The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-02
ELECTRIC BRIEFS.

Early yesterday morning SAFE blowers
opened the safe of the Bank of Eastern
| ed about $500 in silver and 81. 900 in postage
stamps. The postmaster had placed the
| stamps there for safe keeping.
J. w. Watson. country diyine. while
conducting a revival on Wednesday night
at Yellow Springs, O., was called a liar
and fool by Sandy Pettiford, whereupon
the preacher marched down the aisle and
pulled Pettiford out OF his pew. He then
pounded the disturber with his fists until
| the members Of the congregation inter
ferred.
j. r. Sovereign, general master work
man of the Knights OF Labor, arrived in
the members of the building trades coun-
Gil. Mr.. Sovereign said that the fight of
issue is not vet ended I've will. in all
probability. take an appeal" be said, ''and
1 he supreme court will decide in our
favor"
Judge Bryant of the federal court, at
Sherman, Tex, yesterday appointed Sol
Lazarus of Sherman and r. Uttman of
Chicago joint receivers for the Texas,
Louisiana and Western railway.
The St. Paul conference of the chiefs of
the various brotherhoods connected with
days telegram. did not naterialize yester-
day, owing to the non-arrival OF some of
the parties concerned.
j l.. Malone, one of the worlds cha m
pion pool players. will play match game
at st. Paul tonight with Henry j. Samp-
son, the local expert, who is credited with
the run OF S42 at the anchor nurse.
A dispatch from Rio de Janeiro says
that the bombardmeut OF the city con-
tinues. The brokers at Rio de Janeiro
have cabled to La Plata, requesting that
no cargoes be received for Bahia. The
revolution is said to be gaining ground.
The hearing of the action against DR..
Herr, before the civil tribunal at Paris,
was resumed yesterday. The public pros
ecuior gave an opinion In the case, in
which he declared that the court should
take no notice of threats. 1t should grant
the liquidation claim and the claim of the
Panama bond owners of 100000 francs.
The court postponed its decision.
The senate, in executive session yester-
day, made public the following confrma
tions: Lieutenant Colonel Amos Stick
ney, corps of engineers of the United
States army, and Major Charles Allen,
corps of engineers OF the United States
army. rs members OF the Mississippi river
commission.
in the Honorable Artillery company" sew
eral years ago, which led to the resi- qua
tion of the prince of Wales, the duke of
Portland and others, the prince of Wales
last night met the officers of the company
again. The prince WAS persuaded to join
the company. Last night the company
gave smoking concert. There were many
distinguished men present.
1t is not likely that there will be organ
tion questioning the authority Of Secretary
Carlisle to issue bonds to defray the ex-
penses of the government, when the resO-
luton is reported to the house.
The governor of the provinces in which
CadiZ. Spain, is located, states that thou
sands of people are out of work and are
tramping through the country, and that,
in consequences, he anticipates distur-
bances in the rural districts
The Cincinnati and Baltimore baseball
teams are rival bidders for the services
of James j. Corbett Oh their respective
teams for the coming season. The Gin
cinnati team has offered Corbett $4,000
to sign contract The Baltimore team
has offered larger sum than that, and a
representative of the latter club is now in
Boston endeavoring to secure the champion
pugilist for his aggregation.
Solomon Mas. head of firm of Frank
fort Germany bankers which recently
failed for large sum, has been arrested
His brother committed suicide.
The Pail Mall Gazette of London in
sists that it was right in its statement,
made on Wednesday, that the retirement
of Mr.. Gladstone was soon expected. The
paper says that Mr.. Gladstone has vlr-
tually confirmed the statement. His
term Of Office" says the Gazette, ''is limit
ed to months. II not to weeks His with
drawai means the disruption OF the party
and Il general reconstruction of all parties
This, with the possible exception of Mr.
Gladstones conversion TO home rule, is
the most important political event since
the repeal of the corn laws" The general
public is inclined to think the report true
The appellate court at Chicago yester-
day reversed the decision of Judge Stein,
made last summer, filming Director General
Davis and the directors uf the worlds fair
for contempt of court for closing the fair
on Sunday, after An injunction forbidding
such action had been granted by Judge
Stein.