The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-06

fenced railroad and steamboat company
manager of the Ohio River railroad. with
headquarters at Parkersburg, W. Va
Rev. ]. Owen Dorsey, of the Ethnolog-
ical bureau, is dead. DIR. Dorsey has
in this country and has been connected
1871
The Western New York and Pennsyl-
vania railroad was sold yesterday to
Frederick Strauss. representing the re-
organization committee of second mort
gage bond holders. Price, 100000 and
assuming of s10,00o.Ooo first mortgage
! bonds.
Monday night was the coolest of the
, winter at Sioux City, Ia, the mercury
! falling to IL degrees below zero at the
weather bureau. AT Ottumwa II was is
morning.
| At Salem. Ore. yesterday in the twelfth
joint ballot for United States senator.
Dolph lost one vote: The vote was as
| s: Williams, IL: Hermann, ~; Lord, g.;
Lowell, 5. Absent, IL.
Dispatches received at Christiana, Nor
way, from Monde Aalusund, Bergen and
| Christiansund report that all these places
! experienced earthquakes yesterday. No
| damage was done Eleve persons were
killed by the fall of anAva!anche at kvan-
/ aSen.
motion to pass on the accounts of the
estate of the late Edwin Booth, came up
before surrogate Fitzgerald of New York
City yesterday and the order for the will
signed. The estate now amounts to S5l2,-
/ 623 after legacies 10 the amount Of sl10. 900
! have been paid out.
The queen regent of Spain has signed
and the official gazette will today publish
! the commercial moduS vivendi agreed up
on by Spain and the United States The
modus vivendi which affects trade be-
tween the Antilles and America will go
into effect forthwith.
The senate committee on postoffices and
post roads yesterday reported adversely
the nomination of Alfred D. Tinsley, who
was named for postmaster at Sioux Falls,
s. d. 1t has been long contest in which
Senator Pettigrew has made a vigorous
fight against the appointee.
The jury i'm the case Of Octave Desforges,
the Doodle councilman who was charged
from testifying. after being out half an
hour returned a verdict of guilty The
penalty is not less than one year and not
more than five in the penitentiary.
A terrible blizzard is raging in Wayne
at degrees below zero. A high wind is
blowing and the snow is falling fast. Re
ports from towns along Lake La, OntariS IN
Trains on all roads in that section are
badly delayed.
d. C. Harrison of Emporia, Holt county.
Nebraska. is at Sioux City. Ia, soliciting
aid for the drouth sufferers. He says
there are eighteen families in that section
on the verge of starvation \ Mrs. Pear
son, living north Of Emporia, died the
other day and IL is almost certain that
she starved to death.
The secretary of war today sent TO con-
gress an abstract showing the militia force
of the country by states and territories:
whom 1O7 1914 are privates and non-con-
missioned officers and $3.50 command Of
ficers. The unorganized military force
OF the country numbers 9.5S2, SO.
Tan Of @f,.a
Master House Painters and Decorators
association of the United States was open
cd yesterday in Music hall. Louisville, Ky.
Over 2l9 delegates were present. Presl-
dent Theobald. of Cincinnati. said the
association was in a satisfactory finan-
cial condition despite the hard times.
The county commissioners Of De Kalb
county. Ga. have discovered an apparent
shortage of $3.50 in the accounts of ex-
Treasurer J. A. Mason of that county.
Mason had been treasurer OF the county
election when he was defeated. He Is
well to do and can make good the short
age.
At the autopsy held at Denver yesterday
on the body of DR.. a l.. Bowers. found
burned TO a crisp after a fire in his store
on Monday. a bullet was found In his skull. /
There is no doubt that he was murdered
and the store fired TO conceal the crime.
The new cruiser Olympia was placed in
commission at Mare Island navy yard yes
terday.
The ". T. Condo Implement Plant. q 20
90 Capital avenue. Indianapolis. burned to
building was filed with farming trnple- Z
ments road vehicles. typeHriters ana I
Joining were also burned out The total I
loss was $4,000, and was covered By in |
surance-
At Pittsburg, Pa. yesterday Frederick !
Miller. aged 80. and his son; aged 8. were
burned TO death. and John Patterson. /
fireman, was internally injured In 2 fife IN i
Niller's house shortly after midnight. :
Mrs Miller. one child ana a niret man
cts held by people in the streets FecD-
MARY loss 500.
Advices from New York state that ~. /
90 In gold was yesterday Withdrawn from .
the stb-treaSuTy IN exchange for eur
reucy Il Is not intended for export
Five hundred and fifty thousand dollars
has been returned TO the treasury. which
leaves the gold reserve aite- dedrctlng
yesterdays Withdrawals. SI2as.h2
The San Francisco bulletin states on !
authority Of friends OF John ". &acEay
that reconciliation between the prince
and Princess Coioaaa IS being arranged
by Mrs. Meckay. the princess mother
In an exclamation IL Il added tr2t the
princes cxchequer needs replenis hn.ert
and that the princess will consent 20
reunion for the sake OF her children
Sunday the Northern Pacific win put
new time schedule into effect shortening
I'D the time between the coast and 81
Paul and reducing the actual running
time between Tacoma City and Sew York
City 10 II hours. I, Is claimed that thAs
will Be the fastest regular service ys;
established between Pasife coast port
and New YORK
The bonded leaf tobacco warehouse al
Cincinnati vas burned yesterday. ard -
now hollow ruin. nothing but TIE four
walls standing The place E7s ful o.
leaf tobacco IN hogsbez1s. al Of
which Is destroyed. The loss o. the stock
IS estimated a. So cpo. on The building.
- o. The insurance "a said 20 cover
.he loss IRE FIRE II believed 20 - "a
censIary as there vss 10 n-e IN the oiult-
Ing where The flames started
A case xirzitz- 20 TIE famous EcGzrrz-
hzr claim - called to noesce by the death
in Little Rock ARK. Of &rs. JosAohlae
Clark wife of tie ~ell-kaozn Missouri !
Cor Tolerate EelsrEL Henry r. Clark DE-
ceased She came % Little Rock several
weeks ago 20 prosecute before fn@ t1zfsla-
tire the claim Of he- husband for ~ 10
4 1zs1st the state o. A-xG7<ss- dating back
10 The betSn ntrS OF fn@ late zz- General
Clark died IN Lsttie Rock ten years ago.
fztiGEe1 - years % 1--GocE efforts 20
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