The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-05-13

contains a treatise on cause and cure OF
piles together with testimonials from
every section of this country.
a charge Of having robbed the Utah
Lean and Trust company Of Ogden OF
$500. The application will be resisted
by attorneys for Barton and Graves on
the ground that the arrest Of the young
men is part of a conspiracy in which
the bank officials engaged.
KENTUCKY PRISONERS.
Pikeville, KY, May 12.~Three more
persons died this morning from drinking
poisoned spring water. They are Ed
ward Minnix, Miss Dorcas Alberts and
John Tompkins. Tompkins' wife and
two children are fatally i'll from the same
cause. AS yet chemists have failed to
there is no clue to the identity of the
guilty parties.
ONLY WANTS HER MONEY.
San Francisco, May 12.-Rufus P.
Vassar appeared before Police Judge
Lowe yesterday to answer to the charge
OF embezziing a ring preferred against
him by Mary Mitchell Duggan. The
ring was returned to the young woman,
vassar's friends having come to his res
cue and taken the ring out Of pawn.
Upon the promise of one OF Vassar's
friends that he would write to his peo-
pie in New York for the SIP Miss Dug
gan claims he stole from her, the hear
ing Of the embeZzlement charge was
postponed. 1t Is understood that Miss
Duggan will not prosecute Vassar if he
returns the money.
OVERCOME BY GAS
Oxford, n. j., May 12-The bodies OF
Adam Snyder and Barney Rider were
found at the bottom of the zinc are mine
on the Raub farm about one and half
miles from this place at O'Clock this
morning. The men had been employed
by prospectors and went to work last
evening. At 10 O'Clock they were hoist
ed from the mine and after taking their
lunch returned to work. That was the
last seen Of them alive. Philip Rapp.
who has charge of the hosting engine.
says the men gave him no signal after
they re-entered the mine after lunch.
When the day shift was lowered this
morning the men were Mortified to find
the bodies OF their companions. They
had been overcome by gas. Snyder's
body was found at the foot Of the lad
der in a position that indicated that he
had made an attempt TO crawl out.
FISHERMEN DROWNED.
San Francisco, May 12.-Four fisher
men are believed 10 have been drowned
on the fishing boat Amelia, which left
here six days ago. Neither boat nor
it was expected that the Amelia would
return the same night. Word was re-
ceived today that the boat had been cap
sized outside the Heads and later some
wreckage came ashore at Point Bonita.
Tuge from the city have gone outside the
Heads TO investigate, but il is feared
that the bodies OF the drowned men will
not be recovered. The drowned men are:
F. RAVANO.
A ZENNZO.
JUAN JAIMA.
r. FRANK.
AN EPIDEMIC OF FIRES.
San Francisco. May 12.-Early this
morning fire broke out in the tannery
Of A. B. Patrick & Co, winch occupies a
strip OF land on Sixth avenue south. be-
tween . and X streets, and two hours
Later there vas little left but ruins The
.oss 10 part and stock Is estimated from
$500. $50 to $4,000 with insurance OF
s2s5.01e. TIE buildings destroyed num-
berei ten, fnu. OF which were two and a
half story frame structures. and one a
five-s:ory building. TIE remainder were
one s:1ry sheds. The fire had full sway
after il started, from the fact that the
f-ensn could r3t get 10 the rear, the
snip OF land On which the tanrery was
situated being tcunded on three sides by
tidawa:sr. Amos. simultaneously five
tenement houses on Telegraph hill were
burned. The families occupying them
barely escaped with their lives, SO rap
idly did the flames spread in the ram
shackle voo6er houses The loss here
was about S'5,0vo. Another b.aze destroy
ed four cottages on Wisconsin street il
South san Frarcisco last night: loss
sS.eeo. An explosion OF gas in the groc-
cry store Of l.. Bordorl. 1920 Bryant
stCee-, wrecked the building. injured a
number % people. including the proprie-
to-. and dill damage to the extent Of over
s..0oe
FRY. IN EMPORIA.
Emporia. Ksr-, May 1.-THE suburb
ar residence OF c. y. S,e--y, general al
torney for the Atlantic and Pacific rail-
way. Was burned TO the ground las;
night Lcss. $4,000: insurance. $4,000
OTHER BLAZES.
Cn!ontowa. Pa, Nay Ie-Iaugheai 6,
Madsse;tes' planning MN burned today.
Loss. So, o0). insurance, S25,oeo.
Inc men who work are not usually th,
dead beats.-Atchison Globe