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The five children of Jacob Vogel, of Sandusky, 0., died in ten days from diphtheria, Two close friends, Charles A. Weyrich, aged 24, and Charles D. Carpenter, aged 29, ended their lives in the Planter's hotel in St. Louis by taking poison. No cause is known for the deed. Ex-Congressman Augustus W. Cutler died at his residence in Morristown, N. J., from the effects of a surgical operation, aged 61 years. Edward Wright (colored) was hanged at Wilmington, Del., for kiling Ida Crummel (colored), of whom he was jealous, on July 30, 1896. The production of precious metals in Colorado in 1896 was: Gold, $16,500,000; silver, $12,058,000. In Utah the production was: Gold, 93,896 fine ounces; silver, 8,728,705 fine ounces. Helen M. Gougar, of Indiana, the pioneer champion of prohibition and universal suffrage, and a member of the central committee of the national prohibition party, has been expelled from that committee. At the capitol in Lansing Hazen S. Pingree was inaugurated governor of Michigan. Frank S. Black was inaugurated at Albany as governor of New York. A cyclone struck and almost literally demolished the town of Mooringsport, I.a., and killed the four children of Jesse Goodman. Many other persons were injured, some fatally. The Fiftieth general assembly of Tennessee convened at Nashville for a session to last 75 days. A Missouri Pacific freight train ran into a landslide near New Haven, Mo., killing Engineer Homar Evans, Fireman Henry Horkup and Brakeman J. E. McQueen. The State savings bank at Whitehall, Mich., closed its doors with liabilities of $100,000. William A. Hammond, aged 45 years. second vice president of the National Bank of Illinois, that failed recently in Chicago, committed suicide by drowning himself in Lake Michigan. The Citizens' national bank at Fargo, N.D., suspended payment. The total government receipts during December were $25,857,114, and the expenditures $23,812,664, which leaves a surplus for the month of $2,044,450. For the six months of the fiscal year a deficit is shown of $87,902,397. The monthly statement issued by the comptroller of the currency shows the amount of national bank notes outstanding at the end of the year to have been $235,576,381, an increase for December of $264,278, and for the 12 months of $21,948,560. The Omaha (Neb.) savings bank closed its doors with liabilities of $850,000; assets, $1,000,000. Sixteen men perished in the wrecking of the filibustering steamer Commodore, which was sunk about 20 miles off New Smyrna. A fire which started in Lebeck's dry goods store in Nashville, Tenn., destroyed ten buildings, the total loss being $400,000. The public debt statement issued on the 2d showed that the debt decreased $2,839,577 during the month of December. The cash balance in the treasury was $853,463,551. The total debt, less the cash balance in the treasury, amounts to $1,221,249,961. At the close of the six-day international bicycle race in Washington the score stood as follows: Waller, 874 miles 5 laps; Maddox, 874 miles 3 laps; Ashinger, 873 miles 7 laps; Lawson, 871 miles 10 laps; Hunter, 871 miles 10 laps; Forster, 870 miles 10 laps. The visible supply of grain in the United States on the 28th was: Wheat, 521,443,000 bushels; corn, 18,893,000 bushels; oats, 13,476,000 bushels; rye, 996,000 bushels; barley, 4,875,000 bushels. One thousand Chicago saloon keepers have been compelled during the last three months to retire from business because of hard times. Frank E. Clark, for 18 years editor of the Grayville (III.) Independent, committed suicide by taking poison. No cause is known. The Bank of Superior at Superior, Wis., closed its doors with liabilities of $100,000. By the explosion of a lamp Gregor Kirchbaum and his wife were burned to death in their home at Johnston, R.1. At Stamford, Conn., Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher fell and broke her hip and may be forced to use crutches for the rest of ber life. She is 84 years old. Will Robinson (colored), who killed his sweetheart in a church in Pike county, Mo., was taken to the penitentiary for 102 years. The large furniture house of Julius Lansburg in Washington was destroyed by fire, the loss being $160,000. The McCoy Banking company of Independence, Mo., went into voluntary liquidation with liabilities of $125.000. PERSONAL AND POLITICAL. Lansing W. Bancker, who enjoyed the distinction of being the oldest living clown except Dan Rice, died in Philadelphia, aged 75 years.
