Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1888-05-25
NEWS SUMMARY.
Attempt to Burn an Orphan Asylum
a Murderer Arrested-struok and
Killsd by q Train.

a Murderer Arrested-struok and
Kulsd by . Train.
An attempt was made last Saturday
night to burn st. Vincent's OrphNn
Asylum ut San Rafael, California, ana
II was renewed on Tuesday night and
wednesday morning. Ons boy has
confessed having aided In starting the
hre, and several Of them Are now under
arrest. 1t appears that the boys simply
tried to barn the building In order 70
escape.
Hicks Carmichael, q negro, who,
while resisting arrest, In Knoxville,
Tennessee, last Sunday morning, killed
ID. A. Shipe. Deputy Sheriff, was cap
tured yesterday. he had two loaded
revolvers on his person. he Is said 10
be desperate character, and to have
murdered o woman In Alabama como
months ago.
Thomas ChIldlow a policeman, and
Richard Ray, o collector, both Of Pitts.
burg, were struck and killed by q train
on the Pennsylvanin railroad near
Roup's Station Thursday. They ste pped
on one track to avoid q freight Train
and were struck By o passenger train
coming In the other direction.
Mrs. u. O. Kruger was killed In
Elgln, ILL.,, on Wednesday IN trying TO
rescue her 1S'months-old child from an
approaching freight train, on the North.
western RAILROAD. The child had wan.
oerei from the house out to ths track
and was also killed, being struck Just
IS the mother reached 1t.
A fire occurred In the rag factory of
Hugh McGinnis In New York Thurs.
day. About dozen women were sort
Ing rags on the fifth floor. An old
woman named Sullivan perished In the
flames. and Bridget OfMara jumped
from the window and Is thought to be
fatally hurt.
Investigation shows that the deaths
or John II. and Charles @. Fuhrmann,
y hose bodies were found on Wednes
day In their apartments in St. Loutr,
occurred from natural GAUGES. The
younger brother, aged "a, WAS In very
feeble health, and the elder, aged so,
was subject to apoplexy.
Professor e. B, Elicit. who for MANY
years has held the office Of Government
Actuary In the Treasury Department In
Warrington, died suddenly yesterday
sIternoon 81 from stroke OF apoplexy.
Ho was Ga years OF age.
Frank Conant, . prom inent Citizen Of
AVondaleI suburb OF Cincinnati, was
snet In tue mouth and severely wound.
cd BY highway man Wednesday night
while on his way home. When found
MS pockets bad been riflsd of their con.
tents.
The Internal revenue collections for
the htst ten months OF the present hs.
Gal year amounted to S1O0, ,106, ,462, sn
iucreAse OF 6,164, 1888 on the collections
for the corresponding period of the pre-
vious fiscal year.
Thomas Carey, o young man, who on
April 3, while drunk, shot and killed
Moy nj Ting, OhinAmAn, in ChicaR no,
fot amusement, WAS on Thursday son.
tenced to hity years. imprisonment.
Eorty.6ye Sioux Indians from the
Fine Ridge Agency arrived Ia Chicago
on TbarsdRy morning. They are headed
by Chief Rocky Bear and Interpreter
fellow Bird. Later In the day they
left for New York.
Daniel Hickey OF Lancaster, Pc, n
baggage master on the PENNSYLVANIA
Railroad, was killed In the yards in
Harrisburg on ThursdAy. His body
was found under the cars.
The value Of gold bars withdrawn
from the assay office In New York on
rhnrsday was Si,260. 900. The total
Withdrawn for export since May 1st IL
b6, 100000.
Patrick A. Keenan, was killed and
John O'Rourke badly injured on Thurs.
lay In Providence, r. l., by the caytng
n of bank of sand.
Cardinal Gibbons has been notified OF
'he appointment OF DR.. John 8. Foley
y B., Martins, Baltimore, to be Bishop
# Detroit.