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Five young men who comprise a gang of the most daring bank swindlers and forgers that has operated in this country in 20 years were captured in Chicago. The number of steerage passengers landed at Ellis island during 1896 was 252,350. There were 99,223 cabin passengers landed at the port of New York during the same period. Fire destroyed property at Athens, Tex., valued at $100,000. Fire destroyed the entire business portion of Royalton. Wis. In Minnesota the Bank of Canton at Canton and the Citizens' bank of Lanesboro, both owned and operated by Field, Kelsey & Co., suspended business. J. H. Johnston & Co., silversmiths and jewelers in New York, failed for $250,000. Simon Cooper, a negro outlaw, murdered Ben Wilson, aged 80 years, his son Wesley, aged 40. and Mrs. Wesley Wilson, aged 35, and a colored man at Magnolia, S. C. The refusal of Wilson to loan Cooper a buggy was the cause. Senator-elect Money, of Mississippi, arrived at Tampa, Fla., from Cuba and left for Washington. The Bankers' exchange bank in Minneapolis, Minn., which suspended some days ago, has resumed business. William J. Bryan was the guest of the Bryan league at a banquet given at the Tremont house in Chicago in celebration of the anniversary of Andrew Jackson's birth and made the principal speech. Anthony Henderson, a negro arrested for the murder of George Summer at Unadilla, Ga., and attempted assault upon his daughter, was lynched by a mob. John Vaughan and Gus Homer, armed with a pistol and knife, engaged in a duel at Memphis, Tenn., and both were fatally wounded. The fiftieth session of the general assembly of Indiana met in Indianapolis. Henry C. Pettit, of Wabash, was chosen speaker of the house. The American national bank of Denver, Col., which suspended April 21, 1896, has reopened its doors. The United States dispatch boat Dolphin arrived at Jacksonville, Fla., to watch filibusters. Howard Wilson and Miss Fay Rawls broke through the ice while skating at Creston, la., and in saving the life of the young lady Wilson lost his own. William Speidel, 21 years of age, was robbed and murdered while on his way to be married at Port Jervis, N. Y. R. G. Dun & Co., of New York, in their weekly review of trade say that while banking failures have not ceased at the west, apprehension about them has almost wholly subsided and no serious influence upon general trade is expected Thomas Wilson, accompanied by his daughter, Mrs. Kinnery, and her tive children, attempted to ford Práirie creek near Plato, Mo., and the children were all drowned. The exchanges at the leading clearing houses in the United States during the week ended on the 8th aggregated $1.144,639,080, against $1,055,921,223 the previous week. The decrease compared with the corresponding week of 1896 was 7.6. There were 488 business failures in the United States in the seven days ended on the 8th, against 329 the week previous and 405 in the corresponding period of 1896. In his message to the Missouri legislature Gov. Stone advocated the hanging of persons convicted of train robbery. The Bank of North St. Paul, Minn., closed its doors with liabilities of $25,000. Robbers blew open a safe in the post office at Blooming Grove, Tex., and secured $9,000. The office of the Leader, a newspaper at Montpelier, O., was burned, the loss being $10,000. Simon Cooper, a negro outlaw, who murdered thaee members of the Wilson family and a colored servant, was lynched near Sumter. S.C. Gov. Matthews in his last message to the Indiana legislature expressed strong sympathy for the Cuban insurgents and advocated compulsory education and a law prohibiting the formation of trusts in the state. The North Carolina legislature passed a resolution instructing the senators and congressmen from that state to try and bring about the passage of an act recognizing the independence of the patriots of Cuba. Charles Walstrom and Mike Martin, who lived on an island across the bay from Charlevoix, Mich., were murdered by unknown parties. The First national bank of Alma, Neb., was closed with liabilities of $134,000. Robert Laughlin was hanged at Brooksville, Ky., for the murder of his invalid wife and 14-year-old niece. After the murder he set fire to the house and the bodies were consumed. Senator-elect Money, of Mississippi, who has just returned to Washington from a two weeks' visit to Cuba, says that Spain is unable to cope with the insurrection: that she will never put it
