The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-11-24
Told in Fewest Words

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the workings, preparatory to breaking
ore, viii be begun at once.
Mr.. William z. Frenaye, city editor o
the Colorado Springs (Col) Gazette. wa
married in Philadelphia yesterday I
Miss Francis Louise Landell Of Philadel
pnia.
| The extension of the docks at Liver
| pool, now under way, will cost over s21,
500 1t has been decided TO spend $500,
600 for dock and harbor improvement:
at Bristol
Division No. Of the Missouri supreme
court has decided a case in which i
holds that the fish dam law, requiring
chutes TO be placed in the dam for tbs
passage of fish, is constitutional
The interruptions to railroad traffic
caused by the recent storms in the IA
northwest are being gradually overcome
The washouts have been so far repaired
as 10 admit of the running OF all coast
trains.
Il is estimated that the jute crop o.
India this year will be 100000 bales OF
1900 pounds each. of which about $500,
900 bales will be available for export
Manufacturers look for low prices fol
raw material.
Fritz Meyer. alias Constantine Steiger
who WAS convicted Of the murder Of Po-
liceman Frederick was yesterday SEN
.enced to be electrocuted during the
week beginning January 10. Meyer con-
fesses his guilt.
The examination of Waldere Kirk, who
is accused Of saooting Richard Mandel-
baum on November 13, at a Motel in New
York City, was postponed in police court
yesterday on account Of Mandelbaum' S
still feeble cndition.
In recent report Consul Sprague, at
Gibraltar. incidentally states that 1900
workmen daily enter the fortress and Ia
Dor on the extensive Improvements now
going on in the building Of docks and
other government works.
Mr.. Walter Barnes, manager Of the
banking house OF j. P. Morgan & Co.,
died of heart failure last evening at his
country seat near Hatfield, England. Mr..
Burns was ]. p. Morgan's brother-in-
law. He was an American by birth.
It is reported that ex-King Milan OF
Servia is again seeking TO divorce his
wife, Natalie, in order that he may
marry Artemisia Christie, the divorced
wife of his former secretary, and by
whom the former king has a son.
A dense fog hung over England yester-
day. Trains were stopped by the dark
ness a. many places and navigation Of
the channel was interfered with. Fog
bells were sounded and signal guns were
fired at Dover all night long.
By the giving way of a scaffoldng on
the new sugar refinery Of Dorscher &
Co, in course of erection at Long Island
City, Peter McAlister and Andrew Stew
art, 0ricklayers, were fatally injured,
while Patrick Hoey, a laborer, was badly
hurt.
At Ghent, Belgium, a movement is on
foot to nave all business houses volun-
tarily close at noon on Sunday, instead
OF remaining open all day as now. A
reason given for Sunday opening is that
laborers have no opportunity of trading
on other days.
The commissioners to locate monu-
ments on positions occupied by Illinois
troops in the Chickamauga battle, have
accepted plans for a $1,000 monument to
be erected on Orchard Knob. The plans
were made by George Craig, OF Gales
burg. The height is 43 feet.
While the parents were absent yester-
day Agnes, the 5-year-old daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs F. s. Searstrow Of Lyons,
Iowa, got hold Of some matches and
her clothing caught fire. She was burned
10 death and an infant in the cradle was
also severely burned before help arrived.
The New York court of appeals has
granted a new trial in the case of Will
lam Jay Koerner, under sentence Of
death for the murder of his sweetheart,
Rose A. Redgate, In New York City, in
September, 1896. The crime was COM
mitted on a crowded street in broad day
light.
At Des Moines. Ia, A Klondike COM
pany has been incorporated, with Aud
itor OF State Mccarthy and National
Committeeman Cummins, among the in
corporators. It is said that the COM
pany has a plan for securing valuable
concessions from the Canadian govern
ment
Fasig & Co.'S auction sale Of trotters
and PAGERS was continued al Madison
Square Garden. New York. today There
were about a thousand persons present
The sales above $500 were: Consign-
ment. Prince Otto. Consignment of w.
NJ. Titus, Springfield. Ohio. and Winnie
Bareg.
Miss May Maud Noble and James
Shanklin Harlan were married yesterday
at St. Johns Episcopal church, Wash
ington, D c. The bride Is the daughter
OF Mrs. Belden Noble OF Washington.
and the groom is the son of Associate
Justice Harlan OF the United States su-
preme court.
Charges have been preferred with the
president and secretary OF the interior
against John S. Smith, United States
commissioner for Dyea. Alaska. Ale
cations are made OF usurpa Hon Of au-
thority. of taking exorbitant fees. and
other grave irregularities. An investiga-
tion has been begun.
The Manhattan Pure Oil company, a
German competitor OF the Standard Oil
has purchased an island in the
Rhine, on which il is proposed 20 build
gigantic tanks. A. a meeting Of the
Mannheim and south German oil deal
ers II was resolved 10 exclusively pat
ronize the Mannheim Pure oil COM
pany.
The ssventy-three foreign insurance
companies doing business in st. Joseph.
No, whose licenses Attorney General
Crow is seeking 10 have annulled. filed
their returns in the Missouri supreme
court in banc yesterday. They make a
general denial 10 the petition OF the at