The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-22
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open the ports OF Mok-Pho and Chin
Pho after October 1.
representative Lynn of North Caro-
| lima, has introduced a bill in congress q
reduce the tax on distilled spirits 10 Il
cents gallon.
A dispatch from Bourges, capital OF
the department Of Cher, says that the
northwestern portion Of that department
has been destroyed by a hurricane.
A despatch from Alpena, Mich, states
that the steamer City Of Alpena, which
grounded on Avery Reef Tuesday night
was pulled off early yesterday morning
without damage.
Three thousand tons Of Bessemer pig
iron. the product of Milwaukee mill
have Been sold for export TO Germany.
Many other foreign inquiries are at
hand in this market.
y. c. Graham. general merchandise,
and Rolfe Graham, al Fonda, Iowa, do
ing business jointly. have given mort
cages aggregating So, 225 on their stock.
The total liabilities are about $4,000.
At meeting Of ali the Lake Michigan
and Superior lines in st. Paul yesterday
il was decided to reduce the rate on
grain pro Ducts from Minneapolis to New
York from 2215 cents a hundred to 20
cents during August.
on June 16. fire broke out in the royal
palace at Bangkok, Siam. Fortunately
here was but little wind and the blaze
was confined 20 thebuildings in which 4
started. The treasury building was for
some time in danger.
A terriatle hailstorm has devastated
the country north Of Lake Zurich. Crops
end fruit trees have been destroyed,
buildings damaged and telegraph wire
blown down. The damage is widespread
and great CONSERVATION prevails.
According 10 the latest native reports
from Szechuan, China. the famine there
is still at its height and people are dying
from starvation by the hundreds daily.
Large sums of money will also be need
ed 10 start the survivors once more in
LIFE
Horace Moulton, a pioneer Kansan.
and for. many years a capitalist and
politician by turns. was burned 10 daeth
Which he was carrying exploded, the oil
his clothing and igniting. He
6.ed in great agony.
Specials from Fargo. Grand Forks,
Crookston and other Red river valley
points say that too much water is fall
ing for the good Of the wheat crop. At
Fargo 446 inches of rain fell in two and
days. Many fields of wheat on
low places will be uncut and the loss will
be heavy.
4 party of mountain climber started
for the peak OF Mt. Tacoma. Among the
prominent men OF science in The expe-
dition are DR.. B. Turner. chief Of the
forestry division of the United States
agricultural department; the vice inspec-
tor of the Russian forestry department.
DR.. c. z. Hartmeyer, Prof. Bailey and
J. Russell and a party of the geological
survey.
Under command OF Lieutenant James
A Moss, company Of twenty-three
United States soldiers, who left Missou-
Ia, Mont, July IA, on test of the b.
cycle for army purposes, camped at Ma
con, Mo-. Tuesday night on their way to
CT. Louis. Lieutenant and Assistant
Surgeon ]. NJ. Kennedy and Press Rep
rasentative E. H. Boos were with the
company.
While returning home from the an
nual meeting of the mission at Ching
Choung. China, Rev. A. n. Smith and
n. D. Porter, Mrs. Porter and two chill
dren were attacked by a mob. They
we're travelling by boat and had passed
the night just outside OF the city. Rocks
and other missiles were thrown at the
party brt they kept the natives away
by firing rifle shots until the soldiers
arrived.
The Golden Gate special train which
has started for Columbus, Ohio. con-
tanning visitors TO the Christian En-
leavor convention from Ohio and Indi-
ma. arrived yesterday at Mammoth Hot
Springs, Wyo. The party consisted Of
school teachers, doctors. bankers and
newspaper men. At Butte thousand
persons met the train and the visitors
we're taken down into many of the |
mines and smelling plants.
Nine members OF the crew OF the Bel |
yium steamer Concha were drowned in |
, collision with the British steamer ST. |
T,lans Monday off the Isle Of Wight. |
The Concha, which was from Meditera- |
lean ports and bound up the channel, |
vas sunk. while the St Filans' bows /
we're badly damaged. The last named |
raft. which was bound from Rotterdam |
or New York, brought seven OF the /
Concha's crew 10 Southampton.