The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-15
ELECTRIC BRIEFS.

The house committee on public lands
has approved MIR. Kyle's bill to supply a
deficiency III the land grant to the state
university of Mississippi, by empowering
the governor to give title to the univer-
| sity to not more Than %, 040 acres, or one
township.
At Newark. n. Y, yesterday fire in
| the oil warehouse of p H. Preston & Co.
caused a loss of 500. 900 worth of linseed
oil. The elevators and mills of the finn
were destroyed. The property WAS in-
sured.
A commercial convention between
France and Bolivia was signed at Paris
Yesterday. Bolivia comedies the most
favored treatment to France, and France
comedies the minimum to Bolivia.
1t is reported that B. H. Payne of st.
! Louis, assistant general passenger and
ticket agent of the Missouri Pacific rail-
wav, is soon to be made assistant general
passenger aud ticket agent of the Union
| Pacific at Omaha.
| Half the able bodied men of Trinidad,
Colo, are engaged in a hunt for Charles
Moore, laborer, who is accused of re-
| peated criminal assaults upon Annie
Dougherty, an Syear-old orphan. The
story OF his alleged brutality came out
| last night. Should he be caught it is like
| Iy that he will be lynched.
The Hooking Valley (Ohio) operators
| and miners failed TO reach an agreement
| Yesterday after the miners had consented
| to "a reduction of % cents per ton on the
price OF mining. The points of difference
were mainly between machine operators
and miners. The miners are now free to
make any terms they can.
The Burlington 0a.) Fire and Tornado
Insurance company. doing business of
| SOS, coo 000 assigned last night. Bad risks
in Texas and at southern points are said to
| be the cause No statement was made,
and but little Information can be obtained.
At St. Louis, yesterday, the grand jury
| returned number of important indict-
ments. among them being one against
Jail Guard Rickaby, who, Train Robber
Marion Hedgepeth stated, aided the robber
| in his attempt to escape. Rickaby is
charged in the indictment with aiding q
| felon to escape.
The attorney for A. N Pullman of San
| Diego, Cal, an American citizen, who is
| being detained in Mexican prison at
| Ensenada, has received telegram from
| Representative Bowers, who says that
Secretary Gresham has sent sharp mes
| sage to the Mexican government, demand
| ing the release of AIR. Pullman on bail and
iull explanation as TO his Imprisonment.
Robert Green and J. McCloskey, ac
which drove Mine Superintendent B. II
| Locke out of Cripple Greek a few weeks
ago, were acquitted at Colorado Springs
yesterday.
One of the dormitories at the Rosebud
Indian agency in South Dakota was
burned yesterday. The loss is 5000 The
building accommodated 200 children ,soms
of whom narrowly escaped.
Ex-Secretary Benjamin Tracy sum,
med up the evidence III the John Y. Nc
Kane case for the prosecution yesterday
afternoon. Justice Bartlett then charged
the jury. and they went out at half pas
3 O'Clock. At midnight they had not ar.
rived at verdict, and were locked up till
morning.
At Minneapolis, Mimi, James Dugan
who has been on trial for the past Iwl
weeks, was convicted of murder In tn,
second degree at midnight. He wa:
charged with the killing of James Il. Har
ris, prominent citizen, in June last.
iive-story building at 236 aud 23S Mon
roe street, Chicago. WAS cleaned out by
fire last night. The Chicago Toy An,
Fancy Goods compsny suffered loss Of
SIS, coo, and the Calumet Wall Paper com
pany lost s5o,oo0. Both concerns wer,
fally insured.