The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-22
ELECTRIC BRIEFS.

the Italian, Dan Arafa, at Denver, return
ed verdict of not guilty.
| Late DEVELOPMENTS in the Kentucky
Mating company's failure, which recently
| assigned at Louisville, show a bad state
of affairs and it is hardly probable that
cents on the dollar.
At Salonica, Ind. yesterday. Wash Isen
! hart attacked and Killed his father,
/ prominent farmer, striking him over the
head with piece of timber. lsenhart
! rented his farm TO his son. When he went
to get some grain from of the property
his father told him that be mad received
his share, whereupon Wash murdered
him.
Joe Choynski and Steve O'Donuell have
been matched TO fight to finish, catch
| weights, Queensberry rules, within five to
eight weeks.
Four men walking along the track of the
Pennsylvania railroad near Greensburg,
Pa, last night were strnck by a fast run
min train and hurled 100 feet into ra-
vine below. John Scott, an Engllshmau,
| escaped with out slight bruises, while the
others are dead. The identity OF but one
| of the others, Arthur Cavanagh Is known.
All are said to be miners.
The Erie announced another change in
grain rates from Chicago to New York yes
| terday. 1t cut the rate to 10 cents, and 1t
! is said on the outside that within a week
| the rate will be reduced to ~ cents
When the cut was announced nesting
| of the other lines was called. A stormy
session was held and the meeting broke up
| without any action being taken.
| The American sheep breeders are clrcu-
| lating petition TO be presented to con-
| Gress demonstrating against free WOOL
| They propose to obtain 500, 600 names.
A shooting ARRAY at Hanford, Cal, yes.
| terday, between Waterman +. NJ. Byrd
and John w. Harris. resulted in both be-
| ing fatally wounded. Byrd had at one
| time arrested Harris, since which Harris
had threatened the life of the officer.
| Harris met Byrd yesterday and COM
menced firing at him. and Byrd was COM
| PEELED to fire in self-defense.
Two English ship-owners, with head
quarters at Rio de Janeiro, have been Sch
| fenced to be shot by President Peixoto for
carrying insurgents upon one OF their
| steamships.
| Charles F. Meserve, superintendent OF
| Haskell institute, the United States In
! dian industrial school at Lawrence, Kan. =.
has resigned, to accept position at Shaw
university, a school for the education OF
| colored youth, ut Raleigh, n. G.
At dance near Bevier, Mo-. Wednesday
night, James Lewis shot and killed Henry
| Hackley during an alteration concerning
language addressed by Hackley to Lewis
| wife.
| Harry Cockrell, clerk of the house COM
mittee on the district of Columbia, died at
| Washington yesterday. He came from
Glasgow. Mo-, where he was interested IN
politics and newspaper work. AT one time
he WAS i'll the state legislature. and edited
| paper at Springfield, Mo.
Al Il
election vote at Chicago makes Hopkins
plurality but 2S less than that shown by
the police returns. The board of election
commissioners declared Hopkins elected
mayor by plurality OF ,29O The Repub-
licans were given an opportunity to pre-
sent charges of irregularities, as alleged by
them, but failed to do so.
Colonel Il. w. Harrison, Republican,
| was elected mayor of Topeka yesterday.
carrying every precinct except one. A
very light vote was polled, only one ethird
of the registered voters voting. Harri-
| sons vote was 3, 143; Mason's, Democrat,
l,3sS; McLallin's, populist, sl4; Harrison 5
| majority, l,44l.
| The committee on appeals, to which the
vexed question of the worlds fair beer
| awards was referred, has decided that the
| first premium shall go to the Pabst Brew
J lug company of Niilwaukee. The COM
| mittee places the AnheuserBusch COM
pany of st. Louis second by one point.
e. C. Reed and George Jourdan. young
men, who were caught at Sedalia, Mo-,
! Wednesday, passing counterfeit money,
| were arraivned before the United States
commissioner at Kansas City yesterday.
| They pleaded not guilty. and, IN default of
| bail were committed to Jail for hearin
next Wednesday.
The Masonic temple at Adrian, Mich,
built in 1867 at a cost of 1000, was burn
ed at an early hour yesterday morning.
Some time since Mrs. Maloney of Kan
sas. City, Kan, secured a temporary in
| junction, restraining the Union Terminal
company from laying its tracks on her
| property. A construction gang invaded
| her property on Wednesday, and she pro-
cured a revolver and drove the workmen
away.
Senator Washburn of Minnesota. who
pressed the anti-option bill in the last con-
! gress will not introduce the measure in
| the senate, because the bill, on its face, is
! to raise revenue, and must originate in the
| house. Chairman Hatch of the agricul-
tural committee will introduce the bill
after the holidays.
| The state auditor of Illinois has inform
ed the present officers of the American
| Loan and Investment society of Chicago
| illegal manner of doing business" he
! should report the society TO the attorney
| general to be proceeded against by him.
! The auditor says that the assets of the
society are impaired to the amount OF
S225, 900.
The jewelry firm of Peacock g. company
| of Chicago is short one tray OF diamonds,
valued at SIS, 600, which is said to have
been stolen.
| Alfred Luey, who lives at 165 Maxwell
| street Chicago on "Wednesday night shot
and XII led burglar whom he found IN his
house.
Three men were killed by the fall OF rock
| at Lincliff colliery. near Wilkesbarre, Pa,
| Wednesday night. All leave families
George r. Prochaska, president of the
American Rice Milling company of New
| Orleans, whose works were destroyed by
| fire on Wednesday, shot himself throug b
| the right temple at an early hour yester-
day morning Business reverses are sup
posed to have unsettled his mind.
| EX-pRESlDENT HARRISON.
| PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 2i.-The reception
to ex President Harrison by the Union
League club tonight. in point OF grandeur,
attendance and good fellowship. far ex-
ceeded any similar demonstration IN this
| CITY. Representatives of every Class and
OF both the great political parties were
present to do him honor. Fifteen hun
dTed people greeted the ex-president-
| Among them were Whitelaw Reid. Sena-
tors Hoar and Proctor, aud Represen.a-
tivcs Funston and Curtis OF Kansas After
! the collation.. the ex-president, In response
| to calls for speech, said. IN part:
1 LET US be Americans, whatever else we
may De. We have 10 carry INFO eTery
home the protection OF law, and keep open
those avenues of political iiie Instituted