The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-31
Told in FeWest Words

/ Mckinley has been appointed ass.stan
/ postmaster Of San Francisco by Post
master Montague.
| The Buffalo Watch company, o
which c. B. Matthews is the president
benefit Of creditors.
George Martina Thursday night kill
cd Andrew Nelson at Beaver Meadow
Pa, in a quarrel over a love affair
Martina has escaped.
The special convention Of the Polisf
Roman Catholics in Chicago YESTERDAY
adopted the constitution for the consid
Grafton of which the meeting was called
By the premature explosion Of dyna
mite blast on Beachwood boulevard
Pi:tsburg, Pa, yesterday three mer
were dangerously hurt. August Wuch
will probably die.
Score airy Sherman is at Amagansetee
much He will leave for Boston in a
day or two and this trip will be follow.
ed soy sea voyage.
An incendiary fire was started in the
Emporla, Kan, pos.office building about
8 O'Clock yesterday morning. 1t spread
destroying several buildings, causing an
aggregate damage Of about SO. 900.
Albert Schultz, a young married man
at Waterfowl, Wis, Thursday nighi
fred four shots at his wife and then
blew out his brains Mrs. Schultz will
recover. Domestic troubles caused the
deed.
At Dograff. Ohio, Thursday night
Frank Wright was found lying dead on
his wife's grave, With q bullet in his
brain Wright was formerly resident
Of Springfield, but lately lived in New
YORK
Walter Sanger, the cyclist, who has
lust returned to Milwaukee from Den
yer. will leave for Philadelphia in day
or two to join the national circuit. He
will enter all the open professional
events and possibly the championship
races.
The United States steamship Andy
Johnson, bearing the Cleveland naval
reserves. reached Detroit yesterday af-
ternoon. The reserve were ntheir way
home from their annual encampment AT
Sandusky.
c. s. Newhail, head bookkeeper Of the
Agricultural Insurance company of Bos-
tor, and prominent in several financial
organizations, yesterday acknowledged
that he had embezzled between $4,000
and $4,000.
John Anderson and Hagens Nelson
were fatally injured by the tipping of
a. derrick on a new building at Market
and Van Buren, streets, Chicago, yes
terday afternoon. The men fell from
the sixth story to the street.
General Wade Hampton, Nnited States
commissioner Of railways, is in San
Francisco on his annual inspection tour
of the government aided lines. Thus
far ne has found the physical condition
Of the properties fully up 10 the stand
ard.
The first biennial convention Of tbs
Young Peoples Alliance of the Evan
gelical association is in session at Pitts
burg, Pa. Almost every site in the
Union is represented. The secretarys
report shows very encouraging condi-
lion of affairs.
Marshal H. ]. Walker Of Durand.
wounded James Crone, who, with a
was burglarizing store.
C-one said he was a striking miner from
Grafton, Pa, driven to the commission
Of crime by hunger.
A freight train was stalled in Lewis
tunnel, w. Va, Thursday night on the
and Ohio and the crew were
Bray IS dead and Samuel Hamilton, Ed
Womack and Tom Kamwood are in a
precarious condition.
Manuel Fernandez Chauuuilo, a young
American, was tried in Havana by court
martial on the 22d, on a charge Of fill
clustering, but the report that he had
been sentenced TO death was premature
This matter is still suspended and has
been referred 10 Madrid
The steamer Tasmania, bound from
Wellington to Sydney, is reported 10
have struck a rock off Cape Mania,
New Zealand. and sunk. Three boat
loads. passengers and crew. who escap-
ed from the wrecked steamer were pick
ed I'D. Six OF the crew were drowned.
Troopers Bertrand and Jacobson Of
2 troop. Second United States cavalry,
were drowned last night in reservoir at
Col. Jacobson fell from his
horse into the water. As Jacobson
could not swim Bertrand went to his
rescue an3 was dragged down by the
drowning man.
Jocab Gottlieb. of the Columbia thea
tire. San Francisco. knows nothing. ne
says, ot the combination said to have
neen effected in New York. embracing
a circuit OF theatres from New York 10
san Francisco with the Columbia thea
tire al tais end. and 20 be known as the
Popular Price" circuit.
Judge Worthing;on. az Peoria. H..
has ordered the Iowa Central railroad
Within thirty days 10 make contract
WIKI the Peoria and Pekin union depot
At $4,000 per year. or else find other
terminal facilities in Peoria They have
been paying $4,000 and objected 70 pay
ng more.
The Everett mills at Lawrence, Mass.
have SHUT down for a period OF five
weeks. Operators viii also be suspend
ID at the Atlantic mills Cor one month.
beginning August l. The sgen<s ~ the
nils claim they are obliged 10 curtail
production. About $500 operatives will
De affected
Harry Lister. son OF the purchasing
gent Tor the Monon. Vas murderei
near Washington, Ind, Thursday nigh.
He was pushed from she train. II is al
eyed. by John Williams OF Trenton. No.
listers home was Bedford. Williams is
n jail. \ negro namsd George WEIGH
,lsims - have seen ;le murder
Inhn Ryan Al LIN Eran-cs Nh