Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1883-05-28
NEWS sum N AIRY.
ESCAPE AND SUICIDE or A BIGA.
MINT-OrHER MIACELLANEOUk
NEWS Of TWO DAYS.

W. H. Beck, charged with bigalny,
escaped from the Jail in Baltimore last
Wednesday night. On Saturday after
noon he was cornered by the police
in a house on Cough street, and rather
than surrender committed suicide by
shooting himself first in the throat,
then in the right cheek. He died in
fifteen minutes.
The legal proceedings brought in Bnf--
falo against the Rochester and Pitts
burg Railroad by the Lackawana Rail-
road relative to q crossing resulted yes
terday in light for the possession Of
the disputed spot. In the contest 10
cars of both roads were destroyed, and
two men were arrested, but subsequent
ly released.
The steamship Strasburg arrived at
Baltimore on Saturday from Bremen
with ! ,474 emigrants. She encountered
a severe gale on the 23d inst, during
which the shacklebolt of the fore topsail
broke and fell, killing two Of the
passengers and knocking another over
board who was drowned.
At meeting of representatives OF
Irish societies in New York yesterday
| it was resolved that at the simultaneous
meetings of all Irish organizations on
June 9TH, delegates to a general conven-
ton shall he elected for the purpose Of
organizing a central executive COM
mittee.
The nude body of a young woman,
with her throat cut, tloated on the beach
at Point Breeze, Coney Island, on Sat-
urday. 1t is supposed she was mur-
dered and her clothing removed to pre-
vent indentitication.
The graves of the Confederate deal
in the Cave Hill Cemetery, at Louis
vile, were decorated on Saturday after
noon. The strewingof flowers was pre-
ce,led by prayer from Bishop Dudley,
and the singing of hymn.
The boiler of saw-mill in Waterford,
Kentucky, burst last Friday, killing
John Purcell, owner of the mill, and
fatally injuring several of the work.
men.
The boiler in Cha ndler's steam saw =
mill at Leon, Ohio, burst on Saturday
morning, demolishing the building,
killing one man and injuring several
OtuSlS, pNo pClAhpo AoeaiJ'
jesse Howard, colored man, who
had confessed that he had burned a liv-
cry stable in Mariana, Arkansas, was
taken from the Jail at that place on Sat-
urday and shot dead by a mob
Twenty-Five cases of smallpox and
several deaths have occurred in st.
Michaels Minnesota, but no measures
appear to have been taken there to
prevent the spread Of the coEtagion.
The plaster mills, warehouses, oil and
tool house and sheds of Noble & Co., in
Grands Rapids, Michigan, were burned
on Saturday night. Loss 81, 900.
Thirteen prisoners in the County
Prison at Lancaster, Penna., are now
sick of smallpox, and others show pre-
iminary symptoms of the disease.
Notifications Of a postal money order
convention with Portugal, to take effect
on Jnly lst, were exchanged on Satur-
day in Washington.
A fire at Uxbridge, Ontario, on Sat
urday, destroyed The market buildings
and much of the business portion Of the
town, causing a loss of $4,000.
A factory and warehouse of the Lake
Erie Bolt and Nut Works, in Cleveland,
Ohio, were burned early on Saturday
morning. Loss $4,000.
The Tabor Milling Company's stamp
mill at Leadville, Colorado, was
burned on Saturday morning. Los.
500, 900.