The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-09-17
CONDENSED NEWS.
Frank rnrnsrorth'. Autopsy and Inquest.

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Frank F~arnsnorth's Autopsy and Inquest.
At st. Paul, Doctors Murphy, Quinn and
uoyt held an autopsy on the remains ofthe
deceased Frank Farnsworth, and Coroner
Quinn held an inquest. The jury was com
nosed. of r. A. Lanpher, A. l.. Larpenteur,
81 birmingham, L. f.. Cummings, III. Borup
80 Ehle Allen. A. H. Warren
vas the first witness. He detailed
tbe circumstances OF the shooting. In adj
S;tiou to the facts already related, Mr..
Warren said that after Fransworth and
Mead first met he and Fransworbh left the
hoSel and walked up to the standard
saloon, where they each drank a whisky
sour" Ten minutes later they returned
10 the hotel. Fransworth told him that
he had been grossly insulted by Mead but
didn't want to have any row in
snch a public place. When they re-entered
the hotel Farnsworth and Mead had
tbeir fatal meeting. Ed. Buck, the night
Waterman of the hotel, repeated some OF
the conversation between Mead and Farms
worth. and James Bean, n Of the bell
hovs. told about his assisting in taking tho
revolver away from Mead. DR.. Murphy
detailed the result OF the post norton. He
said he found the bullet had passed through
the abdominal walls, through the point
where the large and small intestines come
togcther. The large intestine had q perfor-
alton as large az n mans thumb. After cut
ting the intestine the bullet passed through
the pelvic cavity, penetrating the thinest
norton OF the hip zone and lodging in the
hin where it had been located. The wound
was necessarily fatal. DR.. Hoyt corrobor.
ated DR.. Murphy's testimony. The jury
returned a verdict that
Frank Farnsworth's death was caused
nv a pistol shot fired by Frank Mead
about II o'clock Sept. Z, 1886.
The body was taken to Minneapolis for
burial.
Bv the Democratic state convention OF
Nevada, j. NJ. Adams was renominated
for governor, r. j. Bell for lieutenant gov.
ernor, j. T. Brady Tor secretary OF state,
Jerry Schooling for treasurer, and G. II.
Belknap for Judge Of the supreme court.
The oldest ch urch in this country is situ-
ated at bingham, Mass, where is also the
oldest sexton.
The Charleston relief fund in Baltimore
is $27, 900, and is still growing. Cardinal
Gibbons has issued a circular letter TO the
clergy Of the country ordering the taking
up a collection In all the Catholic churches
on the 26 inst. for the same cause.
The wedding OF Miss Anna Harshaw,
daughter Of w. b. Harshaw OF Oshkosh,
and Vernon T. Wakefield OF Milwaukee,
took place ut Oshkosh.
Massachusetts leather manufa cturers
employing 5000 men have decided to shut
down Oct. l. rather thar submit to the
dictation OF the Knights OF Labor.
The California supreme court has re-
versed the action OF the superior court
which imprisoned Supt. Jaynes, OF the
Western Union Telegraph Office at San
Francisco, for refusing to produce copies OF
kilograms in court.
Col. Charles 8. Stewart, the senior colo
mel OF engineers in the army, has formally
applied to be placed OF the retired list
Sept 16, for forty years service, instead of
be retired for age. He is o static ned at
San Francisco.
The agricultural bureau in the Septem-
Der report continues TO improve on the
wheat average, and now figures out an ex.
cess OF eighty n ninety million bushels
over last years o and. after all the
pessimistic talk about corn, the estimate
oil excess over last years crop is % per
cent.
A. n. Wilson, removed from the post
mastership OF Savannah, Ca, because he
was an offensive partisan, is to contest the
case in the court OF claims.
Between this and Oct. IL President
Cleveland will be called upon to appoint
three b~rigadiers in the army. There are
now two vacancies in this grade, caused by
the retirement of Surgeon Gen. Murray and
Gen. Newton, chief OF engineers. The third
vacancy will occur Oct. 12, when Brig.
Gen. Potter will retire on account OF age.
IA L. n. ill., r. . n.~alna
that Col. Duane will succeed Gen. Newton,
Col. Baxter be made surgeon general, and
Col. Wesley Merritt, OF the Fifth cavalry.
succeed Gen. Potter.
The New York chamber OF
Charleston relieffund has received subscrip-
tions amounting to $44.777. The stock
exchange totssl subscription now reaches
S13, 433. The petroleum exchange ST.
157, and the mechanics and traders, $40.
Harriet Goodwin, niece OF Stone wall
Jackson, is a tnember oil the Shaker society
at Alfred, Me.
Jardine &c Co., an English firm, have Sc.
cured contract for building the railroad on
the Island of Formosa, between Tamsui
and Keeling, for the Chinese government.
Mary Anderson temporarily leaves her
retirement for the purpose OF playing six
nights at Dublin in aid OF the Charleston
fund.
Louise Michel has just brought out a
novel, which is Enthusiastically entitled
Les Microbes Humanes.n The authorre-
CARDS her handiwork MS the faithful pict-
ure OF the wickedness OF the age. 1t is
full Of accounts OF revolving crimes.
"A grave question which the treasury de-
partment must meet at an early day, and
over which it has been puzzled for several
years, Is the protection OF the northern and
southern frontiers against smuggling. The
infringement OF the tariff laws has grown
rom year to year to enormous proper