The Wichita daily eagle., 1898-01-05

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a circular letter OF instruction TO officers
of the customs directing that additional
countervailing duties be assessed on sn-
gars imported from France.
| James B. Kellogg, one of the members
| OF the defunct E. S. Dean company, of
New York, surrendered himself yester-
day to the police. Myron l. Bernard
, anu Sam Keller. the president and ma n
ager OF the firm, surrendered yesterday.
AT the close of play yesterday in the
cricket ma tch between the Australians
| and visiting Englishmen, at Melbourne.
| Australia, the latter scored 81 runs for
eight w.ckets in their first innings. The
| Australians II their first innings made
| so runs
A large number Of representatives of
cities and towns interested in the ap-
proven1ert Of the Tennessee River as
sembIei in convention at Chattanooga
yesterday. The purpose is TO get the
| Tennessee river Improvements on a
steady basis.
Edward Clifford, former West Shore
railroad detective, was sentenced in Jer-
sey City yesterday to be hanged there
February 16 next for the murder Of VIII
liam Watson, division superintendent
OF the West Shore road, on March 5, 1895,
at Weehawken.
The secretary of state OF Illinois has
licensed the incorporation Of the Ameri-
can Steel and Wire company OF Chicago.
The capitalization Of the company is
Ss7 900, 900, the Incorporating fee for
which was sS7.500, the largest ever paid
in any similar proceeding.
The report current some time ago that
Pope Leo would send to Washington on
January /, Polish archbishop who
would cooperate with the papai dele
gate in restoring peace in number Of
disturbed Polish communities, is now
dismissed as an invention.
The surveying expedition attached TO
the Nicaragua canal commission is still
in camp near Greytown. Everything IS
progressing favorably. It is said that
material of all sorts deteriorates rapiily
in that climate and work on an extend
ed scale will be very expensive.
II is stated that the properties Of the
Wisconsin Railway company, will with
in a comparatively short time be en-
tirely reorganized, and that they will
pass into other hands than those Of the
men who control the old company.
The Woolson Spice company has filed
an answer at Toledo, Ohio, in the action
brought against it by the Arbucles. 1t
alleges that the Arbucle, are and have
been since December, 1896, engaged in a
conspiracy 10 injure, destroy and wreck
the business of the Woolson company.
In the district court at St. Paul, Mimi,
yesterday, Judge Willis called the case
of the state against William Dawson,
Jr., charged with grand larceny in the
first degree. The case grows out OF the
clesingo the Bank of Minnesota year
ago. The selection OF a jury began at
once.
A college OF commerce and politics will
be inaugurated under the auspices of
the University OF Chicago to teach prac-
tical business and politics, TO include
departments of railways and transpor-
tation, banking, finance, insurance, man
ufacturing, trade, diplomatic service and
journalism.
Joseph Smith, director OF the bureau
OF American republics, is about TO make
a voyage through the West Indies for
his health, but is not charged with any
mission by the United States govern
ment nor is he expected 10 make any in
vestigation or report touching Cuban af-
fairs.
the California train-wrecking case de-
cided in the United States supreme
court yesterday and referred to in the
dispatches as the Crossley case, was
properly the Worden case. Crossley was
the petitioner in Worden's behalf Wor-
den is the man who is under sentence Of
death.
At Stockton. Cal. yesterday morning,
fire broke ouI in warehouse No. OF the
Farmers Union and Milling company.
and spread 70 warehouse No s. The
lowest estimate on the amount Of wheat
destroyed is 1000 0tons, and many but ii
higher. The loss is placed a. more than
500, 900.
The officials OF the Associated Flint
G'ass Workers union will submit a prop
osltion to the flint glass workers which
VIII reduce the heavy assessments. Be-
ginning with January, the assessments
VIII De 4 per cent on the ofnnnununu
VIII d cents on the dollar instead Of g.
as tney have been since January 1903