The evening times., 1896-09-25
Briefs byWire

George Wilson has started from Fair
mont, w. Va, 20 push a wheeIbarrow tc
San Francisco.
| "A decided earthquake shock was, felt at
Front Royal. Va, yesterday, at 1920
O'Clock. No damage.
The Intern atioual Women's Congress
olFped in Berlin yesterday. Miss French,
of this city, read Il paper.
Charles AM, aged sevcDteen years, was
shot in mistake for squirrel by Andre "
savin, aged twenty years.
william Ludwig, OF baltimore, killed
himself with n pistol in the cellar of his
home, l13 West Barney street.
Letter Carrier Harry X. McConony was
arrested in LaEcaster, Pa, yesterday and
confessed to having robbed the nails
Robert n. Bodinc, of Monroe county, WIS
Nominated fdT Congress T.. the Second Mis-
souri, Democratic convention yesterday.
Park X. Fraini, secretary and treasurer
of soap manufacturing concern in Phila-
delphia, whose family resides In Lancaster,
committed suicide by shooting.
George Dorp Cut his wife, Barbara Dorm,
at her home. / 8 South Bond street, BaIti-
more. and also his daughter, Annie B.
Dom. jealousy was the cause
a tcrrincf ilrtheest gale prevailed
Throughout list uisht in the English Chan
Eel, ;hc Erisra,l Channel, off Cornwal; and
t!HcwEctc IiStg The coasts. doing a great
deal of damage.
Mills Nos. /, 2 and OF the Boston Man
uihcitring Company. ut Waltham, Mass,
which have been shat down for a month.
will be reopencd on Monday. The mills
employ about 5000 men.
Owing to slow collections and business
depression j. T. Orr. manufacturer and
wholesale andretal dealer in harness, made
ali assignment yesterday. Estimated as
sets S3C 100; liabilities. $4,000.
J. C. spraguc. president of the Eustice
Manufacturing Compsny and father of Elee-
tric'an Sprague. who invented tie trolley
system of areet-car propu!siOn,. was IN
stautIy killed In Railway, N. j., yesterday
morning by the Philadelphia express.
John Snyder, "a welI-to-do farmer, at
New Hamburg. IA. had "a quarrel with his
wife. who was lying sick In bed, Wednesday
night, and, taking a shotgun. discharged
both barrels into her body, causing instant
death. He was arrested and lodged i'll iail.
Yesterday Richard D,..is, II pr,n. =. 1t
yuurg busness man OF Cleveland, Clio,
started nn "A fishing trip with a fourteen
year Old friend, Bart Taylor. While
anchored off the shore tie boy accidentally
fell overheard. Davis ieaped In 10 lis
rescue and b,ih were drowEed.
AT his homc, at Gum Tree. Pa, Thomas
Brophy died Wednesday night at the re-
markable age of los years. He was born
in Ireland in 1871. and when qr-.e a Young
man eIrigrated to America. For many
years he lived wher- he died, and up to
within "A Few years had good health.
joseph BIss, in leveland. Ohio. yesterdag =
attempted Ia murder his family. He struck
his wife and infant daughter with a crow
bar, when his nineteen year-uld daughter
iuterfered and drove him off after
desperate struggle. Mrs. Bass was fatally
injured. but the child may recover. The
criminal escaped.
Henry NJ La Toilette, formerly Il Con
gresham frum an Indiana district, was
held in S10.COo hail in New York yestcr-
day, in an action by ii. +. Mooney to re
cover S27, 1913 for fraudulent representa-
tion alleged to have been made by him To
Mooney with rrga rd t" bonds OF the C"nnors-
vile Gas and Electric Light Company, OF
Fayette, Ind. and for which Mooney had
advanced him S2O,o00.
Lattimer Frazier. one Of the Oldest passen-
ger rugnccs ~ in the baltimore and Ohio
service. was brought to his h ONE In Cum
berland Md, last night, having been.
severely scalhed on tie hands. arms and legs
by escaping steam from his engine dra Wig
Baltimore and ohio express train No. Al,
which collided with a helper engine at
Ro wlesburg, To Va, at noon yesterday
while running at the rate of Thirty miles
an hour. a