Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1889-03-11
NEWS SUMMARY.
BY A TRAIN BREAK
ING IN TWO.
Shot Dead by Her Husband weavors to
Go on Strike To-Day-KiIled by
Being Cut With IA Razor
Other News.

On the suubury and Lewistown divi-
sion OF the Pennsylvania Railroad, early
on Saturday morning, freight train
broke in two near Benter station aud the
rear portion was run into by a freight
following. The later was "d3uble
header" and both locomotives and
number Of cars were badly damaged.
George Williams, fireman, was killed "a ld
Alfred karick and John Hopple, engi-
neers, were seriously injured.
Mrs. Thomas Love was shot dead by
her husband, near Fredericksburg, Vir
ptnia, on Saturday evening. Love says
'he was replacing the main-spr ny in his
revo.ver and that his finger slipped from
the hammer. HIS vile was standing In
front of him and the bullet entered her
left breast, killing her instantly" Mrs.
Love was "a years of age and had been
marri,d eight months
1t is expected that the weavers In Fall
River, Massachusetts, will go on a strike
to-day for an advance in wages, aud also
to obtain recogni ion of their iudepen-
dent organizat on. The weavers at
American Linen, Richard, Borden, Flint,
Mechanics, Sycamore, Seaconnet, Nara
gansett, Laurel Lake, Osborn, Weetamor
aud Wamponoag mills have voted to
strike.
A special term of court will begin at
Mauch Chunk, Pa, to-day, and the men
indicted for causing The great railroad
disaster at Mud Kun, on tho 10th OF 0c-
tober last, will be placed on trial. A
special jury panel hes been drawn. The
accused are Engineers Cook aud Major
and Firemen Gallagher and Rennigin.
A hunter and trapper named Ferry,
who arrived in Cheyenne yesterday from
the northwestern part OF Wyoming Ter
ritory, reported the massacre by Indians
of party OF five French tourists, M. Le-
Claire and wife, J. Vincent and wife, and
Paul Gevet, in the Yellowstone National
Park.
An epidemic of d'phtheria has pre-
vailed al Gal iitzin, Pa, since November,
and about 100 deaths from this DIS ase
alone have occurred during that time In
a total population of 1000. The disease
is attributed to the di regard of the COM
mon rules of sanitation.
Anna Diamond, aged 25 years, com
mitted suicide in hotel In Rochester,
New York, yesterday morning, by taking
poison. She came from BelleviIle, On
tario, with member OF theatrical COM
pany, who abandoned her on Sat urday,
telling hsr he was tired of her.
Thomas F. Logan, assistant city editor
of the Philadelphia Press, was struck on
the head with bottle In the hands, it Is
alleged, Of George F. Munce an attor-
ney, at the Washington Hotel, on Satur-
day morning, and painfully injured.
Munce was arrested and held for hear
ing to-day.
A gang of young men who had bten
gambling and drinking got into fight in
l n arlA haH
day night, and one of them William
Munyenman, was killed, his throat being
cut with a razor by o. Weir.
/. P. Christensen, proprietor of the
Vienna House in Kansas City, Mo-, was
shot and fatally wounded by William E..
Bell, bis cook, on Saturday night. Bell
subsequently committed suic de. kThe
trouble was over the intimacy of Bell
with Mrs. Christiansen.
George F. Reese, the foreman burned
in the explosion of the Powell squib fac
tory at Plymouth, Pa, died yesterday
afternoon. His daughter was one of the
victims of the explosion, having been
burned to death with nine others.
A United States Marshal on Saturday
seized 52S squares of land owned by the
city of New Orleans. The seizure is to
satisfy judgment against the city, OBJ
tanned in the U. 8. Circuit Court by c. II.
Stewart.
Black diphtheria has become epidemic
In Cranberry township, Venango county,
Pa. Nine children have did within four
days. In st. Petersburg the schools are
closed and no public meetings are al
lowed.
William Kruliseh, the boy charged
with the murder Of Guenther Wechsuug,
in New York, was arraigned in the York
Vile Police Court yesterday. He pleaded
not guilty, and was committed to await
the action OF the Grand Jury.
The boilers In the Victoria Touring
mills in st. Louis exploded yesterday
morning, killing Patrick MacMahon, the
fireman, and Neil Brown, a coal passer.
The mill was almost entirely destroyed.
Elizabeth johnson, a widow, aged IS
years, died In Jersey City, N. j., yester-
day, while standing beside the collin of
\ her daughter, Mrs. Langdon, whose fune-
raj was about to take place.
The employees OF the Bellaire Nail Works
In Martins Ferry, Ohio, have made ar.
rangements with the company for the re-
sumption of work. The mill has been
idle Tor several months.
Geo. Henney and his wife, the alleged
kidnappers of little Lucy Spellman, OF
Kansas City, Mo-, have been arrested in
Chicago and locked up to await the arri-
val of the child's mother.