The national leader., 1889-04-06

q shortage or $125O. Thieves entered
the old State House in New Haven,
Connecticut, on the evening of the 1st.
and, entering the rooms of the New
Haven Historical Society, carried
away the sword of Admiral FoOte,
held by the society as relic. 1t is a
presentation sword, studded with
jewels and precious stones. valued at
5000.
"A big land slide occurred on Sec
ond avenue, at the lower end of Lock
No. l, in Pittsburg, on the morning of
the I'd. A huge mass of rock and clay
started at the top of the hill above the
railroad, opposite Pride street, and
slipped down, covering the Baltimore
and Ohio tracks and Second avenue.
Nearly half of Bluff street slipped
away. and it is thought some of the
property along that thorOughfare is in
danger. The debris covered the rail-
road and Second avenue to the depth
of several feet. and reaching for many
rods along the tracks. The telegraph
wires were broken and travel was
stopped entirely. No one was injured.
Mrs. Margaret Kinlein and her
three children were burned to death in
their home in Milwaukee, Wisconsin,
on the morning of the 1st. There was
every indication that the mother had
deliberately burned herself and her
children. They all occupied the same
bed, and the smoke from the fire, built
beneath it, smotferei them all. The
bodies were horribly burned. Mrs.
Klnlein's husband, WHO was a carpen-
ter, died about ten months ago, and
she supported herself and children by
taking In washing. James Calhoun, a
timer, in Chattanooga. Tennessee,
attacked his wife and daughter with a
hatchet on the 31st ult. He then cut
his own throat and swallowed an
ounce and a half of muriatic acid and
zinc. 1t Is thought Calhoun and
his wife will die, and that the
daughter will recover. It is supposed
that Calhoun became insane over
financial matters. Betty Shay, a
white domestic, 81 years of age. was
found murdered in her room at her
employers house in Lexington, Ken
lucky, on the morning OF the 1st.
Thomas O'Brien. who was engaged TO
marry Miss Shay, has been arrested.
O'Brien shot and killed Henry Metcalfe
about year ago. Henry Bell stabbed
and killed Wick Whitcliff, in Curds-
vile, Kentucky, OH the 31st ult. They
worked in tobacco factory and had a
quarrel. M. M. Marshal, an old
soldier. was struck and killed In
a saloon, in Milwaukee, Wis. by
Thomas Egan, hack driver, on
the morning or the 1st. Eagan was abus-
ing boy and Marshall interfered. Seven
prisoners In the Workhouse in Lex
ingtOn, Kentucky, attacked and fatally
wounded the keeper on the evening Of
the 31st ult., and escaped. A despatch
from Hancock, Dakota, says that old
William Edwards, a squaw man, who
had the mail contract from Washing
ton to Coal HarbOr, was murdered on
the Both ult., by his squaw wife. He
bought the young girl from her parents
for $40. She tried to leave him several
times with a younger man, but Ed
wards baff1ed every attempt. William
Green, crippled violin player, was
fatally injured by his son-in-law,
Philip Miller, in Bascom, Ohio, on the
1st, during dispute.
in Guelph. Ontario, on the Sd. the
Coroner's jury found a verdict of
wllful murder against William II.
Harvey, who killed his wife and two
daughters several days ago. at a
dance In Xenia, Ohio. on the morning
Of the Sd, Sherman jackson stabbed
and killed Frank Lawrence, colored.
An effort was made by mob of col
ored people to lynch Jackson, but,
after hard fight, the police succeeded
in getting him In jail. Frederick
Schultz, farmer, near East Saginaw.
Michigan. shot and killed an unknown
man whom he found in his barn on
the evening of the I'd. Detectives
Baldwin, Robinson and Wallace went
from Charleston, West Virginia. on
the I'd, to Tug river, to arrest desp-
erado and mOonshlner named William
Moran. A fight ensued and Moran
was killed, not, however, until he had
badly wounded all three of the detec-
! tives.
Mrs. Christian Weick, her son and
two maid servants were suffocated by
coal gas in their house, near Bethle-
hem, Penna., on the evening OF the I'd.
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morning of the Sd. Mrs. Weick is dy-
ing; the others are recovering. A
freight train on the Baltimore anu
Ohio Railroad ran into a Cincinnati
! and st. Louis express near Rockville,
Maryland, on the Sd. and a number of
cars were badly damaged. No person
was injured except Walter a. Cox,
freight engineer, who had leg broken
! and was badly bruised.
Every business house and nearly
all the dwellings in Mt. Pleasant, Da-
kota, were destroyed by fire On the I'd.
The loss will be about 100000, with
but little insurance. 1t was caused by
prairie fires.