The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-05
LATE NEWS BY WIRE.
Items of General Interest From All Over

Items of General Interest From All Over
| the Universe.
Two more ballots were taken yesterday
| for United States senator by the Delaware
! legislature without result
The French line steamship La Gascogne
which sailed from Havre for New York
! is more than one day overdue
The Times announces the death in Lon
| don Saturday Of Ralph Ruby, American
vice and deputy consul at Belfast. Ire
| land.
The citizens committee secured sub
scriptions aggregating $4,000 yesterday for
the San Francisco and San Joaquin Valley
railroad. a total of s, 650,0oo.
At Peoria, ILL.,, Frank Atkinson, a patent
medicine vender. SHOT his sister-in-law,
Lena Ritter, al noon yesterday, Killing her
instantly and then killed himself
Severe earthquake shocks have been felt
in the district OF Tuxtepec, in the state
OF OoXoca, Mexico, almost daily Tor the
past four weeks. Almost every house IN
TuXtepec is in ruins.
Nine moonshiners were captured and
jailed in Hardin county, Tenn, yesterday
by a posse of United States deputy mar
shals, after hot fight in which one moon
sinner was badly hurt.
At Boise, Idaho, one ballot was taken
for United States senator without any
change. There was one pair and one
absentee. The result was: Shoup, u;
Sweet, IS; Claggett. II.
senator
notice OF a proposed amendment to the
sundry civil appropriation Dill Tor the
coinage of all uncoined silver bullion
owned by the government.
The Associated Wholesale Grocers of st.
Louis, yesterday adopted resolutions IN
dorSing the sentiments and reccmmen-
dations contained in President Cleye-
lands recent message.
The senate judiciary committee yester-
day voted to report favorably the nomina-
tons OF Holmes Conrad OF Virginia, for
solicitor general and 1. NJ. Dickinson OF
Tennessee, for assistant attorney general.
This morning at 10 clock both houses of
the Tennessee legislature will meet in
joint convention and the returns for the
election for governor held November s,
1894, viii be opened by the speaker OF the
senate.
The brazilian minister at London. Senior
]. A. de Sousa Correa, informs the Asso-
cited Press that the Brazilian government
easily suppressed the recent disorders at
Rio de Janeiro and that tranquility is now
restored.
Major NJ. A Higher president of the
Merchants National bank of Cedar Rapids,
Ia, was married in Philadelphia yester-
day to Mrs. j. r. Nichols, OF New York.
The ceremony was performed by the Rev.
NJ. A. keigwin.
An explosion of fire damp in one of the
pits in the Montau mines, department of
the Saone, France, killed thirty miners
yesterday. a rescue party has thus lar
removed twenty-cne bodies and rescued
eight terribly injured miners.
There was no material change in the
Oregon senatorial fight yesterday. Six
teen members were absent when the joint
ballot was taken with the following re-
suit: Dolph, 80; Hare, 10; Weatherford,
q, Williams, 3; Hermann, q; Lord, 4; Low
ell, 4.
1t is reported from Key West that Cuban
revolutionary groups are showing unusual
activity. Dark hints from those near
Marti, chief of the American party, OF an
uprising within few weeks at most, mas
stimulated the zeal of the resident Cubans
almost to a fever.
The Culver Military academy at Lake
Mackinkuckee, Ind, founded by FL. II.
Culver of ST., Louis, burned yesterday
Gently completed, and the entire buildings
together with fine hotel and furniture
Were destroyed. Fully insured.
The Omaha council Knights Of Labor
in general session last night adopted
memorial to the Nebraska congressional
delegation demanding their uncomprom-
Using hostility to the financial plans sug-
gested by the presidents message. They
declared their emphatic opposition.
Matthew Edan & Co.. dealers in fruits
al 226 Washington street, New York, have
made an assignment to John Hill without
preference. The liabilities are estimated
at $4,000 with assets only slightly less.
The failure is attributed to depression in
trade and heavy losses on California
r2lSinS.
Inc mouse committee on PUBIC ianuS
voted yesterday to favorably report a
bill to amend the act of 1880 for the for
fixture of certain lands granted for rail-
roads, so as to extend the time within
which persons entitled to purchase the
lands may make such purchases, TO jan
uary ], 1897.
The time of the court in the Hayward
Cling murder trial yesterday was taken up
in the examination of the physician as
to the condition of the body after the muir
der. The evidence was purely technical,
with nothing of interest TO the public eX-
cept the statement that the vital SganS
were in normal condition
A forecast of the queens speech to be
read today on the reaSsen1bling of parlia-
ment has been published. The leading
measures promised are the amendment
of the landlord and tenant law in ireland,
Welsh disesta bliShment, local option, the
abolition of plural voting and the amend
ment of the government Of London.
The hearing of the action brought in
behalf of the Brooklyn trolley strikers
to apnul the charter of the Brooklyn
Heights company because OF its failure
General Attorney Hancock yesterday at
Albany, n. \. It is not probable that
a decision on the application will be rem
dered for several days.
The steamship rate war between San
Francisco and Puget Sound and Alaskan
ports is still vigorously prosecuted To-
day the Pacific Coast Steamship company
made another reduction, and rate of SO
cisco TO Seattle was announced. These
rates are half the former charges. The
rate is the lowest ever offered to sound
ports.
At Denver, Colo. Judge Johnson rem
. deTe5 a decision yesterday in the suit of
Z. x. Taggart against Receiver Brooks
OF the United Coal company, declaring
that the slack coal combine, which
raised the price of slack coal in that
+ city 30 cents a ton, is Illegal, and requiring
Brooks TO sell coal 10 the plaintiff on the
same terms as before the combine was
! formed.
The American missionary board an
nounces that Cedar Butte, :. D., has been
made a new missionary staIlon Tor Chris
tian work by the American Missionary
\ large number OF Dakota or Sioux In
dams Will be reached in this new field.
4 chapel has been erected under the SUI
4 pervision of Rev. J. c. Rider, d. D., form
( eTly of Boston
The appropriation bill providing for the
/ legislative, executive and judicial expenses
Z or the government for the nScal year end
ing June %, 1885, was reported TO the house
/ yesterday by Mr.. Dockery. The appro-
{ pri2tlons are practically the same as those
carried by the last bill. The whole amount
recommended Is $@l.S6.a-o. a reduction
, from the estimates of S54S515. and an in
crease over the appropriations for the
current year Of s4S7. S0S
/ 1t is announced that arrangements have
. been practically COMPLETED for : steam
snip line between Portland. Ore. and the
orient, TO be operated in connection with
the Oregon Railway and NAVIGATION com
pany and the Great Northern railway
Ii is said that 2 representatives of Sarnreis
& Co, OF okahaIna will arrive Wednes-
day, when the contract Will be closed
The service will probably be inaugurated
about May /.
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