Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1879-06-19
NEWS SUMMARY.
cRlNEs AND CRIMINALs.


the emperor, Aprila4, was carried out
Reports have reached the Government
of India of fresh massacres of royal Princes
at Mandaly prompted by the king of Burmah.
Mrs. Smith and Cove Bennett, convict
ed of killing Police Officer Smith in Jersey
City, have been sentenced to be banged July
28
: Policeman Rugent has been committed
to Jail in New York city, in default of $4,000
bail for completely in the Manhattan bank rob-
berry, -
At Huntsville, Alabama, june ~, while
the State convcts were marching to dinner, six
broke away Two were sEot dead, the Others
are at large.
At the st. Nicholas house in Cincinna-
Ii O., June IA, Mrs. Sigismund Van Loue OF
Vienna, Austria, shot herself with suicidal intent
and althogh not killed outright cannot recov-
er.
-Four soldiers and several civilians have
been killed inlisturbances occasioned by the
collection of taxes at Calalabiani, Sicily, and
troops have come from Catania to suppress
the disorder. '@ @@@
Nicholas Francis and Thomas Keegan
have been bound over under $500 bonds, on a
charge Of burglarizing the house of Gov.
Davis, of ST. Paul In default OF bail, both
were committed. e-a. s-s
At Indianapolis, Ind, june II, the jury
after being out ten minutes brought in YER
diet of guilty, andl that he suffered death
against Lewis Guetig for the murder OF Mary
1 NJ
An incendiary attempt was made early
| on the morning of June Is to burn the 80 cent
! store, No. 10, West Third street The fire was
! kindled in the basement, where by the action
| of the fire department it was confined.
At Philadelphia at noon, June 9, Ed
ward Pearl was sentenced to death for the
murder of his daughter, Mrs. Susan Ireman
| AS the prisoner was leaving the dock he fell
| fainting to the floor, and phial dropped from
| his hand. Il was then found he had taken q
dose of strychnine.
| At Central City, ILL.,, June IL Oliver
! Sails was shot and killed by Richard Brown
brother-in-law; cause, family difficulty Of
long standing. Sails threatened to whip
Brown, and Brown went to his house, got
shot gun, and returned and shot Sails in the
breast, killing him instantly. Brown is in Jail
The trial of Solovieff, who attempted te
assassinate the emperor of Russia, was com
menced June 6, at Fortress Peter Paul Pro
ceedings secret. A dispatch from St. Peters
burg reports that Soloyieff, before the court
martial persisted in denying that he had &C
completes He said he had committed the
crime and knew the penalty. therefore an ad
| vocate would be useless.
The building in which the 80 cent store
was kept, is known as Rogers block, No. 6
West Third street, st. Paul, and belongs to thu
estate of the late Hiram Rogers. The damage
to the building by the fire of Friday morning
June Is, is estimated at $4,000, fully insured
Mr.. Dickinsons damage, the proprietor OF thu
90 cent store is esteemed at from ten to twelve
thousand dollars, covered by insurance. ~
A telegraph from Rome of June 1;
states that the waters of the river Pc are still
rising In the Grandola district l 300 hec
tares are submerged, and $4,000 quintals o
grain, $1,000 quintals of forage and 5000 hcat
of cattle were destroyed. foundations on thu
AIDA are also threatened. There have beer
destructive hailstorms in the north of Italy.
A daring attempt at robbery was made
Fridy night June 13, at Charles Oleson's resi-
dence on Rosabel street, in st. Paul Mimi
About ten o'clock he heard noise in his bacl
yard, and went ont to inquire the cause. HI
soon discovered several causes in the shape o
as many tramps, who were taking possession
of his barn. He ordered the men off, but the!
only responded with threats. Despairing O
coming out victorious if he attacked the gang
alone, Oleson went back to and entered hi
house, leaving it again by the front door t.
look up policeman. His wife somewhat un
easy, accompanied him to the front door t.
await his return there. While at the door Mrs
Oleson heard a noise inNthe house, She hast
ly entered, and there found two burly r1fian
in possession Of her bed room. They wer
making themselves at. home by o thorough
search through wardrobe and bureau. Sh'
gave a scream; this alarmed them, and with
out any plumber they rejoined their comrade
out in the yard near the barn. Just here Ole
son came in with policeman, and both beins
informed of the raid, rushed out in the bacl
yard to catch some one of the tramps. No
quick enough, the tramps saw them coming
and decamped with such speed that they coul'
not be overtaken.