The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-09-09

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For the six months ended June 30, IS9,
| there were received at the Melbourne
Australia, mint 619.e14 ounces Of gold
! This came from Australia aud he sur
rounding isla1ls.
Pension examiners in The fed nav
| been reconstructed 20 give out NJ mfor
nation to the press in regard to tnei
work, leaving this da1y 10 the centra
! office. An order of this i,urport has lon;
been in existence but some ,tiirials bav,
recently neglected 20 observe it.
The German officer killed in New
Guinea by natives was Captain v1r
Hagen, the deputy governor Of German
New Guinea, who was shot and kiilei
on August Il last. The warship Falk.
has been sent to German New Guinea
to avenge the death Of Captain yor
Hagen.
The captain general has declined ID &C.
cept the sentence NJ death imposed upon
Anarchist Barril. a. parce:cra, and his
case Will be presented ID the supreme
military tribunal, with the probability
that the original sentence imposed upon
him, forty years impris ,nmenr, will be
maintained.
The three Peelan brothers arrested at
Johnson's Mesa, ". NJ. charged with
having ROBBED me Cuff '.a.n on Twin
mountains last Friday night, have been
discharged for insufficient evidence. The
Cowan boys. arrested az the same :ime,
were bound over. Officers are s;iIi IN
pursuit OF other parties.
The tenth annual report Of The Toledo,
Peoria and Western shows gross earn
ings OF SSSS,SS1 for ,he wear ending June
80, 1897, against 81 .0lG.o69 FOR the preced-
ing year, AMI net earnings of slS4. AS,
against s220,7SS for ire precedi lg year.
Expenses were S6T.9-S, against s747, 622
for the preceding year
In Japan, IN 1896 there were 1922
looms, with 1,Gf2.>55 ?erSons engaged, IF
which 9S5,016 we're women ard girls. The
value of the textile projuc. for tire
year was 500, 1878. made up in part as
follows: Silk textiles s4s.&31 .4O1; silk
and cotton mixed si6,2Si...72; cotton s37,-
OS3, 1871 and hemp s2.02I,<S7.
The annual mae-ing of the Toledo.
Peoria AMI Western Railway company
was held yesterday a. Peoria, II. Frank
lin H. Head of Chicago, c. NJ. Dawes Of
Chicago and f. +. Leonard Of Peoria
were elected directors for two years and
Joseph Wood of Pittsnlrg was elected
director for one year to succeed John f.
Davidson of thar city, deceased.
Colonel Isaac w. Avery, at one time
editor of the Atlanta Constitution, and
'oreign commissioner tc N1exi,o and the
South American republics for the Gotten
States and International Exposition Of
1895, fell from tine :yorch Of his residence
n Kirkwood, Ga, Tues1iy night, dying
At noon yesterihy from the effects Of
he fall.
The customs authorities at Colon,
Colombia, have seized twsnty cases Of
which were down o. he manifest as
ard. The duty 81 tobacco is 81 .0Ca, or
vice the value pf the tobacco Itself in
another case lard and "prints" we're
ound to contain tobacco of excellent
quality.
Madame Edgar Serge De Neil, other |
wise known as the Duchess Of Rio |
Irande," the American woman who was |
Irraigned with ier husband in the |
police cour: Tuesday, charg- |
d by hotel keeper ana two lanHladies |
With defrauding than. was released |
rom Holloway jail yesterday, bail hav- |
ng been furnished
Edwin Dun, ex-Unito3 States minister
o Japan, does not apprehend any trou-
lie between Japan and the United States
With regard 10 Hawaii. If the United
states is bound to annex Hawaii it can
e done in such manner as t. avoid I,
riction. Mr.. Dun is o. the poinion that
God will result from the recen. action
{ Japan in adopting 81 to l monetary
United States Consul 1'Hara, at San
uan del Nor.e, Nicaragua, says that
0 wooden rims are used on bicycles
here on account Of the weather; also
nat the roads are Dot very good for
'heeling. Spanish American w5men
ave not as yet taken - the wheel He
Kinks with ective agents sales OF ma
hines could be pushed. Typewri:ers
re not in very general use.
Among the passengers arriving at New
oTk on the steamer Tautonic from Liy-
pool and Queenstown yesterday were
avid Bispham, the singer; Ex-Governor
rank Brown, c. Il Fair, Of San Fran
SEQ, w. c. F. Mccartney VI. P; Mrs.
Pierpont Morgan and he Misses dor
an, New York; DR.. Charles r. Palmer.
q. Schurman, az Cornell university.
nd the RI. Rev. II. B. Whipple, D. D..
shop Of Minnesota.
Germany 5 s.ea3ilv increc sing her
ade with MaSi o ana so- 1896 II
to more than In 1896. when il
as 16,S00,O0O marks. The goods Ger
any sends - Mexico are textiles. 10, i,
ares. china, glassware and machinery.
ow that the sil+ar crisis has been
-idgsl over successfully al kinds % .
l;erprises are being started in the re-
Iolic, including mining, railroads. :
'ewer;es. sugar refineries. etc.
Il has been decided 70 grant rate Of :
lie fare for the round rip 10 Denver :
Ter the Trans-Missour' lines on the &C. !
sion o. the coming Festival OF Noun :
N and Plain. This rate will apply "a .
e state Of Colorado. the western ha,f r
Nebraska and Kansas emf the whole /;
The states Of Wyoming ami Ctaa ana Y
e territory q New Mexico. Oxins 70 Y
'culiar conditions the Rock Island Was :
lowed 10 announce a rae - 81 ne 7
Mt Of one fare