The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-26

Fake-Chinese Laundrymen Murdered
Insane Teacher Suicides - Wrecks and
Fires-Crime and Catastrophe.
San Francisco, March 25.-John New
man, alias Butler, alias Zee Weller, hav-
/ ing exhausted every other means OF
averting his requisition 10 Australia,
confessed Yesterday to having murder
e! a sergeant of the Second cavalry,
whose mama he cannot remember, while
stationed at Walla Walla, Washington.
| 1888. The authorities have made en-
ouiries which leave no DOUBT as to the
| falsity of Buffers confession.
CHINEMEN MURDERED.
| CLAYTON. N NJ, March 25.-Hop and
| ,Vah, Cinnamon, were found murdered
| in their laundry here. The murders
were committed with a club, an axe and
| d knife Robbery was the motive. Sew
| erai arrests have been made. The
Sheriff says he has evidence that con-
! spiracy had been formed for the muir
| der and robbery OF number of wealthy
people.
| SHOT HIS SlSIEfI-lN W.
Susquehanna, Pa, March 25.-Frank
| Nielan, resident of Oakland, shot and
fatally wounded his sister-in-law, Mrs.
John Stallock, today and then killed him
| self. Nielan had been living apart from
! his wife and she has been living with
| her sister Mrs Stallock. Nielan called
| at Mrs. Stallock's house this morning
and the tragedy occurred upon his be-
| ing refused admittance.
POCKETS INSIDE OUT.
Chicago, March 25.-B. L. CARRIER was
found unconscious early this morning in
an alley with a bullet wound in his
| head. He is lying at the county hos
pital in a critical condition. CARRIERS
home is in Belleville, Ohio. His pockets
were turned inside out. The police
think he was assaulted and robbed and
then dragged into the alley
INSANE TEACHER SUICIDES.
Galesburg. H., March 25.-Kittie G..
Clark, for ewenty-seven years a promi-
nent and successful teacher in the city
schools here, has committed suicide by
shooting herself through the heart while
temporarily insane.
MADE IT ON BUTTER.
New York, March 25.-Anton Christ
ensen OF Michigan was arrested here to-
day, charged with having swindled the
Ridgeway (M'chigan) Creamery COM
pany out of $4,000. The arrest was
made on request from Michigan. 1t is
alleged that Christensen, while acting as
manager of the creamery company, ap-
propriated the funds. His scheme IS
said to have been to take to himself two
or three cents pound on every pound
Of butter sent out by the creamery.
When arrested he was negotiating for
the disposal of forty kegs of butter
which he had consigned to himself in
this CITY He admitted that he was the
man they were after but denied that his
stealings amounted to anything like the
amount claimed. When searched he
was found to have a revolver, a gold
watch, S1,337 in money, bank book of
the Lilley State bank. of Tecumseh,
Mich, and two checks on the Irving
National bank Of this city signed by
Breakstone Bros. of New York for
Sass. The prisoner said that when he
found he was liable TO be discovered for
his thefts, he decided TO get together
what money he could and go to Den
mark.
CASHIERS SON A FORGER.
Los Angeles, March 25.-The man
named Miner, arrested in Chicago for
forgery, is the son of the late John Mil
ner. formerly cashier of the Farmers
and Merchants bank of This city.
EXPLOSION ON THE THESEUS.
New York. March 25.-A dispatch to
the Herald from Malta. says: An ex-
plosion which would have had fearful
consequences if IL had happened in the
Interior of the vessel occurred to the
British first-class cruiser Theseus, while
practicing outside the harbor with tor
pedoes, which exploded as they were be-
ing thrown to the ships launch, injur-
ing thirty men. The Theseus returned
and landed the injured at the naval hos
pit9l. While two men had their legs
crushed off, miraculous escapes are
recorded, one man having his garments
blown away without being hurt. OF the
injured. one succumbed today.
SOUTHERN RAILWAY WRECK.
Atlanta, Ga, March 25.-The Southern
railway passenger train due in Atlanta
at 1880 O'Clock last night was detained
three hours on account OF wreck near
Blackburg. 6. c.. yesterday afternoon.
II. yhicn the engine and five cars were
derailed and several OF the crew badly
injured. MAJOR Mansfield of Atlanta
received serious injuries and is confined
% his home in this city. He was postal
clerk or The tram and in the accident
was thrown against the iron pouch
rack, being badly bruised. He is
cousin Of Richard mansfield. the actor,
and was a soldier in the war between
the states.
THREE DROWNED
Aliensville, Ky. March 25.-Marshall
Russell, Maria Snoden and Maggie
Short ware drowned here last night
while out boat riding on a pond. where
the boat capsized. One OF the girls tried
- save herself by swimming onto the
boat. but Il Slipped away from her and
she soon went down for the last time.
The cries Of the drowning people were
net heard by any one and the news Of
their plunge 10 death was no: known IN
I'll late last night, when their families
began a search and found the skiff up
set. The pond was dragged for the
bodies and they were recovered.
ICE-FLOE PRISONERS ESCAPE.
Saginaw, Mich. March 25.-The three
hunters missing from the city were
brought 10 their homes this morning
nearly dead from exposure and hunger.
They had been forced by the cur-cn.
and ice into a remote marsh and escap-
e. only after long t-uslle.
DOME nv AN or. STOVE