The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-12-29
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IN audience yesterday.
The arrival at Greytown, Nicaragua
en- December Il, Of the gunboat New
port with the Nicaraguan canal survey
party On hoard, all well. is reported.
James r. Sheffield, president of the
! New York fire bard. has announced MS
engagement: 10 Miss Edith Todd Of
Judge Gilbert 3. Reed, a prominent
/ Denver lawyer, died suddenly ycster-
day of neuralgia of the heart. He had
| been a resident of Colorado since Is o..
The british Steamer Silverdale, from
Galveston via Newport News. for Bre-
men, has 1nEnipped about 100 bales of
I cotton at London, most OF which are
| damaged.
Kathryn KiddeT, the well known trag-
edienne, is lying i'll az the home OF
friends in st. Louis and her company
has been disoanded and sent back to
New York.
Colonel John Hay, United States am
bsssador, had a conference yesterday
with ST. Thomas H. Sanders, perna-
nent secretary Of the foreign Office, ON
the scaling question.
The National Zeitung, of Berlin, de-
MES that the tariff negotiations with
the United States have been broken Off,
adding fhat Trey nave only just COM
msnced and will continue.
The protest OF Stearns & Spingarn Of
New York City against the assessment
of So per cent ad valorem on an inn
portation of dyed skins Of birds has
been overruled by the board Of United
States appraisers.
The British steamer Sirona, Captain
Seaoorne, which arrived at Liverpool,
December IS, from Galveston. Novein-
Der %, via Norfolk, December 7, was o1
fire in mold No. 3. Containing 1900 bales
Of cotton. The fire Drake out at sea.
At Canyon City, Oregon, Peter French
has been killed by a man named Oliver.
A land dispute is said to be the cause
of the trouble. french is probably the
largest cattle owner in Oregon. He also
owns many Thousands OF acres of land.
Within the next few months a raft
containing 5000, 900 feet of lumber Will
be constructed in Portland, Ore, and
towed to San Francisco. 1t will be 39o
feet long and SO feet wide. The rafting
OF sawed lumber is a new undertaking.
The Artists Festival, which was to
nave taken place at the Art Institute
Mardri Gras N Chicago, under the au-
spices of the Central Art associa ton.
has been postponed until the first week
in May, at the close % the fourth an
1ual congress.
Vanloo six lives were lost. Nine men
were carried down by falling yard, or
were struck when descending. Three
were killed instantly and three others
who took the chances of escaping by
jumping into the sea We're drowned.
Leonard Sctlaller one of the injured
in the explosion at the Independent
Brewing associations brewery Monday
afternoon in Chicago, in which Theo-
dore Winskofsky was killed, died of his
injuries yesterday. Louis Imme, who
YVES also injured, is in precarious con-
dition.
Mrs. Elizabeth Stanton Woolworth,
wife of Hon. j. NJ. Wooiworts1, ex-pEesi-
dent OF the American Bar associa fion,
died at her nome in Omaha yesterday
morning at the age of 81 years. Mrs.
Woolworth vas line3l descendant of
William Bradford, the first governor Of
Plymouth colony.
"a Of two in,
Salt Lick township, FNayette county,
Pennsylvania, was destroyed by fire
Monday night and Jacob Styer and his
wife vere crenate5. Their son, Jacob,
narrowly escaped. During the previous
forty-eigat hours eight persons had
been burned to death in Fayette county.
The German government has expi ess-
ed its Willingness to grant an exequa-
teur to Edmund L. Brodowski OF ILL.,
nois, recently appointed United States
consul az Ereslau, if ne should be APP
pointed United States consul al Fuerth,
Charles W. Erdman of Kentucky, who
was appointed United States consul at
Fuerth, beirg transferred to Bres.au.
According to newspapers received at
Seattle from Juneau, Alaska, il seems
that an error has been made in report
ing fiat the NOVEL; Mining company
has been placed in the hands of a re-
ceiver. A receiver has been appointed
for several other companies practically
owned by Thomas NOVEL; and associ-
ates, but none for the Newell Mining
W. A. Setchel, professor of botany in
the University of California, declares
that the ocean plsnts have uses little
suspected 10y most people. He says
that in the early days of California the
Cine.e imported great quantities of
certain species Of scaweed from China
for food Now Try gather all they want
on the coast and s~e even exporting
some to China.
Samuel Bookstaver Bell is dead, at
Santa Rosa. Cal. aged so years He
was born in Montgomery. Orange coun-
y. New Ycik. on September II, 1877. On
coming IL California ne established
College in Oakland which became the
basis for me formation Of the Univer-
sity OF California. He was a personal
aud intimate friend OF Abe Lincoln dur
ing TIE civil war.
The Arcade huEding. owned by the
lehman estate, on West Larned street.
Detroit, burned early yesterday morn
ing, completely destroying the paper
stock CT William {. Jupp. the stock and
plant of Charles I. Roshm & Son.
wholesale s:ationers, and the stock OF
perfume mater 5als OF the Elysium Man
ufaetur;ng company. The stock ana
plan; OF the Fee Press Printing COM
psRy were near,y ruined. The total loss
o. all will reach $4,000.