. Fallierie
the French minister Of public WORSHIP
THE first full carload of America
tin ever produced from an American t
mine was received by w. W. Stewa
at San Diego, Cal, on the 22d, from Il
Temescal mines. The shipment co
sisted of over 26, 900 pounds Of tin. II
output of the Temescal mines is beil
rapidly increased, and American t
will be regularly put on the market
carloads.
THE business failures occurril
throughout the country during {
six DAYS ended on the cath numbe
for the United States, 257, and for Ca
ada S5, or total of 292, as compar
with 335 the previous week. For 7
corresponding week of last year t
failures were 333, representing 303 ia
ures in the United States, and 80 in t
Dominion of Canada.
TIE navy department has ordered t
shipment of AZ, 900 pounds of prisma
powder and 900 six-inch shells fro
League Island, Pa, to San Francist
The department has also ordered t
new twelve-inch gun made at I
Washington navy yard to be sent
San Francisco. The gun will be plac
on large fiat-car and taken to the I
cic coast IS soon as possible.
NAVAL officers at San Francisco S
that the officers referred to in Wa:
ington dispatch as having left the
secretly for San Francisco, must be
tended for the Thetis. The Thetis
under orders to proceed to the coast
Lower California and continue survt
begun last year. She has been rea
to sail for some time, but was unable
leave on account of not having enou
officers.
The dissolution of the Rouman
chamber is considered victory
Russian intrigue. The Russians hi
been laboring with unusual carnt
ness of late to secure predominant
fluence to Roumania. 1t is said
Vienna that Russia is only waiting
be sure of Roumanla's neutrality or
operation to attack Bulgaria. The
cent attempt to drive King Charles
abdication is attributed to Russian
fiuence, the Russians being jealou:
the presence of German and esp
ally Hohenzollern, on the throne
the leading Balkan state.