Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-03-08
EASTERN NEWS.


sS,cI.TED PRESS DISPATCHES.
suicide.
rs.s Cry. Mo-, March 6.--W. II.
hAss sne agent in this city for the Con-
U .;nsntsl Fast Freight Line. suicided this
'n~rinp. He went into store on
Tn;nn avenue TO purchase a revolver.
o. un' took up loaded weapon and fred a
ne 'u through his brain. He had bee
6anondent and incorporate for some
dep He leaves a wife in a delicate
.s,n n Oller uas formerly Of Chi
cago.
c.r,xx,a Ga, March 6.-The coro-
s,onned a negro funeral service and
..moyinp the shroud and clothing OF
TO- c.rpse, revealed nine knife wounds
;na;c,ed by tbs man In whose house the
snnsral was being held. The victim
r.s william Dunn aud the murderer
Jerry Hopras.
s.,.,he Of Prisoner Mis- Desperate
Career.
Cy,c.Go. March Frank Rande, the
aasnerado who made An attempt on the
,;Ss of Mcdonald last Saturday night
-. Toilet Prison, and who was placed in
solitary confinement, succeeded i'll end
mo his career by hanging himself last
night.
Scott. He killed no less than five men
in 1877, and is supposed to have muir
dared thirteen persons in Illinois. Mis-
uni and Indiana. He was originally
ssntenced to the Iowa Penitentiary for
bnyolarv, but escaped, and fearing ar
,..t he became a tramp. He vas after
card sent t. the Michigan State Prison
for burglary under another name, and
ian there in 1877. He robbed farmer
near Gibson, H., and being pursued by
a nar,y of six, he killed two and wOHnd-
cd three others. He committed an
almost sinilar robbery near st. Elmo.
M. aad being followed by the citizens.
He WAS finally captured at st. Louis
after desperate struggle with an Off
ser. and on his trial for the Gibson ira
pedy csc aped with a life sentence. HIS
mlson life has been marked with three
or four acts of desperation similar TO
that OF last Saturday night. He used
his Undertaking to effect his death.
and his lIfeless bedy vas discovered on
opening his cell this II ,rning.
The Defaulsinx Treasurer.
NoBwALK. Ohio, March 6.-Cnuuty
Treasurer Van Vleet's shortage il found
by examination today to bs $47 sos.
Opinion il divided as to whether he
took much money with him The GEN
eral belief is that he lost it all in spocu-
latlOn.
Duped Foreigner.
GALVESTON, March T. Thirty five
families of Austrians and Italians we're
landed here today III . destitute con IL
ton by the steamship Hsrria, from
Brazos, Santiago. They claim to have
been induced to emigrate to Mexico by
promises of aid and assistance from the
Mexican Government, which were not
fulfilled. and say they were compelled
to labor on the railroads and other
works fer exceedingly meaRer wages.
The Austrian and Italian Consuls will
BIZ applied to for help.
Nigh Water In the south.
HELENA, Ark, March The levee
broke today mile above Friar's Point,
Miss., which inundated that thriving
little city. The river at Glendale, oppO-
site here, has attained the high water
mark Of 1882, and many places in the
interior report water from two to four
inches higher than ever known.
Lieut.. schultz Banqaetted.
ST.. LOUIS, March T. Lieut.. Schultz
was rendered an elegant banquet to-
night by the Germania Club. A large
number of pronineat citizens were
present.
shot by an 1ulurlatcd Husband.
EMPoRIA, Kan, March flames l..
DOugherty. mail agent on the Topeka
X Santa Fee road, shot and seriously
wounded Prof. Nntting. a teacher Of
this oitv, this afternoon. The affair
created a great sensation. aud grew out
of we'll known intimacy between Nut
ting and Dou1herty's wife. Public
sentiment ID with Dougherty.
Hoiier Explosion.
BRrANr's PoND. NJ ,roh The boiler
in j. +. Dearborn's mill this
morning and killed four men.
Business Failures.
New YORK, March 7.-Business fail
ures for the last seven days were az, An
increase of u compared with last week.
Bishop Ciarkson shaking.
OMAHA, March bishop Clarkson
lost ground all day yesterday. The ut
tending physioitns say the patient IL
beyond medical aid.