The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-03-25

other occupants Of the schooIhouse to find
his home il flames. II was impossible 10
enter the house. as il was crumbling
| when Penrod reached IL The children 5
beds were by the window. however. and
Fsnrod burst the window open and sue
ceeded in pulling the s-year-old ard +
year-old boys out, horribly burning him.
self in the act. They never regained con-
sciousness and died in short time. The
others were burned until orly a few
bones were found in the debris of the
house. The coroner's inquest threw no
| light on the origin of the fire.
A WHOLESALE FIREBUG.
Detroit, Mich, March PA special 70
the News from Cleveland. Ohio. says:
William Ingless, under arrest here for
iucendiarism, confessed today TO having
set fire 10 forty buildings in Detroit.
BICYCLE WORKS BURNED.
Reading, Pa, March 2i-The large
plant of the Acme bicycle works was de-
s;-oyed by fire early this morning. AL
making the total loss about $4,000, COW
cred by insurance. The building con-
tanned material for fully 5000 bicycles.
BANKERS INVESTIGATED.
ST. Paul, Mimi. March PA Bis
marck. y. D., special TO the Pioneer
Press says: The banking methods OF
some of the suspended national banks
of the state are being investigated by
the United States grand jury now in ses-
Sion. Two indictments have already
been found, one against Lee Booker, ex-
@Yaa o-,I -
National bank, and the other against
II. F. Salayards. president of the First
National bank of Mlnot Booker is
charged with making false returns 10
the comptroller of the currency. He
was arraigned today, plead not guilty.
and was held for trial in 5000 bonds.
Salayards is charged with aiding and
aoetting in making false entries in the
banks books. He pleaded not guilty
and was held in $1,000 bonds for trial.
The indictment of Booker came as
great surprise 10 his friends throughout
the state. He was state treasurer for
three years, entering the Office in 1895,
and has always taken an active part in
state politics.
BOGITS BONDS MUST BE PAID.
Kansas City. March PA special to
the Star from Sedalia, Mo-, says: Judge
w. W. Wood, of the Johnson county cir
cult court, has decided that the Sedala
school district must pay $4,000 to the
holders OF school bonds issued in 1888
and fraudulently sold to eastern people.
The bonds were paid ten years later and
left in the custody of j. g. Thompson,
cashier of the First National bank and
financial agent for the school bonds. In
steaQ of turning them over TO the treas |
,urer to destroy. Thompson resold them |
to eastern people and by paying the in |
terest On the coupons the swindle was
cot detected until the bank failed and |
Thompson had fled TO Mexico.
SHOT HER PARAMOUR.
Middlesboro, KY, March PA spe- |
rial from Hancock county. Tenn. states |
tha, Martha Bull shot and killed her |
paramour, Thomas McRae. and then
shot herself. The Bull woman thirty /
years ago was a leader of society in /
Camden, Va. She claimed TO be collater-
ally related TO Washington.
DURRANT'S APPEAL.
San Francisco, March 24.-The at
.orneys for Theodore Durrant have filed
, petition in the supreme court for re-
nearing OF the application. previously de-
lea, for a new trial. No new points
ire cited ard il will be decided without |
argument. The prosecution believes the
petition will be denied.