Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1889-07-26
NEWS SUMMARY.
THE CRONIN MuRDERERS
ARRAiGNED.
The Dead Bodies of Three Men Found In
Indiana-A Man Charged With
Robbing Ills Own Safe and
Firing the Building.

| Daniel Coughlin, P. O'Sullivan, J. f.
Reggs, John Launze and Frank Wood.
ruff, under indictment in Chicago fol
the murder of Cronin, were arragned be.
fore Judge Horton Thursday. In answer
to questions all the prisoners, with The
exception OF CoughlIn, said they were
ready for trial. Coughlin said he wished
to see his attorney before answering.
The matter was continued until this
morning, when the prisoners attorneys
will be in court.
Twenty machines are at work harvest
Ing wheat on the Dalrymple farm and
many smaller farms in Cass county, Da-
kota. This is about two weeks earlier
than the harvesting time last year. The
| reports from the harvesters say that,
while the wheat has not headed SO thick
rs usual, the quality Is unusually good, a
much,larger proportion than ever before
going No. hard.
In tho North Dakota Convention yes
terday the Committee on Temperance re-
ported in favor Of the submission of the
prohibition question to vote OF the peo-
pie at the same time the constitution is
submitted. After lively tilt In Commit
tee OF the Whole, the report Of the COM
mittee was adopted.
1t is reported that the dead bodies Of
three men, one colored, were found on
wednesday morning, near Whiting Sta
tioD, Lake County, Indiana. One of the
bodies hsd nothing on but a shirt. Each
had fatal wound on the back OF the
head. 1t is supposed they were murdered
for plunder.
A young son OF Marshall Fl. Twitchell,
U. 3. Consul at Kingston, Ontario, was
arrested yesterday on the charge of being
masked burglar who broke into the
residence of a Mrs. Martin on Wednes-
day light The youth is said to be in
sane.
While Mrs. VIM. Irwin and her three
children were driving near Elwood
Crossing, at Washington, Penna., yes
terday. the horse became frightened and
dashed into freight train. Mrs. Irwin
was XIII d, and ore of the children was
fatally injured end died soon after.
Acting Secretary Batcheller, of the
Treasury Department, holds that woollen
waste which may have tesn broken up
and put through tie garnettlng ma
chine, whereby 1t becomes practically
secured wool, is dutable at the rate pre-
scribed Tor secured wool.
The steamer Prince Frederick Hen.
drick, which arrived at New York yester-
day from Port au Prince, reports bat
Tie east of Port au Prince on the 18th, in
which cne man was killed and several
wounded. Hippolyte was driven from
his position.
The examination of Charles S. Gilman.
OF Corinth, Maine, charged with robbing
MS own safe and starting the fire that re-
Gently burned several buildings In that
town, was concluded yesterday, and Gil
man held was held in $4,000 bali for trial.
Several hundred girls employed in the
factory OF the Roxbury Carpet Company,
Boston, are on strike on account OF re-
duction In wages. The trouble arose
from the Introduction of new machinery.
A charter election was held In
Guthrie, Oklahoma, on Wednesday. The
charter was carried by liz majority, and
the proposition to raise eco, COO bonds by
a majority of IL.
While Michael DIerkel, q prominent
coal operator of Min rsville, Penna., was
gun yesterday afternoon, he
was shot de ID by the accidental discharge |
OF the weapon.
The la%ers' strike at the factory of G, |
B. Lancaster II Co., in Concord, New |
Hampshire, has been anlcably adjusted,
and all hanls have returned 10 work.
Two freight trains collded at Bedford,
Pa, on Wednesday night. Perry Cook,
fireman, bad both legs crushed and died
in few hours,
Our minister at Seoul, Corea, cabled
the State Department Oh Thursday that
the report concerning Mrs. Heron was
wholly without foundation.
Mrs. McVey was thrown from her car
riage, near Fayette Station, West yir-
ginia, on Wednesday, and killed.