The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1884-04-16
A Nun Escapes From a Con-
vent and Creates a Sen
Sation in Catholic
Circles.
Mexico's Middle Assuming a
Tangible Shape to
Erupt.
Escape of Jail Birds at Des
Moines and None Re-
captured.
Crimes and Casualties-Cali-
fornia Races-NeWs
Notes.

fornia Races-News
Notes.
CHICAGO, April 1O-The Daily News of
Matten, Illinois, says an atrocions double
murder was committed near Raredan
last night An aged couple named Fleet
wood were the victims. They were
found in their beds with their threats
cut. No trace of the perpetrators has yet
been discovered, and no cause can be
assigned for the murder. unless that of
robbery.
ASTORIA, Or, April S-Early this morn
ing James Reeves shot and MORALLY
wounded young man named Julius
Frazer. Reeves was intoxicated, and
Frazer was trying to get him home.
Reeves, with pistol in his hand, defed
arrest and IS with difficulty captured
and lodge, II Jail. Frazer was conveyed
to the hos al and will die He is spit
ting blood nj is paralyzed in the lower
extremitit Reeves was Woodworking,
lndustriot~ man when sober, and deeply
deplores the result of his drunken de-
bauch.
CHICAGO. April pa special from Bal
timore says: A sensation was occasioned
in Catholi. circles to-day by the an
nounceme:. that sister Incz, of the
Catholic 81 ,terhood, had escaped from the
convent at Annapolis and had made Sc
rio1s complaints against tile sister in
charge of that institution Sister Inez is
a handsome blonde, nineteen years old,
and is sister of Mrs. Laura Farmer, a
highly respectable lady of this city. Her
name prior TO entering the convent was
Mary Magdalene Windsor She had been
two years in the convent. On the night
of January 18th last she escaped i'll the
full dress of the sisterhood and sought
refuge at her sisters house, where she is
now. Sister Inez says she became dis
gusted at the conduct of the sisters at the
convent, and that she proposes to reveal
| all, and will give names to prove all she
says. She alleges that threats have been
made to kill her if she tells what she
knows Yet, Notwithstanding this, she
will speak out freely, as she says she
wishes to warn people against the con-
vent. For this reason she could not re-
main to witness the scandalous conduct
of the sisters.
WASHINGTON, April 1O-Mr. Strait re-
ceived letter to-day from the commits
sioner of the general land Office regard
ing the settlement of piece of land with
in the granted limits of the Hastings &
Dakota railway, entered under the home
stead law at the time of the location of
the grant. 1t was first entered in the
name of George S. johnson, but after
ward cancelled for abandonment in 1872
in a contest instituted by Cornelius Rea-
gan. The commissioner says that it does
not appear that any application made by
Reagan to enter the land was ever sub
mitted to this office, although ne made
persistent and frequent efforts and appli-
cations to enter the lands as a home
stead, and that all of the applications
were refused by the district land officers
The company in 1874 selected the land in
question, and the selection was approved
and the land certified to the State of
Minnesota for railroad purposes. Mr..
Strait urged that under the present rul-
ings of the department this case should
be given to the settler; but the depart
ment claims that the matter was settled
years ago; that the land had been certi-
fed to the State for the benefit of the
benefit of the company, and hence the
case was res adjudica. The secretary was
therefore inclined to think that he ought
not to open up that class of cases, but in
any case that comes up now for adiudica-
ton under the present secretary, Mr.. Tel
Ter, the land will be given to the claim
ant in preference to the railroad COM
pany. This has been the ruling of the
present secretary ever since he came into
office. The commissioner holds, however
that when the land was certified to the
State it was held by the department, UNI
der the Caj-in- Frank decision of May l,
1872, that :; homestead to be excepted
from grant must be such claim as was
capable of being perfected at the date of
definite location OF the line of the road.
Johnson's entry was not one of that
class
MADRID. April 13.-Oficial advices
have been received from Cuba by the
war department to the following effect:
The Augero band remained only one day
near Cardenas, and all is now quiet at
this place. After landing near Hicucos,
the insurgents were followed to the east
in the direction of Marena, where they
were joined by several persons; thence
they went toward Tomacusa, in order to
reach Puerto, the principal and old rev.
dictionary district of Bazamo. Augero
did not attempt to direct landing there,
because he knew the southern coast of
Cuba was watched with special vigilance.
His band was greatly increased during
his march Of eight days, and now is not
far from 400 strong. According to the
latest advices, the force arrived on the
10th inst, in the neighborhood of Ciego |
de Anita. They passed on the preceding
day through the district of Santa Esprit
tn. The insurgents were received with
acclamations in villages where the patro-
cinados have freed slaves, who had joined
the column after firing four plantations
and sacking the safe of the receiver Of
Trinidad, who was making his rounds
from the direction of Santa Espiritu ac
companied by an ordinary escort of
twenty men. The receiver fell into the
hands of the insurgents, who took from
him several thousand dollars. Augero
and his army will reach early in the
week the mountains of Las Lunas and of
Bayamo, the seat of the late instruction.
Captain-G General Coatillo holds two coun-
ellis of war day. The liberal journals
attack the conservative ministers more
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