The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-28
ELECTRIC BRIEFS.

Seven thousand people greeted Cham
pion Corbett when he arrived at Jersey
City yesterday morning from the south
snd transferred to the New York side.
The Colorado legislature continued hard
at work yesterday at doing nothing A
| number of bills were discussed in the
house, but no action was taken.
Senator John Yaryan, aged 80, one of
lndiana's prominent men, died at Rich
mond yesterday.
Matthew r. Ashton of GAINESVILLE, Wis.
was yesterday found guilty of murderin g
Mrs. Daniel Stone. wife Of his uncle.
The story comes from Richmond, KY,
of perhaps the fatal shooting by Clay
Shackelford of his brother, Bates. The
men are rich and are the sons of Colonel
j. T. Sbackelford. The shooting occurred
on FRIDAY last, but was suppressed be-
cause of the prominence of the family
Bates had given swell eucher party, to
which his father and Clay were much op-
posed. The father and son took sides
against Bates, and Clay, becoming anger
ed at his brother, shot him.
The caucusing at jackson, Miss, for a
man to succeed Mr.. Waltball in the
United States senate is still without re-
suit.
The new German embassy at Washing
ton was opened last night by Embassador
Won Sauerma-Je eltch with grand ball, at
which 200 guests, including the cabinet
officers aud number of diplomats, were
present.
The losses to stock on the range in
southwest Texas from the effects OF the
recent severe weather were greaterethan
expected. In the counties where the
drouth was severe and grazing very, poor.
thousands of head of weak cattle Sue
cumbed to the cold aud died on the range
The number of head of stock lost cannot
yet be estimated, as the reports are in
complete.
A private dispatch from Saxony an
nounces the death OF Explorer Frederick
August Loewe, aged 6s.
The new Democratic national congress
slonal campaign committee held its first
meeting at Washington yesterday after
noon and selected Representative Stevens
of Massachusetts as chairman and Rep
sentative Mutchler of Pennsylvania as
secretary. The election of permanent
officers was postponed.
John J. Ingalls, told an Atchison (Kan.)
reporter yesterday that he was absolutely
out of politics. He will engage in the
campaign next fall if invited, as be is a
Republican and appreciates the favors
shown him in the past but he Is not a
candidate for anything, aud Will not he at
any time in the future.
Three patients in the county hospital at
Chicago were found to have smallpox yes
terday, and We're removed to the pest
house. There are now about ninety pa
tients In the smallpox hospital.
AT Jackson, Miss, yesterday. Judge
Christman sentenced Horace Smith and
Henry Singleton to hang on March y.
They are two life conyicts, convicted of
the murder of two other convicts.
Stakeholder Frederick 2. Hatch OF the
Nicaragua company, through his atior-
neys, filed petition in the United States
circuit court at New York yesterday, ask
ing permission TO examine the books of
the company. The petition sets up that
fraud has been practiced on the part OF the
former management Of the company.
After weeks OF weary search J. II.
Gable, a well-knoUn business man of
Denver, yesterday morning cleared the
mystery surrounding the disappearance OF
his % year-old son Young Gable mys-
teriously disappeared at the time of the
Chicago fair He was drowned in Lake
Michigan, and the body lay in the Chicago
morgue unidentified till yesterday His
disappearance at the time caused sensa-
tion, as young Cables name was con
nected with the Cronln case.
Imports at the port of New York for the
week: General merchandise, S. go 4l4;
dry goods. 81, 30, 913: specie, sl4l.3S9. Ex-
ports Of specie at New York amounted to
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