Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1883-04-22
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GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.


ArCHlsoN, Ks. April 2l.-A seasa -
! ton has been created here. 4 woman
named Clara J. Wilson was taken be-
fore the Grand Jury OF Harrison coun-
ty, Mo-, Oh a. charge of arson As she
refused To testify she was sent to Jail
! fer contempt OF court. She escaped
from there and was lost sight of. To-
day the Chief of Police here received a
letter from the woman. in which. among
other things, she states Il have
burned more than one building, and be-
fore Wednesday night some of Atehison
| will be in ashes, hike S. A. Dale's house.
Nobody knows my name, and l will
| burn half Of Atchison and kill all can,
| and then 60 70 some other place and kill
| and burn more. will be as mean as l
can" Several attempts have been made
during the last two weeks to start IN
cendiary tires IN the business part of
this city. This gave clue, and to-day
the sequel came. Dan Weeks, who is
the lessee Of the Exposition grounds,
come t. the city on horseback, stating
that the stalls aud barns on the grounds
were on fire, and that he had chased the
woman who set the fire over the fields
and prairie. Officers started TO find
her, which they did after long chase,
and as she shrank exhausted in a ditch,
she was captured and brought to town
and placed in Jail, where she now is a
raving maniac. The woman also fred,
earlier III the day, the main staircase
and apartment or the Exposition onild-
ing, which was extin suished. Sne also
fired Colonel Browns Granary. which,
with fences. was destroyed. Her people
have been communicated with and are
expected here to take her home.
r. II Notes
NEw YORK, April 2l.-Gould to- day
Issued letter TO the stockholders of
the Wabash, st. Louis & Pacific Rail
way Company, OF which he is President,
ia which he says: III order to pay off
the floating debs of the company and
provide for its car trust payment, the
Directors, authorized by the stock |
hcldcrs. have decided 10 create a col |
lateral trust and loan, amounting to !
$40, 900, Geo in coupon bonds, bearing |
6 per cent. interest and running thirty |
years" Il IS thought this Joan IS 10 |
relieve the Wabash Company of its
floating debt and provide for its oblIgs-
ton, which would otherwise be an en-
cumbrance upon the net earnings OF the /
company. These measures, together |
With the lease Of the property of the ST.
Louis, Iron Mountain 1, Son hera Rail
way Company, have bssn undertaken
for the benefS and advantage ot the
CHICAGO, april 2l.-Ssmuel King
and wife were arrested by the Private
Detective agency to-day, charged with
1t is said they have been
operating for several days among the
large merchant houses of the city. In
their room al the Matteson Honse ST.,
500 worth of silks, bbons and lsces,
the property OF A. S. Gage & Co.. were
found. They were introduced to the
irm by man named Jos. TOUGHER,
who is alleged to have crooked record.
The detectives say that King aud his
wife are very expert in the business
and are members of the famous Ma
lam Mandeibanm gang of Nv York,
and operating throughout the East.
MILWAUKEE,, Wis, April Gid. }.
Whittemore, Chief. Engineer Of the
Chicago, Milwaukee and ST. Paul Rail,
road, III whose hands was left the mat
.er OF preparing for the annual meeting
IF the American Association of Civil |
Engineers, reports that the same will
De held at Sc. Paul aud Minneapolis Cd
Iuoe 20. The Association comprises
100 members, and over half that num-
Der, with their families, are expected
o be present.
WASHINGTON, April 2l.-The Signal
Service bulletin says: The storm,
which was in central Idaho yesterday
morning moved eastward, developing
.reat energy, and is now in Colorado.
Violent southeasterly to easterly winds
prevailed in Texas and thence north.