The Portland daily press., 1895-07-06
On His Mothers Grave.

Oh his hother'S Grave.
| Stamford, Conn, July 5-The body of
Albert Roux was found this morning in
Woodland cemetery He had shot himself
in the left breast and died ON his mothers
grave. He wrote two letters before he
died, one to his brother Emil, in which
he said he was afraid that he would be
burden to his relatives, as he was grow
ing deaf and eccentric. Another letter to
an undertaken told just where the body
could be found, and requested that it
should be cremated. Both letters were
delivered this morning by special deliv-,
cry. Roux formerly lived in Bridgeport
but when his mother died in 1885, he re-
moved to this city, and has since carried
on the trade OF a cigar maker, living
alone and working in his room His re-
quest as to the disposal of his body will be
carried out, and it will be taken to
Fresh Pond, LII, for that purpose.
They Ag reed to Die.
Meadville, Mo-, July SIS. A. Fields
until recently editor of the Post at Polo,
cut the throat of his wife and baby with
razor yesterday morning and then end
ed his life in the same manner. The bod
les were found in the garden 200 yards
from the house of his father n-law, five
Mrs Fields's pocket saying that every
thing they had was to be left to her
mother, Mrs Thomas. 1t is evident that
Fields and his wife had agreed to die to-
gether. Fields was lawyer.
The Windy City's Fourth
Chicago, July 5.-Five persons dead
and 80 injured was the record Of acct
dents of the Fourth of July of 1895 in
Chicago up to 2 O'Clock this morning
The revolver of commerce got in its
work in the death list, three Of The four
on the roll being the victims of this
machine Fire crackers had seven in
jured to their credit. Then came stray
bullets, eight persons being hit at vari-
GUS times. Torpedoes hurt two persons
only, while the rocket list is small, but
one person being reported hit by one
The fire department was kept busy yes
terday and last night responding to
alarms sent in for fires resulting from ex-
| plosions.
A BicycIist's Terrible Death.
Hartford. Conn, July 5.-F'red Carrier,
25 years old, the son of E. P. Carrier of
South Manchester, was killed there this
morning through bicycle accident
While riding fast on his wheel be ran
into tree with such violence that the
saddle spring broke and penetrated his
abdomen. He was thrown off, but got
up and walked about 100 yards and then
fell unconscious. A doctor tried to tie
up the arteries, but Carrier died in half
hour from loss of blood and the shock.
Five Asphyxiated.
Chicago July 5-Five persons, mem
bers of the same family, were asphyxated
by gas last night and were found Head
this morning at their home, COL Cornelia
street. They were Fritz Holman, So years
old; Ida Holman, his wife, "a; Fritz Hell
man, Jr., 10; willie Holman, 8, and He'd
wig Holman, A.
Outcome of Jag.
Springfield, Ill, July George Law
son, hack driver, this morning shot
and killed his wife and then shot and
killed himself. The shooting was the
outcome of his being drunk yesterday.
The Boat Capsized,
Barre, VT, July ga pleasure party
from this city met with fatal accident
at Murray Lake this afternoon. A row
Monce were drowned. John Mcdonald
was rescued by hard work. The victims
were very popular.
Alexander Hesler.
Chicago. July ALEXANDER Hesler,
said by photographers to have been the
greatest daguarreotypist America pro.
apoplexy. 1t is said he was primarily
responsible for the inspiration which
moved Longfellow to write "Hiawatha -
In 1851 he photographed the falls of
Minnehaha George Sumner bought two
of his picturers and one of them got into
Longfellow's possession.
X. ii. w. Frye.
New York, July 5.-The death of K
HI. W. Frye, associate editor of The
Electorala World, near Folsom, N. M, on
June 20, was announced today. He had
gone to New Mexico to 'recuperate his
health. He was born in Belfast, Me-,
and graduated from Colby University