The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-30
ELECTRIC BRIEFS.

| The Parkhurst Indictments against In
| spector Williams ana Captain Schmlt-
berger of the New York police force have
! been dismissed on the ground OF insufil-
cent evidence. The grand jury urged the
police department 10 co-operote with Dr.
| Parkhurst's secretary ia laboring for the
suppression of vice.
William J. Lloyd of the Lloyd Manu-
! featuring company (hardware) of Phila-
! delpha committed suicide yesterday by
shooting bimseif.
! Il is limited that the depositors of the
| Madison Square bank intend to bring civil
suits against the directors of the bank to
recover from them S1l0, eco, alleged 10 have
been deposited in the bauk on August z
| and s.
| Admiral de CANA, commander of the
| insur.ent fleet at Rio de Jane!ro, yester-
| day made formal demand upon the rep
resentatives of the foreign powers at the
| capital, asking the recognition of the in
surgents as beiligerents. The demand WAS
| refused.
G. w. Sewers. a laborer, sick with the
smallpox, exposed thousands of people
yesterday to contagion, by going from his
home in suburb of Chicago to the city
F, ball, distance of fifteen miles. When
| the nature of the disease was known the
victim was hurried off to the pesthouse.
A Tampa Ola dispatch says that Gov
| ernor Mitchell Will not abide by the de-
cision of the criminal court OF Jackson
Vile in regard to the legality of the ar
rest of Corbett and Mitchell.
In Dublin yesterday, Nolan and Mears
were formally charged with the murder of
Patrick Reed, a laborer, who was shot and
killed on the night of the discovery of
conspiracy to damage the barracks, and
who was said to have been suspected by
the prisoners Of being an informer.
Thomas J. Nixon. an extensive grain
buyer of Fairmount, Ind, is missing. By
stealing and forgerles perpetrated on GUS
toners aud money borrowed from friends,
Nixon is said to have gotten away with
$50, 900.
Bernard McGinn, SLAYER OF Edward Nc
kenua, at Omaha was Yesterday SEN
fenced to hang on April g. next The
murder was the outgrowth of a religious
fight. McKenna was an American Pro-
tective association man and McGinn is a
Catholic.
during the rebellion on board the United
States steamship Brooklyn, died at George
town. Colo, yesterday.
A Cripple Creek (Colo) party, headed by
the mayor of that city, has sent message
to Corbett and Mitchell. offering So, 900 in
gold bullion to bring the fl hit off at Grip
pie Creek.
In the Coughlin trial at Chicago yester-
day number of witnesses were examined,
but nothing of special interest was de-
veloped.
Some time ago the Alton road accused
the Rock Island of Juggling worlds fair
tickets, and preferred charges against it
before the Chicago association. The asso-
s,,,, Il o..1- Il 49, Il
ton. and referred the matter to Chairman
Caldwell who yesterday decided in favor
OF the Rock Island. The Alton has ap-
pealed.
A bottle has been found floating in the
Clearwater river in the Bitter Root noun
tains in Montana, IN which is said 10 have
been note written by George Collegiate,
the cook whom the Carln party month
ago abandoned when they found that they
could not take him along. The note gives
directions for finding him, and states that
he is still alive. By those who are in a
position to know. 1t is said that it is
scheme to extort money out of the mem
bers of the party, as Collegiate must have
died soon after he was abandoned.
A bolt driven into the switch at Nc
Donough, on the Southern Pacific Thurs
day night, caused an east-bound freight to
leave the track, and the engine to turn
over. Engineer Taylor was badly bruised;
Fireman Turner was fatally injured, anG
the brakeman severely hurt. There Is no
clue TO the wreckers.
Ex-Congressman J. F. Hutton of Mexi.
co, Mo, aged 81. died last night after
short Illness. he was taken down with Ia
grippe, which resulted in the formation
OF an abcess on the brain. An operation
WAS performed on Thursday. During his
life Mr.. Hutton was prominent figure in
the politics of Missouri.
The Interstate Literary association
closed session last evening at Lawrence,
Kan, with election of officers, after
deciding TO meet at Atchison In December
next. J. A. Page of Topeka was chosen
president; Mrs. ). II. Johnson of Lawrence,
vice president; Miss J. Moore and S A
Harvey OF Lawrence, secretaries; Rev. Nj.
Barker of Topeka, treasurer; j. 5. W.
Pease OF Topeka, historian.
Along-haired crank called on Governor
Renfrow of Oklahoma at Guthrie on
Thursday. 4 visitor became suspicious of
his appearance, and telephoned to the
police. The officers came and arrested the
crank. He carried small arsenal and
enough arsenic to kill ten men. He said
that he Intended to apply to the governor
for an appointment, and that If the gov
ernor did not accede TO his request he
would have killed both the governor aud
himself
The grain rate trouble between the
Burlington road and the Kansas City
shippers has been settled, both sides hav-
ing made concessions.
4 dispatch from Tshleqush. l. T., saws
that the negotiations for the sale of the
Cherokee bonds 20 English capitalists have
been declared off a new offer is now
under consideration. The latest would-be
purchaser is member of the Astor family
of New York, through au agent named
Wilson. The latter offered to take the
bonds at par and pay $4,000 accured in
terest
\ dynamite cartridge deposited in the
mansion of n banker named Syngret. At
Athens. exploded yesterday evening, do
ing great damage. Nobody Was hurt,
however.
Judge Grosscup in the United States
court at Chicago, yesterday. appointed tue
Title Guarantee and Trust company re-
cever for the Hagen bach Geological COM
pany, which had trained animal show
IN the Midway plaisance az the worlds
fair. The receiver was appointed in suit
of Carl HaSenbach. who owned the
animals.
Australia, Thursday night, the steamer
Alert was wrecked off Jubilee Point.
Oaly one life was saved
ATHLETES OF The PRESENT DAY. |
j. Z. Sullivan. secretary of the Amateur
Athletic union, president Of the Pastime
Athletic clGb. and athletic editor OF The
Sporting Times, writes:
Fer years ] have been actively con-
nectetl VITA athletic sports. | always
fCnnl II nv r,fys s.f-.z All