The National tribune., 1885-09-17
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The News from All Parts Of the
World.
ABROAD.


ABROAD.
Russia has abandoned her claim to the whole
of Zuiicar Pass proper. Meruchak is also
LETT TO the Afghans.-Congo cannibals have
attacked several stations of the African Asso-
eiaiiou and roasted and deyoured a number OF
whites. No further details have been received.
France has lost 10, 600 men in the Tonquin
campaign. and her losses IN money, lncludlng
the cost Of building forts, hospitals and from
tier defenses was s43,000,000, while China's
losses were 100000 men and f3S, 900, Co.,
The British steamer Auckland has been in col
lision with and been sunk by the German gun
boat Blitz near Copenhagen. Fifteen OF the
AucS lands crew were drowned. Only two
were saved--The trouble between Germany
and Spain relative to the ownership OF the
Caroline Islands, which last week threatened
to bring about war, VIII In all probabilities
be amicably settled. Spain has made apologies
TO the German Government for the excess COM
mitted by the Madrid mob week before last.
a Chinese loan of S40,0o0,000 has BEEN ne
gotiatcd at Paris and Berlin for the construc-
ton of a railroad from Taku to Tungchow, IL
miles south of pekin. 4 Manchester firm has
obtained the contract for building the road.
"A very cordial reception has been given to
Chief Justice Waite in LondOn.--It is ru-
mored that England will try TO grab some of
the Caroline Islands if Germany still persists
IN her claim.
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES
James T. Mcintosh, aged % years, shot and
fatally wounded his mother last week at Pine
Creek. near Pitts5urg, Pa. His mother re-
quested him to shoot q cat, and as he fired she
sterped directly III front of the animal. The
son then tried 10 kill himself.-Perry Whit
lock aged IS, of Danville, Ill, went to the res
idenee OF his father-in-law, L. G. Coe, Tuesday
of last week, and shot his wife, Emily, aged %,
and her sisters Maggie and Tinchie, 2S and %
respectively, and then killed himself. The
three sisters are mortally wounded. Whitlock
and his wife were separated.-Miss Ida Max
well, of Atlanta, Ga, Wednesday Of last week
eloped with John L. Shelton. Her father and
brother found him at his mothers house and
assaulted him. Shelton struck young Maxwell
with hammer. The father and Shelton then
exchanged shots, each falling severely If not
mortally wounded.-A hack driver named
HughSton was shot and killed at Waco Tex,
last week by young man named Dram, whose
mother and sister Hughston had insulted.-
Two trains on the Erie & Pittsburg Railroad
collided near West Middlesex, Pa, last week.
Adam Riser and o. 4. Bates fireman and en-
gineer of the north bound train, were instantly
killed. Frank Sowash, baggage master, was
thrown 125 feet and badly hurt. G. ID. Cargo
and w. II. Sbaffer, express messengers, and p.
ii. Bais, mail agent, were also hurt. The pas
sengers escaped unhurt. Mixed orders caused
the accident. - James Mulvaney, aged 10
years, of New York city, was arrested Sunday
night of last week for uncoupling parlor car
from Manhattan Beach train Oh the Long Is
land Railroad, cutting the bell-cord and discon-
Meeting the air pipes of the brakes, with the
supposed intention of wreckng the train,
which followed a minute later.-Lincoln
Smith and James Spister (boys) were fatally
shot on Sunday last by Jos. Linder rancher
near Goldendale, w. T., while stealing fruit
from Linder's chard.-The safe in the Cam
4 "a I
Creek was blown open last week and robbed of
S7,000-Dr. Fredk. w. Rothenlauser COM
mitted suicide in New York on the 10th by
taking chloral in the house from which his
vile eloped two years ago with boarder.-
A man who registered as Mr.. Davis committed
suicide in hotel in the Bowery, New York,
Wednesday night last week, by gas. Upon his
shirt bosom was written, Another mysterious
case that will battle the police. At colored
camp near Canton, La, Wednesday night of last
week, Leon Cockrell, a colored school teacher,
shot Aaron WarZ, colOred deacon, while the
latter was kneeling at prayer with the congre-
gation.--Wm. Bargard and his wife, Lizzie,
aged 10 years, and their I7-months-old daugh-
ter were capsized from boat, and the lady
and child were drowned, i'll Darby Creek, near
Philadelphia, on the 10th.-Ensign f. c..
Rider, assistant engineer on the United States
man-of-war Swatara, committed suicide in his
bunk, on board of that vessel, on the 10th, by
shooting himself in the head.-On Thursday
night last an attempt was made TO blow up with
dynamite the hotel, saloon and residence of
Neal &, Bidweli, in Westminster o. The
saloon had recently been opened, and its pres
ence was hotly opposed by some of the inhab-
itants. MIR. Neal and family were thrown from
their beds and bruised.-Rev. ]. K. Millett,
of McEwensville, was drowned in the river at
Watsontown, Pa, Wednesday of last week. He
was out In boat with a young girl named
Culp, and the boat upset. Miss Culp succeeded
in saving her life by chng.ng to the boat, but
Mr. Millett went under.-Moses Froehlich,
aged 81 years, walked into New York police
station on the 10th and told the Sergeant that
he had drank small quantity of hydriodic
acid from cup which he supposed contained
water. Froehlich died soon after his removal
to the hospital.-Peter Kno!bach, of Locust
Gap, Pa, who in fit of jealousy shot his sweet
heart, Miss Julia Kramer, through the head
while she stood conversng with a rival suitor,
was sentenced last week to SIX years solitary
confinement in the County prisOn.-The
western half OF the Union Depot at Hunting
don, Pa, was completely destroyed Oh the 1lth
inst. by coal train running into it-An ex-
plosiou of sulphur gas at otto colliery, near
Pottsville, Pa, instantly killed one boy fatally
injured three men, and severely burned three
otheIs.-The Montreal express was wrecked
near Comstock's Landing, n. Y, the engine
being thrown from the track and turned bot
tomside up. Frank Brown, the engineer, was
IOuDu Ncau Oh bhe engine WIN MS Edlu On the
throttle Several of the train hands We're in
jured.-Marion Norwood, an actress, went to
bed III New York on the 9Th inst. with ciga-
ret in her mouth. 1t set the bed on fire and
she was burned TO death.-Nliguel Letz an
Italian bootblack of New York, stabbed and
killed trunkman named Bradley in New
York Sunday last because he knocked off his
hat.-ThoDas il. Renshaw, a barber. OF Glou-
ces.er. Mass, on Saturday last shot and killed
his apprentice, Fred. 05gOod.-Harry Shark
snd Charles Gildey, alias Thompson were ar
rested in Philadelphia Saturday last on the
charge Of passing counterfeit money.-Two
passenger coaches on the Texas Pacific Railroad
left the track near Sherman, Tex, on the 18th,
killing Mrs. Wolfe of Dodd City. aud injuring
anumber of others.-A general shooting
Cured at franklin, KY, the 18th, while
Sheriff Bcale was trying TO make an arrest, and
john Fag2te, Gus Gilbert, Marshall Murray
and the Sheriff were wounded, the latter fatally
-Rudoph DcniciIe, FOR ID years route agent
On The Central Railroad, OF Georgia, was arrest
ed in his postal car while passing Barnesvjlle
On Friday last. He had broken open 100 let
ters in the short run between Macon and that
place-The body OF United States Deputy
Marshal Miller, who disappeared in Sumner
County, Tenn several weeks ago, has been
found buried within 800 yards OF the house of
JOHN Bradley, a noonshiner," who has been
suspected of the murder. Bradley was taken to
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