Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-05-07
Lightning struck a country school.

Lightning struck a country school
house in Delaware county, O., Frida,
afternoon. John Bowers, aged l.
years, was instantly killed. Th,
teacher .snd twenty other scholars
/ were thrown from their chairs anC
benches to the floor, some OF them re-
naming unconscious for half an hour
Deputy Won Schoenerer, who was
charged with having forced his way
into the office Of the Neue Wiene,
Tagblah and assaulting the editor.
has been deprived of his title and
sentenced to four months imprison-
ment and hard labor, with compul.
sorry fasts on certain days. His ac-
complice, Gerstgrasser, has been SEN
fenced to two months imprisonment,
With compulsory fasts.
Mrs. w. G.. Thompson, wife OF the
ex-Mayor OF Detroit, Mich, has COM
menced divorce proceedings against
w. Ct. Thompson on the grounds of
infidelity and cruelty. One of the CO.
respondents named in the bill is a
handsome mulatto, the wife of bar
ber Mrs. Thompson, being a
Catholic, asks only for limited separa-
ton and her dover share in his
estate.
The troops returned from the scene
of trouble in Lowndes county, Ala,
Saturday afternoon. They left every
thing quiet. They assisted the Sheriff
in arresting a number Of Negroes for
whom warrants were out. The pres
ence of the troops had good effect
all around. 1t is thought the trouble
is all over. The deputies who were
shot are doing we'll and one Of them
WAS on duty Friday. 1t is not known
that any negroes were hurt during
the trouble.
General Warner Lewis, one of the
most prominent men of the West,
died late Saturday night at Dubuque,
Iowa. He descended from one OF the
old families Of Virginia, came to the
West in 1923, served in the Black
Hawk war, was member Territorial
and State Legislatures and served as
Speaker in the House; was Surveyor
General OF Iowa, Wisconsin and Min
nesota under Presidents Pierce and
Buchanan. For twenty-four years he
had been Recorder of Dubuque county.
He was very popular and highly re-
spected.
Thomas B. McQuade was on satur-
day arrested at New York for the
murder of Miss Lille Hoyle at Web
ster, Mass. The police believe this
will go far toward clearing up the
mystery of the young woman's death,
taken in connection with the arrest
in Boston of her uncle, Dixon r.
Sowie at the same time. McQuade is
a medical student and formerly lived
In Webster. It is reported that he was
intimate with the girl, and the same
intimation is made in regard to her
uncle. A desire to hide her condition
is the alleged motive for the crime.
w. P. Williams, Engineer of the
Nicaragua Canal Company, arrived
from Panama at New York by the
steamer Colon. He has been making
extensive investigations along the line
of the Panama Canal during the last
two months. He says a vast amount
OF work has been done on the Panama
Canal, but in his Judgment much of
it in very uneconomical man
ner. 1t is only question of
he thinks, when the canal
will be finished. His opinion, formed
by careful estimates, is that six hum
dred million francs, declared by De
Lesseps sufficient to complete the
work, is about half the requisite
amount. At present serious features,
outside of the new system Of
locks, present themselves in the
unruly changes in the river, and
in the absence of stone of a suitable
quality for making large quantities Of
concrete for locks. One Of the most
serious difficulties, in the way of ra-
pid and economical work, is the alb
sence of sufficient skilled men and
the substitution of Jamaica negroes.
has resulted disastrously to
economical work. The American
contractors are the only ones
who have employed laborers of high
intelligence and vigor on their work,
in marked contrast with that of other
contractors, whose dredges are man
ipulated by Jamaican negroes, Greeks,
Italians and Columbians.