The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-06-27
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Mrs Margaret Ol.phant, the author, died
last night in London of cancer. she was
20 years OF age
The directors Of the Postal Telegraph CON-
pany have declared quarterly dividend Of
~ per cent. payable July L
Al Utica, o., yesterday thirteen build
tngs were destroyed and four badly dam
aged by fire. The loss is estimated as $780,
coo.
The extension Of the free delivery postal
service TO Anaconda. Mont. and Fairfield,
Ia. has been postponed from August to
September l.
The Ernest rice mill. at the corner of
ulia and Magazine streets. New Orleans,
was burned yesterday. The loss VIII BE
$780, 900 or more.
Bishop C. c. McCabe of the Methodist
orphanage in Hing Hua district. China, and
donste it 10 missionary work
E State Treasurer BARLEY of Nebraska
convicted OF embezziement, was sentenced
yesterday 10 twenty years in the peniten-
tiary and to pay fine of 10000
George D. Ladd. attorney and one Of the
prominent and wealthy business men Of
Peru, Ills, committed suicide yesterday By
shooting. Ill health was the cause.
Hing Humbert will formally receive Gen.
William F. Draper, the new United States
amba ssodar 10 Italy, on Tuesday next. June
g. when he will present his credentials
The condition of Colonel Pryor OF the Ca
madam contingent Of troops now in Lon
don. who met with an accident, after watch
blood poisoning set in, IS much improved.
The Times-Republ.can plant at Marshal
town, Ia, one Of the best equipped news
paper offices in Iowa, was almost complete
ly Quilted by fire yesterday. Loss $50, co..:
insurance S2, coo.
The prosecution for alleged criminal mall
practice in the case Of Fannie Award OF
Cincinnati has fallen through. Mrs AL
ward died as the result, as alleged, OF
criminal operation.
A scaffolding, upon which n. B. Vincent
and Joseph Dpmoulin. shingiers. We're at
work al Stephenson. Mich, broke and Vim
cent was instantly killed and Domoulin
probably fatally Injured.
The national executive committee OF the
Unite Nine Workers at Columbus, o.. ad-
journed yesterday without fixing date for
the new scale 10 go into operation. There
will be no general strike.
The cricket match between the gentlemen
of Philadelphia and Oxford, which begun
on Thursday last, was continued yesterday.
The Oxford eleven made 81 runs for three
wickets and won by seven wickets.
q. r. Pend of Corning, Ia. Is dying Il
the Presbyterian hospital from wound in
fficted by trSnpS who tired 10 hold up pas
sengers on a Burlington train at Choleo.
fifteen miles from Omaha, yesteday morn
ing.
The Mount Pleasant Brothers union OF
the regular Baptist church is holding q
meeting in Mexico, Mo, 10 find out If there
is any essential difference between the old
gospel mission and the regular Baptist
church.
The Milwaukee and Wauwatosa motor
line was sold at public auction yesterday
for S42 SO In the building and equipment
of the line s306,0C0 was expended and the
right is said to be worth more than
$3.50 COO.
John Meyer. bookkeeper and cashier
Of the New York Insulated Wire COM
panyf has been indicted on a charge Of
embezzlement and larceny. The amount
of the alleged embezzlement is said TO be
about $4,000.
An attempt 10 wreck a passenger train
on the Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg
railroad was made in the outskirts of th,s
city Friday evening heavy pine tie was
placed across the track but 1t failed TO de-
rail the train.
j. S. Hetherington, general agent of the
Continental line and alhmore and Ohio
Southwestern IN Kansas City, has rendered
his resignation, effective July l. 1t Is be-
lieved that ne Will be succeeded by &. w.
Tomlinson of Cincinnati '-'--- .
Officers from New York arrived in Chi
csgo yesterday 10 take back Edward j.
Radcliffe, the ACTOR accused OF brutaily
beating his wife. and who IS now at foerty
on 5000 bail. Should he refuse to return.
requsition papers Will be forwarded. Mrs.
Radcliffe is said TO be in avery serious con-
d!tion.
Don Francisco Sivels. the leader of the
diss;dent Conservatives, has published a
manifesto demanding the adoption by the
Spanish government of an energetic atti-
tude towards the United States in regard 10
Cuba. He equally condemns the scheme
Of reforms for Cuba drawn up by Premier
Canovas del Castillo, and the autonomy
scheme advocated by the Liberals.
A special meeting OF the Manufacturers
and Producers association in San Francis
CO has decided TO communicate directly
with President Mckinley. Secretary Gage
and aPc.fic coast representatives in con-
gress with reference to the recent ship
ment for export of some so-cailed California
brandy and protesting against the issuance
OF permit as proposed by the treasury de-
partment.
Columbus. O.. June 2s-The United Com
mercial Travellers of America elected as
supreme counselor r. r. Somerville Day.
ton. O.: supreme junior counselor, Charles
W. Rice, ST Paul. Mimi; supreme past
counsellor. James Kimball. Ssiina. Kan:
supreme secretary. c. b. Flasg, Column
bus. o.: supreme treasurer. ". ID. Car
penter, Columbus. o.: supreme conductor.
c. f. Hobbs. Boston; supreme seminal. 3.
Z. hartman. Fort Scott, Kan; executive
committee, John Dickey and S. II. Strayer.
Columbus o.: supreme surgeon. c. " Tay-
Tor. Columbus. o.; supreme chaplain, James
c. Nesbitt, Columbus. o.: auditing commit
tee. T. II. Slayton, Cincinnati, o.. B. c..
Carr. Lexington. KY, and II. A. Marks,
- Mich