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Lorch in the cottage. On one end of the
key was some yellow paint He tried the
key in the lock of the trunk found on
Evanston avenue and il worked to per-
fection. This was done in the presence Of
Capt Schuettler and Officer LOrch. The
key was shown TO the witress and he
identified IL.
"Did you visit the Carlson cottage
abeuJ the time the body was iound"'
Il went there a day or two after, ac-
companied by Capt. Scbuettler."
Describe the articles you found in the
cottage and also the condition OF the
rooms"
rhe witness said that he saw dresser,
washstaHd, bowl and pitcher, small lamp
bed, mattress, springs, two pillows, aud a
comforter. The front room floor was
smeared with yellow paint On the floor
in the hallway, front room, and bedroAm
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were sandy, but this CAPT. vILLIERs.
was good for the prosecution. who
wanted 1t 70 appear that the sand on Din
ans whitecapel buggy came froIu Lake
View
Another point of the captains testimony
was that the bringing into the Sheffie Id
avenue station ot the bloody trunk which
was discovered May D.
What was in the trunkF'
"There was some cotton batting and red
tissue paper, evidently the wrapping of
the cotton. Capt. Wing and Officer hill
lips discovered It, i also found lock of
hair, ~ continued the witness. "The Id of
the trunk was fastened TO the clasp by the
lock. The other fastenings had been torn
off. -
The bloody trunk was again brought in
and identified by Capt Villiers.
Herman Theel testified that on the
morning of May he and two friends
went to Edgewater on hunting expedi-
tion. The names of those who accompa-
niei him were Herman PauSee and Carl
knop. They left the city about o'clock
in the morning. reaching Edgewater an
hour or two later. While passing through
the woods on their return they found a
trunk lying near fence short distance
south of the Chicago d Evanston
railroad tracks. It was then be-
tween and . o'clock. The lid of the
trunk was broken off and lay about
five feet away They looked in the trunk
and discovered blood-stained cotton bat
ting and some thick blood, which one of
them stirred with stick When they
found the trunk il was lying on the west
side OF Evanston avenue and on the east
side Of the fence that skirts that thorough
fare. They carried it out near the road
SIDE, where il would be noticed by anyone
passing by.
Pausee and Knop corroborated the
above witness and all of them identified
the trunk
joseph Phillips. one OF the Lake View Of
fcers who went for the trunk, testified
that they found it lying with one corner
in ditch alongside the road. There were
two or three inches of water i'm the ditch,
and a small quantity had leaked into the
trunk. When they arrived at the spot it
was about 10 o'clock. The lid was lying
a few feet away, and in the trunk was
some cotton batting covered with blood.
Officer Phillips pulled "A small lock of hair
off the side of the trunk that was sticking
TO a clot OF blood. He rolled it up i'm "a
piece OF paper and handed it over TO Capt.
Villiers upon his return TO the station.
After searching in the vicinity where the
trunk was found for an hour and a half it
was placed in the patrol-wagon and brought
to the station Officers Wing and Phillips
carried it TO the captains office
+ II. Wing ex-captain Of nolce or
Lake View, was then called. His testi
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COUGHLIN AND KUNZE.
TESTIMONY DUPLICATING THE DE-
TECTIvE AND HIS FRIEND.
Makman Mertes Says He Saw Them Drive
to the Carlson Cottage ON the Night of
May 4, and Coughlin Entered the siaugh-
ter House.

MAkman Mertes Says He Saw Them Drive
tn the Carlson Cottage ON the Night of
May 4, and Coughlin Entered the Siaugh-
ter House.
tChicago telegraInl
In the Cronin murder trial, Justice
Mahoney testified as TO O'Sullivan ask
ing him to introduce the iceman 10 Dr.
Cronin, aud how the Justice accompanied
O'Sullivan to the Doctors office, where
the contract was made for Cronin to at
tend any of O'Sulliyan's men who might
happen TO be hurt.
Mrs Addie j. Farrar was then called.
She said she lived at No. 311 Mohawk
street and had known O'Sullivan in a
business way, having taken ice from him
for ten or twelve years-when he peddled
for Smell and afterward when he went i'm
business for himself.
"Do you remember the discovery Of DR..
Cronin's body:'
Eyes, sir. ="
''Dd you see p. O'Sullivan about that
timey"
''Yes, sir; he called at my house in the
latter part of May 10 see me about taking
ice from him this season. had just read
in the papers that morning about the find
ing of DIR. Cronin's body, and asked
Mr.. Sullivan il he had heard about it,
He said he had. / said il was terrible
thing TO kill anybody and throw his body
into n catch-basin Mr.. Sullivan said he
heard them say that DR.. Cronin was a
British spy and | said " ny should they
kill him even II he was a spyy' Then Mr..
Sullivan said: They say he gave away
secrets of a secret order, and If that was
so he ought 70 be killed. | said: If he
did that he was another Morgan, and Mr..
Sullivan said: Such men get their just
deserts
Sebastian Steib then took the stand. On
the 4th of May he was police officer in
Lake View. About l1:30 o'clock on the
night Of May he and Officer john Riley
were standing on Fullerton avenue, near
Cooper street. A horse and wagon passed
by containing three men and what APP
peared TO he large chest in the box be-
hind the seat. The wagon approached
them from the west One of the men had
his back turned TO the horse and his hands
rested on the large object in the wagon
Tie horse was "A dark bay and they were
driving at an ordinary gait.
Other officers traced the route of the
wagon containing the trunk by the time it
passed them on thsir beats on the fatal
night.
Capt. Francisco Villiers was again called
to swear TO the correctness of the blue
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NICARAGUA's CANAL.
The Iirst Official Work on the Vast Ii
iarnrIso loIaDencal.

The irst Official Work on the Vast En-
terprise Commenced.
The first sod on the Nicaragua Canal has
been officially and formally turned amid
the booming OF cannoa and the cheers OF
thousands OF spectators, and in the pres
ence OF Gov. Ireneo del Godillo and staff.
representing Nicaragua: the chief engineer
aud stan of the Nicaragua Canal Company.
and all the foreign Coasuls in San Juan del
Norte. Work was really begun on June 8
last. but owing TO some slight misunder-
standing between Nicaragua and Costa
kica. which has since been amicably ar
ranged, the formal opening was postponed
mill now
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Massacred and Eaten by savages.

News is received at Melbourne. Australia,
Of the murder Of an Englishman named
Nelson by the natives of one of the Solo
mon Islands. Nelson and three native
boys. who were in his employ. were de-
coyed into hostile locality. and. after be-
ing killed. were devoured. A British
cruiser alterward punished the natives by
shelling and destroying number Of viii
lagos. The inhabitants fed TO the interior.
Some other instances o; cannibalism on
these islands are reported
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were footprints. as though made by q.
naked foot In fresh paint. Capts. Wing
and Schuettler searched the house from
basement TO garret and found nothing but
the articles mentioned.
Officer jacob Spangler was called 10 cor
roborate Officer Phillips where he testified
as TO going to the catch basin and getting
pailful OF the water and cotton batting.
Officer George Malia's testimony was,
about the same as ex-Capt Wings and
Officer Phillips in regard TO the bringing
| of the trunk to the police station
George Hiatt, detective at the East
Chicago avenue station, was detailed on
the case the day after the body was found.
On the day the Carlson cottage was put
under surveillance the witness and officer
Lorch went there between and o clock
in the afternoon. Charles Carlson admitted
them.
After describing the farniture and ap-
pearance of the rooms Officer Hiatt said
that he saw Lorch pick key up off the.
floor. ne was present when Lorch handed
the key TO Capt Wing and saw il tried in
the lock. The key was found i'm the.
dresser and was partly covered with yellow
paint. Upon examining the dresser the,
witness and Officer Lorch discovered the.
initials "A. H. r. & Co" That was the
first clew they got that the furniture was
bought at Revell's.
William l.. James is the name OF H.
year-old boy who lives at No. 1lS South
Morgan street who was the next witness.
Every sentence he uttered was weighed
carefully, and when he made a statement
he stuck TO it,
During the months of February, March
and April young James was employed in.
his fathers Office in the opera house
block. The ad joining Office was occupied
by Mr.. Smell. Mr.. Snell's rooms were
directly opposite No. III South Clark
street. The boy spent most of
his time in Mr.. SHELLS office and frequent
ly saw men on the top floor. front of III
Clark street. About the lst of March he
saw a man washing his feet at the window
one day. The man did not have anything
on but his underclothing When he saw
that young James was watching him he
pulled down the window curtain. Several
times during the latter part of February
and the for epart of March James saw men
lying down on the bed in the Clark street.
fat They usually came in about 3 clock
in the afternoon.
''The man you saw washing his feet at.
the window, do you see him now in courts'
Judge Longenecker asked the witness
''Yes, sir; thet's him lying ON the pill
low" indicating John Kunze, the little.
German.
Kane turned bis head and looked
fiercely at the witness. Then he muttered
something in German and rolled back into
his old position.
In tine cross-examination Mr.. Donahoe.
brought out the fact that the witness had
identified Kunze at the North Halsted
street station the night he was arrested.
He picked him out of n half dozen men
standing in line. The man he saw at the
window washing his feet did not have a
mustache, but Kunze did when he identi-
fled him.
After the most severe crass-ex-
animation of James, Coroner Hertz was
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Mnr CliIIIns.

Third Auditor W. n. Hart. in his annual
report to the Secretary Of the Treasury.
saws that the number of pensioners on the
rolls July /, 1899 was 10000 and that
there will probably be added 5000 more
by June 30, 1890 This addition will make
the estimated number Of pensioners at
that date 525,UJ0. thus giving for examina-
tion'2. 100000 vouchers. and requiring for
their payment at least Sl0J, J,OO0.OOL.
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ACCUSED OF STEALING $4,000.

Gilman 4. Robinson, of Brown University,
Arrested for Embekzlcmcnt.
Gilman l.. Robinson, late registrar OF
Brown University. and son OF Rev. L. G..
Robinson. exp esident OF that institution.
has been arrested at Provid, ,nce. II. l..
CHARGED with the embezzlement o. 5000
OF the funds of the university. 1t is report
cd that the amount of Robinson's shortage
will reach Sl7.DOO. He claims to be inno-
c-nt OF any criminal offense
The true northerner., 1889-11-13
SHlP-BUlLDlNG IN MAINE.
Many Yards In Operation In the State
Wages Have Increased.


Wages Have Increased.
Augusta (Maine) dispatch: More than.
thirty ship yards have been i'm operation
for the last year, with nearly 2,OOD mem
employed. The wages in Bath are better
by 20 per cent than In 1853, and where.
the shipwright three years ago got 81. So
a day now he receives So 80. The cost Of
vessels has also increased, so that the con-
tractors are asking 25 per cent more for
the work than five years ago. Notwith-
standing that the demand has increased.
The Maine Bureau of Labor has been,
making careful figures On the industry
in the State, from which interesting facts.
are learned. In Bath alone twenty-one
vessels, mostly schooners, have been.
built, one steamer for the Kennebec
Steamboat company included, while at
the present time ten vessels are on stocks,
one being 3, ,0O0-ton ship, and nearly all
will be launched before the close OF the
year.
or these thirty-one vessels eleven are.
over 200 tons each. Approximately the
total tonnage which will be completed in,
the State this year is 62, 000 tons, Of
which Al, 0p0 are in the Bath district
The true northerner., 1889-11-13
ANOTHER LIGHT OF THE TURF GONE
The Earl of Falmouth. Famous i'm Racing
ANNALS. Is Dead.

A London cable says Lord Falmouth.
famous in English racing annals. is dead.
He was born March Is. ls49. He was the
last of the younger set Of the old crowd OF
well-known spots. He was also one OF
the few owners Of race horses who never
made any bets, but entered his horses from
pure love of sport. He was an authority on
the ethics of racing and sporting. In the
House OF Lords. however. he never took a
prominent part. His well-known colors.
black and white sleeves and red can. have
been carried to victory in most OF the prin-
cipal races.
The true northerner., 1889-11-13
MARITIME EXHIBITION OPENED.
The Mechanics Hall I'm Boston Filled with
MndcIs of Ships and shipping.

Models of ships and shipping.
The National Maritime Exhibition in
Mechanics Hall. Boston. has been formally
opened. The interior OF the building is
decorated profusey from dome TO base
ment with flags. streamers. naval ensigns.
etc, presenting a most picturesque ap-
pearance. Probably the most picturesque
feature is duplicate o. the Burgess yacht
Quickstep. which stands on dais In the
main hall. On all sides can be seen models
OF yachts, steamers. life-boats. berths.
and samples Of everything pertaining TO
chfna and ehinninn
The true northerner., 1889-11-13
A Missing J,oy Fouud.

boy giving the name OF and answering
TO the description OF Willie w. Dickinson.
who mysteriously disappeared from Com
monwealth, Cal. about eight years ago.
aud for whose recovery standing reward
Of $1,000 is offered. has been found at th
Boys and Girls Home at Los Angeles.
The true northerner., 1889-11-13
ANNUAL MEETING OF uoRsEMEN.
Percheron and shire Horse breeders Elect
Their Officers.

At the annual meeting OF the American
Percheron Horse Breeders Association.
held at Chicago the following officers were
elected for the ensuing year:
President, Hon. T. w. Palmer Detroit vico
President /. l.. Ellwood, DeKalb, III. Secre-
tary, ,. ID. Thompson, Wayne Ill Treasurer,
Il. whitman, and the following Board OF Di-
rectors NJ. w Dunham Capt. T. Slatterv,
James GARFIELD, II, B. Kellogg, Leon Johnson,
Henry Avery, r.. W. Cottrell, h. Is. Redheld, and
IL q. MhenInn
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Eel Dead i'm His Pulpit.

The Rev. John Mayhaw, a Free Will Bap-
t.st miuister. fell dead in the pulpit while
preaching nc the Mountain school house.
about six miles from Eureka Springs. Ark
He seemed as we'll as usual when opening
service, and had reached the middle of his
discourse when he fell forward and died in
stantly. The Coroner summoned "a jury
and held an inquest, the verdict being death
from heart disease
The true northerner., 1889-11-13
Maj. Burke Said to Have Gone to Honduras.

1t is said at the State Department at
Washington that eX-State Treasurer Burke.
of Louisiana, has not been indicted for an
cNt-aditablo offense. therefore his extra
diton has not been asked. One of the
officials sad he had heard report that
Burke was on his way to Honduras. where
some Louisiana people. Burke among
them. have probably secured very valua-
bic concessions. mining and otherwise.
dnrns
The true northerner., 1889-11-13
The sugar Trust Knocked Out.

The general term OF the supreme Court
OF New York has handed down a decision
in the case o! the North River Sugar Re-
fning Company, which was some time ago
incorporated in the Sugar Trust Opinions
were written in the case by JudIes Daniels
and Van Brunt, Affirming the decision OF
Judge Barrett ordering the dissolution OF
the compauV
The true northerner., 1889-11-13
French Warning to England.

The Journal deS DebatS says: The only
Ministers OF the powers who attended the
Prince Of Wal IS reception in Cairo were
those OF Germany. Denmark. and Greece.
The Princes journey was not only "a use
less one. bat it showed small regard for
French feeling France has not abandoned
her claims in Egypt"
The true northerner., 1889-11-13
Bought Out by the Gas Trust.

St. Louis (Mo.) dispatch says: big
deal in gas. at which the L! ust ruled the
roost. has been made. Since the gas trust
has been n factor in ST. Louis commerce
the st. Louis Gas Light Company has been
an eye-sore to that corporation. Now this
corporation has been sold. lock. stock. and
barrel, and the trust is the principal pur
The true northerner., 1889-11-13

August Suessman. Jr.. the alleged pecu-
lating clerk of the late City Comptroller,
Edwin Esheiby. of Cincinnati. has been ta-
ken from Cincinnati TO st. Louis by detec-
tives. His known psculations thus far
count up over $1,000. it is said. and the in
vestigation is TIL in progress. He has been
a Tug tive for several months
The true northerner., 1889-11-13
SunoI Beats AxteiI's Time.

Leland Stanford's 3-year- old flly Sunol
beat AXtell's Terre Haute Qnd.) record of
2:l2 at San Francisco by second and
half, trotting her mile in 2:lO19. Senator
stAnford's 2-year- old Regal Wilkes trotted
a mile in 2:2J24. beating AXtelIs last year
record by two and quarter seconds.
The true northerner., 1889-11-13
MISS DRExEL TAKES THE VEIL.

A S1U,OO0,OOO Heiress Bids Farewell 10
the World.
Miss Kate Drexel. the second daughter CT
the late F. A. Drexel. OF Philadelphia. and
worth SlO.000000. has taken the white veil
OF the novitlate at the Convent of the Sis
ters OF Mercy in Pittsburgh. The ceremony
was a particularly exclusive one. none but
the nearest friends al d relatives being per-
mitted to enter the place where the cere-
mony was performed.
The true northerner., 1889-11-13
Fire nj Allegheny CITY.

An early morning fire on North avenue.
Allegheny City, Pa, DESTROYED Dovey's
brass foundry and the building adjoining,
occupied by the Allegheny City Carpet
Cleaning Company. Two stables in the
rear were also burned. \ colored hostler,
whose name is unknown. is supposed to
have been burned 10 death. The loss is
$4,000. partially covered by insurance.
The true northerner., 1889-11-13

scribed and the deal. closed. The proper
ties sold TO the English syndicate include.
besides the mills belonging to c. A. Pills
bury and w. ID. Wasburn. the water-power
of ST. Anthony's Falls. 100 elevators belong
ing to the Pillsbury interest. and the con-
trolling interest In another elevator line.
The true northerner., 1889-11-13
League Funds from America.

At the fortnighly meeting Of the National
League in Dublin the other day ii was an
nounced that contributions amounting to
sS,0O0 had boon received from America
since the last meeting.
The true northerner., 1889-11-13
A Deficit i'm the Treasury.

A Belgrade cable sa;s: The bu get has
been subm tie TO the Ssu ,tschina. 1t
shows deficit Of 4,CO1.OJO francs. which
will be met by new taxes and dretrcnchment.
The true northerner., 1889-11-13

nony regarding the
ringing of the trunk
10 the station was
precisely the same as
that given by officer
Phillips. W hen he
,.ucceeded Capt. Viii
Hers the trunk and
lock of hair came in
10 his possession.
A day or two after
the discovery at the
Carlson cottage he
was given a key that
was found by Officer
The true northerner., 1889-11-13
The Lake johanna Mystery.

The mysterious body found in IA barrel at
Lake Johanna. near Minneapolis, Is thought
TO be that Of james l.. Kemper, son of the
Ex-Governor of Virginia. who disappeared
on the same day that Dir. Cronin was killed,
May last
The true northerner., 1889-11-13
Ex-Congressman Comingo Dead.

Judge A. Comingo. one of the bcst-
known lawyers and politicians in Missouri,
died at his residence in Kansas City from
heart disease. aged 60 years. Judge Comm
go served two terms in Congressional as a
Representative from the Sixth. and once
from the Eighth Missouri Congressional
nicttict
The true northerner., 1889-11-13
Children smothercd in Sand.

Jeremiah and Mary Shaw, little children
of Haverhill. Mass, were found dead in n
sand bank. They had been in the habit of
playing in the sand excavations aud it is
supposed were buried by topping mass.
The true northerner., 1889-11-13
sad Death of a song Writer.

Neil w. Price. author OF several popular
songs. including = tick TO Your Mother.
Tom" and "A Boys Best Friend Is His
Mother. died mt Chattanooga. Tenn. in the
most abjeet poverty. from the opium habit.
The true northerner., 1889-11-13

j. ]. De Grummoad and Joan McGi mis-
have been APP ointed gaugers. and :. ;.
Patton and james Wonder storckeepcrs in
the Fifth Illinois Internal revenue district.
The true northerner., 1889-11-13
Damages for "a school Teacher.

Miss Carrie +. Barnes. school teacher.
has been awarded $4,000 damages in her
suit against the New York and New En-
gland Railway Company at Providence for
injuries sust lined hy her in 1856.
The true northerner., 1889-11-13
A swarm of Italian Immigrants.

The lower part Of New York City is over
run with Italian immigrants. Eight hum
dred and forty-flve were landed at Castle
Garden by the steamships Bolivia and
Alesia. from Mediterranean ports.
The true northerner., 1889-11-13
DIR. Cronin's Clothes Discovered.

Sewer cleaners at Chicago found the
clothes and missing instrument case OF DIR.
Il. II. Cronin in a sewer manhole about
quarter OF mile from the spot where the
murdered doctors body was discovered.
The clothes have been fully identified. Dr.
Cronins watch and money We're not in the
clOthes
The true northerner., 1889-11-13

1t is said that Denny. the crack third base
man, has withdrawn from the base- ball
brotherhood. and Will sign again with the
Indianapolis Lealue team.
The true northerner., 1889-11-13
Prorosed Northern Pacific Extcnsion.

Winnipeg. Man. dispatch says: The
Northern Pacific Railroad has decided 20
build into the Souris district AT once. About
ioi y live miles Will be built tais year.
The true northerner., 1889-11-13
Named an Indiana Man.

Acting Secretary Tichenor mas appoint
ed Thomas L. Eyan. Of Indiana. 10 be chief
Of a division in the Third Auditors Office.
Treasury department.
The true northerner., 1889-11-13
An Epidemic of Typhoid at Quebec.

An epidemic OF typhoid fever has broken
out at Quebec. caused by milkman wash
ing his cans in water from foul well.
Nineteen out Of twenty nine families whom
he supplied are stricken There have been
eleven deaths in these families within the
mast tan DAYS
The true northerner., 1889-11-13
COL. GOODLOE DEAD.

The Second Fatality from the fray mt
Lexington.
A Lexington Cky.) dispatch says: The
recent tragedy that thrilled the whole
country with horror has become double
one. William Cassius Goodoe having died
from the effects of the wounds received
from the bullet fired by Col A. N. Swope at
almost the moment he was seized with tho
IN roes oT daath.
The true northerner., 1889-11-13
CLOSED THE DEAL.
The English Syndicate Have Secured the
Minneapolfs Mills.

Dispatches received in New YORK from
c. A. Pillsbury. the Minneapolis miller.
state that he has been notified by cable
from London that the ss.OC0.OOO necessary
TO purchase the PiIlsbury and Washburn
mills. in Minneapolis. has all been SUBJ
The true northerner., 1889-11-13

Rcrorts from the City of Mexico say chi
nesc in great numbers are arriving at
Mazatlan and are making their way 10 Cal
itornia and Arizona overland.
The true northerner., 1889-11-13
Flight of an Embc zzier.

1t has Just transpired that John w. Jones.
a clerk in the ticket Office OF the Missouri
Pacific Railway in st. Louis. has disap-
peared and that his accounts are about
$1,000 short The young man is well con-
nected. and his conduct is IA great surprise
to his friends. He will be prosecuted if he
can ha foun1
The true northerner., 1889-11-13
The Presbyterian Confession of Faith.

The New York Presbytery. after a long
discussion. have decided TO revise tho
Presbyterian confession of faith. 1t has
not been determined 20 what extent the
confession Will be revised.
The true northerner., 1889-11-13
Heir 10 an English Fortune.

Rochester Minn) dispatch: Edward
Ayres. "A poor tinsmith. has received word
from England that by the death of IN uncle
he has fallen heir TO large landed proper
~ and an investment i'm consols of about
e10O.0OJ. Ayres has been working for 50 "a
.v.ek