The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-05-03
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.

CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.
One thousand men have been dis.
charged from the Canadian Pacific
railroad service between Montreal
and Vancouver, owing to the slackness
of business.
Three hundred and seventy-seven
miners out of 500, at a mass meeting
in Pana, Ill. voted to go out on a
strike indefinitely in aid of the ma
tiona1 movement.
The corner stone of the great Py-
THAN university Of the Order sUnivcr-
sal Knights of Pythias was laid with
impressive ceremonies at Gal1atin,
Tenn
An international conference of the
Y. M. c. A general secre taries of the
United States, Canada and Mexico
convened in Cedar Rapids, Ia, with
ESQ secretaries present.
The Iowa state miners convention
was held at Abba. Four thousand
miners were, represented. The dele
gates stated in advance that strike
would be ordered. 1t will affect g, 1000
men.
The Canadian government has de-
cided to enforce quarantine regula-
tions against Chicago because of the
prevalence of smallpox there.
The Peoria Grape Sugar company
scarcity of coal. Two hundred men
are forced into idleness.
A bill has been introduced in the
Ohio legislature apgroPriating IS, 600
for statue of ex-President Hayes to
be placed among ''Ohio's jewels in
the battle-ground.
Reports from St. Alban, where the
destructive land slide took place last
Friday night, deny the story of the re-
covery of the Gauthier family. Their
house has been unearthed, but no
trace of the family could be found.
United States Ambassador Runyon
at Berlin is making an effort to head
off an increase in the tariff of cotton
seed OIL The Bundesrath recon-
mended that the tariff be incre ased
from four to ten marks per 100 kilo-
gramrnes-
Joseph Ada. German, employed on
the ranch of Mrs. Rosa Rich, six miles
from Ramah, Col, while suffering
from temporary attack of insanity,
and then fred bullet through his
heart.
In Frankfort, KY, Judge Cantrill in
the circuit court has rendered his de-
cision in the cases of ex-Treasurer
Tate. He holds that 5000 should
be raised from the estate of Tate and
credited on the bonds, which leaves
S27, 900 owing from the securities.
Of the sugar crop of Cuba for the
first quarter of 1894 the United States
took 1914 per cent, or 3s7, s62 tons;
Canada, 2,4s9 tons; Spain, s,4l4 tons,
and Great Britain 3,S21 tons.
Senator Walsh has introduced bill
for the repeal of the tax of ten per
cent on the circulation of state banks
The senator said in reply to a ques-
ton that the bill was intended to pro-
vide for unconditional repeal.
The agricultural appropriation bill
reported to the house apprOpriates $3,-
$50, SAB for the fiscal year ending June
80, 1895. Compared with the appro-
Priation for the department of the
present fiscal year this is a deer ease
of S142, 1885,
Senator Berry yesterday gave no
tice Of an amendment to the sundry
civil appropriation bill, apprOpriating
500, 600 for the survey of the lands of
the five civilized tribes of Indians in
the Indian territory.
Mr. Oscar Townsend, general mana
ger of the Cleveland, Lorain 81 Wheel
ing railroad, died at his Euclid avenue
residence in Cleveland, Ohio, Tuesday
night The cause was organic afec-
ton of the liver.
Lieutenant James F. Nancy of the
Fifth infantry. who was recently ac-
quilted at Chicago of the murder of
Captain Hedburg, will be tried for the
offense again, this time by military
law. court-martial has been or
dered for this purpose to assemble at
Fort Smelling May %.
Henry c. Young. of the wholesale
rag firm of Young Bros, at Erie, Pa,
has been found dead in a secluded
part of the city. The coroner's YER
dict is that Young met his death
through foul means, a bludgeon having
been used to crush his skull. The au-
thorities have no tenable theory or
motive for the murder.
superintendent Matchen Of the pos
tai free delivery system, who has been
in Chicago for more than a month as
chairman of the commission appoint
ed to redistrict the postal service of
that city, has returned to Washing
ton. Assistant Superintendent Hill,
recently appointed by the department.
of Justice commissioner to examine
the overtime claims of letter carriers,
will lie ave in few days to examine