The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-05-01

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made unanimous.
l.. z. Rogers, of LeSueur, was chosen
for the second delegate on the seventh
ballot.
From the Pioneer Press We extract
the following:
ALTEENATES.
On motion OF j. II. Thompson. Col.
Joseph Bobleter, of Brown county, was
elected rs All alternate. NJ. y. Hall
then moved the election of Gordon
Powers rs the second alternate. which
was carried. The alternates state that
they are for Blaine, Edmunds being
their second choice. Senator Crosby
says he personally prefers Edmunds,
but t" represent the sentiment OF his
county and section will be a Blaine
man. The Hon. l.. Z. Rogers, when
asked Us to lis preference, replied
''Edmunds is my first choice, and next
to him I would prefer Gen. W. 4. Sher-
man," The sentiment of the members
of the convention seemed to be about
equally divided between Edinunds and
Blaine. The chairman OF the conven-
tion remarked to your correspondent
that a rattllng good five minutes
speech for Edmunds would carry near
~ the whole convention. The news Of
the action If the New York Conven-
section.
ANOTHER CONVENTION CALLED.
After the convention adjourned, the
congressional district committee met
tO call a convention to nominate Il con.
gresham and presidential electors. J..
4. Neal, chairman of the committee,
presided. 1t WAS decided to hold the
convention in Mankato, June 25. Each
county IS to he entitled to one delegate e
at large and one for each 200 votes or
major fraction thereof cast fur Wake
field two years ago. The chairman will
issue the call within Il short time. AT.
ter the transaction Of other business,
the committee took canvass of tie
personal preference Of the members
for president. and found sixteen Ed
munds and two Blaine men present.
VAS IT MURDER?
We mentioned last week the rumor
that there bad been 4 case Of poisoning
at Window. Since then the Reporter
has come to hand giving the following
facts:
Last week Wednesday night John
Hutton returned from the Masonic
lodge about ten O'Clock, and after Sit
ting with his family few moments,
heard strange sounds up stairs. Going
to the door lie called the domestic and
rec+ived hG response. lie went to her
room and found her recunbent on the
bed III Il deatl, like convulsion. DR..
Ti[tnrd was 1T once called and found
the girl dying.
Thursday postm0rtem was made by
Drs. Tilford, Greene and Allen which
revealed the fact that the woman was
encte"te some f"ur or five months. n
phial Of "il "f taI.Zy Was found near
her, a spoon covered with the drug was
discovered. and SnOl the conclusion
was reached that she had taken dose
OF the ta,Zy to cause abortion and that
1t caused her death. She was buried by
heI friends Thursday evening. County
Attorney Perkins began an lnvestig;-
tiOn OF some OF the circumstances and
found them SO suspicious that he ca,s-
ed the arrest of Ole Frengen. charging
him with the crime Of abortion. Ills
connection with the matter was traced
from his visiting the girl at Mr.. Hut.
tons on the day OF her death and con.
veying her u letter. Tie day before
this lie visited Jackson and is known
to have bought bottle of strycl,nine,
which was in his possession ut the time
of the arrest at Willow Lake farm, and
taken from him by the sheriff, which
shows part Of the contents to have
been used. The letters carry the i'm
preston that she was and had been u.s.
ing medicine prior to the last visit he
made her ut MIR. Huttor'S, and advises
her if she lis not better' to take the
medicine which apparently was in the
litter. Foul play being so apparent,
Monday the body was exhumed 10y the
several doctors and the stomach taken
to the State University, Tuesday, by
DR.. Tilfo:d. for chemical analysis. and
the case was continued until Friday
afternoon at two O'Clock.
When arrested he said to the sheriff
that he never knew the girl. and made
an effort to conceal the poison.