Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-15
BRIEF BITS OF NEWS.

Comptroller Eekels has gone to Chicago
on business connected with the National
Bank of Illinois.
The heaviest snow for years is falling in
Arizona. Twenty inches has fallen within
the past tweHty-four hours.
A large party of Texas Republicans is en-
route TO Canton TO urge the claims of John
Grant for cabinet position.
A fine new saloon has been in operation
at Wamego, kas., ever since the inaugura-
ton of the new state officers.
The nominal assets of the Bank of Mime
sofa, which failed recently, are found to
be 1910, ,126, and the liabilities s., 325, go.
The London Chronicle suggests that there
should be formal celebration of the sign
ing of the Anglo-American arbitration
treaty.
son, Charles j., aged "a. were suffocated
by coal gas at their home in Chicago
Wednesday night.
Richard Croker, the New York Tammany
boss. in n speech stated that he had given
up politics for good, and denied emphatical-
ly that he had taken up permanent resi-
dence in England.
Burglars who attempted to break into tho
general store of Ream SS Son at Labette.
Kas., Wednesday night, were frightened
away by clerk, who shot at them.
The damage by Wednesday nights fire
in Kingtisher, o. T, was not so heavy as
at first reported, aggregating not to eX-
ceed $1,000, with $500 insurance.
The Merchants National bank. of Ocala.
Fla, suspended yesterday, with individual
deposits of $lOS eco. and other liabilities of
the cause.
William P st. John. treasurer of the
Democratic and Free Silver national COM
mittees, is seriously i'll at his home in New
York, the result OF arduous work during
the campaign
John d. Rockefeller has been elected su-
perintendent of the Sunday school of the
Euclid Avenue Baptist church. at Cleve-
land. He and his family have been mem-
hers of the church for many years.
Mrs, Mae Bryant. of Fort Scott. who
was shot by her husband recently, died of
her wounds yesterday morning. On ac-
count of her condition. she was never in
formed of the suicide of her husband.
c. W. Myers, the 24-year-old son of
Chicago banker. committed suicide at Prov
idence, r. l., yesterday. He inherited n
fortune from an uncle three years ago.
but has been IN financial straits for some
time.
Fire at Richmond. No., early yesterday
morning destroyed the old wasson mule
barn. including seventeen head of fine
stock and a large quantity of baled hay.
An adjoining lumber yard suffered some
damage.
Professor Booker T. Washington. the
noted colored educator, believes that the
Cubans will win their independence and
that, after peace is concluded. there will
be a great exodus of United States negroes
TO the island.
Spanish reports state that since the be-
ginning of the Philippine islands rebel
lion the Spanish have lost $50 men killed
and $50 wounded, while the insurgents have
lost 100 killed. In addition. 2,l70 insur-
gents have been arrested. of whom 100
have been deported.
A Pittsburg, Pa, motorman lost control
of his car while going down steep grade
yesterday morning. and the car ran away
I jumping the track and running into tele-
graph pole. Five of the thirty-fivs passen-
gers on the car Were badly hurt. and all
sustained minor injuries.
MnVNr Swift Of Chicago has vetoed /
derman Plotkes anu-high hat ordinance
and recommended the substitute, which i'm
poses fine of 81 for wearing headcear
which ohstructS the view of the stage at n
theatrical performance. The ordinance was
| passed by an almost unanimous vote by the
city council.