The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-12
LATE NEWS BY WIRE
Items of General Interest From All Over
the Universe.

LONDON, Jan. u.-AIost Rev. Robert
Samuel Gregg, Protestant archbishop OF
Armagh ard primaJte of Ireland, is dead.
Washington, Jan. u.-Secreaary Smith
has appointed William l. Cram and Frank
A WEBSTER OF Burneu, Neb., appraisers
of the Fort HartSun abandoned military
reservation.
Cape Coast Castle, British West Africa,
Jan. u.-PnECe Henry of Baittenburg, hIIs-
band Of Princess Beatrice, is here in
charge of = surgeon. His illness is said
not 10 be serious.
Washington, ain. 1.-THE secretary of
the Interior has approved selections Of
67,7A acres of land in the Redding, Cal,
lard District, made by the Central Pacific
railway as successor to the California, and
Oregon railway, under the latters grant.
Athens, Jan. 1.-THE Grecian govern
ment has issued permits allowing ths
American School of Archaeology to con-
duct excavations at Corinth for hiStori-
cal and scientific purposes. Work VIII
commence as soon as the weather per-
nllTS.
Somervalle, y. J., Jan 1.-THE jury in
THE case OF Jacob 5. oJhnson, the coIored
eX-preacher on trail for the murder of
Annie Z. Rogers, came into court To-Day
Wu51 q verdict Of murder IN the first de-
gree. The jury had been out Jwenty-four
hours.
Chicago, Jan. 11.-Aotorney General Ma
loney TO-DAY began quo warTanto proceed
trg,s against the National LtnSeed Oil
company on the ground that II Is a trust.
The case is miLar 10 the proceedings
pushed TO a conclusion against the late
whisky trust.
Denver, Coo, Jan. LIT is believed
that Waiter Clark Nichols. a. brilliant
young literary light OF New York, who
was found dead n bed ar a hotel yeSter-
day. cOnlm-uted suicide. He had written
uilree notes requesting thar friends be not
1iied Of his death.
SIT. Louis, Jan 1.-THE Paris.an,
general store run by the firm Of Siegei,
E-l-nlan x So, occupying the fiye-sio-y
building at Broadway and Washtng7cOn
avenue. was destroyed by fire tonight.
causing an estimated loss of Sl50,000 on
Ou-l1ng and stock.
London, Jan. ia special from Rome
says that loco AbySsiCLalS We're killed
or wounded in the attack made upon Mar
Hale, January ). Later reports received
here are that the heavy AbySsinian loss
was due 10 the explosion OF mines lad
by the Italians outside the fOrtificsdOT.s
Ait35!esborough, Ky, Jan. lin Wise
courty, Virginia, William Wells and Gus
OSDCTn fought a han,i-So-haad fight wtgh
knives wsth James Cox and Henry VIZ
Jams over two women. The fight lasted
ul-Vcy minutes when Wells and Osborn
feL dead arI Cox was morally wounded
N-l.l1EIl-s wa-S not hurc-
D5S Mc.lsS. IA. Jan. u-George c.
Wr-ei-1, ex-Uuftei States senator and ore
O. TIE C-C=- popular men Il the state,
Q Il Gt $50 o'cl1ck ii morning. The
inlns5.ate cs-Se Of his GeaiJh was an at
tack Of .Di-ges--on fC-,OweI by 4 flaming
e. ysS.rs1,Aay afternoon.
Omaha. Jan. IA special 20 the Bee
from Greedy Ce-ter. Neb., says: The FIX
change bank Of this c5cy was ctCsed this
afternoon. Tire iTl=;-tu-iol claims S14.6l0
assets and si001 l-a5-l-eS. Slow cCIlsc-
--C-s are alIeSed 10 5e the cause OF rEe
bank closing rs doors. O1ac- banks Ct
CAc section are not affected
Chicago. Jan. 1l--Judge Tuth-u today
decided that the state railroad ard ware
cle i-e-Se-S CT the elevator pCopr-etoTs
themselves N their .eleva to-S am mixing
u VII the gram OF others The stature
giving me tSaCe bOa-i power 70 revoke
3.ce-ses - vC-i for the reason that { sub
SeQu6-1 statute gives the c-rcu-- COuIr
t12c power.
CE--Caso Jan. lin tte EoeI SUIT OF ex-
Mayor Hopkins DEM sEaI-sc John y.
Tanner. asrtrarT for The Republican 7-ozTl--
T-s--c11 FOR gCver-or. Judge ADAMS today
s-z-7 -s1 A demurrer 10 GsfeZCzEg's pea
HoT-S--eS charged -ha- Tanner published
- Jtis pamphlet IN w3h6ch he asSs--ed
-1s- HC-s.LS. through the police courts.
eNl--ie "a nlc-sy from v-7TcoGs people fc-
---sf-c2 purposes. Jsss1Ee Adams hos
tl.sc ne TlssTrrd s ercitle,i 70 know the
Sooc &c charges ard as a1re pleas ID ucr
SCI these Up TIE demurrer 20 them IS sJzS-
tanned. The practical efect - tenn
porary victory fo- ex-AzyoC Hopkins