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Pfswi 4 HI New mm Review. BRANDT & WEDDENDORF, Publishers. NEW UliM, MINNESOTA* THE City of Rome 'consumes an average of 300 tons of coal a day in crossing the ocean at- top speed. TWENTY thousand people live in Alexandria, Va., yet during rthe month of March not .a wedding oc* curred. A BROOKLYN man dreamed Tie was in a scrimmage, and drew his pistol from under his pillow and shot him self. A NEW YORK paper remarks that that little which man wants here be low can always be found by judicious advertising in a newspaper- RAILROAD men say there are be tween 2,000 and 3,000 tramps of the most desperate order along the line of railroad between Ogden and Ren©,, Cal. HUSBANDS should be careful. Mrs, Belle Jacobs, of Toledo, has sued for a divorce on the ground that her husband is a confirmed base ball crank. JOHN SHANE had his red mustache dyed a beautiful black in a Cincin nati barber shop to months ago, but now he has none at all. His lips were poisoned and are being slowly eaten away. THE EIFFEL, tower is now declared, even by those who feared that it would be unsightly, to have a "light and graceful appearance in spite ol its gigantic size, and to be an impos« ing monument, worthy oi Paris." LEVI JOHNSON, of Boston, Ga., is eighty-four years old and has been blind for ten years. Tne other day his sight suddenly returned to him and he called ior a book and read with perfect ease. ,•' THERE is not in existence to-day a single state constitution as it stood 100 years ago. The constitution of every one of the original thirteen states has been suspended by a new or revised instrument. A WASHINGTON TERRITORY farmer was digging a post hole on the banks of Smoke river, when he unearthed a skeleton richly dressed in old fashion ed clothing. The coat was especially fine, and was adorned with velvet collar and cuffs, IN TWELVE cases out of twenty-two' ol importance in the last three years experts in chirography have gone dead wrong in their deductions. There are a hundred men in every state who write precisely the same hand. .s ALTHOUGH the climate at the Brit ish settlements on the delta of the Niger is so unhealthy that the aver age life of the English residents is less than four years, there are over a hundred applicants for every posi tion in that branch of the service. A VISITOR at the Missouri peniten tiary was startled the other day by the youthful appearance of the ma jority of the convicts. Investigation showed that more than 1,000 of the 1,800 prisoners are under 20 years of ago. THERE seems to be '"'a conspiracy of "silence" against Gen. Boulanger on the part of the London newspa pers. Six lines is about all he gets in any of them. This squelching him with a vengeance, as it deprives him of the notoriety which is about the only means for keeping him in the public eye. ACCORDING to Munhall's "Balance Sheet ofthe World," every day the sun rises upon the American people it sees an addition of $2,500,000 to the accumulation of wealth in the United States, which is equal to one third of the daily accumulation of all mankind outside of the United States. TH E Rev. J. G. Wood, the Eng lish naturalist, who labored as siduously till almost the closing hour of his life, left a widow and six children in what are reported to be absolutely destitute circumstances. Considering the number, charm and value of his published works, one one would imagine that there must be something more th nn Inter national copyright law wanted for the proper reward of a CONDENSED! NEWS The Very Latest Associated Press Tel egrams in a Condensed Form. From Washington. The war department has just completed and published the alottments of the $400, 000 appropriated by congress forth equip ment of the militia. The distribution oftue appropriation for Minnesota gives the state $6,644, North Dakota, $2,847 and South Dakota, $3,797. The commander at For Bennett, Dakota, has received orders from army headquarters to move the troops and vacate the post at a moment's notice. No other reason for the order is assigned than at the Sioux reser vation will be opened inside of sixty dayB, when Bennett, not being on a military reser vation, can be taken by settlement, on pro visions being made in the bill to reserve the site of the post. When moved the garrison will go to For Sully, five miles down the Missouri river. Commissioner Tanner has written a letter to Special Pension Examiner Shank of Lima, Ohio, refusing to accept his resignation, offered because he was not in political sympathy with the administration. The commissioner writes to Mr. Shank at wherever he has made a removal he has called for the record of the incumbent. Mr. Shank's record is good, and he says Mr. Shank need not fear for his official head as long as he maintains the efficiency of the serviice. The president has commuted to ten years' imprisonment the sentence of death imposed in the case of Grace Smallwood, colored, eon vieted in the district of Columbia of the murder of her infant child. has also granted a pardon in the case of John Alaska, the Indian convicted of resisting an officer, and sentenced to six years' imprisonment in Washington territory. The president has denied the application for pardon in the case of Joseph White and Shannon Foster, con victed in Arkansas of manslaughter. Assistant Secretary Bussey of the Pension bureau rendered an opinion of great import ance, broadening former constructions in "the line of duty" cases. Mary E. McNeil applied for a pension as the widow of Alex ander McNeil, who, while engaged in a wrest ling conteBt with a comrade in camp, re ceived injuries which resulted in his death. The pension office rejected the claim on the ground at McNesl was not in the line of duty at the time he sustained his injuries, but Mr. Bussey holds T.ha* he was, and lays down the broad principle at soldiers while in camp and not disobeying orders or acting in violation of military regulations are always in the line of duty. Assistant Secretary Chaaadler .reversed one of Sparks' decisions in the case of Charles Lehman, assignee of William W. De Witt, who made a pre-emption entry in the Helena, Mont., district. De Witt proved a on the land and sold it to Lenman, but Sparks found a clerical error in the proof and held the land for cancellation, even after Lehman had made $20,000 improvements upon it. De Witt refused to correct the mistake made, and Lehman apked. that a patent be issued on proof that t(e Witt had complied with the law. This Sparks refused for the reason at that tlie law and rules "allow thepre-emptor only, if living, jfco make a publication notice and pre-emption affidavit." Secretary Chandler holds Afferent, and says the equity in the case should allow Lehman to show that De Witt .complied with the law. Record of Casualties. The freight train which are trans porting the famous Libby prison from Rich mond to Chicago was wrecked seven miles east of Maysville, Ky., by the breaking of an axle of one of the cars. The remains of the war relic were profusely scattered about, and people flocked to the scene all day to se cure old bricks and lumber as momentoes. No one was hurt. Peter Hanson, the eleven-year-old son of Christopher Hanson, of Anoka, Minn., in company with his lather and two other men, was riding on a handcar when a Northern Pacific passenger train came in sight. The men jumped lor their lives, but the boy fell on the rail and was struck by the engine, both legs being cut off and the head badly smashed. He lived half an hour. Coroner Dunham decided an inquest unnecessary. Fire communicated from burning forests to the village of Vulcan, Mich., and burned twenty-two houses owned by the Pennsyl vania Iron company and occupied by em ployes of the company. Bad fires are re-start ported in Ontonagon county, along the line of the Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic, Brace's Crossing, O'Brien and other places have been badly scorched. More rain is bad ly needed. *r .1 .• The latest developments in the Cronin sen sation point to the healthy existence in the flesh of the Irish Nationalist. I is believed by many persons at the doctor has gone to join Le Cafon, the notorious spy, andknown, that he is now on his way to England. I is claimed that Cronin was seen and recognized on his way to the union depot in Chicago, and the story of his assassination is looked upon as a pure fabrication. -. f- Additional news from the scene of Monday night's cyclone in Kansas showthat the first reports were mainly correct. The storm ex tended over an area of lorty miles in length and two miles in width. The loss on prop erty and stock is very great. Belief, com mittees have been at work, and the sufferers are resting easy. One death, at of Miss Bartlett, occurred, and a number of the other wounded are not expected to recover. A shocking accident occurred at Kalama zoo at the West Main street crossing of the Michigan Central railroad. A street car containg seven ladies and two gentlemen was crossing the track when a switch engine dashed down upon it from the east a a high rate |Of speed,- and the driver being unable to get the car oat of the way, the helpless passengers were hurled to a terrible death. The street car was carried almost to Acade my street, the pieces flying in all directions and the human freight being mangled in a frightful manner. Six were killed, two being found in the cattle guard, one in the creek near by, two oh the track and Mrs. Middleton died an bourla'ter. Mrs. Gibson was injured in the head land side and Mrs. Barnes was bruised badly. The male passengers both escaped. The driver escaped by jumping. The dwelling housre of Watson bownes was destroyed by fire at Westchester and five persons were burned to death. The house, hold consisted of Watson Bownes, hiswife, his mother, Mrs. T. B. Bownes, and two children, and Catharine and Mary Dunn, two servants. Mr. Bownes was awakened by the crackling of the flames and immediately gave the alarm and then started to carry his wi into the open air. In doing this he was se verely burned about the feet and body and Mrs. Bownes was also burned about the head, neck and shoulders. A desperate effort was made by the fireman and villagers to rescue the inmates, but Mrs. Bownes senior and the two children were dead before they -\--f-±^, 7- --"'f**3*.-£?.** •"-?fel5* oouiafbegot -oiitr. Ttre Uittle «ones were in their irrandmother's arms The two servant girk were aLo .dead when taken from the bu lling. /-'-A,-* 4 I., "j •oiljircs and Criminals.' The Iowa supreme court confirms the sen tence of Chester'DEurney, the young burglar, who must remainan the penitentiary. This is one of the omost noted criminal cases the state ever ihad. Jamec 0. Fish,ithe -ex-president of the Ma rine Bank, of Ne York City, whovwas con" vieted of misapplying the funds of the bank and causing its failure, will be released from prison. The old man will not leave the-pris on broken in health. is quite spry and his face indicates "that his health is tolerably good. Franz Bur.ginger,ianQld resident of Brown county, Minn., .and former proprietor of the Sleepy Eye ibre.wery, •committed suicide iby taking strychaiine. Mr. Burginger died ibe fore medical aid :COuld be summoned.' No cause is assigned. He seemed to be in good spirits. I is (rumored at he was in finan cial straits. Th deceased ..was a member of the Odd Fellows and United Wqrkmen and carried a policy of $2,000 in each. Within the past ten .days Judge Woods, of the federal eourt at Indianapolis, has re-.-sell ceived a number of threatening letters from all paz-ts of the state, some signed "Regula tors and some"White Caps." and all de mands at he change his recent rulings in the election law violataoa cases. Qne writer threatened to bring 5,0.0 regulators to the city if his commands were not obeyed. I was couced in the most brutal terms. There was quite a twitter among the fash ionable congregation of St. Paul's church in Milwaukee when it became known at .a daughter of Bishop Hugh Miller Thompson had eloped from her father's home at Jack son, Miss., with W. T. Howe, a well known young Chicago lawyer. and|that ithe young couple had attended the morning service at St. Paul's, where the brother of the bride, Rev. Harr Thompson of Kenosha, occupied the pulpit in the absence of the rector, Mr. Lester, Miss Thompson and Mr. Howe left Jackson, Miss., on Friday evening 3d inst..., and were married at Cairo, Ills., Saturday. John Boatman of New Madrid, forty-five miles below Cairo, 111., borrowed askiffThurs day of Corber brothers. The latter, thinking at Boatman would steal their property, followed him and shot him dead. The Cor bers were arrested by the sheriff and a posse of citizens from Tiptonville, Ky., and placed in the jail there. The news caused great ex citement and it was determined to lynch the prisoners. A strong guard was placed about the jail. When it became known at Boatman's wi'e had died from the shock oc casioned by her husband's murder the in dignant mob could be restrained no longer. They rushed upon the jail, gained possession of the prisoners and strung them up on two trees within a hundred yards of the prison. At a point in Montana, five miles west of Stanford, in Fergus county, some highway men held up the stage of the Great Falls and Billings line, and demanded the treasure box. The driver saw that resistance was useless, and threw it out. The robbers then disap peared, without molesting the passengers. The stage proceeded on itsjourney, and met, about five miles from the scene of the rob bery, the eastward bound coach, and report ed the robbery. The robbers were evidently alarmed by the approach of this stage, which they could see along way off on the hill, for they threw aw.iy the treasure box, which was picked up by the eastbound coach. The scene of the robbery is known as Sur» prise creek. Personal Gossip. The contest over the $12,000,000 estate of the late B. B. Hotehkiss, inventor of the Hotchkiss gun, began at New Haven, Conn., the question at issue being whether Hotch kiss had a legal domicile in America, in which case the widow will receive $6,000,000' and Hotchkiss' father $6,000,000 or whether his legal residence was in Paris, in which event six relatives living in France will secure $2, 000,000 each. The French defendants en tered a demurrer, and after argument the court reserved its decision. From Foreign Lands. Advices from Samoa to April 30 state that Admiral Kimberly, of the United States navy, on the suggestion of Mataafa, tried, through Dr. Knapp, to persuade Tnmasese to agree to a peace. Tamasese declined to agree to a proposition unless he was recog nized as king. Admiral Kimberly, thereupon issued a proclamation urging the natives to maintain peace. The Nipsie had been fitted with anew rudder, and was about to for Auckland. The illness that prevents John A. Enander of Chicago from accepting the appointment tendered him as minister to Denmark is men tal, rather than physical, and was caused by an intimation delicately conveyed by the king of Denmark through our state depart ment at Mr. Enander would not be per sona grat a at the court of Copenhagen. fEhe nature of the object ibn to Enander is not but he is a native of Denmark, and is supposed to have taken some part in the politics of that country not approved by the monarch. Probably he was a Danish mug wump. I is alway3 risky business to a nat uralized citizen as minister to the country of which he is a native. General Kews Items. Much excitement prevails at Brown's Valley, Minn, over the opening of the Sisse ton reservation to settlers. A large crowd will,at once select their claims as squatters and are organizing forces fort at purpose. l:l At Jamestown, North Dakota, a peculiar circumstance was noticed by. a, number of people. A small black cloud, hanging very low, was noticed to move very queerly, when suddenly the cloud was lost sight of and a precipitation of frogs was seen. There were: several hundred of them, and could fee" seen hopping up in the street «. block away. A number of dogs were promptly ba hand and made lively work of the hoppers. I is claim ed, at a funnel shaped cloud, indicative of a eye-lone, was seen in the west shortly before, and the theory of some is that the frogs were caught up from somesloughinthiswhirlwind and carried in the air untiU-it «pent .itself, which happened to be over the center of the principal business streets. One of 1ihe most discouraging features of the Oklahoma situationis theSt'there are no -land laws in operation there. The land. is not surveyed and there ale'no provisions for «ntry or establishment of townsites. Th only right there is "squatoer's This is well enough in the case of farms, on which the claimant can live until a legal convey ance can be secured, but it makes the ac-zen quisition and transfer of town lots difficult for anybody and impossible to non-residents. The only way to obtain a lot in Oklohoma is to a a hold on until it can be purchased from the United States at the minimum price of $10. Even then the pur chasers might be dissappointed, for by the 'tinm'theneeessary laws are enacted and legal titles can'be'passed/the town site may be lo cated in another place by some company or corporation possessing the power and in fluence to make su6h a change. -. J-'' CLEARING A MYSTERY. Arrest of a Man Who Throws Light Upon the Disappearance of .Dr. "Cronin of Chicago. CHICAGO,"May 10. —The most startling in formation in the mysterious case of the ihiss in? Irish-American, Dr. P. H. Cronin, came out to-night. Frank G. Woodruff, the horse thief arrested at .Twelfth street, has made a full confession. sneaked a horse and wagon out of .-Dean&s barn earlv Sunday morning and met Dr. Cronin, William King and Dick Fairburn. A trunk containing the body of a woman was placed in the vagon. Woodruff drove.tKing and Fairburn rode with him. Cronin remained behind. Wood ruff left the body and his two companions in .Lincoln Parle and then drove with the empty trunk to the place on .Evanston ave nue where it was found. From conversa tions bet-ween Cronm, Kin^ and Fairbarn vwhich Woodruff overheard he judged the body was that of a woman killed by an .abortion, perhaps performed by Dr. Cronin, Thursday evening the Twelfth street officers I arrested a young man who was trying to a white horse and a wagon in a livery stable near the police station. The younir man offered to part with the ri£ for $1 0 and the suspicions of Foley, the livery stable man, were immediately aroused. He tele phoned to the station and ithe .horse trader was taken into custody. gave his name at the statifln as John23rown, and alter answering the routine questions always ad dressed to prisoners, his face .blanched, his hands trembled and he fell in a dead faint The officers wondered at the time tnat their prisoner should appear so much concerned, but the reason was apparent nexi morning -when he sent for Cape O'Donuell and said he had something to tell him. He was taken into the captain's office, and, in the presence of several officers, voluntarily unfolded the story .of his connection with the trunk mys tery. To-day policemen investigated his story and found it corroborated by many circumstances tending to show its truthful ness. Brown said his real name w§s Frank Gr. Woodruff, and that he was working for Dean & Co., livery stable keepers. THE PEISOXEK'S STOKY. Wednesday nieht a week ago I was in the Owl saloon on Stats street, and met a man there that I had been very well acquainted with several years before. The man was Billv Kini:. His real name, I think, is William H. King, altbouerh when I first met him he called himself Harry Bothworth. Just before we separated he said that he would call me from the stable some evening and te'l me how we could make some money. Saturday evening he asked me if I could get a horse and wagon out of the etable without any one knowing it, and told me he would give me $25 if I would do it. Itoid him I could and we agreed upon a place of meet ing. I chose the white hors-e, because I knew it was a good roadster. I found King waiting for me at a corner on State street. He got in with me and we drove together to a barn in the rear of a big house on State stree. We drove up the alley between State and Dearborn streets to the barn doors. As we wheeled up in front of the barn, the door was pushed open by some one inside and two men came out. One was Diet Fairburn. I know Dick quite well, and have known him for a number of years. The other man, I am sure, was Dr. Cronin. Although it was quite dark at the time I had several op portunities to look closely at his face. He had a mustache and a little goatee, and answers Dr. .Cronin's description everyway. 1 never had seen Dr. Cronin to know that it was he, and I did not hear any other men address him as Cronin. They called him "Doc." The three men went into the barn together and RETURNED WITH A TRUXK. They lifted it into the wagon and then climbed in. We drove straight through the alley to the first cross street, turned on that and then went up Dearborn to the park. As soon a*s we reached the park we turned into the Lake Shore drive and started north. I kept the horse on the run all the time. I heard several expressions in their conversation which convinced roe that there was a body in the trunk. I noticed that the trunk smelled, as if ihere was decay ing flesh in it, and when the horse got a whiff he snorted We drove nearly to the north end of the park, then stopped a minute near some bushes. King and Fairburn were with me. We left Cronin at the barn, and I remember as I looked at him that one of his eyes was black as if he had been hit with a fist. At the bushes we lifted the trunk out and I held the horse while it was opened. I then saw that my suspicions wore correct and that there was a body in the trunk. They lifted it out in several pieces. I cannot say positively whether it was the body or a man or woman except from one circumstance. I heard King say, "Here's where we leave Allie"." Fairburn answered. "Yes, and if you had let Tom alone we would have had Doc in here with her." Those remarks passed while they were carrying the contents of the trunk back into the bushes. I noticed that each piece was carefully wrapped up in cotton, or something that looked like cotton. King lifted the trunk into the wagon, tooki ut his pocketbook and counted out $25 from a large roll. After I left the boys I drove on a run. Finally I dumped out the trunk and turned back. I broke it open as it fell, but I did not wait to see in what manner it lay or just how the pieces were placed. I saw King on Monday on Wabash avenue and talked with him several minutes. From expressions that he then used I feel sure that Cronin is in the city and that King knows his whereabouts, and that if King can be found he will tell where Cronin is. POINTED OCT THE PLACE. The prisoner was taken out of the station with Capu O'Donnell Thursday night and again to-day. pointed out the place where he left the tiunk, and fixed the identi cal spot where it was found. Hepointed out the barn, which proved to be in the rear of 52 8 North State street. The officers entered it, but could, find no evidence for or against the story. Woodruff says he sus pects from the conversation he overheard between Cronin, Fairburn and King that the body in the trunk was that of a woman whose death resulted from an operation per haps performed by Dr. Cronin. He draws this conclusion not only from the words he overheard, but also from the anxiety evinced by the doctor to get the body out of the way, and from the fact that Cronin had apparently been recently struck by some on& Wood-, ruff first read of Cronin's disappearance in Tuesday's paper, and also read the stoiy re lating to the finding of the empty trunk. was greatly frightened, and, thinking that the officers were certainly on his track, took means to.get out of the city. He had some money remaining from the sum given him by King, but decided to obtain a little more. The result was his arrest for attempting to sell the horse which happened to beth identical animal he used on the memorable night. i'^f*' ••'& •FCtmtD A.•dEfrls. A pretty brunette named Allia tfr A!ice Villavaso has been missing from the neigh borhood near which is located the barn where Woodruff is said to have Dr. Cronin and the latter's corananions. -'Search has been made at the pointln 1/ncolu Park, on the lake shore, where Woodruff 3s said to have left Cronin and the others with the body. Unusually heavy rains ha've in terfered with the work. Except, on one side, the lake here stretches away for miles in every direction. Within the parkJ«e'ar? by is a laree pond. Both the lake and pond are being dragged. The resi dence to which belongs the barn, ronv-where tne trunk is claimed to have been carried, belongs to a well-to-do citi named Watrotuv disclaims all knowledge whatever of the singular affair. Saloonkeeper Conklin, with whom Dr. Cronin lfved. was Informed to-night of Woodruff's statement Mr. Conklin declared there could be notning in the story, and once more insisted that the doctor had been mur dered by certain Irish Nationalists, who ac cording to Mr. Conklin, were enemies of Cronin. THOUGHT TO BE CBONTN. TORONTO. Out., May 10.—A man alleged to be the missing Dr. Cronin uf Chicago was seen here to-day. He, left. to.WA th.s after- SS/* spit- _- '.. B^ffl^^HB^SfflSBiBBfflsgBiww^w n«on in company with ahother man an a & woman. CL08E »MKS» Of Lfc CARON. LONDON, May 10—i/e Caron, the man who acted as a spy for the British government on the movements of the Irish leaders in Amer 'ea. and who testified for the Times before he Parnell commission, declares that he and .Dr.! Cronin, who recently mysteriously dis appeared from Chicago, were the closest friends. Le Caron bilieves that Dr Cronin has been killed, and that the friendship be tween himself and the murdered man may account for his removal. IPOSSIBI/T A MINNEAPOLIS MAN The police in Minneapolis have no idea who the man Fairburn is. Ex-City Dectec tive Fairburn, who is now living on a farm in Hennepin county, hud a brother in this city a year or so ago. his man was by no means industrious and did not seem to have any particular business. Just when he left here and where he is now is not known I E A in W .-at E on o* re a a a a QZARB Mo., May 10.—The three Bald Knobbers, iDave Walker, better known in Christian county as"Bull Creek IDave," chief of the Bald iKnobbers, bis son William Walker and John Matthews,were hanged to day for the murder of Charles Green and William Eden on March 11, 1887. Thev were firmly of the opinion, up to within forty-eieht hours of the execution, they would o,esver be .called upon to pay the ex treme penalty .of a life for a life. Just he fore leaving his cell, John Matthews pro claimed his innocence in aloud voice. The sheriff helped Matthews up the steps. Young Walker followed with a firm step, his father following close behind, as firm as ever. John Matthews said he had nothing'to say. He was there, but took no part in the crime. Matthews fell praying. Th e.tretch of the rope let all fall" to the ground. Th rope broke and Vvilliam Walker fell loose and lay there struggling and groaning. He talked for three minutes! when he was taken up by the sheriff and deputies on the scaffold. Dave Walker was drawn up and died in about fifteen minuses. Matthews lived about thirteen minutes and died with his feet on the ground. The scene was horrible in the extreme. Matthews and Dave Walker were cut down and the trap was again adjusted. Wiiliam Walker was lifted, helpless and groaning and struggling and almost insensible, and the rope again adjusted and the trap again sprung. This time the descent came to a sudden stop with his feet fully thirty inches from the ground, and he died without a struggle. The arrest, trial and conviction of the Bald Knob leaders atiracted wide-spread attention, and tor the first time the history of the Bald Knobber organization was made pubiic. Taney county, Mo., was the birthplace of the order of masked regulators. The regulators first came into prominence when the notorious Frank and iubal Taylor entered the house of a Mr. Dickin son in Forsyth, Mo., and murdered an entire family. 1 he outlaws were captured by the new law and order league and promptly" lynched. Capt. !Nat Kinney, a physical giant, was ihen leader of the regulators, and was shot and killed by one of his old followers at Ozark not many months since. Christian count v. which adioins Taney county, first adopted Bald Knob be: ism in 1885-6. Dave Walker ^a the first leader, and the order soon numbered be tween three and four hundred members. There were numerous visits by the Bald Knobbers to petty offenders, but nothing occurred to attract especial attention until the Green-Edens affair whicn terminated in the downfall of Bald Knob berism. The Green-Edens killing occurred on the night of March 11, 1887. at a point eight miles east of Ozark and near the Edens dwell ing. One Johu Evans was whipped by the Bald Knobbers for misbehaving in church." Old man Edens, who was a triend of Evans, interfered ?S iv f° blows with the whip before Chief \Valker could interfe.e. Edens afterward fearlessly denounced Bald Knobberism, and on the night of March 11 the band met to consider what punishment should be meted out to the old man who darea to criticise the regulators. There were twenty six Bald Knobbers present at the meetimr, and after very brief deliberations thev proceeded to the Edens residence to punish the inmates. They first went to the home of William Edens, but finding no one there proceeded to the house of James Edens, William's father. There were in the house at the time father, mother, son, daughter-in-law. daughter and son-in-law and two grandchildren. The Knobbers fired pro miscuously into the house, without a to sex or age, killing young William Edens and Charles Green, his brother-in-law, and leaving old man Edens on the floor for dead. The daughter barely escaped with her life. During he melee Bill Walker was shot in the leg, and this afterward aided in completing the chain of tvidence against the offenders. This outrage brought about a culmination of public indignation and Zach Johnson, the fear less sheriff of Christian county, with a picked posse had the murderers, save till Walker, in custody within forty-eight hour*. Bill Walker was captured three weeks later in Douglas county, where he had fled to nurse his wound and avoid detection. The trials of the men were attended with many scenes of an exciting char acter, but three of the prisoners finally confessed to secure immunity and fovr were sentenced to be hanged. Confederates of the Bald Knobbers broke into the jail and gave the four condemned men an opportunity to escape. John and Wiley Matthews took advantage of the chance, but Dave and Bill Walker declined to leave and gave the alarm to the sheriff, who resided in the jail building. They gave, as a reason for not leav ing, that they preferred to await the action of the courts in their cases, the younger Walker stating that he would rather hang than be hounded all over the country by officers of the law. It was generally thought at the time, how ever, that the Walkers fully anticipated lenien cy, and feared that such action on their part would prejudice their chances for clemency. The weather was bitter cold, and John Mat thews soon gave himself np, saying he preferred anything to death from starvation and cold. Wiley Matthews has never been heard of, though there were at one time rumors that he had been seen in Indian Territory. Dun's Basinets Review. NEW YORK, May 10.—R. G. Dun & Co.'s weekly review of trade says: I is the most prominent characteristic of the present situ ation throughout the country that the usual consistency of commercial action is lacking transactions andresulis for some branches of business are highly satisfactoryjand for others much the reverse. Many iron mills are clos ing, for example, but many are doing re markably well many woolen mills are idle, but others ai at work full time with fair profits. The wool market goes lower while waiting for adequate new suppliea The cotton manufactuie is active and healthy. The trade in drugs and chemicals has be come quite active. A speculative movement in breadstuffs has developed again, appar ently based on the theory thar, although the coming crop may be very large, there will be enough actual scarcity in July, before new wheat comes forward freely, to enable traders to unload Wheat has advanced 1*2 cents, corn T^ and oats II4, with an advance of 1 5 cents per 10 0 pounds in hogs and lard. Oil has declined S^s cents, and cotton 1-16, with sales of {178.000 bales here for the week. A speculative movement lifts rubber to '65 cents for parafine, but it is not sup posed to have lasting force. The grocery trade has been active. In sugar the demand is confined to actual needs. I spite of some speculative advances, the general average of prices for "commodities is a little lower than it was May 2 The outlook in the Northwest is regarded much more confidently 6ince the receno rains. Everywhere the crop pros pects areencouragmff. with the season more advanced than usual, and the acreage in wheat considerably increased. The business failures dumber 227, a compared with 21 4 last week and 2 1 3 the week previous. For the corresponding week of last year the fig ures were 209. The Iowa supreme court confirms the sen tence of Chester Turney, the young burglar, who must remain in the penitentiary. This is one of the most noted criminal cases the state ever had. NEWUXM, MINN. MANUFACTURER OP FINE We are constantly buying Wheat, Mye, Com, Oats, Buckwheat, &c, &c. At the Highest Market Prices. We sell all kinds of FLOVR, SSOMTS, BBAN, Ac, AT LOW RATES* Special Attention given to Custom "WoriL An extra stone for giinding feed. Steam Cornsheller. Wood taken for cash or in exchange Sfopife jVMl £ok CASH PURCHASES. and CHEAP SALES. R1MKE & SHAPEKM, Carpenters, Builders and Contractors* NhWULM, MINN. Designs and plans made to order and estimates on all work furnished and contracts faithfully executed. H. HANSCHEN, Contractor and Builder, Special attention given to mason work in the city and country. New Ulm, Minn. The North Star Lung and Throat Bal sam is a sure cure for coughs and colds. THE CHICAGO si) CIGARS: iSfSpec'ial orands made to order: WM. FKANK. JOHN BENTZIN* Cottonwood Mills, Custom grinding solicited. Will* grind wheat for $ (one eigth) or ex change 84 fts. flour, 5 fis. shorts and 8" fts. bran for one bushel of wheat. Flout and feed sold at low rates and delivered1 a New Ulm free of expense. FRANK & BENTZIN. AUG. QUEUSE, HARNESS MAKER —and Dealer in— Wliips, Collars, and all oth- er articles usually kept in a first-Glass har tiess shop. New harnesses made to order and re pairing promptly attended to. NEW MLM, MINN- H.FRBNZEL, Manufacturer of SODA WATER, SELTZER WATER: and Champagne Cider. Centre Street, New Ulm, Minn Empire Mill Co. ROLLER MILL. 24 Rollers and 4 Burrs. We take pleasure in informing the Dublic that we are now ready for bus ness. The best madhinery and all thfr atest improvements in the manufac ture of flour enable us to compete witb« ihe best mills in the country. RAILWAY. OVER 7,000 MILES Of steel track in Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin," Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, Dakota, and Wyoming, penetrates the Agricultural,. Mining and Commercial Centres of the WEST AND NORTHWEST. The Unrivaled Equipment of the Line embraces Sumptuous Dining Cars, New* Wagner and Pullman Sleepers, Superb., day Coaches and FAST VESTIBULED TRAINS Running direct between Chicago, St. Paul? and Minneapolis, Council Bluffs andjf Omaha, connecting for Portland, Denver,^ San Francisco and all Pacific Coast Points.' ONL LINE TO THEBLAC HILlSt 4 for T,S*et8, Rates, Maps, Time Tables and fuufc information, apnty to any Ticket Agent or ad-rJ~ drew the Gen'f Passenger Agent, Chicago, 111. J. K. WHttllAH, H.0.WICIM, B. P. 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