The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-02
ELECTRIC BRIEFS.

| OIL Is seriously
| To settle an old quarrel, James Phillips
| Yesterday shot and instantly killed Charles
| Frazer, at krebs, l. I. Phillips was ar
rested.
| Natives who have arrived at Buluawayo
! since the last dispatch was sent say that
| they are positive that a portion OF the
| Wilson party escaped death at the hands
OF the Matabeles.
! for four years has been United States
States revenue agent at Louisville, in
charge of Tennessee and Kentucky, has
been accepted, and Major Clark OF ST.
Louis has been appointed his successor.
! At Huntsville. Ala, James Darwin, aged
| 12, WAS yesterday torn to pieces by hog
which he had been teasing. The boy died
in horrible agony.
Two men attempted to hold up an elec-
| trio car in the heart OF the city of Denver
| last night. One Of the would-be robbers,
after smashing the headlight Of the Cal
with club, made dash tor the motor.
man. The latter drew a revolver and fired
at his assailant, woundng him ln tue
| arm. In the mean time the second man
was irving to board the car, but, as the
| motorman had turned on the full current,
he was left behind. The passengers in the
car were badly scared, though un-
moested.
Joseph Rice, convict sent up from St
Louis for four yenrs. yesterday morning
| between and O'Clock, scaled the penl
| tenJiary walls at Jeffersonville City, Mo-.
and escaped. The authorities have but
little hope of recapturing him.
The boiler of locomotive pulling 6
throught freight for St. Louis exploded
near Hisginson, Ark. early Yesterday
morning Head Brakeman Ross wa:
instantly killed and the fireman fatally
| aud the engineer seriously injured
| Twenty cars were wrecked aud a number
Of cattle killed.
Max Lutbeg and Barney McFadden have
agreed to have bout, Gr8co-Roman style
with the strangle hold allowed, AT ST
Louis, and Martin MuIdoon is to have 6
regular Gr8co-Roman match with Nc
| Fadden, and also bout with George Bap-
| tiste The dates have not been decided
upon yet.
The Old Colony railway system of Mas.
sachusetts is retrenching in expenses with
| a vengeance. Twenty-one firemen were
discharged on Saturday; section gangs
have been reduced; many freight trains
are running short one of their crew, and
only rix men are employed In the repair
shops, while orders have been sent out tc
save all expense possible in the way OF
lights.
The ore output OF Lake county. Colorado
| for the last year was worth SS,519, l9i, al
| increase of S4lS,7 775 over 1892 The Iota
output of Leadville from 1879 to 1898, in
elusive, amounted to S1SS. 2S9, 1872.
King Humbert, in replying to the New
| Years greetings of the Italian senator:
and deputies, said that he believed that
the prospects were good for a peaceful
state of affairs in Europe, and that this
would enable him and them 10 give con
siderable attention to internal questions.
President Carnot, yesterday, in response
to the wishes of the diplomatic corps fol
the continued prosperity OF France. sale
that he greeted the opening OF the new
year with confidence, believing that il
would draw the human family nearer &c
its ultimate object, the moral and material
welfare of the people.
@. Hoover of Massillon, o., newspaper
correspondent, who was special writer
for a number of papers since 1871, and edi
tor of the MassiIlon independent, dropped
| dead on the streets of that city yesterday
aged 46. Apoplexy was the cause.
A Lake City (Colo.) dispatch says that
| at meeting of the citizens Cf Hlnsdaie
| county resolutions were adopted. Instruct
| ing their representative in the general as
| sembly to bring Impeachment proceedings
against Governor Waite. and then to work
| for an immediate adjournment OF the ex
| ira session.
The English government leaders anC
| the Tory chiefs have arrived at com
promise arrangement, by which the parish
councils bill Will be passed In few days
Emyeror William of Germany yesterday
received the diplomatic corps in the
palace, and later, accompanied by Prince
Henry of Prussia, called at the residence:
of the diplomatic corps, as well rs at tht
residences of Chancellor Won Caprivi anC
| "a number of generals and edmlraIs.
George W. Chitterton, dealer in jewelry
and musical instruments at Springfield
| HIS has assigned. The liabilities are s60
| 600 and the assets abont the same. Th'
| house was established in 1888 and WAS on,
of the largest in central I.linois.
William Sullivan, John Prettabochers
James Coffee. Sylvester Powers. Howard
Davidson aud Walter Hager are locked
up in ST.. Louis on the charge Of astempt
ing to hold up, between II 80 and O'Clock
! yesterday morning, a portion of New
Years party just returning home.
A heavy gale swept over the Tyne dis
! trict (EnglandO yesterday. During th
| storm the German bark Friedrich Oblericl
was driven ashore, and the crew, witt
Y, was EcSCiiSd TUG iltc SasIue
corps by means of rocket apparat Us
Orders have been sent to the Mountaii
Iron aud RIthbun mines at Mountain
! Iron, On the Mesaba, to closed own Tor tn
| winter This throws $50 men out of EN-
| ployment. The mines are the property o
the Lake Superior Consolidated Ga thu
! Mesaba range only one mine is at work, an!
out of possible employ meat OF j, 900 mer
only 500 are actually at work.
Charles Overhulz of Vermilliou, s D.
son OF q. B. Overhulz, reform orator an'
editor OF the Clay County Freeman, Will
coasting last night, was SHOT and killed b
Walter Hoffman, who stood at the boit on
OF the hill and fired into the air as th
coasters descended the bail striking Over
hulz between the eyes. Hoffman sur
rendered.
\ 10 per cent reduction in wages was an
nounce.i yesterday by the Lowell Manu-
featuring company. affecting 2,oOo EN-
ployss. There Is talk OF q strike.
Chiefs Sargent OF the railway fremer
and Clark Of The conducts had seyers
conferences yesterday with Pre>id-n
Thomas OF the Nashville. Chattanooga an
s.. Louis railway, aad nnsl coutereuc
last night. All the parties wOatd talk bu
little, out gave oas the statement that ~
ststu quo will remain until February l.
jackson Park, with its relics Of the tair
came into possession OF the public yesteg
day, when the wagon gates were tBrow
open and the tDrnstiies iake1 down. !
constant strran Of people poured inso th
groussds. aud it Is estimated that thsr
Were 81, 600 people oa tssm during ia
day. The Midway plaisance aud the di.
ferrnt villages were soon stripped c
everything portable The large bui.ding
are still closed aud under guard.
NIX Ea Z :
message TO the legislature of Ohio. says
~ Our honorable bodg meets at u tim
wEea the state is suffering from gre
lonAed indus.Eial depressloa. from mhlea