Daily Republican., 1886-07-20
NEWS SUMMARY.
DEATH OF A MIssIONARY-FIN
RAJ OF MED BUNrLINE."
Anarchists Imprisoned-CollIsi ana
Cars Set on Fire-Imported SWITCH
men Badly Beaten.


At Milwaukee, yesterday. in nro-
nounc1ng sentence upon Frank Hirth.
Carl Simon and Anton Palm. Auar'
chists, convicted Of conspiripg to burp
the court house and inciting people 10
deeds or violence, Judge Sloan said she
had some doubts as to whether tbev
were visionary cranks who liked t.
hear themselves talk, or real Anarchists
like the Chicago crowd, However,, as
Judge. jury and witnesses had been
threatened by their friends. he would
not exercise the clemency he would
otherwise have DONE" He ordered
their imprisonment at hard labor nine
months each. The limit is one year.
The funeral OF e. z. @. Judson.
IN ed Buntine") took place at Stam-
ford, New York, On Sunday afternoon.
lt was the largest funeral ever held in
that village. Special trains were run.
and about 200 members of G. A. r.
posts marched In line to the cemetery
mere were many people presen t
from New York and Philadelphia.
Two of the imported switchmen on
me Lake Shore Road, In Chicago. were
assaulted and badly beaten on Sunday.
Another OF the new men, while passing
along the street en- an engine, was
yelled at by crowd. He threw chunks
OF coal at them and then drew a pistol
and fired, the bullet almost grazing the
tireman's head.
Conrad Hoffman, his wife and two
children, were struck by lightning in a
deld at Whitehaven, Penna., on Sun.
DAY evening. One child, 8 years of age.
was killed. The other child and the
mother are IN critical condition. The
father was severely, but not fatally,
injured.
At Jersey City, last night, the Coro-
nerIs jury in the case of Mrs. Mary
McCafrey, who was killed at the Coles
street railroad crossing last week, re.
turned a verdict censuring the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company for gross
carelessnessr The crossing is protected
by gates.
Henry Bicknell, aged 10 years, shot
aud killed his sister Matte, aged l3. in
Bangor, Me, on Sunday afternoon, He
picked up gun, and not knowing that
1t " as loaded plsyfully pointed it at his
sister, etc. He has bee ONE insane from
the shock.
There is great alarm In Cerro Gordo
ana Worth counties, Iowa, over the
discovery of smallpox in three town
shlps. The disease was brought by an
emlerant woman who Is said to have
Deen af1ected when she landed in New
York, about six weeks ago.
Hailstones as big as walnuts fell in
W inchester County, Va, on Sunday
afternoonn, covering q tract nine miles
In length and half a mile in width.
Vegetation in the path of the storm was
destroyed.
A freight train and au express train
collided at Strathroy, Ontario, on Mon.
day morning, and two of the freight
cars were set on fire. Two train hands
were injured, one having an arm
broken.
The Acting Secretary of the Treasury
yesterday issued the both call for the
redemption of bonds. 1t is for four
millions of the Three Per Cents, to be-
come payable, principal and il terest on
1st.
A four. story tenement house in East
Sixteenth street, New York, occupied
by about 70 persons, was damaged by
IRE early yesterday morning. Several
OF the inmates narrowly escaped
death.
A cable despatch has been received
In Washington announcing the death of
Rev. Charles FL. A. Dali, at Comoor,
India. He was in the list year of his
age and had been missionary more
than 30years.
a ''cloud burst" caused q landslide
on the Central Pacific. Railroad, near
Golconda, Nevada, on Sunday after
mood, and eight cars Of fruit train
were ditched. No person WAS injured.
News has been received from Fort
Bowie, Arizona, that the hot tile In.
dians have asked parley with Geueral
Miles, and that Geronimo is wounded.
The trial of Willie Sells, aged IS
years, for the murder of his father,
mother, brother and sister began yester.
lay in Erie, Kansas.