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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-12
SLAIN BY AN INSANE MAN.
His Mother and Temporary Attendant
the Victims.

MERIDEN, Conn, June 11.--A horrible
double murder was committed near Meri-
den this morning. Lucian Freeman killed
his mother, Mrs. Daniel c. Freeman, aged
76, and also John Morgan. Freeman is 30
years old. He is known to he insane at
times and for this reason has been care
fully watched, although he was be-
lieved to be harmless. His brother
usually did the watching, but
as he was compelled to be absent last night
he employed Morgan to stay with his
mother and brother. Freeman, after COM
mitting the deed, walked two miles to the
house Of an acquaintance and told what he
fectly calm and matter of fact manner.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-12

PARIS, June 11.--Three hundred and fifty
four thousand persons visited the exposition
yesterday. OF this number SO 900 made
the ascent Of the Eiffel tower
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GoTHAM's GIFTS.
The Total for Conemaugh Now About
S353,212.

I
$353,212
NEW YORK, June 11.-Contributions to
the Conemaugh valley relief fund came into
the mayors Office very slowly to-day
From the close of the banks yesterday until
noon to-day the committee had received
So, 100 The total amount SO far received is
1855, ,212 The government has its hands
full sending packages of clothing to the suf-
ferers. e1J H9 Ko9p
The Brooklyn police collections amount
to about 4,000 The total amount of the
subscriptions raised in Brooklyn will not
fall far short of $70, 900.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-12
Suicide by Leaping Down a Shaft.

MILWAUKEE,, June LA special from
Ironwood, Mich, says: William Atkin-
son, wealthy and prominent citizen of
this place. committed snicide by Jumping
into the shaft Of the Ashland mine. His
mangled body was found at the bottom of
the 400 foot shaft. No cause Is assigned.
Ha laa vaa "a tvffa
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-12
NO sERIoUs DIFFEpvcr

LONDON, June H. 2 A. M.-The Morning
Posts Berlin correspondent says that there
Is no serious difference Of opinion i'm Wash
ington regarding the Samoan treaty, and
VIII Z difference exist is solely about minor
details. The correspondent adds that the
chief principles are settled and the Ameri-
cans are satisfied, and express confidence that
the United States Senate will ratify the
treaty
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-12
A Murder Report Unconflrmed.

COLUMBIA, s. c., June 1L-Diligent in
quiry fails to confirm the story published
by afternoon papers Of this city Yesterday
to the effect that a section master named
Anderson had murdered his wife and two
children at station on the Atlantic Coast
Line. The report is probably untrue.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-12

HoLYoKE, MASS, June 11.--One of the
caual banks gave way tonight, underm n
ing the foundations Of the Cabot mills,
which collapsed, causing a loss of 100000.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-12
Anri-Mirtsterial Riots.

BRUSSELS, June 11--Anti-ministsria
riots occurred here ana at Ghent and Liege
to-day. Many Of the rioters were wounded
in conflicts with the police.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-12
ATTEMPTS AT BURGLARY.

Numerous attempts at burglary have
been frustrated and one thief, who was
caught, barely escaped lynching. Several
murderous assaults which were made on
merchants during the fire are being report
ed. Although it is still impossible to cor
rectly ascertain the loss of life it is not be-
ieved that more than five persons perished.
Previous suffering has been alleviated by
the arrival of supplies. which are being dis
tributed. The bank vaults have been un-
covered and opened and their contents
found to be uniniured.n
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-12
two Nearoes HanRed.

MEMPHIS, TENN, June liza special to
the Appeal from Aberdeen, Miss, says:
'sWesley Clark and Harrison Blackburn,
both colored, were hanged here to-day for
the murder Of Maj. Patrick Hamilton lass
Dacemoer.n
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-12
SEATTLE oU1ETINa DOWN.
Burglaries and Assaults Incident to
the Fire.

CHICAGO, June ia dispatch from
Seattle, W. T., says: ''The town is rapidly
quieting down again after the great blaze
of last week through vigorous efforts to
maintain order. There are still many fam
lilies who find their only shelter under tents
Bankers and merchants are opening up
their business in any place where business is
possible. Militia aud special police still
continue to patrol the streets, and no one
who has not pass is allowed to enter the
burned district
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-12
SAMOAN INDEPENDENCE.

No Serious Differences to Delay Sign
ing OF the Treaty.
BERLINeJune 1.-The statement that
delay on the part Of Mr.. Blaine, the Ameri-
can Secretary of State, in authorizing the
American commissioners to sign the Sa-
moan treaty was due to question of allow
ing Germany's claim to indemnity, is semi
officially denied here.
The Samoan conference will reassemble
Thursday.
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The coroner then read DR.. Cronin's note
taken at the trial. The objections Sullivan
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-12-21
His name whose birth the world now cele-

His name whose birth the world now cele-
brates."
He held a shining piece Of gold towards the
little girl, but she drew back with a look al
most of terror.
You are kind" she said, with a. dignity
beyond her years, "very kind, but we have
never yet received charity. We are very
poor, and dear mamma is very ill, but we
would rather starve than be dependent on
others for support"
Corcoran returned the money to his pocket
The words and manner of the child had i'm
pressed him deeply. 1t was easy to see she
was not a common pauper. The dark blue
eyes were too large and solemn for a child.
yet she was beautiful even in her poverty
and rags.
Il wish you would let me help you" Cor
coran said, at last, with a hesitation that sur
prised himself. "May I not know your name
and where you lives"
my name is Grace Alvanthorpe," replied
the little girl promptly, "and I live there"
pointing to a miserable tenement house a
few yards distant.
Corcoran heard only the name.
"Alvanthorpe" he exclaimed, breathlessly.
ibid you say Alvanthorpe?"
eyes," answered the child, wondering at
the eagerness of the question, "Grace Alvan-
thorpe"
Corcoran removed his hat, and passed his
fingers several times through his hair. It
was a habit of his when greatly excited.
Il can not be mistaken" he said musingly,
when he had replaced his hat. "The name
was surely Alvanthorpe."
Suddenly he lifted the child's head, and
gazed long and searchingly into her face.
"There is no strong resemblance, certainly"
he reflected, recoiling a few PAGES, but never
for an instant Withdrawing his eyes from the
tiny creature before him. "Yet it may be; it
may be-"
His breath came hard and fast. Strange
revulsions of feeling followed each other in
rapid succession-now hope, now fear was in
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-12-21
A CHRISTMAS-TIME.

@Oh, come along, Sis! 1t amt the ~leastest
bit of use standing here and looking at all
these fine thiIgs, cause you know we'll
enough there ain't one of EMIL ever come
anywhere near our door, to say nothing
bout their going through it,"
"Well, but, Bobby, it does seems though
the very next best thing to having things is
just to look at 'em and make blieve you
own 'em all. And seems as though there was
a time-maybe when was a teenty baby
when Christmas came to our house same as
to others. And mamma must have been
rich once, cause she has the way ladies have
now-I mean a ladyfed way. like as though
she hadn't always been poor and SO awfully
-awfully-"
"Screwed up for cash, you mean, Sis" in
%terrupted Bobby, pulling his sisters little
arm and turning resolutely away from the
tempting window so full Of everything be.
wildering, and seeming to be placed there for
the express purpose of coaxing money out Of
indulgent papas' and mammas' pocket
books.
The little girl turned less resolutely from
the display than her brother, but all the same
she followed him out from the glare of the
gas-lights and into the shadows of a side
street, where the early night had things all
its way, and grew darker and darker with
every minute.
It was pretty cold and Bobby clapped his
hands together as he ran along, while little
Sis-her real name was Cecilia-skipped and
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silence of death. With loving care Hugh de-
voted himself to the details of the interment.
and, when all was over. removed Grace to his
own home. A distant relative of amiable
disposition undertook the care Of the orphan.
1t was strange how easily the child
drlfted into her new sphere of thought and
action. She made the dull old house bright,
and gave to Corcoran's life a charm, an OBJ
Ject never known before, a something which
made that life valuable-even to him. He
was her comforter in her great sorrow, her
companion, her instructor, her friend. She
loved him with all the passionate abandon
OF her nature, and he requited her affection
with interest.
In the genial atmosphere by which she was
surrounded, her mind expanded and her
beauty budded and bloomed. Corcoran came
to watch her with a kind Of adoring pride,
and to find his highest happiness in her So
ciety. His existence, unknown to himself,
became absorbed in hers.
Ten years passed away, and again it was
Christmas morning. Grace stood before her
mirror, dressed for her bridal. She looked,
in the early dawn Of her womanhood, not
unlike Ethel Ernscliff had looked twenty
years before. Her beauty was of the same
delicate and spiritual type. but was height
ened and deepened by an intelle ctual vigor
and strength which Ethel Ernscliff had
never possessed.
The interval since her mothers death had
brought much to Grace. In it she had more
than fulfilled the promise of her childhood,
and had found, moreover, that peace of mind
which is the basis of all true happiness.
And now-now she was to marry him who
had made bright and glad what must else
have been a lonely, friendless life. She was
to marry him who had been her refuge in
grief, her assurance in hope, her hearts
refuge in every joy n sorrow for ten long
years. She was to marry Hugh Corcoran.
No detail Of the past had been concealed
from her; and, knowing all, her love was
intensified and purified a thousand fold.
The bells rang out as gayly on the morn
ing of Hugh Corcoran's marriage to Grace
Alvanthorpe as they had done twenty years
before when he waited in vain for the COM
ing of Ethel Ernscliffe. The church was
decked no less beautifully than on that day,
and the bride that was was not less fair than
the bride that was to have been. But the
grave and thoughtful bridegroom retained
little likeness to the naughty, expectapt boy
of the far off time, and seemed to the super
fetal observer, an old and gloomy companion
for the beautiful young girl who leaned so
~trustingly upon his arm. But Grace was
more than satisfied.
my little Christmas gift of ten years age
recompenses me to-day for all my past"
Hugh whispered tenderly, when the mystic
rite was over and they had quilted the
church.
Grace blushed prettily in reply, and with
a happy smile.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-12-21

IAN OPEN CHURCH SOME LOoK OF WELCOME
WORE"
Thank God, whose goodness gave such Joy it,
And scattered heaven seeds in the dust Of
earth!
In stone-paved ground my thorny field waa
never had a Christmas present yet.
And so I sat and saw them. and confess
Felt all tn u%nhappier for their happiness;
And when a man gets into such q state,
He's very proud-or very desOlate.
Just then q cry of ''Fire!'' amongst us came;
The pretty Christmas tree was all af1ame;
And one sweet child there in our startled gaze
Was screaming, with her white clothes all
ablaZe,
The crowd seemed crazy-Hke, both old and
young,
And very swift OF speech, though slow OF
tongue.
But one knew what to do, and not to say,
And he Il convict, just let loose that day.
! fought like one who deals in deadly strife:
l wrapied my life around that child's sweet
lfe:
l choked the flames that choked her, with
rich clOaks,
stol'n from some good but very frightened
folks:
] gave the dear girl to her parents sight,
Unframed by any thing excepting fright:
] tore the blazing branches from the tree:
And all was safe, and no one hurt but me.
That night, of which 1 asked for sleep in
That night, that tossed me round on prongs Of
That stabbed me with fierce ~tortures through
and through,
Was still the happiest that I ever knew.
l felt that I at last had earned a place
Among my race. by suffering for my race:
l felt the glorious facts wouldn't let me miss
"A mothers thanks-perhaps a child's sweet
That mans warm gratitude would find a plan
To lift me up. and help me- be q man.
Ne xt day they brought a letter to my bed.
l opened it with tingling nerves and read:
You have upon my indnesS certain claims
For rescuing my young child from the flames:
I trust you will reform while yet there's time.
The blacklist sinner may find mercy still.
Enclosed please find a thousand dollar BILLY
Our paths OF course on different roads mug
lie;
Don't follow me for any more. G%ood-by."
l scorched the dirty rag till it was black:
Enclosed 1t in a rag and sent it back.
That very night I cracked a tradesman's door.
Stole with my blistered hands ten thousand
Which next day I took special pains to send
TO my; good Distant wealthy, heightened
And wrote upon it in a steady hand,
In words / hoped he wouldn't misunderstand:
money is cheap, as l have shown you here,
But gratitude and sympathy are dear.
These rags arc Stolcn-haye been-may often
I trust the one wasn't that you sent to me.
Hoping your pride aud you are recOnciled-
From the black, sinful rescuer OF your child"
I crept to court-a crushed, triumphant
worm
Confessed the theft. and took another term,
Ny life closed. and began: and 1 am back
the rogues that walk the broad-guaged
track.
I toll mid every sort of sin that's known:
l walk rough roads-butd do not walk ALONE.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-12-21
GATHERING MISTLETOE,

Why the English People Do Not Use 1t in
the Churches.
Mistletoe is one of those plants called para
sites.
The mistletoe is a gray, thread-!ike plant,
n you will sometimes see it about the
streets for sale at Christmas time, for, like
the holly, it is a Christmas plant.
There are many different kinds of mistle-
toe, but that which grows on the oak is the
most famous in English history.
In England, although the leople think a
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-12-21

great deal Of having the mistletoe oak to
deck their houses at Christmas, it is not al
lowed in the churches.
Many. many hundred years ago the mis-
tletoe was a sacred plant in England. The
people did not worship the One True God, but
they believed in several evil spirits, and
these spirits they worshiped and tried to
please. For these spirits they sat apart the
oak trees.
The priests were called Druids, and they
built their affairs in oak groves. There they
prayed and sang their hymns of praise.
Dressed in long white robes, these Druids
marched IN procession to the oak trees, and cut
off the mistletoe with knives of gold. After
saying a prayer over it, they cut it in short
pieces, and gave it as a New Years gift
among the peop.e, who kept it carefully.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-12-21

Good-Rve, Old Year, Good-Bye.
The bells ring slow, in mufled tone
The chilling wine makes sadder moan;
The flowers are dead, and all must die
Goodbye, Old Year, goodbye!
Though husk must die, the kernel lives;
So does the truth each year e'er gives:
Thou bOught's us much that will not die -
Goodbye, Old Year, good-bye?
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Then clap, clap the handsl
And sing out with glee,
For Christmas is coming
And merry are wei

kM6?IIbS55%:52SS
&o& where he stockings hang Inc row!
Yeast and creates. how plump they sho~'
4 S.sp'a1d H.. on a Christmas
q. lover. HIMSELF through The chimney blAA.
@lades each soeA From his -~ell.Eled sack.
lesps to hi. sleigh and his Renders. go
lightly over the frozen sno~t
,kely- story" you cry. and you
Tough with your fps and your eyes q uuo
4 Eook shArp'y"o~-a" and no~Io look again.
"A lesson in primer wa. never more plain:
"A onsstocAina, short soeAina.A show he same
large letter l. which stands For a name!
: love left HI. monogram ~>r~.ttenhere-
love Fills the .toehrss.0 ehildrendsAr!
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receive hemoney; that it val paid to him bv
the manager of the Adams Express Company
in this city, and that two supernumerarv
nOlicAman onardod Tho hna4an ~ 1900 II &c
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-12-21

n1uru0n5 arrc v1srUvu anu sIIenUly ap-
praised. They receive the old danes
c%ourteously, answer.all their questions
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biskit."
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in tho lost nnun1 80 .I1,--
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house of Lyman DewiSt. He was denied adj
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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-10-08
CONTESTED WILL CASE.
Mr.. cross's Will DIsaIIowed by Judge
Peabody.

A hearing has been going on for several
the will of the late Francis Fl. Cross, who
came to his death by drowning near the
Smelling Works at Fish Point last sum-
mer.
Mr. Cross executed will on the 18th Of
August, 1888. providing that his property
should be held by trustee for 80 years, at
the expiration Of which time the estate was
to be divided equally between all Of his
grandchildren then living. He gave to his
children, five in all, the sum of 81 each. On
the 4th of September, 1886, he executed a
codicil to his will providing that If any of
the children should object to the will and
contest the legality of it for any reason
whatever, the will was revoked and altered,
or so much of the will as related to the prop
erty which he had given TO such children or
the children Of such children was revoked
and altered, so that If any of his children
should contest the will, neither they or their
children should receive any part or portion
of his property, and in case all his children
objected to and contested the legality Of his
will none of them or their shildren should
receive anything under his will.
Mr.. Cross has been familiar figure upon
our streets for many years and was regarded
as an exceedingly eccentric man. His chill
dren under the advise of counsel objected to
the admission of the will to probate. afs'
Many witnesses were called and all united
in testifying that Mr.. Cross was OF unsound
mind and not capable ofmaking will at the
time this one was executed. The contest.
ants were represented by Messrs. N. & H
B. Cleaves, while Edwin L. Dyer. Esq, the
trustee and executor, appeared in behalf OF
the will. After full hearing the will was
dlsallowed and Mr.. Edwin L. Dyer appoint
ed administrator of the estate.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-10-08
A MAD DOG SCARE. 81
An Excited Black Animal Cleans Out
tho Evening Express office.

just after 2o'ctock yesterday afternoon q
small black poodle rushed into the business
office Of the Evening Express "yapping'
fiercely and frothing at the mouth. He
came to see the editor evidently, for he
struck Decline up stairs and appeared in
the editorial rooms, barking and swapping
ferociously. 1t took just about ten seconds
for the entire staff to vacate the office and
close one door. The dog then ran across the
short hall into the business managers office.
That gentleman promptly found business
outside, and left the dog in full possession,
A police officer was sent for to put the ami
NAL out of harms way, but before he arriv-
ed courageous volunteer opened the door
of the room in which he was confined, and
the dog flew down stairs and out into the
open space around the monument, where his
madness or fit subsidized rapidly and he be-
gan to lap up water from the hud puddles.
The dog was probably afflicted with the tenn
porary insanity of which we read. Officer
Hussey took that view of the case at any
rate, and deeming it better that such dogs
should be dead than alive, he made target
of him
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PERSONAL.

Mr.. Francis F. Skinner. city editor of the
Bangor News. was in town last night.
Mr.. Frank H. Little of Boston, is visiting
his father, Thomas j. Little, Esq, in this
city.
Mrs. ID. c. Harris of Boston. is spending
few days with her sister, Mrs. l.. w. A.
johnson. et e-~
Officer Rowe of the police is away from
,-~'aa ON his vacation. His beat is covered
by OHcer FRANK onIItn.-
Edmund 7. Garland, cashier OF Iue ota.s
Bank of Acadia, Neb., formerly of Portland
is on a visit to this city.
John II. 0'Brion's troupe of glass blowers
received the higest award and diploma al
the Toronto, Ont, exposition.
Mrs. ]. E. Hodgkins Of Newburyport
formerly of Portland, is visiting her brother
9. l.. Bailey at 46 Carleton street.
It was Mrs. Frederick Storer who was
elected president of the Diet Mission last
Saturday not Mr.. Storer as has been gener-
ally stated
Officer Philip B. Hughes has recovered
from the effects of the knife OF the murder
GUS italian and will soon go on duty as opera
tor OF the signal service at the police station
In place of Mr. Newcomb who has gone on
vacation.
Mr.. Edward Hasty, formerly Of Gorhsm,
and more recently in the real estate ousil
ness in this city, has bought the livery sta
BILE of the late John w. Hitchings, No. IL
Green street, and will continue the bust
ness.
Mr.. Ed. Young has been appointed con
ductor of the passenger train that began yes
terday to run regularly between Bartlett,
N. H., and Luenburg, VT, over the new ex-
tension OF the White Mountain division of
the Maine Central road. b. ss Ea