The herald., 1894-11-20
CONDENsED TELEGRAMs.

Five caves OF smallpox were reported
to the New York board Of health Mo.-
day afternoon.
At Tacoma. WASH, An unknown man
was killed by stepping in front Of .
Northern Pacific train.
In Kansas City Mrs. Philands Loving.
an aged oolored woman. laid down on
her bad and went to sleep with light.
ed pipe in ner mouth. She WAS burned
to death.
Governor Altgeld has refused to COM
mute the 3sath sentence of George
Centrell, the murderer of Frederick
Kahan Of East Carondelet, and Centrsll
will bo hanged November 30th.
At Nashville, Tenn, Capt. Charles w.
Robinson of the Washington light artil.
lery committed suicide by shooting him.
self in the right temple. Dependency
is supposed to have been the cause.
At Santa Rosa, .Cal., Judge Crawford
sentenced John Cummings and John
Blanch to states prison for two years
for selling liquor to Indians. Cummings
was tried and convicted in less than an
hour.
Near Guthrie, o. T., big black bear
attacked Miss Anna Wormbrough,
pretty young lady, hugging her so hard
that 1t broke three Of her ribs and terri
bly, lacerated her body. Her injuries
will likely prove fatal.
In Mcdowell county, W. Va, several
colored men we're attempting to open a
keg of powder when it exploded. Elmer
knight and Sam Dunn we're blown 10
atoms. Charles s. Eaes and Andrew
Macee were horribly ipiured
Richard Leach, 80 years old, q florist.
who lived with his rsputsd wife, Mary
Hope Newkirk, in New York city, killed
her and tried to end his own life by
cutting his throat with the same wea pom,
a small penknife. He will probably re-
cover.
The torpsdo.boat Ericsson made am
otner attempt to 60 over the New l. )n-
don course on her speed trial, but found
the water too rough and was compelled
to return. An)ther attempt will be
made Wednesday if the conditions are
favorable.
Berlin dispatch. says that N. Kriv.
ochisene, Russian minister of railways,
has resigned owing to the defective ar
rangements in connection with the
funeral train which conveyed the i'm
perial family and the remains OF Gar
Alexander from Sebastopol. aN
The executive committee OF the Amer.
icau Bimetallic league has called q con.
ference at st. Louis for November 27th,
at which the present situation will be
fully discussed and the policy to be here
after pursued by the friends OF free
CO mage of silver be decided upon.
At Montgomery, Ala, Conductor
ha2 hs hv
brakeman and will die. His engineer
caught the negro and beat him into
unconsciousness. The conductor had
reprimandsd the negro for neglect OF
duty, when be made the murderous
assault.
At Pekin, ILL.,, John Gehr, Charles
Jones, Daniel Caddell and John Heath
cote, who last week were convicted OF
msnslaughter, In connection with the
murders at the Little mine last summer,
were sentenced to the penitentiary by
Judge Green. the first two for FIVE years
and the others for three years,
Joseph Lewis. the inventor. died at
the home of hie nephew. Charles L.
Cookson, manager of the Cookson Iron
works, at Kaneas City. At the shops of
Lewis & Sons in Manchester. England,
OF which firm the deceased was q junior
member, the famous locomotive engine
of George Stevenson was built in 1920.
At Gale, |. t., the boiler in John
Malcoms einmill exploded. killing
Charlie Malone OF Atlanta. Ga, and
Will Robbins, an engineer from Texas.
Mrs. John Malcolm. wife Of the proprie-
tor, Hal Morris. George Townsend and
Alex Jenkins we're seriously and per.
haps fatally scalded. Two negroes were
also badly ecalded.
No news has yet been received of the
Allan line steamer Corean, Captain
Main, and the friends OF those ON board
are becoming very anxious. The Corean
sailed from Glasgow on November Sd.
and from Liverpool on the 9th, and 10
now six days overdue. There are on
board about 100 persons, the officers and
crew numbering 70.
Acting Secretary McAdoo has ape
pointed court OF inquiry to investigats
the accident sustained by the cruiser
Cincinnati last Friday off Execution
rock, New York harbor. The court will
consist of Admiral Mead, Captains Far.
quhar and Casey and Lieut.. W.. Scare,
Judge advocate. 1t will meet in New
York navy yard next Wednesday.
At Vancouver, B. c.. the gurney cab
drivers have struck. The company for
merly paid the men weekly wages, but
recently made change and hired the
cabs to the men. The drivers claim that
the company charges an exorbitant rate
for the cabs, and refuse to take them
out. The Gurney company claims to be
able to get enough drivers in few days.
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