The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-09-12
BRIEFS BY WIRE.

The duke of San Carlos. gentleman
Of the bedchamber Of the king of
Spain, has committed suicide.
At Bound Brook, N. J., Alex
Shields racing stable was entere d
and its prize stallion, valued at s.. 900,
stolen.
Congressman John NJ. Allen was
nominated by the First Mississippi
district Democratic congressional
convention.
In Green Bay, Wis, Congressman
Lyman T. Barnes was renomlnated as
the Democratic candidate in the
Eighth Wisconsin district
A west bound Union Pacific train
was stopped by robbers, who tore up
the track between Mountain Home
and Nampa, Idaho. They got nothing.
Nelson Woods was killed and Cuby
Reddin fatally injured by a premature
dynamite explosion in the West Knox
vile, Tenn. sewer, in which they
were working.
The republic of Colombia has pres
ented Nicaragua with the second pro-
test, claiming sovereignty over the
Mosquito reservation under old
Spanish titles
The New York constitutional con-
vention has passed the amendment re-
moving the statutory limit of IS, 900 in
actions for recovery of damages for in
juries resulting in death.
Adolph Grafroslxi, Herman Ceclic
and Charles Bosswin were struck by a
Wabash passenger train in the yards
at Decatur, Ill Grafrosl1i was in
stantly killed and the others will die.
dispatch from Varsin says that
Prince bismarck continues to enjoy
good health, and that Princess Bis
marck is recovering. She has left
her bed, and is gaining strength daily.
A double murder occurred near
Rose burg, Ore w. f. Breckman, a
farmer, shot and killed his wife and
stepsson, Robert Ring. The tragedy
was the outgrowth of domestic dis
cord.
The steamship Orisiba. which ar
rived in New York from Vera Cruz,
brought 2I5, 900 Mexican silver dollars
consigned to James E. Ward, of which
2O7 600 are in transit to London, and
5000 to Paris.
The result of tbs election held in
the provinces of Spain for the coun-
ellis, SO far as known. is: Governments
Liberals. BAL; Conservatives. 90; Dis
sentants, 80; CarIists, Is; Repu blicans,
81; Independen IL
In Trinidad, Col, Judge S. S. Wal
lace, Populist nominee for district
Judge. has been arrested by Deputy
United States Marshal Brown under
special Indictment growing out of
the recent A. r. U. strike
A stage was held up seven miles
south of Congress, Ariz., by two
masked highwaymen- Six passengers
were in the coach. They were re-
lieved of all their valua bles, the ban
dts securing $500 in COIN
While attempting to cross the track
ahead of the north bound express
train at Putnam, N. Y, Mr.. and Mrs
Orson Higgins of Benson, Vt, were
instantly killed, and a little girl,
f~@-,
The Sultan has again given practi-
cal evidence of his interest in Amer
lea. His majesty was deeply moved
by the tragic details of the fore S t
fires in Minnesota and Wisconsin, and
he has given 300 Turkish pounds for
the benefit of the sufferers
In Dayton. Ohio, benjamin I. Travis,
aged SIS, a pensioner, and Julia A.
Batten, aged 81, his paramount, en-
gagged in a quarrel with fatal results
The woman used club on Travis, in
hicting wounds about the head from
which he died few hours later
A Parachute, Col, dispatch says
cattlemen swoOped down upon three
sheep camps on the mesa west of there,
shot and dangerously wounded a
herder named Carl Brown, drove off
the other herders, and ran the sheep
over the cliffs along Roam creek.
A special issue of the London
Gazette has been published ordering
the court to go into mourning tod ay
and to remain in mourning until Sep
tembe 81. as a token of respect to
the memory OF the late Comte De
Paris. who was cousin of the Queen-
The M anarchists in Brazil are still
chafng und err the new form Of gov
ernment, and it is said they have not
vet abandoned the hope of re-estab-
fishing the monarchy. In fact, re-
ports are current that they are at the
present time engaged in organizing a
revolution
The contest in the Eleventh Him
ois congressional district for the Re-
publican nomination was AMIGA bly,
settled in a conference with State
Chairman Tanner. Both Congre ssman
Henderson and Henry Mayo with
draw from the contest and will not
submit themselves to the coDsidera-
ton of the nominating convention,
which viii be held September %.