The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-02-01
Told in Fewest Words

Secretary Alger is said to be stronger
than he has yet been and his disease has
passed its crisis.
The failure of Oatman Bros. dairymen.
with headquarters at Dundee. Ill, seems
complete Assets are estimated at $40 coo.
with liabilities exceeding this amount
The Canton, Mass. postofice was
broken into early yesterday morning.
Blowing open the safe. the robbers car
ried off over 1900 worth Of stamps, Ieav-
ing no clue.
Huntsville college. an institution con-
nected with the United Brethren (RadicaD
church. located at Huntsville. Ind. to-
gether with the library and museum, was
burned yesterday. The loss is S40. coo: in
surance $500.
G. Nave and r. Rain. passengers on the
steamer Creole. which arrived yesterday
at New York from New Orleans, were ar
rested on the charge of numbering a man
in New Orleans. The mems real names
are said TO Azzarrilla and Giuseppe.
Near Greenville, O., a Dayton and Union
passenger engine yesterday caught c. F.
Young and his wife and 4-year-old girl in
top buggy. killing father and child and
terribly injuring the mother. 4 shed OBJ
structed the view of Engineer Creager.
On board the steamer Alexandra, which
arrived at New York last night from Lon
don. was Lieutenant Henry Thomas
Walsh, L. S. A. who has been sent home
in the care of Captain Marshall on account
of alcoholic mania. Ell will turned over
TO the care OF friends.
Mrs. Julia C. r. Dorr, the well-known
author and poet, is reported TO be crit
ically i'll at her home in Rutland, VT. She
is the author of many works of fiction,
books of foreign travel and volumes of
poems, and is also a popular writer for
several of the leading magazines.
The First National bank of Larimore,
n. D., did not open its doors yesterday.
Recently there have been Withdrawals
of deposits amounting to $50, 900. AS there
was no prospect of relief. the directors
agreed to close. The assets are said TO
be largely in excess of liabilities.
Rev. Martin Gessner. pastor of St Pat
rick's church. Elizabeth. N. j., who dis
appeared on Friday, has not yet returned.
He is known to be in a convent in Canada
and he undoubtedly left Elizabeth to avoid
receiving a purse containing $500 in gold
in honor of his twenty-fifth anniversary
a. priest.
The Australian cricketeers at Mel
bourne, in the fourth test match with the
visiting English eleven, made 323 runs in
their first innings. The Englishmen were
all out for ia runs in the first innings
and followed on At the close of play yes
terday the English players had scored
seven runs for one wicket down.
President Burt, Vice President Mink and
other Union Pacific officials have returned
to Omaha from New York. They declined
to discuss the transfer of the road from
the receivers TO the new company. which
will likely occur. John E. Berry, chief
engineer of the Elkhorn, will succeed
George H. Pegram as chief engineer of
the Union Pacific.
The order of Insurance Commissioner
Clunie of California, declaring invalid the
bonds of foreign insurance companies. in
cludes every fire insurance company do
ing business in the state not Incorporated
under the laws of California. 1t leaves
the great volume of business in the hands
of two local companies. The insurance
men will make hard fight.
The reputation of responsible firm is
behind statements concerning widely ad-
vertised wares. Who answers for the
cheap substitutes that are sometimes Of
fered?