The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-07-03
NEWS IN BRIEF.


ductOr, was hanged at Boulder, Mont.
Cuban bonds are said to be much af-
fected by the progress of the revolu-
ton.
Another batch of employees has been
dropped from the government printing
office.
The report that Russia and Japan
are preparing for war is confirmed at
Berlin.
A receiver was appointed for the
Colorado mining exchange building
company.
Gerald Balfour, brother of A J.
Balfour, has been made chief secretary
for Ireland.
Bids are to be invited for the con-
struction of a number of new gunboats
for the government.
The Poindexter House and several
other buildings were destroyed by fire
at Fort Worth, Texas.
The currency comptro11er's state
ment shows that there are $211 ,O00, 900
bank notes outstanding.
The state department announces
that it is in no way concerned in the
marriages of United States consu1s.
The system of collecting military
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at foreign courts may be abolished.
Public Printer Benedict is preparing
to make half a million dollars worth of
improvements in the government print
ing office.
The Kansas City, Fort Scott and
Memphis has bought the Greenfield
and Northern road. 1t was owned by
st. Louis parties.
Gora,-o1 G0roa1 Sc ,-o~or4a5 r.. bovo
surprised the Spanish garrison of 800
men at Alta Gracia and cut it to pieces
and to be now marching upon Havana.
There will be no separate receivers
for the Oregon Short Line, and the
Union Pacific will remain in control.
1t is thought that this will simplify
the western traffic situation.
At Paris fire in the famous Godillots
military Quitting b1ishment
caused damage to the amount of ,OOO,-
900 francs.
A Chinese loan is about to be issued
in London. It is not for large amount
and is independent of the negotiations
for a Chinese loan made from St.
Petersburg and elsewhere.
Sir William Vernon Harcourt, ex-
chancellor of the exchequer, has writ
ten a letter in reply to the memorial
of the Bimetallic league in which he
says: Il do not share in the opinion
expressed in your memorial, but this
is not a fitting time to enter into an
argument on the subject"
The work of readjusting and CLASH
flying the forces of the pension Office
of the country has just been completed
with view to shortly extending to
them the protection of the civil service
laws.
A call was made on June 10 for
Professor Harrington's resignation.
He declined to resign and subsequent
ly was removed by the president to
| take effect July l. James T. Cook,
chief clerk of the weather bureau, is
acting head of the bureau until a sue.
| cessor is appointed
The annual reports of the several
bureau officers of the agricultural de.
| partment for the fiscal year Just ended
will show a general pruning of ex.
penses. The fl ures in Secretary Nor
tons report w1ll"sh0w that the regular
expenditures for the department dur
ing the year aggregated about 81 800,
| OGo. The appropriation for the same
period reached 81, sos, 9t5.
There was cloudburst or water
| spout in the neighborhood of Haigglel
| COunBV,
Neb,, causing Eve different washout:
on the Burlington railroad.
! : At Chicago teachers from Hirl
schools and other college preparatory
schools in all parts of the Northern
and Central States met in the chapel o.
Cobb hall at the University of Chicago
where they are holding the sec ond an
nual session of the Association O.
Teachers of English of the North Cen
trail states.
At St. Louis, Mo, the seventeenth
annual convention of the Music Teach
ers' National association met at 300 o
m. Tuesday with large number o
prominent musicians present from
various parts of the country.
Senator Stewart of Nevada is organ
ling the secret society of Silvel
Knights of America