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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-06-13

ard Herbert SWEET, LEONARD SWEET.
arrived home from Cornell university and
was recognized by his father. Drs.
Lyman, johnson, Davies and Westcott
were in attendance during the last hours
but their services were unavailing.
Leonard SWEET was born in Oxford
county, Maine, in 1926, his father being
farmer He was educated at North Var
mouth academy and Waterville college.
He studied law with Howard & Shipley,
Portland, Me-. and went South, intending
to practice The Mexican war was then
raging. Young SWEET enlisted in the
FHty-seventh Indiana regiment as a private
and went to Mexico. He was taken i'll at
Vera Cruz, and was brought to New Or
leans on a vessel filled with sick soldiers
After much suffering and deprivation he
started for his home in Maine, but was
again taken i'll at Peoria, Ill. His physi-
clan advised him to go back from the
river. In July, 1913, he arrived
at Bloomington, ILL.,, which was his home
thereafter until his removal to Chicago.
He began to practice law in Blooming
ton in 1S49, and was on the same circuit
with Abraham Lincoln, Stephen T. Logan,
and other prominent lawyers. He also
took an active Tart in politics, and joined
i'll the formation of the Republican party.
History will probably accord to Mr.. SWEET
the major share in the combination of po-
litical influences which led to the nomina-
ton OF Abraham Lincoln for the Presi-
dency, He was IA guiding hand in the con-
ventlon that made the nomination. After
Lincoln's election Mr. SWEET went to Wash
ington to urge the nomination of Judge
David Davis to the Supreme court bench.
lie was in Washington during most of the
war, and held intimate and confidential
relations with the President. Mr. SWEET
held no office under the Government al
though valuable foreign missions were
offered to him. H2 accepted however,
se> eral delicate and important missions in
this country of a confidential nature
In 1865 Mr. SWEET removed to Chicago.
having formed a law partnership with
Judge Van HI. Higgins and Col David
Qulgg, and soon assumed a leadership at
the local bar Among the prominent cases
with which Mr.. SWEET was identified were
the Sullivan murder trial, the joe Mackin
case, the celebrated insurance conspiracy
cases, and many noted civil suits He be-
came identified with the defense of the
Anarchists after their case was carried to
the United States Supreme court.
Mr. SWEET was married twice. His first
wife was Miss Laura R. Quigg, a sister of
his former law partner. She died in 1886,
and in 1887 Mr.. SWEET married Miss Marie
Decker, who was his confidential secretary
for many years
Mr.. SWEET was man of imposing build
and great pleader before a jury. AS a
lawyer he was remarkably successful and
in private life his manly qualities won for
him hosts of friends who now mourn his
death.
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THE SCENE SIMPLY AWFUL.
Pen Pictures Of the Heartrending Con-

Pen Pictures of the Heartrending Con-
dition Of the Valley.
This is certainly one Of the worlds greatest
catastrophes, telegraphs Fred R. Giles the Chi
cago Neaos' special correspondent at Johnstown.
The scene is awful. The dead lie SO thick that q
| corpse scarcely commands attention, save as the
committees proceed on their rounds. In q
schoolhouse on the hillside there are $50 bodies
Many of them are frightfully cut and bruised.
Every condition of life and both sexes in almost
equal number are among the dead. The peo-
midst Of their regular pursuits Mer-
chants, lawyers, and business men gener-
ally are the most numerous victims. The
great number of young women who can
distortions OF DEATH is deeply touching. La
dies are soon identified and dressed for burial.
Thousands OF collins are coming in on the trains
and are being rapidly used. In many cases
whole families peldshed. In small room of
the school-house lay eleven little children. A
big boy sat by contemplating them. They were
his brothers and sisters. His father, Squire
Fisher, and his mother were drowned but their
bodies have not yet been found. The children
We're in the attic and would have been saved,
but a locomotive was hurled through the house
and knocked down.
The business part of Johnstown is without
form. The stores in such buildings as still
stand are in vast disorder The doors are block
AIDED with drift but peering within a number
of them the proprietors, their clerks, and GUS
toners can be seen dead on the floor The
Hotel Hurlburt, large brick building WAS
made place of refuge, and fell killing seventy
people
The whole valley, as far as the eye reaches, is
an indescribable wreck, and upon this hideous
scene cold rain has poured all day long and
still prevails tonight No attempt is made to
| avoid the weather and the thousands of survivors
are wringing wet tonight. Most of the fugitives
have got shelter now
The first dispatches from this scene were
many times short of the tremendous truth. The
catastrophe is great that none dare venture
an estimate upon it's extent. Woodvale and
Conemaugh are utterly destroyed, and their
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-06-13
DAZED BY THE HORROR.
YOUNGSTOWN Like Great Tombstone
in the Stricken Citv

Johnstown Like a Great Tomb-Scenes
in the Stricken City.
A sad and gloomy sky, almost as sad and
gloomy as the human faces under it. shrouded
Johnstown to-day, continues Mr.. Giles. Rain
fell all day and added to the miseries of the
part of Johnstown used to stand is half covered
with water. The few sidewalks in the part that
escaped the flood were inches thick
with black sticky mud, through which
women who left utterly destitute. The
tents, where the people are housed who cannot
find other shelter, were cold and cheerless. The
town seemed like q great tomb. The people of
Johnstown have supped SO full of horrors that
they go about in a sort of daze and only halt
conscious of their griefs. Every hour as one
goes through the streets he hears neighbors
greeting each other and then inquiring, without
show of feeling how many each had lost in his
family. To-day a gray haired man hailed an
other across the street with this question.
Il lost five; all ale gone but Mary and l." was
the reply.
II am worse off than that" said the first old
gentleman; Il have only my grandson left.
Seven of us gone"
And SO they passed on without apparent ex-
element. They and every one else had heard
so much of these melancholy conversations
that somehow the calamity had lost it's signifi-
canoe to them. They treat it exactly as if the
dead persons had gone away and were coming
back in O. week.
The melancholy task of searching the ruins
for more bodies went on today in the soaking
rain. There We're little crowds of morbid curl
osity hunters around each knot of workingmen,
but they We're not residents of Johnstown. Ali
their curiosity in that direction was stated long
ago. Even those who come in from neighboring
towns with the idea of O. days strange and
CHASTITY experiences did not care to be near after
they had seen one body exhumed There were
hundreds and thousands of these visitors from
the country.
One thing that makes the work of searching
for the bodies very slow is the strange way that
great masses of objects were rolled into intri-
cate masses of rubbish. AS the food came down
the valley of the South Fork it obliterated the
suburb of Woodvale, where not house was
left nor trace of one. The material they had
contained rolled on down the valley, over and
over, grinding it up to pulp and finally leaving
it against an unusually firm foundation or an
eddy. These masses contain human bodies, but
it is slow work to pick them to pieces.
In the side of one of them was seen the rem.
nants OF q carriage, the body of harnessed
horse, baby cradle and doll, q tress of wom-
ans hair rocking horse, and piece of beef
steak still hanging to q hook.
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SMALL TOWNS SWEPT AWAY.
Little Left of Kernville- Woodvale Sea
of Mud

Out OF the 1000 houses that once made up the
little town OF Kernville only 1855 remain stand
ing, says a YOUNGSTOWN special One thousand
people is a low estimate Of the number of lives
lost from this town. But few of the bodies
have been recovered. It is directly above the
ruins at the bridge, and the bodies have fioated
down into them, where they burned walk
through the town revealed desolate sight. Only
about twenty-five able-bodied men have sur
vived and are able to render any assistance
Men and women can be seen with
black eyes, bruised faces, and cut
heads. The appearance of some Of the
ladies Is heartrending. They were injured in
the flood and since that have not slept Their
faces have turned q sickly yellow, and dark
rings surround the eyes, Many have sue
cumbed to nervous p1ostration. For two DAYS
but little assistance could be rendered them.
No medical attention reached them The
wounded remained uncared for in some houses
cut off by the water and died from their injuries
alone. Some We're alive on Sunday and their
shouts could bs heard by the people on the
shore.
man is now in a temporary jail in what is
left of the town. He was caught stealing a gold
watch. A shot was fired at him, but he was not
wounded. The only thing thaS saved him from
lynching was the smaAness Of the crowd. His
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-06-13
GOV. BEAVERS CALL FOR AID.


N00O0O.
Gov. Beaver, Of Pennsylvania, issued strong
appeal for aid. It is addressed to the people Of
the United States and says:
Newspaper reports as to the loss of life and
property have not been exaggerated. The Valley
OF the Conemaugnss wnicn is peculiar, has been
swept from one end to the other as with the
besom OF destruction. 1t contained population
OF 40, 600 to $4,000 people, living for the most part
along the banks of a small river confined within
marrow limits. The most conservative estimates
place the loss of life at 200 human beings and
OF property az $25 100000
The most pressing needs so far as food is con-
cerned have been supplied. Shoes and clothing
OF all sorts for men, women and children are
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-06-13
TWO CHICAGoANs' EXPERIENCE.
How They Escaped the Rushing Wall
of Wafer


Frank Felt and Sidney McCloud, two Chicago
merchants, were in YOUNGSTOWN when the ava
lance of water fell upon the Inflated city.
Both gentlemen give it their estimate that
the lost will number between 10000 and
$4,000. They say that on the night of Decora-
tion Day they saw 10000 people in the streets,
and the town was alive with people Friday
morning the streets were crowded with people
rushing for the mountain when they
the place. All others went down with
the flood. Messrs. McCloud and Felt tell a
graphic story of their escape They were out
attending to business during the morning and
when they went to the hotel, the Hurlbut
House. at noon there about ten inches of
water in the office, aud they went to
q restaurant to get something to eat.
When they came out of the restaurant
they saw the streets crowded with people run
ming to the mountains. They stepped out the
back way to an alley and ran for the hill, but
had to wade through water up to their waists
before reaching the high ground. They had lit
tie more than a block to go, and The peo-
pie who We're twenty feet behind them vert
caught by the flood and swept away. For this
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-06-13
Winter Spring Corn.
The News at "a Glance.

KILRA1N won the toss for choice of
ground in his fight with Sullivan
The citizens OF Seattle have resolved
to widen their streets and erect fire-proof
buildings.
CHEYENNE, Wyo., has had veritable
blizZ ird, and thee inches Of snow fell
III the neighboring mountains.
DEVELOPMENTS in the Cronin case are
regarded with alarm by Irish home-rulers
at London. fearing loss of support in that
their enemies charge connivance by Irish
men in high places at murder and other
crimes.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-06-13

NOTHING seems much clearer than
the na5ural direction Of charity. Would
we all but relieve, according to the
measure of our means, those objects
Immediately within the range of our
personal knowledge, how much Of the
worst evil OF poverty might be aHevi-
atal.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-06-13
rs SUDDENLY STRICKEN.
LEONARD SWEET, TIE EMINENTLAW-
YER, DEAD.

An Attack of Diabetes Prostrates the Tried
Friend of Abraham Lincoln and Carries
Him from Time to Eternity-Close of a
Famous Mans Life.
The death of Leonard SWEET, Chicago
lawyer, which occurred on the 9Th inst. i,
removes from the ranks of Chicago's
prominent citizens one who was closely
identified with stirring national events.
The bar of Illinois is also robbed of one of
its ablest members and brightest ornaments.
Mr.. SWEET had been ailing for couple
of years past. but not until within a month
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to the gross sum for the destruction of proper
ty? Can they restore the dead to life. or assuage
the grief of the bereaved? The question Of NOR
al responsibility swallows up the financial as
completely as the angry waters did the city of
YOUNGSTOWN. WILLIAM HENRY SMITH.
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or two had his health
given serious cause
for anxiety. He was
out driving on Thurs
day last, and went for
a short walk Friday
afternoon. Earl y
Saturday morning he
was attacked with
diabetic coma and
remained partially
unconscious until his
death. Just before
his last conscious in
terval his son, Leon
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-20
FLEECED BY A FAIR ONE.
Two Saltwater Youths Taken In
by a Blue Ingenue.


D. W. Haines and Todd Howes, two
young men from Saltwater, were in the
city yesterday searching for gore. Fhey
are particularly anxious to improve the
acquaintance of a lady with whom they
just became acquainted on the Omaha
train from st. Paul to Eau Claire last
Friday. She was charming young
thing and sat all alone in a seat in the
forward end of the coach. So young
and inexperienced she seemed, to be
travelling all alone, that the big-hearted
Saltwater boys sympathiZed with her
so strong did their sympathy for the
lovely maiden become that they sat
up to her as close as prudence and con-
ventionality would permit, and after
the performance of few ordinary little
c1vilities, managed to get into converse
ton. She was going to Eau Claire, she
said. Her pa was a lumber merchant
at Eau Claire, and she had been visit
ing her auntie on Laurel avenue in St
Paul, for the past two months. With
artless naivete she told the boys what
dear, good papa she had, and how glad
she was to be going back to him-he
was so lonely without her since mamma
had died. There was innocence, frank
childish confidence in the clear, blue
eyes and bright face Of the Eau
Claire passenger as she let
fall bit by bit, her juvenile history-her
childish likes and dislikes-and the
gentlemen from Saltwater were i'm
pressed considerably. About the time
the impression had reached a favorable
pitch the conductor came around for
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-20

tickets. The other passengers had all
given up theirs, but the lumberman'S
daughter couldn't find hers. She felt
herself all over. searched the floor, took
off her sealskin and shook 1t out, but to
no purpose-she had lost her ticket.
Well. she would pay over again, how
much was it? But worse and worse, the
purse had gone with the ticket-both
were irreyocably gone. 1t was tough
situation for poor little seven
teen-year-Old to be in, and she
did the most natural thing
in the world-began to cry, when the
conductor announced that she would
have to put up or get off. The brus-
Querie of the official excited the indig-
nation of the Saltwater gentlemen, who
at once paid for the ticket. Still the
maiden wept. She so disiiked to travel
without money. There was no telling
what might happen. and she had had
500 in her purse. The boys were flush.
so they Clipped in $50 piece and Of
fered it as loan until Miss Blue-eyes
got home to pa. With relieved smile
and profuse thanks she accepted the
loan. She would have pa send a
check as soon as she got home, and she
was sure gentlemen who had
so befriended his little daughter would
always be welcome ut the house in Eau
Clare; cOuldn'tthey run up some Tues
day-she would show them over the
mills. and they'd have sucha jolly time.
OF course the Saltwater boys would
come up. Never was time when
Saltwater boy wouldn't come up. The
Samaritans got off at the home town,
and gaZed reluctantly their last upon
the Blue-eyes-and the 500. The
check hasn't come yet; pa is not known
in Eau Claire; Auntie has never been
heard of on Laurel avenue. and 1t de-
velOps that the ingenious Blue-eyes is
better known in st. Paul, Minneapolis,
and other Western cities as FlaXy Ley
bOurn. one of the flyest confidence w0-
men known to the Western hemisphere.
Messrs. Haynes and HOwes don't want
the story printed because ''people
would guy So" but people must be put
on their guard against FlaXy and her
wileS-ergo the publication.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-20
By Which Three Priests Are
to Be Made Into
Bishops.
An August Conservation, the
Equal of Which Is Sell
dom Seen.
The Hill Property Over Which
Two Hundred People Are
at War,
Running From st. Anthony to
Thomas Streets, and West
ePn to Marion.

The ceremony of conservation of bis
hOps-elect of Jamestown, WinOna and
Duluth. as mas been already announced
in these columns, will take place on
the morning of Dee. %. A description
Of the august and beautiful ceremonial,
as we'll as partial programme of the
order of events and those who will par
ticipate on this occasion, was given
exclusively in the GLOBE a
few weeks ago. The programme
entire has Just been completed, and is
as follows:
The ceremony will begin promptly at
10 O'clock. The archbishOpS, bishops,
prelateS and chaplainS will assemble in
the archiepiscopal residence and will
be ready promptly at the above hour 10
join the procession OF clergy. The
assistant priest, deacons of honor,
deacon and subdeacon of the mass and
archiepiScopal cross bearer in their
sacred vestments will move from the
residence, with the most reverend and
right reverend prelatrs. About O'Clock
the acOlyteS. Seminarians and reverend
clergy will assemble in the school
house in the rear of the cathedral. At
9:l5 the procession will move down st.
Peter street to the center of Sixth street,
down Sixth to the front of resi-
dence, where it will turn back
and pass up the sidewalk.
Passing the gate, it will be joined by the
procession from the archleDlscOpal resi-
dence ana will enter the cathedral main
door.
THE LIST OF PRELATEs.
Most Rev. John Ireland will be the
Thomas l.. Grace and Rt. Rev. NJ.
Marty. The chaplainS of BishOp-elect
Stanley will be Revs. ID. V. Collins, of
Fargo, and Rev. John w. CohsidIne, of
Mimic. n. d. Chaplains of Bishop
elect COtter: Rev. William Riordan.
OF Rochester. and Rev. Alexander Berg
hold, of New Tim. Chaplains OF BiSh-
0p-elePt McGOlrick: Rev. Edward j.
Lawler, of CrookSton, and Rev. Joseph
+. Buh, of Tower. The other ministers
will be as follows: Rev. Anatole Oster,
assistant priest: Reys. Maurice E. Muir
ply and James Trobec, deacons of honor;
Rev. Charles KOeberl. deacon of the
Mass: Rev. p. Kenny. sub-deacon: Rev.
John StariiIa. archiepiScOpal cross bear
er; Rev. John Harrison. professional
CIuoS DCdicI hCkSs JOiiU lAl ilud anu M
WurSt, cbanterS of the litany. The
Seminarians will sing the mass proper.
and Rev. Thomas O'GOrman will read
the pontifcal briefs. The sermon will
be preached by Rev. Walter Elliot, c. s.
p. The masters of ceremony will be:
Revs. J. c. Byrne, p. K. Hebron. Thorn
as J. Gibbons, James A. Fitzpatrick and
J. f. Dolphin. In view of the large
number that will be present on this oc-
casion and the limited capacity of the
church. admission will be by tickets,
which Will be mailed to the laity before
the day OF the ceremony.
The bishops secretary, Rev. James c.
Byrne. who has charge of the matter of
invitations. has issued general in
vitatiOn TO the reverend clergy of the
states of Wisconsin, Minnesota, North
and South Dakota to be present on this
occasion.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-20
HOLIDAY Excursion Rates.

The Northern Pacific Railroad will
sell excursion tickets to points in Min
nesOta, Dakota and Montana during the
holidays at the low rate of one fare and
a third for the round trip. Tickets will
be ON sale Dec. oath. 18th ana 3lst and
Jan. 1st. good to return up to and in
Guiding Jan. Sd, affording a favOra BILE
opportunity for holiday visiting. Re-
member that the Northern Pacific is the
only line running Pullman sleepers and
dining ears into Northern Minnesota and
Dakota. and that it is the short line to
Crookston and other points in Mime
sofa. North Dakota and Montana. For
further particulars inquire OF c. E.
Stone, ticket agent, 1872 East Third
street. st. Paul, or G. +. Mcneil, 10
Nicollet avenue, Minneapolis, MINI.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-20
For Future MiIlionaires.

The annual examination of applicants
for master plumbers license was held
yesterday afternoon in the Office OF
Building Inspector johnson, in accord
ance with law passed last winter.
Plumbing Inspector Richard Chenery,
j. L. Holmes and w. j. Treaney COM
the examining board, and will conduct
examinations for new applicants on the
first and third Monday evenings of each
month during the year. The examina-
ton consists of thirty diagrams to be eX-
planned and sixty questions to be an
swered in writing. There are at pres
ent thirty-fve licensed plumbers. Thir-
ty-six master plumbers have undertaken
the examination, desiring to secure
licenses to do business next year.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-20
THE DUNN CLAIM.
Location OF the Land Over Which
the Big suit Is i'm Progress,

The numbered property holders in
terested in the tract of land claimed by
the Dunn heirs is much larger than at
first anticipated, and will run upwards
of 200. The exact location of the prop
erty was not accurately stated
in yesterdays GLOBE, as it
lies between Thomas street on
the north, st. Anthony avenue on the
south. Western on the west, Jay and
Marion streets on the east. The &C
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-20
Victims Were Few.

s. P. Folsom, attorney for the water board,
was complainant IN the police court yestsr-
day morning, having caused the arrest OF
Timothy Ryan. West Side cart man. for
stealing water. Ryan admitted having
and South Robert streets, and judge Burr
impaired fine of SO which was suspended
out of sympathy, during good behavior.
William Phillips. the colored boy who acct
dentally shot Emil Gieske in the foot, pro-
missed not TO carry a revolver any more. and
was discharged.
James Sullivan, for picking laborer's
pocket at the dime museum. was held to the
grand jury under 81 800 bail
G. H. jenkins stole $40 from an Italian in
q saloon at Martin and Lewis streets. He
went out for ninety days.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-20

One of the grandest and most com
plete Meat Markets III the city is located
at 81 East Seventh. Why, it would do
you good to see the Grand Xmas display
of Fresh Meats, decorated with ever
green's. making one of the most attrac-
tive sights to be seen anywhere in this
city. Not only have we fine store, but
we have the Finest Meats of all kinds.
at prices to suit ali classes. Do not for
get our different storeS-3l East Sew
Pnth, corner Seventh and Locust, and
Payne and Reaney. Weyl u Vuckel,
proprietOrs.