The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1886-12-23

MILWAUKEE. DC. GA DoIu EOoOeIy
was committed at the First National Bank
in this city al noon to-day. r. q. Bige-
low, cashier, Was engaged ii signing 9
new issue OF 50 notes and when
about halt through with 3 $4,000 lot
ne went LU dinnei leaving the nUte ON his
desk aud on his reLurn dice We. ed that the
money had bren stolen by some unknown
peIson who ualockeo Ine DOR u his
rOUm.
CoUETERFITERs AT WORK.
CHICAGO, D,C 81 For seVeFAI mon hs
Chicago, Silnuea pills, 81 Paul MIlwau-
Kee and other cItl-s OF the northwest have
been flooded with spurious silver dollars
so closely resembling the genuine article
that even experts were deceived. The
United States secret serVIco detectives
suspected the OWners OF . house near
Pullman. The building Is one story
cabin leased Uy three white men. On Sat
urday the detectives Intercepted box
shipped Co Minneapolis and found il con-
IaIued 200 first class Counterfeit dollars,
and in the place near Pullman
they found only u negro who said The
white IL en- had left an hour befUIe. Upon
searching the house they found 1fIy sheets
of platinum, uOX containing number OF
fics, -cIass uIts, small machine used Tor
perfecting mixing around the edges Of
vi C imposition, white metal, package OF
sIlTcr Iasf and q small smelling furnace.
Nm addition are four dies of $3.50 gold
pieces. The cnu0tertelts are the most de-
cepuve ever known and deceive experts.
They correspond in weight exactly with
the United ) stes collars and have the
genuine ring VIII n tested.
DENOUNCED AS C0WARDs.
CHICAGO, Dec. 21.-A SPECIAL 30 the
Times from Fl. Worth, Tt xas, says: Pur-
suant 10 call OF Corporal j acob q. Smith
OF company r, gath U. s. Infantry, rous-
| ing n. Getting of the enlisted men OF said
company, was held at Ft. Elliot to-day tor
the purpose of expressing contempt for the
conduct OF Sergeant Chss. COnuor and
party, two privAies, one of this company
| and one of company b. "A sh infantry, who,
while being detailed, armed and provided
| with proper orders from this post and en-
| route to Fl. Leavenworth military prison
as guards to two military conYtcts sui.
| fered themselves To be robbed In broad
daylight by two unmasked btghwaymeD
| on the Fit. Worth s. Denver railway, not
withdrawing notice had been given the
sergeant and psriy that robbers were on
| tie train. Resolutions were adopted mer-
| cilessly denouuciDg the c0wsrdly, uDsol-
dler-like conduct of the party.
THE OF BLOODY FEIND.
FIR SMITH, Ark, Dec. 2l.-Anothez
bloudy IndIan Territory murder has just
| come to light, and TWO more Indian oes.
peradoes have bf en- sent To the happy hunt
| ing grounds. For many years there has
existed deadly feud between the Fore
mans and Stars of tine Cherokee nation.
| SIM Starr demanded payment for horse
| Foreman had killed, when Foreman drew
pistol, shooting Starr through the heart
| Starr had out his pistol aud fired, the bull
let breaking Foremsn's NECK and both men
| died almost Instantly. This ends one OF
The Oldest and bloodiest feuds OF the many
| that have existed in the Cherokee nation,
feud that bss lasted for fry years and
r. suited 10 the death of many men on bOtn
sides.
GEORGIA MURDERER LYCNHED.
ToCCoA, Ca, Dec. 81 fine reported
burning OF Frank Sanuers. the murderer
O. five members Oi the Swelling family, IL
proved to be incorrect, as he was returned
10 jail. Yesterday, however, party Of
| 125 men surrounded the al At an early
hour, battered down the door, took San
ders to a convenient plsce and swung hin
up Il has been developed that Mrs. Ra'
cbsl B ATTY, who lived in the neighbOr
hood, was an accomplice 10 the crime and
that 1t was the design oil herself and San.
ders TO get married with the monty thu
+ gained. The woman has been put in jai
and there are fears of another lynching.
ARKANSAS FIRE BUGS.
LITTLE Rock, Dec. 2I-News is re
ceived from VilOna, an inland town o
FauIkney county, this state. to the effec
a that about 3 O'Clock Sunday morning
!. evey business house il town was stimuli
> taneOusly set on fire and burned to th
I ground, including the barns, cribs an
{ outhouses OF Messrs. George and Thoma
D Harris, residing about q half mile froL
4 ViloDa Nothing at all was saved an
= Harris Bros. Loot great quantities of corr
fodder, cotton. seed. hsy, etc Total losi
about $3.50, GOO. Nobody has yet been al
rested, but suspicion points TO two sue
picious characters.
= SENTENCED TO HARD LABOR.
a MILWAUKEE, D %. 2l.-FOr the pub
: lication of q scurrilous poem reHectip
on the integrity of the court in the TIL
: Of the riot cases Judge Sloan to-day ser
y tenced Paul 3rottkGn, editor Of the q
cialist organ, the Arbeiter- Zsitung,
thirty days as hard labor.
LEAvENwoRTH's WHISKY CASES
LEAVENWoRTH, Dee. 2I.-The case
the district court against j AXE Lau. q "a
g loon keeper, charged with violation I
y the prohibitOry law, terminated th
lie afternoon and was & ven TO the jury
o five O'Clock They were Instructed
o Judge Crosier 20 bring in a sealed verdiC
g and after being out about two hours reI
AZ dered verdict, the nature OF which O.
: | not at this hour be known. but prohib
IA tionisss generally feel confident that It
azerdict of conviction, from the fact tn
the jury Is composed Of honest, intel
gent citizens and the evidence Of Leu
N guilt being proven without possibly
NJ shadow Of doubt. Bets are freely ofEers
- five 70 one that the verdict Is one of col
vlctiop, go eAuguine are the friends
a. law and order of having broken the
III in the exserminstioa OF the 200 open D
N looms in this city
NEW INDICTMENT FOUND.
1e KANSAS CITY, Dec. Il The case
a Geers, one Of the six men charged wi
n tram Wrecking on the Missouri Pscih
~ vas taken up In the district court
IN WyandOite thIs morning. The prosecl
ye TioD, expecting TO Try Lloyd's case hTI
4. Vas not ready TO Try G err, and thereto
DISMISSED the charge sEsinst him
mi1rfler and RroakinR and nPeRanfed