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Show HE CURSED THEM ALL Exlraordlnarj Coadnct of a Teltran Criminal In a Cincinnati, 0-, Court Itoom. LAFAYETTE COLLEGE, ALA., STRUCK Br LIGHTNING. A Woman In California Mnrtltri Her Vonn? Djnghtcr and Then Suicides. THE DAILY BUDGET FROM WASHINGTON. The Singer Sorting Machine Faclorj At EHiabetb, 5. J., Dwtro;td Fire. Bj Telexraph to the Ncwa.1 NenaAllon in a Com I. , Cincinnati, O., May 0, A most sensational scene occurred In the criminal court room today. Joseph Morris, OS year old, was on trial fur au attempted criminal asSauItonn seten-year-old glfl. He had vehemently vehe-mently protested his innocence, but tlie jury found him guilty, and Judge Schroder, without leaving the K-nch, sentenced him to fifteen years in the penitentiary. As the court pruuounced the sentence Morris vprang to his fret and, bringing bring-ing both of his clenched fists down on thejudge'udesk, cursed him with vehement rage. Such a flow of language was pcrliaps never heard in tho room before. With upraised hands be prayed heaven to rot the bones of the Jury aud that they be consigncJ to'helL. Thejudge, Ictlllffs and Jurors tat tla'etl nt the awful Imprecations. Morris half turned and began to curse tho audience, when suddenly his face turned black, he gasped, clutched at hb throat, aud with a groan fell unconscious uncon-scious at lh Judge's feeL He was removed and tonight is dangerously A Collrce Slrnrk bjr Mililaluc. . Lafayette, Ala., May C The college at this place was struck by lightning thb morning. Thu clock and belfry were torn to pieces. Two hundred students were in the build, lug, the mot of whom Were shocked. It Was two hours before ortle1- w restored. t , A Mother'.. Crime. Traveh, Cat, May 6. La ntght,durius the absrnce other bus band, Mrs. T. A. JlrWer, soon after sending her little gifb, aged II and 9, to Led, went to tho bedroom nnd proceeded to strangle the c-Mcr child. Hie j-oungcroue ran from the room puist'e.1 1? bit molbrr,sllll earTyliig the other child by the neck. She did uot drop it until it was dead,and by that time the little daughter had managed b ar t the sfctrtof her and had reached a neighbor's liotl'e. The iipl?huoniPtarl'-i back Willi he aud ilrisler came Lack about the tame time. Mrs. IlrUltr was found in the back van! in a pool of blxxi, having thopiied In the front of her head with an ax. Tlie pliyslclans say she cannot live. She was con sciwi, hut would Ji've !o ft"Pn for llie liiol, and is supioscu to nate suddenly gone insane. .i raetorr Talir. I'lre. KuSAiitnii, X.J., May 5. The Singer sewing machine factory was Ul-CJVered on (Ire Lite tjnight. Tlie entire fire department responded, but their work so far lias had little effect, and at inidullitlt was feared the main building, which covers acres of ground, will be destroyed. The wotks employ 5,300 person. At 2 a, m. the main building was nearly destroyed and the fire was spreading rapidly. It b likely that the entire factory will go, in which case the loss will amount to several million dollars. Great excitement nrevalb in tho city and thousands of I eopleare viewing the fire. At 3 a. m. the lire b under control. con-trol. The los b estimated now at 53,000,000. Jlnllroail C'onrrreuer. CIIiCacIo, May . The railroad president accomplished nothing to day, the time being occupied in a discussion of the position of the different dif-ferent roads. The general passenger agents are making considerable progress in the work of perfecting a new organization. rreirer'a Will. l'llII-ADELnilA, May 0. The will of the late George S. Pfeffer, president of the Academy of J'ine Arts, was probated today. It db' poscsof an estate of about $2,000,000, of which Jl.ua-,000 b divided among public institutions. The raeinenhort Line. Xtw York, May 6. A contract has been entered into by the Wyoming & Pacific Improvement Company, by which SlopJOftOO will be spent lu building a railroad from Sioux City to Ogden. Utah, a distance dis-tance of SOOmlle".. nnd Mr. Stcach has been awarded the contract for thu work. In UlOIalhrr'a 1'efrn.e. Bim-Kit, May C Joseph Crr and w ife quarreled over some trivial triv-ial affair. Carr raised a chair, as If to strike hb wife, when her sun Charles, aged 13, who was standing In the 3 aid, threw a stone at hb father through the open door. The missile struck Carr on theforehcad lu-ltrii-n thu i-vifi. fmrlorltif hta skull. He cannot live. The boy was arreted. Kanlersrn Itoy. Unionvilxe, Mo., May il. John Sb arus, aged I2,aud James Archer, aged 16 years, quarreled today over a trivial mttter. Stearns opened a jack-knife and plunged the blade Into Archer's heart, killing hlra In-stanUy. In-stanUy. Panceronii Trainno. St. 1OUis, May 0. A number of tramps have been camped along the Iron Mountain road, between here and DeSoto, for several days and have caued much terror to the trainmen. Sunday night Cioduc-tor Cioduc-tor Nelson attempted to eject three men from hb train aud was shot In the hand. Conductor U.-ahmrc, who went out on Nelson's train last night, found a tramp on board and ordered him oil". The tramp drew a revolver aud shot lisahniec ln the breast, inflicting a fatal wound. A tramp namtii Charlea Dililson was caught at I)J Soto tonight to-night and admits having done the shooting. ( linreli Trualrr In a nitlleullx. Chicago, May r. The trouble in the Huuiboldt 1'nrfc Kvangelical churcli growing out of the split at the late conference came up in the pollen court today. Trutees Wm. Sodman and Kdward Hlntz were fined $100 each for forcibly rjectlne Pastor Velter from the pulpit. A r. I. onlrlal Die-". (ltiAHA, Mai' 6. Benjamin McAllister, Mc-Allister, land commUlonrr of the Uulon Pacific, dle.1 sudilrujy jut nljhlof heart failure. |