The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-02-12

1 my 1iC SO4I ny ever
al % cents per package. Address Stuart
Co.. Marshall. Mich, for little book on
| stomach cises ses. sent free
this morning 10 take up the trail, and
it is thought the man Will soon be sur
| rounded. He is known 10 be a desper-
ate character. Warrants are out for the
arrest of several men suspected of be-
! Ing accessories 10 the hold-up.
DUESTROW'S LAST CHANGE.
Jefferson City, No, Feb. 1.-THE su-
preme cout en- banc today overruied the
motion filed Tuesday by DuestroWs at
| torneys for an order on Division No .
OF the supreme court TO compel the
| transfer 10 the court en- banc of the ap-
plication made by Duestrow's attorneys
TO grant a respite for Duestrow until
they can apply to the supreme court of
the United States for writ of error
spite Duestrow must hang next Tues
day. -.
FIREBUGS IN TEXAS. ="
st. Louis, Feb. IA special TO the
Post-Dspatch from Dallas. Tex, says:
! An incendiary fire at Plano, Tex, start
| ed at 3 O'Clock this morning and burned
nearly thirty buildings, including tie
| business part of the city. The loss is up
wards of 100000 with practically no in
surance The postoffice was destroyed,
but the mails were saved. Most of the
burned stores were located in three diff
ferent blocks on Main and Mechanic
streets.
DIDN'T KILL WEBER.
New York. Feb. 11.-Charles A. Foley,
the ticket seller, and George f. Mccoy,
the ticket chopper, of the Third avenue
elevated road, arrested last Thursday
charged with the death of c. l.. Weber,
Fort Wayne, Ind, cattle dealer, were
discharged today in the police court ex-
animation showing that Weber receiv-
ed his injuries by his head striking the
platform of the station while struggling
with Mccoy.
CONFESSED FOR BOTH.
Ottumwa. Ia, Feb. 1.-THE grand
jury at Mount Pleasant has returned
five indictments against Arthur Court
nay and Sam Farhart in the case OF the
wholesale firm robbery. Farhart has
confessed fully duplicating Courtney.
DONE AT A CHARIvARI.
Omaha, Neb, Feb. 11.-A special to the
Bee from 0galalla, Neb., says: Frank
Yocum was today found guilty of as
saut and battery and was sentenced to
sixty days in Jail. Yocum shot and
killed young man named Evans dur
ing a charivari row at the depot last
December.
\ CONSPIRACY SYNDICATE.
Wilkesbarre, Pa, Feb. IA. L.
Spencer and Thomas Aubrey of Scran-
ton. representing the Phoenix Contract
company. were convicted this afternoon
of conspiracy in having obtained from
W. Rooms Of Audenrie, $4,000 worth
OF goods, which they afterwards dis
posed of at one-half their face value. and
divided the money. The defendants, it
Was alleged in the indictments found
against them, were agents OF an organ
lied syndicate with headquarters IN
New York, but operated at various
points throughout the United States. Il
was claimed that they f1oated $1,000. 900
worth OF stocks and bonds but in reality
they had but few hundred dollars cap
itai.
AUTOGRAPH LETTER VANDALS.
Washington. Feb. 11-Phillip Neil
hone, son of the late ]. J. McElhone, for
years Official reporter OF the house OF
representatives, and Lewis ". Turner.
both employees OF the congressional IL
orary. have been arrested by secret ser
vice officers. charged With larceny OF
autograph letters from the library.
Both men asserted their innocence and
were held by the United States commits
sioner in $1,000 bail. pending examina-
lion. The arrests were the result OF a
letter OF inquiry from a New York auto
graph dealer who stated that ne had
bought certain historical autograph let
tiers and was offered more, but had be
come suspicious lest they might have
been distracted from government files.
An investigation by Librarian Spofford
disclosed that many letters were miss
ing from the library. among them The
ai3Ty u George Washington FOR the year
% 1857. the year Of the constitutional
convention. and the letters OF John Han
cock, Benedict Arnold and George
Washington. When examined by the
treasury department secTsc officers the
young men admitted having sid tbe pa
pers bCt jisclaimsd having stolen them
Turner declared that ne had found them
outside the capitol building. ard Nc
Eihons said that Turner had repreS aated
e him shat the letters had been The
property OF his no;hsT-ir-iaw, Mrs. MI
Ter. now dead. He said that something
less 1kan q hundred LETTERS had been
sold % New York dealers Tor about $50
Bo,h are young nea OF hitherto good
reputation.
BY 4 LAMP EXPLOSION.
Pit-sburz. Pa. FEB II-By the *
ploslon o. a lamp in an Italian tenement I
house on Tunnel street today. four peo- |
rls were burned. Two fatally The IL .
iared are Cara Pz-anagaz1a. aged g. (
fatally Gss- NJ. Garland. fatally: Frank [.
SezFbiso; I'm Garland. burned about T,
the head. Cara Psramsgzu1z zitcnpt-
81 - move 2 lighted lamp and ever |
turned L. causing an explosion and sei-
ting FIRE - he- clothes. Hrs- Garland.
who was Il, n bed. ran % her res-ae
ani vas burned n putting Oh; Ehs !
flames. The tEo men hai difficulty - 1
saving Mrs. Garland
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