The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-06-24
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At yesterdays business session Of the
Saengerfest at Philadelphia, Brooklyn
was unanimously selected as the next
place Of meeting.
TIE Western Reserve university has
conferred the degree Of Ii. D. upon
President Mckinley and Judge William
son OF Cleveland.
II is believed that construction work
on the CHA Valley, Globe and North
western railway in Arizona, will be
pushed to a speedy conclusion.
The japanese cruiser Hi Vie. now
used as training ship, has arrived at
San Francisco and will remain in port
several weeks before sailing for Homo
lulu.
The celebrated race horse Semper Lex
died at Plymouth. Ind. Tuesday night.
of burns received while enroute from
Chicago TO New York. He was valued
al $4,000.
The annual wage conference Of the
Iron and Steel Sheet manufacturers and
the Amalga mated associated is in ses-
sion at Pillsbury, Pa. The outlook for
a settlement is encouraging.
Bert Won Norstrand, an architect, at
Kasson, Mich, last night shot and ser
lously wounded Jennie Geesie, aged is,
and then placing the revolver to his
head, blew out his brains. The couple
were lovers.
Three colored men were drowned yes
terday in White river, at point just
below Clarendon, Ark. They were in
snail boat which ran against the pier
OF bridge and upset. The names Of
the victims are not known.
A running fight between villagers and
burglars occurred a. Falls Junction, O.,
yesterday morning. The burglars broke
into the Office Of the Austin Powder
company and blew open the safe. The
burglars finally escaped on stolen horses.
An Italian laborer's shanty near Bril-
Liant, Pa, was blown up by dynamite
Tuesday night and Cactus Antinolli
was instantly killed. The police believe
that the explosion was the result Of q
plot and thirteen Italians have been ar
rested.
General Henry r. Jackson Of Savan-.
nah, Ga, has been appointed temporary
receiver of the SUwanee Canal COM
pany, which was organized six or eight
years ago for the purpose of draining
the Okefenoke swamp in southern
Georgia.
Harry c. Pulliam, president OF the
Louisville baseball club. has been NOM
inared for the legislature by the Demo-
Gratis Of the Louisville district The
members Of the Louisville club have
autographed their thanks to the voters
Of the district.
Francis ]. Kieckoefer, the discussing
clerk and chief OF accounts of the
STATE department, in Washington, who
was surmarily dismissed in 1895 and
indicted for alleged embezZlement of
government funds, probably will be put
On trial shortly.
DR.. D. j. Pearsons OF Chicago, who
has already given Beloit college a quar-
ter of million dollars, has announced
tina. he would give the institution a
womans domi;ory to cost 900 and to
be known as Emerson Hall, in honor of
Professor Joseph Emersn.
The national board of managers Of
soldiers homes, General Franklin presi
dent, are at Santa Monica, Cal, for their
annual inspection OF the home there.
Major Birmingham, treasurer of the
board, had his foot badly crushed by
an electric car yesterday.
Fire yesterday afternoon IN the
seven-story manufacturing building At
Laisht and Greenwich streets, New
York, drove 300 people who were en-
ployed out. All were got out safely ex-
cent one man who jumped from a win
dow and was badly injured.
The special grand jury appointed to
the robbery Of ballot boxes
and other frauds committed at the late
election in Denver has returned thirty
eight indictments against nineteen cleo
ton officers for violation OF the election
laws. The names of the indicted have
not yet been made public.
Father Bart has stated that the prin-
cipal points n the decision OF the court
in the Murphy case had been upheld by
Martinelli who has declared
that Father Murphy is not suspended.
communicated or expelled. The chief
point established by Monsignor Marti-
nelli's decision is that bishops cannot
suspend priests arbitrarily.