The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1888-02-09
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The News from All Parts Of the
World.
ABROAD.

Frederick William, the Crown Prince Of
Germany, is still at San REDO. The swelling
on the interior of his throat is gradually lessen
ing. His respiration is better, and the irrita-
tion which produced coughing has ceasod.-
Thomas Callan and Michael Harkins, the two
Americans who have been on trial in London,
charged with being connected with dynamite
conspiracy, were found guilty last week and
sentenced to Is years penal serVitude each.--
The war feeling is still high in Europe, and the
whole Continent is full of TurnOrs regarding the
hostile powers. Germany and Austria have
decided to publish their secret Defensive
Treaty " against Russia to show their course of
action.--Ex-Lord Mayor Sullivan, of Dublin,
who was sentenced to two months confinement
in Tullamore Prison, was released last week,
and was enthusiastically received by a largs
crowd which had assembled in front Of the
building.
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
An express train on the N Y, P & o. q. r.
wac thrown from the track by q broken frog
while passing Steamburg Station. n. Y, Sum
day morning Three people were killed and q
number injured.-Lester Singletary, coll
ored man living in Claredon Co., S. c., locked
his six children in his house Sunday morning,
and then went to church. During his absence
the house was burned to the ground, the six
children perishing in the hames.-Peter Mo
Cullen and VIM. Page were blown to atoms near
Toms River, Pa, last Friday by an explosion in
the mixing house Of the Standard Explosive
Co-Bullard Harrell, colored boy, aged 10
years, threw two children into kettle of boiling
water, boiling them to DEATH and killed third
child by beating its brains out against tree,
near Longview, Ga, last Friday.-W. G. Far
mer, commercial traveller from st. Louis, was
| shot and killed Saturday night last in WeibePs
| saloon, at Shreveport, La by Charles Parker,
| young man from Georgia, with whom
he had been drinking and playing cards.
The blasting Corning mill of the Austin Pow
der Co.'S plant, near Cleveland, o., was blown
to pieces Friday morning and one man killed.
The new brick foundry of the Huntington
Manufacturing Co. was destroyed by fire last
week. Over 100 men are thrown out of work
a disastrous fire occurred in Chicago Ill,
Sunday morning, over $4,000 worth of prop
erty being destroyed.-The striking miners
at Shenandoah, Pa, attacked those who have
been working Friday night and fight ensued,
in which number of people were wounded.
MISCELLANEOUS.
BENZ. Hopkins, late Assistant Cashier Of the
Cincinnati Fidelity National Bank, has been
found guilty.-Mrs John B. Shelton, near
PATTON, Ill, gave birth to triplets recently.
They were all boys, and weighed, nude, II, 81
and 81 pounds. The first is named Abraham,
the second Isaac and the third jacob" Old
Buckskin," the horse rode by Lieut.. L. B. Ba-
ker, of Lansing Mich, in the pursuit and capt
ure Of J. Wilkes Booth, died at that place Feb.
3. His skin will be mounted and placed on
| exhibition in the State Museum.-About 80
| miners and their families have been admitted
| to the poorhouses in Berks and Lehigh Counties,
Pa, owing to the shutting down of so many
! furnaces for the want of coal.