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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-02-15

for cemency is signed by prominent men
of all p,rtiea, and the strongest feature of
the plea is that the time already served by
Mackin is fully commensurate with the
| crime The petition leads off with the fol-
lowing letter from Mackin:
"ILLINo1s STATE PENrrENTIARY. WARDEN's
OFFICE, JOLIET, ILL.,, Jan. 81, l8>7.-kon. X.
J. O!les0y, G0rern0r Of INiaois-Dear Sir:
address you Us I'm applicant for q pardon.
shall not presume to present any argument for
your consideration. will plead merit,
simply prefer the request and say this, which
seems to me to be proper: For any offense
which have committed against the laws of
the land express sincere regret, and pledge
myself that should you see your way clear to
grant my prayer, my future ondeavor will be
to order my ways es to win the
appreciation OF all good citizens. shall
hope, should your exoellency interpose the
power vested In you to shorten my term, that
1 may in some measure repair my shattered
fortunes and In a legitimate business con.
tribute to the support and happiness of my
fam ~, and to these ends I shall devote my
life. Humbly beseeching your favorable con-
sideration, am, sir, with great respect, your
obedlent servant, JOSEPH G. MAOKIN."
The petition is signed by Judge Moran,
who presided at the tfia' all tho m IN bers
Of the special grand jury, all but three Of
the Federal petit jurors who convicted, the
Federal and State prosecutors, most
OF the members of the Federal
er nd jury, several Judges of Cook
County, United States Senator Far
we'll, the mayor of Chicago, the custom
house and poso-off1oe officials Of Chicago.
the ed ,ors and proprietors Of the leading
C,hoago papers, u large number of Senators
and Representatives or the General Assem-
bly, IN Chicago and throughout the State,
and vast number of other prominent per-
sonagea
The Governor has not announced his de-
cision, but the fact that he has allowed the
pap ers to be perussd by the correspondents,
contrary to all preceden1s i'll pardon cases,
Is taken as an evidence that he intends par
don. and, n fact, it ia d fficult to conceive
how he can refuse in the face Of the almost
unanimous plea for clemency
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-02-15
LATER NEWS.

| AT fire in Brooklyn, N. Y, on the 18th,
the Harper House was burned and sev on
persons were injured.
! THE Odd Fellow bui1ing at Augusta,
o, was burned on :h- 18th. Loss about
S3J,,0'.
IaoSroN, O., had an $50, 900 fire on the 18th
The barque Gray Eagle was ashore at
Little sland beach on the 18th, and wa
exp cted to prove total loss. The crew
were taken of y the fe saving men.
A WASHINGTON tel gram says that new
counter cit bill has coue to light. 1t il an
IL itation o. tue five dollar silver certific 4 O.
and is a good imitation IN appearance,
! though it ia ABOUT threesi xteenLhs Of an
inoa shorter than tue genuine bill.
THERE Il cd in Washington, on the 18th
Mrs Wealtaa A. Emmons, a woman who
| b g had quite Il chec4sred career.
WILLIAM KELLY, who invented the pro.
] cess OF treating sterl known ~s the
! ''besssmer," uied at l. u svile, KY, on the
! 1-th.
| BULLETINS from San Reno the 18th state
! tn It the con Iition of the Grown Prince was
| unchanged.
! AT the walking match in New York City
Albert made 6sl1S miles during the week,
| and seven others made from SIS to $50
miles.
| AT Punta Garda, Fla, ON the 18th,
Teemer beat Mckay in the rowing match.
Distance six miles; time Al :46.
! IN New YorA City, ON tho 18th, general
raid was made on the bucse shops
J AUGUSTUS CAzAURAN, the celebrated dram
atist, is reported to be dying in New York
City.
REPoRrs from Browns Valley, MIMI,
state that that place is again block AIDED by
snow.
The Lindell Railway Co., of st. Louis,
Mo has adopted electricity as mott, pow
or. .s
THE local finance committee of Chica go,
have raised $4,000 to defray expenses OF
tue Democratic Nat. onal convention, pro-
v ded 1T lie held l.. that city.
7 THREE thousand socialists assembled in
Trafalse SOU re, London, on the 18th, but
were dispersed by large body of police.
A RACK OF wolves in Sanger's circus al
London, Eng broke loose on tho 18th and
create a g eat commot on, uut they were
finally trapped in stable after an exciting
time. ! II %.t...
Two prisoners escaped from Jail at st
Paul, Mimi, on the morning of the 18th by
cutting thro gh the roof and making rope
from the canvas coverings OF their cots.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-02-15
THE QUEENS SPEECH.

1t VIII Recomment u Broad irish Land.
Valuation Bill.
LONDON, Feb. 9-The Queens speech was
read at tho Ministerial banquet last even
ing: After congrntulating the country
nron the pacific foreign relations it an
nounces the intention OF the Government
10 Introduce a bill declaring that SOU res
and thoroughf&res are unsuitable
for public gatherings; also bill Of broa,i
scope dealing with Irish land valuation,
and an English local-government bill.
Tho speech expresses satisfaction at the
diminution of crime and the Improved So
Gal condition in Ireland. O5her measures
announced are bills relat ng to land trans
fer and for improved technical education.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-02-15
JOSIE HOLMES.
She Refuses to Eater Plea of Guilty to
the Cha gos Against Eer.

She Refuses to Eater n Plea of Guilty to
The Cha gos Against Her.
CINCINNATI, Feb. S-Monday 1T was
agreed Le.ween NJ IS Jose Holmes, con-
nected with the Fidelity Bank 1llegalities,
and the dis ric5 attorney, all The au-
5horittas concerned having consented, that
Al SO Holmes, who is still in Jail,
should ppear in tie United States Court,
plead gully and receive a sentence which
the vour5 would afterwards suspend, she
in the meanwhile TO be liberated from
prison. When the time came Yesterday for
this proceed ny Miss Holmes, through her
ATTORNEY, informed tie district attorney
that for the present she had changed her
mind and that she would not enter u plea
OF guilty.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-02-15

Cover nor Oglesby,
and presented q petit
ton and q mass of
letters and indorse-
ments, constituting
probably the strong
est plea for execu-
tive olemcncy ever
laid before an ex-
ecutive of Illinois
While the crime
committed by Mack
In, to conceal which
he perju1ed himself
before tho grand
jury, was OF a polit-
ical nature the nlea
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-02-15
Ten Mn Il.iureal.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Feb. 9.-About O. clock
last night, as train on the Kansas City
cable railway was going up the incl ne from
the Union depot. the grip broke. The men
in charge applied the brakes as soon and as
vigorously as possible, hut they failed 10
work, and the train with it's cargo of
human freight dashed madly down the ill.,
cline, where t colided with IL stationary
train which had just been filled with pas
sengers. No one was killed OUR ght, but
ten persons ne believed to have been
badly injured by the ccident ~.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-02-15
INDIANA WEATHER PREDICTIONS.

Government Authorizes Telegraphing
Them Daily to Ono hundred Points.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Feb 1.-The indiana
Farmer has obtained authority from the
Signal Service Department. to send out
kilograms to 100 points in Indi-
ana daily containing the weather
predictions for twenty-four hours
from z O'Clock a. m. Signal weather flags
are to be displayed from 100 elevated
pc nts, fag-staffs and poles for the benefit
Of agriculture, and the telephone system il
to be used to transmit the messages to
many other points throughout the State
from the several telegraph stations reoeiv-
ing the messagea This Important service
goes into effect early next week.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-02-15

A Now Syn lica 9 to Pipe Oil to Toledo
and Erect R~fineries.
TOLEDO, O., Feb. 8-The Blade publishes
Statements tnat q syndicate of New York,
Toledo. C.icago and Detroit capitalists,
representing $25, 600, held a
meeting Monday night and organ
lied 10 build u pipe line from the North
western Ohio Oil fields in Toledo, and to
erect 1e dneries. SO as to compete with the
st lard Oil Company. They claim to own
patents on new process OF refining, and
oan p aoe the product on the market at a
che FER rate The capital stock of t Q new
oompany:s $4,000. 600 The only name
that has yet tesn publ c.y come; tied with
the enterprise is George F. Clark, of Chi
oaHo
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-02-15
The Dakota Blizzard.

SIOUX FALLS. D. T., Feb. SIT is the pur-
pose OF che Terr tolial Superin tenden5 of
Pubt:c Instruction TO compile list of
every person VINO persisted IN Dakota dur
ing the fatal snow-storn OF the 12ta of
JANUARY last, for general ds,rit luton The
work Of gathering the Stats les is being
performed by county super ntendenas Of
schoo THIS county furnishes seven
Tie object OF the publication is to CONTRA
dict the ex ,egerAted reports circulated
throughout the States
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-02-15
DOMESTIC

i I'll ana gas was struck on the 9TH at St.
Lonis while boring an arlesian well ut
Grone's brewery.
WILLIAM MEANS, president Of tho Metro
politan National Bank of Cincinnati, Was
arrested on the 18th by Government officers,
charged with violations Of the banking
laws
A PITTSBURGH laborer named O'Neill shot
and killed his wife On the 9TH and then fa-
tally shot himself through jealousy.
RICHARD K. Fox, thu noted sporting man.
was arrested in New York. on the 7th,
charged with violation of the law in en-
couraging prize fighting.
F. GRoTE & Co.. of New York, manufact-
nrers of ivory goods, failed on the 9TH for
$411,OOO
The house of Thomas M. Norton, Mt
Anderson, Ind. was blown to pieces by q
natural gas explosion ON tn, 9TH. Instantly
killing Fenton Rogers and badly injuriny
Mrs. Norton and her daughter
By the bursting of burrs on the 9TH in a
new corn mill at Roadlands, ILL.,, John c.
Hays, well-known farmer, and his sou
Andrew were killed, and two other persons
were seriously wounded.
MRS. JOHN STEVENSON, aged thirteen years,
who has been twice married, was in St.
Joseph, Mo-, on the 9TH in search of her
second husband. who had forsaken her.
She was married when ten years old and
has had two children.
DURING January seventeen families left
the OttAwa Consular dis. rict to settle in the
United States
CLEMME g., W. j. Gordon's famous trot-
ting mare, record 2:l5, and valued at
$40, 900, died on tho 7th near Cleveland, o.
WILLIAM BALL shot and killed Miss Eva
Everett on. the 9TH at her home near
6tewartsville, Mo-, because she refused to
marry him, and then killed himself
JUDGE SAGE of Cincinnati, decided on the
9TH tnat bank directors are not CT m nally
liable for the acts OF cashiers unless their
connection with the crime is definitely
shown.
Four counterfe ters were arrested on the
9TH near Saline, ILL.,, and large amount OF
spurious coin was secured.
FIVE brothers named Wise were arrested
on the 9TH at Fairmount, Ill, on the charge
of numerous robberes.
AP the annual meeting in Des MONIES on
the 7th of the Iowa Temperance Akiunce
the secretary stated that eight of the
eighteen district Judges reported crime
lessened by the Prob ibition law; seventy
one counties reported the law suco ISIS and
fourteen said it was 1. failure; the effect in
business was SAID to be good by twenty one
reports and bad by two, and twenty four
saloons were reported to be in operat on,
against three Thousand when the law was
passed.
JOHN WE1ssER, of OHara township, near
Pittsburgh, Pa. committed suicide on the
9Th. He was worth $4,000 and his
wealth weakened bis msnd.
AN accident to q cable-car train on the
9th at Kansas City fatally injured three per-
sons
WILLIAM MANN, his brother-in -law, W fe
and two children Of Toledo, o., We're prob
ably fatally i'll on the Svh Of trioh nosis from
eating diseased pork. ".s.
On the 9Th United States customs icials
captured $50. 900 worth Of opu " he ny
ymnggled over the Can .tlian line ut Red
wood N. Z .s.[ $40 <
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-02-15

MACklN SEEKS MERCY,

The Strongest Plea for Clemency Ever
Presented to Governor Oslesby-A Worry
Penitential Letter from tho Fine Worker
Hi'nsclf-A Pardon Very Probable.
SPRINGFIELD, IL, Feb 11-Mrs Joseph
C. Mackin yesterday had an interview with
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-02-15

maIy Of the loss Of life IN tho ssor,n,
B-ad'e County, 8; Bonhomme. 10; Cod
ington, S; Jarauid, 9; Clark, 2; E1munds,
9; Brown, 8; Hand, z; Mngsbnry, 3; Lin.
coin, 20; Sphinx, 4; Turner, IS; Yankton,
s: total 1l4n
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-02-15

William Rove, who Was In jail for wife
beat ng at Union, Mo-, attempted to escape
"Wednesday, but was shot by o guard and
killed
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-02-15
FOREIGN.


In q speech beior Lue Rrichstag on the
9th IN Berlin Prince Bismarck said he be-
l1eved the assurances Of tho Gar that there
would bo no war. hut Germany must be pre-
pared for any emergency.
ADv1cEs OF the 7th from Shanghai say TINT
nearly two million persons were utterly des-
titute Through the Hoang-Ho floods.
AT Gait Ont, ON the 9Th John Curry shot
and kil,el Henri. Main, a banker, and then
committed suicide
STNsoN's Hotel in Belle Ewart, Ont, was
burned ON tho 9th, and Mrs. Nesbit5 and
her Youngest child persisted tn the flames.
The n nitoba bridge, nine hundred ind
nlney feet long. at Great Falls, NJ T. was
completed on the 9Th, and the rails would
be laid ut once
Troops out after Mexican bandits had q
fight on tho 8th and killed three
LONDON adv;ces Of the Sth say that in
Pesth bsggsr aged eighty-four years tired
to commit su eide by throwing hims If
into the Danube because he was no longer
able to support his father and mother. who
are one hundred and fifteen and one hum
dred AMI ten years old respectively
The Swedish Parliament passed an act
on the 9th laying an import duty on grain,
corn, PEAS and heana
HE English Parliament met on the 9Th
an the Qusen's speech was read
LORD LANsDowEE on the 9th accepted the
position OF Viceroy of India, and will lea We
Canada for Engisnd in June. Lord Stanley
will succeed him as Governor-General of
Canada
THERE were fifty business failures in Can
! ada during the seven days ended ON the
10Th, being nearly double tho usual average
in seven days.
A. J. MORRIS, who murdered J. B. Brushex
a. B~ver. No Mans Land, was captured =
mob on the 10th and hanged to rafter
in the principal saloon of Che town
ADvICEs Of the 10th from Vienna say that
enormous avalanches along the line of the
Arlberg railway had resu ted in serious loss
OF life. and traffic on the road had been
stopped
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-02-15
Death OF Mrs. Holmes.

BosToN Feb 8-Mra Holmes, wife Of
d.: Oliver Wendell Holmes, died here Mon
dAv morning IN the 18th year Of her aga
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-02-15
PERSONAL AND PoLITIcAI.

81 PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
MISS Eta sfkATTUCK, tho young school
teaoner weose exposure to the recent biz
zard made amputat'on of both limbs neo-
essary, died on the 9th ut Seward, Neh The
Omaha Bees fund for her benefit hid
reached SIS, 75O. aud would be turned over
to her parents.
THE wife Of Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes
died on the 9Th ut the family residence in
Boston. aged sixty mine years
The Autobiography League on the 9TH
issued a call for National convention to
be held in Nav York City August next
ANUMDEn OF prominent Republicans met
In San Franolsoo on the 18th and organized
the Republican State Club of California W,
y L Bornes w.s elected president
STEPHEN J. MEAN1, the Irish patriot, who
was editor OF the Aesming democrat ut Water
bury. Conn di ID in that city ON the 9Th.
The Boaid of Trustees Of Princeton IN J.)
College on the OH elected Prof Francis
Patton. D. D., LII d., of Chicago, to suo-
oeed President McCosh. resigned
The Republicans Of Tennessee will hold
their State convention ut Nashville May l6
next
HON. BENJAMIN EaaLEsroN, q prominent
politician anu twice a Con FRESHMAN, died
on the Och at Cincinnati, o., aged seventy
two years.
TIE SITE convention of Mississippi Re-
publicans to elect delegates to the National
convention will be held at Jackson on
April 4.
THE Kansas Prohibitiontsts will hold their
State convention, to name Presidential
electors and candidates for State Off les, on
June IL next
The Republican subcommittee Of tho
National Committee who were in Chicago
ON tho 10 arranging the preliminary
details for the National convention, chose
General Fl z-Simons for sergeant alarms,
and Mayor Roche US chairman of the ex-
ecative and finance com nittee. Mr. Clark
son, ohairm..n Of tho sub committee said he
had alre .dy received over two thousand
appllca lions for tcl1ats
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-02-15


A GANG OF counterfeiters, who had been
working of large amount Of spurious coin
in the southwestern part of Kansas, were
captured on the 10th at W .chita.
DURING the seven days ended on the 1Ota
there were 237 business failures In the
Unitel States. against $50 the previous
seven daya
AN east-Eound train on the Pennsy,v mia
road was wrecked on the 10 h at Sala-
! lhanca, N. Y. by an open switch, and three
persons were fatally injured and several
cars were burned.
PATRICK JOHN HART was hanged on tha
10th at Helena, N. T., for the murder OF
John Pit g. q miner:
The exp osion of the boiler of a traction
engine on tho 10 n in the woods in Liberty
township, near Wabash, Ind, caused the
death OF three men.
Tie Chinys, New Year was celebrated
with great enthusiasm on the 10th in San
Francisco.
STRONG petition for the pardon OF
JOSEPH e. Mackin, serving a five years
sentence in the Joliet pententlary for
crooked work in Oh ego elections, was
presented to Governor Oglesby on the 10th.
A LEGISLATIVE committee ON the 10th
found such Il wre' ched state of IF IRIS in
Rowan County, KY, that it was said the
/ county would bs either abolished or trans
! ferred to another judicial dis:r CT =
AN explosion OF dynamite on the 10th
near Bellevue, o., killed two men.
e., CONRAD RAUTGBAcH a life convict re.
ceived at tho Columbus (O) penitentiary
ght ye;rs ago. was pardQned on the 10th
by the Governor, 1t having been shown that
he was innOeent .. -.... ,n.s
Congo MING the loss of life in the recent
8 orm IN Dakota, Rtillo load Commissioner n.
/ r. NTH said ora the 10th: "As far ~
learned the following is IN authentic sum-
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The modes OF deaths approach are
various, and statistics show Conclusively
that more persons die from diseases OF
the Throat and Lungs than any other.
1t is probable that everyone, without ex.
ception, receives vast numbers OF Tu.
bercle Germs into the system and where
these germs fall upon suitable soil they
start into life and develop, at first slowly
and is shown by slight tickling sensa,
ton in the throat and il allowed to con.
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lungs producing Consumption and to
the head, causing Catarrh. Now all this
Is dangerous and il allowed to proceed
will in time cause death. At the onset
You must act with promptness; allowing
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Or any other Mineral Poison,

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