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The Springdale news., 1889-06-28
DEATH OF MRS. HAYES.

The Wife of Ex-President k. E. Hayes
 Called Hence-So Word SD ken From
 the Time Of the Fatal shock-A Good,
 Earnest Christian Woman Gone tn
 adorn Higher sphere.
 FREMONT, O., June 25.-Mrs. Hayes died at six o'clock this morning, without haG- ing spoken a word since she was stricken with paralysis last Friday afternoon. She rallied slightly yesterday afternoon, but became worse again about seven o'clock in the evening. and continued to sink gradually until dissolution occurred this morning. At the request of General Hayes prayer service was held at tho bedside about twelve o'clock last night.
 Lucy Ware Hayes was the daughter of Dr. Isaac Webb. She was born at Chii- ncothe, O., in 1853. Her father, Dr. Isaac Webb, when quite young served in tne war of 1872 as a member Of the Kentucky mounted riflemen.
 Mrs. Hayes wen-know earnestness and conviction with regard to the subject of temperance was inherited from her maternal grandfather. The inherent feeling was fostered throughout her school days, both during the six years of her education in Deia- ware and later in the Wesleyan Female Seminary in Cincinnati, where she con- pleted her school course and was grad uated. It shaped simply and naturally the ways of her home life, the manner of her Inequalities and her custom in so- ciety, while she moved through them all as the wife of private citizen, Union Gen eral, member of Congress, Governor of her native State and President of the United States.
The Springdale news., 1889-06-28
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

TIE Ne5tern Union Telegraph Com pany WIS tinea Si00 in New Y Irk City on the Il i, for causing one of their linemen to string wires on Sunday.
 TIE Pacific Mail Steamship Company's steamer Granada, which left San Fran cisco,o the 13 tn, for Panama, was report ed ashore Xty miles south of Manga nilla on the 25th. All the pass engers and crew are safe.
 NEWS wa received from Arlee, the principal town on the Flathead Reserva- ton in Montana, on the 18th, that Sheriff Heybarn of Missoula County and the posse who went to the reserve to arrest thr Indian murderers, were having fight with Indians, who refused to give up the men wanted. Two Indians were re- ported to have been killed already.
 MRs. WHEELING, who poisoned her hasblnd and two children, was executed at Philadelphia, on the 25th, at l0:07 a. m. After hanging thirty-four minutes the attending physician pronounced life extinct and the body was cut down.
 TIE first heat was made in the steel de- partEent of the Cambria (Pa.) Iron works, ol the a5th, and the superiutend eut posted notices of regular pay days.
 WHILE loading oil at Ventura, Cal, on
 
 owned by the Mission Transfer Company of Saunta Paula, caught fire and was burned to the waters edge. The loss will reach about Ss0, 900.
 MICHAEL RIzzfLLo (Red Nose Mike) was hanged al Wilkes barre, Pa, on the 18th, for the murder of Barney Mcclure, pay master for Contractor MeFadden, of Phil alelphia, and Hugh Flannigan, his body guard, on the Wilkesbarre mountain, three miles from Miller's Mills, on Fri lay, 0 ctobhr 19, 1888.
 Mas. k. E. HAYES, wife of ex-President Hayes, died at Fremont, O., on the morn. ing of the 21th from the effects of shock of paralysis received several days before FRED BuNDY. a young man of Wausau, Wis, was shot in the neck, on the 18th, ay aorge Throm. Bundy had been .lrinklng. and tried to get into Thr om's house.
 BEFORE the Parnell Commission, on the 25th, Commoner Joseph Kinney testi- fled that he did not know Le Caron. He denied that he had introduced Le Caron to Mr. Sexton. He would not admit such a man into his house. Le Caron. he said had false face, which would make hon. est men chary of associating with him.
 GENERAL. HASTINGS attempted to ford tue Conemaagh river at Johnstown on horseback on the Doth. The animal stumbled and fell into the water. throw ing General Hastings over his head. The General fell near the bank and scrambled out, none the worse for the accident, ex- cept Il thorough wetting.
 THOMAS HARpCAsTLE, of Lancaster, Pa, employed by Contractors Flynn and Mcknight at Johnstown, drank quanti- tv of embt Inning fluid by mistake on the 24lh. He htay possibly recover.
The Springdale news., 1889-06-28

had much prejudice and islander to eounteract and the world may never appreciate the gentle heroism with which she met difficulties in her way. She n woman of education and re- tlnement, She understood the art of enter taining better than most women even in high social position do. Few women would have at tempted, what she did successfully to entertain entirely without the use of wines at tine table. The persons connected with the official house. hold of the President during the four years Of the Hayes administration were all devoted to Mrs Hayes, and the news Of her dangerous ill- ness and death has caused them much grief. Several of the present oficiai force were at the White House at that time. Their recollection Of her Is covered with awaFm and personal re- gard.
 II was one of her tasks to overcome tho prejudice that was in the minds Of some Of the public men against the administration. So successful was she in this that after eonYer- sation with her Senators, Democratic and Re- publican, were often beard to give expression to most enthusiastic compliments Of her grace as hostess. Senator Gordon, Of the most ardent partisans the Democrats had in the Senate, became one Of her most earnest friends after meeting her at the White House. He spoke of her as rare woman.
 The one thing that caused much talk about Mrs. Hayes was the stand she took on the tenn peranoe question. She was most earnest in her temperance views. and determined that wines and liquors should not be served at her table. It was well known to Mrs. Hayes that she must in some way make up for the ao- sence of ne at diplomatic dinners, or must so arrange these occasions as not 10 make its ah- Sence inappropriate. In her efforts to dispense with the use of wine she hal the support of her husband, but the very active opposition of the Secretary of State Mir. Evarts said that 1t was improper 10 require mem bers Of the diplomatic corps at state dinner to conform to the preIu- dces of the Presidents wife in the matter of what they should drink aud he made au earn est light for old customs and old wine. It was n struggle between the Premier and the Presidents wife and the lat ter. of course, won. When the time nrrived for Inc diplomatic dinner. instead of the small assemblage of decorated diplomats in the state q ning-room, she struck upon the idea Of a large reception. She knew that 1t would be very difficult indeed to conduct the usual dip lomutic dinner successfully without vine. when all the diplomats would expect II. ntwith an immense assemhlage the ease would he differ ent Any one might see the impropriety of dis pensing wine To an assemhlage almost as large as that at public recept on
 Mrs Hayes did not attempt 10 curtail the personal liberty of those about her. Several Of the ofiei Il force at the White House took wine and liquor when they cared for il, and there no attempt to conceal the fact From her She was on very friendly terms with them all and would sometimes talk with them on the subject of their drinking habits but she did not attempt enforced reformation on the executive clerks.
The Springdale news., 1889-06-28

The Story Of the Trial and Conviction of
 Dr. Cronin as a Britt-h Spy by Camp 20.
 Clan-Na- Gael -State's-Attorney LonSe-
 necker Claims to Have Evidence sum-
 cient to Hang Half a D1zen-Another
 Man Under Survillanoe.
 CHICAGO. June 25.-An afternoon paper says: Camp 20, of the Clan na- Gael, and its methods will be thoroughly inyesti- gated by the Grand Jury. and it is more than probable that ten or more of it's members will be indicted for the murder of Dr. Cronin.
 The States attorney has already in his possession enough evinence to hang at least half that number, and before the Grand Jury resumes consideration of the Croniu case Wednesday he expects to have a complete chain of evidence encir- cling the camp or at least the guilty mem- bers.
 Shortly after the finding of the body of Dr. Cronin the States attorney received an anonymous letter which set forth at great length the details of q meeting of Camp 20, on Friday in the latter part of February. John r. Beggs the No 1 and senior guardian presided at the meet- ing, which was attended only by what is known as the inner circle of the camp. At this meeting, the letter says, Dr. Cronin was tried as q British spy, found guilty and sentenced to death, and his executioners were chosen by secret bal lot.
 Every effort was put forth to find the author of this letter, but without success. In vain Coroner Hertz questioned every Clan Gael man who was before tue coroner's jury as to the proceedings of the camp at it's meetings since the lst of January. Every one was ignorant. Yes- terday the light broke on the darkness which covered Camp 9. Detective Palmer had long interview with Judge Longenecker early in the morning and about an hour later furried-looking man was admitted to the Judges office by the side door. He was Clan na- Gael man, and corroborated the contents of the letter in every detail. Who he is could not be learned but so satisfactory was the information he gave the judge and so complete the proof of the plan ming and reconciliation of the Cronin murder in Camp 2o that he said an hour later:
 'I'ye got evidence enough now to hang half a dozen." This man further re- vealed, 1t is said, that the trial, cOndem- nation and execution of Dr. Cronin was entirely in accordance with the usages of the Clan as specified in other cases, nota- ply that of the informer Carey. who was tried by the same process under which Dr. Cronin suffered death.
The Springdale news., 1889-06-28
Another Statemeut-Johu r. Beggs the
 Mau.

CHICAGO, June 25.-Despite his yigor- ous denials it is positively known that States Attorney Longeneeker has re- ceived important information regarding the plot of which Dr. Gronin was the vic- tim. This information cane tp him in a letter unsigned, but which contained many statements outside of the main issue which convinced the official that il could be relied upon. It states in effect that Cronin was tried i'll February by the inner circle of Camp 20, John r. Beggs presiding, found guilty of being British spy and sentenced to death Instead If calling for volunteer "removers, lots were drawn, the name Of every man present being written on slips of paper. The names of those selected were not made known at the meeting. The only one Of the participants who had definite knowledge on this point was the man whose duty it became to notify those upon whom the choice had fallen. This man, according to the letter, is John F. Beggs. The States attorney is moving heaven and earth to discover the writer, and is willing to promise him immunity and ample protection if lie will come for ward.
 The grand jury yesterday afternoon suddenly took up the Cronin case aud is- sued an order for Beggs' appearance. Officers searched for him high and low, but he could not be found Later the States attorney went before Judge Shep- ard and secured an order directing Post- master Sexton to produce before the grand jury all applications for money- orders or registered letters and all other information which might have bearing on the murder.
 It was said late last night that the po- lice were on the track of some of the in- dividuals who attended the trial, aud that Beggs would be arrested, 1T found, to- day.
 Luke Dillon is quoted as saying that the police have another suspect under surveillance of whom nothing yet has been said He Is a Californian: has q lucrative business, and enjoys an excel ent reputation. This man, who, he be- lieves, is the original "Simonds," :" Is, he says, the last man in the world tn would be suspected of such a crime.
 The dispatch from Rome. via London, to the effect that Archbishop Feehaa had made report on the Clan na- Gael to th, Vatican is characterized as sheer non, sense by Vicar General Muldoon. Int l church, he says, does not act so quickly as is thus indicated.
The Springdale news., 1889-06-28
TERRIBLE ACCIDENT.
Two Boys Whose Mechanical Bent Cost
 Them Their Lives.

PHILADELPHIA, June 24-Harry and William lesser, aged fifteen and seventeen years respectively, living at No. 6l2 South Third street. were killed Saturday by the explosion of an old range boiler, with which they were experimenting. A boy named Henry Kneise was cut in the face, and Mrs. Flora Knese was badly scalded about the back. The lesser boys were fond of mechanical experiments and were using the old boiler to generate steam which ran a miniature engine. The steam passed through gas pipes from the boiler to the engine.
 The boys intended to attach the engine to all ice cream freezer so that haud- turning could be dispensed with. While Harry was oiling the engine and Willie was banking the fire with bricks, terrific explosion oc cured, which was felt for blocks around. Both boys were hurled some distance and frightfully crushed, both by being thrown against the walls and by being struck with flying bricks and pieces of metal. Harry died instantly, and Willie lived only an hour. The little Kniese boy and his mother were watching the experiment. from an adjacent shed.
The Springdale news., 1889-06-28
-
 A RruiaI Killing.

UPPER MARLBOROUGH, Md, June 23.- Stephen Hodge, an old colored man, was killed yesterday by Benjamin Lawson, a farmer living near this place. Lawson is now in jail. Lawson was in Upper Marl. borough in the morning. He started for home about eleven o'clock. Arriving there he found old ssUncle Steve" and young negro named James Stewart near his corn house. They had an ox-cart with them. Lawson, thinking they had been stealing his corn, struck the old man a terrific blow on the head with stick, smashing his skull, and he fell ir his tracks. Lawson then tied the old man's hands and feet with rope and left bim lying there.
The Springdale news., 1889-06-28
DIABOLtSM.
Wicked Attempt to Blow Up Harvard
 College Hospital with Dynamite.

Wicked Attempt to Blow Up Harvard
 College Hospital with Dynamite.
 BOSTON, June 25.-Ten dynamite cart ridges have been discovered in the base ment of the hospital at Harvard College. They would be sufficient to blow up the whole university. Kerosene had been poured around and over the cartridges and a fuse had been started. The fuse. however, had burned out without produc- ing an explosion. The cartridges were joined together, so that had one exploded all would have done SC. Each of the cartridges were a bout seven or eight inches long. They were placed in an up- right position in one of the basement sills and were connected with common fuse. One of the cartridges sat off as test tore up the ground in very effect i've manner. The other nine have been removed by the police and securely locked up. There is no elew to the par ties who placed them in the basement. The work must have been done late Sat- urday night or early Sunday morning.
The Springdale news., 1889-06-28
A Lynehing Party Rolled.

COLUMBIA, S. C., June 25.-A special to the Daily Register from Elgefeld, s. C., says: There is great excitement here over the organization of party with the intention of lyncbin Whitfield Murrell and Wm. Carpenter, who on Saturday, June 15, while drunk, shot and killed Preston Younce near Trenton. this coun- ty. The would-be lynehers are friends of the murdered man. The Edgefeld Rifles were called out to guard the jail Sunday night, while tine sheriff, as an ad- ditional precaution, hid the prisoners. Yesterday the prisoners were started for Columbia, it being evident that they would ultimately be lyncAed if kept near the scene of the murder.
The Springdale news., 1889-06-28
All For Pence.

VIENNA, June 26.-Count Kalnoky, ad- dressing the Delegations yesterday, stated that the peace of Europe was not endangered, although the situation was unsettled. The condition of things in Servia is such that Austria Is bound to guard against subversive measures which may be contemplated by her enemies ~ that country. There are few nations which manifest disc 1ntent and would per- haps welcome disturbance of the balance of power i'll Europe. This fael causes 0 feeling of insecurity, but all ts , sovereigns n~o aeyoted to the u1 auc~'
The Springdale news., 1889-06-28
 The Mex Census.

WAsH1xGrov, June Superintendent Porter of the Census Bureau has divided the country into l73 census districts for the purpose of taking the next census, each one of which will be in charge of a supervisor. In lSS@ the country was di- vided into I51 districts. The appartion- ment of districts among the several States is as follows:
The Springdale news., 1889-06-28

H fA tEGAs Of EffH N liht House Noiwithstand- ing many people regard ea Mr Hayes as man
 holding another mans office 10 which he mad 10 moral right. aud en- tering the White House un CT extraordinary methods. Mrs. Hayes undertook the task of smoothing the way for her husband. In this
 eha aaeeaafJad She
The Springdale news., 1889-06-28

RUSSIA has occupied Deer Island, in Corea, as a coaling and naval station. There is Russian man. of-war there, and nobody is allowed to land or leave with out a permit from the Admiral.
The Springdale news., 1889-06-28

A GENTLEMAN by the name of Middle. ton, from Washington D. C., is in Rich. mond, Va, buying and taking options on all land upon which Robert E. Lee surrendered his army.
The Springdale news., 1889-06-28

THE North German Lloyds Steamship Company have decided that their steam. CTS will hereafter discontinue calling a. Southampton.
The Springdale news., 1889-06-28

WILLIAM F. HOWARD, who was convict ed in New York City in the Electric Sugar Refining case, was. on the 2lst, sen- tenced to nine years and eight months Imprisonment in the States prison.
The Springdale news., 1889-06-28

HENRY A. CASSIDY, who was convicted of setting fire to the Catholic Protecto- rate at White Plains, N. r., some weeks ago, was, on the 22d, sentenced to sixteen years in the State prison at Sing Sing
The Springdale news., 1889-06-28

The census appropriation provides for l75 supervisors, and it is probable that the two remaining districts will be oSla- homa and Alaska.
The Springdale news., 1889-06-28

THE new Masonic Temple at Pittsburgh, Pa, was formally dedicated with inn pressive Masonic rites at high noon on the 4th. The officers of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania were present and con- ducted the ceremonies.
The Springdale news., 1889-06-28

DR. CARL BoTTIcHER, director of tht Royal Museums of Berlin, died on tht sod
The Springdale news., 1889-06-28

SECRETARY TRACY ordered a court of inquiry to investigate the circumstances c anected with the grounding of the United : ates ship Constellation, to meet at the Norfolk Navy Yard on the 2tst.
The Springdale news., 1889-06-28

OWING to the recent assignment of George Calder, Jr., owner of the Fulton Cotton Mill at Lancaster, Pa., operations in the mill were indefinitely suspended on the 20th. Three hundred hands were thus thrown out of emploYment
The Springdale news., 1889-06-28

J. A. HoUcK. aged twenty nine, teller of the Traders National Bank ot Balti- more, Md, committed suicide by hang ing on the night of the 22d. He was suf- fering from an attack of nervous pros- fratian
The Springdale news., 1889-06-28

LARGE number of weavers have left the Blackstone (Mass.) mills during the past two months, their complaint being that they can not make sufficient wages to support themselves. Many looms are now stopped on that account.
The Springdale news., 1889-06-28
Mrs. Hayes as Mistress Of the White
 House.

ST. LOUIS, June 26.-A Washington cor respondent has this to say of Mrs. Hayes' career at the White House:
 The death of Mrs. Rutherford E Hayes re- minds many people of the force of character she dlsrlared while mistress ot tha White
The Springdale news., 1889-06-28

THE food ddevastated city of Johns- town, Pa., was visited by another calam- ity on the 24th. Fire destroyed twenty five or thirty buildings, and at one time threatened to make a clean sweep of all that had been left by the food
The Springdale news., 1889-06-28

DR. R. ". H. DUNCAN, of the steamship Colon, was, on the 2Oth. taken from the residence of Captain W. H. Thompson, Ne l73 Hancock street, Brooklyn, to quarantine, the Health Board having pro- noonced bis case one of yellow fever.
The Springdale news., 1889-06-28

TEN dynamite cartridges were diseov- cred in the basement of the hospital of Harvard College on the 24th. The fuse had been lighted but had failed to burn. The bombs contained enough of the ex- plosiye to have destroyed the whole uni yersity
The Springdale news., 1889-06-28

GENERAL SIMON CAMERON, of Pennsyl- vania, vas stricken with paralysis of the right side on the 20th, and left in a crit ieal condition. Wayne MaeVeagh, and Mrs. MacVeagh and Mrs. Halderman, his daughters, are with him at his home in Donegal Springs.
The Springdale news., 1889-06-28

THE movement in London to have the museums, art galleries and public libra ries opened to the public on Sundays is rapidly gaining ground. Many petitions.
 numerously signed, have been sent to Parliament, and, on the 20th, the London County Council, by large majority, de- ciaea 10 petition Parliament to this end.
The Springdale news., 1889-06-28

THE Ciyil-Service Commission, which has been on tour of investigation among several of the larger post offices through out the West, has issued report in which the postmaster at Milwaukee, Wis, is severely censured for violations of the Civil ,5saryice law
The Springdale news., 1889-06-28

JUDGE RICHTER of New Orleans, on the 21st, granted the motion in behalf of the State to make perpetual the injunction restraining the Cotton Oil Trust from ex- ercising any of the privileges and fran chises Of a corporation within the State of Louisiana. The application for a re- ceiver was denied.
The Springdale news., 1889-06-28

THE National Steam Fitters' Associa- tion closed it's annual session in Boston on the 20th. The election of an executive board, revision of the constitution, con- sideration of the auditors report and formulation of a plan for education con- stituted the principal business of the days session.
The Springdale news., 1889-06-28

THE coroner's jury Investigating the circumstances connected with the recent frightful railway disaster near Armagh, Ireland, returned a verdict, on the 2lst, holding five of the officials of the railway responsible for the loss of life and charging them with anslaughter.
The Springdale news., 1889-06-28

H. s. SALvANr aged ffty-two, and c. J. Le Breton, aged forty-three, both clerks, were arrested, on the 22d, for fight ing duel in the City Park at New Or leans. The parties had exchanged three harmless shots before the officer came upon the scene. They were both placed under bonds to keep the peace.
The Springdale news., 1889-06-28

A TELEGRAM from Sparta, Greece, an- nounces that the inspector of antiquities in the old Laconian town of Pharis has unearthed some ancient tombs containing objects of Greek art in gold, silver and precious stones, all of great value. The historical museums of Athens are being enriched almost daily.
The Springdale news., 1889-06-28

MARTIN BURKE, the Winnipeg "sus- pect," was positively identified, as one of the "Williams brothers," on the 21st by the expressman, Martinsen, of Chi cago, who hauled the furniture to the Carlson cottage, who picked him out of a crowd of fifty persons without hesitation.
The Springdale news., 1889-06-28

PRES IDRNT AND MRS. HARRISON, Dr. Scott and Postmaster General Wana- maker attended the Beadle Pres ter ian Church at Cape May, N. J., on the 23d. In the afternoon the President and wife dined with General Sewell and Mir. Wanamaker visited the Presbyterian and Methodist Sunday schools.
The Springdale news., 1889-06-28

A PoRn3sN of the Manningham mills in Bradford c.England, was destroyed by fire, on the night of the 22d, involving a loss of f50,000. Two firemen were killed by falling walls, and several others were injured. A number of workmen in the mills were also injured.