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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-06-18
qHI CROgIE MYSTERY,
The Investigation by the Grand
Jury Continued Yesterday
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
In wInpcpes, Manitoba Maroney
and Mcdonald, New Yorksu
meets, Released Mrs. sulli'
vans FagthlnhOr Husband,

CmcAGo, June 1.-THE grand Jury
examined numerous witnesses in the
Cropin ease to-day, but so far as known
no new evidence Of q startling nature
was addnced. Lawyer John F. Beggs Ia
tbe senior guardian Of the Columbia club
or Camp No. 20, OIau.na'Gael, which
camp is alleged to have tried DR.. Cronln
and sentenced him to death on the
charge OF treason, Andrew ]. Dugan
was called upon and testified at length
to his knowledge Of Beggs' enmity to
Cropin. IIo cited as an evidence IN in
ccudiary speech made by Beggs at a
Clan,na,Gac meeting in the North
Side Turner Hall, inthe course OF which
,,e voupg lawyer attacked Cronin vigor-
ously and characterized him Us NAL
content whose influence could but be
injurious to the harmony and success Of
the Irish cause. !,
John i. Beggs himself was next called
IN the stand and required to explain
many Of the inner workings Of the CLAN
n".Gael or United Brotherhood. Mr.,
ReCps' testimony, however, did not dif-
Tor materially from his statements before
the coroner's jury. He dlsavowed all
enmitv to Cronin, and insisted that
while no had regarded the doctor as Vi.
sionnry and, indeed, somewhat fanatical
nj times, he had never doubted his sterl-
inc honesty, and they were really on
terms Of personal friendship.
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Interesting to Gamblers.

sr, LOUIS, Mo-, June 17.-1n the Court
Of Criminal Correction today, Singleton
Cave was arraigned under the felony
clause Of the Johnson gambling law,
charged with being the proprietor Of q
faro bank. Caves attorney filed q de-
murrer and the case went over until Fri.
day. There is much interest in the case,
as It Is to be made test OF the Missouri
gambling law. The authorities have di.
rect evidence in the shape OF a special
officer who got into a game and arrested
Cave and others at the point Of pistol
while faro was being dealt. Gave is the
man who replevined the faro layout
captured in the raid above referred To-
Gamblers all over the country are watch,
ing the Gave case with deep interest and
believe that his acQuittsl will throw
gambling wide open In st. Louis. Local
gamblers have subscribed a fund for the
defense Of CaySito which, 1t Is said, the
outside grStt5 have contributed.
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DYING FOR LOVE.
A swsdo Commits Suicide Because IN OF
fer OF Marriage Was Rejected.

A Swede Commits Suicide because an or.
fer OF Marriage Was Rejected.
NEW YORK, June 17.-Charles Peter
sen came to thiscity 10 years ago from a
hamlet twelve miles distant from Stock
holm, Sweden. He was a furniture
spring maker and worked in various fac.
tories in town. Four years ago his wife
died, and he was left alone and childless.
While living at 6S1 First Avenue year
ago, he met Mrs. Maggie Bendel, a Ger.
man whose husband had Just died.
He fell In love with her, but she did
not care much for him. Some time
since he moved 10 230 West Twenty
ninth street, and she to $40 East Forty.
eighth street. He kept bothering her
with petitions 10 marry him, but she
was not willing. He was not strong, at
times was sick, and often used TO drink.
She had two children, and had TO 10 out
washing TO support herself and them,
and she told the unfortunate Swede that
she could not afford to take charge Of
him too.
Petersen on one occasion threatened
10 kill Mrs. Bendel unless she would
marry him. One morning Petersen left
his boarding house and no more was
heard Of him until this morning, when
policeman. called there, saying that
Petersen's body had been found at 8 d.
m. at the corner OF Forty.eighth street
and Madison avenue. There was a bul.
let.hole In the middle Of bis breast, and
he had pistol In bis right hand. On
one Of the envelopes sentences were
written In swedishsdeclaring bis love for
Mrg. Bendel and his despair at his rejeC.
tion. Friends Of the dead man told tho
woman Of his death. She said that she
was sorry that he had shot himself, but
that she would never have married him.
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MANY DROWNED.
Great Damage Supposed to Have Been
Done In the Upper Walnut Valley,

Great Damage Supposed to Have Been
Done In the Upper Walnut Valley,
ELDoRADo, KAs,, June 1.-THE upper
valley OF the Walnut Is flooded from ex.
cCssiye rains, the streams being higher
than they have been for years. satur.
day night the river came up suddenly,
A family by the name OF Graham started
from their home to the Highland. The
mother and babe were drowned, the
father and one child escaping. Grain
fields are flooded and much damage
must result. A portion Of the Missouri
Pacific track is washed away, and there
have beon no trains over the Santa Fe
since yesterday. 1t is surmised that O
number OF people have been drowned
in the lower valley. The water is re.
csdng This hs morning 4 4 later rumG,
NniInV
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AN ADMIRABLE PLAN,
A Zig Meeting Of WhSelmen in this City
Next Year.

A Zig Meeting of whSslmen In this Clty
Next Year.
There is no more appropriate place ioi
wheeling than Wheeling. There is
more in this than the pun. With Z
dozen miles Of as smooth paved streets
as any city eau boast, o thriving local
club Of wheelmcn, q hospitable commu'
nifty, attractive surroundings and good
accommodations forstrangers, Wheeling
can certainly offer favorable place ioi
the annual meeungin 1890 Of the League
Of American Wheelmen.
The League meets this year at Hagers'
town, Nd, July 2, 8 and 4. Several ol
the local wheelmen have conceived the
idea that 1t would be o good thing Ia
have the next annual meeting in Wheel.
ing.
With a view TO making the attempt tc
secure the gathering for this city, spec
ial meeting Of the Wheeling Wheelmer
has been called for this evening at the
police court room. Itis hoped that al
the members and as many other wheel.
men as possible will be present, The
League conventions are usually attended
by from 5000 to 1000 wheelmen, and Il
would be big thing for the Nail City tc
get these representatives Of the best peo
pie OF every State TO gather here. Mr.
Howard Wilkinson is League Consul fol
West Virginia, and 1t Is thought he car
be induced to make the effort, backed
by the leading spirits in the local organi
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CANADIAN LEPRRS.
The Authorities Discover Three Gases on
Cape Dreton leland.

The Authorities Discover Three Cases on
Cape Dreton leland.
OTTAWA, 0NT,, June 17.-A few weeks
ago it was reported to the Department
Of Agriculture here, which is charged
with the administration Of health mat.
ters in Canada, that there were cases oil
leprosy prevalent on Cape Breton Island,
Nova Scotia.
DR.. Smith, medical attendant at the
Leprosy Lazaretto at Tracadi, N. B., was
instructed to make a personal investi.
cation into the matter. His report,
which has Just reached the department,
shows that there are three distinct cases
oil lcprosy on the island, two women
and one man. The disease has made
terrible ravages on the latter, and DR..
Smith reports him 10 be a most repuls.
i've looking object.
The three lepers have been in daily
contact with their friends, and Dr.. Smith
has been instructed To keep a careful
watch to see II the disease maniiests
itself upon any Of them, 30 that prUCau.
tions may be taken. The three lepers
will be removed to TraCadi without de-
lay and placed In charge OF the heroic
Sisters OF Charity there.
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TROUBLE WITH MOOSsHISERs,
Alabama Citizens Resolve to Take II
Law In Their Own Hands,

Alabama Citizens Resolve to Take thS
Law In Their Own Hands,
BIRMINGHAM, ALA, June 17,-In the
northern part Of Tuscaloosa county,
about forty miles west Of this city, the
citizens have undertaken to break UP a
number of Illicit distllieries aud capture
the men engaged in the business, For
a year or more that part Of the State has
been overrun with moonshiners, who
finally grew so bold they carried their
business on almost openly and became a
terror, not only to revenue officers, but
to all law-abiding citizens. About one
month ago the few law,ablding citizens
OF the neighborhood held meeting and
resolved TO break up the unlawful bnsi-
ness. They addressed a letter to the
moonshiners, asking them to quit the
business or leave the county on pain Of
being delivered up to the revenue off,
GERS and their stills destroyed, To this
the moonshiners returned a defiant re-
ply and threatened with death by tor
ture any one who dared to betray them.
The citizens waited some time before
taking any further action, and the moon.
sinners grew bolder than ever before.
Finding peaCeable aud lawful means un.
availing, the citizens met again and
organized themselves into vigilance
committee. They have notified the
moonshiners that they may expect no
quarter. The latter are well armed and
determined to resist 10 the death and a
bloody local feud is sure TO follow. Rev.
enue officers have gone to the scene Of
the trouble,
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RVT Pgw CHANGES MADE
In the AmalgamAted Scale Of Wages Com
plstsd Yesterday,

PlETsBuRaH, PA, June II, = The
Amalgamated Association completed the
wages scale to-day and placed 1t in the
hands Of the printer, They refused tc
make 1t public, and 1t is understood
that there are few changes from the
present scale,
The election Of officers will be the last
work OF the convention, Secretary
Martin win undoubtedly be reelected
secretary, He has filled the position so
long and so faithfully that many Of the
members insist upon him still serving,
No one seems to know whether Weihe
will be reelected or not. He refuses to
talk on the subject,
The scale at the Homestead Steel
Works is receiving no little attention.
Another conference will be held with
Manager Abbott OF the Carnegie firm
before the convention adjourns. Man
ager Abbott still declares that the scale
presented by the firm must hold. II the
association accepts It, well and good II
not, men will be secured outside the
association.
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TIE STATE EDITORS
The West Virginia Press Association Meet
ing at WellSburg To-day.

Ing at WellIburg To-day.
The West Virginia Press Association
will meet in annual session at Wellsburl
to-day and continue in session to-moI
row, A number Of the brethren from
the interior were in the city last evening
on their way to Brooke county's metro
polls, and more will be here to-day. Tht
Association will be called 10 order at Il
o'clock this morning at Barth's hall, The
local press has made every preparation
10 entertain the visitors, and such sterl'
ing citizens as ]. O, Palmer, S, George,
D, Brown, w. H, Tarr, and other have
also interested themselves to see that the
editors shall gain a good impression ol
Wellsburg,
Tomorrow evening q banquet will be
rendered the Association, 70 which q
limited number Of citizens and visiting
attorneys will be invited, An invitation
has been extended 10 prominent Pitts
burgh editor to be present and respond
To one Of the several toasts TO be pro-
posed, There will be music, and several
courtesies will be extended in the shape
Of invitations to inspect the glass and
paper factories, water works, Light
Guards drill, &C., &c, The hotels have
made special reductions In rates..
Arrangements have been made to take
the editors on short excursion Thurs.
day, The programme Is to visit the oil
fields, potteries, terra Gotta and tire-Clay
works Of Hancock county, and incident
ally enjoy a boat ride on tho Ohio. This
part Of the programme Is In charge OF
committees on finance, entertainment,
transportation, invitation, reception,
and music appointed at apublic meeting
ut New Cumberland last week, and the
names Of such men as Captain John
Porter. W. II, Bradley, ex-senator Done
hoo, j. w, Plattenburg, A, w. Brown,
!. II, Smith, Judge John A, Campbell,
0. s. Marshall and the others who ex.
Eended the invitation, is sufficient guar.
lntee that nothing will be neglected in
making the visit a magnificent success.
Hancock county people never do any
hing by halves. A banquet at New
Cumberland is also on the list OF cour-
estes,
1t is understood that the Board OF
Trustees OF Bethany College will invite
he Association to visit the college on
Wednesday and take part in the Glass
Day exercises. Action on this will not
)e taken till the Association comes to-
,ether, but doubtless q visit to historic
Bethany will be something the irater-
1ity will want to take in.
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A TOWN SWEPT AWAY.
A Cloud Burst in Kansas Does
Immense Damage,
GREAT LOSS OF LIFE FEARED.
The Wires Down aRd Reports are
AIeagre-Ths Hardest Storm In
Thirty Years. Communication
Cat oR-Aiapy Drowned,

ST., LOUIS, June lL-Additional ad
vices about the disaster in Kansas from
wind and rain storms are that Union
town, about fourteen miles west Of For
Scott, OH the Wichita & Western rail
way, was swept away and that two wo
men and four children were drowned,
Uniontown, which Is q place of six
hundred inhabitants, Is in the midst OF q
thlckly settled country, and 1t Is feared
that the losses Of life is even heavier
than reported. AS the wires are down
for fifteen miles on either side nothing
definite can be learned, The storm
struck the western part OF Bourbon
county late at night, coming from the
west, where 1t played great havoc. At
Augusta 1t assumed the form Of q cloud
burst, and though everything possible
has been done to obtain details by the
railroads, all Is uncertain at present, In
Fort Scott II commenced raining about 7
o'clock Sunday morning,
Old residents say II was the hardest
rain in thirty years. Water commenced
raising in Buck Run at 8 a. IN. Lamb
and Meads Ice dam on Sixth street burst
about 10 q. IN, causing the water in
Bucks Run to rise at the rate Of about 8
feet an hour, carrying away several
houses and the bridge across Sixth street.
The part Of Fort Scott known as Bell.
town, Is entirely under water. This was
caused by the overflow from Marmaton
river, People were taken out in boats.
Several bridges were washed out and
trains were stopped on both sides Of Fort
Scott, The Kansas, Nebraska & Dakota
track is under water for about nine miles
out, The Memphis road Is badly dam
aged for about 1000 feet ten miles north
Of Fort Scott, All the bottom in East
Fort Scott moved out. At last accounts
the water had stopped rising and II no
more rain falls, the flood will rapidly
subsidc.
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~ uOunhluWus
JoHNsrowN, Pa, June ia largely
increased force Of men was at work in
the ruins to-day, and new men are com.
ing in from every direction. General
Hastings says about $500 men are now
at work. Deaiening blasts Of dynamite
are heard atshort intervals and notice.
BILE impression is being made on the de.
brls above the stone bridge. The four
Philadelphia fire enginesarriyed here last
night and to-day are pumping out ponds
and foundations. The engines are
manned by strong force and they are
doing much valuable work. Anumber
OF newspaper correspondents VINO have
been on duty here since the disaster
have been taken sick and been compelled
to 60 home. Harry s. Brown, OF the
Philadelphia Pres, was among those who
have been taken home. Up TO noon two
bodies were recovered. The remains
were buried without being identified.
HODIEb HECoNERED,
Seventeen more bodies were dug from
the wreCkage here to-day. Among
them was the body OF Mrs. Annie Bates,
OF Racine, Wis. She wasa passenger on
the day express lost on the fatal day.
She was buried promptly, as were all
the other bodies found. Among the
others found were the three children OF
Jas Clark. They were tangled and
entwined about each other, and were
horribly decomposed. All the others
are as yet unidentified.
The weather hero to-day was as
gloomy and dismal as the grief and dis.
tress which still hangs like a heavy veil
over the place. Everybody Is busy,
than the army OF boses can conveniently
handle. A meeting OF citizens was held
at Alma Hall this afternoon to protest
against the further use OF the heavy
dynamite blasts. The blast used here.
tofore have been 500pounds, but smaller
blasts were advised, and General Hast.
ings has accepted the wishes OF the meet
ing and only 50 pound blasts have been
put of to-day.
BUSINESS MEN MEET.
Alta meeting OF business men this af-
ternoon it was decided to ask the State
authorities here for lumber with which
10 build temporary business places. To
the committee who waited on General
Hastings, the gentleman said he would
supply all the lumber desired within a
week. Many Of the temporary holdings
will be constructed on the old public
square. Notwithstandlngth elArge guam
titles OF provisions and supplies being
shipped here, there are many people who
would like to buy what they want and
are urging that the temporary business
places be constructed at once.
The State Board OF Health made q
complete tour OF the several boroughs
to-day. They have not yet made re.
port, but 1t Is limited in official circles
that the sanitary arrangements will be
severely criticised and condemned and
many recommendations will be made.
Three members Of the Fourteenth reg.
iment were arrested at Cambria City to.
night charged with insulting women.
They were locked up. The citizens Of
the place are burning with indignation
and many threats Of lynching are made
tonight.
The report OF Commissary General
spanger To General Hastings to-day
shows that 20,515 people were fed by the
commissary department to-day.
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THE REPUBLICAN, GRIP.
Matt Quay &. Strengthening 1t in the Next
N Congress,

nAtt Nuh3 ~ bEFenglheplng II IN tho Nexl
Congress,
WAsHINdToN, June l7.-While Sena'
tor Quay has been credited with spend
ing his time in Washington in arranging
the distribution Of the Pennsylvania
Federal offices, as amatter Of fact that
business has occupied a comparatively
small portion OF the Senator's time.
He has been putting in some telling
blows on the Republican majority in the
next Congress with view to strength.
ening the control OF the party.
The present Republican majority in
the next House Is only three. Congress,
It Is now generally assumed, is likely to
be called In special session on or about
0ctober1. tits believed that the session
will open with hot ballot over changes
In the rules, for the general purpose Of
giving the majority better control over
legislation and preventing the minority,
or a small part OF the minority from
bringing on deadlock for the partisan
obstruction OF measure in accordance
with the verdict OF the last election. The
mslority will disclaim all intentions to
re he minority Of their rights, but
thty will assert their purpose to control
the legislation for which the country
holds them responsible, and will deny
that II Is the right Of handful OF men,
through tllibustering to block entirely
the wheels oil Congress.
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WHOLESALE SUGAR STEALING.
Three New Yorkols in a Novel Sort of ST
nnn Trnat

Three New Yorkels In q Novel Sort OF Su.
gar Trust.
NEW York, June 17.-Three men who
formed q sugar trust" in rather unique
way, and who have been making a small
fortune for the past three years, have
come to grief, and are now prisoners at
the police headquarters. Their names
are George II. Coggeswell, John Mob.
Ter and Mr.. Vantine, OF the firm oi
Vantine & Whermann, grocers. Cog.
geswell has been the trusted truCkman
OF the Brooklyn Sugar Refining Com.
pany for years. Mohler has been feceiv-
ing clerk for the firm OF Austin, Nichols
y Co., wholesale grocers. A member oi
the latter firm recently called on Inspec.
tor Byrnes and informed him that their
firm was being robbed Of sugar in some
unaccountable way. Detectives were at
once put on the case, and they dis.
covered that Coggeswell and Mohler
were In collision. They subsequently
learned that when Coggeswell was sent
with twenty-five barrels OF sugar to be
delivered 10 Austin, Nichols & Co., he
always left ten Of the barrels at the
store Of Vantine 4 Whermann, and
that Mohler would always sign for
the receipt OF twenty-five barrels at the
store Of Austin, Nichols & Co. The
three prisoners have confessed TO the
theft, but Vantine claims that he be.
lieved the sugar he received came direct
from the refinery, He had been having
$40 a barrel for loaf sugar, and $i3 ior
granulated. This Is about one-hali OF
the real value. During the existence Of
the system Of theft 1t ls. estimated that
upwardot $50 barrels Of sugar have been
stolen. The aggregate value Is about
5000. The courts will probably have
10 decide whether the Brooklyn Sugar
Refining Company or the firm Of Aus
tin, Nichols & Co. will sustain tho loss
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prisoneN Wm. Ii. Hatfield, who sold
ths furniture afterwards found in the
cottage where Cronin was murdered,
was the first to psss along tho line, but
lie failed to identify either Of the men,
lie was followed by Martlnsen, the ex.
prCssman; Il. G. ,ThroCkmorton, and
Deputy Sheriff Williams, all Of whom
failed to identify the suspects. Maroney
and Mcdonald were then taken back to
their cells and the Chicagoans left the
prison.
Maroney and Mcdonald were dis.
missed to-day, there being no evidence
10 hold them.
Judge Andrews, after reviewing the
arrest and proceedings, said that the only
question before him was whether the
prisoners were lawfully detained. Il
there hal been any competent evidence
before tho police magistrates that Patrick
CrOnin was murdered in Chicago, anC
which furnished reasonable ground Il
believe from which 1t appeared probable
that NIaroney or Mcdonald committed
that crime, Judge Andrews said II would
not he proper for him to review the de
cision even II the court took a difleren
yi4w from what he did Of The
weight Of such evidence. The dif
GcuIty Is that although 1t is {
matter Of general newspaper notoriety
that Cronfu was recently murdered II
Chicago It appears that no competent le
gal evidence whattver was produced be-
fore the magistrate, either OF the fact o
tho murder6r that Maroney or McDon
aid committed the crime. Even II tele
grams were TO be regarded al some sor
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ANOTHER ARREST


Marlin NnEke, sWppOSsd to be WILLIAMS" !"
Arrested In WlnncpeR-ldsntITSd cd by Mar.
tlhASh,
WlSSRrEd, MAN, June j7.-AIattin
Burke has been arrested here on SuSpl.
Clon Of being implicated In the Cronin
murder lilo answers perfectly the dc.
sctiptlOn given OF the man Delaney. He
IA about twenty-five years old and slight
In form, being about . feet 10 lnChOg
tall. lie haS u brown mouStaChe ol
about two weeks growth, HD was fairly
we'll dressed aud hS tho appearance 81
aproSperous laboter, lie isundoublad,
ly the man wanted,
Butkeb connection with The case, n
was found ont lAter, was this. He ID thI
inAn who hired MarlinsVn, the express
lnan, TO carry furniture from CLARK stree
70 ue Carlson cottage. The police wert
On lis track several days after lndinI
tho body Of Dr. Cronln, They had It'll
against him except that hlB movement
We're Suspicious, lie began 10 jun,
AROUND from one boarding place 70 ah
other with remarkable iteduency, Dl
!scuye Palmer secured q photograph {
Ihe fellow. Alter MAflihBVn, The o.