The herald., 1896-08-24
FIRE AT THE CAPITOL CITY
Destroys Much Property and Threatens
the Whole Town
Deaths by Accident, or Suicide or Murderous
Design Occurring in Various Parts
of the Country
Associated Press Special Wire

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! Charles Gordon was struck by lightning
and seven blooded horses were burned.
A terrible wind storm passed over Wood
county, Ohio, unroofing houses and lev
cling forests Hundreds of oil derricks
were blown down. The loss in the Bow
ling Green oil fields is over 100000
At Logansport, Ind, houses were un-
rooted. A man named Stevens was
killed.
At Thornhope six cars were blown
from the Pennsylvania siding.
At Seymour, Ind, the barn of George
Stahl was struck by lightning, killing
valuable horses and cattle. Near Wa
bash, Ind, the barn and contents of Ben
Wolfs. Oscar Carothers, c. Wysongs.
George Roser, John Baumgartner and
Neil Tiler were destroyed by lightning.
Several dwellings in the same locality
were struck.
FIRE AT THE CAPITAL.
SACRAMENTO, Aug. pa fire on
the river front today destroyed property
to the value of s25,0 900. 1t is due to the
fact that no wind was blowing at the
time that the loss was not many times
heavier, as the city's water supply was
by no means satisfactory. The princi-
pal losers were: Hartwell, HotchlSiss
& Walker, box factory, $500; insured for
s1750; Richards & Knox. lumber mer-
chats, $4,000, insurance $4,000; f. M.
Leitch, truckman, barns. hay and horses
$4,000, insurance $500; ]. Diaz, dwelling,
$500, insured.
Towle Bros. box factory was slightly
damaged. The origin of the fire is not
, known.
OLDHAM FOUND GUILTY.
UKIAH, Aug. 23.-Deacon David Old
hams second trial came to a termina-
tion last night at II o'clock. The verdict
of the jury was to the effect that the de-
fendant had been an acomplice in the
robbery of the stage running between
this city and Mendocino City on the 18th
of June, last year. Oldham was con-
victed of robbery last year, one month
after the commission of the crime. He
was sentenced to twelve wears in Fol-
som. The supreme court granted a new
trial on technicalities. Oldham was one
of them ost prominent members of the
local Baptist church and the deacons
| and members stodd by him to the last
| He will appear before the court for SEN
tence tomorrow.
A DESERTED HUSBAND.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Aug. 23.-Family
troubles caused William Ragan to sepa-
rate from his wife two months ago. Mrs.
Ragan came to Kansas City from Dem
yer with her two children and went to
! live with her mother. Friday night
/ Ragan arrived in town. He brought $1,000
| with him and Mrs. Ragan seemed pleased
| to see him, and the family was soor
installed in lodgings. When Ragan
awoke about o'clock yesterday morning
| his wife was gone with s400 of his money.
Ragan reported tn cas- to the police, but
their investigation proved that Mrs.
| Ragan had been taken across the river
to the Kansas side in a hack and that
from there she had boarded Santa Fe
train for Denver.
AN EDUCATORS SUICIDE.
| MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa, Aug. 23.-
| c. P. Rogers. for many years superin-
| tendent of the Narshalltown public
| schools, hanged himself yesterday about
noon and was found in the barn by his
wife, who cut him down after he had
been dead presumably more than an
hour. He leaves widow and daughter.
Dependency over recent school trouble
| by which he was forced to resign is
thought to be the cause of the act.
He was one of the earliest graduates
| of the Iowa state university, and was
we'll known in school circles.
NO MONEY FOUND.
| KANSAS CITY, Mo, Aug. 23.-Police
! detectives tonight arrested two young
/ n n To
who are suspected of having robbed the
| branch of the American National bank
| in the Live Stock exchange building on
| Friday last. Both of the suspects We're
seen in the building at about the time
| the bank was robbed. So far the police
| have recovered none of the $4,000 taken
by the robbers.
A NEGRO DANCE.
LOUISVILLE, y, Aug. pa special
to the Courier Journal from Lebanon,
i KY, says:
Last night at negro dance about four
miles from here Charles Warner acci-
dentally stepped on the dress of George
| Mays partner. Warm apologized, but
May became enraged and opened fire,
killing Warner and Charles Pipes in
stantly and fatally wounding Bud Har-
din. May escaped and is still at large.
A FRESNO AFFAIR.
FRESNO, Aug. 23.-At Fnebaugh
this morning Humsindo Aalno shot ami
instantly killed Audrey Martinez both
Mexicans. Aalno was practicng with
his revolver in saloon, and as Martinez
! entered he was killed. Alamo claimed
it was accidental, but the people of the
village thought not and attempted to
lynch Alamo, who concealed himself in
cellar until officers arrived from Fres-
no and hurried him away.
FELL FROM THE PORCH
SACRAMENTO, Aug. 23.-George
Hart brother of Gen. A. j.. Hart If
San Francisco and of Senator F. C Hart
| of this city died at an early hour this
morning from the effects of a fall last
Thursday night. He fell from the bal
cony of q veranda at his residence
breaking his neck Deceased was ma
tive of Colusa, aged 35 years.
A GUIDE SHOT.
| BANGOR, Me, Aug. 23.-Charles Pot
ter, guide at Minot, was shot and in
stantly killed Saturday at Deer island
| by c.. T. Russell of Boston, a boy of | !