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Mower County transcript., 1889-10-30
DEATH AMID BLAZING OIL.

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Arain- Wreckers Cause Horror Ncs,
hosto'no' IAo,1o''no' INDIAN OIL Train Thrown
IroW the Track-Thc Debris Takes Tsira
anu iI'e Three Trainnen Are burned To !.
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k,koMo, Ind, Oct. ga sinuular1u
horrible railroad wreck occurred on the
Lake Lake Eric q Western at this place Fri.
day morning at o'clock, resulting in
three men being burned to death. Sew
eral attempts have recently been
made to wreck trains near Ko-
komo. but all have been thwarted
by timely discovery. Friday morn
ing, however, the villains succeeded.
An obstruction of some kind was placed
on the track near a switch just beyond {.
r1yulat that runs south Of the town and
was SO arranged that III the dim light OF
the carly morning it would not be like
~ to be noticed by the engineer.
When north-bOund freight-train.
which left this city at nidnight came
along 1t struck the obstruction lust after
the locomotive whistle had been blown
to give warning of its coming. The
engine was thrown from the track
upon its side and two box cars lust
behind were thrown into an adjacent
held, while several fiat cars piled upon
the engine dozen large tanks filled with
OIL. Besides the engineer and fire.
man. brakeman who was at the
Time IN the forward part of the car
was caught in the wreck and was un-
able to release himself As the con-
tents OF the tanks were emptied upon
the locomotive the whole mass of wreck
age was instantly enveloped in flames.
and one after another the tanks ex-
ploded, throwing burning oil and debris
200 feet in the air.
The three unfortunate men were
burned to death in few minutes. and
the heat was SO intense that it scorched
the paint on houses in the neigh borhood.
and, IN some instances, melted win
dow-glass. Nothing could be done
toward rescuing the men. The burning
OIL flowed down into the rivulet and the
stream was covered with flames. which
reached up over wagon bridge a few
hundred yards below the scene of the
wreck and completely destroyed it. Sew
eral OF the cars were burned, but such as
had not been thrown from the track were
saved by being run down the
grade beyond the reach of the fire. I
When the wreck occurred Conductor
Tokes and Brakeman Hellchew, on the
'ear OF the train, jumped to the ground
and escaped inj,ey. The men who lost
their lives were: Jacob Mehle. engineer:
Ed Burnett, fireman: John Spellman.
brakeman.
All resided in Peru: Ind. Mehle and
Burnett had families, but Spellman was
Unmarried. The charred remains of the
bodies were taken from the wreck, and
after an inquest by the county coroner
we're sent to Peru. The loss caused by
'he wreck is large. Eighteen cars were
destroyed besides the cargo.
Mower County transcript., 1889-10-30
TOO MUCH FOR THE JUDGE.

wilson Howard Proves Himself the Best
General In the Kentucky Faction War
He Outwits Judge Lewis and Gains
Possession of the Harlan County Court
House-A Bloody Fight Looked For.
LOUISVILLE, KY, Oct. 36,-A special
to The Times frofh Pineville, KY, Says:
Thursday Wilson Howard, leader of the
Howard faction, out-maneuvered the
forces headed by County Judge
Lewis, who have held possession
of Harlan courthouse, the county
seat, since the 11th inst. Judge Lewis
and his posse of sixty men left
Harlem courthouse at 9o'clock Thurs
day morning to make another assault on
Howard's camp. Howard, anticipating
this movement, had placed his followers
in ambush near the town. The Lewis
party passed directly through the
and for some reason
were not fired on. After they had
got beyond their foes, who were
in the brush and were pro-
ceeding in the direction of where
Howard's camp was supposed to be,
the Howard party moved into the
town and took possession Of the
courthouse. They have complete control
of the town, with pickets stationed
at all approaches, and the county
Judge and his followers have gone into
camp outside the town. 1t is confident
ly believed that Judge Lewis will en-
deaver to recapture the courthouse, and
a bloody fight is expected.
Mower County transcript., 1889-10-30
g 5chaels, told Of the finding Of the body In
the catch-b -basin. 81 8@@.
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chaels, told Of the finding of the bodyin
the catch basin. 15s 58Zs
l,r. q. w. Lewis, q dentist, told Of his
experience In treating DR.. Crorlin for
teeth trouble. Dentist and patient
mad been on terms Of intimacy,
ana the former had Experimental
with peculiar style Of plate for
the false teeth he made for DIR. Cronin
and which could not be moved in the
mouth without inserting the finger.
Dr. Lewis described this plate to
nicety, and when Mr.. Mills, undoing q
small package he held in his hand, pro
duced plate with two false teeth at
tached which had been taken from the
mouth of the corpse, every body was sat
istied that the young dentist was able to
recognize his handiWork at glance. On
May "a Lewis went to Carroll's under.
taking establishment on Chicago avenue
and there saw a dead body, which he
identified as DR.. Cronin's.
DR.. Egbert, assistant county physi.
clan, who assisted at the autopsy of the
body, testified as to the nature of the
wounds, and said the doctor died from
VAAC ASouAO VI fAOAClCC-lIOHl GQC wounds
he received--and that the internal Or
gans were found in good condition and
there was no evidence that the body had
suffered from any disease.
Judge Wing and Mr.. Forrest (for the
defense) took turns in cross-examining
the witness for nearly two hours with
the view of securing an admission that
the wounds upon the body might have
been occasioned by rough usage while
getting it out of the vault. Dr.. Egbert
insisted, however, that they were in
flicted prior to his death, and his testi-
mony in other particulars remained un-
shaken.
John Carroll, the undertaken, was
called to establish the identity of the
body on which post-mortem was held
with the one examined by DR.. Lewis at
his establishment at III Chicago ay.
enue. The defense did not cross-ex.
anime him.
Court then adjourned till 10 o'clock
Saturday morning.
Mower County transcript., 1889-10-30
NEW STYLES IN STAMPS.
Changes to he Made in the Size. Color a,

Changes to he Made in the Size. Color and
Engraving of Postage Stamps.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2G. Postmaster
General Wanamaker has awarded the
contract for furnishing adhesive postage
stamps for four years, beginning ON
January I, to the American Bank Note
Company, of New York, the lowest bid
der. The new stamps will be about one
eighth smaller than those in present use.
The designs will be changed to conform
to the reduction in size and new engrav-
ings will be made throughout. The one
cent stamp will continue to be printed
in blue, the two-cent stamp, now printed
in green, will be printed in bright car
mine, and changes will be made in some
Of the other denominations.
Mower County transcript., 1889-10-30
THE JURY.

who had beaten out his life. There
was motive for his murder, and the
speaker claimed that the State would
be able to show that the motive arose
from the fact that the unfortunate doc
tor was an active member of an Irish
organization known as the Clan-na-Gael.
There were five members of the execu-
two board, and of these Alexander Sui
tivan, Boland and Feeley formed the ia
nous triangle. The triangle was accused
by DR.. Cronin of having plundered the
society, and to prevent an exposure, the
speaker said, the butchery was planned
and executed. The States ATTORNEY
traced the conspiracy from its inception
20 the killing of the doctor, concluding
at $3.50 p. NJ. In his peroration he said
that if after hearing the evidence
the jury had the slightest doubt of
the guilt of the prisoners they
should give them their freedom, but if
on the other hand they were satisfied
that they were the murderers then he
should demand that the highest penalty
of the law be inflicted. Counsel for the
defendants waived their opening speech
ss and the examination, of witnesses
was commenced without delay.
Captain Villiers: of the Lake View
police, told of the finding of the bloody
trunk, and the identity of the body was
sworn to by Joseph G. Keefe, James
Holland, Stephen Connolly, H. A.
Wisch and Morris Morris. E. Rosch,
the employe of the department of
public works, who discovered the
body in the catch-basin, gave his
testimony. The witnesses were dis
missed with nominal cross-examination,
the defense apparently having decided
to admit that the body was that of the
physician. At 4:4O o'clock court ad-
iOurnad ...... ..-.
Mower County transcript., 1889-10-30
LATEST NEWS.
A Woman Burned.

ST. PAUL, Oct. 27.-1he residence Of
Mrs. Clifford Oh the west side was dis
covered on fire shortly after o'clock last
night The firemen made ghastly dis
cGvery when they entered the building.
The body of old Mrs. Clifford, burned un.
I'll the flesh was ready to slough off from
the bones, lay stretched across the little
hallway directly behind the door. The
broken fragments of a kerosene lamp were
strewn about the floor. 1t is supposed
that the old lady had fallen down the
stairway which opens into tho hall with
lamp in her hand, and the lamp exploded,
setting dre to her clothing
Mower County transcript., 1889-10-30
A SELF-SATlSFlED MURDERER.

B. NJ. Chambers Declares He Is Glad He
Killed Lawyer Bowman-Held to tho
Grand Jury Without Bail.
ST.. LOUIS, Oct. 26.-The preliminary
examination of Bill Chambers for the
killing of Frank j. Bowman, the law
yer, was concluded 1T Clayton Friday
afternoon and Chambers was held for the
grand jury without bail. Chambers was
put upon the stand and detailed the
story of the shooting. He stated that
when he shot Bowman the latter had
made a motion as if to draw revolver,
and believing one or the other must be
killed, he fired. Chambers concluded
his statement by declaring in a tragic
manner: II shot him and am glad of it:
he would have robbed me of my last
penny and he deserved his DEATH
Mower County transcript., 1889-10-30
WESTERN FARM MORTGAGES.
Demand to Have the Next Census Show
the Extent of the Evil.

the Extent of the Evil.
ST. LOUIS. Oct. 26.-There is a grow
ng feeling that the farmers and other
"ealth-producers do not receive an
equitable return for their toll. The
statements are repeatedly made that
the rich are growing richer. and the
ooor poorer that IS per cent. of the
wealth of the country is owned by less
;han per cent. of the population; that
;hree-fifths of all the wealth is in
;he hands of less than $4,000 persons:
md that the sturdy, self-respecting
:armer is becoming the American peas
INT. Lack of facts upon which to base
conclusions has rendered even theoriz-
.ng valueless. the first requisite to an
Intelligent discussion of the subject
being a knowledge Of the actual facts
n the case. An important step toward
securing them. in fact the primary step.
would be the collection of data to
show to what extent the farms and the
aomes-the basis of our civilization
Ire owned by their occupants and free
rom debt. Mr.. Robert P. Porter, Superin-
endent of the Eleventh Census, in re-
ply; to correspondence on this subject
says that the act authorizing the census
lid not contemplate the collection of
shese data, that before he can undertake
ihe work there must be special legisla-
ion by Congress instructing him to do
80, and that he will lay the matter be-
sore the Secretary of the Interior with a
7iew to securing such legislation. There
s no doubt that if 4 general public de-
nand existed, the legislation could be
secured.
With view of creating such a de-.
nand, the Western Economic Associa-
;ion, of st. Louis, requests all bodies in
;erested in the welfare Of the producing
classes to adopt resolutions Of the fol-
lowing character, and to send them
without delay to Washington:
=. WHEREAS, There is q growing belief that the
:armers and other producers OF the country do
aot obtain an equitable share Of the wealth
which they create, and that the farms and the
homes of the country are very largely under
mortgage; and
WHEREAS, Exact knowledge on this subject
is Of great Importance in the study Of the social
and economic questions of the day; therefore.
be it by (insert here the name Of the body
adopting the resolutions and the locality
Resolpsd, That it is our judgment that the
uext United States census should show what
percentage of the people in this country oc-
eupy their own farms and homes, and what
proportion are tenants, and of those who oc-
cupy their own farms and homes, what proper
tion have their property free from debt. and
Of the farms and homes which are under
mortgage, what percentage of the value is SO
mortgaged; and be it further
Resoloed, That the secretary Of this meeting
be requested to transmit copy of these resolu-
tions to Hon. John w. Noble, Secretary OF the
Interior, Washington, d. c., and a copy to the
Congressman from this district, with request
that he use his influence to have these facts
collected and published.
Mower County transcript., 1889-10-30
The CollOnl Case.

MINNEAPoIIs, Mimi, Oct. 26-In the
Collom case Friday the defense an
nounced they would prove that the con-
fessioD made by Collom was in pur-
suance of an arrangement between him
self and w. B. Anderson, son-in-law Of
F. T. Blaisdell. the complaining wit
ness, and in order to effect better set
Element with Collom's creditors.
d. $. Ames, the penmanship expert,
went on the stanl and pronounced the
signatures forgeries. $&"S
Mower County transcript., 1889-10-30
The New IA8nue.

New YORK, Oct. 2S-The World says
"One week from to-day the Brotherhood
Of Professional Base Ball Players will
meet at the Fifth Ave. hotel, in this city
and begin business on its own hook As
the National league has ignored tho play.
ers in the past, so the players will now
ignore The league. Franch ses which
three months ago were worth $4,000, OO0
cannot be sold now for 2.0O0 600 centa
Six capitalists, representing four brother,
hood clubs, met at the Windsor hotel this
. fternc on, and, excepting few minor de.
tails, all arrangements were made for the
establishment of brotherhood league.
Mower County transcript., 1889-10-30
SAMOANS AT WAR.

A Desperate Fight Takes Place Between
the Followers of Malietoa and Tamasese
Several Were Killed on Each Side and
Many Wounded. ~.
LONDON, Oct. 26.-Advices from the
Samoan islands, received via Auckland.
say that desperate fight has
taken place at Savaii between the
followers of Malietoa and Tam
asese. About 1000 men were en-
gagged in the battle, in which several
were killed on each side and many
wounded. With which party the victory
rested the dispatches do not state. and i
Is probably unknown.
Mower County transcript., 1889-10-30
His Shortage Is a Big One.

BosToN, Oct. 26.--The Herald's Prov
idence special says the shortage Of
Brown University funds on account of
the operations Of ex-Registrar G. p. Rob-
inson, son Of ex-President Robinson, is
found BY an expert accountant to be
over $4,000, instead of $1,000 or. $4,000
as at first supposed.
Mower County transcript., 1889-10-30
Schoonera Wrecked

NORFOLK, Va, Oct 27.-The schooner
George L. Simmons. of Camden, N. j., was
wrecked off False Cape, thirty miles south
of Cape Henry, in the storm OF last Wed.
nesday night. When the vessel was first
seen, sunk in the breakers, by the life
savers Thursday morning, seven lnen
were lashed in the rigging. Que by one
the doomed men have been swept away in
the sea. The schooner Lizzie s. Haynes
has been wrecked off Bodies Is land. Five
men lost
Mower County transcript., 1889-10-30
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

GENERAL GREEN B. RA UNI. OF Illinois, was
appointed on the 10th by President Harri-
son to succeed Corporal Tanner as Com
missioner of Pensions.
TIE funeral services over the remains of
General John F. Hartranft. Ex-Governor of
Pennsylvania, took place on the 2lst at
Norristown.
On the 2lst General Green B. Raum as
sumed control of the Pension Office in Wash
ington.
PRESIDENT HARRISON on the 2lst ap-
pointed Oliver F. Williams, of Rochester,
N. Y, to be United States Consul at Havre,
France, and Nicholas Smith, of New York,
to be Consul at Three Rivers, Can.
THE wellknown inventor OF Ipswich,
Mass, James Peatfield, whose name was
closely associated with the early lace and
wool manufacturing of this country, died
on the 2ist -
REV. c. W. WALLACE, D. D., the first
settled pastor of the first church organized
in Manchester, N. H.. died on the 2ist, aged
eighty three years. 49,
The Greenback party Of New York nomi-
mated a State ticket in New York City on
the 21st, headed by Rev Thomas K. Beech
er, of Elmira, for Secretary OF State.
I JOHN TALLMAN and wife celebrated the
SOVOAOASLA dA1AT 0AS0Ay VI oACAA "CONIuS ou
Tappan. N. Y, on the 2lst.
MRS, Ida H. WALDRoN, mother of Mrs.
A. B. Van Cott, of Madison, Wis, died on
the 22d, aged one hundred and three years.
Mn. FREDERICK KNAvEL. sevenuy-seven
years old, was married at Lima, o., on the
ED to Mrs. Martha Eaton, seEenty-fiye years
of age. ~ -,-----.>-.~ .-- 10 8:
DIR. N. NJ. EATON. one of the most emf
nent homeopathic physicians in the West
and the author Of several medical works,
died on the 23d in Cincinnati, aged fifty
years.
FRANK w, BIRD, the famous abolitionist
celebrated his eightieth birthday on the
23d at Walpole, Mass His mental and
physical yigOr was unabated. s5 3.G
i JOHN g. X. TRuA1R, for thirty years pub
Usher of the Syracuse IN. " Journal, died
on the 23d, aged SO Yentyy7rtWo years
LYMAN DAVIS, aged one hundred, and
fourteen xyeags and probably the o 'dest
man inths State, died Ia the town Of Sails.
bury, N. Y, on the 24th. He was q farmer
and had lived In Salisbury for nearly 9
century. 5a
Mower County transcript., 1889-10-30
Another New Cruiser.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 26.-The crowd OF
persons who found their way through the
rain and mud to Union Iron works ship
yard was not as large as that which as
sembled there overa year ago to witness
ttse launching of the Charleston, but fully
1900 people stood under umbrellas to-day,
and watched the San Francisco slide of
the ways. INC launch was a success in
every WaY -. - =.
Mower County transcript., 1889-10-30
A Campaign Gunner Hurt,

ZANEsvILI.E, O., Oct. s6,--Ex-Consta-
BILE William hewitt, aged SO, was fatally
injured at s O'clock Friday by the pre-
mature discharge of a cannon that was
being fired for q political speech. Both
arms ar We're blown off, both eyes destroyed
and he was 50 badl, hurt that recovery
is impossible. n n. @
Mower County transcript., 1889-10-30
THE SECOND DAY.
Witnesses Swear to the Identification of
- ! nr inss lDlx

WitneBses Swear to the Identification Of
- + 4.. DIR. Cronin's Body.
CHICAGO, Oct. 26.-The line of proof
as shown by the witnesses who ap-
peared early in the session of the Gro
min trial Friday was to establish be-
yond the shadow of doubt that the
body found in the catch-basin was that
of Dr.. Cronin. Nicholas Wallen-
born, T. 7. Conklin, John +. Scam
Ian, Frank Scanlan, P. McGarry and d.
2. Ahern all friends and intimate ac-
quaintances Of the doctor wore to the
identity Of the remains, and two labor
ers, John Fennegar and William Nj
Mower County transcript., 1889-10-30
At Homo u1u.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. N.-According to
advices received from Honolulu to-day
there are four American men -of-war ves-
sells stationed at that port-Iroquois, Mo-
hican, Nipsic and Alert, the Iroquois hay.
ing recently arr we'd from San Francisco
and the Mohican from fCallao. Admiral
Kimberly still remains at Honolulu, and
the squadron is under his immediate com.
mand #&# 4 :, st34 5i.'*s ##7Sa&7':##.@ f& F. u
Mower County transcript., 1889-10-30
THE P.L II e. P()SE
Opening Speech in the Or. Cronin
Murder Trial.
Judge Lonsenecker Traces the Conspiracy
from It's Inception to the killing
Several Witnesses Give Their
Testimony. 0
THE TRIAL OPENED.

3 ~ Z
ss CHICAGO, Oct. 25.--,The trial Of five of
the men accused of the murder of DR..
Cronln-Coughlin, O'Sulliyan, Beggs,
Burke and Kunze--.was formally. begun
ct 10 o'clock yesterday morning. Wood
ruff is to be tried separately States
Attorney Longenecker, in making the
opening speech for the prosecution, pro-
ceeded to defend the murder of DR.,
Cronln as the unlawful killing of the
man with malice aforethought. "The
material points to be proved" he
said, are the killing of DR..
Cronin; the fact that the kill
ing was done in this county and
State; and that these defendants did the
killing with malice aforethought." Mr..
Longenccker said that DR.. Cronin was de-
ooyed away from his home on the night
of May 4 last, and was never seen alive
again by his friends. His body was
found in Lake View catch-basin May
%, where it had been placed bv those
Mower County transcript., 1889-10-30

CHICAGO has the largest Common Council
Of any cityin the world With the recent
additions tho Common Council numbers
sixty-ejght. *.S :s
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-10-02
HOW III COMES.

Some of the taxpayers who are growl-
ing about the increase in the tax levy
for the next year do not appear to know
that it is caused largely by the action OF
the last legislative delegation. They
were instructed to cut down the fees re-
ceived by several of our county officials,
bv the convention which placed them
i'm nomination. and all promised to do
so. The board of county commission
ers taking them at their word, figured
that if the sheriff, register of deeds and
clerk of court were compelled to turn
into the county treasury all fees re-
ceIued by each of them in excess of
$1,000. which sum they were to be al
lowed to keep in lieu of salary, the
county expenses could be curtailed
about $4,000.
The members of the legislature, how
ever, after their election refused to Go
as they promised, and so the county
officials continued to appropriate to
their own use all the fees they could
collect. and the county found itself in
debt at the end of the fiscal year to the
tune of over $4,000 more than was fig
ured OIL.
When the board of tax levy met
few weeks ago, it was necessary to pro-
vide means whereby this debt could be
paid up, and provision made for an adj
ditional 5000 to prevent like deficit
at the end OF the present year, and con-
seuuently an increase in the tax levy
was found to be matter OF necessity.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-10-02
The Cpematory, 1t Is Said,
Will &c Abandoned About
Oct. Is
Kilvington Asserts That the
Fight Is Becoming an
Unequal One.
w. M. Regain Doesn't Want to
Be Chief Mogul of the
Expo.
The Night Schools About to
0pen--General News Of a
Day.

The crematory is to be abandoned. So
says DR.. Kilvington, the only man who
has stuck to that institution through
thick and thin.
1.-THE fight is an unequal one," said
the doctor, land we must give way to
the popular clamor, no matter whether
we are right or not. My attention was
called to the disagreeable odor waited
over the suspension bridge from the
burning sawdust of the sawmills up the
river, but you never hear anything
about that"
The crematory will be closed on the
18th of October, according to the direc-
lions of the council. Then we will pre-
sent report of the last months work
of the crematOry, and ask the council
what to do next. 1t remains for the
council to take the initiative in this
matter and tell us what they want dOne,
and the board of health will do it,"
The above quotation was printed in
an evening paper Yesterday.
Last evening about $50 DR.. KilYing-
ton received telephone message from
Elbert NeXsOn, residing at 1920 Fourth
street southeast. telling him THAT if he
| did not think his crematory stunk, he
had better come over on the East side
and take a whiff."
DR.. Kilvington Immediately hired a
hack, and taking a couple of reporters
with him drove over to the crematory.
The fires were out, and although three
dead horses and four barrels of rubbish
were piled on the floor no smell of any
consequence could be noticed. The
hack was then driven up to University
avenue, when a strong odor, as of burn
ing wOOlens, could be plainly detected.
This was plainly the Odor which Mr.
Nexson complained of, but he was mis-
taken in thinking it came from the
crematOry. 1t is possible that the Gre
matOry is nuisance, but that is nc
reason why every smell which annoys
! any one on the East side should be cred
tied 10 II