Evening star., 1886-11-18
TELEGRAE TO THE STAR
Ga1vessOa's Missing Treasurer.
INDICATIONS THAT BrRKk DID NOT LEAVE
EMPTY HANDEn.


THAT BURKE DID NOT LEAVE
EMPTY HANDEL.
GALVESTON, TEX, Nov. Is. - The where
abouts dead or alive, OF the missing county
treasurer. w. l. Burke, Is stlll a mystery. Late
developments, while strengthening the belief
that he did not commit suicide his farewell
letters would indicate, does not, however tend
TO encourage his friends In their faith that, la
boring unoer the combined effects of drink and
the crushing sense OF his defeat for reelection,
he had merely hidden away until he was men
tally and physically restored. That he left the
city on the 9Th instant Is now stated rs fact.
and furthermore that he was seen on the train
for New Orleans when IL pulled out from Hous-
ton. In addition TO this comes the state
mcnt OF sheriff Owens that he has paid
over TO Treasurer Burke since July last
the sum OF S5,o69 on account of Grim
@ pasmenis Safs respsssissiS ssiso@ Of and q ssa
being made 10 him the day before election and
The day before his disappearance. No record
found. sixteen OF the couniy's permanent
school fund bonds OF = 900 each. bearing six
missing. but under a resolution adopted In
september, 1SSI, they are not negotiable
nn;ess signed by the county judge and clerk as
well as treasurer which neither OF the two f1rst-
named officials have done. There was also .
small cash balance Of l,.53 10 account OF the
Of the amounts have already been issued but
until thorough overhauling of Mr.. Burkes
accounts II cannot be stated how many OF these
warrants have been paid and how much cash
should consequently remain.
Wanted 20 Teach Them q Lesson.
A WEALTHY KANSAS FARMER I.Ers MS TWO
LITTLE GIRLS GO To JAIL.
PAoLA, Kan, Nov. 1S.-C Lube a German,
living In Paola township. filed complaint
against two little girls, aged IL and l3 years,
children OF neighbor, by the name OF Ziggler,
charging them with stealing corn from his field
few days ago. Tuesday the case came up for
trial In Justice Shively's court, and after hear
Ing the evidence the court was compelled to
nne the children S3 each and costs. amounting
in all TO $44. The father, A. Ziggler was pre-
sent at the trlal ana showed no sympathy at all
Tor the children, and when the fines were ag-
gregated he said he would not pay, and thus
suffered his two children TO be locked In the
Miami county Jail. We visited the little girls
in their cell later aud found them CRYING bitter
ly. They stated that they went into the held
TO get lew ears of corn for their colt, and were
not successful In getting IL until they were
caught by Iuhe, the man who had them arrest
cd. The affair has created quite "A sensation
among the people. and they are now raising the
amount OF the ihne i'm order 20 gain the release
OF the children. The father is abuhdantty able
TO pay the amount, as he owns a well-stocked
farm. His excuse for acting as he did was that
he wanted TO teach them a lesson. The feeling
against Ziggler il so bitter that he may be
excited and rghteousiy indignant over his
course.
Asks Damages for BEING Black listed.
A BRAkEsMAN's SUIT AGAINST THE OHIO AND
MISSISSIPPI RAILROAD.
CINCINNATI. OHIO, Nov. 1S.--An interesting
case, and the first of the kind In this vicinity,
has been filed at Aurora. VIM. Hisey, through
his attorney, Hon. q. +. Roberts, brought suit
against the Ohio and Mississippi railroad for
$1,000 damages claimed 10 have been sustained
from the following causes: Hisey being IN the
employ OF the Ohio and Mississippi railroad
company as switchman In their yards in this
city, went out on strike with the switchmen.
He afterwards returned to work Tor the COM
pany, but was discharged July last because OF
his participation i'm the strike He then sought
and obtained employ ment in the yards OF the
Cincinnati, Washington and Baltimore road,
and worked tor that company ten days, when
the "boss' discharged him, aud gave the
reason for for SO doing that the Ohio and Mis-
sissippi haC demanded il because OF his belong
ing 10 the strikers when In their employ. He
then sought work I'm the employ OF two other
railroad companies but was shown by parties
IN han as,nopsy , plesefipea a "a ais., or
by the Ohio and Mississippi road, with re-
quest that he be refused employ ment because
of having participated in the strike when work
ing for them. Failing TO procure work, he now
brings suit against the railroad company Tor
alleged boycotting.
Stalk ing Ont Claims in Indian Territory
CALDWELL, KAN, Nov. 1s.-A company OF
soldiers have been ordered 10 this place from
Fort Reno, to keep prospectors oat OF the In
dian Territory. The greatest excitement pre-
walls. Thousands OF claims have been staked
out In the Territory below Caldwell, where
silver is believed 70 exist in large quantities.
Crazy for . Drink.
A BROOKLYN DOCTOR MAKES MURDERoUn
ASSAULT ON DRUG CLERK.
Answering the bell early Monday morning,
Night Clerk Larkin, OF Strahans drug store, In
Brooklyn, opened the door and was seized by
powerful man, who threw him TO tie floor and
held him. Larkin, by the dim light recognized
the man as DIR. Blakeny, once a reputable
physician. Holding the clerk down, the doctor
drew knife, and, as he plunged it down, the
clerk made desperate wrench, and the knife
was buried in his thigh. Iarkin then laid quiet,
as IL dead, and saw the doctor go behind the
counter and drink from the yellow whisky jug
In frantic haste. He swallowed nearly a quart
OF the spirits and staggered out, leaving the
clerk insensible on the floor. A passing police
man, finding the drug store open. discovered
Larkin and sent him to the hospital. Blakeny
was picked up out of the gutter by another Of
6cer and taken TO the station-house. He IL a
hopeless drunkard. and stops at nothing to
crafty his appetite.
Rhode Island Murder Mystery.