The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-04-11

johnson, r. Anderson, F. OFT, Mrs.
Stockweil, r. Pringle, j. F. Olsen,
Hundershot, Leroy jerks. III. Hoi-
brook. E. s. Noyin, II. L. Violin James
Beckmeyer, Henry Rake, Charles
| Stenkel. William Raneall, s. NJ. Howe.
In the vicinity of GAINESVILLE, twelve
miles north of Yankton, eight farmers
sustained losses running from 81 900
to 60, 600 each. Among these were
n. johnson. Charles oHouck, Wallace
BroSe and X. g. Cook; around James
vile the loss will foot up $40, 600. One
man lost 81 600 in money which he had
in his coat in piece of plowed ground.
Two wagons burned 100 foot from the
| fire. Sixty miles of Western Union
wires blown down between Centerville
and Huron.
AT BLUNT.
BLUNT, OAK, April 4.-StOries of
the fury of the fire continue to be
brought in by stragglers. They say
wind would gather up loose finders
and hurting it high in the air, carry it
ahead of the surface fire alighting on
barns and houses and igniting the
prairie fifty yards in advance of the
surface fire. Houses and barns burned
where the fire was carried over 100
yards across new broken ground.
Losses estimated at 100000 in this
vicinity.
AT HIGHMORE.
IIIGHMORE, OAK. April 4.!The
prairie fire on the evening of April 1st,
began five miles from here on the
farm OF Mr.. James Ingram,
while he was smoking his pipe his barn
caught fire and was destroyed. The
fierce wind carried the fire to the
prairie and the work of destruction be-
gan. Houses barns and some stock
were burned. Tuesday morning the
wind reached a terrific gale and at 8 p.
m. the fire reached Rec Heights, fifteen
miles east of here, where thirteen resi-
dences in the town were destroyed.
| The losses estimated in Hyde county
| are $50, 900. at shutdown, Tuesday
another fire started IN the northern
part of this county, sweeping away
six homes, burning to death Miss
Annie Sweeney and a 5-year old baby.
Eugene Tibbs, MIR. and Mrs. Tibbs,
Mrs. and Miss Ruby are dangerously
burned. the two former fatally. Re
turns of losses are not in and will reach
many thousand dollars.
AT SCOTLAND.
SCOTLAND, Oak, April At would
take 5000. 900 to cover the loss in this
| county. The Hutchinson Herald Office
was burned. The losses amount to
S35 600 with less than So, 600 insurance.
David Ischettar and Howard White,
farmers near Olivet, were completely
burned out. Another fire east OF
Scotland destroyed everything on
the farms of Gus Evenson and w.
Shook. On the stock farm of E. s.
Sweet three barns were burned. Loss
So 900. Twelves miles west of Scotland
a prairie fire ragged, and twenty-five
farmers are known to have lost every
thing.
AT ABERDEEN.
ABERDEEN, OAK, April 4.-The ter
riDle story of the complete destruction
of LeOda, the county seat of McPher-
son county, has been brought in by a
courier, Leoda was fine little town
of 800 inhabitants, and the country fol
miles around was we'll settled with an
Industrious and thrifty people. 1t is
$50 miles from here and telegraph facil
tiles and it is difficult to get complete
information. Out of thirty places
of business, two churches, three
or four hotels and all lines of business
all but four are destroyed and out OF
thirty to forty residences less than &
dozen remain. Parties who drove
across the country to Westport the
nearest railroad station say the sur
rounding country IS nearly devastated
Hundreds of farm houses are il
ashes and carcasses of burned stool
lying along the read. The news con
tinues to come in slowly and shows
is not probable that one
tenth of the damage is yet re
port. Injured men Old and Wardwel
are very low and will die. HerrieC
and Beach of Leola are in thu
city. They will publish thei
paper in Aberdeen at present. Their
is nothing aetinite known about re
building. Citizens here will holt
a meeting this afternoon to take meas
without seed wheat, stock building
and instruments.
COL. LONG FATALLY INJURED.
CHICAGO, April 4.-Colonel Richar
J Long, treasurer and general manage
of Longs Truss Rail Joint company
who was run over by a train and fatal
injured at Pittsburg this morning wa
inventor of truss rail joint that ha
! been adopted by number of leadin
, railroad companies. He left Chicago
March Is, and was about to take tn
> train for home when the accident o.
Cured. He had resided in Chicago IL
J about two years. His home is in G.
= lumbus, Ohio. He Is a widower will
= out children and is about so years {
! age.
: Colonel Long had command of tt
73rd Ohio regiment during the rebellio
s and served under General Fremon
J: He gained historical prominence
n capturing Belle Boyd the notorioI
9 rebel spy.
SENT BACK TO HIS MOTHER.
PITTsBURG, Pa. April 5.-Arthu
l. l. Kruschinski, the $50 900 boy, said I
q have been Kidnapped from Chicag
s was sent back home to his mothet la
l. night by Inspector McKelvey. The il
y spectOr received letter from Mr.
g Kruschlnski yesterday, inclosing
d railroad ticket and thanking the polio
s for the kindness they had shown h
d boy and requesting the inspector
II send the lad home.
q COLLISION OF FREIGHT TRAINS.
i NASHVILLE, Tenn, April A &C
n lision between freight trains occurrC
this morning at Browns cross-road
e three miles from the city, on the Mas
e Vile & Decatur railroad. Both engin
. and sixteen cars were totally wreckI
W and Ernest g. Green and NJ. l.. Eb
. brakeman, were killed; Albert Fine
II fireman, was severely hurt. The CT
70 lision was caused by misunderstood
ing of orders.
CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY.
y PITrsBURG, April ga sensati,
was created here to-day by Fran
al Kohler, treasurer of the Peoples NJ
N tual Accident Insurance company ma
q ing information against Mrs. b. Ga
s. field, wife of the late James A. Ga
ID field, a prominent merchant, DIR.
In L. Campbell and Chris Martin, char
ing them with conspiracy to defral
re the company out of $1,000. TreasuT
ID Kohler alleges that the parties nam
" presented a certificate last week q
at handing 5000 for the death
IT Mr.. Garfield which occurred recent