The Osceola times., 1888-06-30
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

the Worlus record by 10 second.
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
On the 10Th John II. Dunn, the lawyer
concerned in the Manhattan Banking
Company robbery was sentenced TO nine
years and eight months in New York
State prison, the full penalty of the law.
THIRTY lives are reported to have ,been
lost in the fire at Dubois, Pa on the Is tn.
twenty men, four women and six chill
dren; also that the loss will aggregate
more than 100000. Telegraphic COM
munication was cut off by the fire, and
the details have not been received.
AT the Nelson colliery, near Shamokin,
Pa, on the Goth, there was a terrific ex-
plosion of gas by which Geo. Schmack re-
ceived probably fatal injuries; Michael
Kelly, of slope Hill, was badly burned,
besides other injuries, and Karin Karins,
of Scotch Hill, was frightfully burned.
The latter may recover.
OK the Goth Mrs. Josephine Morlke, a
Polish woman, residing in Pittsburgh,
Pa, administered strychnine to each of
her three children, all under nine years
of age, and then took the fatal dose her.
self.
IN London, on the 2lst, two well-known
American burglars, Billy Porter and
Frank Buck, both having many aliases,
were arrested on warrant issued on a
charge of burglary at Zurich, Switzer-
land. Superintendent John Shere of the
Metropolitan police and officers of his
staff made the arrests and the prisoners
we're identified by officers from Zurich.
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derer of Mrs. Madeline Goelz, of New
York, was convicted of murder in the
first degree. The jury were out only
thirty minutes.
AT Alexandria Bay, N. Y, the stables
and servants quarters belong ing to the
Thousand Island House were burned on
the 22d. 1t was only by the slight veer-
ing Of the wind that the immense wooden
hotel was saved. The utmost confusion
prevailed among the 500 guests, most of
whom had been called to take the morn
ing boat for Montreal, The hotel fire ex-
tinguishers were found to be almost use
less.
A ZACATECAs Mex dispath of t he 23d
tells Of awful destruction of life and prop
erty by floods caused by heavy rains, on
the 10Th. At Iclos 800 houses were swept
away, and "A great many lives lost; at
Leon, the next city in size to the capital,
l 900 bodies had been recovered, and at
Lagoon the loss Of life and property was
equally terrible. Hundreds of families
were homeless at all points, many were
starving and crops were ruined.
AT Keyser, Nd, shifting engine on
the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, exploded
,l.. all
of Grafton, and injuring fatally John
McNabb, of Winchester. the conductor,
and William Baylis, Of Keyser, the fire.
man.
Ar Schuylkill Haven, Pa, on the 22d, IN
a collision on the Philadelphia & Read
ing road. Engineer John ID. Smith and
man named Frank Herschey, both of
Philadelphia, were killer, and Charles
II. Eddnger, fireman, was terribly
scalded. The tracks we're blocked for six
hours.
Or the 23d, Cooley Stone. the Jockey
who rode Frolic at Sheepshead bay, l.. l.,
on the 22d, got into a quarrel with Earnest
Miller, bartender in the St Nicholas
Hotel. at the west end OF Coney Island,
about payment for drinks. Stone drew a
pistol and shot Miller dead. The murderer
was arrested.
AT Rondout, N. Y, on the oath, an ex-
plosion of fireworks In the variety store
OF A. Rice, besides destroying the build
ing and stock and damaging the contents
of the stores adjoining, caused the death
by suffocatiou OF Mrs. Rebecca Rice,
mother OF Mr.. Rice. Loss, So 900.
on the 23i, at Minatore, Neb., seventy
miles northwest Of Sidney, George Arnold
shot and killed George Burton in a quar-
rel over the settlement of a debt of
twelve dollars. Arnold was lodged in
Jail at Sidney.
AT Tom Run, Pa, on the 23d, during
drunken brawl at picnic, Geo. Whaleu,
an iron worker, was fatally shot in the
abdomen by an unknown man.
Oy the 9th Nicholas Gerkin, OF Bloom
field street, Iioboken, n. Y, was seized
with cramps while bathing off the Green
Vile shore d. B. Claim, of Nineteenth
street, Brooklyn, went to his assistance
and both were drowned
BY order of Warden McKennin, VIM.
Mansfield, convict in the Oregon State
prison, at Salem, was shot and killed for
insubordination. Mansfield was the leader
in the prison revolt of 1883.
NEAR Kiowa |. T., on the 22d, Henry
Thompson, q well-known and influential
choctaw Indian, was instantly killed by
lightning. Thompson had just left kiowa
to return to his home in the country and
the two horses he was driving were also
killed.
on 22d the entire business part OF the
town of Holbrook, Ariz., including the
Atlantic & Pacific depot, section houses
and a large number Of cars, was destroyed
by fire. Loss, S2OO,OO0.
AT Saranac Lake, near Troy, N. v,
George Berkey, proprietor OF the River
side Hotel, was shot, on the 23d. while
standing on his own steps, by Charles
Brown, and died soon after.
MISCELLANEOUS.