The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-11-14
ELECTRIC BRIEFS.


Two new cases of smallpox were dis
covered at Washington yesterday.
Judge 4 lien G.. Tburman's Slst birt hdel
was celebrated at Columbus yesterday.
One of the sons of Ii Hung Chang ha
lef; lien Tsin with the family valuables.
Book Cook is endeavoring 70 arrange ar
| international race between Yale and Ok
ford.
Casius NJ. Clay. s., and Dora Richardson
II. We're married at Whitehall, KY, yes
tsriay.
Edwin Booths memorial portrait was
presented formally to the city of Balti
more, yesterday.
| The Frisco train robbers near Monet,
Mo-, Monday night, got only SID from
tine local safe.
The sixteenth annual meeting of the
| Episcopal church congress opened 1T Bos
ton yesterday.
Judge Halves of Omaha. whom Judge
| Scott sentenced for contempt, was released
| from Jail yesterday.
BY a fire at Caledonia. n. Y, terday,
James Wilson, a merchant, was seriously
| injured aud may die.
| Helena, Mon, last night celebrated in
magnificent style her election as the per
manent state capital.
| The house of Lewis Williams, near
NatcheZ, burned yesterday, crenatiug
himself and three children.
William Sturges. the plaintiff in the
famous StuTges-FarweH litigation, did
Monday IN the sanitarium at Oswegs, y. Y.
Cincinnati was carried by the Democrats
yesterday by $500 majority. at special
| election held tor judge of the Insolvency
court.
For indifference TO election outrages,
Chicago policemen have been dropped
from the force. The detective force has
also been revised.
y dispatch to the London Times from
Berlin says the marriage of Gar Nicholas
to Princess AliX has been absolutely fixed
TO take place Nov. %
The first session of the fifth annual con-
vention of the nOu-partisan Women's
Christian Temperance alliance was held at
Washington last evening.
The Whitewayites have swept st. Johns.
y. f., Overw helming the government with
maJorltieS greater than ever before attain
ed IN an election on the Island.
The young Korean. Prince Wi Hwa, will
visit the principal cities of Japan before re-
turning home. He is about 20 years old,
exceptionally clever and well educated.
The Agricultural College association
met yesterday at Washington, All the
sections met for organization, aud last
night the second general session was held.
The European powers are not disposed
10 take any action In regard to the war be-
tween Japan and China, rs the govern
ment OF the United States IS Offering
mediation.
On application of Julius c. Lewis, J. NJ.
Copeland WAS yesterday appointed re-
celver Of the group of mines at Silver
Plume, Colo, known as the Pay Rock sill
yer mines.
DIR. James McCosh, ex president of
Princeton university, has been confined TO
his bed fo- some days. His physician
fears that he will never thoroughly re-
cover. Dr. McCosh is now SO years old.
Mary Leitzon, p. of Philadelphia. while
dining with IA party OF friends at Norwich
yesterday afternoon, in response to toast,
laughinglV drank glass of carbolic acid,
with suicidal intent, aud died soon after
wards.
The nuns employed as teachers in the
Riverside public school of Piitsburc, ami
who resigned temporarily pending the de
clslou In the GaiiiiZiu case, will not re-
sumo their positions, being adverse to tue
DotorieJy obtained.
On Nov. a Ljberian SUnboat fired upon
boats landing at SettrakoO a cargo from
the African steamship company's steamer
Amriza. Twenty-Five persons We're killed.
The landing of c"rgoes there was breach
or the revenue laws.
In a freight wreck yesterday on the In
teruatIonAl and Great Northern railroad
forty miles West of Palestine. Tex, Ea-
Gineer Wardlow. Fireman Schubert aud
Brakeman Brown Were dangerously in
)ured and are not expected TO live.
During the debate on Madagascar the
French chamber Of deputies yesterday, NJ
Houo' aux, minister of foreign affairs de-
clared that France Is in perfect agreement
with other powers, including England, re-
speeding her protectorate over Madasas-
gas.
The first meeting of the Western Freight
association since March was held yes tI-
day IN Chicago. Ii was supposed that
some charges of rate cutting would b.
made. but nothing of the Kind came M.
and the meeting TRANSACTED nothing bus
routine business
Burglars entered the store OF Pool Bros.
of Lamar, Mo. last night. blew oD-n the
safe aud took therefrom Sl51 cssn. g 100 In
notes and about 81 $50 worth OF diamonds
and jewriry, leaving tin box containing
several thousand dollars worth of bonds
and notes behind.
Deputy United States Marshal Henry :
Miller of san Francisco. left san Frauci~-
co last Thursday with Henry Smithe.
ccused OF using the mails 10 d-fraud Chi
ca-o merchants. Monday afternoon 1t
Little Rock, Ark. Smithe disappeared
nom he train. While Sm the was on the
platform, the wafer men ualucAed the rear
door 10 supply tie dtiakiug tank, and
Smythe had evidently skipped 10y them