The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-11-30
Told in Fewest Words

Wilbur S. Glass of South Dakota, who
was recently appointed United State.
consul at Kiel, has received his exequa-
teur.
A fire at Farmland, Ind, yesterday
destroyed six business houses, incluiing
with light insurance.
Ex-Congressman Ephriam Woomer
died yesterday at Lebanon, Pa, of
Bright's disease at the age of So. A
widow and one son survive him
At Memphis, Tenn, yesterday ]. r.
Thomas, allies Thurman. the forger and
Jail breaker, was sentenced 70 six years
in the penitentiary.
James Smith and Chris Merry, ac-
cused OF numbering Mrs. Merry at chi
cago, are believed to have been at Pros
pect Heights hotel. near Peoria, Sunday.
Leslie Wasnburn of Vermillion, S. D.,
died yesterday OF consumption. He was
a jockey of national reputation and also
known in Venezuela, where he rode last
year.
The Austrian Lloyd steamer Diana, in
collision off Gallitea with the steamer
Antonio. sank. the fifteen passengers
and forty members OF the crew of the
Diana were saved.
A receiver has been appointed for
George H. Pell, for many years well
known Wall street broker and railroad
operator. Mr.. Pell admitted that there
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A jury has been ordered in the case
of Bates Soper, who killed his wife and
two children at Archie, Mo-, in April,
1891, and the trial viii begin today. So
per's defense, it is said, Will be insanity.
Rev. Henry Super, LII D., retired pro
fessor of church history and honhiotics,
in the school of Ursinus college, College
vile, Pa, is dead at his late home there.
DR.. Super was born in Baltimore IN
1924
The industrial delegates from Cata-
iona have returned home dissatisfied
with the manner in which the Spanish
cabinet received their protests against
granting autonomy to Cuba and Porto
Rico.
Ole Henderson, who was shot at Ink
ster, N. D., by Miss Mary Luxton on
Saturday night, is dead. He was con-
scious to death and begged that Miss
Luxbon might not be prosecuted, as he
alone was to blame.
At the horse sales at Lexington, KY,
yesterdya the yearling thoroughbred by
Ranyon d. Or, out Of the famous race
mare Salhe Mcclellan, sold for $1,000 to
J. D. Smith. Hon. w. c. Whitney was a
contending bidder.
The national government will not in
Lterfere with the state authorities Of
Louisiana in the treatment Of the levees
threatened at Algiers, opposite New Or
leans. The state levee board Of Louisi-
ana has taken the matter under its
charge.
The pope has appointed the Rev. P. L.
Chapelle, bishop Of Santa Fe, New Mex
leo, to the archbishopric Of New Orleans,
and the Rev. Father FitZmaurice, rector
of the Church of the Annunciation, Will
iamsport, Pa, to be co-adjutor bishop Of
Erie, Pa.
While drunk yesterday Jesse Mead
ans, drawman, shot and killed Frank
Radamacher, a miner, at Panama, Ill.
McAdams placed a revolver close gainst
breast and shot him
through the heart The men had some
words about bill owed by MsAdams.
Mr.. Milton E. Allies. Of Sidney, Ohio,
has been appointed private secretary to
the secretary Of the treasury. Mr.. Allies
entered the government service in 1887
as an assistant messenger, and has been
advanced through all Of the grades OF
the classified service.
The Father Fitzmaurice who has been
sppointed coadjutor to the bishop of
Erie, Pa. is Father Fitzmaurice, rector
of the church Of st. Charles Borromeo,
Overlook, Pa. II was erroneously an
Saturday last that the ap-
pointee was rector Of the Church OF the
Annunciation, OF Wlnamsport, Pa.
Frank Agramente and Thomas J.
the Moro prison, Santiago de Cuba,
where they had been confined two years.
seven months and one day, have arrived
in New York. Agramonte belonged 10
the first so-caled filibuster that set foot
on Cuban soil.
The comptroller Of the currency has
declared dividends in favor of the cred
itors OF inSolvent national banks as fol-
lows: Second dividend. Is per cent, to
creditors of the First National Bank OF
Cheney, Wash; and fourth dividend,
10 per cent, to creditors of the Columbia
National Bank Of Minneapolis. MINI.
The WEIGH steamer Labarrouere, Of
Cardiff, has foundered off Trevose Head,
as the result of collision with an un-
known vessel. Part Of her crew OF thir-
teen has been landed at Cardiff after
having been in an open boat for twenty
four hours One OF the boats, contain
ing the captain and a part of the crew,
is missing.
AT Lincoln, Neb.. yesterday Judge
Cornish passed on the point raised by
ex-Auditor of State Eugene Moore that
fees ens5ezzled cid not belong to the
state. and that consequently his con-
viction on that charge was Illegal He
held the point not well taken. Sentence
was suspended pending an appeal TO the
supreme court.
The destruction OF nearly thirty miles
OF the Everett and Monte Cristo railway
by the recent foods threatens to cause
r famine in the small mining town OF
Monte Cristo. Wash, which is cut off