The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-12-19

! ed here today and arrested George W.
Sample for passing counterfeit silver dol
lars. Sample was taken few nights
age at Dunlap. nine miles south or mere,
Where he seems to have been passing
very fair imitation silver dollars, when
resemble z large number recently turned
loose in this county All OF the product
are imitation Of 1891 dollars and were
evidently ma6a in one plaster mould
DENVER BANK SWINDLERS.
Denver, Colo, Dec. 1S.-The p-osecu-
ton in the Commercial National bank
case rested today and Attorney Charles
t1artzell made the opening address, from
which IL appears that an attemut viii
be made to place all blame for the check
kiting, by means Of which the bank was
lcCted of So, 00o on o. z. Miller. Mr..
Hartzell claimed that President c. II.
Dow did not knw the extent OF Miller 5
operations and that Teller Sidney E. Nc
Ciurken, the third defendant, in receiv-
ing Millers' bogus checks merely follow
&c the custom OF the bank. McClurken
was the first witness for the defense. He
did not deny the acts charged against
him but disciaimed responsibility for the
banks methods.
yellow KIDS" COMING.
FL Paso, Tex. Dec. 1s.-During the
past few days Chinese by the wholesale
have been smuggling themselves across
tie river, several miles below Ell Paso,
and across the Mexican line in Arizona.
j. H. Bonan, Chinese agent at this point.
catches a bunch of the yellow kids"
every day trying to pass through TO New
Orleans or San Francisco. Today he
found locked up in Pullman sleeper six
Cinnamon who had struggled themselves
into this country and had no certificates.
The county Jail here is full OF Cinnamon
who are in this country in violation OF
the exclusion act.
- CROOKED BORROWER.
Columbus, Dec. 1S-Allen Aday. who
failed for half a million dollars in real
estate, was sentenced TO the penitentiary
for eighteen months for borrowing mon
ey in way which seemed to be secured
by first mortgage when it was not. A
stay was granted until January 4.
NO FOUL PLAY ABOUT IT.
Cedar Rapids, Ia. Dec. 1s.-Special
kilograms received by the Gazette of
this city. in answer 10 questions, from
friends of Abraham Simmer, the mil
l!onaire philanthropist of Waverly, Ia,
state that there is no truth in the sensa-
tional story of his alleged disappear
ance and hints OF abduction or foul play.
He is visiting friends in Milwaukee.
CONSPIRACY CHARGED.
New York, Dec. 1S.-William STALL
mer, president; Robert ]. Anyhow. walk
ing delegate, and Donald Call, Michael
Hahn and Phillip Wall, executive COM
mittee. of the StonecutterS' union, nave
been arrested on warrant sworn out
by William Mahoney, a journeyman
stonecutter charging them with conspir-
acy. The complaint alleges that through
the action of the persons named, he has
been unable for nearly a year TO obtain
work. He had formerly been employed
by a firm Of stonecutters here. against
which the union instituted a strike.
STEAMER CHANTREY LOST.
San Francisco. Cal, Dec. 1S.-Chilian
advices state that on Saturday, Novem-
Der II, the steamer Chantrey, belonging
to Lamport & Holt of Valparaiso. went
on the rocks at Horcon, about 1000 feet
from the spot where the Kosmos COM
pany's steamer Pentaur was wrecked
last July. 1t is expected that the Chan
trey will become total. loss The steam
er was on a voyage from Guayaquil for
Valparaiso with general cargo. she
left Coquimbo early on the 10th, and at
about O'Clock on the morning of the
18th, when going at the rate of from
eight to ten miles, she went on the rocks.
III d lew lilInuIeS the engine room anu
holds Nos. 8 and were full of water.
The passengers and crew took to the
boats and were safely landed. The
had a cargo of 1859 tons at the
time of the accident, the part that had
been slowed fOrawrd being saved. This
$50 sacks of coffee and cocoa
from Guayaquil, tiirty-one sacks of
coffee, 1,157 sacks of ore, and fifty-one
hides.
FIVE PERSONS DROWNED.
St. Johns, Que, Dec. 1S.-Tive persons
we're drowned in this neighborhhod yes
-erday afternoon and last night. Will
am Marches Ault, II years old. was
drowned while skating on the canal be-
ow here last evening. James Mills,
.ged IS, and ANNA Cain, aged IS, were
drowned while skating on Lake Mem !
Their bodies were recover |
"a today. Another man, named Ryan, |
vas drowned yesterday afternoon while |
rying to cross the river with his team. |
Near Chambly, a man broke through the |
&c and was drowned. His name is be- !
ieved TO be Reindeau.
FIVE MINERS KILLED.
Ouray, Col, Dec. 1S.-Gabriel Russ. |
Tohn Antras. Charles Swanson, Charles |
Anderson and Louis Jackson were in |
tantly killed in the Virginus shaft to- |
lay. They were repairing timbeTs in the |
haft, when the cage FELL carrying them
Win it to the 1,400 feet level. The bodies |
viii be brought out through the Reve-
Tue tunnel