Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-29
News Briefs.

Fire which broke out on the steamer
Plymouth Of the Fall River Line early
Monday completely destroyed the vessel
The blaze spread to the freight steamer
City of Lowell, at the next dock and the
fteighter was considera bly, damaged before
she could be towed away and the flames
eM1nguished
William III. Tucker son of a Hartford
Comm policeman shot and killed his wife
at Wilson's Station, Conn, where she was
employed a housekeeper Jealousy Is
said to have prompted the deed
The Rech at st. Petersburg saysethat
Prof. NichoislSy. notorious leader of tho
Black Hundreds" has been appointed by
Interior Minister DurnoSo to a position IN
the ministry of the interior at salary or
5000.
A passenger train on the Texas and Gull
railroad. after running into a broken switch
at Carthage, Texas, collided with a log
train. and fifteen passengers were injured.
white man named Battles, another white
man. name unknown, and Martha Hay
wood. colored, were fatally injured. Dis
trlct Judge Levy was among the injured.
John Thompson. gunner's mate, WHO
had served twenty-five years In the United
States navy, was found dead Monday from
Il self-infiicted bullet wound In the head
in the rife range, at the navy yard. Brook
Ign. Thompson was attached to the re-
ceving ship Hancock at the yard He
in his fiftieth year and was unmarried.
Advices from Glion, Switzerland. TO which
place Maxim Gorky went after leaving
shortly.
w d. Haywood was taken 10 Boise.
Idaho, from Caldwell by Sheriff Nichols and
placed in the county Jail with Meyer and
Pettibone. The three prisoners, pending
their trial for the murder of former Gov.
Frank Steunenberg. will have the use of a
large room In the daytime and at night Will
be locked In separate cells.
At the annual election of the stockhold-
ers of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company.
held In Philadelphia Tuesday, Efinsham
p. Morris, Thomas Dewitt Cuyler. James
McCrea and Lincoln Godfrey were re-eiect-
ed directors to serve for four years Sixty
two per cent of the capital stock was
voted.
The steamer Carmania, which sailed Tues
day from Liverpool for New York,
proportion of whom were emigrants. The
Lake Champlain of the Canadian Pacific
line. leaving at about the same time. took
200 emigrants. The steamship companies
anticipate an enormous rush OF continental
emigrants for America during the coming
season.
Eugene Carriere, the painter. died at Paris
Tuesday. at the age of fifty seven. The
cause OF his death was cancer of the throat.
He painted a large number of notable pie
lures contributed to several illustrated pc
riodicals and took part in the decoration OF
the Hotel de Vile. He was made a cheva-
lier of the Legion of Honor in 1889.
President Palma has officially announced
at Havana the appointment OF Gen. Dus
Rivera, at present secretary of the treasury.
TO be secretary of the government, succeed
ing Gen. Freyre Andrade, who becomes
member of the lower house Of the Cuban
congress. Senior Font Sterling is appointed
secretary OF the treasury.
At meeting of the directors OF the Ten
nessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company
held in Birmingham Monday plans for
large extensions were discussed, including,
it is said, the erection Of a new steel mill
Mrs. Matilda Stultz. aged eighty-nine.
dor INV mir af
were burned to death in a fire which de-
stroyed their dwelling near Waverly, ONO.
Monday. The young man tried 10 rescue
his grandmother, whose body was con-
sumed, and was himself so sereVely burned
that he died later.
Floyd Elliott. aged twenty-four. and Loren
Cole. fifteen, have been arrested at Oakley.
Mich, charged with attempting to wreck a
Michigan Central passenger train. III Is al
legged that while under the influence or
liquor the young men placed freight truck
on the track a little while before the fast
train was due.
BY The arrest of Hudson w. Murray, col
ored, the police recovered at New York
Monday the greater part OF the 5000 worth
of jeweIry stolen from Miss Irene Prahar.
leading lady for Richard MansheIo. IN BUY
falo an February 20.
The Columbus (Ga.) Power Company has
fled aaI1rortgage for 100000 to the Com
rnonwealth Trust Company of Boston TO Sc
cure an issue OF per cent gold bonds.
mart of the proceeds Will be used In carrying
ont plans for a gigantic development OF
water power along the Chattahooche river
A. j. Sloane the Pennsylvania yard con-
ltistctor who gave himself up to the Lima.
Ohio, police Monday, declaring he had
in a train robbery at Galena,
III. In 1902 has developed serious case OF
'cerebre- spinai meningitis and is In a. semi
conscious condition In the city hospital.
Leakage Of gas from a private lighting
plant caused an explosion In W. II. Lem
keys dry goods store at sage, Iowa. Mon
day, destroying the entire stock. also that
of Leuthold & Evans clothing store. in the
Irooms adjchings Less. s55,o0o
j. r. Bennett aged sixty-five years. was
shot and instantly killed and his son. Eu-
gene fatally wounded fby JEFF Sanders. a
merchant, on the depot platform at Jeffer-
greement it is said. was revived when tha
men met.