Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-30
News Briefs.

Miss Emma Gaul of Baltimore, Nd. died
Wednesday In hospital at York. Pa, from
the result of a dose of arsenic taken about
ten days ago. At the time Miss Gaul took
the fatal dose 1t was supposed that she
| mistook 1t for cough medicine, but she
never recovered sufficiently to make IA
statement. Miss Gaul was director Of a
York church choir.
Benjamin Lipkn, a negro, was hanged
at Berryyille, Virginia, Friday, for the
murder OF Richard Ellison, also a negro
An immense crowd was in town, this being
| the first hanging to take place in Clarke
county.
H. o. Puryear, engineer Southern
through passenger train number 80, was
killed in his cab Friday, six miles from,
Salisbury. N. c. He was struck by mail
crane, his head being almost several from
his body.
Mr.. and Mrs. Michael Hurley. an aged
couple, died Thursday as the result of
fire which partially. destroyed their home
in Bayonne, N. ]. Mrs. Hurley was putting
coal IN the kitchen range when her clothing
caught fire and she was fatally burned. The
dense smoke when the house took fire suf-
located the husband.
Charles Gardner was arrested at Hancock.
Md, charged with breaking into the dwell
ings OF Harry Exline and Dennis Seville.
A cablegram Friday reports the death
of Gen. Christian T. Christensen of Brook
Ign at Copenhagen, Denmark. Gen. Chris
Since retiring from active business the gen
eral has spent much time in, Denmark He
was seventy-three years old, and is sur
vived by eight children.
The jury in the case of James Chamblin,-
colored tried at Berryyille Va. for the
murder of Flora Alexander his alleged
mistress brought in a verdict of murder in
the second degree, and fixed his punish
ment at eighteen years in the penitentiary
Della Hanes, Nora jerks and George VIII
klnson, three negroes, charged with traf-,
ticking in small white girls were held at
Richmond, Va, Thursday in 5000 bail
Mrs. Frank Bealer, who was seriously
burned in Laurel, Md, Monday, is critical
Mrs. Bealer was reading a newspaper near
an alright stove when her dress caught fire
and she was terribly burned.
Half hundred children, ranging in age
from eight to fifteen years. members of
junior church society, had narrow escape
from wholesale asphyxiation by natural gas
during q meeting in Charleston, w. Va,
Friday
Miss Marie E. Brewer, daughter of Ed
ward E. Brewer of Hagerstown, Nd has
mysteriously disappeared. She had been at
Barnwell, s. c., as travelling mfiner for
Baltimore firm. She left Barnwell on jan
uary for home, but since then nothing.
has been heard Of her.
The defeat of the government at the re-
cent election in Hungary appears to have
been complete. The opposition secured I'll
seats-out Of the 31S results SO far known.
One hundred and eighteen of these are
members Of the Kossuth party.
John NJ. Hall. formerly president of the
New York, New Haven and Hartford Raii.s
road Company, died at New Haven, Conn,
Friday. He had been a sufferer for two
years or more from chronic disease, but
his death was unexpected.
The United States cruiser New Orleans,
Commander Giles B. Harder. arrived at
San Francisco, Cal, Friday, from Guam.
via Honolulu, and Immediately proceeded
to the Mare Island navy yard. -
Evan Thomas, former president Of the
New York produce exchange, was killed
Saturday by falling from a fourth floor
window Of his apartment in New York 1t
Is supposed that he had sudden attack:
Of vertigo as he had complained of heart
disease. Mr. Thomas was commission
merchant and head of the firm of Evan
Joseph Douglas of Gettysburg, Pa, was
found guilty OF granddaughter and sentenced
Thomos b Co.
to twenty-one years In the state prison :
Douglas entered Owen Wilson's saloon at
South Bend and while seeming to be cas-
ually examining revolver discharged the
weapon, fatally wounding Wilson.
Col. s. Martin Dickinson died at his
home in Trenton, N. j., Saturday, aged
sixty-five years. Col Dickinson was one
OF the hest-known men In New Jersey, hay-
ing had an extensive public career.