The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-01-05

dead. A special train with the chief {
police and 9 posse went from here, an
j returned last night with several pris
oners. McPhale's injury viii probabl
prove fatal.
"sWEET CAPoRALr-sWEEr INDEEL
Troy, N. Y, Dec. 2S.-Richard b
Borringer, q popular young man VIII
smoker OF cigarettes. He becam
troubled with an affection of the hear
which was followed by dropsy. Sew
eral physicians attended him and the,
all agreed that his system had beef
shattered by nicotine poisoning. III
had q fine physique, and unit
recently was believed to have goOt
prospects OF long life. After hi
death one Of his veins burst and tht
blood therefrom was almost as black a
ink.
WRECKED AT ELY.
MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 29.-The cannon
ball express on the Albert Lee route
leaving Chicago at 1905 p. m, wa
wrecked at Ely, Iowa, twelve mile
from Cedar Rapids at 2:30 a. m. yes
terday. A heavy drift Of snow stOppeC
the train at Ely, and while the tracl
was being cleared heavy freight en-
CINE with a cabOoSe attached ran into
the real. Of the buffet coach, telescopine
1t and sending the second or sleeper
into the first as far as the toilet room
turning over the stove. By the prompt
action of the passengers and conductor
the fire was put out without doing any
damage. The other coaches were
jammed together and the second en-
CINE converted into a wreck. The
freight engine and buffet car were de-
molished. Every coach was full OF
passengers and all were scratched and
bruised, three seriously but none
fatally. A driving snow storm was in
progress and the passengers thrown
out of the sleepers in their night cloth
ing suffered from the severe cold. The
train left Ely fifteen hours late. The
names Of the injured are not known
here.
BOGUS DRAFTS.
PTTTsBURG, Pa, Dec. 29.-Withil
the past forty-eight hours the Pennsyl-
vania White Lead company of this city
have received bogus drafts from Beat
rice, Hastings. Grand Island and Lin
coin, Nebraska. The drafts were for
$50 each, and were signed by N. Har-
rison or NJ. II. Lewis. The firm claim
that the two men are one and the same,
and that he has been travelling through
the west several months, representing
himself as their agent. His scheme is
to sell small dealers bill Of goods at a
low rate after which he re-
quests them to honor small drafts on
his employers as he is short Of funds.
as soon as he secures the money he
disappears to turn up in some other
place.
A HORRIBLE ACT.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 29.-John
North, aged AZ years, returned to his
home on South Twenty-fifth street
last night under the influence of
liquor. Soon after entering the house
he picked quarrel with his wife who
was nursing the three-months-old
child. He became so enraged that he
blow at her face, but she contrived to
avoid it and the stroke fell upon the
head Of the child crushing its skull
and causing almost instant death.
The horrible act sobered him and he
became frantic with grief and offered
no resistance when he was arrested.
Mrs. North was also taken into GUS
tody.
WAR OF RACES.
ATLANTA, Dec. 29.-An ugly race
collision took place yesterday in Law
county. While Clearance Holmes, a
young colored man, was cursing a
white boy, Bob Camp, a white man, in
,erfered and knocked the negro down.
This led to general clash between
about 300 whites and blacks who were
IN the streets. The negroes enlisted
n behalf of Holmes and the whites
stood by Camp. Men were knocked
Town and stabbed Unfortunately.
Five men were carried to their homes
IN stretchers.
THROWN FROM THE TRACK.
ALMA, Mich, Dec. 29.-The south
pound passenger train on the Toledo,
Dunbar s. North Michigan railroad
vas thrown from the track near here
yesterday by broken rail. The bag
rage and smoking cars were over
urned, but no one was seriously hurt.
4 few passengers were cut and bruised
)y crawling out Of windows.
GUARANTEED FOR SMALLPOX.
SAN Francisco, Dec. 29.-The
Iteamer Oceanic arrived from China
Ind Japan yesterday afternoon and
vas placed in quarantine, as two cases
# smallpox were discovered among
he Chinese steeraga passengers. The
papers and mails were fumigated and
removed. They will stay in quaran-
inc ten days or two weeks.
ACCIDENTLY KILLED.
HUTCHINSON, Ras., Dec. 29.-As the
Rest-bound train on the Santa Fe
pulled into the city last night James
Hale, q passenger en- route for Califor-
Tia, was instantly killed by the dis
;harge of large revolver which he
accidentally let fall. He hailed from
;pringdale, Arkansas.
SCHOOL BUILDING BURNED.
MINNEAPOLIS. Dec. 29.-The Journ-
i, Fergus Falls, Mimi, special says:
The High school building with all its
contents burned this morning. Loss
'35, 900; insurance $50, 900.
MORE CROOREDNEsS.
NEW YORK, Dec. 29.-Notice was
cad in the stock exchange this after
loon announcing the dissolution of the
irm of Simpson & Co., and this was
by the announcement of the
of Alfred Sidman, one of
lis partners. The firm was composed
both of them members of the stock
exchange. The books of the old firm
If Dater s. Simpson, of which the firm
ust dissolved was the successors, were
,ound recently in the Hackensack
liver. The finding caused much COM
nent, which has been increased to-day
n the action Of Alfred Sidman, who
was book-keeper for the old firm. Mr..
simpson was seen at his Office, but he
loCllH0Q TO SCaL6 whether SlQuldn was
to the firm, but said he was
confident that everything would turn
,ut all right.
A GENUINE ARKANSAS TRAGEDY.
ST. LOUIS, Dec. GA special to the
POst-Dispatch from st. Frances, Ark,
lays: William Herrig, a wealthy
planter, has for some time past been
Jealous of the attentions paid to his
wife by William Matthewson, and he
iOrbade him to come to his wife. He
vas disregarded by Matthewson, and
IN Tuesday last he called and invited
Mrs. Herrig to take a drive with him.
While the woman was getting ready
Herrig shot and killed Matthewson,
md then forced his wife to drive to
house with the dead
)ody. On her return she found her
lome in flames, and was shot twice
Ind killed by her husband. Herrig
hen fed. Mrs. Herrig was formerly
IN actress in Pauline Markham's COM
oany, and later was in w. H. LytIe's