Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-03-22
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while in it of temporary insanity, was left alone for ten minutes and on the
 return of her hq&and he found her ! lying on the floor With a carving knife in her hand, her throat cut from ear to ear. She was still conscious, but unable to speak as the wind pipe had been severed An infant girl sixteen months old was also lying dead on the bed with it's throst cut. Schseffer was almost driven insane and seized a revolver and attempted to shoot himself, but was
 restrained by police officer. The news
 spread to the neighborhood and people
 focked to the scene. Among them YVES a French woman named Letrota, who on witnessing the horrible scene went into soasms and it is thought she has lost her reason.
 ST. LoUIs, March Warrants were sworn out against McFadden yesterday,
 and he was placed in jail and Is occupy ing a cell with Teller, the express rob-
 Der. Later in the day he crushed glass vial he had Tn hls pocket by stamping upon it, and while eating supper mixed
 the pounded glass with his food and
 swallowed it. About an hour later
 Teller reported the matter to one of the
 jail guards and Dr. Dorsett, the dispen-
 sary physician, was immediately sum- moned, who gave McFadden a strong emetic, but he vomited no glass, show l ing the food had been digested. He IS
 still in jail, and at last accounts was not suffering; but Dr. Dorsett says the in- | fiamma,ion of the bowels will probably ! set in tomorrow and prove fatal. SAN FRAwCIsCo, March 20,-It Is said [ this morning that the Republicans will contest the election of Judge Wallace
 to the Assembly from the Thirteenth district on the ground of unlawful acts
 on the part of the election officers ID the 29th precinct, and of fraudulent voting
 in other precincts. The Election Com missioners will hold a meeting on Mon | day.
 SAN FRANoIsOo, March 20.-The Chr nicle's Hartford, Conn, special says: The Senate has passed | favorable report for the incorporating
 of the Southern Pacific Railway con-
 pany. C. r. Huntington and Thomas W. Pierce are among the incorporGtOrs. PTTsBURG, Pa, March 20-The ChI- cago limited express, coming east ran into a land slide near Columbiana, Ono, this morning at f o'clock and
 wrecked. Later reports say the engineer Richards and fireman, name unkn own,
 were killed instantly. All the passeng-
 CTS were more or less injured, but none killed.
 PHILADELPHIA, Pa, March 20.-The ! American steamship company Is con- sidering offers made for their ships by ! the Red Star Line. It IS held the line of steamers saiIng the American cOlors can't be made to pay and the American steamship company has concluded It could expect no relief from congress.
 PHILADELPHIA, March 2O.-At the of | flee of the Pennsylvania railroad com
 pany nothing has been learned up to one | o'clock regarding the accident on the | limited express at Columblana, beyond
 what the Associated Press has from | Pittsburg. The wires between Pitlsours and Columbiana are in trouble, but the officials are making every effort to get working wire from here to that point They are also arranging for list of in- | Jured.
 LATER-The company learns that train ran into landslide neaf Salem, 67 miles west of Pittsburg. Recent rains had Ioosened the earth, and 1t fell upon
 the track. The engine and train were ditched. Engineer James Richards and Fireman c. Rhodes were instantly killed; eight passengers were slightly cut and
 bruised, and some Inj juries were serious. l
 No bones are reported broken. The !
 brakeman and baggegem8ster were also |
 injured. Wreck trains were sent to the | scene of the accident. The passengers | were transferred and will reach Pitts |
 burg about five hours late. It Is reported |
 that all injured passengers will be abl, |
 to go through to destination.
 ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
 PITrsBUEG, Pa, March 20.-Offcisl | reports say the limited express was com ing down the Franklin grade three miles east Of Salem at Q rate of forty miles per hour when the engine struck an obstruction Of some kind, and jump ing the track went over an embankment. The entire train left the raIls but only the baggage car and the smoker was upset. When the engine upset the boiler exploded and James Richards. engineer, and Charles Rhodes, fireman, l were blown several hundred yards and instantly killed. Tho baggage master DOsil and brakeman Linds were slightly injured. Six passengers vera also pain fully hurt, bu. not dangerously. Their names could not be learned. Other passengers were badly shaken up but not niured. j train was sent out from here immediately, ana the passengers were transferred to 1t, and will arrlve sometime this afternoon. when partic- Ulsrs will be had.
 YOUNGSTOWN, O.. March 20.-It is now known ;hat only the engineer and fire man wvIe killed: thIs makes uD the list If the killed. J. Ii. Mcknight, Fort Shaw, Montana Territory, and H. T. D,uglass, Of Fort Yates, Montana Ter rItpry, both sustained severe scalp wounds. Eight others were badly hurt, but not dangerously.
 BosToN, March Passengers who arrived here on the brig ScreHmer, and were wrOngfnlly repre- ented as Cuban | banditti, sail for San Domingo on Satur- day.
 NEW YORK, March 20.-A special re ceived from Burlington, Iowa, states that Burdette, the famous funny man of i the Burlington Hawkeye, was assaulted yesterday by two drunken Irishmen who were offended by humorous and inuO- i cent sketch of St. Patrick's day. The assault occurred ID the editorial rooms i of the iawkeye. Both assailants were 1 armed with reyOlvers and knives
 PLYMOUTH, Mass, March 2O.-Herbert l.. Jackson to-day was fined ten dollars for mutilating marble tablet on the tomb of Daniel Webster at Marshfeld.
 PRILADELPHIA, Pa, March 20-Chas. Longherm, widely known as Dickens Dutchman," died recently, and the fact was made known to-day that he died in the penitentiary, and was quietly buried in the Potter's held, after serving 90 of his 75 years of life in convict's cell. He was not @ prisoner at the time of his l,rrt III A. l