The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-14
LATE NEWS BY WIRE
Items of General Interest From All Over
the Universe.

Lima, Peru. Feb. BY yesterday 5
great fire in Guayaquil, $50 houses Were
} destroyed and a thousand people left
homeless.
Paris, Feb. I3-The report which was
circulated today that NJ Ricard- min
ister Of justice had rendered his resig-
nation, was later denied.
New York, Feb. 13-The old board
Of officers of the American Tobacco
company were reelected at a meeting
Of the directors held today.
Washington, Feb. 13.-The comptroi-
Ter of the currency has authorized the
organization of the San Francisco Ma
tional bank of San Francisco, with a
capital of 100000.
Macon, Mo, Feb. 13.-Miss Fannie
VanCleve, aged II. daughter of the late
Senator William NJ. Van Cleve Of Ma
con, who has been attending college
at Nashville. Tenn, died there last
night Of measles.
London, Eng, Feb. 1.-THE Rome
! correspondent of the Chronicle says:
After the baptism of Prince Boris into
the Greek church, Prince Ferdinand OF
Bulgaria will go to st. Petersburg TO
| personally thank the car.
Watson, Mo-, Feb. 13.-The Bank Of
Watson was placed in the hands of re-
ceivers last night by Bank Examiner
Jones. The capital was impaired by
bad deals of a former mana cement
Deposits are guaranteed by the direc-
tors and will be paid in full.
New York, Feb. ia dispatch to the
| World from Colon, Colombia. says:
| Fear is entertained in Valparaiso that
Argentina will begin war with Chill in
/ nri1 Na1r al
| it has been agreed 10 settle all the
French claims for 5000 pounds (s25, 000)
Kansas City. Feb. ia blizzard has
been raging the past thirty-six hours
in northern Illinois, northern Indiana.
| lower Michigan, southern Wisconsin
and Iowa, as we'll as portions of Mis-
souri, and Kansas. At many northern
! points railway traffic is delayed by the
snow.
San Jose, Cal. Feb. 13.-J. z. Ander-
son, fruit dealer, has become insolv-
ent. His liabilities are placed at $126,-
900. The Chicago Fruit Transporta-
ton company is said to be a creditor
to the amount of $4,000 Anderson's
assets consist of land, heavily mort
gagged.
Scranton, Pa, Feb. 13.-A. B. Will
liams, who was recently asked to re-
sign the position of cashier of the Ira
ders National bank, of this city, proves
to be defaulter in the sum of $4,000
The directors have made good the short
age. Williams, who is a leading light
in the Second Presbyterian church has
not been arrested.
Milwaukee, Wis. Feb. 13-Word from
Denver states that Bishop-elect G. Mott
Williams, of the Marquette Episcopal
diocese, is quite i'll in that city. He is
said to be suffering from nervous pros
tration, induced by the trouble and
worry occasiOned by the efforts of some
of the members of his diocese to de-
feat his conservation.
Omaha, Feb. 13.-J. K. Kenyon, Ne
braska general agent of the Singer
Sewing Machine company has disap-
peared and 1t is feared that he is in
sane. He was in the Union depot
Wednesday much excited. He left a
valise at the Office. which. being OPP
ened, was found to contain a large am
cunt of collections and $4,000 in notes.
His books are all right.
Linnius Mo, Feb. 13.-Milan was Wis
tied by a destructive fire early this
morning which destroyed all but one
store building west OF the square. Sew
eral valuable stocks Of goods were
burned and the loss reached about $780,
900. two thirds covered by insurance
Several persons in the buildings had
narrow escapes. The fire is thought
to have been incendiary.
Brisbane. Queensland, Feb. 13.-The
Brisbane river at this point has been
greatly swollen recently owing to floods |
While a small steamer today was eros !
sing the river with about eighty pas |
sengers on board she capsized and only |
forty personsw ere saved. The cap |
sized steamer was ferrybOat. The |
current was very swift at the time of /
the accident. The river banks and |
Victoria bridge are endangered.
Kansas City. Mo. Feb 1.-THE charge !
Of highway robbery against Dolan F. |
Hawley of Oakland, Cal, who is stu
dent in the Kansas City Dental college, |
and William Locke. barber, was dis |
missed in the police court today. Row
land Hill. the youth who accused Haw-
ley and Locke of having ASA ulted and |
robbed him after night of carou-
sal, has disaT 2eared and there remain
ed no evidence on which to prosecute /
the charge.
New York, Feb. 13.-At the Metropol-
itan club tonight. a dinner was given
by Mr.. John Cadwadaller, TO which
he invited Mayor Strong and other
prominent gentlemen TO meet the trus-
tees of the New York public library
Aston, Lennox and Tilden foundations
and DR.. John Shaw Billings of Wash
ingtOn. the lately appointed superin-
tendent-in-chief At the guests ia
bic Mayor Strong was seated at the
hosts right and Dr.. Billings sat az his
immediate left. Among those present |
were Hon. r. ]. Phelps, Hon. Daniel
G. Gilman, president of the Johns Hop
kins university; Hon. James c. Carter,
Charles G. Harrison, provost Of the
university Of Pennsylvania; Hon Ed
ward Cooper, Z. L. Godkin. r. Fulton
Cutting and II. Van Rensselaer, Ken
nedy.
"YESsIR.'' said Farmer Corntossel