Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-05-25
TElEGRAPHIC.
IN Epibns Of The Principal Events Now
Attracting Public Interest

Hungarian house deputies adopted
the army bill as proposed by the gov.
eminent.
In the duel on the Bots de Boulogne
in Paris, between Depuis and Habert
art critics, the former Was killed.
K. P. Gravel, treasurer of Scott
county, Kas., has been found short in
his accounts to the amount of SO, 1000.
The ship Smyrna was sunk in a
coll sion with the steamer Motto, off
the Isle of Wight near London. Thir-
teen passengers were drowned.
Daniel Moriarity and Daniel Hayes
were hanged at Tralee, for the muir
der OF James Fitzmaurice, a farmer,
near Lixna, county Kerry, Ireland,
January 2lst last.
Alexander Jones, colored, was
hanged at Tallahassee, Fla, for the
murder of George Cuthbert, in No
vember, 1887 The execution was pri-
vate.
Samuel Phillips, the eleven year-old
son OF prominent merchant OF Sagi-
nav, Mich, while playing on some
logs in bayou, fell in. Englehart
Reidlinger, aged twenty-four, jumped
in to save the boy, but the little fellow
chung to his neck and both were
drowned.
Ramon Cruz, wealthy planter re-
siding thirty miles from Havana, was
taken prisoner by bandits is held for
$4,000 ransom. Soldiers are scour-
ing the country in search of him while
his wife has received letter demand
ing money, and saying if she plays the
messenger false her husbands life will
be forfeited.
New York brokers have been in
structed by detective and requested
| to look out for large number of
bonds stolen from firm at Isle,
France. The bonds are supposed to
aggregate $l,000,00O, and include
Panama obligations, Credit Foncier Sc
curities, Portuguese obligations, Rus
sian rents, Turkish bonds and miscel-
laneous obligations.
A passenger train on the New York
& Pennsylvania railroad was wrecked
near Whitehouse, N. Y, by the spread
ing of the rails. The mail and bag
gage cars and two passenger coaches
containing about forty passengers,
rolled down twenty-foot embank-
ment. No one was killed outright,
but seventeen of those injured will
die.
Helene Crosmond, prima donna,
| nn cd o,iriIa in, Tho ..ut,;,, - a.
Piccadilly, London. She signed con
tract with the Drury Lane Opera Com
pany, but owing to misunderstood.
ing she tore up the contract in fit of
temper. Later she tried to reopen
negotiations, but in the meantime
substitute had been engaged. and in u
fit of dependency she shot herself.
General Writ Adams, postmaster at
Jackson, Miss, and John Martin, an
editor, fought street duel, and both
men were killed. The general was hit
in the head, and Martin was hit twice.
A published article was the immediate
cause of the tragedy, though breach
has long existed between the men. 1t
charged incompetent service in the
postotlice.
A nine year-old daughter of farmer
named Albert Goodspeed, living near
Des Moines, Iowa, is lyisg at the point
of death, having been almost literally
eaten by dog when found. The girl
had been attending school. A huge
dog was standing over the little girl,
tearing the flesh from her breast and
devouring it. Her lett breast had been
eaten away, leaving the lungs exposed,
while her limbs were horribly mangled
A terrible accident occurred al
Rushsylvanja, Ohio. A school exhi-
bition was in progress in a hall situated
in the third story of IL brick building,
over 400 people being present. Sud
denly the floor gave way with a fright
full crash and the entire audience went
down in surging mass to the ground
So far, two people are reported dead
ten seriously injured, and probably
fifty less seriously injured.
An odd marriage occurred at St
Louis. Miss Ada Belle Richards,
cousin of the late President Arthur,
was married to Dr. Wright, of the
Choctaw Nation, Indian territory. The
groom is quarter-blood Choctaw In
dian, and son of the late Gsv.
Wright, of Indian terrific y. He is a
well educated physician and quite
handsome. The couple became ac-
quainted while the bride WIS doing
missionary work in the territory year
| ago.
A lamp exploded in the hand of
NJ g. John CULLEN at Pittsburg, Pa, as
she was going up stairs. The burn
ing oil set fire to her clothing, and,
overcome with fright, she ran to the
window and jumped out, alighting on
brick pavement thirty-hve feet be-
low. Coleman kilroy and wife who
also occupied the house had retired,
but were awakened by the explosion.
kllroy jumped from the third story
window and was badly injured. His
wife forced her way through the flames
which filled the halls but in so doing
was painfully burned about the head,
face and arms.
The Asylum Hill Congregations
Church of Hartford, Conn. gave
bell to a mission church i'm Chin, an.