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The Dickinson press., 1883-12-01
For Money.

Jackson, Mich, Nov. 22-This morning
four persons, JaeobD D. Crouch, aged seventy
four, widower; Henry White, aged thirty.
eight, son-in.law of Crouch; Eunice White.
aged thirty-three. daughter of Crouch, all of
township, Jackson county, and
Moses Policy, aged twenty.six, of Transfer,
Mercer, county, Pa, were found murdered
in their beds, all having been shot through
the head behind the ear, 1t is supposed
they were chloroformed first, as no signs of
q struggle appeared, each victim lying as if
asleep and an odor of chloroform
being noticeable when the bodies
were discovered. Mrs. White was
also shot through the left arm. No clue
has beer discovered, although tracks around
the house indicate that a guard was placed
around the house while the murder as be-
ing perpetrated. Crouch was q wealthy
farmer living seven miles southwest of Jack
son and the owner of an extensive sheep
ranch in Texas. 1t is rumored that he had
just received shout $4,000. from Texas, in
payment of sales made on his ranch. Bank
srs here state that no money was deposited
by Crouch, and it is presumed that the
money was in Crouch's hands. Policy was
stopping at Crouch's, having just come
from Texas with q large amount OF money
for the purpos. of buying blooded stock.
The theory is that he (Polley1 was followed
from Texas by the murderers for the pur-
pose of robbery. The house was thorough
1y ransacked and everything ofvalue carried
away. Ayoung girl adopted daughter ofthe
Whites, and a negro, aged eighteen, were
sleeping up stairs. They say they heard no
firing although the negro says he heard a
humping noise about the middle of the
night and thought it was caused BY a fierce
wind that was blowing. Mrs. White ex-
pected to become q mother in q week or
ten days. The murder has caused intense
excitement and hundreds of people 1ocked
to the horrible scene. The officers are very
quiet upon the subject. but hard at work
trying to get q clue to proceed upon, The
young negro, Boles wa arrested and jailed
to await the result OF the coroner's inquest.
Crouch was worth aboat $2,000,OOO in prop
esrty in Jackson county, and sheep ranches
in Texas, near Fort Worth. He leaves two
sons and one daughter. A rocketbook
sos and a certificate of deposit
for $500 was found in a window in Whites
An empty cartridge box, 32-calibre
was found in the negro, Boles' room
The Dickinson press., 1883-12-01
British Trc,-ent of American
Actors.

Joseph Arthur, a theatrical manager,
tells the Washington Republican that no
American actor or play has succeeded in
London. He, himself, went over three
times with first-class attractions, and the
only money he made was two shillings
matching pennies with joint Raymond
in the Strand. He thinks there is a
strong predjudice in the minds of Eng
iishmen against American actors, and is
inclined 10 rebuke the toadyism with
which we swallow everything that comes
to us from over the water. Mr..
Arthur says:
Our greatest actor Booth, failed, and
bankrupted Walter Cooch of the Prin-
cesses theatre. The mental trouble he
afterward had was to that attributed.
Booth never had recognition as the
great artist he is until Henry Irvingtook
him into his stock company. Our best
comedian, John 7. Raymond, failed.
They wouldn't laugh at Col. Sellers;
thought 'the candle in the stove" and
scene" stupid. Frank Mayo and his
stuffed wolves was jeered and guyed, or
"chatted," as they term it. Cyrile
Searle's realism was too much for the
audience when, as bloody Bill Sykes, he
slew unhappy Nancy 3Rqse EEytinge@;;
when Baker and Farron appeared, and
many held newspapers before their
faces and read while Stuart Robson wa
ION" l was informed that bonires
We're lighted ALL over tie country when
John Stevens left for home, his life only
being spared on promise not to come
again. Fanny Davenport wss outlawed
by an aristocratic bill poster, whom
Price, her husband, had a%ntagonized.
Drury Lane was the altar upon which
the hopes of poor John Mccullough
were sacrificed. Lillian Ru:sell failed,
and the vast "Her Majesty's theatre"
swallowedth C Haveriy and his Ameri-
can profits. Also the coming maze of
American wit, which was too good for
English audiences. Yes, sir, they eXalt
their dislike of American stars to the
level of %dognlatism. 1t extends from
the aristocratlc patron to the lowest at
tache of the theatre, and the lord cham
b~erlain, who, when he heard an Ameri-
can play was to be produced, at first re-
fused a license, not because the condi-
tions were not fulfilled, but because it
was "American trash"
The Dickinson press., 1883-12-01

Considerable discomfort has been
ar oused among the people of Manitoba
by the course of the Canadian Govern
ment toward them, and all agitation has
been %inaugurated in favor of secession
from the Dominion Confederation.
Scores of abuses are cited by the lead
ers in the movement, but the following
from an interview with one of them will
suffice to show the situation of affairs:
"Our lands are given to railroad and
colonization companies; our mines are
given to people who do not belong to
the country, and our timber limits are
leased to enrich men who at some time
have done service to the Dominion
Government. The opening of the Hud-
son Bay route is opposed, high tariffs
are crushing the settlers and everything
is done to keep us subservient to the
central government" There is a good
deal oftruth in The above statement.
but it would not have been thought
of but for the almost
utter s%tagnation that prevails in Manito-
ba. The boom has entirely collapsed
and left many people in a suffering con-
dihon. Those who thought they were
rich eighteen months ago are almost
Penniless, and not a few are living on the
bounty OF their friends at home or in
Canada. Wild lands and unimproyed
lots that brought fabulous prices are now
almost worthless. In the midst of this
distress 1t is not surprising that the gov
ernmenti is made a scape-goat.
The Dickinson press., 1883-12-01
PITH OF THE NEWS.
Washington News Not. -.

Washington special: Hon. Knuu Nelson
of the Fifth Minnesota district is in the
city aud will remain for the .sessi, IN. He
asbeen quite busy cultivating th o. ,quaint-
ance of members of congress. He has
about recovered from the fatigue of the
late campaign in which he took q VI ~ act.
i've part. Senator Sabin is expecte ! here
tomorrow and Hon. James B. Waha ield of
the Second Minnesota in q few days.
Postofices established: Dakota-N lind
sor, stutsman county. Iowa-UdeM ,Ap.
panoose county, Postofice site chang ed
Iowa: scettswood, Pottawatamie col mty,
to a point one mile east. Postoficea dis
continued-Dakota: Riley, Beale cou nty,
mail to Huren: Postmasters conn mis-
sioned-August Tarnow, Bertha, Mi IN.
William p. Long, Osakis, MINI.
A large lobby is expected from some Of
the western states 10 endeavor to prevent the
repeal of the timber culture and the % re-
emption act, and that money will be us ed
for that purpose.
Mechanical Inspector Kennedy has bee n
dismissed from the naval service.
The Dickinson press., 1883-12-01
The Casualties OF the Week,

A cyclone in lizard county, Ark, destroyed
La Crosse, five miles from Melbourne.
Every store, and the academy and churches
are in ruins. Three persons were killed
outright and several seriously injured The
latest reports from Melbourne of the cy.
clone there state that seven persons were in.
jured. Miss Sheffield died. A citizens
meeting at Batesville sent q reliefcommittee,
headed by doctors, to both towns, and $3.50
YVES raised for immediate relief.
A collision occurred on the Scioto Valley
railroad, near Ashville, Ohio, between two
freight trains. James Wright of Circleyllle
was killed.
Miss Hauk slipped OF a heavy sidewalk
in Louisville and sprained her ankle so as
to prevent her keeping immediate engage.
ments.
At Flushing, L.. l., the old Charlick
mansion owned by DIR. Reynolds, was
burned. Loss, $40, 600.
la prairie fire damaged the Garfield farm
tn Coddington county. Oak, S 5000 worth.
Diphtheria is epidemic in New Bruins.
wick. twenty-five deaths have occurred.
The Dickinson press., 1883-12-01
Foreign News Gossip.

The health ofthe princess of Wales is not
good. She increased q cold caught in Den.
mark %byidancing at a birthday party. Her
deafness il sc increased that her COMPANIONS
talking to her in q theater are heard all over
the house.
There appears to be more and more
ground for the report that the car some
time ego selected Count Tolstoi, Privy
Councillors P~obedonosef and Kalkoff to
elabOr.te a constitutional charter for the
empire.
The ill.feeling between the Orange and
National League factions in Ireland contin-
ues to emba1ass the authorities and men
ace the public peace.
The suspension of Sharples Son & Co.,
Quebec, created . great sensation at Mon
treal, and caused a heavy fall in some bank
stocks.
The curate of st. Georges cathedral,
Kingston, Ont, is in trouble for attending
Salvationist meetings.
The Vienna police have seized a secret
printing Office whence socialistic pamph.
lets have been issued.
The Dickinson press., 1883-12-01
A Very Bad Badger.

In the circuit court at Stevens Point
Frank Rant was found guilty of commit
ting rape upon the person of an old lady
seventy.two years of age, named Jane
Getchy, at Juleson, WIS.,, June 26, 1882.
The case has attracted a great deal of atten-
ton on account Of the age of the plaintiff.
n testimony went to show that Rant fol-
lowed the old lady or her way home, which
was through a piece of woods, and commit
ted the assault. The defendent made a gen.
eral denial, that he was not in the vicinity
at the time, but his own Witnesses contra.
dlcted bis statement. Rant is a hard char
acter, having served a term iu Waupun. and
committed this rape within four months
after being released from Waupun.
The Dickinson press., 1883-12-01

There are nearly two hundred nall
mills in the country and more being
built, but that is no sign that the coun-
try is going to be we'll supplied with
nails. When the consolidated nail maxi
ers' association discover that there is a
demand for nails, and that the people
must have them, they call a meeting at
Pittsburg and order q shut down of the
mills and are.establishment picard rates
on higher basis. This thing is done
over and vel again, and so often as to
become monotonous. In the opinion of
some people any combination is legiti
mate and lawful save a union OF people to
obtain living wages. That is socialism
and communism.
The Dickinson press., 1883-12-01
The Washington Woman Lawyer.

Washington, Special: The case IF Belva
Lockwood, tina female lawyer charged with
committing frauds on pensioners, was tax
en- before the grand jury of the Districts to-
day. 1t seems that the report that the
charges against her had been withdrawn
was a mistake. Secretary Teller, on the
other hand, after investigation sent it to the
attorney general with the recommendation
that it be presented to the grand jury, and
Col. Corkhill was directed to take the usual
steps. The charges are that in one case
Mrs. Lockwood failed to account for $50 of
the pension drawn for q soldier en- a pow.
er of attorney, and in another case for 1906
obtained in the same way.
The Dickinson press., 1883-12-01

The New York Independent has a
carefully prepared article, tending to
show that the current assertions of the
d%ecadence ofChristianity in America are
groundless. According to these statis-
tics, which embrace a tabular Exhibit of
the churches, pastors and communicates
nthe various religious bodies, for whose
completeness and substantial accuracy
the Independent vouches, we have over
seventeen and a quarter millions of
COMMITMENTS in total population of
about $4,000 900. Or, subtracting the
Catholic population, there are, in round
numbers, 10,500,0 900 Protestant commu
nicants. Three children and adherents
to each communicate is a moderate ratio.
On this basis, the Protestant population
is 100000, and, adding the Catho-
lies, 1.-THE total ..Christian population is
4S 1892, 600, leaving the Jews, Mormons
and other classes, besides the nom
religious, to make up the balance of
about 1000. 900. The In dependent esti-
mates that the churches raise for the
n item for the support of their minis
ters not less than $41, OO0, 900 annually,
but does not venture to estimate the
amounts raised for running expenses,
repairs, new churches and benevolences.
1t points, however, to the figures which
are accessible and are summarized above
as evidence that it is too soon to write of
the "decline and fall" of American
Christianity.
The Dickinson press., 1883-12-01
A Sensible Statesman.

An anti Mormon movement has been
started in England. Efforts are being made
to prevent the working of Mormon influence
among the people. Mr.. Gladstone, being
asked to interfere in the matter, said that,
while realizing the Importance of the ques.
ton, he was unable to take any active steps
in favor of the desired end, owing to the
fact that the missionaries resorted to no il
legal devices to obtain p%roselytes. He sug-
the condition of the laboring classes would
do more to nullify the influence of Nor
monism than any legislation that could be
devised.
The Dickinson press., 1883-12-01
The Crtminal Record.

Bernard Boland, sentenced to the Mass.
achusetts State Prison for life in 1873, was
Rardoned BY the governor and council,
boland in 1883. when barely fifteen wears of
age, went into q store to tap the till, and
vas seized by an employee; whom Boland
stabbed in the arm cutting an artery.
which resulted in death. Roland was found
guilty of murder in the second degree, IN
IS lust discovered by his friends that the
statutes provide that no person under six.
teen years old shall be sent to State prison,
and that the boy should have been charged
With granddaughter. Pardon is the result.
Pat White, a notorious young outlaw of
Waukeshs, Wis, was arrested for placing
an obstruction or the st. Paul railroad
track. White was caught in the act OF
placing q large heavily ironed barrel on the
track about q hundred yards from the de-
pot, at night. and admits the offense. He
explains his crime by claiming that he was
drugged. White was discharged from the
employ OF the st. Paul company, by whom
ne was engaged Us q brakeman.
AS Edward j. Dougherty was about to
close his jewelry establishment at Camden
H., on the Goth, four men entered and
pointed revolvers at his head. Dougherty
struggled with the thieves, and his wife ran
lntO tne street n gave the alarm. She was
tired at, but escaped the shots. The thieves
ned, but n was secured. He gave Lis
name as John Welsh of st, Louis.
Yellow Sam, who stole Tony Denier's
di Almonds years ago at the fremont house,
Chicago. and whe escaped, wa afterward
sent up for horse stealing, and served his
time under the name of Joe Jsffries without
the prison officials knowing who he was.
Byron M. sibley, day operator at the
Michigan Central Office at Marshall, Mich,
was found dead in the streets of that
town, having evidently been murdered dur
ing the night, a bullet hole piercing his
head.
Rev. William Mitchell, newly installed
pastor of the Westboro', Mass, Cong-egs.
tional church. was arrested recently on a
charge of stealing books. When arrested he
offered 81, 600 to keep the matter Quiet.
At Pittsburg Charles Trum shot himself
twice in the head in the cemetery, at the
grave of his intended. The attempted sui.
eide created intense excitement at the fu-
neral. He is still living.
At Howard, OAK. Mamie Martin, alias
Mrs. Oswald, elias Mrs. Bergman, charged
with bigarny, was bound over to answer to
the district court.
Pat White has been arrested q. Waukeshs.
Wis, for trying to derail a St. Paul train.
The Dickinson press., 1883-12-01

A man recently died in New York
leaving an estate of $4,000, and his will
is now being contested by thiuty-nine
alleged heirs. 1t IS getting to be a rare
thing for a rich widower or bachelor to
die in New York, where from one to a
:aalf-dozen women do not put in claims
o his property on the ground that some
ime or another they held the tender
relations of wife to the deceased. Men
who enjoyed unblemished regulations,
and with good reasons, after death are
assailed with what would be likely to
blast their names forever, were it not
the offering of perjury and crime.
The Dickinson press., 1883-12-01

The Myers-Vermilye scandal is the
great topic in the Society" circles of
st. Paul. Mr.. Vermilye alleges that
Gen. Meyers, U. S. A. seduced
Mrs. Vermilye, and of course the
the crimenated parties deny the I'M
peachments. Until the trial but little
al be really known of the affair. Its
interest is almost wholly in the fact
that the parties were Ito use the words
offunkey reporters) ''among the elite OF
the refined society ofSt. Paul" Had they
been less prominently connected with
what is snobbishly called a society" the
affair would not have made such a stir.
The Dickinson press., 1883-12-01
has bought . $ss, 600 farm at Hillsboro,

e, has bought . $36, COO farm at Hillsboro,
Ill.
When Maurice Flynn was married in New
York recently he gave the priest q 5000
Mrs. Mansel Tslcott has given $27,0 900 to
the Chicago Protestant orphan asylum.
". L. Stone has been appointed car SER
vice agent of The Milwaukee d St. Paul.
Printer Bork, Racine, falls heir to $14, 900
from Germany.
Miss Eva Mackey is again bent on enter
inga convent.
Rosa Bsnheur is suffering seriously with
q cancer.
The Dickinson press., 1883-12-01

Y
Ninety-fve Indian children from
Rosebud agency were taken last week
to the government school at Carlisle Bar
racks, Pa.
N. Frank, dealer in clothing, of Dead
wood, has assigned to G. B. Strauss of
that place. Franks assets are given at
81, 800, and his liabilities at SIS 5000, all to
Eastern creditors. ~,
The first marriage in Edmunds oc-'
cured on Saturday at Ipswich, the con-
tracing parties being T.. A. Turner of that
place and Miss Fannie Hard of Chicago.
Terra Gotta of the best kind has been
found in Mclean county.
A girl named Clark had her father
arrested at .Estelline, charging him with
trying to outrage her. He AYERS that he
was merely trying to spank her bad
character out of her.
The examination of N. P. Broomly
charged with aiding.H. G. Rising in tue
publication ola libel against C. II. N.Y.
ers was concluded at Redfield. He
was bound over in $500.
Rev. David A. Sanford, late of Mitch
ell, has accepted a call from the vestry
to. become rector of ST. Paul's Episcopal
church at Watertown, Wis, and will at
once enter upon his pastoral duties.
j. C. Curtiss and d. E. Donoven have
been jailed in default of 81. 600 bail, to
await trial On a charge of forgery and
perjury in having personated a home.
steader in the Mitchell district named
John Gordon. proving up on the latter's
claim after Gordon had died.
An attachment was levied upon the
general store of G. F. Davis & Co., Estel-
line, recently by Coykendall Bros. of
Minneapolis.
Marie Perry was to be married to
Archilaus Burton at Grand Forks, Louis
Forkey came as best man. When he
beheld the bride to be heand she fell
in love with each other. They we're
married Archilaus attending the cere-
mony, weeping copiously.
The Dickinson press., 1883-12-01

New Surgeon General of the Army.
The president has appointed Col. Robert
Murray, surgeon U. s. A., to be surgeon
general, vice Crane deceased. Col. Murray
entered the army in 1916, and ranks next
below ]. H. Baxter. chief medical purveyor.
Col. Murray is now chief medical officer on
the staff of Maj. Gen. Hancock. No pro.
motion will be made to assistant surgeon
general Until Col. Murray is confirmed.
Robert Murray was commissioned assistant
surgeon June 20, 1876, from Maryland; was
promoted to captain June %. 1851; to be
major and surgeon June %, 1860; lieuten-
1866; to be colonel and surgeon June 26,,
1876, receiving a brevet of that rank March
10, 1865. He ranked mex below Col. Bax-
ter. medical purveyor, whose commission
al colonel dated from June %. 1874.
The Dickinson press., 1883-12-01

The great Union and Central Pacific
magnates have engaged roo1us at Wash
ington this winter and rumors has it
that they will seek important legislation
for their own benefit. or to prevent Leg
islation for the benefit of the public.
The Dickinson press., 1883-12-01

A Fenian Convicted of Murder
Dublin Makes a Sensational Spee,

A Fenian Convicted of Murder in
Dublin Makes a Sensational Speech.
London Special, Goth: Dublin this lAorn.
ing was a city of excitement over the unex.
pected result of the second trial of Joseph
Poole for the murder OF John Kenny. The
sensational scene in court which followed
the conviction and sentence was fully re-
ported in extra editions of the evening pa
pers. which were issued in rapid succession
and had a very large sale among the thou
sands OF excited people by whom the streets
were %thronged. As the various details Of
the scenes in court became known to the
crowd, being read aloud in many
cases to little groups of
people who were unable to
read for themselves, the excitement became
intense, and many men n women sobbed
aloud and in other ways gave vent to their
emotion: When the prison van containing
the condemned man was driven from the
followed to h edoors ofKilmainham Jail by
q vast concourse of waiting people. If any
fears for q rescue had been entertained,
however, they were at once rende,e ed i'm.
practible by the strength of the mounted
guard which escorted the van, and the
demonstration of the crowd was confined to
lamentations. The scene in the court room
during the afternoon was intensely drama
tic. On hearing the verdict Poole turnsd
deathly pale. but otherwise ap-
peared unmoved. When asked BY Justice
Murphy if he hsd anything TO saw why SEN
tence of death should not be passed upon
him, Poule was silent for a moment. Then
rising to his full height, he began a speech
which had evidently been intended as a set
Grafton. He spoke loudly and steadily, and
the breathless silence of the crowded court
room, and 1t was evident that Justice Muir.
ply, as well as all the others within reach
of his voice, were deeply affected. There
was not a culver in the prisoners voice
until his aged father, who was amor the
spectators began to imoan, ooh, Joe! Joe"
Poole's voice faltered then. but he
called out, "Keep up, father, keep up!"
After bidding farewell to his count1ymen
and charging conspiracy against the pros
ecutors, especially his brother-in.law LAME,
the informer and Mallon, the detective.
Poole shouted out "Three cheers for he
Irish rePublic!!" and ITO hell with British
tyranny"
The murder of John Kenny took place
on July 4, 1882, in Seville Place, Dublin.
He was killed because he was suspected of
giving information concerning the assas-
slnation of Lord Frederick Cavepdish and
under Secretary Burke. Kenny had been
previously fired at by Fenians, as an in.
former. Joseph Poole and two others were
arrested shortly after, and Poole was held
for trial, while the other two were dis
Charged. Atsthe first trial of Kenny the
jury disagreed
The Dickinson press., 1883-12-01

Mr. Hoppin, Secretary of the Ameri-
can Legation at London, is said to enjoy
more popularity than any one who has
filed the position since the days of Mr..
Benjamin Moran.
The Dickinson press., 1883-12-01

In some parts of the country, some
very good people, no doubt, but very
foolish, for all that, are forming secret
organizations to secure the overthrow of
polygamy, Nothing is to be gained by
secrecy, either in aims or methods.
The Dickinson press., 1883-12-01

The brewery of F. Kowitz, at Cannon
Falls was destroyed by fire with its contents
Loss, $15, 900; insurance 5000.
The Dickinson press., 1883-12-01

Debt is the vampire that is sucking the
blood of Egyptian peasants. U%surers
charge them from 80 to Us per cent. per
aunum