The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-10-02
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The f1fty-firs. annual meeting OF the
American Missionary association will be
held in Minneapolis October 1921
5000 in it il he would vote 70 give the
contract for the stone work on the new
capitol to a bidder using Kettle river
sandstone.
Earthquakes are reported 20 nave shak
en- many places on the northeast coast
OF Borneo and a new island has been
thrown up near Mempakul.
A rich gold strike mas been made on
Po;osi mountain. in the Snuffles district
Colorado. The vein is wide and con.inu-
Gus and runs thousands Of dollars TO the
ION.
c. z. K. Joyce. So years old, who reg
istersd at the Grand Union hotel. New
York, from San Francisco on Tuesday
last. was found dead yesterday in mis-
room. He mad committed suicide by in
haling gas.
Alex Mcdonald OF San Francisco. who
fell from a norihbound Portland train
near San Pablo. Cal, Tuesday evening.
sustained injuries which have proved IA
tai He was on his way north 10 enjoy
a vacation.
Albert L. Ide. presiden: OF the Nation
al Electric company OF Eau Claire. Wis.
and head o. cae Ide machine works and
Of the Ide Bicycle company OF Peoria. Ill,
died on the Omaha train last night. His
death was caused by peri,oniils.
Alderman George A. Durham OF Min
indictment: covering a defect in an old
one, charging him with demanding a
bribe from Charles II. Richards for a
grading contract. He pleaded not guilty.
The grand jury a: Minneapolis has in
dicted Alderman Roman Alexander
Dumbrowsi for offering a bride ofs5. 900
20 John De Laittre, member OF the state
capitol committee. De Lait,re charges
that the alderman told aim there was
Fire yesterday az Willow Springs. 16
miles from Chicago, on The drainage ca
nal, destroyed nearly half the town and
made nifty families homeless. The fire
apparatus was totally inadequate. The
loss is about $4,000, with buI little insur-
ance.
John Wedderburn & CO. OF Washing
ton. have been disbarred from practice
before the interior department a patent
attorneys or agents. The firm is held 10
have been guilty of gross fraud and I'M
professional conduct. The postmaster
general has been notified OF the finding
Judge C. r. Scott, a; Omaha. issued
two more OF his orders yesterday. He
calls on the board of fire and police COM
miesioners 10 Immediately restore w. W.
Cox 20 his position as chief of detectives
or go 10 jail. The second order requires
the Nebraska Telephone company to fur
nsh local attorney with a telephone
al So month.
The validity OF an act passed by the
legislature of Michigan in 1891, COMPEL
ing railroads to issue 1,000-mlle ticket.
good for any member OF family. for $50
has just been sustained by me state su-
preme court The ticket issued under
this act is good for two years from the
date OF issue.
The grand jury az Philadelphia has ig
nored the bill against Marion Sluyvesant
a colored porter. VINO was charged with
the murder Of Major w. C. Wilson, the
aged librarian, and ordered the dis
charge Of the prisoner. His acquittal
leaves the case surrounded with as much
mystery as ever.
A large Illicit trade has been bull, up
az Picking by foreign merchants who
import their goods free OF the duty i'm
posed on Chinese merchants, whom they
are consequently able 10 un6ersell. Con-
sui Read, al Tsln Tsin. thinks that his
trade should be legitimatized by making
Picking a treaty port and opening !: 20
American trade.
Lon Agnew met defeat on Thursday
night at Sacramento, Cal. In his contest
with Henry SpanJer. a recently gradual
ed amateur. The eighth round found
Agnew. so weak that he could not deliv-
er h Nv and Referee Sullivan stopped
the mill in the middle OF the round, de-
claring Spanjer the winner. The men
Weighed in a; 139 pounds each.
Judge Jackson, al Wheeling. ". Va,
has granted two more temporary injunc-
tons agains: Internal Revenue Collector
A. D. White, enjoining him from remov-
ing a. c. Berry. a gauger, and J. c.
Ruckman. stOrekeeper. az The Martins
burg internal revenue office. They a.
lege that they were abou; 20 be removed
in violation Of the civil service VS.
Last Tuesday. The day or which the
new Kentucky constitution became six
years old. was the day on watch the Law
says all parts OF charters in conflict with
the new constitution and new corpora
ton laws stand repealed. The auditor
and other state officials have just con-
cluded tina: this repesls all me special
privileges contained in the charter 0, the
Southern Pacific Railroad company. and
/; must pay a franchise TAX.
The Canadian Pacific railway COM
pany intend 20 extend their railway .nto
Rossiand. y. 9. A company has partly
completed arrangements for the erection
of a large smel;er on Columbia river.
which Hili treat t9e R1-sisnd ores prac-
tically a cost. This action viii reduce
the cos. OF treating ores in ne R0sslau1
district about One-hs.f and enable a
large number OF llw grade properties
nov Idle % be proA,aoly developed
HoMEsEEKERs' EXCURSIONS VIA
THE GREAT ROCK ISLAND
ROUTE
To points IN Arkansas. Indian rsrri-
toy. Texas and Louisiana. one tsr. Dlus
500 round trip. Ti-ke-s On s1le JAY
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twenty days f3- return
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