The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-21

sale of the Piedmont Cable railroad. this
city, under the foreclosure of a mort
gage in favor of the San Francisco Tool
company for over a million dollars.
Knoxville, Tenn, Feb. 2o.-J. E. Lutz
& Co., the largest retail hat concern in
this city, made a deed Of trust today 10
James S. White First and second class
creditors to be paid in full The amount
of assets and liabilities is not known.
Baltimore, Feb. a.-The brig Jane Ade-
lire, which sailed from this port 10
Turk Island and there loaded cargo
of salt for Boston. is believed 10 have
5th. 0eH A' i'" ~
San Francisco. Feb. Civilian Haker
and William Him., rlillers, fled an in
ties are stated TO be $4,000 divided almost
equally between San Francisco banks
and New York wholesalers, and their
assets $4,000 worth of stock William
of $4,000
Chicago. Feb. GA. Tribune special
from Dubuque, Ia, says: Mr.. and Mrs.
]. F. O'Neiil, formerly OF this city, now
visit. They pronounce the story OF the
hanging by his thumbs of Captain Will
lam Davies by the Hawaiian governnent
as utterly false. Nothing of the kind
occurred. they say.
Washington, Feb. Ex-senator VOORHEES,
and Turpie, and several of the Indiana
members of the house, together with
Chairman Taggart, OF the Indiana Demo
cratic state central committee, called
upon the president today to present the
claims of Hon John Gilbert Shanklin
editor OF the Evansville Courier TO appoint
ment as minister 10 Mexico TO succeed
the late Hon. Isaac z. Gray.
New Orleans, Feb. a.-Councilman
Numa Dudousat, who was convicted OF
grocery men, was today sentenced to
three years at hard labor in the state
prison. Ambrose Smith. well-known
and popular attorney. convicted OF having
he had collected for an action, was also
sentenced 10 three years Imprisonment.
Raleigh. n. c.. Feb. 2O.-The house today
passed the new election law for this
and Republicans voting for it. and the
Democrats against il. A salient feature
of the new law is that there shall be in
each poiiticai i party There shall be
poll holders also. representing their polt-
ical parties.
New York. Feb. 20-The board OF walk
ing delegates this afternoon ordered a
general strike on the Presbyterian build
ing, which is in course of construction
at Thirtieth street and Fifth avenue:
The strike is in sympathy with that OF
the electrical workers. About 800 men
have been employed on the building.
Bismarck. n. D., Feb. 20.-Woman suf-
frage was beaten in the house today by
d vote of 80 to %.
New York. Feb. 9O.-The Methodist Book
concern makes the following announce
ment: Notwithstanding the financial
depression throughout the whole country.
the profits from our publishing houses
have been such as to permit dividends
from the Methodist Book concern TO the
conferences for the benefit of Superan-
nuated preachers and widows and or
phans, TO be made for the fiscal year
beginning this date. TO the amount Of
$4,000, which is s2000O in excess of the
dividends of last year.
Port Townsend. Wash, Feb. 20.-James
Faulkner. Hawaiian refugee, came UP
from Honolulu as a stowaway on the
steamer Puritan and admits having taken
part in the uprising. He says il was the
intention of the real leader OF the insur
rection TO overthrow the government
and not reinstate the queen, but TO put
in new leaders of the republic. About the
time the government was prematurely
informed of the plot, the queen and her
supporters were appriSed of the duplicity
and that was the true reason she so
promptly abdicated.