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Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1889-05-14
Taken From the Jury.

James Kinney was tried In the dis.
trict court yesterday afternoon, charged
with assaulting with intent to kill
Thomas Gill, last December, at point
on the Northern Pacific railroad, five
miles west of Howard. The evidence
showed that Gill was gang foreman.
and Kinney workingmsn under
him. The offence. Gill alleges, 90
CURED without provocation. Kinney
assaulted and struck him upon the
head with heavy wooden bar. and beat
him about tue body, infilcting
other injuries. @. X. Middleton
was appointed TO defend him. The
case was given to the jury at S o'clock.
Before going to the jury II trauspired
from a statement made by the court
that under the Montana practice the
defendant could either be found guilty
OF simple assault. or as charged In
the indictment assault with intent TO
kin but not OF assault and battery, as
,s permissible under California prac-
tics, on which Montana practice is In
the main founded. After receiving
their instructions the jury retired. and
up to o'clock had not given any in
dicstions Of having reached verdict
Al this hour . proposition was re-
csIved by County Attorney Burlsieh
nom Mr. Middleton, attorney for the
defendant, proposing TO have the lat-
tsr plead guilty Of assault and battery
| II acceptable, and thus release the jury
nom further consideration Of the case.
The proposition was accepted, the
court 30 Informed and the session re-
convened. The defendant, Kinney
was'then brought into court and there
plead guilty to assault and battery
whereupou the jury were brought In
Informed Of the new plea and dis'
charged. The Judge reserved sentenc
on the prisoner until Wednesds,
norDins. Aitsr the jury we're dIs
ohArgsd II was ascsrtsined thet the
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1889-05-14
rhe Laughing rlap, Or Anhl..

Palgrave, in his work ca central
and eastern Arabia, mentions a plant
whose seeds produce effects analogous
TO those OF laughing gss The plant
is a native Of Arabia A dwarf variety
is found at Kasum, and another ~
riety at Oman. which attains height
of from three 20 four feet, with woody
stems, wide spreading branches and
light green foliage. The dowers ~
produced in clusters and are yellow -
color The seed pods contain two q
three black seeds Of the size and shaco
Of q French bean. Their flavor "a
little like that of opium, the lasts !
sweet and the odor from them pro
duccs a sickening sensation and =
slightly offensive. These seeds Win
pulverized aud taken In small dosnR
operate upon person in very pecuI'
lar manner. lie begins 70 laugh lou1-
ly and boisterously. and then sincn
dances and cuts up all kinds Of a.
tastic cepen The effect continum
about an hour, and the patient h ~
tremely comical When tie sxc|1>.
ment ceases. the exhausted indiri> ~
falls into deep nlecp. which - d
uss for an hour o. morc. and 49, -
awakons he d ufkar1y o1e1G1e1111
thnl any uAcN deucnrr ~ no<@
hsen made By him 4 11z|I>e 49,
90
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1889-05-14
SOCIETIES.

A, H.-Division No. I meets hnt and second
indays Of each month.
X. of H.-Meess hrst and third Wednesdays at
7;30p. M, st Odd Fellow Hall
AT. IA. M-Yellovstone Lodge, No. 26, nrst
r, A. M.-YsIlovstons Chapter. No. 8, second
K. T.%Damsscus 0ommsndery fourth Thur.
/. q. o. P.-Custer Lodge, No. is, every
90. F.~ssntinal Encampment No. 9. srs,
and third Friday.
K. of P.-Crusader Lodge, No. J, Thursday
evening" st Odd Fellows Hall.
K. Of L-First and third Saturdays.
a. A. R.-U. 3. Grant Post, No. II, nrst and
TO. q. T.-snr Of the West, No. "a, every
friday evening.
g. ofv-Gibson Camp No. 4. Meets nrst and
iird Mondsrs Of each month at Good Tempiars
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-06-26
A SUCCESSFUL SUGAR TRUST.
Employees Unite in Hobbing Their EN-
plOyers But Are Finally Caught.

Employees Unite in Robbing Their EN-.
ployers But Are Finally Caught.
A New York dispatch of the 18th says:
Three men who formed a sugar trust in
a 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 police headquarters.
Mohler and Mr.. Van Tine of the firm Of
Van Tine & Wehrmann, grocers,
of 81 Spring Street. Coggeswells has
been the truckman of the Brooklyn
Sugar Refining Company for years.
Mohler has been receiving clerk for the
firm of Austin, Nichols & Co., the whole
sale grocers at 55-61 Hudson Street. A
member Of the latter firm recently
called on Inspector Byrnes, and in
formed him that their firm was being
robbed of sugar in some unaccount-
able way. Detectives were at once put
on the case. and they soon discovered
that Coggeswen and Mohler were in
collision. They subsequently learned
that when CoggesweH was sent with
twenty-five barrels of sugar to be de-
livered to Austin. Nichols & Co., he al
ways left ten of the barrels at the store
of Van Tine & Wehrmanr, and that
Mohler would always sign for the re-
ceipt of twenty-five barrels at the store
of Austin, Nichols & Co. The three
prisoners have confessed to the theft,
but Van Tine claims that he believed
the sugar he received came direct
from the refinery. He had been paying
$40 a barrel for loaf sugar and $l2 for
granulated. This is about one-half of
the real value. During the existence
of this system of theft it is estimated
that upward of $50 barrels of sugar nave
been stolen. The aggregate value is
about IS 900. The courts will probably
have to decide whether the Brooklyn
Sugar Refining Company or the firm of
Austin, Nichols & Co. will sustain the
loss.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-06-26
MINOR NEWS NOTES.
day,

The management of the Baltimore &
Ohio Railroad has stopped manufacture
ing its own car wheels. Heretofore
their works in Baltimore have turned
out some $4,000 wheels per annum.
A farmer named Collins was robbed
of $4,000 near Aurora. ILL.,, on the 22d.
He was counting the money, with
which he intended buying a farm,
when the men snatched the Doodle and
ran.
At Sterling, Kas., Mrs. o. B. Beck
ham killed her 2-year-old daughter and
committed suicide.
At the naval testing grounds at An
napolis, on the 22d, a test of the Maxim
gun, with which the armies of France
and Russia are supplied. was made.
Rapidly Of fire was shown by $50 shots
a minute.
At Chicago, on the 22d, William C.
Lolly was found guilty of robbing the
mails of registered letters.
Thirty-one persons were poisoned at
Findlay, O., by eating corned beef. A
half dozen physicians were kept busy
for several hours, and it is now thought
that all will recover. The beef was sold
by w. T, Heck, a local butcher, who pur.
chased it from Armour, of Chicago. The
persons poisoned were members oil
twenty different families, and the meat
was eaten for dinner. The butcher says
he saw nothing peculiar about the meat
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-06-26
THE CROP OUTLOOK.
Spring Wheat and Oats Improved, But
Corn Injured by the Damp Weather.

Spring Wheat and Oats Improved, But
Corn Injured by the Damp Weather.
The following appears in the Chi
cage Farmers Review, June rs, 1889:
The reports Of our crop correspondents
indicate that, whatever else may prove
failure. oats will be good crop. The
present prospect is the best in years of
Kentucky and Dakota, where
the spring drouth was most severe
and prolonged; but even in those states,
If wet weather continues, there is time
to recover from the effects of unfavor~
able conditions earlier in the season
The cool, damp weather, which has
been SO propitious for oats, has been
discouraging to corn. Although aver
ages are high in Missouri, Nebraska and
Dakota, In other states prospects are less
favorable than week ago. Reports from
Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota.
where heavy frosts have been expert
enced, are very low. The condition of
spring wheat has improved in Iowa, but
IN all other states covered by our re-
ports has declined during the past ten
days. Telegraphic reports announce,
however, that late heavy rains in Min
nesota and Dakota have greatly bene-
hted wheat, and our next report Will
probably be more encouraging.
Among the causes of the lower aver
ages reported in Illinois and Indiana
may be mentioned the "new insect"
first named in the Farmers Review as
the grain plant louise (siphonaphora
granaria or avene), which is preying
upon wheat and oats in many parts
OF those states; complaints of
damage from cut-worms are also
common, and a correspondent
resident of Ross, Ind, reports
the total destruction of thirty-acre
field Of rye by army worms. Every
thing possible is being done to prevent
the onward march of the worms. An
other cause of damage is high water on
bottom lands seeded to corn and spring
wheat. Summary of reports relative to
the condition OF grain crops as compared
with an average, as follows
illinois, spring wheat SO per cent.
corn, So; oats, 80. Indiana, corn, so;
oats, %. Ohio, corn, 81; oats, go. Ken
lucky, corn, 95; oats, II. Missouri, corn,
so; oats, 100. Kansas, corn, 102; oats,
ll9. Nebraska, spring wheat, "a; corn,
100; oats, 90. Iowa, spring wheat, l0l
corn, 80; oats. 102. Michigan, corn, 70;
oats, 1O7. Wisconsin, spring wheat, 90;
corn, 68; oats, 100. Minnesota, spring
wheat, 80; corn. 70; oats, 80. Dakota,
spring wheat, 80; corn. 100; oats, 70.
FosToRIA, o., June pa representa-
tive of the Chicago Board of Trade was
here yesterday examining growing
| wheat. The heads of the grain were
found affected by the same green insect
opd Illinois
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-06-26
FEVER IN THE STREET,
Yellow Jack Puts in an Appearance at
BROOKLYN.

yellow JACK PutS In appearance at
Brooklyn.
NEW YORK, June 2O.-Brooklyn In
paralyzcd over the fact that man suf-
fering with yellow fever was removed
| from the Pacific Mail docks to 173 Han
cock Street, in street car. The man
came in on the Colon, from Aspinwall.
A woman, who arrived on the same boat,
| is suffering with the disease at the
| Windsor Hotel.
| DIR. K. w. II. Duncan, the surgeon of
| the Colon, who is suffering from yellow
| fever, was removed from 173 Hancock
Street, Brooklyn, last night, to quaran-
tine, under the direction Of Health
| officer Smith, Of the port of New York.
| He was very much weaker than at any
| ime since the dreaded disease seized
lim.
| Secretary Baker said this forenoon
| that DR.. Duncan was positively suffer-
| ing from the first stages of yellow fever.
II think" continued DIR. Baker, "that
| DR.. Duncan stands very fair chance of
| recovering, but last evening he was
quite low, and extra good care will be
| required to pull him through. I don't
| imagine the dread disease has sown any
seed in this city, and while no alarm is
now felt every precautlon will be taken
| to prevent the fever gaining any vic
| TINS"
| A strict quarantine has been estab-
| lished about the Hancock Street house,
and no one is allowed to enter or leave
it. DR.. Bogart, Duncans doctor, ie con-
| fined in the house. The Board of
Health was very much aroused
over the neglect of DR.. Be-
CART to report the presence of the
disease when it first came to his knowl-
edge, and yesterday warrant was is
sued for his arrest by Justice Walsh.
The paper was not served, however,
for the Board of Health, after consulta-
ton, decided that it would be unwise to
remove the doctor from the quarantine
for some DAVIS TO rome
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-06-26
ROLLED DOWN A HILL.
Disastrous Accident Near SteubenviIle
O.-Panhandle Train Demolished.

Disastrous Accident Near Steubenville.
O.-Panhandle Train Demolished.
PITTsBURG, Pa, June ia dispatch
from Steubenville, o., says the second
section OF the west-bound mail on the
Pan Handle road, jumped the tracks
near Steubenville and went over an
embankment. Ten persons are report
ed killed or injured.
The train was west-bound, and was
passing New Cumberland Junction, two.
miles east of Steubenville. Two
persons were killed outright and
eight injured, four of them
seriously. The killed are J. H. Payne,
clerk; E. r. Rheinhart, postal clerk.
Seriously injured: Conductor Burris,
Brakeman Mcfarland, Postal Clerk w.
S. Bolton, Postal Clerk j. +. Matthews.
Messrs. T. D. Armstrong, E. E. Benner.
J. Minor, and Frank Shook were also
hurt, but how badly is not known.
The accident was caused by the third
car from. the engine leaving the track.
1t was followed by two others, all going
over an EN- hankment. The train con-
sisted of engine, express car, and
four postal cars, and was running about
forty-five miles an hour. Besides the
regular train crew there were fifteen
postal clerks on the train.
A telephone message just received
saws that Burris and Bolton are so badly
injured that they cannot recover. Sur
geons were sent promptly from Steu-
benville, and the injured removed to
that city, where they were given the
best of attention The accident hap
pened about half past 2 o'clock this,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-06-26
WILL SUE FOR DAMAGES.
Tho South Fork Fishing Club in for
Good Deal of Litigation.

Tho South Fork Fishing Club in for a
Good Deal of Litigation.
JoHNsTowN, Pa, June ga number
OF the survivors OF the flood have taken
steps towards the prosecution of the
South Fork Fishing Club Tor damages
caused by the bursting of the dam.
Several of the leading attorneys Of Cam
bria County have been retained to con-
duct the case as soon as 100 residents of
YOUNGSTOWN have each contributed a
fee of 80. Twenty have already
paid the amount, and fifty have
signed an agreement to join with
those who will appear as plaintiffs. 1t
is estimated that the members of the
club are worth in the aggregate $50 ,00O,-
QUO. Seven bodies were recovered up
to noon. The bodies of James Murtha,
his wife, and two children were found
lying together under pile of debris on
Main Street. On the body of Jacob
Hamilton was found $37 and certificate
of deposit for 81 900. Portions of sew
| eral bodies were also found. The ply
sicians of Johnstown and vicinity held
meeting last night and after compar-
ing notes in regard to the loss of life
came to the conclusion that the number
would not fall below 10000.
JoHNsTowN, Pa, June 23.-Col. Span
gler, in charge of the commissary de-
partment, to-day presented his weekly
report to Adit.-Gen. Hastings. The re-
port shows %, 900 people still being daily
fed here by the state, reduction in
the number of $500 during the week.
He recommends that the relief money
be turned over to the citizens and that
necessary supplies be purchased from
sixteen general stores and three baker
les now running here. The report sug-
gests thatEone- third Of the present com.
missaries be abolished Wednesday next
Town clerk of Cambria borough has just
completed list showing that in that
place alone 325 houses have been en-.
tirely swept away. Two women, 6
child and Chinaman were found to-
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-06-26
CLOSE TO THE GALLONS.
A Montana Man Who Murdered Ei
Persons to be IYnchad

Montana Man Who Murdered Give
Persons to be Lynched.
HELENA, Mont, June 22.-Hamilton
WILDER has been arrested by the sheriff
of Cascade County as the man who
murdered five emigrants in Judith
County. WILDER is now 10 Jail at
Great Falls, and parties ere on
the way to that town TO identify the
team and wagon in his possession,
which are supposed to have belonged to
the murdered people. WILDER has a
bad reputation, having been arrested in
Montana in 1877 for the murder of a
cowboy in Wyoming, but broke Jail.
He was finally recaptured by the
Montana authorities, and was
subsequently acquitted. If Will
ber's Identification is complete he
will probably be lynched. The MUIR
dered family have almost been positive
ly identified as Joseph Kurtz and wife
and Ed. Brigg and wife, well-to-do peo-
pie of Helena, who were on sight-see-
ing tri p to Northern Montana. The lit
tie girl is supposed to be child the par
ty was taking to her parents.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-06-26
FATAL FIRE AT BOSTON.
Five Lives Lost by ,he Burning of Fire
works Esta ish men1.


works Esta blish ment.
A Boston dispatch of tho 2lst SAYS;
A disastrous fire, accompanied by seri-
GUS loss Of life, occurred early this even
ing in the fireworks establishment of
Heyer Bros, at summer and HaWley
Streets. Three dead bodies have been
taken from the ruins and three persons
received injuries which may prove ia
tai. 1t is feared there may be
more victims. The building, four
story brick, is occupied on the ground
floor by z. E. Browning, milllner, and
on the three upper floors by Heyer
Bros. dealers in fancy goods and fire.
works. Shortly after o'clock, while
salesman was waiting on a customer
on the second floor, he saw a flash
among some fireworks behind one of
the counters, unaccompanied, however,
by an explosion. He ran for water. at
the same time giving the alarm. The
flames spread rapidly, cutting off the
escape of several of the men in the
upper. stories, and in five minutes
the dense smoke and almost in
cessant discharge Of fireworks made
a perfect pandemonium. Edward
Heyer, one of the firm, ran to the stairs
shouting fire. He then turned back to
lock the safe, but found the way choked
AOSs AAO SAOpCQ LIS way 10 the
window and managed to climb to an ad-
joining building unhurt. Albert Gage.
aged 70, who was employed in the third
story, hung from the window until he
was obliged to release his hold, then fell
to the ground, striking two awnings in
his descent, breaking his back. He will
probably die.
Charles f. Callahan and Thomas
Paine, who were working on the fourth
floor, jumped from window in their
fright. Paine was killed, while Calla-
hans injuries are fatal. William Bren-
enstuhl, on the second floor, lost his
way and rolled down the stairs, and
was picked up badly injured. 1t is
feared he cannot live. A body, which
was taken from the building, was rec
ognized as Samuel Cord, one of the old
est employees of the firm. Another
body, that of a boy, was taken to the
morgue, where it has not yet been iden-
tlt1ed. This completes the casualties so
lar as known at present.
A later and more careful Investigation
places the number Of fatalities at five;
one other probably fatally injured, and
two boys missing.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-06-26
Took 1T All Back.

The fifth amendment of the constitu-
ton of Rhode Island, the prohIbitory
amendment. was repealed on the Goth,
by vote of :, 1869 more than three-ffths
of the total vote necessary to carry it.
The total voteis: approve, S,449; reject.
1858. In 1886, when the amendment
was adopted, the vote, which was about
$4,000 smaller, stood: Approve, 1918;
reject, 1920. The vote will be officially
counted on or before July Is, and will be
announced by proclamation on or before
July 20.
The election was quiet, and the result
created no excitement. At midnight q
salute of fifty guns was fired in observ-
ance of the repeal.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-06-26
CRUSHED BY a BUILDING.

Two Persons Killed and Several Hurt by
the Fall of Boston House.
Boston, Mass, June PA two-story
wooden house on Fifth Street Place,
South Boston, collapsed this morning,
burying several people in the ruins.
Annie Mullen, aged 10, and Thomas
Flaherty, aged Is, were taken out dead.
Mrs. Hannah Mullen, aged 80, had q
leg broken, and Edward G. Nslan, aged
Is, was severely injured internally.
Several other people were hurt, but not
seriously. The house has been vacant
for some time, and was condemned by
the inspectors of buildings. The peo-
pie of the neighborhood have been in
the habit of going there for frewood,
and had torn away about all OF the
under pinning. One of the boys was
chopping away a portion of a beam
when the house fell.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-06-26
MIS- HAYES Very I'LL.

A dispatch Of the 2lst from Cleve-
land, o., says: Mrs. Hayes, the wife OF
ex-President Hayes, was stricken with
apoplexy this afternoon at her home in
Fremont, and at s o'clock this evening
was unconscious. The attack came
about $3.50 O'Clock this afternoon while
Mrs. Hayes was sitting in her room
sewing. Paralysis of the right side re-
suited, rendering her speechless. Med
ical help was at once summoned, but all
ness ness have " thus far r failed Cen HAYES
was on his way home from Columbus at
the time, and il was 5 o'clock when he
arrived in Fremont. Mrs. Hayes sons,
Burchard and Webb. have been sum-
moned from Toledo and Cleveland, their
respective homes.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-06-26
A Horrible Crime.

It is now certain Harvey Ducan, who
was drowned in the Ohio River, near
Parkersburg, the supposed result of an
accident, was murdered in the most
cold -blooded manner. Ducan lived in a
boathouse on the Ohio side. About
noon Friday there was a row in the
boathouse, and soon three of the
inmates were seen coming out carrying
Ducan between them. The boy was
pleading and crying, but was bundled
into a boat and rowed out into the river
and there, despite his struggles, he was
unceremoniously dumped out into the
river, his cries for help being heard by
several people upon the bank. The
facts did not come out until this morn
ing, and the death was recorded as an
accident. Arrests will be made at once.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-06-26
CATION of his accounts with the bank,
resulting in his arrest.


A Jury was secured on the 18th in the
case of Ida WEIGH against Thomas r..
Burch, William A. Pinkerton, Robert
Pinkerton and David Robertson, of Chi
cago, for $4,000 damages. Mr.. Burch
s tho Chicago agent of the Phoenix
Insurance Company, of Brook
lyn, and the other defendants
are members of the Pinkerton
detective agency. The complainant
alleges that she was pursued and ira
duced by the detectives till even her
friends would have no more to do with
her. Her husband, Ira WEIGH. was at
one time employed by Mr.. Burch. 1t
is said that testimony of the most SEN
sational and scandalous character, in
volving prominent business men, will
be given during the trial.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-06-26
THEY REMEMBER YOUNGSTOWN,
New Jersey People who Fear a Dam
Burst.

LAKE HoPArcoNG, N. j., June o.
Considerable anxiety is felt by the peo-
pie of Stanhope, Booneton and Dover,
in this state, about the con-
dition of the dam at the outlet
of Lake Hopatcong. Since the heavy
rains of few days ago, experts have
been examining the dam. Lake Hopat-
cong is over three times as large as Cone
maugh Lake, being nearly ten miles
long with an average width of
three-quarters of mile, while
in some places it has been
sounded to the depth of $50 feet The
water has been raised by the dam twen-
ty-six feet above it's natural level. The
dam is about sixty feet high and 900
feet above tide water.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-06-26
WANT MANY THINGS.
What the Patriotic Sons of America vii
Ask of Congress-.

Ask of Congress-.
WASHINGTON, D. c., June 2i.-The
Patriotic Sons of America held the final
session of the convention this morning.
A motion was adopted authorizing the
appointment of committee to revise
the constitution and TO frame bills
to be presented to Congress
asking for ,setter immigration laws. and
memoriaiizing that body to make an APP
preparation sufficient to purchase and
improve additional GROUNDS at Valley
Forge, to be used in connection with
that owned by the Valley Forge Cen
tennial Association. Congress will
also be memorialized to appro-
pirate money to purchase the
Temple farm near Yorktown, Va,
where Lord CORVALLIS surrendered.
The question of the formation of col
ored camps was tremendously disposed
of by the adoption unanimously of a
resolution authorizing the organization
of such camps under the control Of the
state national camps to he formed by the
executive committee.