The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-01-28

! the station. Bona Was pToiHply luiA-
ished in each case and the gamblers were
Immediately released
| FORGED RAILROAD TICKETS.
| Chicago. JAN 27.-The grand jury to-
| day indicted, on complaint or officials OF
| the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, the
| following named men, who are accused
of forgery: William Burns. Charles +.
| Stout, James Marn, c. G. Wrinkles, Vic
tor z. Cunningham, E. II. Neimeyer,
| Charles Daugherty, William O'Rourke,
/ James Colan, Archie Mahan. George
| Cochran and d. Flatherty. The men
| under indictment are alleged TO have
| forged tickets on the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad. The officials who appeared be-
fore the grand jury had $4,000 worth Of
| the forged tickets with them and the
! printed. These tickets were sold to the
scalpers, it is said, and hundreds of
| them Were used before the counterfeit
was discovered. The forgery was very
| clever and was detected only after the
| closest of scrutiny by experts.
| MINNEAPOLIS BOODLERS.
Minneapolis, Jan. 27-There were de-
| velopments in the municipal building
| scandal when Building Inspector John
r. Gilman was arrested under a grand
| jury indictment. His arraignment was
delayed by the failure of his attorney to
arrive. but it is supposed that the charge
| is boodlng in connection with the let
| ting of contracts by the state soldiers
| home board, of which Gilman is a men,
Der. Indictments have also been return
| ed for two more aldermen.
| JURY DISAGREES.
| New York, Jan. 27.-The jury in the
| case of Jacob Klein, on trial in Brook
| lyn for arson, reported a disagreement
today after having been out nineteen
| hours. Klein's counsel will move for his
| discharge.
NOT GUILTY, BY ATTORNEY.
New York, Jan. 27.-Abraham l. Ell
kins appeared in the court OF general
sessions with the power of attorney for
Herbert B. Seeley, Theodore Rich and
James II. Phipps. who were indicted by
! the grand jury yesterday on a charge of
eonspiring TO procure indecent exposure
on the part of Little Egypt" and Min
ME Renwood, who figured at the recent
| dinner at Sherry's; and pleaded not
guilty. He took the privilege of with
| drawing the plea, and furnished bail of
$500 for each Of the defendants
A KENTUCKY BATTLE.
Lexington, KN, Jan. 27.-A terrible
battle occurred late Tuesday afternoon
on Green river, near Brownsville. The
| cambattsnts were Eugene Carrier, j. J
Carrier, Nathan Scaggs and Luther
Scaggs on one side. and C. W. Hazelip
and ALI HaZelip, his son, on the other.
G. w. HaZelip was shot in the groin and
hand, and ALI in the breast and side.
Nathan Scaggs was shot in the shoulder
and Ben Scaggs, a bystander, in the
| arm. The two HazelipS will die. The
| trouble occurred over the alleged betray-
al of Carriers sister by ALI Hazelip. All
are prominent people. The Carrier
| brothers are large merchants. c. W.
Hazelip is an uncle of State Treasurer
c. w. Long. His brother is president
of the Grsyson County bank.
TWO MEN AND A WOMEN.
Indianapolis. Ind, Jan. 27.-The police
| have under detention Carl Harvey, Ed
| ward Phillips and Laura Spoon, who are
supposed to know something of the MUIR
derer Of Frank NJ. Redmond, the fire.
man who was shot by an escaping rob-
Der Friday. Witnesses from Greenwood
tell the police that Harvey and Phillips
are the men who brought the supposed
murderer 10 that town in buggy Sat
urday night. The woman is held for in
formation which she is thought to pos
sess as mutual friend of Harvey and
Phillips.
KILLED FROM AMBUSH.
young farmer living near here, has
been arrested, charged with embushing
| and killing Charles Stevens few days
| ago. The warrant was sworn out by
| Stevens brother. Stevens had recently
been acquitted Of the charge of killing
| William Ellis, and threatened to get
even with some of the witnesses, who
had testified against him. Coburn and
his father were among those threatened
LITTLE PETES FUNERAL
San Francisco, Jan. 27.-The funeral
procession of Fong Ching, better known
as Little Pete" the murdered leader OF
the Sam Yup society, has taken place.
| The funeral procession was about a mile
! long, and the streets were crowded with
curious people. After elaborate cere-
monies the body was placed in the re-
celving vaults at Laurel HILL until fur
Their services, which will be neld next
Thursday
San Francisco. Cal, Jan. 27-China-
| town is quiet. but a resumption OF the
| vendetta between the Sam Yup and See
Yup companies is expected soon The
Chinatown district is being guarded by
a large force OF police, and suspected
Hishbinders are closely watched. Big
Jiu.'' the leading See Yup man, VIII
probably be the next victim. The Sam
| Yupe have offered reward for his head,
not beca use he had been particularly Of
fens;ye, but because ne Is rich and infiu-
entisi and mis- death will parity atone for
the loss OF Little Peter. White body
guards are in demand by the prominent
Cinnamon OF both companies. who do
not appear upon the streets unless close
~ guarded.
NINE EXPLOSION.
Uniontown. Pa. Jan 2T.-An explosion
in the Srnock mines of Hurst & Co. last
night killed two miners sRd injured
seven others, three OF whom VII die. The
dead are:
PETER HOUSER-
CHARLES MONSTER
The injured are: Andrew Honzood, Nj
chael Hooranac. John Augustine. MI
chsel Kenzie. John Mitchell. john ellis.
William ellis and his son
Augustine. Keuzie and Mitchell were
terribly burned and mangied and cannot
recover.
The enJosiou was caused BY the liberia
ton OF gas which was lgn;lsd b. The
open lamps OF the miners All he intGT-
ed men were working IN the same head
ing blasting ooal. A large piece which
was undermined by dynamite released a
pocket Of gas, and the explosion follows I'd
II was O'Clock when the explosion oc-
CURED and rescusng party went into
the mine Immediately. but II ~ss 10
o cock before the victims were taken
out
All arr alive but House and AcQuls-
Ter. who expired before Midnight.
SAW HIS SON KILLED.
Coano.sviIie. IND, Jan foe Achey.
Jr a freight engineer On tSe Cinc:nns L.
| Hamilton and Dayton. was killed today
| a. Brownsville. village sven miles
east ~ tbs cry BY the east-5cun1 pse-
/ senger train Young Achsys train ~ss
a heavy one ara ne azd h-ssn help>d ever
ne grade % Brownsville BY tas olsae-