The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1883-01-25

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slant. the wife Of John ZimbricB, a laborer
killed her three chldren-the Oldest Of whom
was seven years of age and the youngest cigh-
| teen monthS-in amoSt brutal manner literally
cutting them to pieces and dsemboweling
them. The attention Of the neighhoTs was At
tracted to the scene by the woman's attempt IL
hang herself in an clubhouse. They cut her
down and carried her into the house, where the
horrible spectacle was discovered. Mrs Zim-
brick was at once arrested. She said that she
had read in the good book that il was right to
sacrifice children. She is suffering from relig-
ious insanity.
Early Monday morning fen mounted masked
men rode up to MOntelo Station on the Central
Pacific road. 1915 miles west of Ogden. when,
after rOhbing some section hands they attacked
the East.bound express. After overpowcring
the engineer ana fireman they ran the train
of to a side track. An effort to rob the cx-
press car was thwarted by the resistance of J.
NJ. Ross. express messenger who used his PTS
tolls in defence. About thirty shots were fired,
/ but no one known TO be hurt. The robbers
then left.
4 pulp boiler at Marley Paper Mills, four
! miles above Elktcn, Md. exploded on Monday
morning last with terrific force. Two men
were instantly killed and eight others We're
/ injured, and the mill was partially demolished.
| The entire end of the boiler, weighing 5000
pounds, was blown of. and was found eighty
yards distant The main body of the boiler
/ went through two tWo-toet stone walls and
wrecked the limehouse.
-Four Americans, employed in different ca
! paCities in Panama and on tho canal, have been
arrested and put in the Chiriqui prison on
suspicion Of being concerned in the recent rob
! berry of a keg Of gold intended for the United
States vessels of the Pacific squadron. The
! Panama Railroad Company has offered reward
| of $4,000 for the capture of the offenders and
the recovery of the money.
Thomas Hilson. of Philadelphia, expressed
! his trunk from Niagara Falls to Edwin Salvage
! New y Ork. Monday morning, was then driven
/ to Goat Island, when he jumped from Luna
! Island bridge and was carried over the falls
| Hilson was a wool broker and carried on bust
ness in Philadelphia for number of years
| Some years ago he was senior partner in a
| Boston firm.
/ The search of the ruins of the Newhall House
at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was concluded on
Saturday. Two charTed remains were found,
making As of the III people said to be in the
hotel at the time of the fire. One hundred
and seventy-siX are now accounted for rs fol-
lows: Identified, Is; non-identifed, IS; saved,
1902; still missing, ) making total loss of life
80.
Elisha Palmer, nephew of Ex-Governor John
u. Palmer, OF Illinois, shot his wife with q re-
volver, and then himself, at st. Louis, on the
18th inst. He diCi the same day, but the woman
may recover. The couple had separated and
the woman, it is said was leading disreputa-
bic life.
The steamer Josephine, which left Seattle,
". T., recently for Skagit river. having on
board a full freight cargo and twenty passen-
gers, blew up in Port Susan bay, fifty miles
north of Seattle. Seven persons were killed
and four seriously injured.
An accident on the Georges Creek and Cum
berland railroad, seven miles west of Cumbcr-
land, Nd, on the 23d instant, wrecked sixty
coal cars and two engines and caused the death
of four employees, and as many more were in
jured.
Another western hotel has been burned
this time the Quincy House, at Quincy, ILL.,, on
the 9th inst. Fortunately, no lives were lost.
The building and its contents were entirely
destroyed, involving loss of $4,000.
The stallion Pemberton, with a 224 record,
while being driven to a sleigh at Lawrence.
Mass, recently, ran into a picket fence and
was killed. He was owned by IL. c. Nevins,
and was valued at $4,000
POLITICAL
Marshall Jewell called the National Repub-
lean Committee TO order at the Arlington
Hotel, in this city, on the 18th inst. Thirty
nine members were present. Stephen ".
D0rSeys resignation as secretary was accepted,
and John A. Martin, of Kansas, was elected in
his place. 1T was decided that the Republican
National Convection Of lo5f shall consist Of four
delegates at large from each State and two dele
gateSfrOm each Congressional district. The dele
gates at large shall be chosen by popular dele
gate State conventions, called on not less than
twenty days published notice, and held not less
than thirty or more than sixty days before the
time Tor the meeting of the National Convcn-
ton. The Republicans of the various Congress
sinnal districts shall have the Cptiouof cccting
their delegates at separate popular delegations !
called on similar notice and held in the districts
at any time within the fifteen days next prior to
the meeting Of the state conventions, or By sub
divisions Of the State conventions into district
conventions; and such delegates shall be chosen |
by the latter method il not elected previous 10 |
the meeting Of the State conventions. All dis /
trict delegates TO be accredited by the officers
Of such district conventions. Two delegates /
shall be allowed from each Territory and from /
the District of Columbia, similarly chosen. Mr. /
Chandler offered the following which was |
adopted: Resoired, That the call OF the next /
Republican National Convention shall be so !
broad and liberal as TO invite the cooperation I
without imposing any other test Of tealtyJ Of /
all citizens who are III favor of elcyatiug and .
Identifying American labor, protecting and cx- |
tending home industries, giving free popular /
education 70 the MASSES OF the people, securing /
free suffrage AMI an honest counting of ballots. /
and eiicctually protecting al human rights ia .
every section Of our common country, and who /
are willing to support the nominee Of The con- /
yention." meeting Of the Committee will be /
held on December 18th next, at which the time |
and place for holding the next National Con- |
yention will be determined upon.
The election for four gas trustees in the
Philadelphia City Councils resulted IN the /
choice Of ". ". Acorn Republican, Thomas .
IL Gill, Democrat, by the Select Branch, and .
the reelection Of William II. Smith and VIII /
liam D. Gardner in the Common Branch. The .
board viii thus be composed OF seven rclormcrs
and five known as regulars.
Representative John W. ShackeIfoId. Of the
third North Carolina district died in thscitv,
on Thursday, the 18th inst. He was compare
lively a young man. being only little over
years Of age. He was serving his
first term in Congress.
Senators Mcpherson New JERSEY, Plumb
Kansas, and Coke Texas, have been re-
elected. The Hon. john McKemna has bccn
elected 10 succeed Senator Davis, Of West Vir-
"iuIa. BallOtng continues without result in
the Michigan and Minnesota Legislatures.
Governor Cullom has been elected Senator
from Illinois, receiving lO7 votes to ninety-tive
for Ex-Governor Palmer.
The proh;bitory amendment to the Iowa
adopted by popular vote last June
has been declared invalid by the supreme
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