The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-30
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The Champion Manufacturing com.
| pany Of Richmond, Ind, has assigned
with liabilities OF $4,000 and assets o:
$4,000.
| Miss Mary Du Maurier. daughter o.
| the late George Du Maurier, was mar
red yesterday in London to Edwin
| Hortsman Coles.
| Captain Hatfield, the notorious outlaw.
| aeld for murder on two cases, escaped
| from the Wingo, W. Va, jail yesterday
! by cutting mis- way out with Ratchet.
| A large reward is offered for him.
The special convention OF the Polish
Roman Catholic Union OF America at
Chicago yesterday adopted the new con-
stitution. The amount payable TO a
woman on the death Of her husband
was fixed al $3.50 to $1,000; that TO a
man on mis- wife's death $3.50.
Howard c. Benham, a young banker
OF Batavia, y. Y, was yesterday found
guilty Of murder in the first degree. II
was charged that he poisoned his wife
with prussic acid. Mrs. Benham died
the first week in January. Benhan's
trial lasted nearly three weeks.
The national executive committee OF
the British Woman's Temperance asso-
citation have requested Lady Henry SOM
{ erset to remain at the head Of the asso-
citation, three-fourths Of the committee
taking this action. II is believed that
she will comply with this request.
The wlIaler Cape Horn Pigeon has
been lost in the Japan sea during furi-
GUS storm. Captain Scuttam and the
crew OF eighteen were saved but 900
barrels of sperm oil went down with the
vessel The Cape Horn Pigeon was
owned by ]. &. r. Wing, OF New Bed
ford, Mass.
Mrs Mary H Hunt, worlds national
superintendent Of the department Of
scientific temperance instruction in the
Woman's Christian Temperance union.
sailed yesterday for Brussels as frater-
nal delegate from the ". c. T. L. to the
congress to be held in that city. She
will return in September.
Delegates representing the wage COM
mittee Of the Window Glass Workers
association met at Philadelphia, yester-
day 10 arrange fine wage scale for the
coming year. The delegates felt assur-
ell that their demand for an advance
would be granted. on the strength OF
additional tariff protection.
Five members OF the state central
committee selected at the recent Demo-
Populis. fusion convention in Des
Moines have resigned. They are George
~ OH of
the Second; L. II. Weller, of the Fourth;
Theodore Ivory, of the Ninth, and NJ.
z. Smith, of the Tenth district.
]. W. Clark Of Boston, Mass, who
started from Bronson, Mich, July g.
1896. to travel $4,000 miles in one year
without begging or beating his way and
required to show receipts that he paid
for fare. has arrived at Bronson, two
days ahead Of time, and shows receipts,
which are sworn TO. for 6O.277 miles.
The excursion boat Chancellor was
run into and badly damaged by the
United States steamship Maine in the
East River yesterday. The Chancellor
was smashed on her port bow and for g
long distance back above the water line.
The paint was scraped off the Names
bow. No one on boar d;he Chancellor
was injured.
The Belgian chamber OF deputies has
passed a bill compelling all foreigners
who have had years residence to en-
roll themselves in the civic guard. The
measure is the result of the very great
increase Of late in the foreign colonies
az Antwerp and Brussels. 1t Is expect
ed that the senate will kill the bill NJ.
Scholart, minister OF the interior and
public instruction, threatens to resign
his portfolio il the bill is not passed.
During trial yesterday. such as is
always made before the sailing OF an
ocean steamer, it was discovered that
the Normannia, Of the Hamburg-Amer.-
can line, had broken her crank shaft.
She was billed to sail at 10 a. m, but
X win take about a week TO repair the
damage The passengers will be sent
TO Europe on the steamer Columbia of
the same line. which IS due tomorrow.
The first cabin passengers are being
cared by the company in different hotels.
while the second cabin and stearage
passer gers will remain on the Norman
MIA until the Columbia sails