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The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1888-07-19
Grimes and Criminals.

Near Ohiowa, Neb.. Bernard Krugg was
found dead in his cornfed. He and his wife
were at work in the cornfeld and got into n
quarrel, when the woman killed him with u
hoe. She is now in Jail.
Edward A. Deacons was hanged at Roches-
ter, n. Y, for the murder of Mrs. Ada Stone
at East Rochester Aug. Is, 1891 Deaeons
was a tramp, and committed the crime be-
cause Mrs. Stone refused to give him food.
Fred A. Forsythe. manager of the Webster
house, at Portsmouth, \. H.. went to his
room, undressed, tied one end of a strip OF
cloth to his feet the other to a trigger of his
gun, placed the muzzle in his mouth and blew
his brains out. Having to vacate the Webster
house, by Il recent suspicious fire on the pre-
misses, Is supposed TO be the cause.
4 Stranger was arrested at Hastings Neb
under suspicious circumstances, His vahse
contained large quantity of valuables and
evidence was discovered which is likely TO
unearth a gang OF thieves. Shipping bills
found IN his pockets show that one +, a.
Gibbs had recently forwarded goods to Joe
Brown. st. Paul. Mimi, from Exeter, Sutter
and other points in Nebraska. and some of
the goods found in his possession have been
identified as stolen from parties in these
places. The suppostion is that the prisoner
belongs to Il gang operating between Hastings
and Lincoln.
Laurel Fork meeting house, near Jellico,
Tennessee. was the scene of 4 terrible tragedy.
1t was a collision between the Rose and Fus-
ton clans \ feud had been in existence be-
tween them for some time. Recently a volley
of firearms was discharged outside of the
church door When the smoke cleared away
it was found that Ewell Lawson and his son
John, aged thirteen, belonging to the Rose
faction, were dead. and that three Fusion
boys. Tom, Jim and Enos and John Porter,
belonging 10 the other side, were seriousl V
and perhaps fatally wounded. Adozen others
were wounded.
The remarkable case of Joseph Muir, the
rich Philadelphia manufacturing jeweler who
te!egraphed to New York city from Long
Branch asking that detectives be sent down
to protect him. and stating that his relatives
were attempting to place him i'll an asylum.
reached u climax when Mr.. Muhrwas brought
to the city and placed in the insane ward in
the Bellevue hospital. Several physicians
agreed that he was out OF his mind. His
mother-n-law and other OF his wifes relatives
are his enemies. and he has tried on several
occasions to murder them.
sixteen year-old daughter of Joseph Mar
tin. secured desk room six weeks ago in the
Office OF an advertising firm a Detroit, Mich.
One evening she dropped into an office ad-
Joining where she worked and had n small
check cashed This movement was repeated
after this in various places. Her most re-
markable exploit. however, was an attempt
to collect $3.50 of a New York correspondent
of the firm. For these and many other like
attempts to get money the girl had but one
excuse-that she had told her mother she
was at work, getting S6 a week-and there
fore she felt obliged to obtain at least that
amount of money IN that way each week.
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Dashing American Thieves.

1t is certain that the swiss anthori-
ties will obtain the extradition OF
Billy Porter and Frank Buck. the
American burglars, who were arrested
in London a few days ago On charge
of burglary committed in Munich.
Porter had been shadowed from the
time he arrived in England, in 1887.
The jewel robbery at Munich was the
most daring in the annals of the
German police. The robbers forced a
side door, cut through two ceilings,
and decended into tie jewelry shop
by means ola rope ladder. They
left the ladder in the shop, together
with piece of linen, which was after
ward found to be identical with a
piece of linen found in Bucks house,
and in which some of the stolen
jewelry was wrapped. With the
jewelry was found a letter saying,
"Have left you something to go on
with" Buck tried to conceal in the
waistband of his trousers a large
packet of loose diamonds. Both
dressed stylishly, and frequented
American resorts in London. They
were on friendly terms with Bond,
the famous bank burglar, and a re-
ceiver named Johnson, who owned a
steam yatch. The latter formerly
lived in chambers, Picadilly, paying
a rent of 300 farthings yearly. Re-
Gently he took mansion at Clapham.
Not long ago Porter, Buck and
Johnson had a carouse in Porter's
house at Chelsea. Getting into a
fight, johnson hit Buck on the head
with a fender and Buck floored John
son and trampled upon him, smash
ing his nose. They were arrested,
but each declined to make a charge
against the other. Subsequently the
three men had another carouse. when
all were arrested and fined in the Bow
Street Police Court for drunkenness.
On that occasion Johnson gave an
assumed name. Porter was present
at the fight between Mitchell and
Sullivan, and was the man at whom
the gendarmes fired when the specta-
tors were trying to escape after the
fight. Buck recently married a res
pectable English girl. He bought a
fine house in Walham Green and pur-
chased a pair of horses and car
riage.
Superintendent Shaw, of the Lon
don police, cleverly recovered a por-
tion of the Munich plumber, consist
ing of 800 unset stones, bracelets,
rings and other articles of jewelry,
and $4,000 in English and French
bank notes. The total value of the
booty recovered is about $4,000.
In each house were found loaded re-
volvers, disguises, superb sets of
burglars tools, and scores of suits of
clothes and hats suitable for every
country in Europe.
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utes later he dropped dead. He had taken
bromide, paralyzing the heart and nerves.
The clerk of the store will have to explain
why he dispensed liquor without prescrip-
tion. and why he allowed Smith to help him.
self instead of waiting on him.
A large number of people are visiting John
Zachar, the Caledonia faster at Racine, Wis.
with his visitors on all subjects but that OF
his fast. On that he enjoined silence. He
has grown weaker, his eyes have tired look,
and his voice is very weak. He still has
strength enough to walk. He appears to
suffer no pain.
In the course of his weekly address before
the Anti-Poverty Society at New York, DR..
MeGlynn said; Some day there will be a
tremendous revolution, which will eclipse the
French uprising, and in which the people will
rise up in their wrath at the interference of
these dictators, and hayonet and club these
monks and priests and archbishops, the pope
and cardinals This is the way the Lord will
deal with them so say leave them to His
mercy" This was wildly eheered.
Murderer's Confession.
A cold d-blooded murder was committed by
n ST. Paul crook near Independence, Wis. II
small town on the Winona 4 Green Bay
road. The murder, was committed mt Lars
Salsman's place. about seven miles north OF
Independence. The victim was August Menk
and the murderer Il professional cracksman
named Thomas Murphy Menk's dead body
was found on the ground and beside it Il self
cooking revolver, which was identified as one
stolen from Peterson's store at Elk Greek. 1t
was believed at first that Menk had accident
ally shot himself while handling this revolver.
jury from Independence with District At
torney Nve. Justice Taylor and DR.. Brood
foot passed upon Menk's death and decided
it to have been accidental. This verdict was
very soon' disproved by Murphy himself,
who came in and gave himself
up. He confesses that he came down from
St Paul for the purpose of burglary. He
went to Petersons store at Elk Greek, and
drilled four holes in the safe. but was inter-
rupted, and secured nothing of consequence
except his revolver. The drill broke just as
he was getting the safe open. While lying
low in Salsman's granary, Murphy shot
Menk dead. He shot downward from above
and the bullet went through Menks brain.
Murphy says he at once carried the dying
man out on the grass, hoping he would re-
cover Ii Murphy had not given himself up
he never would have been suspected. as the
shooting was believed by all to be accidental
Murphy is terribly broken down by his hor-
rible crime and will plead guilty and make a
clean breast of the attempted robbery and
the murder. The country is greatly excited
rbo. tfair
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1888-07-19
Some OId.Time Executions.
Gentleman's Magazine

Gentlemans Magazine,
In the seventeenth and eighteenth
centuries our method of execution
was most brutal. There was the
ride of the criminal in an open cart,
with his coffin by his side, either to
Tyburn or to the spot where he COM
mitted the murder; the cart was
stopped under the gallows, the rope
was fastened around the criminals
neck, the carman gave the horse lash,
and the poor wretch was left swaying
to and fro, kicking. If he had friends
they would try to shorten his agony
by hanging on to his legs and beat
ing his breast, shocking sight. But
hanging then was looked upon as a
holiday spectacle, in which We find
the lower class took great interest
and evinced much sympathy with the
deceased. For instance, Claude Du-
val, the celebrated highwayman, lay
in state at the Tangler tavern, in st.
Giles's, in a room hung with black
cloth, the bier covered with 'scutch-
cons, and with eight wax candles
burning around. He was buried by
torch-light and was followed to Covent
Garden church by a numerous train
ofmourners, mostly women. Nilsson,
a french writer, who visited England
in the reign of William III, says: "He
that is hanged or otherwise executed
first takes care to get himself shav'd
and handsomly drest, either in
mourning Or in the dress of bride
groom. This done, he sets his friends
to work to get him leave to be bury'd
and to carry his coffin with him,
which is easily obtain'd. When his
suit of cloaths, or nightgown, his
gloves. hat, perriwig, nosegay, coffin,
flannel dress for his corps, and all
those things are bought and
prepared, the main point is taken
care of-his mind is at peace, and
then he thinks of his concience. Gen.
orally he studies q speech. which he
prOnounces under the gallows and
gives in writing to the sheriff or the
minister that attends him in his last
moments, desiring that it be printed.
Sometimes the girls dress in white,
with great silk scarfs. and carry bas-
kets full of flowers and oranges, scat
tering the favors all the way they go.
But to represent things as they really
are / must needs own that if u pretty
many of these people dress thus gnily
and go to it with 8 ch an air of indif-
ference, there are many others that
go slovenly enough and with dismal
phizzes. / remember one day l saw
in the park n handsome girl, well
dressed, that was in mourning for
her father, who had been hanged but
o month before at Tyburn for false
coinage. So many countries, 80
many fashions.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1888-07-19
Personal News Items.

DIR. G. Armauer Hansen, of the leprosy hos
pita of Bergen, Norway, is in Redwing Mimi.
comforting with DR.. c. N. Hewitt, secretary of
the state board of health. The doctor is Wis
iting this country for the purpose of investi-
eating the extent of leprosy here and its pc
cularities. He has been spending several
weeks at Norway, Goodhue county, with
DR. Christian Gronvold, who for many years
was chairman of the leprosy committee Of
the state board of health.
Several members of the New York bar were
interviewed in regard to the question of the
validity of tie marriage of the duke of Marl-
borough to Mrs. Hammersley, Friday, June
20. 1t was found that many of the lawyers
had examined the case and very generally
agreed in saying that under the laws of the
State of New York the marriage of the Duke
of Marlborough to Mrs. Hammersley was in
reality either no marriage at all, because alb
solutely void, or ut least marriage of such
an extremely dubious nature that a serious
question is presented whether the marriage
would not be held to be absolutely void
should the question of it's validity ever arise
in the courts of the State of New York. 1t
seems absurd to think his grace of Marlbor-
ough is, perhaps, guilty of bigamy, and SO it
seems upon considering the law of this state.
Our statutes in regard to bigamy and mar
riage are very closely allied to one another.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1888-07-19
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
News From Washington.

Mr.. Toole's recent recommendation to con-
gress that all Montana lands embraced with
in the abandoned military reservations be-
come partof the public domain and subject
to entry under the homestead laws has re-
vived excitement at Bozeman in relation to
the Fort Ellis reservation. Farmer sQuatters
as the news arrived that thu matter was be-
fore congress.
Progress in land matters in the interior de-
partment seemSto be almost imperceptihle.
For months it has been Il subject of COM
p!aint that the business of the land Office at
Washington was at a standstill. lt is true
ants through Sparks wild vagaries were be-
ing ground out by the thousand, but ali
business affecting vital principles of practice
aud deep Q,.o>>uons of construction of law af-
feeting large real estate interests in the West
We're allowed to lie dormant
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1888-07-19
Foreign News Notes.

dispatch from Rome says that the con-
vention with Columbia secures to the vatican
the protection of Catholicism as the state re-
ligion, the exemption OF religious buildings
from taxation and the exemption of the
clergy from military service. The clergy
will have entire control of the government
schools and universities.
Herr Dletz, an Alsation railway official
Nine. Dietz, his wife, and railway assistant
named Appel who were charged with having
sold to the French government information
relative to German military arrangements,
have been convicted. Dietz was sentenced to
ten years and his wife to four years penal
servitude. Both are also to be deprived of
their civil rights. Appel was sentenced to
one years imprisonment and nine years de-
tention in q fortress.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1888-07-19
The Emperor's Doctor OyerhauIed.


Prof. Gerhardt, acting on the directions of
other German doctors connected with the
case of the late Emperor Frederick, has
drawn up report on the nature OF the NAL
ady. The report is made public. The pro-
fessor says:
Early in 1887 the German doctors pro-
nounced the disease from which the emperor
was suffering cancerous and decided to open
the larnyx. Preparations were made for the
operation on May 20, when DR.. Mackenzie
saw Emperor Frederick, pronounced the dis
ease uncancerous and opposed the operation.
Mackenzie then removed a portion of the
larnyx, which he submitted to Prof Virchow
for examination, but there is no proof that
the piece taken was actually of the effected
part. Prof. Gerhardt examined Emperor
Frederick's throat after the piece had been
| removed, and he accused Mackenzie OF having
removed an unaffected part, and DR.. Macken-
zie replied that that was possible. The Ger
man doctors protested against DR.. Macken-
zie's treatment of the case throughout.
DR.. Bergman, in special report, fully
corroborates Prof Gerhardt's statements
and gives the reasons why he (Bergmann)
lost confidence in DR.. Mackenzie.
DR.. Bergman in his report says:
AS early as May, 1887, he wanted to open
the patients larynx and excise the growth
of the left vocal chord. small operation
promised the best results. OF seven such
operations which he performed in Berlin all
| were successful. There was then no ques-
ton of the total extirpation of the larynx.
The operation would neither have endan-
gered the life of the patient, nor would it
have destroyed his voice, although it would
have left it hoarse At that time, in an intel
ligible voice, Frederick said: "Dr. Bergman,
this tumor must be removed. If it cannot
be done from the inside, cut from the outside. y
Everything was ready for the operation
when the plan was vetoed by DR.. Mackenzie
who repeated his assurance that after few
weeks of his mild treatment the patient
would recover his voice, and be able to com
mand the autumn military maneuvers. DR..
Bergman censures DR.. Mackenzie for defec-
| tive manipulation of the larynx, for affording
no guarantee that he ever reached the
growth, and for trying to shift the RESPONSE
bility upon Prof. Virchow. He also blames
DR.. Mackenzie for influencing the press
through communications about the details
of the emperor's illness.
The report of the German doctors has
caused an immense sensation in England.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1888-07-19

Merchant Traveller: The hotei
clerk knows you don't own the earth,
and you know he doesn't, and there's
no use in either of you trying to make
each other believe you do,
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1888-07-19
Employe-Sir, I would like to speak

Employe-Sir, I would like to speak
to you a moment upon very serious
matter. Merchant Don't bother
me. But" 'sGo away to your
work, / sayl" II want to ask your
consent to my marriage with your
daughter Nellie, and" "Oh, is
that SO? Take her, my boy, and
may God bless you both. / thought
you were going to ask for anincrease
of salary" Nebraska State Journal.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1888-07-19
Miscellaneous News.

George M. Smith helped himself to what he
supposed was brandy at O'DelPs drug store,
ct Lake village, New Hampshire. Ten min.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1888-07-19
The Trouble Oh the 10" Road.

Another arrest was made in connection
with the Burlingtous alleged dynamite at
Chicago United States Marshall Marsh,
went to Aurora and arrested George Gooding
a striking engineer. This man has worked
for the Burlington road in various capacities
for seventeen years, and is a highly respected
citizen of Aurora. He was held in $4,000
bail for examination with the other prison.
ers on the charge of aiding in the transpor-
tation of high explosives contrary to the fed
eral laws. Not being able to secure bonds
men Gooding went to jail He declared his
entire innocence of completely in any plot.
Following the above arrests came next
day the arrest of Chairman Hoge. of the
grievance committee of the Brotherhood of
Engineers. and Chairman Murphy, occupying
the same position in the Fireman S Brother
hood. Both men were taken to the
police headquarters and locked up.
The two chiefs We're charged with conspiracy
The much talked of circular, in which Hoge is
alleged to have requested Brotherhood men
to hire themselves secretly to the 20" road
and then disable the engines, is said to be the
basis of the charge against Hoge. Chairman
Murphy is charged with being an accompllce.
Bonds were promptly furnished and Messrs.
Hoge and Murphy were released. Unlike the
other strikers arrested. they are arrigned un-
der state, not federal statutes. Their
arrest was made under the recently
enacted Merritt conspiracy law If con-
victed the penalty is a term at hard Ia
Dor in the penitentiary. Two other names
were on the list with Hoge and Murphy for
arrest-J ohm J. Kelly and John H. McGi-
vary. Frank Collier. the attorney for the
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy road, said:
'sThc case grows out of the circular sent
out to the brotherhood lodges, asking that
brotherhood men be sent on to take places
on the ''Q'' and suggesting that they bring Il
good supply of salsoda and emery with
them. The sending of these circulars is
deemed prima filcie evidence of share in a
concerted conspiracy and we have a sure case
tbo
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1888-07-19

Forty-two new chemical elements
have been discovered IN the past ten
years.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-08-04
LOG CABIN DAYS.
"reminiscences Of Tippecanoe
and Tyler Too.
TaR POPULAR PURGRE OF 1910.
Great Entzsssiarn An Over the Onion,
W'hica VIII De Repeated on q Much
Larger Scale This Tear-Tom Corwin
and Wilson Shannon.

The campaign opens early, and oil tins
signs indicate thct it will be 1910 repeated
Now, as then, we have a great soldier, q Har
risoa, against New York politician; q
thoroughly western warrior aud native
uoblcTaau against disciple of Tenm2ny.
and So ali the students OK political history
arc looking Up tic records of 1910 II IL
Universally coaceded that mover before WIS
The American republic 80 thoroughly aroused
IN politics The excitement OF this period
was brought about by many complicated
affairs Of state. For ten years the Wing
party, which as vet had never succeeded In
controlling presidential election, had labored
for TIE racharter OF q r,etional bank. In 1887,
early il the Van Buron administration,
general Suspension of the banks, Gepre-
ciatli currency aud the insolvency of the
federal treasury involved the country ia a
panic OF irresistible force. The general stag
nation of business which ensuei after the
banks suspended specie payment diminished
tho current receipts from lands and GUS
TONS, and caasad 81 absolute deficit il the
public treasury. However, this great finan-
cial crisis originated from en- unfortunate
mistake, In the summer OF So bin passed
in congress for the distribution and deposit
Of public land money with the states, whose
faith was to be pledged for It's return. The
Why por5y looked 70 the financial failures
which followed daring tho Van BfIren ad-
mi..istrgtion IS stepping stones to sGccess IL
the campaign of tSt0
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-08-04
fhe Colonel" of sho Trar,na.


Thes people who belong to the better class
q trfnp Species who make their homes in fine
cty,arks during the summer season. ara NOT
an gsinteresting set Those, for instance who
inAbit Madison square form themselves into
ind Of family, and there il Considerable
risalry among the most intellectual Of then,
alto who will hold placea Of distinction in
to estimation Of their associates. The tranln
tho is the leader among the Madison s6,,ora
Hers ut present IL known as the "coionel,
md no person was ever moro iiolized by his
IlsSociateS- The 'coloncln is O. very saedv
booking chap, but his word is law among his
fellow trnmps He gained his proud position
In the estimation of his fellows in rather
cunning way about g. week ago.
Gen. Sherman is in the habit of walking
through Madison square almost every ane
evening after dinner As everybody knows.
any one who says that he was an old soldier
under the hero of Atlanta viii always re
ceive kind word from Gen Sherman. no
matter what his position may be- Tho other
evening, as the general was strolling through
the square, the tramp accosted him and said
that he had been under the general, and that
it would make him very happy to be allowed
Is shake his old commanders hand. OF
course the general extended his hand and
then walked on. Every evening after this
the general Acknowledged tie salute Of tho
the tramp The man gave it out that be " as
a "colOneP under Gen. Sherman, and as be
was seen conversing with the old warrior, he
was believed Now York World.