The evening times., 1896-08-04
Briefs by, Wire: E:

In Dinwiddie county, va, Frank Stewart
was shot. perhaps fatally by William Lewis
Samuel Levy and Harry Fales ran foot
race in New York for the privilege OF mar
ryIns Miss Rosa Faunce. 5..5.ltl
Eight year-old Frank White touched an
electric light wire while climbing a tcle
graph poic. in Philadelphia. yesterday,
and fell, receiving dangerous injuries.
Preston Fry, d qnarryman, was blown
to pieces yesterday by the premature OK
p,osion Of dynamite near Wiliamsport.
Pa. sEsy.
The captain and officers Of the United
States cruiser Minneapolis were entertained
at dinner yesterday by the corporation OF
the city OF Edinburgh. Scotland.
Albert Fisher, sixteen yeaIs old of Ealti-
more, committed suicide by taking poison
on account OF having Guarreled with. his
sweetheart, Lydia Foxwell, aged fourteen
Henry Mcnecke, OF Highlandtown, Md.
CRANK cup of water from POT in whiels
crabs had been boiled and died several days
later
An ordinance was introduced In the Bafti-
more city council, authorizing the Central
Railway Company to Use compressed air as
motive power on its lines.
Mr.. j. Granville Richards says he does
not believe the statement of u. F. Jordan
that John G Carver and james Adams are
the men who Killed Mr. Richard's Wife
near Rising sun, Cecii county, five years
ago.
Maynard Covans and Miss Dovie Proctor
were killed at Columbus City, Ala, Sun
day, by the collapse of an old building in
which they took refuge from a stol m, Miss
Della Bishop, who accpppan. pied them, was
injured.
Mail Carrier Hrmpmcyer, whose stage
was reported robbed BY stage robbers
between okenee and Lacey, Oklahoma Ter
ritory, several days ago, iras confessed to
the robbery. Hempmeyer is only nineteen
years old.
Over fifty people were poisoned in Sioux
City. Iowa. on Sunday night, by eating ice
cream Several OF the victims are in a
critical condition The yendcr who sold
the cream was arrested.
David Lamar of GrcenvilIe was held up
byshighwaymen Sunday night, near Pine
Hollow, and at the point of a revolver.
compelled to deliver all the money he had
and also a, ,,geIdswatch. -
One of the firstthings done by the, man-
agement of the Illinois Central Railroad
on assuming control Of the Chesapeake
and Ohio sputhwestern .waste restore the
wages to their former amount. which had
been cut 1oaprr cent about three years ago
by the receiver Of that road, 49,
Harry Springer. seventeen years OF ago,
while at work at forging a bar OF IRON
at Atglen was struck in the tcInple with
a bolt which flew from the piece Of iron
on which he was working, and III less
than quarter of an hour he expired.
District Attorney HGmmord, OF Altccna,
Pa :, ays n believes that Convict Joseph
Hillcbrand's confession of the murder of
Henr, Bonnecks, in Altoona, in April Of last
year, is not consistent with the facts, and
may have been done to protect two ''pals"
recently convicted Of tie crime.
While John, the five ycar-old son OF
Michael MEG eddisan of Mt Carmel, was
watching neighDor draw the hot timbers
from takc oven yesterday, iIis clothing
caught fire andothe boy ran through the
street to his fone,with his clothes ablaze
Before the little follow could lie caught,
his body was SO horribly roasted that death
will result effsi "a =a