The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-12-13
I'll World Over
NEWS IN NUT SHELL
FROM EVERY NOOK
OF THE EAR tn

Geo. Gould is back to New York, after
tour Of the railroads, embracing the
| Gould system. lie is contemplating build
ing a road from Arkansas City south to
Lake Providence. Louisiana.
Mrs. Belle Hotchkiss, who was found
guilty of manslaughter in the third de-
gree for the killing of James Duffy. her
brothe1-in-law, of Ellinwood. Kansas, was
sentenced TO three years in the peniten-
tiary, the full extent of the law Thurs
1 day.
Galveston. the food-devastated city of
Texas. is in financial difhculties, it hav-
ing failed to pay interest on some of its
bonds. a meeting is to be held in New
York City to discuss the situDtion. The
bondholders and a committee from Gal
| boston will settle the matter
/. F. Wilson Of Kansas City, has sold
1000 acres OF land in Archer county,
Texas, TO a colonization company of Indi-
ana.
Heavy snowstorms in Colorado are de-
laying the railroad traffic.
Senator Chauncey Depew win be mar
ried TO Miss Balmer on Christmas Eve,
at Nice, France.
a fierce gale is raging on the English
and Irish channels. a Belgian boat went
down with fourteen.
Yesterday, IN Bow street police court,
London, the prosecution finished its case
against Dr. Krause. Whereupon he was
slapped back to await the January as
sizes.
Argentina and Chill are having a fuss
in South America that may lead to a fist
fight.
a ive-story building in New York City
occupied by the Dennison Manufacturing
company, was burned yesterday. The loss
is estimated to be $4,000, with two-thirds
as much insurance.
One of VIM. Marconi's balloons at St.
Johns, n. F., yesterday, broke from its
mooring and fitted away. Marconi in
tends to send another one after it, today
Levi Garrett, a young French Canadian.
at Rumford Falls, Maine, was waylaid
by highwaymen and after being cut up
with knife, was robbed of $780,
Three children of Tunis Pons, an en-
, ploye of a company at Pompton Lake, n.
J.. were drowned yesterday, near their
home They were skating. and the ice
broke
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Pa. was destroyed by fire Thursday. One
Man, named Dumont, is missing.
4 dispatch from Cadiz says: This city
was in state of partial revolution prac-
tically all night long. Riotous mobs, led
by striking bakers. armed with knives
and bludgeons. pillaged stores and at
tackled people.
Miss Stone and Nine. Tsilka are ali
right. The brigands have a doctor on
hand. but are sorely troubled because
Miss stone insists % converting them to
While six masked men were operating
on a railroad safe at New Freedom. Pa.
Thursday night an engineer. Charles
Shaffer by name. came along, and IN
hand to hand fight knocked one down,
but was overpowered and robbed.
William Allen was hanged yesterday
at Uniontown. Pa. He was a negro. and
assaulted a white woman, after shooting
her husband.
The senate has passed the house reso-
luton to adjourn for the holidays from
December 10 to January 6.
Tobias Castor, right of way agent for
the Burlington railroad, died yesterday.
lie was in a railway coach, when he sud
denly dropped dead into the aisle, near
Havelock, Nebraska.
The resignation of W. G. Purdy as pres
! ident of the Chicago Rock Island & Pa
ciic railroad has been accepted by the
directors of the company. William b.
Leeds was then elected president.
The annual meeting of the American
| Friends peace conference began at Phila-
delphia yesterday. The conference is
called mainly to protest against war and
/ its accomplishments. and to foster plans
tending to a realization OF universal peace.
The marriage of Miss Katharine w
Dorr of Albany, \. Y, and Mr. William
Loeb, Jr., secretary to President Roose-
welt. took place at the Emanuel Baptist
church Thursday afternoon. Mrs. Theo-
dore Roosevelt presented the bride with
a diamond brooch.
\ special from Paris. Texas. says:
Coleman Atitchum. negro teacher. shot
and fatally wounded his wife, and after
wards set fire to the house. The negro
| took refuge in q cabin. where he was To-
Gated by City Marshal Mills, who was
fired upon as he entered the place. Mills
returned the fire and the negro fell dead.
with bullet through his neck
In the United States district court at
st. Louis. Ben Fitzpatrick. the Montana
train robber suspect. was sentenced by
Judge ADAMS to 10 years Imprisonment
In the state penitentiary at Jefferson City.
No. yesterday.
Gen Samuel Pearson. the Boer repre-
sentative in this country. called upon
President Roosevelt Thursday. The pres
ident suggested nothing that would lead
to a discussion OF affairs in South Africa.
The concluding arguments in the trial
of Mrs Lola IDA Bonine. charged with
killing young Census Clerk Ayres.. were
continued yesterday. The case probably
win so 10 the jury today
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