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Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-01-05
A WOMAN'S PLOT.
Terrible Charges Laid at the Door of Mrs.
Emma Purcell.

TRENTON, n. J., Jan. 1.-The bold burg
lars who Miss Emma Purcell says invaded
The home of Dentist Arthur S. Kniffen
during his absence of yesterday, chloro-
forming and killing Mrs. Myra s. Kniffen
and giving Miss Purcell only enough of
the narcotic to render her unconscious
have not yet been captured. The police
do not believe the murder was committed
by burglars or that any burglars entered
the house. Miss Emma Purcell, the pretty
young typewriter, is practically prisoner
In the apartments of DIR. knlffen. She
has not been told she is prisoner nor has
she been formally placed under arrest, but
the constant presence of the officers means
the same thing. Prosecutor of Pleas
Mr.. Bayard Stockton, said today:
q have strong suspicious, but
that does not prove anything. am wait
ing for clew which may settle every
thing. We all think the same of Miss
Purcell. ! talked with her Yesterday for
two solid hours and she told the straight
est kind of a story and nearly tainted from
exhaustion when / had finished. From
what | know myself it looks very much
as if Miss Purcell knows more than she
wants to tell. We have dropped the
burglar theory altogether. There is moth
Ing in it
Shortly after 70 o'clock Miss Purcell was
informed by a member of the family of
the grave suspicious which rested upon
her. She began shrieking and crying and
went off into Mysteries. She rayed wildly
for a while but Gained down after an
opiate had been given her by Dr. Shop
pard.
1T can not be-" she said anyone
Eould not think did such a fearful deed.
On no, 1t can not be-" Then she became
hysterical again.
1t has leaked out through physician
that Miss Purcell, the pretty typewriter.
was not unconscious when she was found
she was almost in the full possession of
her senses. 1t required very little doctor
Ing TO restore her to a talkative mood. As
the case stands now there can be only one
conclusion and that is that Mrs. kniffin's
death was caused by a powerful anesthetic
administered in heavy dose, not by
strangulation. Miss Purcell is under sus-
picion and she will have hard time TO
prove she is as innocent as she claims But
the motive Is lacking. except found in the
rumor that there existed between Miss
Purcell and her cousin, IDr. kniffin, rela-
tionship which is unlawful. The death OF
Mrs. kniffin would release the husband
Tonight 1t was announced that DR..
Kniffin and Miss Purcell had engaged
counsel to represent their interests par
ticularly at Monday inquest
\ postmortem examination of Mrs.
kniffin's remains was held this afternoon
and resulted in the decision that death was
caused by chloroform.
The police found a small cork in Mrs.
Kniliin's bed today Ii is said that the
cork belonged TO a bottle containing
ohloroform kept in DR.. hniffin's dental
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ACTIVELY AT WORK.
British and Portuguese Forces Pushing
into Africa

LONDON, Jan. 4-The government has
received intelligence of the safety of Mr.
Johnston, British consul at Mozambique,
who is travelling in the interior of Africa,
and who is charged by Portuguese papers
of having intrigued with the natives
against the Portuguese in the re rritory
along the Shire river. Mr.. Johnston has
pacified the Karango5 and subsidized Ko-
takota, and has by treaty secured western
NyanZa TO the British. The Portuguese
reached katungas where the remaining
Makalolos, trusting to British protection,
refused TO surrender the British flags
that had been presented to them. The
Portuguese thereupon again searched the
steamers and compelled them to lower
their ensigns.
Fighting in Africa is believed to be GER
tain. The African Lakes company, Of
Glasgow, has kilograms from its agent Of
the same tenor, and says that the Portu-
guese crossed the river Puo. boarded the
company's steamers and hauled down the
British flags.
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An Alarming Increase in the Mortal
ity Record in New York
City.
All Sorts of Pulmonary Diseases Compli-
Gated With the Russian Plague-The
Days Record,
Several Suicides Result from Delirious
Condition of Patients - Extremely
Cold Weather in the North -
Floods in Texas and the Pa
cifc Coast-Casualties

NEW YORK, Jan. 4.-Several cases Of
sudden death were reported at the coro-
ner's office today. For the twenty-four
hours ending at noon today 234 deaths
were reported, making the total for the
week 1902, an unprecedented number for
this season of the year. The number
of deaths reported the previous week was
762. The share the prevailing epidemic
has in the increased mortality is shown in
the large number of victims to die of dis
eases of the organs of respiration. Three
hundred and sixtytwo policemen are re-
ported on the sick list today. Ten have
died from pneumonia. Frederick Hall, a
brother of Pauline Hall, member of the
''Brigands' company, died at his home,
$50 West Thirty-ifth street from pneu-
monia,
LONDON, Jan. fright Hon. Henry
Chaplin, president of the board of agricul-
ture, has been attacked by the influenza in
severe form. He is confined to his bed
The disease has made its appearance in
Liverpool. The contagion is directly trace
able to letters that came from Russia.
There are numerous cases of the disease at
Birkenhead and Dorchester. The weather
is muggy and this conduces to the spread
of the disease.
BERLIN, Jan. 1.-The schools at Halle
have been closed owing TO the prevalence
of influenza. The Dowager empress Au-
gusta is suffering from an attack of in
fuenZa.
NEW YORK, Jan. DIR Paul Hoffman,
assistant superintendent of schools, was
taken to Bellevue hospital early this morn
ing raving maniac from the effects OF ali
attack of the grippe. which he has been
suffering from the past three days.
AMSTERDAM, Jan. 4.-The telegraph
Offices in this city have been closed owing
to the employees being FRUSTRATED with in
fuenza.
CoNCoRDIA, n. H, Jan 4.-Captain
Rufus =. Staniels, a prominent insurance
and grand army man died today, aged IS.
He was attacked with la grippe yesterday
which developed into typhoid pneumonia
morning He leaves widow who is pres
ident Of the State Woman's Relief Corps.
CHARLESTON, W. Va, Jan. 4.-Henry d.
Winkler, teller of the Kanawha Valley
bank, died this morning from the effects
of influenza. He had always suffered
from asthma.
Fifty per cent of Boston's school chill
dren are away with the grippe.
The grippe epidemic is now severe at
Toulon, Nancy, Rouen and in Algiers
Frankfort and Leipsic are getting loose
of the grippe.
Northern Italy, in addition to influenza,
has floods.
Theodore Zarkel, of New York, thought
he'd never get over the grippe and suicided
last night.
Andreas Perthes, of the famous house
that publishes the Almanac de GOJha, is
dead from influenza.
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THE GRAVE GETS TIRED YAWNING.

Seemingly, for certain wretched inva-
lids who toddle feebly along, though al
ways looking as if they were going to die,
but emitting to do it, They dry up,
wither. dwindle away finally, but in the
meantime never having robust health,
know nothing of the physical enjoyment,
the zest of that existence to which they
cling with such remarkable tenacity.
They are always to be found trying to
mend by tinkering at themselves with
some trashy remedy, tonic or ''pick me
up TO give flip TO digestion, or "help
the liver" If such misguided folks would
resort and adhere to Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters it would be well with them. This
superb invigorant supplies the stamina
that the feeble require, by permanently
reinforcing digestion and assimilation. 1t
overcomes nervousness, insomnia, malaria,
kidney complaints, billiousness, constipa-
ton, rheumatism and neuralgia.
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DOWN TO THE BULB,
The Mercury Makes Great Shrink in the
North.

HELENA, Mont, Jan. 4.-Thursday night
was the coolest SO far this season in Mon
tana, the thermometer going as low as 35
below at some points. There is but little
snow reported in eastern and central Mon
tana but there is some delay to traffic in
the western part of the state. Consider
able suffering is already reported in some
of the ranges though confined to limited
areas.
PIEDMONT, Mo-, Jan, 4-The heaviest
rains have prevailed in this section.
Black river is higher than it has been for
fifteen years and covers all the bottom
lands on either side to depth of from
four to ten feet. Every farm is entirely
inundated, fences washed away and much
stock destroyed.
DEADwoOD. S. D., Jan. 1.-THE tner-
mometer registered % below zero here yes
terday. the coolest of the winter. Bust
ness is practically suspended owing to the
intensity of the cold.
SEATTLE, Wash, Jan. 1.-The overland
trains are all detained in eastern Wash
ington by snow storms. The weather is
the coolest known here for years.
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ALETTER BY BOOTH.

RICHMOND, Va, Jan. 4-The Dispatch
will publish tomorrow letter written by
J. Wilkes Booth on the day he assassin
ated President Lincoln. Its publication
is said to have been suppressed by the gov
eminent in 1St5 In his opening he fore
shadows the terrible deed which he &C
complished when he says: Right or
wrong, God judge, not man, for be my
motive good or bad, Of one thing I am
sure, the lasting condemnation OF the
north. l love peace more than life" He
then discusses secession, and singularly
enough the race problem, which is now
confronting the country. He says: This
country Yves formed for the white man, not
for the BLACK" He concludes by signing
himself: "A Confederate doing duty on his
own responsibility.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-01-05
A BOLT ON BRICE
Dissatisfied Democrats Threaten to Ignore
the Caucus.

COLUMBUS, O., Jan. 4-Ihe senatorial
contest was in great measure covered to-
day by the legislative caucuses for the
selection of officers Of both branches.
There was a great deal many disappoint-
ments but there are fewer sore spots left
than was expected, or than is ordinarily
the case The Republican members Of
both branches went through the formality
this evening of naming candidates for sew
eral offices in the gift Of the legislature.
In the Democratic caucus a joint commit
tee was appointed to decide upon the time
next week for holding the senatorial eau
Gus. The opinion prevails that il will be
held Thursday evening. The make Up Of
the committee show majority IN the
mem bership favorable to Brice for senator
and this may have something 70 do In
fixing the time for the caucus. II Is
claimed quite generally that the caucus
nominations are in the interest OF Brlce
for senator TO the extent that his friends
have been recognized. Neither Brice or
his manager, however. claim that such *
the case, but the friends OF the other sena-
torial candidates admit rs much. The
candidates themselves are making 10 posi-
tive claims further than the Brlce men
profess themselves satisfied with the
situation ard are not aggressive
toward the other candidates. Some prom
inence is being given the non-resl-
dent theory against Mr.. Brics and a
statement has been made and published
By Jesse ". Lewis, OF Uroana, claiming
Brice is not a resident. and this has been
answered by w a Lynch. Of Canton
There i. some talk Of bolt in case Brice
Is nominated, but these reports can Dot Be
traced 10 any reliable source. 4 large Per
cent OF the members have gone home 70
spend Sunday, but The candidates remain.
I &c only new arrival today which has
commanded more than ordinary attention
Is Hon. Frank Hurd, who Is assisting tie
candidacy Of Colonel BTlce.
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WEATHER BULLETIN.

SIGNAL OFFICE, WICHITA, Kan. Jan.
4-The highest temperature was 49,,
the lowest up to p. m. 500, and the mean
80 ,, with fresh, southeast wind, lower
barometer, foggy weather, with light
misty rain at night, .01 inch at z p. m.
Barometer at a. M so 220 inches and at
z p. m. 90 985 inches.
Last year, on January 4. the highest
temperature was AZ ., the lowest 24o, and
the mean $50.
FRED L. JOHNSON, Observer.
WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON. d. c.,
Jan. 4. p. m. Forecast until p. N.
Sunday:
For Kansas-Rain or snow, southerly
winds becoming variable, colder in north
ern portion, stationary temperature in
aouthern portion.
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RESIGNS AS CIRCUIT JUDGE.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 4.-Judge Brewer,
the newly appointed associate justice of
the supreme court. called at the depart
ment of justice today and handed in his
resignation as judge of the Eighth judicial
circuit to Attorney General Miller. TO take
effect on the 9th instant, upon which date
he expects to enter upon the discharge Of
his new duties.
Subsequently Judge Brewer in company
with Attorney General Miller and Asso-
ciate Justice Field called at the white
house and paid his respects to the presi-
dent, taking occasion to thank him for the
honor conferred in his appointment TO the
supreme bench.
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KILLED BY AiORUNKEN MAN.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo, Jan. A street fight
occurred here today in which two men
were shot and fatally wounded. John
Hays, letter carrier, was walking down
the main street of the town with his
cousin, Mike Hays, when they met two
negroes named Robbins and Anderson.
The Hays boys brushed past the negroes
roughly and the latter retaliated by push
ing them off the sidewalk Mike HAYS
then drew his revolver and fired three
times at the negroes. Two OF the bullets
took effect, one passing through the body
of the negro Robbins and the other pene-
trating the left side of John HAYS. Both
men were fatally wounded. Mike Havs
was drunk at the time of the shooting. He
WAS arrested.
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SEEKING REDRESS FOR VIOLENCE
DONE


WASHINGTON, Jan. 4-Sir Julian Paun-
cefote, the British minister, has received
a petition from Rev. T. NJ, Joiner, of
Holly Springs, \. c., for redress for inju-
ries received by himself and wife at the
hands of mob at Holly Springs last
month. He states that he is British sub
ject, that he and his wife were giving re-
ligious and other instructions to the
negroes at Holly Springs, which fact he
says so iucensed some of his neighbors
that they broke in to his house and as
saulted and maltreated both himself and
his wife. The crowd was masked and
many of the number were armed with
guns and pistols. He says he had previ-
ously been warned to leave the
place but had refused to do so. When the
mob appeared at the house they discharged
a volley of bullets into the room where he
and his wife were sitting, wounding him
in the left arm and also in the left hand.
Mr.. Joiner received three flesh wounds in
the scalp and was knocked down by one of
the men with his fist. Mr.. Joiner says he
appeared for redress first TO the local
authorities and next TO the state author
tiles, but received no satisfaction. He then
came to Washington with his wife to lay
the matter before the British minister.
The latter is now Investigating the case
and expects to bring it to the attention of
the secretary of state as soon as he has re-
ceived the proper evidence. Mr.. Joiner has
been preaching in North Carolina since
1853
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HEARD At LENGTH.
Continued from First page)

have destroyed every bagging mandatory
in the country and probably bankrupted
seven-eighths of the manufacturers. The
organization that cornered the product OF
1883 was due solely to belief that the
Mills bill was hostile legislation to In
vested capital.
To Mr.. Breckenridge Mr.. Pearce said
that before the introduction of the Mills
bill correspondence was had among bag
ging manufacturers to restrict the output
of the mills to about the amount of de-
mand by the American market, but it
could not be made success until the
Mills bill was proposed. In that prelimi-
nary negotiation the witness said nothing
had been said about price. In regard to
the hemp industry Mr.. Pearce said that If
it were properly encouraged he had no
doubt that within three years there would
be, Instead of IL, 600 tons as now, from
10000 to $4,000 tons of hemp raised in the
United States.
j. L. Bemis, of Bemis & Co., Boston,
with factories in St. Louis, Minneapolis
and Omaha, manufacturers of bags, made
plea for adequate rates of duty on man
ufactured jute and free raw jute.
After few other arguments were heard
the committee adjourned to Monday.
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Many Narietiea-

In 1913 Robert Fortune. British trav-
eler, went to China for the London Hor-
ticulturSl society and three years later
returned with the pomporas which be
called ''chu.an daisies" When the
pompons appeared attention wss at ono.
turned to the raising Of seedlings. and a
great demand for ohrysanthemunas
sprung up. In 1890 there were about 20
Varieties; today il IL believed there Is nos
less than 1000 varieties Ia cultivation.
many Of them beng nzryslS Of beauty.
w @shinZton Yeet.
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DOWN THROUGH A BRIDGE.

HALLETTsvILLE, Tex, Jan. Thurs
day night freight train on the San An
tonia & Arkansas Pass road went through
the bridge at this place. There were
twenty-five cars in the train and all fell
through. In the cars were a dozen men.
Up TO last evening seven had been taken
out, four Of whom were not seriously in
jured. Four have not been recovered. 1t
Is reported that the bodies of three dead
men have been found about seven miles
below here floating in the river,
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AN ALL ROUND FIGHT.

DEs MONIES, Ia, Jan. AT Moulton
yesterday in quarrel over a young
woman man named Messenger fatally
stabbed another man named Herndon in
the side. Friends of the combatants
rushed in and took up the quarrel and
soon twenty five persons. men aud women,
were engaged in deadly struggle.
Knives and pistols were freely brandshed
and clubs used One man was laid out
senseless and many others were terribly
and cut The whole crowd will be arrested.
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THE STRIKE NOT SETTLED

EVANSVILLE, Ind. Jan. "A mmittee
from Terre Haute went in conference with
Mr.. Mackey at 5 D IA. and remained until
midnight. MIR. Mackey conceded that the
discharged men should be put on the com
pany's pay rolls without pay until their
cases can be Investigated The demand OF
the committee that Master OF Trsnsporta-
ton Hurd be suspended and investigated
by committee 10 be appointed by the
strikers and Mr.. Mackey WAS not acceded
TO and the conference ended The situa-
ton now is the same as before the confer
eace commenced
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CUT BOTH WAYS,

CHICAGO, Ill.,, Jan. 4.-Another aggres-
sive movement was made in the north
western passenger rate war today. Up to
this time the cut rates from st. Paul to
Chicagy have applied only in one direction,
the fair Chicago to St. Paul remaining at
the old figures, S11. 50 first and 50 second
class. The Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy now issues a tariff making the
rates from Chicago to st. Paul, 50 first
and 81 second-class to correspond with the
rates in force in the opposite direction.
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DEEP WATER MOVEMENT.

GALVESTON, Tex, Jan. 4-The deep
water committee met here today. The
committee consists of five members from
each state and those interested in secur-
ing deep water on the Texas coast. The
object OF the meeting is to decide upon a
plan of canvass for getting the deep water
question properly before congress. The
committee decided to advocate the report
OF the government engineer favoring
Galveston as the best site for first-class
harbor on the Texas coast, but not to the
detriment of appropriations for other
harbors on the Texas coast.
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A CONVICTION SECURED.

MUsKoGEON, Mich, Jan. 4.-George II.
jackson, an eX-deputy United States mar
shall against whom six cases are pending
for burglary and larceny, was convicted
in the circuit court yesterday of larceny in
one of the cases. The trial has been one of
the most sensational ever held in this city
and has cost the county $4,000.
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STEAMERS IN COLLISION.

LONDON, Jan. 4.-The British steamer
Cloncurry, from Liverpool, December 10,
for Rangoon, has been sunk in Suez bay
in a collision with the British steamer
Magic Branch, from Bonn bay, Decem Der
l3. via hurrachee, for Antwerp The lat
ter's stem and seeeral of her plates were
broken. She will discharge her cargo and
viii repair without going on the dry
docks
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AFTER TAF CANPl Frs

CHICAGO, IL, Jan. 5.-The police to-
night continued their new crusade against
public gambling in Chicago Hankins
establishment on Clark street, one of the
largest houses in America, was raided at
1890 a. m Over a hundred gamblers We're
made prisoners up 10 i O'Clock and loaded
into patrol wagons and quickly carted OF
to the police stations
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RICHMOND, Va. Jan. IA proposition
WAS made In the Virginia house OF dele
gates yesterday 10 revive whipping IS =
mode of punishment for petty thieves Ar.
Downing. the member OF tia, body from
Clark county. introduced bill providing
for the infection OF strips as punishment
FOX pe.i, Larceny,
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WEIGHT OF COTTON BALES.

New ORLEANS, La, Jan. 4--The New
Orleans cotton exchange issued a state
ment today based on official returns Of the
different exchanges making the average
weight of I, S24, IL bales OF this year cot
ton crop embracing port receipts and over
land from September to December 81 In
elusive 49S. So pounds per bale.
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THE SLAYER OF PETTUS DYING.

NEW YORK, Jan. AIRS Hannah B.
Southworth, who shot and killed Stephen
Pettus last November, is sinking very
rapidly. This morning DR.. Chetwood. the
city physician, said has patient had failed
considerably during the night and her
death might occur at at any moment.
she has been diving ever since she has
been in the tombs," said Dr. Chetxood-
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HOWELL SUCCEEDS GRADY

ATLANTA, Ga, Jan 4-Xr. Clark Howell
was today chosen by the stockholders Of The
Constitution Publishing company 70 succeed
The late Henry ". Grady g. managing e!i-
tor Mr.. Howell vas formerly night s-iltog
and as for tire last ysEr been ASSISTANT 70
Er. Grady q. managing editor.
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ARRESTED ANDTURNEDLOOSe

MITCHELL, s. D., Jan. 4.-DeXter Turner,
general agent of the now much talked of
Citizens Life association, of Cherokee, Ia,
who was arrested Thursday on a telegram
from Sheriff Huffman, of Beadle county,
was discharged yesterday on receipt OF a
telegram from the same official.