The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-10-09
Told in FeWest Words

shot himself in New York Thursda,
hight, died yesterday
The tobacco crop has been cut shor
10 per cent as a result OF the drouth il
Kentucky. The corn crop is also badly
damaged Hogs are reported dying il
many counties for want Of water.
United States Consul Day az Annoy
has reported 10 the state department
that the bubonic plague, which has rag.
ed IN that section for three months. i;
now regarded as having run its course
Canudos. the stronghold Of the relig-
/ ious fanatics in the interior of the state
Of Bahia, Brazil, has been captured by
the forces OF the federal government and
Antonio Consel Heiro, the chief of the
fanatics. is dead.
| The French Steamship company will
! shortly construct a new fleet OF steam
els for service between Havre and New
\ ork, and the average speed of each
| steamer will not be less than twenty
| two knots per hour.
A meeting OF the southwestern lines
has been called for October IS in ST.
| Louis to consider the restoration of
Southwestern Traffic association. Pres
ent conditions favor successful results.
In view Of published reports that
President Crespo Of Venezuela was
dangerously i'll. Minister Andrade, at
Washington, cabled to Caracas and yes
terday received an answer saying:
President Crespo had a slight indispo-
sitiOn but is already well"
The stables of W. T. Frady, near
Marietta, Ind, were destroyed by fire
Thursday night with all their contents,
including forty-three horses, which were
Frady's care for training, and eight OF
his own horses, valued at more than
$4,000. The total loss SO, 900.
Major William r. Livermore, corps Of
engineers, has been selected for engineer
officer Of the Nicaragua Canal commits
sion. Major Livermore is in charge Of
the second lighthouse district, which in
ciudes the New England coast and has
been stationed at Boston. He stands
very high professionally
The Iowa supreme court has decided
the case Of the defunct Union Building
and Savings association, holding that the
assets must be divided equally among
the stockholders, whether notice of
withdrawal is filed or not. The inter-
yenorS claimed that notice OF withdrawal
constituted them preferred creditors.
At 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon the
Madison street bridge, in Eau Claire,
Wis, the largest one in town, took fire
from sparks from the Dells Lumber
company mill near by. Inside of twenty
minutes three spans of the structure
was floating blazing down the river. The
loss is $4,000. Several people narrowly
escaped going down with the burning
bridge.
The supreme court Of Iowa has ad-
judged guilty Of willful and corrupt mis-
conduct in Office the board Of aldermen
Of Dubuque, Iowa, VINO passed a resolu-
ton raising their salaries n 1895. The
lower court enormously sustained a de-
murrer winch claimed that the council
men were not guilty because they had
10 pass on the doubtful meaning Of a
special charter under which the city
was operating.
TIE United Typothetae of America
yesterday elected the following officers
at Nashville: President, n. L. Burdick,
Milwaukee; vice presidents, Joseph
Elcnbaum, Pittsburg; Frank Hudson,
Kansas City; f. W. Foster, Nashville;
Fred Spencer, Cincinnati: Joseph Rog-
erS, New York; A. F. Rutter, Toronto;
secretary, ]. s. Cushing. Boston; treas
urer. r. r. Donnelly. Chicago. Milwau-
kee was selected as the next place OF
meeting.
The twenty-third SESSION OF the Ms
sissippi Valley Medical association came
10 a close yesterday at Louisville. The
session will meet again in 1898 at Nash
vile, Tenn. TIE following officers were
elected: Dr.. j. Young Brown. s.. Louis,
president; DR.. A r. Buchanan. Fort
Wayne, Ind, first vice president: DR.. A.
J. Ochsner, Chicago, second vice presi-
dent; Dr.. Henry E. Tuley, Louisville,
secretary.
Consul Lnsley, al Coaticook. Quebec,
IN a report to the state department. say.
that few years ago Il was impossible
to obtain United States periodicals in
that part OF Canada, while now they
ale all for sale. None Of the United
States metropolitan dailies are to be OBJ
tanned there but if an effort were made,
the consul believes. many could be sold,
which would result in increased trade
through the advertising medium. Daily
papers are now from q 10 IS hours old
when they reach that part Of Canada.