The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-10-03
Told in Fewest Words

| AT 5:15 o'clock yesterday morning a
slight shock Of earthquake was felt a.;
! Santa Cruz, Cal. the vibrations being
east and west. No damage was done.
George H. Lewis. proprietor Of the
Niagara hotel. Buffalo. y. Y. and form
| eriy OF the Bel. Lewis & Yates Coal
Mining company. is dead. aged 81 years
Eothen, the famous sire Of Requitai
and other cracks. died yesterday at Lou
isville. He was the property o. Colonel
j. ]. Douglass. He was valued a. $780,
900.
Cecil and Willie Cummings, aged Z
| and 9 years respectively. mys.eriously
| disappeared from their home az Mariet;e.
| Wis. Thursday. and have not since been
| heard Of. 1t is thought they have been
| kidnapped.
The Peoria board 81 trade committee
yesterday took testimony OF J. B. Green
nut. president Of the old whisky trust.
and other experts. "a 70 how spirits saaIl
BE- quoted on change.
Gus Smitzer and George Reeb have
been arrested. charged with stage rob
berry in Yellowstone Park. They were
brought to Cheyenne, Wyo.. for trial.
The congress Of Nicaragua mas author
lied the government 20 borrow 1000. 900
pesos on the best terms and time posi-
ole, piedging as security national prop
critics. the import duties and the inter-
nal revenues.
The council Of administration OF the
Grand Army Of the Republic, II Is stated.
has decided 20 annul the charter OF
Letcher Webster Post No. 13 Of Brock
ton, Mass, because OF the posts refusal
10 send delegates TO the national en-
campment. The case will be appealed.
The sale of the Beaverdam wa;erworks
was completed yesterday at Milwaukee.
The works We're bid in for the reOrgan-
ization committee OF the bond holders.
The amount realized was $4,000. II il
PROBABLE that the committee will reor-
ganize the company and sell the works.
The committee Of five appointed by
Collector Jackson 10 investigate the re-
lection Of tea BY Inspector ToOhey a.
San Francisco mas reported lis decision
- sustain the ruling Of the general ap
praisers. which had declared that the
standard
Two expeditions will leave California
this month for India 10 witness the
total eclipse OF the sun. Prof. Charles
Burckhalter, astronomer a the Chabot
observa tory. will go with complete out
fit and Prof w. w Campbell of Lick
observatory will represent the state in
srtuIion.
The investigation Of the various de-
partments OF the Idaho state govern
ment which was proposed at the recent
Session of the legislature is not 10 be
made The reasons are nc: stated, but
one Of them appeals 10 be a DOUBT ABOUT
the legality OF the method adopted in
asking the appropriation.
Assistant Postmaster General Heath
has directed Postmaster Gordon, OF Chi
cago, 10 remove Charles W. Carr, super
intendent Of Station o, Of the Chicago
postoffice, for general characterization
and incompetency. Cars case has at
tracted considerable attention and has
been fought in the courts under the civil
service act.
In the strike OF the sole fasteners al
Brockton, Mass, with the exception OF
the settlement with the Grover, Bliss.
Wright and Clough factories, an ami
cable settlement is apparently as dis
tant as ever. The sole fasteners insist
on the singing Of an agreement. while
the manufacturers decline to take any
such action.
The vintage OF California this year
promises TO reach twenty million gal
Ions, or % per cent more than last sea-
con. About one-half of the grape crop
has already been converted into wine.
The growers are now receiving an adj
vance OF from s. 10 $40 a ton for their
grapes. the understanding being that
they are 10 receive one dollar for every
cent per gallon the wine brings when
sold.