The National tribune., 1886-02-25
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The News from All Parts of the
World.
ABROAD.


with the Italian Government by which he OBJ
taius the concession of large tract Of land on
the Bav of Naples on which land he will erect
a cannon foundry and extensive ship yards
Count Emeric Sommisch, Hungarian notable.
remarkable for his extraordinary hatred of
horses. is dead. He would not allow any ami
NAL of the equine kind to come upon his lands,
and drove vehicle drawn by trained deer, and
latterly drove about his estates in a carriage
driven by team of oxen.-J. \. Preston and
Capt q. II. HoWser, while on the way from q
point in Mexico to FL Paso, Tex, were attacked
by the Mexican bandits near Parrall, Mex.
HOwser was killed and Preston was wounded
in the arm. Both men were from Council
Bluffs Iowa They were heavily interested IN
mines in Mexico. Preston made stout resist
ance and pat the bandits TO fiight.-Slr Clan
dig dc Cresp !Gny, an English baronet takes a
lively interest in assisting at the execution OF
criminals. and has recently assisted at several.
He said that as he probably would be Sheriff of
Essex he desired to gain experience, in order
that be might be prepared in case he should be
obliged 10 act himself, in the absence Of the
hangman.-The police of Moscow, Russia
have discovered Nihiiist circular announcing
that several Russians will soon be put TO death
More than 10000 workmen have applied
for relief TO the London authorities.
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
The body of Peter Higgins, of Bellaire, Mich,
who mysteriously disappeared from his home
two weeks ago, was found on his farm beneath
manure pile. His brother George has been
arrested on suspiciou.-At Charleston, w. Va,
last week Wm. Holland and Munroe Burton,
both colored, had quarrel, when Holland
drew pistol and shot Burton dead.-Two
children were fatally and three badly burned
on Tangier Island, Va, by one OF them attempt
Ing to light fire By the aid of Kerosene
Mrs. Sarah Wikerson was found dead in a well
l. la,- 1aSr ot
mining village near the Gartside coal mine,
Mo. She was suspected of causing the death of
William Massey, TO whom she was to have been
married and is supposed to have committed
suicide from fear of prosecution.-A 1O-year-
old New Haven (Ct.) girl was fatally shot by
the accidental discharge of gun iE the hands
of a I5-year-old boy.-Sister Euphrosina,
member of the order of ST. Francis threw her
self from the top window of the School of the
Holy Trinity at ST. Louis last week and was
killed.-James Ehle, his wife, father and
three children and Mrs. Kinney perished on
the 18th by the burning of their residence IN
Greenbush, Sheboygan CO., Wis. hired man
alone escaped. and he is thought TO have fired
the house. The remains of some members OF
the family have been taken from the ruins
A drunken woman named White tried TO MUIR
der her two little children in Chicago last week
by pushing them beneath the wheels of moving
freight cars. A policeman foiled her fendish
sttempt-Mrs. Coughlin, of Pana, H., was
burned to death by her clothing catching fire
while preparing dinner at her home on Thurs
day last.-At Johnstown Pa. on Thursday
last. Aaron Walker was quarreling with Celia
Fairfax in regard TO the possession OF 10 cents.
and, drawing a revolver. threatened TO kill
her. Celia ran out of the house. and as she
passed through the door Aaron fired and missed
her, but just at that moment Edward Williams
entered. and the ball took effect in his side,
ipfii iefip era1 a
George Davis, overseer of the Fitzgerald
plantation in Russell Co., Ala, sent Arch
Reams to look for COWS on Wednesday last. He
followed Reams and shot him twice in the
head and shoulder, stabbed him twice in the
throat, and broke his skull with the butt OF a
shotgun. Davis has sdisappeared.-JeanL Le-
beTseng French-Belgian cook, who had been
employed at Delmonico's and in several other
New York clubs, committed suicide last week
in New York by inhaling illuminating gas. He
placed piece Of hose leading from a gas jet
into his mouth, and swathed his head with
bandages to prevent the escape Of the gas
On the 18th Belleville Mich farmer, named
Tanning, was handling an old revolver, when
it was discharged, the bullet entering his left
temple and lodging in his brain. He seemed
to suffer little Inconvenience from the wound,
being thoroughly conscious and rational and
allowing d physician TO probe several inches
into the brain in an unsuccessful search for the
ball. The wounded man eats drinks, and is
cheerfully going about with large hole in his
left temple-Charles Hall, q prominent citi-
zen OF Aingo Junction, O., was murdered on
the 18th by chicken thieves. Hall thought he
heard a noise in his chickenhouse and went
ont with a lantern TO investigate, when one OF
the thieves drew his revolver and shot him
dead. The thieves escaped.-Elihea Friend,
an aged negress, was burned to death near
Preston, Nd, on Friday last by her clothes ig-
hitting while she was standing too near the fire.
john LawIer was shot and probably fatally
wounded on Friday morning last at COnsho-
hOcken. Pa, by policeman, from whom he
attempted 10 escape.-Three masked high
waymen entered the Office Of the Gulf, Colorado
& Santa Fe Railroad at Montvale, Tex, and at
the point Of pistol compelled the agent to
surrender S500.-A fatal encounter took place
near Pineville, Ky, on Friday last, between a
man named Lane and five men named Turner.
There was an old ieud existing between them.
The Turner's are noted as roUghs and bad men.
They were In ambush when Lane came along
the road and they ali fred upon him. Lane
saw one OF the Turner's step from behind tree
and shot him dead. Almost Immediately after
ward Lane fell, his body being pierced by sew
eral buliets.-George Phillips, Albert Zim-
norman and Henry Weaver were arrested at
Allentown last week. for committing numerous
rObbeTies in Lehigh County, Pa. They con-
fessed the robberies, and Zimmerman and Phil
lips said they killed and robbed man near
Newark, y. J., whom coroner's jury decided
had died by acciGent.-John Mann prOmi-
nent farmer, who resided four miles south Of
McLeansboTo, H., while riding near his home
Saturday last, was shot from his horse and III
stautly killed by unknown parties in ambush
john and Frank Mast, aged 5and 20 years
respectively; Lewis Dierict, a young married
man, and Charles Mathies, married, aged 45
years, were drowned Saturday last while at
tempting to cross the Susguehanna River at
Harrisburg, Pa. The men were returning from
their work 1t Steelton TO their homes at New
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. has been caused
al the range Of the Kansas & New Mexico Cat
tle Co by the killing and wounding of Mex
ican sheep herders By cowboys in the employ
of the company. Gov. Ross, Of Colorado, offer
ed rewards Of 500 TO 500 for the arrest Of the
offenders. +. Carlisle, President of the COM
pany, replied that the men who did the shoot
ing We're acquitted in a Justices court on the
ground OF self-defense. The Governor received
information that the cowboys attended the
justices court and held cooked Winchester
rifles over the witnesses, and that the court
itself was under duress.-TimOthy WhcIan,
aged q years, during quarrel with his father
at San Francisco Cal, Sunday last, about some
property, struck the old man with an AK on the
head and killed him. he then stabbed himself
probably fatally.
INDUSTRIAL
The cotton goods trade at Augusta, Ga, ia
looking up. Stocks are exhausted and all fac
tories il and near Augusta are running to their
full capacIty-Ihe Silk Fund Association of