Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-07-02
BRIEF BITS OF NEWS.

w. ]. Calhoun has declined the position OF
comptroller Of the treasury.
Oil has been struck at depth of / 800 feet
in a well at Tishomingo !. T.
The Bank OF Usage Mission. Kas.. will go
into voluntary liquidation. 1t has capital
of 5000.
The Western Door Company. a door. sash
and blind trust organized last week, has
collapsed.
The cash in the treasury is classified as
follows: Gold. SIS 0I66j6; silver, $5eO e22;
paper. 1883 1886.
The remains of William f. 1Ioey :.Old
Hoss.'' were placed in WoOdlawn .cenetery,
New York, yesterday. r, :-- -.--.'-.
Many prostrations from heat and Cohsid-.
cradle damage from q. storm which fol-
lowed the hot wave are reported IN the Ohio
river valley. .-' ~rG 5
The international gold mining convention
will open in Denver next Wednesday. There
will be displays from every gold producing
state in the Union.
A drop in Kaffiir stocks was caused in
London yesterday by a rumor that PHesi-
dent Kruger, of the Boer republic, had
threatened to resign. ..-...
Millionaire Tramp Berry occupied a,celi
in the st. Louis police station Wednesday
night, on charge of drunkenness. lie was
released yesterday morning.
The Curry gang, robbers of the Belle
Fouche. Wyo.. bank. are closely pursued
by the sheriff posse. They are headed for
the Powder river country.
Alvin Dnlway, son of the president Of the
Mechanics National bank. of Boston,
Mass. killed himself with poison in that
city yesterday because he had been expelled
from West Point.
Ex-Governor George W. Click Of Kan
sas, will celebrate the 10Th anniversary of
his birth July 4. All the members of his
family and many friends will gather at mis-
home in AtchisOn.
The papers in the appeal of W. II. T.
Durrant TO the United States supreme
court were filed yesterday. As the court
does not sit until October 70. the appeal
cannot be argued until that time.
Mrs. John McClelland was struck and in
stanuy Killed by lightning. near Startled.
Mo. yesterday during a heavy rain and
thunder storm. All streams in that viCini-
ty' are rising and trains are delayed.
Samuel Barnum was yesterday appointed
receiver of the Topeka Belt Railway Com
pany There is mortgage of $500. eco on
the road, and several weeks ago a force of
men tore up the tracks in the night
James Wilder. wife and two children. en-
igrants. supposed TO be from Renton Colin-
~ Mo, were burned to death in cabin
near Rochester. KY. Tuesday morning
They had stopped in. the cabin for a few
days rest from travelling.
Riggs Vaughan a prominent farmer liv-
ing i've miles north of Larned. Kas.. was
kicked into insensibiity by vicious horse
Wednesday afternoon. The bones of his
chest and arms We're fractured and he suf-
fered other severe injuries.
Clarence G. King. of St. Joseph and Mrs
remarked yesterday. Mrs. King is a daugh-
ter of A. y. SchuSter. formerly a wealthy
wholesale grocer of ST. Joseph. King was
her second husband.
As a result of the fight between the Have
meyers and ArbuCkle Bros. the price of
the brand of coffee controlled by the Wool
son Spice Company was yesterday reduced
from l0is 70 10 cents. the lowest price for
roasted coffee OF this quality on record i'm
New York. This brand is controlled by the
Havemeyer interests
The president is reported to have decided
TO make a complete change in the personnel
OF the civil service commission owing to
complaint against the commission for ac-
Quiescence in the extension Of the rules so
as TO include a large number of Democrats
who took the places OF removed Republic
ans during the Cleveland administration.