The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-05-10
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b. Kennedy, of Ruma, Randolph County,
Ill, committed suicide by cutting his throat
with razor at Winfield, Kan, on the 25th.
WHILE crossing the railroad tracks at
Newport Del, on the 25th, John Wade, his
wife and James M. Linderman and their
horse were all killed by being struck by an
express train.
The ham storage room of Il. r. Sparks h
Co.'sfactory at Lexington, KY, was burned
on the 18th, entailing loss of So COO, par
TALLY insured.
OWING to illness and financial losses, An
drew w. Bogart, real estate dealer at New
York, committed suicide ON the 25th.
The striking carpenters at St Louis re-
turned to work on the 18th, having accept
ed the terms of tho proprietors.
A COLLISION occurred between two freight
trains near Glen Falls, Tenn, on the 18th,
the cause being forgetfulness on the part
OF one OF the engineers. Brakeman Tay-
Tor, Conductor Hineline and Engineer Rusk
were killed
IT was said on the 25th that the rush of
people leaving Oklahoma was almost as
great as it was to enter the Territory. The
best claims were all taken up by specula-
tors and Government officials and the out
look for the homesteaders was nothing but
hardships and privations.
JOHN AND HENRY Oh DOmeTS6b, n.y.,
were arrested on the 18th, charged with the
murder of two peddlers which occurred
about year ago.
BURGLARS cut through plate glass win
dow Wednesday night in the dry-goods
store of Jules Pasedacho at Mason City,
Ia, on the 18th and got away with a con-
siderable sum of money.
A MAN named Hawkins, who jumped S.
600 bail at Hastings, Neb., where he was
imprisoned for the murder OF Frank Trans
Ter last November, was captured on the 18th.
JULIUS JANSEN, Winnipeg youth, COM
mitted suicide on the 18th because his
sweetheart refused to marry him.
The Harlem electric light works in New
York were damaged on the evening of the
18th to the extent Of $125, 600.
THE Department of the Grand Army of
the Republic of West Virginia closed
three days session at Ravenswood on the
25th. s. S. Hazen was chosen Department
Commander.
The explosion Of tank of petroleum oc-
CURED in Chicago on the 18th, doing great
damage to surrounding property and injur-
ing several people.
ANDREW j. CULVER, an evangelical
preacher of Shannon, ILL.,, was arrested at
Dixon, Ill. on the 25th for forgery. His
practice was to borrow money giving prom
inent farmers as security.
DURING a heavy storm on the 25th at
Washburn, Wis, boom containing 12 ,000-
600 feet Of logs was broken and the timber
sent adrif6
OLIVER PERRY LEWIS, of New York, on the
18th fixed the day and hour of his funeral,
sent invitations to his friends asking them
to attend, and then, arrayed in full dress
suit, he went to Central Park and drowned
himself in q reservoir.
The coal docks of the Cincinnati, Hamil-
ton & Dayton Railroad Company at Lima,
o., were destroyed by fire on the 25th. Loss,
$4,000.
MARTIN DECREE an old citizen of Aurora,
ILL.,, died ON the 25th of injuries caused by
his being struck by train while driving
across the railroad track.
A CoRoNER's jury in the case Of Louis
Webber, who was thrown from a train near
Buffalo, ILL.,, while stealing ride, and
killed, returned q verdict on the 25th hold
ing Conductor Sands and Brakeman
Straight, of the Wabash road, responsible
for Webber's death.
Two freight trains on the Pennsylvania
railroad came in collision near Trenton, N.
j., on the Goth, and an unknown man riding
in the caboose of one of them was killed
WARREN MoNsUR, manufacturer of
the Goth. His debts amount to $50, $50, with
assets of $12,6A.
GEORGE BREEN, toll-gate keeper near
Georgetown, KY, was fatally shot on the
10Th by Shed Cottrell during dispute about
payment of toll.
Two MILLS of the White Manufacturing
Company at Rockville, Conn, shut down on
the Goth owing to the strike of $50 weavers.
Four hundred persons are thrown out OF
work
AN engine and eight cars, one of them an
oil tank, filed with oil, went through q
bridge near Sunbury, Pa, on the 10th. The
oil took fire and all the cars and the engine
were destroyed
DoLEs Opera-House at Mattoon, III, was
damaged TO the extent of several thousand
dollars by fire early on the morning of the
10Th.
AN unknown girl about nineteen years of
age committed suicide at Detroit, Mich, on
the Goth by jumping into the river.
JOSEPH NENNEwUsCH, farmer eighty
years old, suicided at Caledonia Wis, on the
Goth by hanging himself in his barn.
MEMORIAL DAY was generally observed
throughout the Southern States on the
GOTH
DURING the seven days ended on the Goth
there were 2l3 business failures in the
United States, against 233 the previous seven
davs
GOVERNOR BEAVER, of Pennsylvania, on
the Goth signed the bill making September
known as Labor Day-a legal holiday in
that State.
In collision on the Baltimore & Ohio
road on the Goth the lives of Vice President
Morton and other Government officials
were endangered, and several employees Of
the road were injured.
AN explosion of dynamite and emmensite
occurred at the factory of the Emmensite
Gun Explosive and Ammunition Company
near Harrison, N. j., on the Goth. Charles
Anderson, the fireman, was fatally injured
and the building, valued at $4,000, was
totally destroyed.
CHARLES E. WOODRUFF, ex-city clerk of
New Britain, Conn, confessed on the Goth
that in the past six years he has forged
notes for $500, 600, but has managed to make
all good save about $4,000. He was ar
rested and placed in jail
WHILE In fit of dependency over finan-
cial difficulties Farmer Mcleod, of High
Bluff, Man., on the Goth killed his eight
year old daughter and fatally wounded his
son with an axe and then committed suicide
| by cutting his throat.
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