The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-01-26

terday morning and as nearly as can
be aScertained about 66 900 In cur
rency was taken. Both the outside
and inside vaults were drilled and
blown open. The burglars in their
hurry TO get away left over 81 900 on
the door. There is no clue.
sMU00LERS DROWNED.
TACOMA. w. T., Jan. 19.-Fourteen
Cinnamon left Wet, IA yesterday morn
ing in small boat for the San Juan
islands. thence to smuggle themselves
into the mainland Of Washington Ter
ritory. The boat upset near the IS
lands and all hands were drowned and
their bodies were washed ashore.
MURDERER CAUGHT.
KANSAS CITY, Jan. lS.-Charles
Meyers, who enlisted in the Sixth In
fantry band at Fort Leavenworth on
January 18th, was placed under arrest
there this morning on information from
Henry SCHNEIDER, a newspaper CORES
pondent, who declared that Myers was
the man wanted at Independence, Mo-,
for the murder of James Heir in the
railroad station at that place about
three weeks ago. James Bogart, the
accomplice, who confessed while in
prison at Independence, was
sent to Leavenworth during the day,
and he having identified Meyers, Gen
eral McCook surrendered him to the
authorities, and he was brought here
tonight. Meyers will be taken to In
dependence tomorrow. His home Is
in Altoona, Pa. The crime with which
he is charged is the murder of James
Weir at Independence. He has no ex-
PLANTATION to offer.
CAUSED BY JEALOUSY.
NEW YORK, Jan. 18.-Insane jeal-
ousy resulted in a terrible crime being
nd In South RrnnHluVn fhiG 0f-
ternoon. Frank Fouckner, young
Austrian, shot his wife, Addie, three
times in the head, inflicting wounds
which will probably prove fatal, and
then shot andinstantly killed himself.
The couple were only married
September 18th last, and after living
together for some three months
separated on account of Fouckner's
jealousy Of his wife. Mrs. Fouckner
band to contribute to her support. To
day the judge advised them to make
up and live together, and they had
gone to the house Of the wife's mother
to talk the matter over when the trag-
edy was enacted.
NORTHERN PACIFIC FIRE.
PORTLAND, Oregon, Jan. 18.-The
rOundh0use, machine and blacksmith
shops of the Northern Pacific Terminal
company, dJ AlDlIld, DuIucu JO-Udy.
Loss, S45, 900; insurance, $25, 900.
Seven Oregon Railway s. Navigation
locomotives we're damaged and pas
senger coach burned. The loss on
this property aggregates SIC, 900; no in
surance. A boy named Whitney, aged
II, after the fire was struck by fall
ing beam and killed.
REPORTED WRECK.
DUBUQUE, Ia, Jan. 19.-The pas
senger train on the Illinois Central
road that left Dubuque for the east at
noon was thrown from the track at
Scalesmount, twenty-five miles east,
and it is said that several cars rolled
down a steep embankment. The rail-
road officials are dumb, as usual, and
1t is difficult to obtain the facts
Several passengers are reported dead
or severely wounded, among the latter
being Mail Agent COnIStOck.
ATTEMPTED MURDER AND SUICIDE.
ROCHESTER, N. Y, Jan. 19.-This
morning James Grinder attacked his
wife with a Ratchet, inflicting three
savage wounds in her head. Thinking
he had killed her, he ran to the cross
ing of the Buffalo, Rochester & Pitts
burg Railway and threw himself in
front Of rapidly approaching locOmO-
tive. He was instantly killed. He
leaves nine children. Mrs. Grinder
may recover.