The national leader., 1889-02-16
NEWS OF THE WEEK

NEWS OE IHE w EEK,
In st. Louis, on the afteroon OF
the Sth, a fire engine going to a fire
frightened horse attached to wagon
and owned by M. Ward. Ward was
thrown from the wagon and injured,
probably fatally. Maggie Brown. aged
e years, was run over and instantly
killed. Chas. Hollis and Miss Annie Nc
Glnnis were run over and seriously In.
jured.
"A diabolical attempt to burn and
blow up five story double tenement on
Hester street, New York, was discov-
cred early on the morning of the 10th.
Bundles of rags saturated with kero.
sene had been used; also several pounds
OF gunpowder. Fortunately the pow
der had not been reached when the
flames were discovered and exiting
uished. The author of the plot and
its motive are unknown. Simon j.
Dillon was stabbed and killed in a
quarrel with an unknown man in Dan
bury. Connecticut, on the morning of
the 10th.
Caesar Frazer and Edward Criss,
both colored, were arrested on the
morning of the 10th In Charleston,
South Carolina, for the murder of E..
FL. Holdenberg. Frazer confessed his
guilt, while Criss asserted that he was
innocent.
William Holden was killed by a
man named McGrath, In Montreal,
Quebec. on the 9th. Holden bad called
McGrath ''nigger." McGra'h IS a
white man. but his wife has negro
blood in her veins. E. FL. Oldenburg,
grocer in Charleston, South Caroline,
80 years of age, was murdered at his
store on the evening of the 9th, by two
unknown negroes, who had entered the
store for the purpose Of robbery. ] hey
escaped with about $50. While num-
ber of cOlored laborers were returning
to camp In Lee county, Kentucky, a
ruffian named William Shaw asked
one of them to drink with him. While
the man was complying Shaw raised a
pistol and shot him dead on the SPOT.
The enraged colored men would have
lynched the murderer had not Thomp.
son, the contractor, rescued him and
afterwards had him lodged in Jail.
Haywood Handy, colored, shot and
killed young white man named
Charles Stewart, in Bossier parish,
Louisiana, on the 9Th. and was lynched
by mob on the same night. It ap-
pears that Handy and two other
negroes were charged with hog steal
ing, but were acquitted IN the District
Court a few days ago. Feeling
that Handy and the others had
evaded justice through various techni-
calities, and inasmuch as their past
record for hog stealing and other of
fences was bad. few Of the citizens
residing Ia that vicinity determined to
at least give all OF them a fogging and
notify them that if they were ever
charged with the same crime again
they would have to leave the parish.
When the party reached Handy's house
be refused to allow them to enter and
they burst the door open. Stewart was
in the lead and Handy shot him.
William Hamilton was stabbed to
death by Benjamin Brown, in St.
Louis, on the evening of the 10th.
They Quarrelled over a game Of cards
in which five cents was the stake. A
boiler at the brick works of Guild,
White & Gillespie, in Chattanooga,
Tennessee. exploded on the 18th, killing
Charles Falls and fatally injuring his
son. During dance at San Jacinto, a
little mountain town in California, a
few days ago. an earthquake shock oc-
CURED, and the tive hundred people
present sought safety by jumping
through windows. Many were tramp.
led under foot and others were cut by
glass, but no one was fatally hurt.
The Hessian fly is reported to be
destroying the wheat crop in Central
Illinois. The dry freezing weather is
also reported to be killing the wheat.
Michael Rizzolo, alias "Red Nose
Mike" on trial In Wilkesbarre, Pa,
for the killing OF Paymaster Mcclure
11th found guilty of murder in the
first degree. Sentence was deferred
until the 10th. Father Ash6eld, a
priest at It. Peters Catholic Church,
in Memphis, Tennessee, was stabbed to
death on the morning of the 18th by
w. Reeves. young man, whom he
had been instrumental in having re-
leased from Jail, where he had been
confined on account of mental trouble.
When asked why he had committed
the deed, Reeves replied: God told me
to do IT.. He was my best friend, and
as l was going away 1 wanted him to
join me-" L. E. Mann shot at John
Hensley. near Butler, Missouri. on the
9th, and the bullet lodged in check
book be had in his pocket. Mann then
shot himself, infllcting fatal wound.
The trouble was caused by jealousy,
both men paying court to the same girl.
Rollo Walto threatened to kill Mar
shall Baldridge. in Grant City, Missouri,