Daily Republican., 1888-04-28
NEWS SUMMARY.
Train Robbsr Captured Contract OF tho
Pneumatic systsm Awarded-rrntn
wrecked-stake Driven Through His
Body.

Train hODbvf Onptured-Contfhut OF tno
Pneumatic systsm Awarded-rrAtn
wrocked-stake Driven Through His
Body.
A notorious outlaw and train robber
named Whitley was captured near Liber =
tyville, Texas, on Thursday. He saw the
two deputy sherifis, and, dropping on the
side OF his horse, fired at them from
under It's neck. The fire was returned,
Whitley's horse being killed and Whitley
badly wounded. There is . reward of
81 SEQ for his capture.
The Secretary OF the Navy has awarded
to the Pneumatic Gun Carriage aud
Power Company the contract for institut
ing pneumatic system for working the
turrets and guns, steering and refrigerat-
ing apparatus upon the United htates
monitor Terror. 1he contract price for
this work is s22s, ,7t0.
A train on the Burlington aRd Miasour.
railroad was wrecked near Alma, Mel
braska, yesterday, by the breaking of q
bridge. l.. A. Town, of Grand Rapids,
Michigan, was killed, and aoother pas
senger severely injured. The mail and
express cars were burned, with their con-
tents.
Sergeant James White, Company G.,
18th Infantry, was holding stake with
the point toward him at Fort Gibson, In.
dian Territory, on Thursday, when .
horse kicked him, and, striking the
stake, drove 1t clear through Whites
body. Death resulted almost imme-
diately.
A fire occurred in the shoe shop at
tached to the penitentiary, in Chester,
Illinois, on Thursday. The keepers
marched the 1876 convicts out of the
building, and lock ed them In their cells.
The entire building, with the stock OF
shoes and lesther, was burned. Loss,
$4,000.
Anton wildvogel and Emil echuler
were found dead Thursday night in els
tern In St. Louis. where they had been
sufiocated by ioul air. They were clean
ing the cistern, and, one of them remain
ing inside long time, the other entered
the cistern to investigate.
"Jack" Stancllf was shot by Mrs.
Nero in Chilicothe, Missouri, Thursday
night, and died yesterday. Stanclif was
employed by Mrs. Nero's husband, and
they quarreled about his going to Sal-
Walton Army meeting. 1t Ia believed
that Mrs. Nero ID insane.
| The inmates OF disreputable house
near Berwick, Penna on Thursday even
ing quarreled with aud elected two visi-
tors, Later In the night the house was
set on fire and destroyed, and one of the
inmates, Annie Maggie, was burned to
death,
Yesterday being the 66th anniversary OF
the birth Of General Grant, his tomb, a,
Riverside, New York, was visited by
large numbers of people, and many floral
tributes were laid st the gate. In the
evening a banquet was had at Del
monico's.
Mrs. Terry, the millionaire widow Of
the Cuban. Don Jose de Terry, was ar
raigned in New York yesterday, charged
with atsaulting servant woman OF ont
of her tenants with piece of gas pipe
The case was continued.
Near Shamokin, Penna., on Thursday
night, Anthony Reddy plunged q knife
into the abdomen of Michael Armstrong
because the latter reproached him for no
paying his board bill. Armstrong diet
yesterday morning.
Calvin Gurner, charged with the mur
| der of his brother, Samuel, yesterday
pleaded guilty of manslaughier, In Belvi.
dere, New Jersey. He was sont to tn,
. reform school until he becomes OF age
He Is now IL.
Engineer Boyd, of the Greenwood LAX
passenger train which ran into a Goa
train on the LackAwanna aud WesterI
railroad at Mountain View Junction OIL
Thursday, died yesterday from his In
juries.
A cyclone struck the east edge OF Pratt
Kansas, Thursday afternoon, dtmoliahint
several houses and killing Mrs. William
Fisher. Many other persons were 90
verely hurt by flying debris.
A sleeping car on train on the Bu-
lington road jumped the track near Or
leans, Nebaska, yesterday morning. On
man was killed and five injured.
Walter sewers and Charles Davis, col
ored, were fata ly burned at the Southern
prison, Jefiersonville, Indiana, ThursdA,
evening, by molten iron.