The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-06-26
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L.ngard, the actress, is dead. in

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The Great Western Printing company
of ST. Louis, made an assignment yes.
terday. Assets $1,000; liabilities un-
known.
Al ViroGue. Wis, the jury yesterday
found George Sullivan guilty Of murde,
in the second degree. He shot Asa Cor.
nam in January.
Angus Mcleod, the Canadian wheel
man, has challenged Jimmy Michael &c
a mile race. 10 be run at the island
track, Toronto.
The Sandwich. H., Enterprise COM
pany, manufacturers Of windnills, corn
planters and farm machinery, have as
signed, with liabilities of 100000.
General George W. Harrington died
last night al Kalamazoo, Mich, aged 60.
RE was prominent in G. A. R. circles and
was once exalted ruler and treasurer OF
TIE Elks
Yesterdays session OF the Knights OF
St. John, at Erie, Pa, was devoted to
routine work In the afternoon there
was a grand competitive Grill Of the VS.
iting Communicates.
The tenth annual conference Of the SUI
prcme council OF the United Commercial
Travellers is in secret session al Column
bl,s, Ohio The organization is in a
very prosperous condition.
Il is announced that an immense trac-
ton company, with a capital Stock OF
s., 500, 600, will shortly be organized to
take n the Lindell and Missouri street
railway systems, OF ST. Louis.
One hundred OF the striking Italians a.
Mo~risville, n. j., have been arrested
and placed in the lookup. The arrests
were made for the purpose OF disoers-
ing the crowd. The trouble seems TO be
over.
Hon. ]. H. Bible, United States dis
trict attorney for East Tennessee and
one Of the most active politicians in the
state. was found dead in his bed in
Chattanooga yesterday. Death is as
cribed to apoplexy.
The coroneI's inquest into the mysteri-
Gus death OF Isaac Hoffman, az san
francisco, was concluded yesterday, the
jury returning a verdict to the erect
that he was murdered by some person
unknown TO the jury.
Patrick Sal,gan and Edward Weigen-
berger were fatally and John Jameson
seriously injured yesterday by the cav
ing in Of a sewer at St Louis. The men
were ordered to jump into a 2o-foot ex-
cava.ion and wall it up, despite their
protestations.
The London Echo publishes an inter-
view with DR.. !Chauncey M. Depew, IN
which he is quoted as expressing the be-
lief that the arbitrati ton treaty between
the United States and Great Britain will
became law before he end of the Nc
Kinley administration.
\. D. Young. the Chicago agent OF
The Western Passenger ASSOCIATION ar
rested yesterday at Omaha for swind-
ling Ticket Broker Philbin, has been
released on bali. His hearing is set for
Monday. Chairman Caldwell has Sc
cured an attorney to defend Young.
Articles Of Incorporation OF the Pan
american Exposition company have
been filed in Albany. n. Y, and in Buff
falo. Il has been decided to hold this
exposition in 1899, commencing May l
and running for six months and the site
selected is at La Sale, on the Niargara
river.
FIRE in The New York Central ware
house at Fifty-ninth street and Twelfth
avenue, New York City, yesterday,
caused a loss OF s65, 900. Great quaint
ties OF molasses and cottonseed oil were
stored in the cellar and the flames ex-
tended $50 feet with a moment after the
fire was discovered.
Thomas Buchanan died last night at
Denver, of apoplexy al the age OF 81
years. Under the administration Of
Governor Waite he was a member Of
the Denver board OF public works. He
wrote a small volume on the silver ques-
ton which wis widely distributed dur
ing the last presidential campaign.
An agreement has been signed for a
meeting between w. W. Hamilton Of
Denver and Walter c. Sanger of Mil
waukee, July is and II. There will be
three races between Hamilton and San
ger for a bet of 81 900. the winner Of two
Of the races TO take all The races will
be one mile unpaced, two miles paced.
five miles unpaced.
A meeting OF some leading Ohio coal
operators and the officers of the Ohio
Coal Miners association IS in session at
Columbus, Ohio. 10 devise the mainten
anca Of a cents differential between
ONO and Pittsburg mining raes. The
situation is serious. The mining rate
must so up in Pittsburg. or down in
Ohio.