Daily Republican., 1885-08-11
News Summary.
mAxwELL. TEE MURDERER-A
NOTED BILLIARD PLAYER
DEAD-ETC., ETC.
LIQUOR MAN SHOT DEAD.

The steamer ZslaDdia arrived at San
Francisco yesterday morning, with
Maxwell, She alleged murderer, on
board. Maxwe]l, when questioned by
reporters, refused to make any state
ment respect ing the crime with which
/ he is charged, saying that he had
! been advised by hin counsel before
leaving Auck lnnd not 70 open his IN outh
except to put fsod into it," He looked
Ichee-ful, and said hs never feit Det-
ter in his life. The priosnsr will start
east to day.
Kelly BoDnelT, . well-known billiard
player, died ON sunday IN Atlanta, and
. telegram repoyts- q singular incident
at his last moEaents. "Thirty years
ago, when he was, an infant. his mother
fn1issed . needl le. Tho doetors said that
fis had entered saze chtlAb body and
| would come out some dey. An hour
before his death he complained OF an
| itch ing sensation in his shoulder, and
la few m inutes inter- the long Kissing
need le forced itsway out.
The sufferers BY the feEer in Ply
mouth, Penna., are about TO sue the
tWater Company fer damages for death
and sickness caused during the epldem-
Elc. At a recent meeting :" fifty persons
|signed petition declaring that they
will bring suit 20 recover damages for
tevery death that occurred IN their faml-
HES" It is costended that they can
show that the water supplied by the
Water Company was the cause or the
lepidemic.
l The case of Thomas W. Carpenter,
! charged with stealine $SS, 600 In bords
from the State Bank at Richmond,
Virginia, tho property Of Mark Dow
Iney, and WHO returned on Saturday
night, was before Police Court on Mon
day, but owing to the absence OF the
Common " wsalth's attorney the hearing
was postponed until tomorrow and the
Iprisoner rSnanded.
The third annual convention of the
. tTailors' National Onion oseDed on,
, Monday in Baltimore. Among the sub
jects 70 90 discussed will be o prOpo-
sition TO support the strikes II all other
n trades connected with the Federation
II of Labor, and the establishments of .
Journal 70 advocate the interests of t he
, trades unions.
I'll Albert r. Herrick, liq qaor merchant
% of New York city, was shot dead on
:. Monday afternoon a. his residence in
D brooklyn, it Is supposed by targlar
?, who was concealed in the cellar. Mr..
!. Herriok staggered out Of the house cry :
,s ling "burglazs," in faint tone, and fel
ldead with q bullet wound in his left
side. The murderer escaped.
At Erie, Kansas, Mrs. frankie
~ Norris has been convicted OF the muir
O. der of her mother, whose life was in
sured fer $4,000. The payment was
n Mrs. Morris was married on Sunday
evening, in the jail, to Harvey d.
Copeland, Of Wichita.
a 1t Is reported that about 200 persons
bs are sick 1t Shamokin, Penpa., Of AGATE
.ldyseatery and spotted fever. The sick
70 ness Is attributed TO impure water and
a. lack of sufficient sewerage.
Jason A. Reed saved boy from
drowning, at Westerly, Rhode Island
on Monday. After the boy had beer
taken into boat Mr.. Reed attempted
y, to swim ashore, but was drowned.
al While painting the dial of the clock
ar Mich igan, yesterday, John Fox and
ed Frederick Scherer we're killed by the
no soaffolding give away.
hej During a thunder storm, near Rocf
On Rapids, Iowa, on Sunday, farm hous'
ly was struck by lightning and all the in
ar- mates-John Mcguire, his wife ans
Id three children-were killed.
M Lucy Anna Sweet, aged II years, ar
Crawford Allen Smith, aged y, wei
drowned on Monday while bathing, q
Pawtucket, Rhode Island.
of bridge over Nobl es' creek, at Sbel
rs. byville, Indiana, gave way yesterday
et under the weight Of a farm wagon, ant
te' two men were killed.
,as , Three young boys, sons of respeetabl
.N ,'e citizens of Almonte, near Ottowa Cans
sho da, disappeared mysteriously las. Wed
no. nesday night,
..ngs in behalf of Riel are bein
held and petitions for respite signe'
in various Canadian cities and towns.
:, The tomb of Lieutenant Lockwood
, -f' the Arctic explorer, at the Nava
500 Academy, has he en- completed.
, toll Emmons & Roach, iron merchants
lew New York, made an assignment yeste
re-. day, without preferences.
ely There were 35 interments OF small
oss poX victims in Montreal last week.