The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-02-27
BRIEFS By WIRE.

for home affairs for Eng land. is dead.
George w. Thompson, president of
the Ohio River railroad died in Wash
ington.
w. A. Lamar, living near Bolivar,
Mo-. drank poisoned coffee for break
fast. He is dead.
A Nickel Plate train struck car
riage with people at Linde, Ohio.
Two girls were killed.
a bill will be introduced in the
Illinois assembly to tax beer entering
the state made outside it.
Cherokee Bill is on trial at Fort
Smith on a charge of numbering a
man at Leapah, Ind. Ter.
At Narrow Bridge. KY, Amos
Goodwin shot John Cation, who was
beating him in a friendly boxing bout.
Rev. ]. R. Sweet. a Kentucky
preacher, was sentenced to two years
in the penitentiary for embezzlement.
Assayer Karl T. Denison of Lead
vile, Col, used prussic acid in test,
rinsed out glass. drank water from
it and died.
It is said that Tom Reed has prom
ised Speaker Russell of the Missouri
house the position of sergeat- alarms
of the next congress
The Oklahoma legislature passed a
bill, which the governor signed,
limiting the power of judges in con-
tempt of court cases.
IN Philadelphia Frank Robinson
was instantly killed and Frank Duffy
fatally injured by the explosion of a
cylinder charged with gas.
DR.. Rintelen gave notice that he
will introduce a measure in the Ger
man reichstag to punish anyone who
denies the existence of the Deity.
Judge j. r. Mcbride, brother of
Senator elect Mcbride of Oregon, ex-
presses the conviction that his
brother will stand with silver men.
A bill has passed both houses in
Idaho requiring insurance companies
to pay losses in full, Notwithstanding
any clause in policies to the contrary.
In Hannibal, Mo-, the Missouri Sons
of Veterans held an encampment.
The ceremonies concluded with
grand ball at the Park hotel Tuesday
night.
At Red Oak in the northwest cor
ner of Lawrence county, Mo-, rich
body of lead ore has been struck by a
we'll digger Land in the vicinity IS
advancing rapidly.
The committee appointed by the
fraud in connection with the election
for governor of Tennessee in Novem-
Der last, has begun work.
In Carlisle, Ill, the creditors of the
Ramsay bank to the number of 100
completed arrangements to fight the
claim of 1868, 900 filed against the es-
tate by the bondsmen of Ramsay.
The territorial census, completed
last year. shows that on January l
Salt lake City had a population Of
1880. This is an increase of 3, 1877
compared with the federal census
of 1890.
The warm weather has practically
stopped all hauling in the woods in
eral thousand men will leave the log
ging camps in that vicinity. The
season was cut very short
The Baltimore schooner William
Linthicum, from Georgetown for
New York, has not been heard from
since leaving port, and grave fears
are entertained for the safety Of the
schooner and her crew of six men.
Five masked burglars in patent
feathers tied the night watchman
and robbed the safe of the Heitzberg
pork packing establishment in st.
Louis, in a 1eisurely, gentlemanly
sort of way. They only secured
S4O0
The Nicholson temperance bill has
passed the Indiana house of repre-
very stringent measure, although it
lost some of its force by being
amended. 1t provides for local
option.
In Mason City, Iowa, the grand
jury has indicted ex-County Auditor
Van Auken for forgery of the public
records. He had a dispute with the
county board over fees, and it is
charged that to make good his case
he altered the records.
The friends of the amendment to
the sundry civil bill providing for an
issue of S1OO, 900, 900 certificates of in
debtedness have about concluded
| that they will be unable to get the
| ment remains part of it.
In New Orleans Rex, the king of
carnival, appeared in grand page ant
based upon scenes and incidents from
Fergus Humes Chronicles of Fairy
| land" fantastic tales for old and
young. There were twenty mag
nificent tableaux in the procession.
The funeral of Frederick Douglass
took place IN Rochester, N. Y, Tues
day. The funeral train was met by
the Douglass league, mayor and
common council Services were held
in Central church. Eulogies were de-
1ivered by DR.. Stebbins and DR.. Tay-
1or.
The house committee on pensions
has voted to report favorably the bill
introduced by Represent Moore
of Kansas to make the veterans of
the Eighteenth and Nineteenth regi-
ments of Kansas volunteer cavalry
pensionable' under the act of June,
1890.
An official statement of the Unite d
States geological survey shows tina
during the calendar year of 1894 the
total product of zinc .(spelter) was
rs. 32S short tons. decrease of 1884
tons from the previous year, due to
industrial depression. Kansas shows