The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-13
Told in Fewest Words

| Samuel Charles Allsop, second baron
Hindlip, is dead, aged Sc years
Five thousand wrought nail makers in
| South Staffordshire, and North Worsec-
| :ershire, England, have struck for 10 per
| cent advance in wages.
| Judge N Green Curtis. one of Califor-
MAS Oldest and most distinguished law
| yers, died yesterday. Deceased was a
! native Of North Carolina, aged seventy
! one years.
The war department has awarded to
Ore, the contract for constructing NOR
tar battery at Marrowstone Point. Puge.
Sound, at s163,560.
Announcement is made that the much
talked OF So, 900 purse for trotting race
IS now a certainty, and that the event
will be run off at the fall netting at
Fleetwood Park.
The queen on Saturday received Sena-
tor Wolcott, former Vice President Ste
venson and eneral Payne, the members
of the United States bimetallic commits
son, at Windsor Castle.
The third annual session OF the Co
lumbar Catholic schol opened at Mad
son, Wis, with lecture yesterday, by
Judge ". ]. Wade, of Iowa. The seS-
sion continues three weeks.
The report that Mr.. Otis Skinner is
to appear in vaudeville is untrue. He
will open the season n September, with
new play, prince Fritz" an adapta-
ton from a/well known romantic story.
TIE interstate commerce commission
on July q, will listen to oral arguments
on what are known as ''the carload and
less than the carload" cases, involving
freight rates between ST. Louis and
points in Texas.
Robert Ainsworth. VINO lived at 627 N.
Francis street, Chicago, was found dead
yesterday morning in New Orleans, in
an cid shanty a long the track OF the
Illinois Central railroad. He was muir
dered and robbed.
z. T. Lewis, the famous bond forger.
Of Urbana, Ohio, pleaded guilty yester-
day and was sentenced to eight years
in the penitentiary. His fraudulent op-
amounted to s25O,oo0.
The statement of the Bank Of Spain.
which has been formally gaZetted, has
increased the adverse comment ON the
bank management. 1t shows note cir
cuation of 1876 200, 900 pazetas in excess
of the authorized issue.
Louis w. Hall, attorney for the Penn
sylvania railroad and member Of the
board Of visitors to the United States
Military academy at West Point, died
suddenly yesterday morning, Of heart
disease, at Harrisburg, Pa.
The Baltimore police commissioners
have dismissed City Marshall Jack Frey,
the actual chief of police, as the result
of the investigation which has been in
progress for several days. The charges
were preferred by the Reform league.
Edward ]. Belts and wife, who resided
on farm five miles from Delhi, n. Y,
were killed oy lightning Sunday night.
They had been to a neighbor's house and
were on their way home when a shower
forced them to take shelter under
tree.
Hon. Geo. V n. Loshrop, ex-minister
to Russia, died at 10 O'Clock yesterday
morning, at the Lothrop residence, in
Derott, Mich. He was stricken with
heat prostraion a week ago. and had
been in comtaose condition most of
the time since.
The regular monthly meeting Of the
board of directors of the Lehigh Valley
Railroad company will be held in Phil
adelph,a today. The meeting is Great.
i'm ma inf f,a-
cause of the rumored resignation OF
President Wilbur.
The fourth biennial convention Of the
Lithographers International Protective
and Beneficial association, opened in Gin
c,nnati yesterday with forty delegates
present. Thet mic yesterday was devoted
to welcome addresses and responses and
TO the usual reports.
The usual celebrations in commemora-
ton OF the battle of the Boyne took
place yesterday at Belfast, Ireland.
Twenty thousand Orangemen marched
in procession and great crowds filled
the streets. Everything passed off in
the most orderly fashion.
Governor Black OF New York has an
nourced his disapproval of Mayor
Strong's order Of removal of Police Com
missioner Andrew D. Parker of New
ork. Parker was charged with neglect
of duty. but Governor Black thinks it
was not sustained by the evidence.
Actor e. j. Radcliffe, who is charged
with having assaulted his wife, the
daughter of Peter De Dacey, was n the
court of general sessions, New York
City, yesterday, to plead 70 the charge
o. assault in the second degree Rat
cliffe's counsel secured an adjournment.
The Kentucky association course. the
oldest race track in the country was sold
at court sale yesterday to Charles Green
agent for ST. Louis bondhoiders, for Ss2,-
AS. The property was assessed ten years
ago az $4,000. The Kentucky associa-
ton will try TO have the sale set aside.
The interstate commerce commission
is giving informal hearings from time 10
time to Witnesses in the case of the rail-
roads charged with Determinations in
rates on grain and grain products be-
tween Chicago and the seaooard. There
is no immediate prospec, of decision
in this case.
Dan Ryan. manager of the s.. Bern
ara Athletic club az New Orleans. has
matched Jack Burke OF Texas and Stan
ton ABBOTT OF England 10 meet in
twenty-round bout before MS club on or
about August l. Ryan has also secured
Kid Mcfarland OF New York 20 fight
Everhardt o. New ork on or about Au-
gust %.
terrible railway disaster took place
Sunday night at Gjentof,e. Denmark.
The express from Belsinger ran into a