The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-02-14
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GuaCemalan negotiations.
Oklahoma land Office and TOWNSHIP
officials are to be investigated.
Oregon county, Missouri Republi-
cans declare for Mckinley for presi-
dent.
Q Mrs French Sheldon will sue the
Adams Express company for some VAL
liable African curios that she claims
the company is responsible for.
An explosion of natural gas at
Meadville, Pa, wrecked two build
ings. One person was killed and
three others seriously injured.
An old law has been discovered
upon the statute books by free silver
men which they declare gives them
ground to hope that they can BRING
about the coinage of silver in an in
direct way through the use OF
Mexican dollars.
In Bismarck, N. D., by vote of 35
to 20, after d long parliamentary
struggle, the question of resubmis-
sion of the prohibitory amendment
was finally defea ted in the house.
The schooner 81. G. Holburg, Cap
tain Martin, on arrival at San Diego,
Cal, was seized by Collector Fisher
on a charge of having delivered arms
to the revolution.sts at the Hawaiian
islands.
In London, Ont, the Dundas Street
Methodist church was destroyed by
fire. Fire Chief Hood, Firemen Nc
Donald and Siddell were seriously if
not fatally hurt by falling walls.
Loss, $50, 900.
The South Dakota house has de-
feated the resolution for a constitu-
tional amendment giving women the
right of suffrage, which passed the
senate by almost unanimous vote sew
eral days ago.
The Association of California Wine
Growers now controlling the market
for California vintage, recently sold
1000, 900 gallons of new wines at 1871
cents, and has since advanced the
price to Is cents, at which rate it has
several orders for large quantities.
In the United States circuit court
in Springfield, ILL.,, Miss Nora Welton,
assistant postmaster at Argenta,
Macon county, pleaded guilty to
opening a letter addressed to her
sweetheart, Edgar Six, and was fined
$50 and costs, which she paid and was
| released from custody.
The general rains for the past few
days throughout California have filed
the streams, many overlooking their
banks. The Fresno irrigation canal
has left its channel and many vine
yards are under water.
At special NEE ting of the Missouri
division L. A. w the delegate to the
national meeting was instructed to
vote against the admission of negroes
into the league. He was also in
structed to oppose ladies' racing
meetings. It is probable that the
Missouri division will secede from the
league if the negro is admitted to
mem bership.
The president has approved the act
authorizing the sale of certain lands
in Montgomery county, Arkansas, tic
the M. E. church (South) and the act
granting right-of- way to the Forest
City and Sioux City railroad company
through the Sioux Indian reservation.
The project for the esta blishme Mt
of an Episcopal Publishing company
similar to the Methodist Book con-
Germ is meeting with unexpected OPP
position. Less than twenty of the
sixty bishops have so far signed the
prospectus
Senator Vest has reported from the
committee on buildings and grounds
a provision appropriating SIS. 600 for
the purchase of the Guthrie Jail.
The Illinois Steel company, with
its $50, 900, 900 caplta1izati ton, earned
only $50, 6O7 for its stockholders in
the year 1894. AS the operations o.
the previous year left a deficit O
$349,472, the showing was compare,
lively cheering, however.
Represen tative Taylor, an A. P. A
member, has introduced in the Wesh
ington house a memorial to congress
asking that Monsignor Satolli, ths
papal ALLOCATE, be removed from
United States territory. The memo
rial was referred.
Eight Choctaw Indians, who hac
been attending Drury college a
Spring feld, Mo-, left for home, tn,
Choctaw nation being unable to bea
| their expenses this year. $500