Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1895-02-28
Grimes and Casualties.


Gentry, the actor who shot Madge
Yorke, was captured in Philadelphia. He
had fractured skull and knife wounds in
the breast-brought on by attempts at sui
eide.
Frank Fl. Truesdell, under arrest at
Emporia, Kan, as Fl. P. Heath, for trying
to cash forged draft, was superintendent
of the department of publicity and promo
tion of the San Francisco midwinter fair.
Mrs. Jacob Gaukell and two small chill
dren perished in their burning home near
Lake City, Mich.
Policeman Dwyer shot and killed Owen
Walsh, miner, at Butte, after the latter
had cut out the officers left eye.
Three employees were arrested at New
ark, N. j., Ter robbing the Balbach Smelt-
ing company of 500 worth of gold and
silver bullion during the last year.
JOHN Matthews, discharged private of
Company B, Second United States in
fantry, at Omaha, shot his wife, Anna
afterward himself. He is dead. His wife
will live.
w. p. Hall, a travelling salesman for
the Hall Safe and Lock company of Gin
cinnati, died suddenly in Hiawatha, Kan,
Thursday, after eating hearty breakfast
The coroner will investigate. Hall had q
family living in Topeka.
Ed Owens, an Iowa man with $1,000
Des Moines life insurance policy on him
was found dead in Denver boarding
house, leaving story of trouble with his
wife, who had deserted him.
Two couvicts and 23 mules were smoth-
cred to death in the Pratt mines near Bir-
mingham, Ala, Sunday.
"Old Davy," the Yale candy man, an
old colored citizen known to Yale gradu-
| ates the country over, died in his cabin,
| and had been gnawed at by rats for four
| days before his fate was known.
A wreck on the Louisville and Nashville
railroad about 40 miles below Mont
gomery, Ala, Saturday, resulted in the
death of one man and injury to several.
Several cars and two Pullman sleepers
were burned in the wreck.
| Deaths.
The wife of congressman Burke Cock
ran died Wednesday night, aged 81.
| Hon. Daniel Needham, president of the
New England Agricultural society, died
\ of pneumonia at Groton, Mass.
| William Otis Curtis, known almost the
| world over as the proprietor Of the cele-
brated Curtis hotel Of Lenox, Mass, died
there Wednesday.
| The grandfather of Rev. Sam Jones, the
evangelist, died at CartersviIle, Ga,
aged 80.
Police Captain Edward Steven died sud
denly at his home in New York city.
| General Joseph B. Carr died Sunday al
Troy, N. Y.
Fires.
| The brick works at Sheridan, Ind, were
destroyed by fire. The plant was owned
and operated by Hon. j. O. Adams Of In
dianapolis, the present speaker of ths
house. Loss, $40, 900; insurance, $4,000.
i A fire, resulting from supposed explo
sion Of natural gas, occurred in L. M
Morris Iron City foundry, Pittsburg
Julius Schultz, aged 80, and John Bobich
were seriously burned. Damage abou
5000; fully insured.
Fire destroyed the village Of Lindsay il
Sandusky county, o., Wednesday.
Fire destroyed the Cranston block, Buf
falo, Sunday. Loss, $4,000.
Personal. fh
| j. G. Wentworth, the travelling maj
who committed suicide at Newell's hote
in Pittsburg, was the son of N. w. Went
worth, q we'll known retired business MAJ