Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1878-10-31
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ROBBE8 gbCArED.
While en- route to Cheyenne city in
charge of VIM. Ward. stage agent, Doug.
Goodle, one Of the participants In the late
murder and stage robbery at Cannon Springs,
escapsed by throwing himself from the win
dow Of the passenger train at Lone Tree, Neb.1
Ofthe treasure taken from the coach on this
occasion about $4,000 has been recovered. |
One of the robbers, Thomas Price, lies danger
ously wounded ct Deadwood, whilst two,
known to have been engaged in the same rob-
berry, namely, Mcbride and Carr, have not
been captured The former is known to have
been wounded by one Of the messengers.
There are at present in confinement four OF
the gang, who although the evidence is not
clear that they were in this late robbery, have
confessed to having been engaged in others.
CHRISTIAN MISSIONS.
The Foreign Christian Missionary
| Society held its third anniversary in Cincin-
natl, o., on the 23d.. Rev. Isaac Errett of Gin
cinnati, preaching. After devotional cxer-
cises, a brief address was made by b. A. Wat
kins, of Minnesota. The report of the board
shows missions planted at Southampton, Ches-
ter, and Southport, England: Copenhagen
Denmark, and Paris, France. Nine thousand
dollars were raised last year, and it was pro-
posed to raise $4,000 next year. A dispatch
was received from Timothy Coop, of South
port England, pledging S., 900 of this amount.
Tho announcement of the sudden death of
Benjamin Franklin, editor Of the American
Christian Revie,o created profound sensation,
Various committees were appointed and
several short addresses made.
/ CRIMINAL CONDUCTOR.
At Boston, Mass, Judge Bumpus made
public his decision IN the case of Charles L.
Hartwell, conductor, who is charged with
having caused the accident at Woolaston, on
the Old Colony railroad. Hartwell is adiudged
guilty of manslaughter and held in $4,000
bail for trial in December. Engineer Hurl-
burt, of the freight train, is adjudged guiltyo
gross negligence in occupying the inward
track without giving proper signal. The YER
dict further states that engineer Westgate, Of
the forward engine of the excursion tt ain
was not q suitable person to have CHI arge {
the train under the circumstances, as he die
not possess that complete knowledge of anG
familiarity with the track and switches OF the
IOuU SuCu as q CASAAOOA "OuAo AoNO
and further that if the rules Of the road haG
been followed out, no accident would
have occurred.
: MURDERS.
, A telegram from Memphis, Tenn, gives
an account of two murders committed under
: the following circumstances: A party o
white men entered the dwelling of negro
living on the farm of Geo. Fl. Wellington, neal
Glenco, Tenn, town fifteen miles north o
this, and killed him while lying in bed witt
+ his wife and children. The verdict of the cor
oner's jury was that he came to his deathfron
gun and pistol shot wound inflicted by one
Hill and Mccain. Mccain was arrested, bu
; Hill fed and was pursued by j. s. Tally, con
= stable, and posse of three men who over
took him the following morning at Cuba
. Tenn, five miles distant from the scene of tn,
murder. They attempted to arrest the flgi
:, tive, who drawing two pistols defed the off
}, GERS, and effected his escape. Several negroes
being in the neighborhood of Cuba hearing o
the murder, killed white man named Baird
who was found asleep on the porch of gro
Gerry store at Cuba. The negroes riddled hi
body with buck shot, thinking he was thu
man, Hill, who mad resisted arrest.
ESTIMATES.
The heads of the several department.
at Washington, presented to the cabinet ses
sion estimates for the next fiscal year whicl
were reduced to the lowest figures possible il
view of the falling of revenues. The aggregate
amount required will not vary materially from
the appropriations made for the presen
fiscal year with the exception of the defcienc..
in tn post-otfice department., and increases
expenditure in the Indian Office. The CON
i mission of the general land Office has trans
mitted to the secretary of the interior reduced
estimates of the amounts needed by him tn
q next fiscal year. They aggregate about 81,
h $4,000, including s75, 600 to prevent dep-eda
. tons on timber lands, 100000 for surveyin,
q lands, etc., and for salaries and expenses G
q surveyor generals Offices, and $47 900 for CT
= penses Of local land officers throughout tn
country. The estimate for salaries of employe
!, of the general land Office in 1907 104 an exces
of $S6,7S0 over the amount appropriated TO
: The current year. In exclamation of the IN
crease Commissioner Williamson states til
present clerical force is not hal large enough
nor is there half the necessary room in whic1
to transact the business of the bureau in
satisfactory manner.