The leader., 1897-07-14
MISCELLANEOUS,

laid on the table.
MISCELLANEOUS.
DURING a severe storm the house of
S. f. North, near Larmore, y. D., was
struck by lightning and North, his
wife and three-yearold child were
killed. The only member of the fam
lily that escaped was 15-months-old
child.
PHILLIP TAsHLEY, a Dane convicted
by the United States court of killing
John Sanders, a United States soldier,
at Tucson, Ariz., on the 9th. He made
jocular remarks, danced a jig and then
said, Let 'er go, Gallagher"
WHILE a gang of workmen were ex-
cavating on the line of street railway
at Lexington, Ky, one of them struck
what appeared to be piece of pipe, but
which proved to be 64-pound dyna-
mite cartridge. A fearful explosion
followed, and five of the six negroes in
the gang were blown to atoms.
THERE were five deaths and 30 or
more prostratious in the two Kansas
Citys on the 9th. In st. Louis the
ported rs deaths and ten cases critical.
Six died from the heat at Cincinnati;
three at Lafayette, Ind; seven at New
York; two at indianapolis, Ind, be-
sides three more cases of prostration
considered fatal. Fatal cases were
also reported from other cities.
THE convention of reform rabbis at
NJ ontreal, Can, on the Sth passed
strong resolution condemning the pro-
posed plan for establishing an indie
pendent Jewish state in Palestine.
A THRAsHING machine boiler blew
up in a field one mile north of New
Haven, Neb., the other morning. Three
men were seriously injured. The
boiler was blown 200 yards.
Mrs KATE BERLE, of st. Louis, was
SO severely burned while filling her
gasoline stove the other day that she
died soon afterwards.
AT Cincinnati on the Sth there were
two fatal cases of suustroke and Louis
vile, Ky, reported one death and many
prostrations. Nine children died sud
denly at New York through the heat.
Two deaths also occurred at Indanap-
oils, Ind.
AT Darlington, Ok, the seat of the
agency of the Cheyenne and Arapahoe
Indians, over 8, 600 red men aud women
were reported in secret council and
people near them fear trouble. On July
law was passed by the late legisla-
ture prohibiting polygamy among the
Indians and an outbreak may occur
over the enforcement of the new law.
MAxIMo MARTINEZ, who murdered
his sweetheart and her parents, after
having assaulted the girl, has re-
quested that brass band play at his
hanging and that the occasion be
made one of festivities and the citizens
of Floresville, Tex, nave arranged to
comply with his request and genuine
Mexican fiesta will be held the day of
the hanging. The condemned man
will be allowed to participa pate under
strong guard.
AT st. Louis on the Sth the Their
mometer showed 100 degrees on the
street and seven people died from the
heat, one man attempted suicide and
there were at least four out of the
many prostrations which will prove
fatal.
PRESIDENT MCKINLEY has pardoned
Robert NJ. Allen, sentenced to five
years in the Missouri penitentiary for
mail robbery.
The war department has made the
annual allotments of money to provide
arms and equipments for the militia in
the various states. Kansas receives
Ss,626. IL; Missouri, S14, Gi4.4l; Oklaho-
o1
made for the whole country was $780,
900.
THERE is an epidemic of rabies among
domestic animals in Horse Prairie, near
Red Bud, III. A dog went mad and ran
amuck through the country, biting nu
merous animals until finally killed.
Fifty dogs have been shot by their
owners. There is great uneasiness
among the people.
IT was 1O2 degrees on the streets at
st. Louis on the 18th. Thirteen pros
trations occurred, five of which were
expected to prove fatal.
THE little town of Lowry, MINI,
was obliterated by cyclone on the
9th and several people were killed and
many others injured
Four people were fatally hurt and
IS or 20 others seriously injured in a
collision between street ears at Pitts
burgh, Pa, on the 9Th.
EIGHT deaths from the heat took
place at Cincinnati on the 18th; three
at Evansville, Ind; three at Pitts
burgh, Pa; two at Louisville, Ky; five
in New York; three at Chicago, and
seven other deaths likely to result
among the prostrations in that city.
JOHN SCoTT OLIVER, deputy sheriff
from Los Angeles, Cal, was held by
the Coney Island, n. V, police court
on the charge of abducting 15-year-old
Stella Robb, of Brooklyn, and was put
in the prison van to go to the Jail.
When the door of the van was opened
he tottered to the entrance and fell.
lie had tried to puncture his heart
with a scarf pin. He will recover.
CHRISTIAN Molly shot and killed
Nancy Hill near Hamburg, Ark, be-
cause Mrs. Hill would not desist from
whipping her child. The Molly wom-
an has killed three men, two of whom
were her husbands. She is under ar
rest.
WHILE two men were excavating for
water pipes at Los Angeles, CAL, the
earth caved in upon them, burying
them, and when they were dug out Is
minutes later they were both dead.
The other night party of men APP
piled the torch to a Mormon church in
Fairfield county, S. c.. and burned it
TO the ground. the feeling being high
sgaSnst the MormonS