The state capital., 1892-03-05

waukee, on the night Of the Goth, de.
stroyed Leiser's dry-goods store, e:
Bowers toy store and damaged several
other buildings. Loss, S100, 900; partial
ly insured.
THREE shocks of earthquake were
felt at The Dalles, Ore, at 2:55 a. m. on
the 29th. The vibrations were north
and south and lasted about four sec
onds. No serious damage is reported.
The illness of Chairman Springer of
the house ways and means committee
is the subject of considerable anxiety on
the part of his friends He Is suffering
from acute erysipelas, complicated with
nervous prOstratiofi and severe cold
W. w. HOLDEN, ex-governor of North
Carolina, died at Raleigh On the 1st.
He was, prior to and during the war,
editor Of the Standard; was provisional
governor and later governor, but was
impeached and deposed by the senate
in 1870.
The Ohio supreme court rendered a
decision, on the LIST, declaring the trust
agreement between the Standard Oil
Co. and other oil concerns to be illegal.
This is regarded as one of the most inn
portant decisions ever rendered by that
court.
REV. RICHARD PAGE, an English Con-
gregational clergyman, attempted to
hang himself in a railway carriage, on
the 1st, but was rescued. He was de-
spondent at being invited to resign his
pulpit.
The New York grand jury made
presentment, on the 1st. exonerating
District Attorney Nicol from the
charges of unfaithfulness to duty made
in a sermon by Rev. DIR. parkhurst re-
Gently.
THE Delyannis ministry of Greece
has resigned, and M. Tricoupis has
been summoned to form new govern
ment. The trouble grows out of the
difficulty in floating new loan.
The German reichstag, on the ist
rejected the credit asked for by the
government for new corvette.
The Minnesota house, at La Crosse,
Wis, was burned early on the morning
of the 1st. Fred Heiden, the pro-
prietor, was burned to death, and the
guests had narrow escapes Loss, &c.
500
ONE of the fercest storms in many
years ushered in the month of March
on the Atlantic coast. Much damage
was done to shipping in New York
harbor, and Long Island sound was
covered with wreckage. Many of
the downtown streets of New York
and Jersey City were under water.
ST. LOUIS detectives, on the 1st, ar
rested two men who are supposed to
have been implicated in the recent safe
blowings in that city, as they had in
their possession set of the most finely
finished and latest-improved burglars
tools and fe-blowing appliances. The
men are known as William Walters and
j. F. Watson, with aliases.
THE Indiana state prison and refortna-
tory for females, at Indianapolis,
model institution of it's kind, was de-
stroyed by fire on the night of the 1st.
1t is charged that the fire was the re.
suit of incendiarism on the part of
three inmates who had plotted to es-
cape in that way. There were no cas-
ualties. Loss. $500, 900; insurance, $51,-
OuO
SOUTHERN Iowa towns have been in
a sad state of siege. The recent rains
created formidable mud blockade,
which seriously affected trade. The
roads were practically without bottom;
farmers could drive scarcely anywhere,
and there was therefore a great scarcity
of farm produce in the markets.
THE monthly statement prepared by
the comptroller of the currency shows
that the total circulation of national
bank notes outstanding March l was
S172,h10, 013, a decrease in circulation
since February l of S582,6S1, and since
March l, 1891, of $1,O25, 164.
ANN FRENCH, of Belfast, formerly of
Bangor, Me-. widow, aged co. and
worth 800, 900, has created a sensation
by marrying Herbert c. Peavey, of AM
herst, Me-, aged SO, an itinerant ped
dler.
j. M. BILLtNGsBY, porter running on
the 500 line out of st. Paul, Mimi, is
heir to fortune in New Mexico An
old bachelor uncle, E. J. Jarvis. of
Albuquerque, died recently and left an ;
estate valued at $3.50, 900 in bonds, of
which Billingsby gets one-third.