The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-02-10
ELECTRIC BRIEFS

ana the representatives OIL tue Ineu eui
ployed on the system have come to an un-
derstanding. The receivers will modify
the order reducing wages, and concede, In
fact, most of the points made by the men.
Nothing will be made public concerning
the settlement, Mr.. Cakes Says until
Judge jenkins has passed upon it. The
men were opposed to striking, aud modl-
fed their demands as to the contracts.
At Waterbury. Conn.,, yesterday, what
at one time threatened TO be serious riot
was caused by the closing OF the Italian
bank. A number of Italians who had
money deposited in the institution gath
cred outside its doors and demanded their
money. They were about to begin opera
tions for a forcible demonstration OF their
displeasure when number OF citizens,
beaded by the town police, arrived and
dispersed them. Several persons ars said
to have been injured, but none seriously.
The active committee of the Gulf and
Interstate Railroad company held a meet
ing Yesterday afternoon at Topeka. The
purpose of the meeting was to complete
arrangements for sending n party of engi.
neers to begin work, and also to make ar
rangements for commencing work in Ne
braska and for presenting the purposes OF
the company to the farmers OF western
Kansas.
Judge H. NJ. Dake, vice president, and
Buffalo Jones. "a director, of the Gulf and
Interstate railroad, addressed large mass
meeting in Arkansas City on Thursday
night in the interest of that line. At least
700 business men were present. Al the
close of the meeting resolutions were
adopted pledging substantial support to
the ROAD.
The first serious accident on the new
electric street railway at LeavenwOrth,
Kan. occurred yesterday morning. Wesley
Townsend a deaf mute, an ex-convict and
county charge. who escaped from local
asylum on Tuesday, was run down and
both his legs cut off. He will probably
die. His infrmity prevented him from
hearing the gong
A reuuisition was issued yesterday
morning by Governor Matthews of Ia
diana on the governor OF Kansas for II. A.
Sackett, who is wanted at Elkhart, Ind,
on account of the part he took in the
elopement with Frances Davenport. The
sheriff of Elkhart left with the req QUisItion
in a hurry, as the Chicago authorities
want Sackett on a charge Of embeZzle.
ment. He is under arrest atTopeka.
United States Pension Agent Click said
yesterday that there is not a particle OF
truth in the statement that seventeen
pensioners had been suspended through
his office; further than that, one whose
name was given suspended pensloner
! has Just drawn his quarterly allowance
| Instead of pensioners being suspended
they are being reinstated every day.
The house judiciary committee yester
| day considered the McGann resolution
proposing an inquiry into Judge Jenkins
| injunction against the Northern Pacific
employees, but adjourned without action.
The San Francisco Chronicle states that
| the Chinese are systematically stuf1ing the
| registration opened under the Geary act
| The law provides no penalty for the pun
| ishment of those who register twice. On
account of the great similarity OF ohe Chi
nese in feature and in names many are en-
abled, by going to different places of regis
| tration, to secure from two to dozen Ger
| tificates. These, it is claimed, will soOr
| have marketable value of $50 to S1OO and
| will find ready sale among the MOngOllan:
smuggled into the country.
George F. Parker. consul at Birming
ham, has sent to the state department ar
! exhaustive report on the American whea
aud -four trade in the English midlands
He estimates the increase in the amount o.
flour received from the United States II
four years at 79.1 per cent. He says
| Nothing seems more completely estab
| lished than the dependence of the peopi
of Great Britain upon the United States
| for a considerable amount OF breadstuffs
and this dependence is far more likely t
| increase than diminish"
James Dennis, president of the VIE
| City bank at Wier City, Kan, is in th
race for the nomination for congressman
on the Republican ticket In the Third
district
A dispatch to the London Times from
Paris says that the signing OF the Russo
German treaty of the commerce has caus-
] yhav.
| sentiment is mixed with pure economic
in view of the Cronstadt and Toulon re-
ceptions. According to the Times CORES
pondent, the French public thought tha
Russia would quarrel with the driebund
and that she would be the irreconclabl
enemy of any nation hostile to France
Some of the papers, the Times dispatcl
says. are already accusing Russia OF be
traying France.
The Republican committee of B
Seventh is ca led to meet at the Brunswick
hotel in Hutchinson, Kan, on Wednesday
February 81, to fix upon the place and dat
for the next congressional convention Il
this district.
F. F. Bernard the noted astronomer o
Lick observatory, has been awarded tn
Argo medal by the French Academy c
Sciences for his discovery of Jupiter's fit
satellite
The Iowa senate suffrage committee ha
reported favorably on bill granting
women the right to vote in school election
and also providing unconstitutional amend
men; allowing women to vote in ali cleo
tious.
| Brokers John Gaynor and A F. Bor
: chsrdt We're suspended from change for
week yesterday for engaging in a hot on.
round battle on the Chicago board {
| trade. The men quarreled over a bushes
| matter, aud Burcnerdt, who is the smalle
+ man, was badly beaten.
The ST. Louis Stamping company, ope
ating eX. Congressman Niedringhaus' til
plate plant. has cut the wages of its en-
: ployes. The employees state that the CT
is 10 to Is per cent.
Eleven executions, sued out by creditor
, were levied yesterday upon the stock
!, general merchandise of L. SchnitZier
= Co, of Bonue Terre, Mo. who have bee
doing a heavy supply business in that se
: | tiop. The assets and liabilities will
2 large, but are not known.
i The committee on judiciary of the hou
a has rejected the bill of Mr.. Bell of Col
a rado Tor constitutional amendment, pc
mitting women to vote. Representati'
a Terry's bill, making railway corporatior
|, citiSens of states in which their Ines ma
it be. Tor legal purposes, received q tavorab
Ir vote 81 ~
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