The record-union., 1895-05-20
MAD DOG SCARE.
Two People Bitten by a RabId Animal
at st. Joseph, Mo.


at st. Joseph, Mo.
ST. JOSEPH (Mo.), May ia mad dog
scare is terrorizing the people of this city.
A rabid dog ran anuck i'll the eastern
part OF the city a few days ago, and be-
fore being killed he had bitten mum Der
of other dogs, which have gone mad.
This forenoon there were four rabid ami
mails loose in Wyatt's Park at one time,
and people did not venture from their
homes. James Harper was bitten by q
rabid animal. and WAS taken to Savannah
Tor treatment. John LAWN, boy, was
bitten yesterday and taken To a maidstone,
which adhered for six hours. The po-
lice have killed fourteen mad dogs to-
day, among them some valuable animals.
People who live i'll Wyatt Park dare not
venture out OF doors after dark.
Attending Horse Races Forbidden.
ST. Louis, May 19.-President William
Thompson, OF the Bank of Commerce,
has issued peremptory order forbid
ding any and every employe of the Bank
Of Commerce from attending the horse
races. under penalty of dismissal. The
tendency and opportunity OF the races TO
lose money and eventually to become de-
faulterS, is so great that the Bank Presi-
dent thinks 1t is dangerous for young
men TO attend. He has decided that his
clerks shall not submit themselves TO
such great temptation.
National Hotel Mems Association.
CHICAGO, May 19.-Odicers of tie Ma.
tional Hotel Mems Association were
elected by the directors at meeting here
last night as follows: President, Benia-
min III. Lark, Spring Lake, N j.; Vice.
President, John w. Lynch, Los Angeles,
CAL; Secretary and Treasurer, Walter
Barnes, Chicago The directors are: Chas
II. Hilton, l.. +. Howard, Jewett Wilcox,
+. w. Rice. E. 5. Penny, II. J. John,
John II. Worth and II. L. Worth of Chi
cago. The next meeting of the association
Will be held at Los Angeles.
Trouble Over n Woman Ends Fatally.
FREEPoRT Qll.), May 19-This after
noon Frank w. Harris, saloon keeper,
shot Charles Bengle, intlicting fatal
wounds. The two men had trouble over
a woman, and Harris, meeting Bengle OH
the street, pulled revolver and opened
fire. Harris is 81 years old, and his father
in-law, John Bill Erbeck, is one of the
wealthiest men of Freeport. Harris is ali
old professional ball player. and played
in the Pittsburg League team for some
time. Bengle was employed in a factory
here. Both are married mon.
Was Born in tho White House.
WASHINGTON, May 19.-The only male
person ever born in the White House,
Robert Tyler Jones, a grandson of Presi-
dent Tyler, is dead in this city. He was
the son of Mary Tyler Jones, the eldest
daughter of the President. He served in
the Confederate Army as Captain, and
was brave and faithful soldier. In later
years he was employed in the Treasury
Department. Since his retirement from
that position he has had practically no
employment.
Frost in North Dakota and Minnesota.
ST. PAUL, May 19.-Dispatches tonight
from Dickinson, Grand Forks, James
town, st. Johns and Neche, North Da-
kota, indicate that the frost of last night
was the most severe in many years. In
some places ice formed 10 the extent of
more than an inch. Young wheat is
frozen off to the ground in many locali-
ties. One report places the damage as
high as 20 per cent. There is heavy
frost in Minnesota tonight, which is
very severe in the northwestern counties.
An Escaped Murderer Captured.
SANTA FE On. NJ, May 19.-Patrick
Carmody, under indictment for murder
and sentenced to be hanged in Socorro
County in 1888. has been captured in Sal
mon Valley, Ariz.. and brought tc So
zorro by Sheriff Barnum. In 1882 Car
mody and two others killed Socorro
citizen by hanging him. In 1888, while
the case was pending on appeal III the
Supreme Court, the accused men escaped
from Jail.
Acquitted of the Charge OF Murder.
CASPER (Wyo.), May 19.-J. j. Hurt,
Mayor of the city and ex-State Senator.
who shot and killed his wife's paranour.
VIM. Milne. April Sd last, has been ac-
quilted of the charge OF murder.
Seven Stores Burned.