The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1886-12-30
ADAsTARDLY SCHEME.
Attempts to Blow Up San Francisco Cable
ROAca WIN dynamite.

Attempts to Blow Up San Francisco Cable
ROAcs With Dynamite.
SAN FRANCIsCo, Dec. ga sensa-
tiOnal development in the street car
trouble occurred to. day on the Geary
street line. An oiler who descended q
man hole In the cOurse Of his duties on
the road near Vanness avenue, found two
donamIte cartridges with fuse attached
In the tunnel through which the cable
runs under the track. Further search
was made and two more OF these destruc-
live agents were found. 1t is believed that
the cartridges were placed in the tunnel
on Sunday night, In readiness TO
be exploded Sund6y morning when the
assault Was made on the employees of the
road, and that the presence Of The police
| and the determined fight they made
prevented the contamination OF the das-
| Iardly scheme. The amount OF dynamite
secreted under the track was sufficient
not only to blow up the road bed and any
car which might have been run over it,
| but would have caused immense damage
| to property in the vicinity. The matter
has been placed in the hands OF the Au-
| thorities. An important event bearing
upon the present trouble between the SUIT
ter and Geary street cable companies and
their employees has just been made pub
| lie. It was q conference had between
| panies on one side and Major Bartlett
| and the police commissioners on the
other. The commissioners pointed out
| the heavy cost entailed on the city IN
protecting the roads, the unprotected
condition OF q large part OF the city, and
| the heavy duties imposed upon the police
| by the present condition OF things.
Major Bartlett suggested that some
compromise be effected through joint
committee OF arbitration. The street Car
representatives refused to agree to any
outside interference TO bring about COM
| promise and the conference adjourned
without accomplishing anything. 1t is
estimated that the loss to the roads az
they are now operated is 500 day TO
the Suffer street, and $500 day to the
Geary street.
JUDY SELECTED.
KANSAS CITY, Dec. 2S.-The trial of
George Hamilton, one of the six Knights
| of Labor charged with wrecking Mis-
souri, Pacific train and killing two men
| during the great strike, was resumed in
the district court ct WyAndotte to-day
and the selection Of Q jury was COM
| pIeted. About 100 persons were exam
| med before jury was obtained. The
| last man OF the twelve accepted by both
| sides is Knight Of Labor, as shown
during his examination, and the states
acceptance Of him caused some surprise.
opening address tomorrow and abe stale
expects to have its evidence all in by
Thursday. The trial will probably last
week or ten day.
ST. LOUIS, DAG. 2S.-The steamer
Natchez, which burned at Cairo, was
owned by the st. Louis & New Orleans
Anchor line and WAS one of the most
noted boats plying the Mississippi. She
was valued at S120, 600 and insured for
| ESQ., 600. The r. s. Hayes was q stern
wheel tow-bOst of powerful capacity be-
| longing to the St. Louis 8 Mississippi
Valley Transportation company, and
valued at $4,000 and insured for $780,
600. The barges burned were the
and were valued at 10000 each and not
insured. They were owned by the same
company as the Hayes. The Iron Duke
and the AZ were pulled out and sent
down the river, and at last accounts
were still burning. The Iron Duke had
about &c, 600 bushels Of corn as her cargo.
| The 40 had 2 ,G70 balea Of cotton aboard;
the "a had 5000 sacks Of salt, and the %
carried $50 drums Of eaustic soda. There
Was probably another cargo not reported.
All the earg0es were Insured. The loss
is estimated at 9100, 900.
RAILROAD COLLISION.
WARRINGTON, Dec. 2S.-There was an
accident on the Metropolitan branch OF
the Baltimore s. Ohio railroad to-day,
by which two colliding passenger trains
were pretty badly wrecked. The COLI
| sion was between fifty seven, going west
/ from Washington, and the second section
| Of twelve, coming from Chicago. The
| Chicago train was very late and should
hove taken the siding at Rockville, but
| instead tried to make the siding at Silver
| Springs. Il was within three miles Of
| the latter when il collided with the Gath
/ ezsburg train from this city that left AZ
| half past nlne O'Clock. The GsthersburR
| train was also making for q switch when
| the collision occurred and each train was
about equally distant from their reepec-
/ tive eidtngs ct the time OF the accident.
| The trains following the accident took
route by way Of the relay house. Con-
ductor RIdenour Of the Gashersburg
train was badly injured and number Of
/ the passengers were cut and bruised, but
none seriously hurt.
| FIRE AT DETROIT.
| DETRoIT, Dec. 28.-FiEe broke out this
| afternoon in the building occupied by
i the Detroit Alaska Sack company, on
Clinton street. By hard work It was con-
fined to the building. Several girls in
the third story narrowly escaped with
their lives. Loss. s170,0O0; insurance
S160, 600.
ST.. LOUIS, Dec. 28.-Alfred Blunt, 3
negro who murdered his wife In south
st. Louis last Nay by cutting her throat
/ with . butchers knife, and hacking her
head with 9 hatchet, and Jerry Page,
who shot and killed samuel Oohn some
moths AGO, both OF whom were recently
cOnyfcted of murder, were to-day SEN
fenced by Judge Normeie, OF the crimi-
nal court, 70 Be hanged on the 11th Of
February next.
/ EFFECT or LEAyENWORTH TEACHIHG.
LEAvRNWOBTEs Dec. 28.-The details
Of the express robbery Is published this
i morning have created much comment
i here. Every party Jet implicated in IL
Il Is Q former resident Of LeaVeDworth.
i Weaver, Cook, Whitbrook and Haight
| were school boys hare together. A they
grew MP they became wild and reckless
ard were Fl VayS classed g rough char
acserE. They we're al here last summer
and Il Is believed ti1st the robbery was
tulanned % IjseYenW0rEh.