Tombstone epitaph., 1892-08-28
NEWS BY WIRE.

PfTTSBURG-Ihere need Dt no hofe mincing of terms ss to ihe fate of the 1 striking switchmen here while the status which prevails tonight is main tained. Unless the labor leaders adopt decisive measures in new direc- tions, the switchmen in the Buffalo yards are undoubtedly defeated. They know it themselves, but still cling to & conviction that something will yet happen. All trains on the Erie and New York Central are running on time, and the freight blockade is raised.
 NEW YoRK-The strike in Buffalo has already increased ihe price of liv- ing in New York, and ii it should be- come general famine would shortly result. Produce men say that if the trains ware tied up for ten days food would become scarce, so dependent is the public here on other parts of the country. As usual, the persons to suffer first are the poorer classes,
 LoNDoN--A dispatch to the Times from Calcutta says the government has informed the currency association that it is unable to comply with the request of the association that the government appoint commission to inquire into the advissbility of estab- fishing a gold standard In India, and that in view of the alarming condition of affairs and the danger of a crisis, the government declines to state what steps it proposes to take to allay the panic existing in the country.
 BosToN-Ex-Govern Campbell, of Ohio, was in town yesterday. He did not care to talk politics, but expressed l the opinion that the chances are that Ohio will go Republican, that the Democrats will achieve the greatest victory in New York state in forty years in a national election, and that Indiana is d close state, but will prob ably cast the electoral vote for Cleve- land.
 T OsAEGA-Farmers who complained that backwater caused by the dam across tho Neasha river here ruins their farms, have blown the objection able obstruction up with dynamite The dam was the finest in the state.
 CHIcAGo-NaDcy Hanks, the trotter made an unsuccessful attempt tc lower her mile record of ? :073 The time was .09t. Jay Eye See Jared much better in his attempt to beat bis pacing record for a mile of 10. He finished in the excellent time of ? .0S4
 KANSAS CITY-The Journals Wich- ira special says:
 The St Louis and San Francisco passenger train which left here at 10 go last night was held up. and the Wells Fargo express car robbed by four masked men near Augusta, But Ter county, about midnight Before 9 o'clock this morning, the outlaws were captured with part of their booty As the train slowed up st a crossing, a mile east of Augusta, two masked men mounted the locomotive, and ordered the engineer and fireman to stop the train. This was done and the two ! other members of the gang uncoupled the express car. The engineer was then compelled to pull out mile dis tant with the express car. The high waymen demanded admittance and commenced shooting through the sides. The express messenger and baggagemen soon gave in. Express messenger Sift was forced 10 open the safe, and the robbers got between tf- teen and twenty packages of money The. outlaws did not attempt to rob the passengers and the latter knew noth- ing of the robbery until it was over The amount of money secured did not exceed SS GOO. but cannot be defin-