The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-06-19
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.

Owen Ogletree, colored, who as
saulted Mrs. Wright near Forsythe,
Ga, was captured and hanged by a
mob.
About 700 new money order Offices
will be established throughout the
country at the beginning of the next
month.
The degree of Ii, D. was conferred
at Cam bridge, England, upon Captain
Z. L. Mahan, of the United States
cruiser Chicago.
In Vancelsburg, KY, Yves Osborne,
aged 49, shot and instantly killed
Hiram Adams, aged Is years. The
trouble was an old quarrel
Crazed with grief at the death of
his wife, James Z. FOrshay, of New
York, shot and killed his son, Walter,
aged -, and then ended his own life
with a bullet in his brain.
The Deckertown express of the
New York, Susquehana and Western
railway dashed into an electric car at
Paterson, N. J. Three passengers
were fatally injured and five seriously.
/ John Walters, one of the early set
tiers of Illinois county, died at Prince
abolitionist and a co-worker of Owen
6. Lovejoy in the underground rail
road work
To all of the 20, 900 and odd money
order postoffices in the United States
the postoffice department is now
sending the new forms of money
order blanks. They are being sent at
the rate or 10000 a day.
Attorney General Olney says there
Is no truth in the published statement
that he had decided to enter suit for
$171, 600, 900 against the Pacific bonded
railroads, but had employed Attorney
Russell for the purpose of handling
the suits
In the. deficiency bill the depart
mostly for fees of United States
courts. The largest appropriation is
So, 314, 522 for the postoffice depart
ment. OF this 81, $40, IVA goes for mail
transportation by railroads
An outlawed chief named Orang-
kyah has attacked and burned the
British military post at Kualah-Ten-
beling, killing nine Sikhis. In addi-
ton to this the outlaws seized arms
and ammunition stored in the post
and plundered a number of trading
boats.
The senate sugar trust investigating
committee has decided by a vote of 8
to ? to request the vice president to
certify the refusal of II. o. Havemeyer
and J. E. Searles, president and treas
urer, respectively. of the American
Refining company, to the district at
torney.
The revolution in Korea has as
sumed serious aspect. The number
of rebels is said to be over 60, 900, and
they have been drilled in modern
style. The government troops have
been routed in two encounters on May
10, losing 200 killed. This defeat com
pletely demoralized the government
forces.
Philip Roberts, United States dep
uty marshal was shot and probably
fatally wounded by John *. Raddy,
at Tracy City, Tenn. Raddy was
suspected of running blind tiger"
in Tracy City and Roberts went to
Tracy's store to investigate. He
found there John Raddy and his
brother, A. G. Raddy. The men be-
came involved in a quarrel, when
John Raddy shot Roberts.
At Helena, Mont, in the United
States court Ell. +. Batchellor the pres
ident of the failed Stock Growers Ma
tional bank of Miles City, was sent to
the penltentiary for five years.
Bachelor was convicted several
weeks ago for misapplying the funds
of the bank while its president His
appllcat ton for new trial was over
ruled.