Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-06-10
I'd Edition.
--latest kilograms to The Star.
A Sensational crime I'm Chicago.

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who works at night After he had left his home
last evening his wife began preparations for a
n horrible . deed, The pair had four children,
a-hah years and baby OF four months
She dressed the four in fresh white clothes, with
soon as they were dead laid them out carefully
with flowers In their hands and all their surround
tngs made as beautiful as possible.
Having put on a white chemise, decorated with
ribbons, she took dose OF the poison herself This
was just before her husband returned at O'Clock
met him and said: "Come In and see the children;
they are all dead and gone to heaven See how
pretty they are with nice flowers for the angels"
One OF the children was still alive, but has since
died. Mrs. Seybolt died about seven this morning
The cause OF the demented womans act is un-
known
Specie Shipments To-day.
NEW YORK, June 10.-The actual specie ship
ments to Europe to-day amount to $4,000 In
The Iron Workers i'm CT ncinnati.
CINCINNATI, June 1Q-This forenoon committee
OF workmen from the iron mills met the proprie-
tors OF the mills and made an agreement with
them to eliminate the word forever" from the
contract, and to go to work on Monday on the
terms OF the compact OF last october, thus
amended.
Great Floods i'm British Columbia, etc.
VICTORIA, BE-, June 10.-Reports come from the
Frazer River valley OF the most disastrous floods
weather melted the snow, which caused the river
to rise so rapidly that the settlers had not
time to remove all their effects The fertile dis
trfctS OF Chflltwack and SumaS are turned into
losses, and the settlers reach their holdings in
canoes and skiffs All the crops on the bottom
lands are destroyed. On Thursday morning last
Matsquis dyke gave way and the water covered
the reclaimed prairie, destroying the crops and
sweeping away In few minutes dyke property
valued at $l00,00 Steamers find no difficulty In
navigating where few days ago Were beautiful
farms On the line OF the Yale Savona railway
the river is GO feet above low-water mark. In
some places the wagon roads are Is feet under
water, bridges swept away and railway works
was within 10 feet Of the famous Alexandra sus-
pension bridge. The accounts OF the flood are now
somewhat better. The weather is cooler, with
light rains and the rivers are reported at stand
still Another shipload OF Chinese arrived here on
Thursday. The Chinese merchants say that &C, 600
Chinese will arrive before the 1st OF october.
Wall Street To-day.
NEW YORK. June 10.-The Posts financial article
says: The stock exchange markets are less active
than yesterday. US. bonds are firm at unchanged
prices. State bonds are nominal, and railroad
bonds are irregular, but In majority of cases
lower. The stock market strong during the first
hour, when prices advanced ka1k per cent
From then until noon the tendency was down.
which has been followed by fractional decline.
The malicious reports which were circulated yes
terday to the effect that the prominent banking
house OF Woerishoffer Co. was in
plan to break the stock market From all parts of
the country Geographic inquiries come about this
house as II by arrangement, and to make the story
plausible bets were offered that the house would
fail. The shOrt interest" in the market is large,
as is shown by the rate at which stock lend. New
York Central has lost flat" to y OF per cent for
Lackswanna and Western at "f1at' 70 Lea for use;
Missouri, Pacific and Jersey Central each "fiat' to
per cent for carrying, and the other stocks at
about per cent for carrying.