The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-16
Told in FeWest Words


| advertisement for the sale of gold bonds
OF the city of New York amounting to
s10,053, 017.27. The bonds will bear PEI
cent interest.
Crossing electric and telephone wires
| yesterday morning resulted in a fire in
Pueblo, Colo, which did damage to the
/ Central block. an office building, amount
ing to $4,000. fully insured.
AT the Newmarket, England, race meet
| ing the L0rillard-Beresford stables bay
colt Elm ran second in the race for the
Chesterfield stakes. Mr.. Leopold De Roth
schild's bay FLY Ayah being first.
Fire yesterday afternoon destroyed the
Quelette block on Sandwich street, Wind
| sor, Ont. occupied by Clinton and Bas-
ker, hardware; ]. 0. Peck, clothing, and
B. L. Carley, halter. Loss, $4,000; insur-
ance. $4,000
Miss Frances Hayes, the only daughter
| of tnel ate President Hayes, will be mar
ried 10 Ensign Harry Eaton Smith, q. s..
", on September 1, at the Hayes man:
| sion, Spiegel Grove President and Mrs.
Mckinley will attend.
The Wholesale Saddlery association, in
session at Minneapolis, Mimi, has de-
cided 10 protest against the competition
Of prison labor. especially in Illinois,
where machine-made harness is turned
out al ruinously low prices
William 3. ("Father BID Curtis, well
known as an athlete and as referee in
athletic sports, was overcome by heat
at his office in New York City yesterday.
Mr.. Curtis is 66 years of age and is one
Of the editors Of the Spirit of the lines. :"
Emma Simmonds, the wife of an en-
gineer in London, cut the Threats OF her
four children and then her own throat.
Mrs. Simmonds, after period Of absti-
nence broke the pledge on Diamond Jul
bilee day and had been drinking heavily
ever since.
The McKenna Re-Rolling Steel mill at
Joliet, H., has made test run. This
plant is the only one Of it's kind in the
world and this test was the first time
in the history of the steel working art
that old, WORKOUT rails were made as
good as new.
In a private letter just received at
Stockholm from NJ. Andree, he aeronau.
ne will start northward in his balloon
latter the sixteenth, even though the
winds should be less favorable than 1
might desire"
John ScotttOliver, the California de-
putty sheriff who was indicted last week
for abduction, attempted suicide in the
T0n1bs prison, New York, yesterday He
thrust a led pencil down his throat but
was not seriously hurt This was his
second attempt.
]. T. Burgoies, agent of the Wells-Far-
go Express company at Tampico, Mex,
has been arrested on the charge Of rob-
bing that company of a package con-
raining $1,000 in currency. Two other
employees Of the Office have also been ar
rested for alleged completely.
AT Faibach, thirty-five miles northeast
of Trieste, slight earthquake shock oc-
CURED yesterday morning al O'Clock. 1t
was followed by a much more severe
shock lasting thirty seconds. Great
damage was done to many buildings and
the peope were panic stricken.
Dan Stuart writes TO his Carson agent
from Chicago that he has signed Sharkey
and Maher and Mccoy and Creedon, for
the fistic carnival in Carson this fall,
and has four other fights in view which,
he says. will be "corkers," but mentions
no names.
In response to a letter from DR.. r. p.
Lignoski, of Houston Tex, Governor
Stephens OF Missouri, has written a lei
ter to President Diaz OF Mexico, asking
executive clemency for Mac Stewart, a
citizen of Texas, who has been sentenced
to death for killing a Mexican police |
man.
On the steamer Patria there arrived |
yesterday morning from Hamburg par
ty of fifty-sfx passengers in the forward |
steerage who were going to settle in |
Missouri, where they intend to start in |
the cattle and horse raising business. |
They have a cash capital Of SIPS. 900 in |
gold pieces.
rate war has been declared between
union and non-union companies, which,
it is believed, will result in a general re-
duction in premiums on policies on pub
lie buildings, churches. school houses and
brick mercantile buildings in Chicago.
The reduction in premiums will amount
from % 70 so per cent
Considerable excitement was caused in
Paris yesterday when NJ. Faure was re-
turning from the review by a man who
rushed forward for the presidents car
rage and flung a petition into his lap.
The man was Immediately arrested. but
t turned out that the petition merely
asked for relief or work.
This evening in Mechanics pavilion,
San Francisco, the youngest and bisges:
in the pugilistic ranks will
)e seen in twenty-round contest. The
men are Jim Jeffries of Los Angeles and
rus Rubin OF Ohio. Local sporting men
ook 10 Jeffries 10 win. Jeffries weighs
~ and Rubin 200 pounds.
Yesterday morning an engine attached
. train No 10, while passing through The
JUNCTION OF the Pit7sburg and the Third
iivision near Cumberland. Md. was de-
allied. Investigation reveals that some
ne had deliberate removed a bolt from
he switch. which caused the derailment,
nd detectives have been detailed on the
ase
Chief Hazen, OF the United States dis
riot service, has given notice OF the dis
overy OF new counterfeit ten-doliar
liver certificate. Il IS OF the series OF
S9l, check letter D. with the small car
nine seal. the portrait OF Hendrick.
nj the names OF Messrs Tillman and (
iorgan as register and treasurer, respec-
lively.
Chicago officers yesterday captured
arty % alleged highwaymen who were
nased by the patrol wagons loaded with
Ulcers the night before. and who sue
eeded in making their escape in buggy
fer 2 running hch, lasting several