The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-07
ELECTRIC BRIEFS

county woman suffrage association was
organized. The meeting was largely at
tended by ladies of Emporia aud Lyor
county. A vigorous campaign will be
begun Immediately, and continued until
November, when the amendment PROPOSE
tion will be submitted to a vote of th
people. The same plan of organization
and work is to be followed in every count
IN the state.
The wool growers' convention at Denver
adopted resolutions yesterday morning de
nouncing the theory OF free trade. Free
wool. it is alleged, will not cheaper cloth.
ing. but will deprive American laborers o.
an opportunity to earn their daily bread.
The free coinage of silver and tho retire
ment of all members of congress opposed
to the protection of wool-growing were in
dOrsed.
The officers and directors of the norti
and south road. or the Gulf and Interstate
railway, viii meet in Arkansas City to
morrow to perfect plans for preliminary
| work. Among those who have signified
their intention to bs present are Governor
Lewelling and Fred j. Close, and dele
cations from Oklahoma, Texas and Mis-
souri,.
The First National bank of Arkansa.
City, which closed its doors last June, re-
sumed business yesterday morning under
favorable auspices, by permission Ol
Comptroller Eckels.
Russell r. Wilson, attorney for Mrs.
Leland Stanford. denies the report that
| ex-President Harrison and Mrs. Stanford
are soon to be married.
Five men who started on Monday in a
sail boat from Pensacola, Fla, to go to
the Big Sabine in Santa Rosa sound were
drowned. the boat capsizing.
Thomas Schoield of Chattanooga,
Tenn, the first man to make railroad and
bar iron in the south. died last night. He
was so years old. He was born in England.
but migrated early to this country and
was for some time associated with Peter
Cooper and Abram S. Hewitt. He also in-
vented many valuable mechanical ap-
pliances.
1t is now definitely known that Sonora,
! Mexico, is rich in anthracite coal, which
has been practically unknown in Mexico
| up 10 the present time. The prospecting
has been under the direction of Senor
| Francisco R Garcia, with whom are asso-
ciated leading capitalists of San Francisco
and other northern points. 1t is estimated
the deposits already known to exist rep
resent 60. 00O, 900 tons of coal. The inten-
! tlon Is to begin mining operations at once,
and place the coal upon the market, where
it will command high price by its quality
and scarcity.
In the supreme court of the District of
Columbia yesterday in the suit of K. ID.
Chadwick against the Cherokee nation, to
enjoin the sale of the bonds to Il. r. Will
sou s. CO. and to enforce the sale of bonds
to complainant, the court, upon hearing
the case, granted q temporary injunction
as prayed for by complainant. This de-
cision virtually settles it, at least for the
present, that Mr. Chadwick succeeded in
making firm contract with the Cherokees
g. 81 $ ~v~1n vv,ht tnk 49,,
have to respect.
President Greenhut of the Whisky trust
says that the victory of the Wilson bill in
creased output of whisky. '"The increase
in the tax will not hurt the distillers,"
said Mr. Greenhut. "but. on the other
hand, they will profit by 1t Immediately in
increased orders"
The war department. this year has re-
ports on militia from tue adjutant gen
erals of every state in the Uuion. This
has never occurred before, so far as is
known. ia the history of the government.
The Harrison International Telephone
company met at Chicago yesterday aud
decided to organize at once in every state
and territory, proposing to give service at
greatly reduced rates. At present its in
struments are used mostly on private
lines.
A conference on city evaugeliZation open
ed at ST. Louis yesterday, with ministers
and laymsp present from Denver, Detroit,
Memphis, Kansas City, Cincinnati and
other large cities. Rev. DR.. Parsons of st.
Louis was chosen president and Rev. j. A.
Brooks of Memphis, vice president The
days session WIS devoted to papers read
by various ministers in attendance.
At Lafayette, Ind. yesterday the grand
jury returned four indictments against w.
5. Mcconnell, cashier, and two against
John w. Brownell, director, of the defunct
Commercial bank of Oxford, Ind. Nc
Counell is charged with perjury, grand
larceny and embeZzement. Brownell Is
charged with embeZzlement. Both men
were arrested and gave bail.
Another large tin plate factory is TO be
located at Elwood, Ind, making three in
all, with a combined output of 1900
pounds per week. The new concern Is
backed By English capitalists
The tenth annual convention Of the
Master Painters and Decorators associa-
Hazer's hall, at Baltimore yesterday.
There are about 200 visiting delegates.
The annual meeting of the book COM
mittee OF the Methodist church will be
held at Cincinnati. beginning February
13 and continuing three days The COM
mittee consists OF three representatives
from each of the fourteen general confer
ence districts, aud of three mem oers resid-
ing in New York and three in Cincinnati.
The editors of all the church papers will
also attend. Among the duties of the
committee is the selection OF q place for
the next general conference. Many cities
are applicants for THIS.
Hon. A. J. McLaurin was nominated for
senator on the sixty seventh ballot In the
Mississippi Democratic caucus last night,
to succeed Senator Walthall, who resigned
recently.
The Park hotel of Somerset, Pa, one OF
the largest hotels in that section. wzs de
stroyed by fire at an early hour yesterday
morning The guests had narrow escapes,
many being taken out with the aid OF lad
ders. One servant girl. Lila Harmon, was
overcome By smoke and was go badly
burned that she mar die. The less waS
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Algernon F. B. Ccofton. who is charged
with forging a & 90 draft oa the Bank OF
Montreal of Winaipeg OF the Bank oi
Montreal az Toronto, and who was cap
tured in Fl Paso Tex. appeared IN court
yesterday. his attorney Offering to enter
pies OF guilty in consideration OF reform
school sentence as a minor TIE proseca-
tion objected and the case was Continued
A woman. giving the name OF Anna
Jones. which is supposed 20 be assumed.
arrives 1 at I<esdyilie, Cole, a few days ago
and took room at the Fifth Avenue
bo1el She said that she came from hsc-
sas CITY. On Monday night man, who
said that he WIS her brotnsrs ea4sto 20 see
her. SBe lcckei her r ON end be h1rst Ia
the door She lesped Gus oi tie wsn1oN
snd was severely iniared. After private
talk with her the msn left Tor ths east
u.sS b. 50 n