The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-11-02
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] The Lexington, KY, races were post.
poned yesterday on account Of rain.
! The Star furnace at Jackson, Ohio
has gone into blast, giving employment
| 10 80 men. The Wellston furnace has
| raised wages ten per cent.
A son was born TO the wife Of Prince
Poniatowski at San Francisco on Sat
urday evening. The Princess Poniatow-
ski is sister Of Mrs. w H. Croker
An engine collided yesterday with a
| train at Eilenberg, on the Hallo-Kott-
bur line fifteen miles from Leipsic, Ger
| many. Twenty-nine persons were in
jured, and OF this number six persons
may die.
Paymaster Otis C. Tiffany, o. S. N.
attached to the Monterey, is dead. He
had been attached to the Monterey since
last December. The deceased entered
the naval service as assistant paymaster
May Il, 1875, having been appointed
from Illinois
The coroner, who mas been investigat-
ing the falling OF the ceiling of the
Robinson opera house at Cincinnati,
which caused the death of FIVE persons
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nounced that the cciGent was one that
could not be foreseen or prevented.
Consul Lee at Brunswick, Germany,
says that the Importation of American
products in that district is insignificant
in amount, due more 10 the lack OF en-
terprise on the part OF American man.
ufactureIs than TO any indisposltion of
the people 10 buy foreign-made goods.
Al Chihuahua, Mexico, the mercantile
business is in the hands OF the Germans
and French. There has been a falling
off in imports, the greatest decline be-
ing in cotton textiles. due to the estab-
fshment Of cotton mills. The importa-
tions Of WOODEN manufacturers. beer and
ice have also decreased.
The Pacific Coast Jockey club has re-
ceived telegraphic instructions from
Secretary Hopper Of the Turf congress
to accept entries from horses ouslawed
by racing at Aqueduct and stating that
the Objectionable rules will be alorogat-
ed and were never intended TO cover
tracks that confoTnei with Jockey club
rules.
Dion Geraldine, formerly superintend-
ent in the construction department Of
the worlds fair, was married in Chicago
yesterday to Miss Ellen L. Cochran of
They left for Omaha, where
they will reside Mr. Geraldine was re-
Gently connected with the Trans Mis-
sissippi exposition at Omaha but resign
ed his position last week
Charles T. Smurr, freight traffic man.
ager Of the Southern Pacific company,
died Sunday at San Francisco after an
ILLNESSES of eleven weeks and following a
surgical operation performed TO give re-
lief from disease Of the maStoid cells Of
the ear. He had been in the service Of
the Southern Pacific company since 1872
being docat ted at Los Angeles from 1875
to 1889. He was native of Ohio and
was As years old.
Eastbound freight shipments for the
week ending October 3 amounted to
5Sl722 tons, against 6o,949 the previous
week. and 7S,7Ss last year, divided
mpng the different roads as follows:
Pan Handbe 1894 tons: Michigan Cen
rial 1856; Wabash 5,SlS; Lake Shore
1897; Fort Wayne 1850; Baltimore and
Ohio 1924; Grand. Trunk SOS; Nickel
Plate 5,941:i Erie 6.72O; Big Four 1861.
Thel axe lines carried 134,S6S tons.
You know what you want. Ask for Il
n the stores and take nothing else. I'M
polite merchants sometimes offer un-
known wares in place of those with an
reputation