The evening call. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1891-1893, 1893-07-05
The Gall.
TOPEKA, KANSAS.

Pythian opera house, the Ross Hervey cal
rage factory, Wright furniture factory. tw
liveries and saloon, burned at Union City
Ind. entailing loss Of $4,000.
According to the Chicago statement tn
visibly supply of wheat last week decrease
1924. 600 bushels corn decreased SAC, 900 bush
els. oats decreased $4,000 bushels.
Three men. residents Of the vicinity, hav
been arrested in Usage county, Kansas. TO
wNacking a passenger train near Barclay il
SeISember, 1892. One Of them peached.
AbSut half the insurance companies doing
businAss in Tennessee have temporarily sus
pended and seventeen have withdrawn, own
ing to Objectionable laws in force there.
The debt statement issued July | shows
that the public debt decreased 81 .116,2 5S
during the month Of June. The total cash
in the treasury aggregates S745OO4,6O1.
A general rain has been falling throughout
Oklahoma and all crops are now beyond any
damage from the drouth. Wheat. corn, oats
and cotton are all frst-class and the fruit
yield will be immense.
"A statement prepared by the comptroller
of the currency shows that the amount Of ma
tional bank notes outstanding is S118,614,-
535, an increase during the fiscal year ended
June 30 of SIS, 038, 1897.
The precise measure that has just been
adopted by India has for some time been ad-
VOcated by some of the British advocates Of
bi-metallism as likely to result in the en-
hancement Of the white metal.
The secretary Of the treasury has sent or
ders to ST. Joseph, Mo-. for the discharge of
the engineer, fireman and elevator boy in
the postotfice there, because the appropria-
ton for paying them is exhausted.
Labor Commissioner Todd says the net
wages Of miners in the Cherokee district is
$1.27 day in summer and $1.65 in the win
ter. He says the notice to leave employers
houses will result in greatest misery.
The German miners at Frontenac. Kansas,
met and agreed to 60 to work for the Santa
Ne company at cents raise over what the
operators offered. Manager Develin has
been written to concerning the proposition.
The assgnee's report in the failure Of ex
Secretary Foster at FOstoria, Ohio, show that
Liabilities will reach about one million, with
assets much less. Fosters account in his
bank is shown to have been overdrawn $780,
OOO..
The Sycamore hotel at Lake George, N. ".
caught fire about midnight and within three
hours the building was destroyed. The loss
is estimated at 100000. No one was injured.
though there were over 100 guests at the
house.
Iron mines in the upper peninsula Of Mich
1gan are being generally shut down Oh ac-
count OF the low price received for ore. Lake |
vessels are thus left with nothing to do: SO |
there are miners and sailors idle, in great
numbers.
The commissioner Of the general land Of |
fee has recommended that the Oberlin and |
klrwin land offices be consolidated at Ober-
lin, and that the Larned and Garden City |
offices be both removed and consolidated at |
Dodge City.
Attorney General Little has given written
opinion which is just opposite to one given
by his clerk, Noah Allen, in the matter Of
building and loan associations. Mr.. Little
thinks they are not subject to the banking
law unless they receive deposits.
President Cleveland told parties'interested
IN the opening Of the Cherakee strip that the
interior department had never called his at
tentlon to the matter, and that he knew moth
ing about it. There is a movement now to
place full information in the presidents
hands.
Mrs. Jane Hughes, of Port Huron, Mich,
while boarding the excursion steamer Ed
wards. at Chicago, caught her dress in a re-
volvlng shaft on deck, and was sent spin
ming through the air. Her injuries resulted
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hospital.
Senator Stanford's death has left vacant
Tour important positions in the Southern
Pacific railroad syndicate. He was president
OF the Central Pacific and was the only man
who ever filled that office. He was one Of its
director of the Southern Pacific
and chairman of its executive committee.
fatal accident occurred at Rohrig's iron
works at Magdeburg, Saxony. The work
men were engaged in making heavy cast
ing when there occurred a terrific explosion,
The liquid iron flying in all directions and
covering the wOrkmen. Six men we're killed |
outright, while seven others were So terribly
burned that their recovery il despared of.
Representative smelling and mining men
81 Colorado met at Denver and resolved to .
close down all the silver mines
and mills in Colorado until such time as sill
yer is appreciated at its proper worth This
action VIII throw many thousands Of persons !
put OF employment. All the great snelters
nave ore contracts on hand which will keep {
hem in operation until January |, no differ {
ance what the price Of silver may he. {
A remarkable discovery has been made $
which may cause much trouble. In the
louse journal of the Kansas legislature Of
s9l there are thirteen senate bills which are
ecorded as receiving sixty-four votes, one 7
more than the required number. while the !
accompanying roll calls show only sixty-two :
names checked az voting aye on their final
passage. There are important laws in this
lst Of thirteen, which have been i'll operation
low for two years and more. c