The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-10-19
Told in FeWest Words

Arthur Dix, a young journalist, wa
shot dead yesterday in a duel by lieu
! tenant of Hussars, at Dantzic.
The supreme court yesterday set tn
| cases involving the constitutionality o
| the Illinois inheritance tax law for Jan
| uary 10.
Count Macedo, the Portuguese minis
ter at Madrid. mas been appointed Por
| tuguese minister for foreign affairs, II
| succession TO Senior Sevorel.
| The municipal council Of Paris ha:
passed resolution asking the govern
ment 10 make reduction Of four franc:
in the customs duties on grain.
The Greek and Ottoman plenipoten
tiarie5 appointed to conclude a definite
treaty of peace between Greece and
Turkey held their first meeting yester-
day al Constantinople
John ". Hague, well known actor
died yesterday in Boston, aged So. He
I had supported many famous stars, in
GLIDING Edwin Booth, Mary Anderson
John Mccullough and Charlotte Cusn-
man.
The coal miners strike in the Pome-
roy Bend. Ohio. district has been set
tied at s2.l2 per 100 bushels, which is
highly satisfactory 10 the miners. All
the mines and salt works will resume
operations at once.
john W. Baker. formerly assistant
city treasurer OF Butte, Mont. has COM
mitted suicide by shooting himself
through the mead. Baker came to Butte
from Philadelphia and his brother is
private secretary 10 Senator Pearose OF
Pennsylvania.
The insurance companies have been
investig ting the death of Jacob Pos
ner, a leading merchant OF Des Moines,
Iowa, who expired September s, the al
legged cause being renal trouble, from
which he was said ID have suffered for
several years.
Four hundred migrants on board the
Italian steamer Agord3t, bound from
Genoa for Santon, Brazil, have been poi
soned by verIigras, which had become
attached TO the vessel in which their
food was cooked. Il is expected that
many of the sufferers will die
Colonel Peter c. Haines of the engi-
neer corps of the army, at present in
charge of the river AMI harbor improve
ments for the Baltimore district, has
been appointed TO be engineer commits
sioner on the Nicaraguan canal COM
mission and has accepted the appoint
men:.
The will of the late Josephine L. San
ford, spinster. San Francisco. Is to be
contested. The old lady left all her
property 70 people who were in no way
related 10 her. and expressly disinherit-
ed the members Of her family. The es-
tate is valued a between $3.50, 900 and
S400. 900
The Lexington hotel, at Twenty-sec-
ond street and Michigan avenue, Chica-
go, is in the hands Of an assignee. The
Lexington hotel Building company,
which owns and operates the hotel. has
made an assignment to Adelbert Batch
elder. Assets are SLOTS, 900 and nabil.-
ties $3.50, 1874
Surgeon General Newton l.. Bates. OF
the navy, the presidents family physi-
clan, died al the Shoreman hotel, Wash
ington, yesterday OF renal trouble. He
was appointed surgeon general about
two weeks ago 10 succeed Surgeon Cen
eral Tryon. He entered the navy from
New York state in June, 1861.
The supreme court has reversed the
decision OF the court of private land
claims in the case Of the United States
VS.. E. L. Bergere Ell al, appellants, who
claimed title 10 eleven square leagues
@c far-
have been granted 10 one Bartolome
Boca, by the acting governor in 1919.
The Terre Haute and Indianapoli.
railroad has filed a bill in the federal
court against the Peoria and Pekin On
ion Railroad company for an Injunction
to restrain prosecution of suits for rem
tails in the state court at Peoria for the
use Of the tracks of the Peoria and Pc
kin Union railroad to the union depot
in Peoria.
The headquarters Of the Toronto ".
c. T. L. is at present the scene of great
activity, in preparation of the gather
ing of the worlds White Ribboners
Miss Elizabeth Greenwood of New York
is 10 preach the convention sermon in
Massey hall, as the substitute for Lady
Henry Somerset, on Sunday afternoon,
October "a.
A tract of eighty acres Of land a the
edge of the city limits of Denver, has
been selected by the promoters OF the
New Union as a starter for the work
al Denver and a dozen members of the
union have taken up their residence
there. The colony will begin carrying
forward practical work, which Will give
early returns.
Admiral John L. Worden, retired, died
in Washington yesterday. He com
manded the Monitor during its engage
ment with the Merrimac in Hampton
Roads during ,ne late war In 1856 ne
was retirei with the full rank and pay
Of an admiral. the only instance OF the
kind. He also received the thanks OF
congress for his gallantry in the war.
The comptroller of the currency has
declared dividends in favor % The credi-
tors OF inSolvent national banks as fol-
lows: Fifty per cent, the Mutual Ma
tional bank. New Orleans. La; 20 per
cent. the Columbia National bank. Min
neapolis, Mimi; 10 per cent. the Cit,-
zens National bank. Grand Island. Neb.:
Is per cent. the First National bank,
Hillsborough, Ohio.
A, Pretoria, Transvasl Republic. the
report % the subcommittee OF the
Nolkraai on industrial commissions
has oeeni ssGed. Il recommends a re-
duction o. duty 10 the amount OF ten
shillngs per case D. dynamite and large
reductions III the railroad tariff on min
Ing requirements The report needs