The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-01-22

/ ing will be sent 10 any one by the pro-
prietors, Wells, Richardson & Co, Bur-
! lingtoE, VT
coiopa "a tuild;ng started fire which
| resulted In The total destruction OF the
| big dynamo All the streets in Toronto
are dark tonight. Business dependent
on the electric power will be obliged TO
shut down until new dyndmos can De
| installed. The loss is S15o,0O0; fully COW
cred by insurance. New dynamos have
| been ordered frpm Chicago, Cleveland
and Montreal 10 be sent on by special
| train.
Waxahachie, Tex, Jan. 21.-The Brad
| shaw block, including the Bell telephone
central office. and a number of stores,
| saloons, restaurants and newspaper Of
fee, have been burned, causing total
| loss of $50, 900; insurance s25,0O0. 1t Is
not known how the fire originated.
APOPLEXY AND OTHER ILLS.
| Mason City, Ia, Jan. 21.-Mrs. r. z.
Billiard, the mother of Will E. Billiard,
the late secretary of the Iowa state SER
| ate, and who was recently convicted OF
| forgery, was found dead in bed at her
| home at Belmont. Rumors of all kinds
are af1Oat regarding the cause of her
| death. The doctors pronounced it ap-
oplexy.
Salina, Kan. Jan. 21.-Mrs. Q. II.
| Wilson died at her home in this city this
morning from being poisoned by eating
canned sardines. Her husband travels
for the john Deere Implement company.
Springfield. O.. Jan. 21.-Miss Kate
Jones of South Limestone street went 10
| dentist today to have a tooth drawn
and he broke her jaw.
PRESIDENTIAL PARDONS.
Washington, Jan. 21.-Bud Creek, SEN
tenced in Arkansas in 1895. TO three years
| imprisonment for selling liquor to In
dians. and r. H. Freeman convicted (but
nor yet sentenced in Tennessee of fail
ing 10 erase marks on spirit barrels, have
been pardcned by the president The
sentence Of three months and $500 fine,
imposed in West Virginia, upon Lewis
Nolan. for removing spirits illegally, has
been commut5d so as to remit the fine
and cJSts. in consideration of the con-
VictS exernon in saving the Jail from
fire. Applications for pardons have been
denied in the case of Frank L. Turner,
sentenced in Kansas 10 two years i'm
prisonment for passing counterfeit mo-
ney; Thomas A. Robbins. Jr., sentenced
in Missouri II three months and 1000
fine. for conspiracy; Hiram Anderson.
sentenced in Texas to fifteen months and
800 fine for selling liquor without license,
and James A. and Ellen Reffett, senten-
ced in Kentucky 10 one years imprison-
ment and fine for forging signatures
10 pension applications. In this last case
the president says: Those VINO through
a prostitution of the pension laws and
forgery seek to defraud the govern
ment and abuse its benevolent intentions
toward Cid soldiers, need No expect 10
easily obtain ciemency at my hands"
HIS WIFE WAS A BAD LOT.
Kansas City, Mo-, Jan. PA reported
"unkrc wn dead who committed suicide
here January by taking morphine, to-
day turns out TO be Thomas J. Brown
anu a member of a wealthy family at
Turner's, y. Y. Brown was 81 years
old and zen years ago held an important
position under his cousin, superintend-
ent of the Erie railway. Browns wife
died and ne entered the army, being
sent TO Tombstone, Ariz. There he mar
ried a cissolute woman, VINO later elop-
ed with an army officer, taking his mo-
ney with her. Brown followed the cou-
pie all over the country, recently finding
her here in a house of ill-fame. and
penniless and friendless, he killed him
self. His wife gave the police the clue
to his identity.
MADE MURDER ANYHOW.
Oakland, Cal, Jan. 21.-Lewis Null
ner was sentenced TO ten years impris-
onmeu for killing his sweetheart, Jennie
Lewis. The case was remarkable one.
Muhiner. a government telegraph oper-
ator, Gnarreled with Miss Lewis and
called at the house 10 secure his ring and
letters. After ne left the young woman
yas icJnd dead, with a bullet through
her heart. Muhlner denied that he shot
he-, and the evidence showing that he
did was purely circumstantial. He was
found guilty of manslaughter. but Judge
Frich ordered a new trial, declaring thai
il was murder or nothing. The supreme
court cyerruled Judge Frick. and decid
cd that the verdict of manslaughter
should stand.
BOTH DUELLISTS KILLED.
Cynthisna. Ky. Jan. 2l.-In a duel be-
tween John Davy and Ben ;. Dryman.
which occurred in the southern part OF
this county. navy was alnos: instantly
killed and Dryman died IN few hours
afterwards. The men were rivals for the
hand of Miss Jennie Hillery As the re-
suit OF quarrel, the agreed 10 fight il
out the next time they met Davy, who
aas acconpariad by Miss Hillery, was
accosted by Dryman. Both drew their
weapons and fired, Dayy being shot
twice ard Dryman once. The girl IS
nearly insane over the matter
THREATENED TO KILL.
Kansas City. Mo. Jan. 21.-The worst
divorce suit ever brought in Kansas City
IS or trial before Judge Henry OF TIE
circuit court Edward L. GOA who Is
a foreman AZ ArmouTs, told the judge
that Fannie, his wife. periodically swell
ed up and sno~ted." On these occasions,
though a muscular big man wiki rs;
Ike a Berkshire ham. GOA says he va.
afraid 70 60 home. One night he slept
in box car because she drove him ron
,:te house with a wagon spoke and said
she would cut MS throat and throw u n
MS face" If he came back. A cloud OF
witnesses OF both sexes were examined.
One woman nearly hit Judge Henry over
the head with an umbrella while illGst-
rating the way in which GOA ripped
his w.fe's new cloak into s1reds-
MNASPY IN JAIL
Abilene. Kan. Jan 2l-FornzI charges
have been brought; against James Nc
Nsspy. Eho fed 70 Arkansas last SUM-
rae- AMI was recently brought back from,
there, and he viii soon be brought -
trial McNssry Vas for years one o. the
leading Democratic politicians % ne
county Hewss a broker and 80 much
confidence did his neighbors place n
him .nat thrifty Germans fairy forced
money upon him for investment When
he disappeared &; vas found thai hs
OWED sg5.ed0 NoE TO assets a-e appsr-
eat - satisfy BIS creditors and he - IN
jail. lie seii that the reason he did 20.
zs. fufsher away vas because he Vas
Usraisess. Wen arrested Mc\zspy cried
Ike z child. HIS case 5 attracting much
ais at-3E-