Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1898-02-12

The ice harvesters emlloyed az I've
houses on the Hudson struck FOR an In
'reasc q wages. and obtained H. There
was considerable violence while the strike
tasted.
Chris Won der Abe. the 81. Louis baseball
magnate. has been taken 20 Pittsburg un-
der an order Of arrest obtained by Pitcher
Mark Baldwin. who has a judgment for
5000 against him. The arrest was in the
nature ot an abduction.
Democrats made slight gains in the New
York township elections.
state Senator James T.. Hayes. OF Charle--
town. Mass, who was taken 20 tho CITY
Hospital Boston. suffering from abdominal
trouble. caused by a wrench ia falling on a
piece % icr. h dead. lie Wa thirty-two
Years ~ age.
The mutllated body OF murdered man.
headleSS. legless and arnless Wss found
On the East River between Roosevelt and
James street slips. New York Clty Life
had been extinct apparently for. iew
days only.
Salter d. worden. who IL held in Folsom
(Call Prison under sentence OF death for
wrecking the train which killed United
states trooper named ClarS during the
great railroad strike OF 1891. made what he
says l. full confession. He says be drove
the strikers who placed distractions on
the tracks BY direction Of labor leaders
Ex-Mayor Sutro. OF san Francisco. has
been adiudced mentally Incompetent and
his dauShtcr has been appointed his guar
dian.
Joseph NJ. Noonan. former Assistant Dis
trict Attorney OF Hudson County. New
Jersey. and Assemblyman Alexander Simp
son were placed on trial IN Jersey City on
an indictment charging them with accept.
"A $500 bribe 10 defeat the ends OF justice.
Henry c.. Young. City Treasurer OF Read
ing, Penn, was removed bv the city Coun.
oil .ita .llf.n
: 10 his accounts. lie made the amount
good.
Elizabeth Flanders and Fannie Eagle
/ horn. Indian girls, who tried TO burn the
girls building at the Indian school, Car
Isle. Penn. pleaded guilty and were
sentenced 70 one year and six months
They said they were hOmesicS and wanted
Captain Pratt 20 send them home.
The dead body OF Kate Drought. eight
cen years old. was found on the roof Over
her aunt'S hat. in New York City She hac
poisoned herself. She had been missing
from her home FOR two days
A boy named Henry Smith was buried h,
the fall Of q snow house which he had dua
out OF a bank IN the yard OF his home il
/ Williamsburg. Brooklyn. He was dead
] when help arrived
John McGlue was instantly killed by ,
/ blow over the heart delivered by Jane
Scanlon in a light over family troubles Il
Jersey City, y. j.
The woman who committed suicide il
| Youngs Hotel. Boston. was identified a
! Mrs. Laura Petersen, OF New York.
The main body OF the Government
Klondike relief expedition sailed from Port
land (Oregon) harbor on the steame
I George W. Elder.
Joseph p. Smith. Director OF the Bureas
! OF American Repablics died at Miami
! Fla, of heart disease. He had been wei
: known in Ohio politics for many years be
fore coming TO Washington. For man,
years he published Republican newspaper
in several Ohio towns.
Sheriff Mansey. OF Decatur. H.. ha
/ been given a warrant TO arrest his own son
! Joe Mansey. for the murder of Mat Me
/ kinney in 1882 and for which crimi
, Ephraim Fanner i now serving a lie sen
tenee il ske penitent!a-y.