The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-08-01
Told in FeWest Words

LIE authorities at Victoria, province
of Alava, Spain, have seized eighteen
eases of rifles destined for Meiaga.
The Tennyson memorial on the Isle oil
wight WI be unveiled by Lady Tenny-
son and dedicated by the archbishop OF
Canterbury on August g.
Judge Sanborn in Yesterday caused
me decree Of sale of the Union Pacific
court 10 be duly recorded in this dis
.rict.
Walter 8. Hobart, the young million
are prominent n racing circ.es, is COZ
fined tc his bed at his home in San
Mated, Cal, and is suffering from ap-
pencicitis.
Jim Jeffries. the big boxer from Los
Angeles, has been matched to box
twenty rounds with ICE Choynski, the
meeting to take place IN San Francisco
IN Ooctber.
An official dispatch from Lorenzo
Marquee says the government troops
troops have defeated the rebellicus ma
lives N an engagement in Gazalani.
The natives lost 300.
The musical festival at the Nashville
exposition attracted thousands yester-
Gay. Victor Herbert and his military
band bgin a FIVE weeks engagement
Monday, giving two concerts daily.
The Liberty bell Of Philadelphia will
be on exhibition in Nashville on Penn
lylvania day. Governor Hastings and
staff and the municipal officers of Phila-
1elphia, and citizens, will be present.
Lightning struck -Depauw college n
New Albany, Ind, yesterday morning
turing thunder storm. The building
MAS fired but was extinguished after
II had been damaged to the extent Of
5000.
w. ]. Doty. western member OF the
L. A. W. national racing board, has an
nulled the suspension of the. Southside
sthletic track in st. Louis. the manage
nent having promised 10 discontinue
Sunday races.
Samuel Lewis, believed to be the old
rs. ironmaster in the country, died at
Allentown, Pa, yesterday, aged 81. He
founded the Allentown Iron works in
1916. His grandson, Fred E. Lewis, is
mayor Of Allentown.
bridge between Mt. Pleasan and Long
Run. Ohio. was set on fire Friday night.
Track men put out the fire and saved
The bridge. This road is crowded with
toal from West Virginia.
Colonel James +. Gregory, United
ctates engineers in charge OF the i'm
prcvemeat service Of the Ohio river and
tributaries, dropped dead yesterday from
heart disease, at Cincinnati. He was
formerly on Sheridans staff.
The First National bank OF Asheville,
- c., did not open yesterday morning.
The bank will ge into voluntary liquida-
Ion. The three other banks in the city
opened as usual No run has been al
tempted and there IS no excitement.
Phylixera is ravaging the vineyards in
the province of Navarro, Spain, and
spreading throughout the central dis
tricts. The result is a marked increase
in the price of wines in the province Of
Valladolid and throughout Valencia.
The barkentine Cipher. laden with
resin and lumber, on Friday night night
caught fire five miles below Savannah,
Ga Word reached the city and the fire
boat was dispatched to the scene. The
vessel and most Of the cargo were saved.
Mayor Strong of New York has an
nounced the appointment of Colonel
George Moore Smith. of the SiXty-ninth
regiment, to succeed Colonel F. d.
Grant as police commissioner. The new
commissioner viii be sworn in Monday.
Edwin Flanagan, of Atlanta, Ga,
who has been on trial all this week al
Decstur fer the murder Of Mrs. Nancy
Allen ard Mss Ruth Slack on the even
Ing Of the 51st Of last December. has
been found guilty and sentenced to be
hanged y JauS: :.
4 warrant OF insolvency has been Or
dered in the Suffolk, Mass, insolvency
court against the estate Of James
Stevenson. styled 1.-THE millionaire real
estate owner" Mr.. Stevenson is the
father Of Miss Grace Stevenson whose
disappearance is still mystery.
The receiver for the West Superior,
Wis, Iron and Steel company has Sc
cured an order of court permitting him
70 Operate the works during the re-
mainder OF his term as receiver" II Is
said that John II. Rockefeller will get
control OF the plant next December.
The contested will of the late Cath |
crime Derse has been sustained at Ju- |
reau. Wis. Mrs. Derse left will be- |
queathing the bulk OF a large estate to |
three children. To nine others she left |
S. 600 each. The latter contested the |
will on the grounds OF mental incapa-
blity.
ba fafa rir
CT took NJ the time of the delegates "a |
the BIENNIAL convention OF the Young
Ponies Alliance OF toe EVANGELIST as
soc;a:ion at Pi;tsburg. Pa, yesterday
morning. and no business session was
held. At the afternoon session papers
we're read.
\ destructive hail storm passed near
Sioux Falls. s. d. tIiday night The
storm started three miles west Of Dell
RanidS and went in ? southwesterly di-
-ec;ion. destroying everything in its
path around Garretson II is estimated
ne. fully one million acres OF crops
vas destroyed.
The record in the case of Theodore
Durrant. the san Francisco medical
student whose alleged murder ana trial
'orme5 the sensation OF the time vas
lied in the clerks office OF the United
States supreme court yesterday. The
'ase was docketed as number ACES for
he coming term.
The insurgents under Juan del Cado
ave approached the outskirts Of Mar
sno. twelve miles from Havana, and
Numbered several shops. killing The own
rs Of one and robbing several private
esidences. 1t is officially denied that
NY insIr~gent caup exists within many