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VOL. XXXY-NO. 22.
INDIANAPOLIS, WEDNESDAY, JULY 17, 1889.
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SHOT AX ENTIRE FAMILY.
A CRAZY MAN'S HORRIBLE WORK.
Mnrdrd th Woman 'With Whom II
LIT cd, Killed Two of Her Children and
Shot a Third and Was Himself Killed
In Attempting to Escape.
Boston-, July 13. A horrible tragedy
was enacted in S'omerviile at an
early hour this morning. The victims are
Mrs. Catharine Smith, a?ed forty-five, her
pon Thomas, aped fourteen, and the per
petrator or the terrible deed, August
Rosenburg, while two other children of
Mrs. Smith were injured and one will die.
Uosenburg has been livinjr with Mrs.
Smith as her husband, but it is tho gen
eral belief tLat they were not mar
ried. The cause of the tragedy is not
known, although it is stated that Rosen
burg has bx"ymplaining about the way
he has beeTiyfted in money matters by
the woman. Mt is supposed that a recent
quarrel about their financial affairs was
the immediate cause.
The ground floor of the house is used as
a provision and grocery 6tore; the business
having been carried on by Mrs. Smith,
through the disappearance of her husband
("Charles Smith. who is supposed to have
committed suicide by jumping fiom the
Fortland steamer about a year ago.
Near neighbors were aroused about 1
o'clock by a number of pistol shots and
the police were promptly notified. On en
tering the police encountered the dead
body of Thomas Smith, who had started
down stairs and succeeded in reaching the
lower larding before falling. A bullet had
entered his forehead. He was the eldest
of the children of which there were five.
Mrs. Smith was found in bed. The indi
cations are that Mrs. Smith was phot
while she was asleep. Mrs. Smith and
Tfosenburgr slept together on the tecond
floor and the rest of the family on the
third fl.-xir. The mother was shot through
the body. The wound in all probability
will prove fatal. August was shot in the
rcouth and physicians think it is fatal.
In all, five persons w ere shot, four of
them showing the great deliberation of
the murderer. Rosenburg jumped from
the window after completing his deadly
work, and it was supposed had escaped,
until bis dead body wasfound in the court
a"bout five hundred feot away. Rosenb'iTg
was the husband of Charles Smith's sister,
who died several years ao. He had sev
eral children living in Bow-f.t He went
to live with Mrs. Smith shortly alter the
mysterious disappearance of her husband.
The couple were never married, so far as
aay one knows. Ho was about forty-live
years of age.
In an interview with Medical Examiner
Ihirrell this morning in regard to the
affair, he said that the wounds on Willie
Smith ehow that the bullet entered his
back and penetrated the bowels, making
death only a question of a few days.
August's injury is but a tlesh wound and
he will recover. Both of these children
are at the hospital. It is tho doctor's
opinion that Mrs. Smith was killed in
stantly. A bullet entered her temple,
and there is another wound ia
the back of the head which can
rot be explained except by another
bullet. Thomas, the fourteen-year-r.ld
boy who was instantly killed,
was shot in the cheek, the bullet coming
out in the back of the neck. Rosenburg
met his death in a most peculiar and un
intentional manner while attempting to
escape from the scene of his fiendish work.
In trying to scale a fence at the end of a
lane through which he ran, the doctor
thinks he fell on a pile of railroad sleep
ers lying beside the Fitchburg tracks and
truck his head on a spike which fractured
hi3 skull and instantly killed him. Dr.
Durreli says there is no doubt that he was
crazy. The house where the murder oc
curred has been all dav surrounded by a
crowd of curious people.
THOUGHT SHE DIDN'T LOVE HIM.
A Boston Man Attempts to Kill Hl Wife
and Then Suicides.
Boston, July 13. This afternoon Dr.
W. B. White, medical electrician, seventy
five years of age, residing at Jefferson
..place, shot his wife, Ellen, an attractive
younz woman of about twenty-five years
cf age, and then committed suicide. Dr.
White had been married twice. By his
rst wife he had several children, who
are all grown up and doing well. Some
two years ago his first wife died and he
tarried his present wife, who
was then, it is said, a ballet
dancer and a very pretty girL Of late the
couple have not lived happily together,
the doctor becoming imbued with the idea
that his wife loved some other man.
While both were eating dinner to-day
the doctor got up from the table with the
exclamation, "Ella, you don't love me."
She made no reply, and he left the room.
After Mrs. White had finished her dinner
f he went up to her room on the second
f oor and began to change her apparel.
Only a few rainuteä had elapsed when
the servant girl heard a pistol shot,
closely followed by another. Going
upstair?, she saw Mrs. White lying on
the floor with blood flowing from a wound
in her right temple. Dr. White himself
was lying on the lounge dead, with a
woundin his right ear. In his left hand a
revolver waa clutched. The girl, greatly
terrified, rushed screaming down stairs,
and out on the street. Several physicians
sron arrived. They are of the opinion
that Dr. White was instantly killed. His
wife wfil probably recover. The house
wher the tragedy occurred was owned by
I)r. White, and had been occupied by him
for twenty-five years. He was a very
quiet and gentlemanlv man, and was very
well liked by his neignbors.
TWO JtURDERS.
A Couple of Tragedies In Public Institu
tions at lonta, Mich.
Ionia, Mich., July 13. This usually
peaceful town waa disturbed by two hor
rible tragedies yesterday one in the in
sane asylum, the other in the house of
correction. Alf Agren, an insane fiwede,
edzed a butcher-knife while in the asylum
kitchen, and stabbed James T. Jackson to
the heart, the wounded man falling dead
with the knife sticking in his heart.
Trouble has lonjr existed between
George De Weight and Charles Stanley,
two men confined in the house of correc
tion. Yesterdav Do Weight approached
fctaaley's usual working-place, and
viciously stabbed the man standing there
in the back. It wa not Stanley, how
ever. A desperate etruggle ensued be
tween the wounded man and his assail
ant The no:3C cf the struggle attracted a
crowd of convicts and several keepers,
whom the infuriated assassin kept at bay
for a abort time. A. Meany, the wounded
man, is not expected to live.
IN THE OPERATORS' BEHALF.
Associated Press Dispatches From Ilrartl
UUhly Colored.
It would be well for the Associated Press to
lecure a correspondent at Brazil, Ind., who is
not ia the pay of the operators. Every item
that has been sent out from there by the Asso
ciated Press has read very much as if it was
dictated by the operators. The information
furnished in Wednesday's dispatch was to the
effect that "trade has become so disorganized
that it is doubtful now if the operators can
aflord to pay 70 cents, as at first offered." That
is a dixgustmg lie, sent out 6clely for the pur
pose of interfering with the donations to the
distressed strikers. The matter of fact is the
ope rators will hold out only so long as they
think they can -ompel the mine ni to accede to
their terms, and so long as the demand for coal
is slack, aa is the case at present If the
operators thought there was a possibility that
the miners would be able to stand ont against
them during the ensuing winter they would he
eager to pay a price above TO cents at a mo
ment's noüoe.
Br.AZiL.July 10. Special. Saturday morn
ing last, at Ilariuooy, a most contemptible
taunt was thrust at the miners who are being
fed nt the hand of public sympathy and chtrity.
W. L Bisher, jr., superintendent of the Craw
ford company's "pluck-me" store, it being
commissary day with the striking and suffering
miners, tied a strip of bacon about his dog's
ueck, to be exhibited to the public as the dog
trotted about the streets. The malignant ani
mus of the derision is clearly appreciated
when it is understood that the commissary dis
penses bacon as the only meat to the depend
ents, it being the most economical. The
"pluck-mi" boss sail he did it to disgust his
dog with the scent, and deter him from any
further raids upon bis cured meats in stock.
Brazil, July 12. Special.! The contribu
tions to the miners' relief fund from Tuesday
dp to to-day have been considerably less than
heretofore, the falling od" being attributed to
the false reports which had gone out that arbi
tration had been agreed upon and that Riley
McKeen of the Yandalia had proposed a re
duction iu railroad rates to the operators to
enable them to pay the miners 10 cents more
on the ton. The dependents reported to-day
number eighty-five in excess of last Tuesday,
making a total of 5, WD. The contributions re
ceived are as follows: Indianapolis .Sun, $!1;
Indianapolis Tribune, 15 Indianapolis Awj,
including 5-0 from Albert (1. Porter, $130.31;
II. O. Conners, Coshocton, ().. $20; National
district association, $1.V; Robert AVatchorn,
$2:5.23: Albert Payne, Brazil, -3; total. 25.1 ej J.
The Cincinnati i'o-U gave notice of the usual
remittance to-morrow.
I -a st Monday mor.iiner, as two striking miners
livinz at Harmony passed the Jumbo mine on
their way to the cornfield to hoe corn, in pay
ment of their house rent, two of the "black
letrs" at the mine drew and presented their re
volver at them, saying that they were looking
for strikers.
Interview With Miner iu Cincinnati Times-Star.
"reiortcrs of several papers were sent outto
these mines, and I tell you they soon got
enough. They had not been there a week be
fore they began to send home for money. I or
they daily came across such scenes of hanger
and distress that they were continually going
down into their own pockets, and tbey had to
go broke and hungry day after day among the
people they came to tell about. They wanted
to get away because they were out of money
more than they could a"ord. These mines are
scattered over an area of miles. Some are two
or three miles from Brazil, some are ten miles.
And the very same dav that the mines were
shut down on these operatives, that day
did the suffering commence. And for
the firt six weeki the average of
the relief that came wn only about
l cent per head. For the past four weeks it
has been about 2i per cent, per day per head.
No, this Brazil mining company is not the only
mining company there; there are several. But
it is the octopus that hoi Js all the rest. The
chief owners of the mines are also the owners
ia the C. & E. I. and C. & I. C. railroads, which
carry all the coal. They can thus dictate.
Why, they will even discriminate against them
selves in hauling bituminous coal for 65 cents
and block coal to Chicago, and in this way get
cents for hauling the coal of the other com
panies, the bituminous coal mines being ten
miles nearer Chicago. That is what they do
discriminate against themselves in hauling
their own block snd bituminous coal, but bleed
tbe other mines all about. These roads con
trol the entire shinning."
"Why did they bring on this reduction?"
"Because they claimed they couldn't get
their coal into tbe market. But we know bet
ter than that, and can give figures to prove it
from the mines of Pennsylvania, Ohio, West
Virginia, Illinois and Indiana. And only 5 per
cent, reductions were made elsewhere.
"There are ten supply stations, or relief sta
tions. They are Brazil, Knightsville, Harmony,
Benwood, Cardonia, Perth, Carbon, Ashcrville,
Hosierville, Center Point. These are all through
tbe mining districts. It was in going about
among these little mining towns that the re
porters were continually poing down into their
pockets to relieve want. If a miner doesn't
trade at one of the stores of the company he
will only get scrub work to do. And if he does
they will be assured that he has coal before
they even give him a loaf of bread. Why, I
have known children to be sent for bread, and
they would not get it until they had wired
to the top, that is to the mines, to see if that
miner had coal out. I have known this to hap
pen even where the family was starving for
bread. And it is not always the miner's fault
that his coal is not out. Sometimes there is de
lay caused by the company. But that makes
no difference in these stores. You will not be
trusted for a loaf. And they charge about
13 per cent, higher than other places. These
stores shut down the same day the miners quit
work. And you must remember that there are
taxes to pay some, and powder and oil we have
to furnish, and all on less than $5 a week.
That is the average. Why, a neighbor heard
the children of the clerk of the village crying
one night and went over and found that they
were crying because the mother was trying to
put them to bed hungry. Think of that, the
clerk of the corporation, ama.i elected to olhce
by his fellow-citizens and known and respected
by all, sending his children hungry to bed, with
nothing in the house to give them."
THE FLOOD IN THE CAYUDETTE.
Peareh For the Misstnp Ilodles Abandoned
List of the Drowned.
Johnstown, N. Y., July 11. It rained hard
here all night, which raised the water in the
Cayudette so that the search for the missing
bodies had to be abandoned this morning. The
following is a complete list of the bodies re
covered so far:
CH .MILES FREAR. carpenter, fifty years
old, leaves a widow and three children.
ALBEl'.T CJ.OCI.OUGH, tweuty-six years
old. leaves a widow.
ALBEBT STEAD WELL, seventeen years
old.
The following are known to have been
drowned, but their bodies have not been re
covered: WILLIAM MYERS, son of a widow.
JACK MYEPA
R. D. SIMMONS of R. D. Simmons Co.,
thirty-five years old and married.
A drummer who was supposed to have gone
down is reported to be all right A most care
ful inquiry fails to find any women missing.
A Well-Known Editor Gone.
Wellsville, X. Y., July 13. The Hon. A.
N. Cole died at his home here last night. lie
was sixty-seven years of age. He was well
known throughout the state as an editor, poli
tician and agriculturist, and as the "father of
the republican party." In 1S47 he established
the Genese Valley Free Preti at Belfast, N. Y.,
it being the first republican papr ever printed.
He enjoyed the friendship of Horace Greeley,
Chief Justice Chaie and William Lloyd Garri
son. Changes at the Asyl am.
The following changes in ths insane hospital
working force bave been made to date: Dr.
Browning sueceeds Dr. Fankhouier as assistant
superintendent; Dr. Curtis succeeds Dr. Wiles
as physician for the female department; Simon
I. Neieigh of Nashville, Brown county, has
been appointed stewsrd, and Robert N. Smith
of Fairland, Shelby county, storskeeper.
THREE DAMS WASHED AWAY
A DISASTROUS FLOOD IN NEW YORK.
The Town ot Johnstown Under Water
Many Buildings Swept Away Serious
Loss of Life Feared Telegraph
Wires Destroyed Damage.
Troy, 5T. Y., July 9, There are reports here
that three big dams were washed away near
Johnstown, and that crowdof people got on a
bridge to watch the flood and it was carried
away and several people were drowned.
Johnstown, X. Y., is ou the Johnstown &
Cloversville railroad, four miles north of
Fonda.
A complete prostration of wires makes it
impossible to communicate with Johnstown at
the present hour (10:30). Every effort is bein
made hereabouts to get definite information.
Lateu A telephone from Johnstown say :
"The town Ls in total darkness, and nine bridges
were washed away. The electric light plant
has been washed away, also three skin mills at
Gloversville. One body his been recovered.
The watjr is three feet deep in the town of
Fonda."
At 12 o'clock rain is falling in torrents in
Johnstown and the flood is assuming a terrible
aspect. Mills and sheds are being carried
rapidly away. It is beginning to rain here
(Trey), and looks like a heavy storm.
12:30 a. m. A reporter who started out on
the 11 p. m. train from Albany to get all obtain
able facts about the storm round about Fonda
and Johnstown, has not been heard from since.
Amsterdam, however, telephones that there are
no trains west of that point on account of the
washout. The telephone is our only reliance
for news of the effect of the storm, as it has
been thus far to-night.
Johnstown, N. Y., July 10. The water
which came up over this village last night has
subsided greatly this morning, but has left
scenes of desolation in every direction. The
water rose fifteen feet and overtlowed every
thing. It has now fallen about eight feet be
low the highest point. Ten people are thus far
reported missiug. The bodies of four have
been recovered. These four are all Johnstown
people. Those whose bodies are recovered are
Charles Frear and two others named Cokley
and Yost and a fourteen-year-old boy named
Steadwell.
The drowned and missing people were
among a crowd of from thirty to fifty people
who stood on tbe stone bridge crossing tho
river at Terry-st. watching the rising water.
They seemed regardless of danger until the
bridge gave way and they were precipitated.
The bridge was about twenty feet high and
about t rnty-five wide. It was a sing!e-arch
structure and crossed by a street-car track.
The bridge was swept away about 7 o'clock.
The two iron bridges of the Jbhnstown, Fonda
fc Gloucester railway were wrecked and seven
or eight other bridges were carried away. Two
tanneries, owned by Simon Schriber. were swept
away, and the Schriber and Anderson dams
were broken. The water in the Cayndetta
creek began to rise at 4:30 o'clock and the
stream was soon converted into a raging
torrent. Of the men, women and chil
dren who were thrown into the water
by the breaking of the stone bridge,
the larger number were saved by means of
ropes thrown to them from the shore. The
final and fatal rise of the creek was very sud
den, and is ascribed to the eflects of a cloud
burst. The electric light plant was washed
out, and the town is left in total darkness for
the night.
Among the missing are the following: IL D.
Simons, of the firm of IL D. Simons fe Co.,
paintersj Willie Myers, nine years old, and a
son of W idow Myers; Miss Ada Miller, twenty
two years old. The number lost cannot yet
be determined, as the estimates vary from six
to thirty.
The creek is being dragged, but it is thought
some bodies have floated into the Mohawk at
Fonda. The bodies recovered were taken
charge of by Dr. J. Lefler, the coroner. The
bodies were removed to the police station and
identified, and were then taken hy friends.
The loss in money at Johnstown will reach
many thousands of dollars. Thousands of 6kins
that were beiug dressed are floating down the
Cayudetta. Among the bridges carried away
was an iron bridge at Stewart's leather
mill, the iron railroad bridge at
Fonda. The Cayudetta creek was never
before so high. The creek rose from
twelve to fifteen feet in thirty minutes. By the
washing away of the bridges on the Fonda)
Johustown t Oloversville railway, both north
and south of Johnstown, that place is com
pletely shut off from railroad communication
The last train from Gloversville reached Johns
town at 7 o'clock last night.
The Cayudetta empties into the Mohawk at
Fonda and Fonda is flooded. Two bridges on
the Mohawk turnpike were carried away.
Travel is stepped. The Central railroad and
Johnstown railway bridges were both de
stroyed. Passengers are transferred. O. r.
Mills fc Co.'s plaster mill was wrecked. The
damage is great.
At Simmons, four miles below Johnstown, a
bisr mill-wheel was carried away. At Berrv
ville, n mile below Simraonsville, the dam at
Clappers shoddy-milll was washed out.
The general belief is that the flood was caused
by a cloud-burst near Johnstown, the theory
being confirmed by the fact that at Hale's mills,
three and one-half miles up the creek, no dam
age was done, and the dam at that place is all
right.
There is as yet no certainty of the loss of
more than four lives. These victims were on a
bridge viewing the flood after the storm. They
had been warned to keep oft the structure, as
it was considered dangerous.
The damage in the valley of the Cayudetta to
mills, roads, bridges and crops will reach
SIX THOUSAND LIVES LOST.
Disastrous Floods In China Many Villages
Overflowed.
Sau Francisco, July 15. The steamer
City of New York arrived this evening from
Hong Kong and Yokahoma. The Japan
Gazette of the 2f'th ult. contains the following:
Intelligence has been received at Hong Kong
from Kiaying Chau Prefecture.
in the northeast of Kwangtung,
that early on the morning of the 2d inst.
the Chan Fringes pring and Ting Yuen
districts were flooded by the bursting of
a water-spout or tornado, described by
Chinese as water-dragon, and the Jevel
country was floodtd with thirty-six
feet of water. The villages of Cliae
king and Ku lim in the Ping luen district.
and Cueong Tan, Hop Lui, Nmi Ku,
ram Chan Kin and ran lo Ilm in
Chang Ping district were overflowed,
many houses being wholly iwept away, while
others were inundated. Upwards of 6,000 lives
were lost.
Gas at Winchester.
Winchester, July 15. rSpecial. The first
gas well tunic by the new company was shot to
day at a depth of 1,100 feet with good results.
The company will at once commence and dril
another well. The old company is also at
work, and will finish drilling their thirteen
wells this week. Gas in paying quantities is
already a hied fact, and our citizens are deter
mined to push forward and keep pace with
other places in the great eras belt.
Settllug I'p Ills Affairs.
Washington, July 15. Rufus Mage e of In
diana, ex-minister to Sweden and Norway, was
in tbe city to-day, and was at the state depart
ment for the purpose of settling up his aiiairi
prior to going to his home.
Is Hovey 'on Compos?
Hkhmonfl Democrat,
If flovey is cot insane be is ths best sample of
unadulterated cassedness ever placed on the
market. Bat be is entitled to the benefit of
the doubt It mast be insanity.
MAKING CONSTITUTIONS.
The Conventions lath New States Progress
ing Satisfactorily.
Bismarck, D. T., July 11. In the constitu
tional convention to-day the president an
nounced the btanding committees. There are
twenty-five committees, of which the demo
crats receive the chairmanship of three that
of the judicial department being under Judge
John E. Carl of Bismarck, A. F. Appleton of
Crystal being chairman of the committee on
county and township organization, while W. E.
Purcell of Waneton will prctiJe over the com
mittee which has "miscellaneous" matters for
its consideration."
Of the committee to consider subjects re
lating to corporations other than municipal,
Mr. Johnson is cliairmno, and it is worthy of
note that he is classed as prominent among the
so-called anti-railroad people. He promised
perfect justice to all corporations. The chair
man of the committee on temperance, A. P.
Hugen, is pronounced in favor Cf constitu
tional prohibition and his committee is also of
the same views of that subject. It is probable
thnt this question will be eubmittcd to a voto
of the people in the form of an amendment to
the constitution to be voted upon at the same
time as the new constitution.
Gov. Mellette delivered an address in which
he strongly indorsed a secret ballot, and the
learty apulaiibe from all the delegutes gave
good indications of the feeling in that connec
tion.
The Montan Convention.
HELENA, M. T., July 11. In the constitu
tional convention to-dny a committee on irri
gation, to consist of eleven members, was
ordered appointed. Among the resolutions in
troduced were: One providing for compulsory
education; prohibiting the employment of chil
dren under fourteen years of age; providing for
a system of irrigation by canals and ditches to
be owned by the state; prohibiting tne employ
ment of Chinese labor. The convention ad
journed until Monday.
Helena. M. T.. July 1". In the constitu
tional convention to-day the question of uni
versal sunrage was sprung by the presentation
of a petition signed by 148 citizens from eight or
ten small towns in various parts of the territory
asking that consideration be taken of the ques-
tiou. It was relerred to the sutlrage committee,
where it may slumber. There were no promi
nent names attached to it. The proposition re
lating to compulsory education for
children between the ages of eight and fourteen
years was recommended not to pass by the com
mittee, lhe committee submitted a proposition
for the establishment of a bureau of labor and
the appointment of a superintendent A dele
gate objected on the plea of being absent and
was given privilege to present a minority re
port. A provision that no officers except sena
tors and representatives, under tne law ot tne
new Mate, should hohl more than two years, was
submitted. A resolution was passed that a state
examiner be appointed to investigate the ac
counts of all oilieials at least once a year.
In South Dakota.
Srorx Falls, I). T., July 11. In the consti
tutional convention to-day a lively debate oc
curred on the proposition to memorialize the
president to suspeud mineral entries upon
schools lands near large cities in agricultural
districts until the state is organized and can
defend its rights thereto in case such entries
are attempted to obtain such land fraudulently.
The proposition was strongly opposed, but
finally the memorial was adopted.
A SENSATIONAL ARREST.
Tho Result of a Montreal Young Lady's
Mysterious Kscapt.de.
Montreal, July 15. In March last Miss Mul-
cahy of this city created a great sensation
by alleging that she ha i been married the pre
vious night in a cab to a man named
Husson; that Husson had died almost immedi
ately after the ceremony and that Husson'i
body and all connected with the aflair, except
herself, includfng Ilusson's father, the
priest who performed the ceremony and
the witnesses to it, bad mysteriously disap
peared. Subsequently she swore out a war
rant for the arrest of a man named Matthew
Huntley and an unknown woman who,
she alleged, resembled herself, on the charge of
hreatening her with death if she did not don
widow's weeds and declare herself to be Hus
ton's widow.
No arrest under the warrant was made until
Saturday last, when Miss Muleahy met in
the street here a young lady named Tibbets of
Fredericton, N. B., and declared to the
rohce that the was the unknown woman.
Miss Tibbeta was arrested and taken lo
an out of the way station, where
an unsuccessful efiort was made to extort a
confession from her. Her friends did not dis
cover her whereabouts till Sunday after
noon, when bail was immediately provided.
The case will come up to-morrow, when an
alibi will be established by Miss Tibbets'
friends, who are en route from New Brunswick.
Mis Tibbets, who is a very attractive young
lady eighteen years old, graduated from the
university of New Brunswick with the degree
of B. A. aud the governor general's gold medal.
She was going to visit friends in Boston,
Montreal, Quebec and Duluth when arrested.
The treatment she has received has excited the
greatest indignation.
THE VILLAGE NEARLY DEMOLISHED.
1'rlneeton, O., TUIted hy a Severe Wind
and Kaln Storm.
Cincinnati, July 15. A wind storm nearly
demolished the village of Princeton, in Butler
county, yesterday about 4 o'clock in the after
noon. Before reaching Princeton it blew the
roof off the barn of Jqseph Stinson. throwing
it into a cornfield some distance away. The
dwelling house of Finley Whitehead in Prince
ton was carried away, and his wagon-making
shop near by was demolished. The large brick
t-chool building in the village was torn down to
the foundations, and a rafter of the house was
carried "CO yards by the force of the wind and
lodged in the top of a large oak tree, while the
desks and other furniture were scattered in
every direction, and the blacksmith shop and
barn of Gus Kinnearwere both leveled to the
ground. The houses of John Lenharen, Rose
Miller and Stephen Clawson were completely
wrecked, while Ash Walter lost everything he
possessed. The oats and corn crops were
ruined, and the village was deluged with water.
The destruction at Princeton occurred in
twenty minutes. The storm was accompanied
by a heavy rain-fall. The homeless families
were taken by the neighbors whose homes es
caped the fury of the tempest There was no
iss of life. The property Joss will reach $10,
000 or more.
LETTER FROM BROOKVILLE.
A Contribution Disappointed Republican
Office-seekers.
To TfiK Editor Sir: I inclose $2 ti be sent
to the hungry in Clay county. I know none of
them. The crops here are pretty fair; fruit
abundant and health good. Neighbor Jones
was not appointed to succeed Dr. Hunter as
revenue collector of this district, and a good
many republicans hereabout who are too smart
to work expected appointments under him. I
am sorry for them. An election was held here
last Saturday to vote on taxing the people here
to pay the tax on the Oxford pike. It carried
by a large majority. A wealthy land owner of
Bath township to-day expressed tbe opinion
that the Brookville county papers were very
clever. Your coarse on the school trusts is
applauded, exeept by a few bribed sneaks. The
next election will settle the case. Tbe school
here Is full-rigged for the fall term. Mr. Cre
craft the county school superintendent has
purchased the Franklin Demoeral a good
Jlant when In the right hands. The Fourth of
uly was well observed; Col. Hnnt made tbe
speech. Bicycles and base ball were out in
force. George Bkekt.
Brookville, July 9.
A Safe Prediction.
MartlnsTlll Gasette.
' Just so long as men vote to sustain the policy
of any party that advocates and indorses mo
nopoly in any shape, Just so long will the un
equal fight between capital and labor be con
tinued. The ballot-box is tbe place to settle
all dificaities of this kind.
BEGGS TRIES A NEW MOVE
ANOTHER TRIAL FOR HIS LIBERTY.
II Claims That lie Was Arrested and
Jalltd In the Hope That He Would
Turn State's Kvldence In the Cronla
Case, Which He Cnn Not Do,
Chicago, July 15. A somewhat s-.nsational
move was made in the Cronin case to-day.
John F. Beggs, the imprisoned senior guardian
of camp No. 20, Clan-na-Gael, filed a new peti
tion for a writ of habeas corpus, giving as a
reason why he should be set at liberty that he
has been jailed and indicted eolely in the hope
that he would thus be forced to turn state's
evidence. The testimony expected of him, he
gays, has no foundation in fact.
Beggs, in bis petition, further says that while
he was illegally imprisoned and secreted from
his friends, immediately preceding his indict
ment, he was taken before the state's attorney
w ho tried to induce him to make certain state
ments, the facts so desired not being within the
knowledge of Beggs, and that in conversation,
the state's attorney said in substance,
"By the newspapers you are already
condemned; the only way, or best way,
out of it for you is to stand with us,"
meaning thereby to stand with the prosecution,
and further stating in the conversation: "If
you will accept employment from us we will
pay you for it" To which Teggs replied in
substance: "If you mean by 'standine with
you' that I shall give you testimony by which
any persons or person might be convicted of
tho murder of Dr. Cronin, I cannot accept
your employment, for the reason that I have co
facts which would tend to convict or even cast
suspicion upon any person of causing the death
of Cronin."
"Soon after the conversation with the state
attorney the indictment against me was re
turned," says the petition, and adds: 'There
has been a persistent and determined effort on
the part of the police officers and the state
attorney's oflice to compel this relator to di
vulge certain alleged facts stated iu an
anonymous letter tot he state's attorney, tending
to 6how that some action was taken in camp
No. ;'0, which resulted in the death of Cronin,
which alleged facts this relator has failed to
give, for the reason that the same do not exist."
Beggs takes up in detail the statements in
the anonymous letter as follows: "Your peti
tioner most solemnly and sincerely affirms that
there is not now, nor has there ever been, w hat
is known and designated as an inuer
circle of the Clan-na-Gael society, and
that there is not now, nor has there ever
been, an inner circle, a secret circle, a sec
ond circle, or any subdivision of said camp No.
L'O of said society, nor was a committee ever
appointed by said camp to try any charge
against Dr. Cronin, to the knowledge of
this relator, and certiinly not during
the time in which this relator acted as senior
guardian thereof, which was for a longtime
prior to the 4th of May, 1S-5; and this relator
says that it is not true, as stated in the anony
mous letter, that be appointed a committee of
seven, consisting of L. It Buckley, Harry Jor
dan, Dennis O Connor, .lohn O Malley, John
F. O'Malley, Thomas Murphy and Daniel
Coughlin, or any other persons, for the purpose
of trying any charges preferred against Cronin
or any person; that it is not true that said com
mittee, or any other committee, ever investi
gated, to the knowledge of this relator,
nny charge preferred against said Cronin iu
camp No. 20 at auy time whatsoever, and that
such facts could not have existed for a long
time prior to May 4 without this relator's
knowledge. Wherefore this relator states that
all of the material facts in the anonymous com
munication which, as he believes was used as
the sole pretext for his indictment, are untrue
iu fact and can never be sustained by any proof
whatsoever."
The state's attorney having stated that he did
not desir at the present time to make public
the case, Beggs orters to have the hearing take
place in private. Jud'e Horton agreed to hear
arguments on the petition to-morrow.
A MYSTERIOUS LETTER
Picked fp at Niagara Falls Connected
With the Cr?nin Case.
Niagara Falls, Ont, July 15. The fol
lowing letter was picked up to-day on the
Grand Trunk track near Standford, two miles
from here by J. Kelligher, who cave it to
James Quillan, an accountant of the Cana
dian government park. It bears no postmark
or stamp, and is supposed to have been dropped
by some one going west on the railway.
Niagara Fails March 11. My Dear Friend: I
have just arrived here and am waiting for the event
that i to take vlace u 'ho 1th. 13 sure
and make sway with our dd eneiuy and py. Ir.
Tronin. Leave no corner in which tbere
thall be any suspicion, and may the
IIoIt Fnthrr liless you for the AVed. 1 ra
in terrfMe SDxIoty. Tell Pan to be very careful ;
a!o Kunze.. Work for In land. I true to Clan-na-Oal
No.2-1. Your dear frieud, J. W. Kavanagh.
The letter is writcn on medium-sized half
fcheet note paper, with pencil, and was
enclosed in a cream-colored envelope,
addressed in ink: "Clan-Na-Geal, 20, Chicago,
III., ("Immediate.") The envelope has every
appearance of having been carried in a person's
pocket some time.
The Winnlpec Cronin Snspect.
Winnipeg, Man., July 10. The arguments
in the Burke case were resumed this morning.
The defense ( Messrs. Perdue and Campbell) in
their speeches assailed the evidence, which
they held did not connect the prisoner in any
way with the murder of Dr. Cronin; that it did
not prove that Cronin was murdered in the
Carlson cottage; that Burke knew Cronin, or
that he had any malice against him.
The prosecution reviewed the evidence and
contended that it made a clear enough case to
justify extradition.
Judge Bain delivered jndgment immediately.
lie reviewed the evidence and said that it to
him supplied such a strong presumption of
guilt that he could not take upon himself the
responsibility of setting Burke free. He, there
fore, in the terms of the act, committd Burke
to the nearest jail to await extradition, the pns
oner standing up while the commitment was
pronounced. The judge explained that he had
given judgment immediately as the full court
was now sitting aud the question could be
brought before them immediately on applica
tion for a writ of habeas corpus.
The necessary warrant for Burke's commit
ment was then made out and Burke was re
moved to jail. An application will be made to
the department of justice at Ottawa at once
for Burke's extradition, but the prisoner will
he given fifteen days grace in which to appeal
from Judge Bain s decision.
Declined to Issae the Writ.
Chicago, July 10. Judge Tuley, in the cir
cuit court this morning, declined to issue a
writ of habeas corpus in the case of John F,
Beggs, senior guard of camp No. 20, Clan-na
Gael, under indictment for conspiracy to mur
der Dr. Cronin. The writ was asked in order
that the prisoner might be brought into court
for a hearing on the question of his admission
to bail, lhe state opposed it in order to avoid
disclosing the nature of the evidence against
I.. m .. .1 W 1 .
the accused at tne present time, inisarier
noon Beggs' attorney went before Judge Hor
ton of the criminal court and renewed the mo
tion. This court has direct jurisdiction of the
subject matter and over the body of the im
prisoned man.
An Important l ink.
Chicago, July 10. An afternoon paper eays
that young Mrs. Carlson, daughter-in-law of
the people who own the Carlson cottage, will
swear when Dr. Cronin's murderers are
brought to trial that she saw the doctor enter
the cottage on tbe fatal right and heard the
struggle in the house. This, if true, is a Tery
important link' in the chain of evidence, as
there has not heretofore been known to be any
direct proof that the doctor was murdered in
that cottage.
GOV. LOWERY'S TURN.
Participants In the SoMlvan-KUrain Fight
Being Arrested.
TTRVTS, Miss., July 15. To-day has been a
busy one with Dist. Atty. Neville. First this
morning came the caes against C. W. Ilich of
this county and J. T. Jamieiou of Lauderdale
county, who were brought to this place by the
shfriiTs of the respective counties last night,
they having been arrested on nrrants charg
ing them with aiding and abetting the 'llivan
Kilrain fight. These parties waived examina
tion, and were placed under bonds of ?1,m
each. This is probably the largest bond ever
required from a person charged with a simple
misdemeanor in this state. They furiiUhed the
bonds and were released.
Mr. Neville received a telegrKm from Gov.
Lowery announcing that John Fnzpatrick, the
refcrfeinthe great battle, hud Ken arrested
and the case against him will be tried next
Thursday at this place.
The district attorney has been in consultation
with many parties. Though all will not talk
yet, rumor has it that affidavits have been madj
against It C. Carroll and E. L. Tyler, superin
tendents of the New Orleans k Northeastern
railroad, and that the governor has been re
quested to issue extradition papers for them.
Thus begins the first fight against the railroad.
HE WAS NOT HURT.
Kllrain Denies That lie Was Severely Pun
ished in the Fight.
Chicago, July 15. In an interview just be
fore he left this city last night Kilrain took
occasion to deny the report that he had received
severe punishment at Sullivan's hands, and
stripped to the belt to prove his assertion.
His body showed no wounds, bruises or dis
coloration. He attnhntes his defeat more to
the sun than to Sullivan. When asked as to
what his plans for the future were, he said:
"I have none. I cannot tell what I will do
until I get home and look around. I may go
to California and try to get some of those big
purses they offer there. Whether I will go
against Jackson or not is a question that I
can't say anything aoout at present. I heard
Jackson was in town and would have been
glad to have seen him. Tbey say he is a nice
fellow. I have been bothered so much that I
did not care to show myself. All I care for is
to get home."
Mnst Defend the Belt.
New York, July 13. To-day is the time set
for paying over to tbe victor of the recent fight
the f20,000 stake money and to hand him Rich
ard K. Fox's championship belt. Al Cridge,
who is the stakeholder, stands ready to deliver
to John L. Sullivan's representative the stakes
as soon as he has received a formal statement
from Beferee Fitzpatrick that Sullivan won the
fight. The f'oiice Gazette, however, is not ready to
hand over the belL W. E. Harding said this morn
ing that Sullivan would not be allowed to take
ihc belt until he had deposited fl.fOO with Fox
as security for the safe-keeping of the belt, and
also as a guarantee that he would defend the
belt against all comers.
Mitchell Dresses I'p.
New York. July lö. Kilrain's trainer.
Charley Mitchell, having discarded the
habiliments of the ministry, arrived in this
city about noon to-day, disguised as a
tramr. He entered St rubes hotel at lhirn-
ave. and One Hundred and Twentieth-st with
a beard of several days' growth, looking
seedy enough, and his dearest friends would
not have known him. An hour later
he emerged from the hotel with a natty
light suit of tweed and patent leather
boots. During the afternoon he visited several
sporting resorts along Harlem river, apparently
having lost all fear of police interference.
Mitchell Mad It Filed.
Baltimore, July 1Ö. A letter was received
at Kilrain's house to-dsty addressed to Juke,
from Henry Hudson ot Chicago.
The latter said he won Sl.Ou) in the fight by
overhearing Charlie Mitchell in New Orleans
tell a man about fiftv-fivc years old,
with a mustache and an English accent, to
bet all he had on Sullivan, as Kilrain's defeat
was a foregone conclnsion. The writer also
says that he watched Mitchell in the ring and
6aw him communicating with Muldoon by
signs.
Kllrain In w York.
Rochester, X. Y., June 15. Jake Kilrain
passed through here on the St. Louis ex
press east this evening. He made no
attempt to conceal his identity, in which re
spect he diflered from Mitchell, who passed
through here on Sunday night. Kilrain was on
his way to New Yoik.
INDIANA MEN.
The President Fixes Two More Ilooslers
In Office.
Washington, July P. The president to-day
made the following appointments:
Horace A. Taylor of Wisconsin, to be com
missioner of railroads.
Thomas C. Mendenhall of Indiana, to be su
perintendent of the U.S. coast and geodetic
6iirvey.
Henry W. Diederieh of Indiana, to be con
sul of the United States at Leipic.
Prof. Mendenhall took the oath of office this
afternoon and entered unon the discharge of
his new duties.
Washington, July 11. The president this
afternoon made these appointment :
John W. Cobbs of Kentucky, to be surveyor
of customsfor the portof Paducah, Ky.; Robert
Hancock, jr., of North Carolina, for the dis
trict of Pamlico, N. C. ; John i Horr of Flori
da, for the district of Key West.
To be collectors of internal revenue William
II. Gabriel of Ohio, for the Eighteenth district
of Ohio; John Steckete of Michigan, for the
Fourth district of Michigan.
Washington, July 12. The president to
day made the following appointments:
Jesse Hohnson of New York to be attorney
for the United States for the eastern district of
New York.
Eugene Marshall of Texas, to be attorney for
the United States for the northern district of
Texas.
Charles S. Verlan of Utah, to be attorney for
the United States for Utah.
Elias Parsons of Utah, to be marshal of the
United States for Utah.
Lars. P. Edholm of Utah, to be judge of
probate in the county of Morgan, Utah.
Washington, July lr. Supt. of Census
Torter to-day appointed Mr. Edward Stanwood
of Boston, the present editor of Youth s Com
panion, a special agent of the census oflice to
collect the statistics of cotton manufactures
throughout the United States.
LUCK WAS W4TH HIM.
Millionaire Jim" Resehler Polls Out
$35,000 at One Sitting in Faro.
Long Branch, July 13. Millionaire "Jim"
Resehler, a well-known western man, who was
a partner of ex-Senator Tabor in the Little
Tittsburg, won S-IIm) at faro last night in the
Pennsylvania club house, and he will start for
the West in the morning with a check for that
amount in his pocket. He played from 5 o'clock
in the evening until 5 in the morning. He had
last f 700 at the Long Branch club during the
afternooa. but in the evening he went to the
! Pennsylvania club, and starting in with one
thousand dollars worth of chips, came out big
winner.
The Work of Reform.
N. Y. EvenlDg Post
President Ilarrison appointed postmasters
yesterday in twenty-nve ouices wnicn naa oeen
filled by Mr. Cleveland. In four cases the
commissions of the incumbents had expired.
In twelve cases the incumbents were removed,
for no other assigned reason than because they
were democrats, and in the other nine they had
resigned, probably because they had been
threatened with removal and vague charges
against their character unless they got out of
the way.
A Premium on Election Frauds.
Angola Herald.
In the licht of more recent interpretation f
the law in Judge Woods' court ana its cordLi
indorsement of the Journal, how long will it
be before a premium is set upon election frands
and an award o tiered for the champion election
swindleT?
BLOODY SLUGGING MATCH.
"SAILOR" DROWN TERRIBLY BEATEN.
An Ostensibly Harmless Itoxln. Match la
Chicago Tnrns Out To It a Tight For
Gore Peter Jackson, the Aus
tralian, the Victor.
CniCACo. July 11. A bloody slugging
match took place in Chicago .to-night without
even the show of inrerierence made by the
Mississippi authorities in the Sullivan-Kilrain
a-air. About four thousand persons were
present, and the match was brought to an eni
Ly the outcry of some of the spectators that
one of the combatants was being killed. Th
fighter whom it was leared might
hlay Lis o;ijor.t ut outrL-ht was th
giant negro, Peter Jackson of Australia.
Hin victim was a Caucasian, the well-known
pugilist, "Sailor" Bro wn. Jackon ha 1 agreed
to "stop" Brown in six rotin is and large wagers
had been laid on tüch of tic men.
The ail'uir was announce d to be iu aid of tbe
striking miners nt Br.iidwood, and wns ostensi
bly to he a harmless boxing match. A tip was
out, however, that i: wa. to 1 e a fight for Mood,
Persons wh" came for gore were reassured
when the glove were ften to be of the twv
ounce hard variety, and all tbe paraphernalia
of the prize ring ws lugged in.
Though Jackson weigbrd 00 and Brown 10.
the latter pressed the fi. Lt'ng furiously until
he was pounded almost into insensibility. At
the first onslaught Ja'kt-on, in barking away,
accidentally feil over the rpes of the plat
form and was guyed by the cro'vd as a
"nigger," to. On the negro's return. Brown
met him with :i r.ipid mccesion f
blows. Jackson, however, stopped them
easily, an 1 went at "the sailor," hammer and
tonn, driving hira around the ring repeatedly.
When the thr-e minutes allowed for a round
were ended, ?Ir. Brown was virtually hone de
cmbat. Jfcks-n came to the scratch with a
savage Wk on his face. Brown was very
groggy, but pressed the fighting as before. Th
blac k fellow with his long reach easily repelled
n!l attack, and time and again knocked Brown
bead over heels, only to Lnd the irrepressible
"sailor" rie up once iaore mechanically as an
automaton.
In tiiis ard the succeeding round the efforts
of Brown were piiiühie. He was bleeding pro
fusely, and scarcely able to raise his hands.
The man was too dared to realize the punish
ment he was getting. Master of Ceremonies
McAver put an end to the miserable business
before the fourth round began; awarding the
fight to Jackson, though Brown's seconds wer
f'reparing to put the w retched "sailor" to th
ront arain. About ?1,('', it is estimated, was
netted for the starving miners.
AFFAIRS IN EGYPT.
The Situation Growing Serious For En
gland The Arab Invasion.
LoniON, July 10. A very serious state of
things in Egypt is f taring England in the face.
It is almost incredible, but the English hav
been really taken by surprise by the Arab ia- ;
vasion after all the warnings given. It hasloEj'
been weil known and often announced that the
AraVs were preparing a supreme efiort againt-t
Egypt. The children of the desert have longed ;
for revenge and lusted for ravage. To spoil
the Fgvptians has been their watchword ever
since the unfortunate evacuation of the Sou
dan, and here is a horde estimated at from
eight to ten thousand men already upor the
borders of the land, with nothing butahaed
f ul ot umivc troops to eppoae them at the out
posts.
Although isolated groups have been twice
defeated by CoL Wodehouse with heavy loss,
the main body sweeps iu like a cloud of locust,
devouring and destroying all before it. Al
ready the invading host is nearing Assouan,
having marched from the second lo the first
great cataract with tiger f peed. Their checks
near Wady Hali'a (-eemed only to have accel
erated their advance. The Egyptians have re
ceived some reinforcements at Assouan, and j
others are hurrying to that point where a gen- j
eral concentration of forces has been ordered,
but it is likely to be too hte. England is b-'
coming aware of the danger, and British troope
are being ordered from Malta, Cyprus, Gibral
tar and other military stations. Again will
she find it necessary to send detachments fron
home to check thi new inundation of the fer
tile valley of the Nile by the barbarians of th
desert.
Something like a panic is felt in Egypt As
usual, the native administration is ready to go
to pieces. All look to the English for help
ana protection. Although the uatives have so
far fought well under Eug'ish officers, no de
pendence can be t-lced upon them. Th
British forces in Egypt are scanty. It will be
difiicult for them to" muster sufficiently strong
to 6top the invaders at the first cataract.
Gen. Grenfel will no doubt do all that can be j
done with the men at hand, but he will prob
ably be obliged to fall lack for reinforcements
and to secure stronger positions. The Arabs,
regardless of strategic rules, are likely to rush
past Assouan as they left Wady Haifa ia tae ,
rear. This is the p-eat danger. Such is the I
impetuouHness of these, untamed warriors, it
may carry them into the heart of the land '
before el'eetive opposition can be organized,
end then they w ill Lave to be exterminated by
the slow process, bv attick in detail.
Such is the task devolved upou England, and
it has found her ill prepared to cope with it.
The Tennnts' I.cngue.
London, July 13. The Farnelütes held l
meeting in a large room in the house of com
mons to-day for the purpose of taking aede
relative to the proposed tenants' defens
league. Mr. Paruell moved that it was "inv
lucratively necessary that the tenant fanners in
Ireland combine for self-defense against the
attempted exteriiiinntion by the landlord con.
spiracy." T. P. O'Connor seconded the mo
tion. A committee was appointed to prepare
a constitution for the new league. The com
mittee is composed as follows: Messrs. Tar
ieil, Justin McCarthy. Thomas Stxton, T. P.
O'Connor, Wiiliam O'Brien, Timothy Harring
ton end T. P. Gill.
NO FREE FRANCHISES.
Mayor Cregier of Chlco-.o Sits Down on th
Standard Oil Company.
Chicago, July 1". The ordinance granting
the Standard oil company the right to con
struct and operate a pipe-line to the center of
the city was vetoed by Mayor Cregier to-night.
An attempt to pas the ordinance over the veto
failed. Mayor Cregier in his veto message took
the ground that free franchises were a thing of
the past, aiid that the proposed enterprise was
too great a possible menace and nuisance.
What the Stinr Trust Costs Yon.
IBoftcn Herald.
Assuming that a cent per pound has been the
profit on this business, what docs this imply to
the ordinary citizen? The average household
in the United States is made up of five persons,
who, on the basis wc have given above, con
sume in a year 2"0 pounds of sugar; or, in other
words, the bead of the average household baa
been compelled to rav during the last year, by
tbe exactions of the trfist $2.50 more for a nec-
essary article, of food than would otherwis
i have been demanded. To the wealthy this is
! but a 6niall contribution, but unfortunately,
' this tax of monopoly does not fail in propor
i tion to wealth. The family of the poor man
eats almost as mnch sugar as the family of the
rich man, and to one who is earning but Jl-
or $2 a day. and who finds that he is compelled
in the course of twelve months to nnderg
many sacrifices for the purpose of making bth
ecds meet at the end ot the year, the imposi
tion of a needless tax of $3.5) mereiy to pay aa
extortionary profit upon an enormous amount
of watered capital, is sn abose than which it
would be ditEeult to find a more flagrant one.
Charles Schweitzer, a Chicago saloon-keeper,
was fatally ihot by an unknown customer.
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