The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1886-10-21


lions Of dollars passed through her bands
Tbos. Sunderland, Of Washington, one Of the
California Argonauts" died on Sunday night
at the Westminster Hotel. New York.-The
funeral OF Senator Austin i. Pike at Franklin,
N. H., was largely attended Senators Blair,
Aldrich Edmunds Evarts, Jones, of Arkansas;
Pugh aud Sabin acted as a guard OF honor.
William p. Canaday. Sergeant-at-Arms Of the
United States Senate, had charge of the fun
eral arrangements. The burial was in Frank
lin Cemetery.-Mike McCool, the once famous
pugilist died at the Charity Hospital. New Or
leans, on Sunday. lie fought his last battle
many years ago, and Of late he had worked as a
mate on steamboats, on the Lower Mississippi.
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
Gottfried Waller who testified against the con-
victed Anarchists, was attacked in a saloon in
Chicago by Socialists who, with cries Of trail
tor, ~" dog, -" shoot him, -" hang him." pursued
him through the streets aud beat him severely
before he could escape. He fired al them several
times without effect. lie reported the occur
renee TO the police. Since the trial he has been
unable TO secure work at his trade, and has re-
ceived a number Of threatening letters
Henry Doebeler, an attendant at the Institute
for the Deaf and Dumb at Columbus, o., put
Frank Hamilton, aged z, one OF the inmates in
the bathtub, turned on the water and left the
boy. When he returned the child was fatally
Selah Chamberlain was run into in a dense fog
off Sheboygan Wis, by the schooner John
Pridgeon, jr. The side Of the Chamberlain was
stove in below the water line and she sank
very soon. Five OF the crew jumped into one
of the boats, when the davits broke and they
were thrown into the lake and drowned. The
rest of the crew were sayed.-At i O'Clock
Thursday morning 200 disguised men broke
into the Jail at Monticello H., and took there
from Henry Wildman, the wife murderer, and
hanged him. After hanging him they shot
him III times 10 make sure Of their work.
Surg.-Gen. Cunning, OF the Navy, was received
at the Naval Academy, Annapolis, with salute
of IL guns. During the firing OF the salute the
breech plug OF a rifle gun blew out and struck
the arm of Chief Gunners Mate lleuryl.inn and
shattered il so badly that il had TO be ampu-
tated. lie died the next day.--The Windsor
Hotel, at Roselle, n. j., was destroyed by fire.
Johanna Sullivan, a laundress, was burned TO
death. The hotel was valued at $4,000
Lewis Webster, twice tried and convicted
and sentenced 10 death at Warren, o., for the
murder of a man named Harrington, has, on
a third trial, been acquitted by the jury
I'm Barnwell County, 5. c., L. J. Rowell killed
his brother, Il. l.. Rowell. They had intended
TO go fishing together. when they engaged in a
quarrel. L. J. ROwell cursed his brother and
dared him 10 advance upon him, when the wife
of the murdered man interposed and succeeded
in getting her husband away. f. J. Rowell
got gun and fired, and his brother fell almost
in the arms Of his wife, dying in few hours.
sheriff Beach, of Morrison, H., arrested
John Clark. The latter broke away, drew a
self-cocking revolver, and, aiming at Beach,
pulled the trigger three times but the weapon
was not discharged. Meantime the Sheriff
fired five shots, and Clark dropped dead. The
coroner's jury exonerated Sheriff Beach.-At
Belvidere, N. j., the jury in the case of JanitOI
Titus, charged with the murder of Tilie Smith,
rendered a verdict of murder in the first degree
Tillie Smith, the murdered girl, was pretty
domestic employed at the Hackettstown Insti.
tute, of which Titus was iantor On the night
of the murder she had been TO an entertainment
in the town, and on her return TO the institute
il was charged, was met by Titus in the base.
ment aud murdered. Musketnuss died
at Lancaster Pa, of lockjaw. His death wa;
caused by burns received a few days ago by 1
curious accident. He placed a lighted pipe in
his pocket while walking on the street. and in
few minutes his clothes were in blaze. Be
fore the flames were extinguished he was badly
burned about tho body and legs.-Franl
Garvey and Thomas 0'Neill, residents of Los
Creek, Pa, stood on the railroad track 10 sc,
how close they could allow the locomotive Il
approach before they should get out of its way
ONeill was fatally injured, and Carney wal
thrown down an embankment but escaped
serious injury.
MISCELLANEOUS.
A disastrous fire visited the city Of Eastport
Me- Oct. ID. FOnr sardine factories, the Pas
samaquoddy Hotel and many other building
were destroyed. Pittsburg, Pa, the Key
stone Brewing COmpany's four-story brick ware
house, on South Thirty-fith street, fell with
loud crash. The bHilding was completed,
wrecked, and large amount of beer stored il
kegs in the structure destroyed. The loss wa
$40,000.-The Baptist church at Bennington
Center, n Y, was destroyed by fire. The loss j
$4,000. The fire is believed TO have been o
! incendiary origin. The church people hav
been very active Of late in prosecuting liquo
dealers.-I'here was lively fall Of snow il
several parts Of Rockland County, n. Y, Sun
day, and from an inch to an inch aud quartz
of snow was found in some places.-The soutl
wing Of the German Orphan Asylum at Indian
| apolis took fire, causing damage TO the extent O
] $4,000. All the children were safely removes
except one, Albert Nogt. aged nine years, VIII
was suffocated.-ln Philadelphia the jury i
the case of Flora o. Spear VS.. The Philadelphis
Wilmington d Baltimore Railroad Company
/ for the loss of her husband, Adrian Spear, VIII
died from the effects Of injuries received on Tn
18th of August, 1885, rendered verdict Q
$1,000 in favor of Mrs. Spear.-Six Chiname
in the United States Courts in New York dc
| clared their intention of becoming America
citizens.-1n Chicago Judge Tuley dissolve
the injunction which the milk men had secure
against Health Commissioner DE Wolf, who ha
prohibited the sale of milk taken from COWS a
the quarantined distilleries.-A cotton-picR
ing machine was tested near Sumter, S. C., i
the presence Of committees from the New Yor
Cotton Exchange and the Charleston exchange
and representatives Of the State Agriculture
Department The machine picked cotton at th
rate of $50 pounds per hour, without injurin
the bolls or plants. The general opinion {
those present is that the machine is correct j
its principle, does fairly good work now, an
can be made completely succcssful.-A con
pany Of teachers under the direction Of ID
Sheldon jackson reached Kodiak Sept. % O
the steam schooner Leo, 10 days from Seattl
en- route TO the Aleutian Islands and Wester
Alaska.-The Pennsylvania Railroad Con
pany has placed orders for 1000 addition
freight cars. The Baltimore a. Ohio has o
dered 1000 and the Pittsburg e. WesteI
2,000.-Sunday morning most of the busine
portion Of Salisbury Md, was destroyed
fire. About 100 stores and dwellings we
burned. The loss is estimated at 81 ,0000 600.
Lucy Parsons Talks Anarchy.
Lucy Parsons, the wife Of one Of Chicago
/ eondemned Anarchists arrival In (lavelan