The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-22

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Jesse Kapar. employed as carriage trim
mer at Sayres & Scoville's carriage manu-
| factory at Cincinnati went to work yes
| terday drunk, and began quarrel with
Frank Geiser. 16-year-old boy. kapar
started toward the boy, who seized - pair
OF long shears and plunged the blade into
kapar's body, killing him.
In a fight with hatchets and bread
knives. John Kelly was fatally injured on
Tuesday night by his brother-in-law
in Chicago. Walsh and Timothy Kelly
were badly injured but may recover.
The cause was whisky.
The Italian government has ordered an
examination of the banks OF Naples and
Sicily. with a view to utilizing them un-
der :he new banking law. and also with Il
view of purifying the paper issue.
c. c. Wilson, deputy igeantat-a.ms
! of the house OF representatives, arrived at
| Cleveland yesterday from Washington.
| He was sent to take into custody Congress
| men Tom l.. johnson and w. j. White
| who, il is said are both absent from the
house without leave Mr.. johnson is at
| present confined to his bed at the Waddell
| house, suffering from a severe cold. Con-
gresham White mas not yet been served
with a summons.
The French chamber cf deputies yester-
| day adopted the report of the commission,
accepting the governments proposal by
which the increased duty on wheat Is fixed
at francs instead of at s francs, as at first
proposed. The vote stood 312 to III.
Emperor William arrived at Bremen at
8 o'clock p. M. yesterday, aud later visited
the celebrated Rathskeller, whose cellars
| contain some of the oldest wines in the
| world. The oldest of its casks of wine are
| known as the rose" Casks, and date from
1865.
Joseph Irwin, who pretends to be an
agent of the Hawaiian government. WAS
yesterday arraigned before Justice
Worthen of Kansas City for trial on the
charge Of swindling. He was not ready
for trial, aud the cass was continued until
next wednesday.
Tie French chamber Of deputies has de-
cided that wheat Embarked before NoveDl-
Der q will b. subjected to the old duiy
The annual meeting and banquet of the
| Michigan club takes place at Detroit to-
| night, and is always the great social event
of the year among Michg IN Republicans.
| Ex-Hawaiian Minister John l.. Stevens
| will speak at the banquet.
A heavy wind and sand storm prevailed
| yesterday throughout New Mexico and
| Arizona, with snow on the continental
| divide aud Ration mountains
D. G.. Scofield, vice president Of the
Nevada Southern railway, has bonded for
| 800 600 the St George mine in southern
Nevaia, owned by Mackay & Flood of
San Francisco. This mine. big
producer, Is now filled with water. II
will be made very valuable on account OF
the extension of the Nevads Southern
railway and the building of smelter at
| the Needles.
The senate, in executive session, yester
| day confirmed the nomination OF Joseph
| o. Shelby, to be marshal OF the United
States for the western district of Missouri.
Secretary Herbert was not at the navy
| department yesterday, being confined to
| his home by a severe cold. He says,
! however, that he does not contemplate
| taking trip on the Dolphin, and hopes
| to be at his desk in the department in two
or three days.
| Charles A Gardner, the well known
comedian, who is playing the Leading role
in the Prize Winners" Is lying critically
| i'll at kenton. o.. with Inflammation OF
the bowels. His company has proceeded
| without him.
Mrs Alice c. Siler has begun suit
against Oscar +. Westfall OF Belvilie,
Mich. for $50. 900 damages. She alleges
that her husband got intoxicated on liquor
supplied by estfalI, AMI shot W ltliam
Biobins. negro, for which he was sen
fenced to sixty years in prison.
Steady rains during the past ten days
have caused freshets in all the screams ia
Florida News has just been received that
the town of Geneva, on the Cocta hacble
river, near the Florida line, is more than
half submerged and the river Is still rising
The food AZ that point is said to be the
greatest since 1865.
Madania Calabresi Of Paris. who was
wounded by the explosion OF bomb Ia
the rue 81. Jaques, died last night.
The contract for furnishing postage
stamps TO the government for the four
years beginning July /, next, was awarded
TO the bureau OF engraving and printing
All bids received were rejected
Marshal Kirk Elder OF Perryville, ky.
bad "A desperate encounter with James
Clark, bad negro, late Tuesday evening,
in which Clark was shot five times and
mortaiy wounded Clark was under
arrest for attempted robbery. Marshal
Elder narrowly escaped being killed oy the
negro, who Is an ex-couyIct.
OMAHA, Feb 2I-At the request OF the
Southern Pacific, the CnloD Pacific has
issued a circular cutting of round-trip
tickets TO san Diego. effective after Feo
IS Asa reason for this the SO AZ
bilrsry demand by the California south
IS cited. l. i thought that the real
reason j. 20 assist IL the precipitation Of
the rate war now thought TO % isev-
liable