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fatal. The other occupants of the buggy
were also seriously injured, The buggy was
broken into splinters,
DoINGs OF THE WICKED.
While three prominent young farmers OF
Humboldt, ILL.,, were on their way home one
OF them, James Rogers, was set upon by the
other two, Alfred Campbell and George King,
and beaten to death with clubs,
Lieut.. Edwin B.. Weeks, quartermaster at
the United States army post atSan Antonio,
Tex, committed suicide by blowing out his
brains with a revolver. Dependency was
the cause.
Capt. Joe Means, proprietor of the Daily
Hesperian, was shot and killed ut Gaines.
vile, Texas, by Charlie Ball, an employe OF
supposed to have caused the trouble. Ball
was arrested.
The two warning factions of Chinatown at
Los Angeles, Cal, came together and the re-
suit was q riot. One Chinese was killed, ono
seriously wounded and q white bystandsp
shot in the leg. One hundred Cinnamon were
arrested.
Near Fairfield, Ohio, Ira Marlett shot
Berick Ashton, killing him, and Lewis Bell,
seriously wounding him, because they refused
to sign a note or bond FOR him. When Sheriff
Wyman, undertook to arrest Marlett the
latter shot the sheriff in the side, but the
wound is not serious. Marlett is in Jail.
G. F. Rich, q Boston drummer, was severe
~ whipped with switches at Laurens, s. C.
Mr.. Rich, who il selling laundry goods, had
been speaking to the colored people, among
whom most OF his customers were, and it is
reported that he had been ad vising them to
refuse to work on Sunday and strike tsr
higher wages.
Matt Pagan was enjoying himself in a
crowd of 5000 people at Glab's beer gardens
in Dubuque when Sheriff Philips tapped him
on the shoulder and invited him to take a
walk. Mr.. Pagan is now in Jail awaiting the
arrival Of officers from Cherokee. Pagan
procured money On O forged note and on
~mertgaged property, and then came to Du-
buque and obtained employment.
{ Murat Mastersoa. said to be a millionaire
mine owne and cx-judge Of Prescott, Ariz.,
and Alice NJ. Hopkinson with whom lie had
been living in a fashionable apartmenthouse,
were locked up in a police station in New
York each having charged the other with as
out of the firing of q pistol in the apartments
occupied by the couple, and the cause of the
trouble is said to have been jealousy.
A torn scrap OF newspaper with a legible
address printed on it led to the detection Of
a burglar at Fort Dodge, Iowa. The paper
was found near an open safe in the general
store of Furlong & Co., which was broken in
to by burglars q few evenings ago and
wrapped around u kit of burglars tools.
This clue led the police to Marshalltown,
where the burglar was arrested with some OF
the stolen goods in his possession.
The dedication OF Bookkeeper Whitney, of
the Albany City bank, is thought to reach
100000. The bank is prepared to meet the
run, other banks having offered it plenty, of
aid, in case of need. It is stated that several
members of firms through which Whitney
specialized will be arrested, and also that a
900 to cover worthless paper that his son
had made in collision with Whitney.
Two leaders OF q gang known as "the hon
est mans friend and protector" have been
found guilty Of larson and sentenced to the
pe~nitentiary for lis at Atlanta. Geo. One. OF
the gang confessed, and the officers captured
their disguises mi constitution and bylaws.
Together with the names of the whole band,
the prime object Of the gang was to drive
from the country all persons who interferred
in any way with the manufacture or traffic
in blockade whisky, and they made up their
minds not to hesitate to burn or murder TO
carry out their purpose.
At Ouray, COL, John M. Winstead, while
intoxicated, went to the restaurant kept by
his wife and demanded money, which she re.
fused to give him. Winstead became very
angry and pulled a large revolver and shot
his wife through the heart in the presence OF
his twe~lve.year-old son. The wretch then
turned the weapon upon himself, and sent O
ball crashing through his right breast, which
not proving fatal, he walked out doors, sat
upon the front step and sent another ball
through his heart. The dead woman has re-
latives in Marshaltown, Iowa. The man
was from Tennessee.
In Winterport, Maine. q young man nam.
ed Percy Rich, of Winterport, was driving in
company with q Miss Mason, of Frankfort,
to whom he was engaged. On the way from
Frankfort to Winterport it is supposed that
q quarrel occurred. The young lady became
enraged, and drawing a revolver, fred two
or three shots Mt her companion. One Of the
shots entered his mouth, passing through the
upper lip and through the base Of his, head,
nearly entering the brain in it's course. The
girl then fired again ut close range The
man is in q serious condition. The girl 10
shocked over the deed. She il. about 20years
Of age and Rich about 80.
An exciting and most disgraceful occurrence
characterized the common council session
at Madison, Wis, when the aldermanic
boodling case came up. This is the case
whore q few days ago d committee O. the
common council. after q protracted inyesti-
CATION. found Alder man ?, G. Sheasby and
John T. King, Chief Engineer W. II. Hughes,
Of the fire department, and Policeman John
L. Lewis guilty of official misconduct in con.
nection with . contract for 1000 feet OF
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boodling business was called, the special law
yer of the Defendants, one after another,
arose and DrmaIly objected to its final cor
sIderation o. the grounds tiat no formal
cused had been given no opportunity to ex-
sculpate themselves. An attempt was nladeto
sever injunctions upon the mayor and conn
Gil restraining them from Proceeding. but the
sheriff who was in charge of the writs was
e;scted amid much excitement and confusion,
and the mayor and council utterlyignore the