The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-03-12
LATE NEWS BY WIRE.

LATE NEWS BY WIRE.
New York. March u.-An Official state
ment was made today to the effect that
| Chairman W. Dunn of the state Repubh-
| can committee will be appointed secre-
tary of the territory of Arizona.
Paris. March I'm. Kurino, until re-
Gently Japanese minister at st. Peters
burg, has arrived here on his way TO
Genoa, where he will embark on his way
home. His departure for Japan appears
! TO indicate his belief in prolonged hos
/ Titles
London. March u.-An additional vote
of $3.50 600 for the British exhibit at st.
Louis, making a total of $4,000. is in
Guided in the civil service estimates for
| the coming year.
Conneaut. O.. March 1.-THE large car
! ferry steamer Shenango No I. owned by
the Pere Marquette and Bessemer Dock
and Navigation company. was destroyed
| by fire today Marles McCarter. fireman,
was killed and Engineer John Merritt
/ was probably fatally injured.
Chicago. March 1l.-After a session last
1 ing all of the afternoon and until mid
night the jury in the car barn bandits
cast put of verdict until 10 o'clock to-
morrow. Rumors are said to favor PEN
itentiary sentence.
Port Said. Egypt March 1.-THE Rus
sian armored cruiser Dmitri Donskoi ar
rived today from SueZ. She has been COM
pletely repaired and will sail for Cadiz.
Spain, March Is.
Odessa, March 1.-THE stoppage of
shipping to the far east is causing dis
tress among the dock laborers and men
employed in similar capacities. Typhus
fever has broken out in the poorer quar-
tiers and the price of bread has doubled.
owing TO the speculation of grain brokers.
Nikolaiev. Russia, March u.-Three
fast torpedo boat destroyers and the
cruiser Kagul are nearing completion at
the local dock yard. The machine shops
are preparing engines Of 1880 Horsepower
for two new battleships of the Potemkine
Tavrtchesky type.
New York, March 1.-Two torpedo
boats sent out as scouts from Port Ar
thur March I, have not been heard from,
according TO a dispatch from Che Foo.
1t is feared, the dispatch adds. that they
have fallen into the hands OF the Japa-
nese.
Island of Guam, March 1.-THE cable
ship Scotia is ashore on Spanish rocks.
The water is nearly up to her decks and
she WI probably prove a total wreck.
New York, March 11.-August Cook,
father Of Eleanor Robson. and one of the
best known actors on the American stage.
is dead at his home here. from cirossis of
the liver and dropsy. aged 90.
Rock Island H., March 11.-John w.
Of ha
Woodmen, is dead of Bright's disease,
aged 81 years.
Berlin, March 1.-THE budget commit
tee of the reichstag. after examining the
naval appropriation for four days, has
decided on reductions amounting to 81
oos,eoo including striking out one gun
boat, which the navy department agreed
to.
Buda Pest, Hungary, March 1.-THE re-
cruiting bill, which had been the subject
Of strong opposition for long time, pass
ed all its stages today in the lower house
Of the Hungarian diet.
Manila. March 11.-Executive secretary
Arthur w. Ferguson, has been appoint
ed the official representative of the Phil
ippine Islands at the ST. Louis exposi-
ton.
Kiev, Russia, March 11.-There is in
creasing dullness in the sugar trade, and
plantations are diminishing the area to
be sown.
Washington. March misrepresentation
Hearst of New York introduced a bill
creating an interstate commerce court
authorizing the Interstate commerce
commission to fix freight rates
Shanghai March 1.-THE revenue re-
ceipts fer past fiscal year was 100000 taels
below that of 1902. The total revenue
for the year was 100000 taels in excess
Of 1920
Rome, March 1.-THE governments Of
the powers have manifested the intention
of coming to an understanding on the
common law to be applied by neutral
powers in the case of conflicts between
other powers and especially regarding
maratimes
Tien Tsin. March 11-One field battery
has been installed in the fort at New
Chwang and also one company of in
fantry, while preparations are being made I
to mount siege guns.
Tien Tsin. March IA Chinese refugee
from Hsu Yien insists that he has seen
Russians retreating from the Yalu river /!
and destroying villages enroute.
Washington, March 1.-THE gunboat /
left Hampton Roads yesterday /
for Colon.