The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-14

| been numerically slashed. should be re-
| stored on Jan. l.
Edward Henfield of Denver. fast young
| man about town, yesterday afternoon shot
| his mistress Ida Hall. a variety actress,
| because she refused to wed him, and then
| fired bullet into his own brain. Both
| will die. Henfield is the son of wealthy
merchant OF Ashfield, Mass, who recently
disinherited him because Of his dlssipa-
| ton.
The Gravsend election case against Boss
McKane was yesterday decided against
him and his co-defendants, they being ad-
judged guilty Of contempt of court.
The financial complications in the af-
fairs of the Mecca hotel Of Chicago have
resulted in the arrest of G. l. Kicker on
the charge Of embezzling $1,000
John Armstrong (colored) was hanged
a: Athens, Tenn, yesterday for the muir
der of another negro Armstrong was
sick and had to be held up while the moose
was adjusted. He confessed his guilt and
expressed his readiness TO die.
The flood that swept down the valley be-
tween Tacoma aud Seattle. Wash, on last
Monday was the worst that has visited
that section r years. An area six miles
in length and over two miles IN wldi d Is
under water from rour to six feet deep.
No lives were lost.
The directors of the Bell Telephone COM
pany have DECLARED quarterly dividend
of S3 per share and an extra dividend Of S3,
payable in January next.
The directors of the Western Union have
declared quarterly dividend OF ~ per
cent, payable Jan. 10.
1t has been developed that John Giller,
who resided south of Brazil, Ind., and who
WAS found dead week ago on the door
step of his house, was murdered. He was
worth 100000 and has considerable prop
erty in Kansas. Giller married twice. and
his second wife WAS made heir to his
fortune. An investigation is being made
into the case.
Mrs. Porter, widow of Admiral Porter,
died at Washington yesterday morning.
She had long been in ill-health, which was
aggravated by fall some time ago. She
was daughter of Commodore Patterson,
and was born in New Orleans "A years
ago. Admiral Patterson Was her brother.
E. P. Greer of Winfield. Kan, is cam
didate for the Republican nomination for
congressman-at-large.
Further investigation into the accounts
of w. A. kaser, the absent secretary of
the Arkansas City (Kan) Building and
Loan association, shows that his shOrtaS.
will amount 10 nearly 1900. A director
of the association said yesterday morning
that they had succeeded III locating kaser
and that it would he but brief time until
he has been brought to justice.
The Alliance convention which met at
Huron, S. d., on Monday, brought to-
gether less than a dozen people The lead
ers aud those heretofore must prominent
in the Organization were absent. The ma
tional meeting will be held in February,
and special effort will be made to infuse
new life into the organizations in South
Dakota before that time.
The reported capture of King Lobengula
was incorrect Major Forbes has had aa
engagement with the Matabeles, but the
result is not yet known.
Elder Robert Singer, professed evan
gellst, was yesterday, at Somerset, Pa,
sentenced to pay fine of IS aud undergo
Imprisonment for three months in Jail.
He was tried for alleged criminal assault
upon Alice Jaffreys. He claimed to be in
nocent. and said that ne was the victim of
conspiracy.
Another Anarchist has been arrested at
Barcelona, charged with completely in the
bomb outrage in the Lycee theater. Five
bombs, with fuses attached, Were found
in garden iu An alley called the calle
de Trafalgar. The civil governor of Val
ia1olid has received q letter warning him
that an attempt will be made to destroy
the public buildings and the residences
of the wealthy with dynamite.
w. H. Gibson. said to be well connected
in Denver, where he is wanted for en-
beZzling SD, coo year ago, is under arrest
Ill san Francisco.
Ex-Judge Martin d. Cheney of Louis
vile, aged so, who died on Monday, was
buried yesterday. He was an intimate
friend of Ex-Governor Proctor Knott,
who when "A VoupU man StuOie1 law in
his (Chesney's) law office.
The sensational report circulated by an
unreliable news agency that an epidemic
of influenza prevailed in the house of
Prince Bismarck is untrue.
A small coasting steamer foundered off
the coast of China, and twenty. niue pas
sengers were drowned.
DIR. Edward Morwitz. proprietor of the
Phlladel phia German Democrat the old
est German daily paper in the country, is
dead.
Because young lawyer named Brewster
at Louisville, KY, was unable to pay "A
balance due an undertaken on funeral ex-
penses for his fathers burial, the under
takers of the city now refuse to bury
Brewster's wife, VINO died the other day,
until the balance is paid.
The Russian government has decided to
military evolutions will not be suspended
until the thermometer registers eight de-
grees below zero.
NJ Deville, the Socialist iou naist of
Paris. has challenged NJ. Jonnart. minister
public works, 10 light a duel. c.aimn ng that
the latter read Inaccurate extracts from NJ.
Deviile's articles in the chamber of
deputies.
The publication of the fact that Chicago
is preparing To feed and lodge the hungry
and homeless has caused the tide of ragged
humanity to set in to the windy city from
all over the country.
Prominent silver leaders, in response to
cali by the Bimefa.lic league, Will meet
Ii Washington on Friday for a two days
conference. Ii Is proposed to raise a large
fund and devise means of electing silver
majority in the Ffty-fourth congress.
The Right Rev. I. B. Lyman, bishop of
North Carolina, and we'll known through
out the United States, Is dead. Heart
failure was the cause
The sum of $3.50 600, necessary to begin
the construction of narrow-guage road
from Florence to Cripple Creek, COL. Will
be subscribed by New York capitalists.
The road, when completed in the spring,
Will connect with the Denver and Rio
Grande and the Santa Fe.
Levine bfos. clothing mouse OF Duluth,
Nina, WAS damaged by fire to the extent of
S50. 900 yesterday. The insurance is ample.
Miss Oracle Mildred Black. daughter of
Representative Black of Illinois. WAS yes
terday married To Rev Frank Burlington
Nroom of Winchester, Mass.
Governor Stone OF Missouri has COM
muted till Jan. the senteuce of Martin
Heed, an agcu negro, who murdered his
wife, and who WAS 30 be hanged on Friday
The sheriff OF jackson county had made
ali arrangements TO carry out the execu-