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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-03-07
NEWS OF THE WEEK
HEAVY EMREZZk.EMEN EMF.

Gilbert H. Crowell, man IS years OF age
and we'll known as the ex-cashier OF the Peo-
PIES Bank, New York, and manager of the
Talman estate has made an assignment of his
property showing him to be an embezzler Of
trust funds amounting to over $6OO,OOu
Twenty years ago Mr.. Crowell was cashier of
the Peoples Bank in Canal Street. The close
confinement Of the bank impaired his health
and in 1866 he resigned his position and took
charge of the Talman estate. The property
belonged to three sisters. Mrs. Cornelius 4.
Atwell. Miss Catherine C. Talman and Miss
Caroline Talman. Mr.. Crowell was their agent
and gwen power of attorney by the sis
tiers, and tAenceforwsrd they relied implicitly
on him in all business transactions Croweil
became interested in the Empire Mine, at Park
City, Utah, which disap pointed anticipatons
and led him to use money not his own The
trust funds taken by Crowel consisting of
United States, state and city bonds and rail-
road bonds aud stock, and disposed of by him.
were owned as follows: Mrs. Cornelius At well
S213,0O0; Miss Caroline Talman, 1858, 600; Miss
Catherine Talman, s35 1000: total, 1901, 200.
In addition to this Crowell borrowed S88, eco.
II the figures which he gives are correct
Crowell has sunk in the Empire Mine, in q lit
tie more than three years the sum of STA, 200.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-03-07

Arkansas side of the Mississippi River. The
crevasse is $50 yards wide and the water has
u'crhoWn large section of country. Vicks
burg dispatch says a break at Allawa has
placed many plantations under water.
lHE gas works in the town of Lake. near
chicago, burned on The oath. Loss 1886, 1000;
partially insured.
'oHNsToN's paper bag factory It Middleton,
o.. was burned on the 25th. Loss on building
aid stock $40, COO.
Two children Of Dennis Henneey were burned
to death by the burning of their home at
Quarantine, L. T., on the 25h.
InE old Malley cotton mills at North Ad-
ans, Mass. burned on the 25tl. Loss $4,000.
insurance S44, 200.
FIRE Oil the 22d inst, destroyed pr, pory at
Georgetcwh $. c., valued at $40, 900; partially
insured. The property burned consisted Of
warehouses; stores, dwellings, and cotton.
THE barkentine {. l.. Taylor left Port Town
send, Washington Territory On the 22d inst,
for San Francisco. When fifty miles outside of
Cape Tlattely she was thrown on her beam
ends by squali. The masts were cut away
ard she was righted. Capt. Bergnan's son
was washed overheard and drowned. His wife
was killed in the cabin. A part OF the crew
reached Vancouver Island in boat: the others
were taken off the wreck by the bark Arcturus
and brought to Port Townsend
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-03-07
l.ABLEl: u AVIS.

THE steamer William Dickinson las been
abandoned at Malta. Thirteen of the crew are
missing and fourteen were saved.
SOCIETIES to destroy the rights of property
and exterminate the burgeoise landowners
have been discovered in Andalusia, Spain. The
government is resolved to suppress the societies.
They MI mber thousands of members and in
cllldc persons of social standing. The Andal-
uSia Society was organized by all international
member. The JereZ branch declined the task
of numbering it, master and first revealed the
plot. Arrests at JereZ, Cajiz and Seville OK
coed SOC. Seven informers in different towns
exposed completely the organization of the
society, together with the funds, foreign cor
respondencc and secret tribunals.
AN explosion of dynamite occurred on the
9th, i'll the open air in the village OF Gam
Lorten. Belgium. One of the men wound ed.
named Metayer, has since died. The prisoners
belonged to a committee of Anarchists. They
were experimenting with new kind of fire
work when the explosion accidentally occurred.
Tie police have seized documents revealing a
plot affecting Belgium and other countries, in
the shape of cipher kilograms sent to Vienna.
Paris, Berlin and st. Petersburg. Arrests are
expected.
AT O'Clock on the morning of the 21st inst.
the heart and vital parts Of tue late Pope Pins
IN, were removed with sols mn ceremonies
from the crypt, where they had been deposited
since his death, and placed permanently in 4
marble urn near the tomb Of the StuartS.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-03-07

fixing the state auditors term at four years,
and treasurer and secretary of state two years :;
amending article seven of the constitution
making the official year Of state and county
officers end January list, and to provide for
biennial elections; proposing an amendment to
the constitution making the Term Of Office of
the clerk of the supreme court four years in
stead Of three, and the term of the office of
the judges SIX years instead of seven years -.
House bills passed: To provide for q change
in the county lines between Todd and Wadena
Countless: creating board Of fuel commission
ers. The house went into committee of the
whole at the evening session with 1902 bills on
general orders. OF this ulu!tcr only thirty
were disposed of before II o'clock, when the
house. I'D iIllrnnl
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-03-07
A Chinese Invention.
Sen Htes

The credit Of "inventing" the news
paper belongs not to the English or the
Americans, but to the Chinese. Seven
hundred years before the English news
paper appeared, newspaper was pub
iished in Pekin, and is still in existence.
1t appears in three additions daily: The
first edition is called RisSmg-Pou (Busl-
ness Sheet), the second is denoted to otfi-
cial news, the third is called 7itdni- PAU
Country Sheet) AL three are edited
by six members of the Hon-Lin Acad,
envy of sciences; appointed and salaried
by the Chinese state, and the number OF
copies printed daily is between IL. 1000
and $4,000.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-03-07
nR. G.. 5. BEAULIEJ'.

DR. C. $. BEAUL1EC.
Ctfi' over Sle,:ers Drug STIR. Brownsville,
MINES II.
P .:5ny at Chri-tiau Oh pei tvery Sunday
morning AID ,vening.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-03-07

r. ~ ~ = IL -
on = aud Residence, Wet NAN snd
Mlp'r Streets, 'posite Publ c S.hO }, Build Dg
AH'tl Milan. At Q { u iii 4. and fro u Il
to P. II.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-03-07

SENATOR SHERMAN has preserved all
the letters which he has received during
the last twenty years. aud they number
nearly 10000.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-03-16
DALLAS.
Railroad Robber Arrested English
Capitalists Ochiltrees Raid.

Special 10 the Gazette.
Dallas, March l5.--Another alleged
railroad robbcr was captured to-day
and lodged in the Dallas jail. His
name Is Bob Stephenson alias Bow
leg Bob
The trial of Eli Mcdonnell. who
brutally beat his wife and murdered
his chiid in its mothers arms last De-
eember near Weatherford, has been set
for Monday, March 18th. in Parker
county district court in Weatherford.
The state has secured ex-Judge r. III.
West, of Dallas, to assist in the prose
cution.
Hon. A. Vernon son of Hord Yer
non accompanied by A. G.. Renshaw
and t. Moran of London, England
and Dr. Souland from st. Louis are in
The city. They represent several mill
ions OF English and Scotch capital and
VIII make u tour of the state Swing
out spots to make gilt-edge invest
ments.
#. >. Newstadal n New Orleans
special agent of the revenue DEPART
ment has been in the city two DAYS
and left tonight. He is making n
fine-tooth comb Investigation
among revenue officials and his
mission here is in connection with
charges of Irregularities in Deputy
collector Cochrane's department. The
iact OF the business is, however. that
this is the first move of Tom Ochiltree
after scalps, and he proposes to raise
me hair from the head of Revenue
collector umbdenstock of the eastern
district OF Texas, with headquarters ut
Marshall, the first thing, and then
make raid for control of the fat
piaces IN the state for his friends.
hepublicans are taking u keen in
things. W VI
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-03-16
The Penitentiary Lease.

The people of the state of Texas are
looking with anxiety and deep inter
est to the house of representatives to
protect them against the confirmation
and approval of the lease of the peni-
tiury entered into by the RoBERr's adj
ministration ON the eve of going out of
existence, and which Is now before the
house for It's consideration. The man
ner of the lease was itself quostiona-
BILE, and the effect pcrnicous In the
extreme. The ratification of the lease
passed the senate by the close vote
of sixteen to fifteen, In full
senate. There Is no question of state
policythnt has received more attention
from the people than that of coniln-
Ing the convicts within the walls ofthe
penitentiary and withdrawing convict
labor from competition with the hon
est labor of the country. Probably
nearly every member of the present
house discussed 1t In his canvass before
the people, aud expressed his solemn
conviction that they should bc con-
fined within the walls as soon "a II
WAS practicable TO do So. Such at least
IN the unanimous demand of the peo-
pie and representatives who vote for
the approval of n lease that permits
the lessCes To work the copvIcts
outside the walls for fifteen years viii
go counter 70 the expressed wishes of
the people of Texas, II may no, be
practicable at this time 70 keep All the
convle,s Within the walls, hut certain.
" II will be perfectly feasible to do so
IN less than hileen years, the term of
the lease under consideration. The
GAZETTE INDUCES the hope that the
house viii rise superior TO the hlan-
dishments of the lobby, the influence
of the governor aud ideas of a false
economy aud vote against the lease. A
contract Cor fifteen years is too long TO
contemporary associnionofmen, how
ever honesLcapable or liberal. In the
rapid march of progress that Texas is
now making 1t will beablc In less than
five years 10 provide room aud work
Tor It's convicts within the walls.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-03-16

some other public functionary, and the
results of their labor have never been
given to the public, then the people
have not had value received for the
money which was expended to carry
on the investigation, and IL
should be returned to the
state treasury by the gen
tlenen who composed the committee.
Why the report has been suppressed
all these years no one not familiar
with its contents can say. If there
were good grounds existing for the in
yestlgation there should have been
one Instituted and whether the
grounds were real and substantial, or
whether they were visionary and inn
aginative, the committee which accep-
ted the trust reposed upon them, and
received the pay for their labOrs and
expenses while conducting the investi-
cation should be compelled, il the law
is efficient, to divulge the testimony
taken by them and the conclusions
reached from the testimony adduccd.
1T may be that the information gath
cred by the committee involved some
gentlemen high in the confidence
and esteem of the Democratic party,
and of the people, and "in considera-
ton of their high standing in society,
and out of regard TO the friends and
relatives of the accused, the docu-
mehts have been suppressed" This
would not be good aud sufficient rca-
son, The committee were delegated
to perform certain duty. They were
paid for their labor. The results OF that
labor for which the committee re-
ceived the money of thel taxpayers
has never been presented. viii some
member of the legislature who Is not
bound by ring rule look into the mat
ter, examine the records, and ascertain
who is the responsible party The
people would like to know.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-03-16

SAN ANTONIO.
Land Desperadoes Stealing anil
branding Cattle Death.

Special to the Gazette.
San Antonio, March Is. For Sa
months past IL band of despenAx
have been operating in southwest
Texas, destroying pasture fences, M
ing stock of every description and 4,
ing general devilment. A thOuss
head of stock have been taken ava.
which recently has been found hi ii
lures at n distance from the plss
where the stock were stolen, BEN.
branded nearly always with tie FIN
of frame house over and obliierati;s
the actual owners brand lntheIS
few days several lots Of stela
cattle have been recovered tua
the pastures, but as vet no arres
as the thieves though known are Ny
They work ut night and evidence :
convict has not yet been oblalDN
Stockmen are placing detectlvesin w
field and will pend thousands % Y
prehend those villains whose ADJ
now contain nearly a hundred der
rate men and several escaped conslts
The losses to stockmen are ALREADY y
calculable.
The wife of Hon. w. l.. ThomIsahl
representative in the Legislature !, Y
this district, died of congestion q Y 4
brain to-day. She and her hus'ss,i
formerly recided in New Orleam "
have many relatives in i.onlslanh
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-03-16
TURF NOTES.
LOCAL.

LOCAL.
The Gainesville association will hold
It's spring meeting four DAYS Begin
ming Tuesday, the 10th of April. IL
has $1,000 in purses hung up.
Fort Worth will be fairly represent
ed ut the Gainesville meeting. Being
the iirst spring meeting In the state IL
Is attracting considerable attention
rom the sporting fraternity.
Captain Brownlee has entered his
horses in the threc-minute and 0 io
races Mt Gainesville. Mr.. Robert Me
Cart has also entered his horsE in Tho
proper classes. The entries close To-
night.
MIR. Lyon, better known as t'Dixie. -
bought bay horse the other day for
500, for which he has since refused
$500. He Is n trotter.
Chas. Hyde. "Dixie;n Dock uamil-
ton, u few of the sports, with the M.
sistance OF our genial friend lake John
son, ana Nat Cramcr, are going To try
ana see how fast they can keen tbe
people of Gainesville going To win the
.hree-minute race, Brownlee will also
be there.
GENERAL NOTES,
A well known tout who dronnoa
the flag at Saratoga last Season No.
run over and killed by horse nj Nnw
Orleans last week.
Inc Jockey who used to ride for An
piegate Bros, died in the hospital nj
New Orleans, La, the day after his
arrival nom Charleston, :. c.
II Is reported from New Orleans n, Of
AIR j. r. Caldwcll's b. Y. Ballast
wears old, by Bonnie Scotland dan,
flahchette, ran trial last week az ~
nile and a half In 2;3S, the lasr milo
III lao, with lilo pounds up.
Messrs. Morris 4 Patton's h. o.. Fel.
lowpiay, 2 years old, by Longtellow
dam flatina, Is said to be doinr greot
WORK at New Orleans, and has been
backed quite lively for the Merchant
stakes at Louisville Nv. ''''''
The annual sale OF the RelIn Mad,
yearlings viii lake place near N.Y. NJ
vile April rs, nj which forty ,s"sii,
the finest yearllngs will be o tGp ~
The lot consists ar eleven oo uNleu;
o o, mites by Enquirer, and eleven
one colt being by Bramhle ''''''
Mr. Jack Wynne. who act,,a
Satter AZ Shoophead Bay and Jeron,a
iark last season, win, We believe nn
cupy the position again tha ~ W., W
season at those tracks and AIonn "'nnns
Park also. ''ohihouth
a quariermile dash was run las,
N.Y. az The nat. race eourse
washington, d, G., between pi.1
a s,'s1S I., owned by g. r. Thompkins
I ny SNOWFALL ownei by n. nnrgd dow
e Jas','a ''I' ran The quarter In TWENTY.
s : gil, seconds, tho fastest auarter.nile
""'' ever run ON the course and Mon
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-03-16
CISCO.
Attempt of Convicts to Escape-Two
OF Them Killed.

special 60 the Gazette.
olsco, March 5--Yesterday evening
NJ the Sandy coal mines iour mills
north OF cisco, some ten or twelve of
tne cohvicts made an attempt to can
lure the guard that was on dutv he-
,ween the gate and the sergeapts room
Where all the arms and ammunition
was slowed. Smith who was on guard
stopped them by firing Ave shots Mt
.nem killing two out of the crowd
U one man named Jones and one named
W lillanis' II smith had not stood his
s ,,,o the whole convict camp would
sao os, nkely been set at liberty. 1t
seheme ofthe convicts TO get possession
OF the arms and ammunition IN frna
The eoroners Jury vindi.
shooting. " "'"e me
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-03-16
GALVESTON.
Arrival of the st. Louis grc,... v,
Lees Lecture Seriously n
Burial Cotton. =

Special to the Gazette.
Galveston, March IL
train arrived this morning b, ,Is.'
Isaac n. Knox, j. N. McBeihh 0 ~
Cash, A, Cassidy, r. N. Sc,n ,, 4 I
9. Daley, w. Atchison II w,usgi
w. ID. Parrish, G. p. Goddard 'a'is I
Campbell, Samuel Sealing, N / = - !
man and II. X. Knox, ali ofSt' I :, ~
They are live stockmen and bs n, NY \.
In attendance upon the sinsp , y
convention ut Fort Worth ,Jr nsa Y
that city last Friday for MexIca * n I
are charmed with the beanty Z, ~ y
weston and have spent 4 d SM
visiting all its principal places ~ Y,
They leave in the lnorninc J, = FL Y
Missouri Pacific railway for IL + III y
The party is in charge Of Capr en- nv \
Rice of the Pullman palace ~ ~ =.
pany. Messrs. NJ. lluxie ana r~''
Yokum of Gould's system are wItb M
party. "''''s
The receipts of General Lees ls,s,,
in behalf of the SouthernIHis,o,'.'''
Society Melted 1866, which has '' " Y
forwarded to Rev. DR.. Jones see,si, 4.
Of the society. 's'''
Il. &. Michael of the wholesale &.
OF Greenleave, Black & Comma,
was taken suddenly i'll this mO1uls
and is in dangerous. condition
The funeral Of Captain jane &
Hurd was largely attended.
The steamship whitney arix
from Vera Cruz this morning Will
fair passenger and freight lia u.
sailed for New Orleans.
Cotton receipts to-day 26iO balat
ports 1900 bales.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-03-16

They are always on the alert 10 dis
cover some new legislative twist by
which the pension laws may be made
to put few iuore thousand dollars In
their pockets. aud they are shrewd
enough 70 lobby through congress n
! bill or amendment that will serve their
I purpose. re might have been sup
I posed that with their success with the
enormous arrears ofpcnsionsas foun-
tain 10 feed their revenues they would
have been satisfied, or that in the face
Of pension charge of sl00,OO0,00
year congress would have hesi-
tated long before increasing q
large Glass Of pensions, but the poll
ticians yielded 10 the pressure and
passed in the last week Of the session
an act increasing from SIS TO s2i n
month pensions allowed 70 soldiers
who have lost ono hand or one foot, or
who have been otherwise disabled go
as to make their ineapaclty 10 perform
manual labor equivalent to the loss Of
foot or hand. The act also raises
from S2i 10 $50 the pensions Of soldiers
who lost an arm above the elbow or
leg above the knee, or who have suffer
cd equivalent disability. II is esti-
united that this act will add an annual
charge Of sG,000,0O to sS,0O0,00O on no.
count of pensions, but nobody knows
exactly what II viii cost the treasury.
The pension claim agents promptly
prepared thousands Of circulars To be
distributed TO pensioners, informing
them that the new increase of pensions
had become law, and that upon re-
uniting $40 upon each claim the in-
crcRso would be collected. Ten dollars is
the fee that claim agents are allowed
by law 20 charge for filing claims,
aud these enterprising fellows sup
posed thnt they would be permitted to
make that charge for the in
crease of pension granted by the
latest amendment TO the pension laws
The commissioner of pensions has dis
appointed them by announcing that
he holds that the increase Is part of
the original case, and that the inter
yention of "a cliam agent will not be !
recognized rs giving the agent the |
right to charge IN additional Fee The !
commissioners view is that the in |
crease can only be granted on inform |
alton ny TO the disability already on
file and proved to the satisfaction Of |
his office, otherwise tbe pensioner |
could not be entitled To the original |
pension, upon which the increase is
demanded. All that the claimant will |
have 10 DO Is TO fill out the blank. |
which viii be furnished on applca- |
ton To the commissioner, which IL de-
signed to establish the identity of the |
claimant. The commissioners say
there IL no cause for delay and he
hopes TO have the changes Ivy the new
law made up very soon, The commits
sioncr's Intervention on behalf of the
pensioners will no doubt save many of
them, hut the claim agents will levy
the assessment upon thousands of
them who live In remote places or |
who can not learn from the newspa- |
pcrs the simple and inexpensive meth
Oh 10y which the additional pension
may he obtained
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-03-16

AID now the Fort Worth OAlErrg con.
lehiiH nat lobbles are quite useful cuncomi.
biniH oi legislative session, because "they
chuat d"pnr nud more thorough tnvrsiiga-
tioh mo intricate questions Nobody ea.
4 cts - survive tho lobby. fDr II Will doubt
irkt eflst 40 long ~ We have congresses and
iegttlHturta hut The majority OF people are
hardly disposed 10 class II Rs il dpublic
evil W1t0 Ertniesy
The GAZETTE Is not particular about
MINES. Call the lobby u necessary
evil ifyou pleasc, the fact cannot he
denied that their existence causes
honest Legislators to scruilnize leeiah-
ton more closely than they would
otherwise do and the result is bgneil-
clal 10 the public.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-03-16

the race. About three hundred peo-
pie were present.
Drake Carter is described rs light
bay l5.4 high with white spot near
the root Of the tail. Recently he did
mile in l:5l in company with Apollo.
Mr.. q. b. Bryson, owner of Bush
whacker, has gone to England for u
short season. II viii be remembered
that he made n similar trip last year.
The Coney Island .Jocky Club an.
nounces that they will give the sum of
10000, divided between two handi-
caps for two and three-year-ol and
to be run for during their autumn
meeting. The New York Hcrald says
this liberality completely nullfics any
effect that the securing of the cham
pion stallion stakes by the enterpris-
ing Louisville Jockey Club might have
had on the New York fall racing sea-
son.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-03-16

The GAZETTE IL under obligations
to Mrs. Il. a. MEHfwrrHgR for copy
Of her last novel, "BInck and White"
We have not had an opportunity tope'
rlisc It's pages, but having read and en-
joyed her remarkable aud interesting
production, Minister Of Red Leaf, " we
are prepared 10 look for u treat IN her
new work. The author IL u brilliant
writer, and her books are entertaining
and instructive. The interest begins
with tho first paragraph, and never
flags 10 the close Of the book.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-03-16

NEWSPAPER criticism Of Gov, Igg-
LAND's political faults will have no
effect upon tho governor. He il not
made of the kind Of stuff that yields
TO criticism, abuse, censurc, reason,
appeals, suppllcntions or anything else
He Is Jous IRELAND, governor OF
Texas, and the rest Of the world may
ns well stand from UNDER until the
expiration OF his term Sun, 1t may
he well enough 10 touch up his mis-
takes occasionally, MS kind Of warn.
Ing TO his successor.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-03-16

a LlFE of the eminent Statesman
aud patriot, whose name Is now es.
pccially dear to all Southern hearts,
Hon. ALEXANDER ". STEPHENS. isan-
uoIinced for publication early in April
IN the Hi2cgir Ltbr0yY--a fact of decid-
ed popular Interest, because In that
form II Will be mt once beautiful SONY
cnir, and within the reach of every
southern home. II Is written by f.
III. MORTON, author of tile life of
General WINFIELD S. HANCOCK. y
The Life of GusrAvE DoRr.u
etc. 1t will contain an excellent
portrait, and other illustrations, max
ing volume ofover 100 pages, and
VIII be sold for the price Of ten cents
In paper, or - cents for handsome
cloth binding. II will be well to order
ut once from your local newadenler, or
from the publisher, to be sure of sccur-
ing n copy from the first edition, ns. of
course, the demand will he very large.
John i. Alden, Publisher, IS Vesey
st. New York.