The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-03-08
NEWS IN BRIEF

In regard to the legacy left Mary e.
Lease by a relative In Great Britain it
is learned that the amount is 81 500.
and that IT comes through the Welsh
family of Clyene.
The supreme court Of Colorado has
denied the appeals for new trials of
Thomas Jordan William Nesbit and
Santiago Torres, who were convicted
of murder and sentenced to death
The ira fnmen Of the Denver tram
way company, after short discussion
on the proposed reduction Of wages
accepted the proposition made BY the
company to pay 2216 cents per hour.
cut Of "a cents
portion Of Joliet. III. IS under
water. Rains have caused the canal
II overflow. the water is q foot deep
and a number of machine shops and
lumber yards are surrounded by wa
ter.
Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Bot
tum concluded his address iii the
Coughln case last evening after hav-
ing spoken for three days. This
morning Judge TuthiH viii charge the
jury. which viii probable retire in
the afternoon
Deputy Attorney General AZ E-
Lamb and j erry Weinberg. who con
of Kenneth III Sutherland, the justice
of the peace at Gravesend Long
Isl and, claim to have positive proof
that the jury was bought.
The Colorado supreme court reversed
the decision Of the district court
awarding Cecil A. Deane verdict for
G25. 600 damages against S. w. French
for alternating the affections of Mr..
Deane's wife and remanded the case
for q new trial There have already
been two trials IN this suit
AT Toledo. Oh, the supreme council
Patrons of Industry which IS holding
its session. adopted lengthy aud
radical platform in favor of govern
mental control of IA lroads, an income
tax, woman suffrage election of all
officers by popular vote, and opposing
saloons and Liquor interests.
Indian Commissioner NJ II. Kidd of
Wabash, Ind. who is on vacation.
has been summoned to Muskogee, i H..
by p tie gram, stating that the Oh Oc-
Jaws have consented to negotiate with
the Dawes commission looking to the
a abandonment of tn bal relations and
the acceptance Of lands in severalty.
In Shelbyville. Ind, the 2-year-old
child off DE-. J w. RucKer got into his
prescription case and took q large dose
Of morphine pellets 1T died two
hours later.
In Columbus, Ohio, DR. James Park.
secretary to Coroner Herbst. is in
custody charged with having appr0-
priated diamond pin, the property OF
Henry Chute, New York travelling
naan, who dropped dead al the David
son house Park denies the theft
The South Dakota Artesian asso-
citation convention is in session at
Huron Committees were appointed
and addresses delivered The first
day was spent in discussion of the
use of artesian well power for STORM
power ia electric accumu latOrs. to be
used for driving plows. reapers,
mowers, hay ral1es and other farm i'm
plements-
There is no truth ia the report that
Lord Ava son Of the marquis Of Duff
ferin. is to marry a farmers daughter
Of the province of Ottawa. Canada,
contrary to the wishes of his friends
The president has signed the only
act which passed congress during his
absence. one granting an extension to
August 27. 1898. of the time allowed
the Junction City and Fort Riley
Rapid Transit street railway company
to build its line on Fort Riley kan.
reserva biop-
At Brantford. Ontario the Grand
river IS blocked with ice. TIA West
7 Brantford houses and streets are
flooded with water to the depth OF six
feet. One house has been washed
away
The Farmers Loan and Trust com
1 panv of New York has fled a fore
{ st Omaha against the Omaha Water
f Works company. The mortgage IS
( for s.. o00s 000-