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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-01-16
TnE cRoNlN CASE.

Defendants' Attorneys File q Motion For .
New Triai-A Long List of Errors Al
legged.
CHICAGO, Jan. 11.-Late yesterday
afternoon Attorneys Wing, Donahoe
and Forrest fled petition for new
trial in the cases of Coughlin, Martin
Burke. p. O'Sullivan and John Kunze,
convicted of the murder of DIR. Cronin,
in accordance with the order of Judge
Mcconnell, before whom the arguments
will be made Monday.
The petition assigns thirty-nine
cases of error in the rulings Of Judge
Mcconnell during the case. They en-
brace every point contested by the
attorneys for the defense and
range from All objection TO
the courts overriding the motion
to quaslI the indictments up TO the as
seTtion that tlis defense has, since the
trial, discovered new evidence which
entities thep to a new trial. The first
error alleged II that the court erred in
overriding the motion TO quaah the in
dictment made In behalf Of each of the
defendants. The denial OF CoughIin's
motion for a separate trial IN made the
basis of four of the alleged errors,
there being Il separate count for each
OF the defendants. The refusal of the
court To permit the defense To show
that Messrs. Mills. Ingram and Hines
or the prosecution were engaged
by private parties who were actuated
by personal motives and the courts al
lowing these three lawyers To assist in
the prosecution are said TO be errors.
Mr.. Hines is made a subject of u spe-
cial count, he being said to have been
moved by spirit of hostility toward
the defendants and not tit TO act as
prosecuting attorney. The everything
OF the challenge for cause preferred by
defendants to Il long list Of veniremen,
whose namcs are given in the motion,
Is alleged To be ali error. Side ro-
marks made by the States attorney
while examining jurors are charged TO
have Eeen improper. Judge Longe-
necker's opening statement TO the jury
Is cited as an error and characterized
AS improper remarks of counsel for
the State, which excited the passions
and prejudices Of the jurors against the
defendants. 1t is charged as an error
that the prosecution was permitted TO
introduce as evidence and exhibit to
the jmIy the clothing, instruments and
hair of DR.. CrOnin, the false teeth, the
trunk and all the material evidence in
the c;lse- The introduction of DR..
CrOnin'S knives after the State had
closed its case is said to have been an
error. Objection is made to number
of the instructions given to the jury by
the court. The verdict is pronounced
as contrary to law and not justified
by evidence. and finally il is said that
"the defendants and each of them
have discovered evidence which entities
them to u new trial.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-01-16
COLLAPSE OF A CHURCH.
Several Persons Killed and Injured BY tn
Falling of a Church In Rrankixn.

Several Persons Killed and Injured BY tn g
Falling of a Church In Brooklyn.
BROOKLYN, n. Y, Jan. 9.-The
heavy winds of last night shook the
new Presbyterian church at 296
Throop avenue to its foundation, and
at 4:30 this morning one of the walls
fell with crash on a three-story frame
building adjoining, which was tenant
ed by the Mott and Purdy families.
The dwelling seemed to part in twain
and instantly the shrieks and groans of
the injured startled the residents for
blocks about.
The house had been torn in such a
manner that a bedroom was exposed,
and in the bed, in plain view of the
street, lay the dead body of Miss
Purdy, borne down with a mass of
debris.
When every thing had been cleared
away it was found that Mary Purdy.
aged nineteen, and David Purdy, aged
fifteen, were instantly killed and half
dozen injured.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-01-16
JUDGE KELLEY DEAD.
The "Father of the House" Dies in WASH
fngton-Brfef sketch of His Life.

The Father of the House" Dies in WASH
ington-Brfef sketch of His Life.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.-Judge Wilb
lam ID. Kelley, of Pennsylvania, died
here at $40 O'Clock last evening. At.
his bedside were Mrs. Kelley, his
daughter, Mrs. F. o. Horstman; his
SONS, William D. Kelley. Jr., and A. b.
Kelley, DR.. Stanton, his attending
physician, and j. III. FL. Werick, his
priva secretary.
His death was painless, and to tho
watchers at his bedside he seemed to
have fallen into a deep and peaceful
sleep. He was unconscious at the last
and had been at intervals during the
last two days His remains will be
buried at Laurel Hill cemetery, Phila-
deiphia.
The immediate cause of Judge Keh
ley's death was intestinal catarrh
brought on by cold contracted during
Christmas week.
For some years, however, he had
been an almost constant sufferer from
a cancerOuS growth in the side of his
face which was removed about six
years ago by surgical operation.
BIOGRAPHICAL
Judge Kelley born in Philadelphia on
April r. 1914 His grandfather, John Kelley,
served a. an officer in the Revolutionary war.
Having lost his father at early age he
learned the printers trade, and later served
an apprenticeship to a jeweler in Boston. In
1910 he returned to Philadelphia and begun
the study of law and year later was ad-
mitted to the bar and while practic-
ing his profession devoted much time
to literary pursuits. He was elect
ed Attorney General of Pennsylvania in
1915, and in 1916 was judge of the court OF
common pleas of Philadelphia. In 1850 he
was delegate to the National Republican
convention, and in the same year was eiece-
ed to Congress, where he has served contin-
uOusly ever since. He has been a member
of numerous committees of the House, and
chairman of some of the most Important
notably the Committee Ways and
Means. He has served in the lower
house longer than any other mem
Der, and for this reason is often
called the Father of the House" He abs
for many years been known as "Pig Iron
kelley He was at one time free trader.
but later became an ardent protectionist and
has written several works in opposition to
the free trade theory. Among his works ara
Reasons for Abandoning the Theory of Free
Trade and Adopting the Principles of Pro-
lection to American Industry" Letters on
Industrial and Financial Questions" and
1.-The New South
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-01-16
THE BASEMENT BOILER.
1t Blows Out q Shop Front aud Injure,
MANY Persons.


Many Persons.
CHICAGO, Jan. 11.-Shortlv after
four O'Clock yesterday afternoon the
boiler i'm the basement of the John
Morris Stationery & Printing Company,
lis to l2O Monroe street, exploded,
causing $4,000 damage but no loss of
life, though several of the small
army of employees were seriously
and many slightly hurt. The en-
tire front of the build
ing, AS pertains to glass and doorways,
was blown into the street and great
pieces of heavy plate glass were strewn
for half block around. Sc great was
the force of the explosion that pieces
of glassware stuck into the woodwork
of buildings across the street. a part
of three floors in the rear of the Morris
building were torn up and splin-
tered. The cause of the explosion is
not definitely known. The following
is list of the most seriously injured:
Charles Wilson, engineer, badly cut
about face and head, hands badly
scalded; Miss Harrall, cut about face
and head; w. J. Hartman, Herman
Swanson and ]. II. Smith, badly cut
by flying g ass; George Burgess. team
ster, blown across the street into an
open doorway, receiving a bad wound
Oh the head.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-01-16
Senator Gillette.

TOPEKA, Kan, Jan. 1I-Not salts
fed with denying that he received
money from the Topeka Insur-
ance Company or that any
pc son was authorized to receive
it on his account Senator Gillette has
procured of L. Il. Fuller, ex-secretary
of the company, an affidavit in which
the ex-secretary takes back every thing
he swore to in court concerning the SEN
ator except that he did pay $3.50 to man
whom he supposed represented the Sem
ator, but did not see the money paid to
the Senator and has no personal knowl-
edge that any portion of the money
ever reached him.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-01-16
cAIssoN HORROR.
Fourteen Laborers Drowned In q Bird,
Cassson at Louisville. Ky.

Fourteen Laborers Drowned In . Brides
Caisson At Louisville. Ky.
LOUISVILLE, KY, Jan. 10.-The most
appalling accident known here in many
years occurred last evening about six
O'Clock.
1t was near time for work to stop all
over the city, and workingmen were
expected home by their families, when
the report spread rapidly that there
was wreck or accident of some kind
at the new bridge, under construction
between Louisville and Jacksonville.
1t was first reported that span of
the bridge had fallen and a gang of
workmen had been thrown into the
river, but this was at once discredited,
as there was no span in existence.
Then came the truth, that a caisson
had given way and the workmen en-
ployed on it had been drowned OF
crushed to death by stone and timbers.
The caisson known as No. l was
100 yards from the Kentucky shore.
As the workmen of the pumping sta
ton were looking for the men in the
caisson to put off in their boats, leav-
ing the work for the night, they sud-
denly saw the dark structure disappear
into the foaming white waves and
heard, before they could realize what
had happened, the roar of the furious
maelstrom-
1t was soon known that only four OF
the eighteen who were at the work at
that time had escaped.
Correct reports from the scene Cf the
accident show the following list o.
killed: Haynes, William E, pa Clay
street, Louisville, KY; Knox, John, Is
years; McAdams, James, % years,
Hyde Park, Pa; Mahar, Frank, %
years old, native of New Jersey; Nay
lor, p, q years, Pike; Ash, Thomas,
colored, 80 years, Henderson, KY;
Bowling, Monroe, colored, 80 years,
Henderson, KY; johnson, Thomas,
colored, % years, Henderson, KY;
Morris, Hamilton, 2Oyears, Henderson,
KY; Smith, Thomas, % years, Hen
derson, KY; Soaper, Frank, colored,
p years, Henderson, KY; Tyler, Rob-
ert. Is years, Henderson, KY.
The men saved are all colored, as
follows: Abe Taylor, Lewis Coch,
James Murray and Frank III. Iardix,
all of Henderson. KY
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-01-16
Kansas Board of Agriculture.

TOPEKA, Kan, Jan. 1.-THE State
Board of Agriculture adjourned last
evening. The following officers were
elected: President, Hon. A W. Smith,
Mcpherson, reelected; vice-president,
Hon. Edwin Snyder, of Oskaloosa;
secretary, Hon. Martin Mohler,
of Topeka, reelected; treasurer,
Hon. Samuel Il. Howe, of
Topeka. Directors: John Kelley, of
Sedgwick County; j. NJ Potter, Of
Marion County; Joshua Wheeler, of
Atchison County; ]. F. Findley, of Ford
County, and o. +. Morse, of Linn
County.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-01-16

GUTHRIE, Ok, Jan. I1.-President
Marvel and Vice President Robinson.
of the Santa Fe railway, stopped their
special train at Guthrie yesterday and
made thorough examination
of the city. In an interview
with reporter each expressed
himself as surprised at the progress
the city has made and President Man.
vel said that there was no question of
a good future for so good 4 country as
this, while the large number of claim
houses which were seen in all direc-
lions meat large and pushing popu-
iafiOn
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-01-16
THE SOUTH.

JOSEPH and Campbell NOEL recently
waylaid, shot and killed j. w. Sang
ford, near Harrisburg, KY, for running
their sister.
JOEL K. BROWN, of Dayton, Tenn,
left his wife the other day and joined
another woman. Whitecaps took the
couple out and whipped them until
they were nearly deal. Brown then
effected reconciliation with his wife.
NEWS has been received at Raleigh,
N. c., that Carson L. Powell, Bap-
fist missionary to Algiers, killed his
daughter in a fit of insanity as she sat
upon his lap.
AN engine and tender were thrown
from the track at Finchtown, KY, the
other night and a clerk was killed
while three or four others were in
jured.
JOSEPH WILLIAMS and William
Rose, at Wilmington, Del, recently
cleaned phosphate tank and were
killed by inhalation of sulphuric acid
fumes.
HENRY WARD, the negro boy who
murdered w. Fl. Benson, a canvasman
of French's circus, was taken out of
Jail at Bayou Sara, La, recently by a
mob and hanged to tree in the court
house yard.
FOURTEEN laborers lost their lives
at Louisville, KY, on the evening of
the 9th by the river flooding a caisson
which was being sunk for the Jeffer
sonville bridge.
GOVERNOR STONE was inaugurated
at Jackson, Miss, on the 9th. Both
branches of the Legislature were Or
ganized. January y was fixed for
joint memorial services in memory of
the late jefferson Davis.
THE municipal election at Jackson,
Miss, at which troubles were expected,
passed off quietly.
DIR. S. T. EVANS, a leading physician
of Union City, Tenn, committed sui
eide by shoe ing himself through the
head. He had been suffering with in
duenza.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-01-16
A SQUADRON COLLECTING.
A Crisis in the Dispute Between Portugal
and England.

"A Crisis in the Dispute Between Portugal
and England.
LONDON, Jan. "A British naval
,quadron is collecting at Zanzibar and
is supposed to be destined for Delagoa
bay. Lord Salisbury insists that
Portugal must give guarantees TO pre-
vent recurrence of the outrages in
Africa OH British subjects and interests,
which, as the situation now is, must in
terfere with the diplomatic settlement
Of the misunderstanding between
the two countries. The British Ad-
miralty has dispatched the Enchan-
tress, with sea ed orders, to the Ben
bow and the Colossus at Gibraltar.
The Portugueseoflicials at Quillimane,
on the east coast of Africa, have for
hidden a British steamer to receive
the British Consul, Johnson's, dis
patches direct, but insist that they
must pass through the Portuguese
pOst-Office
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-01-16
A sprinkIine Mach,n. N..d.a.

: BURLINGTON, Iowa, Jan. 1O.-Tbe
unprecedently low stage of the water
III the river here is the chief topic
amougthe people along the Mississippi.
At this point it is eight inches lower
than it has been during the sixty years
since white people came to this coun-
try, and is still falling fast The sue
ton pipe of the railroad waterworks
had to be sunk to prevent the cutting
off of the supply of water. This is
the only Inconvenience experienced
here SO far, but places above and below
are seriously threatened with a water
famine
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-01-16
Young Ladies Ill Treated.

SAN ANTONIO, Tex, Jan. 9.-Stella
Dashiel and Annie George, society
young lad es, went out driving yester-
day morning. In the evening they
were found by the roadside, mile
from home in dying condition. Miss
George had suffered a CONCLUSION of the
brain and Mrs. Dashiel's face was bad
~ cut and one ear torn nearly off. Both
show evidences otherwise of violence.
Neither has recovered consciousness,
and in the absence of a statement from
them the matter is shrouded in mys-
terry,
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-01-16
Range Cattle Suffering.

CHEYENNE, Wyo., Jan. 9.-There
are three feet of snow in Sweetwater
and Uintah Counties and feed has been
covered five days. The range cattle are
becoming weak and emaciated, and if
a blizzard should come hundreds will
succumb and if the snow remains as
many will starve to death. There are
many sheep in that region, but these
suffer less than cattle. This snow seri-
ously interfered with the railway,
though Superintendent Ryder has man.
aged to keep Wyoming division trains
moving with slight delays.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-01-16

A DISPATCH from Canandaigua, n.
T., states that Hon. Elbridge Gerry
Lapham, ex-United States Senator,
died at his home on the 9Th. He
served in the United States Senate
with Roscoe Conkling.
NEW YORK Democrats celebrated
Jackson's day at the Hoffman House
on the 9Th. Letters of regret were read
from ex-President Cleveland, Governor
Hill and others.
MRS. SOUTHwORTH died in the
Tombs prison, New York, on the It'll.
On November % last she shot and
killed Stephen Pettus, well known
Brooklyn man, who had effected her
ruin. After the shooting she took sick
and gradually died.
WIND recently blew down the walls
of the new Presbyterian Church on
Throop avenue, Brooklyn, n. Y. A
small house adjoining was crushed,
two of the inmates being killed and
quite number wounded.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-01-16

In street duel at Hefiin, Ala, DE-.
Bell, a prominent citizen, was killed
and City Marshal Senton dangerously
wounded.
THE grand jury has returned four
teen bills of Indictment against Davis
P. Hadden, president of the taxing dis
trict of Memphis, Tenn, and c. l..
Chullen, secretary, charging them with
the imbeZzlement and larceny of S1O,-
40 of the fines and forfeitureS collected
in the police court from January, 1886.
to October 1889.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-01-16
The Dead Empreas.

BERLIN, Jan. 1.-THE body of the
Empress Augusta is lying in state in
the chapel of the schloss and the
public is viewing the body. In
her will the dead Empress be-
queaths her palaces at Berlin and
Babelsberg to Emperor William
To her daughter, the Grand Duchess
of Baden. she gives the sum of four
million marks and she leaves legacies
to her servants and to large number
of charitable and religious bodies. EN-
press Frederick, accompanied by her
daughters, arrived in Berlin this morn
ing from Rome.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-01-16
He Laughed ut La Crime.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9.-GeOrge Mar
ton, Washington correspondent of the
Pittsburgh Times and of other Western
Journals, died su ldenly at his home Of
paralysis. He was at the capitol in his
usual health yesterday, but after din
ing in the evening and while laughing
over his immunity from Ia grippe he
suddenly fell back in his chair uncon-
scious and expired within an hour.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-01-16
THE EAST.

A wEsT-BOUND mail train on the
Pennsylvania road killed two men at
Tyrone, two more at Ben's Creek and
ran into an omnibus two miles further
on, almost killing woman.
A LOCAL freight train on the South
Cheshire railroad collided near East
moreland, N. H., recently with wild
freight running north. Engineer w.
Slate and Fireman Gibson, of Bellows
Falls, were killed and others injured.
By collision between a construc-
zion train and an extra freight near
Belvidere, n. j., the other day, both
engineers and.a fireman were hurt and
the road badly blocked.
GOVERNOR BRACKETS message to
the Legislature of Massachusetts, speaks
in the highest terms of the workings of
the Australian system of voting.
THE city building of Lewiston, Me-,
was destroyed by fire recently. The
loss was $500, 600. The property de-
stroyed included a valuable library.
THREE men were crushed to death by
the sudden collapse of the north wall
of an old railroad machine shop at
Long Island City, N. Y, recently.
FOwDERLY, of the Knights of Labor,
was reported quite sick at Scranton,
Pa, on the 9TH, and not ft.to stand ar
rest at Callaghan's instigaticn.
JACK ROWE, the ball player, was re-
ported extremely sick with pneumonia
Ct Buffalo, N. Y, on the h, but not
dead as certain reports had it.
FIVE men were imprisoned In
the Nottingham mine at Plymouth,
Pa, by an explosion the other day
which set fire to the bratticing. Res
cuers bravely dashed through the
flames and brought out the men, one
of whom was seriously hurt.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-01-16
WASHINGTON NOTES.

JUDGE BREWER was sworn in as AS
sociate Justice of the Supreme Court
at Washington on the 9Th.
In the Supreme Court at Washington
on the 9Th the Neagle case, arising out
of the killing of Judge Terry in Cali
fornia last summer, was set down for
argument on March 1, as was also the
case of the San Tulare Railroad Com
pany, of California, involving the right
of States to impose special taxation
upon railroads.
THE United States Supreme Court
has decided that Mormon officials of
Utah who claimed to have been elected
to the places were not entitled to the
positions under the organic act of the
Territory.
OFFICIALS in the photographic Office
at Washington place no credence in
the report that the Gulf stream has
changed its course.
GENERAL SCHOFIELD has fixed the
hours for meals in the army. Twenty
minutes each are given for breakfast
and supper and thirty for dinner.
REAR ADMIRAL WILLIAM RADFoRD,
u. S. N, retired, died in Washington
tuC OUuC1 CNCuiIlS dlGCI d D1lc1 Ill1cSS.
THE cut tobacco manufacturers of
the country recently met in Washing
ton and organized trade mark asso-
citation.
DIR. BEALL, of Washington, has been
sentenced to SIX months imprisonment
and fined $4OO for robbing grave in
the Congressional cemetery.
THE entire st. Louis Worlds Fair
delegation called at the White House
and paid their respects to the Presi-
dent.
VICE-PRESIDENT and Mrs. Morton
gave dinner in Washington the other
evening in honor of President and Mrs.
Harrison.
THE Senate committee has decided
to favorably recommend the nominal
tion of Indian Commissioner Morgan,
Notwithstanding the charges brought
by Father Stephan.
JUDGE WILLIAM D. KELLEY, the
we'll known Congressman and father of
the House of Representatives, died at
Washington on the 9th. He was born
in Philadelphia April II, 1914.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-01-16
Trad. with Home Merchants.

1t pays to trade with home merchants,
and to turn the watchdog on oily
tongued'' fellows who want to take your
order for goods from houses in Chicago
or other large cities. In several locali-
ties in the State agents claiming to repre-
sent Chicago dry-goods and grocery
houses are making the rounds Of the
country and are taking orders The
farmers are made to believe that by
purchasing job lots they are getting
great reduction on goods. These ''oily-
tongued" agents claim, of course, their
goods to be of the very best grade,
while in fact they are very inferior. A
few Of the farmers have been duped in
this way, and have ordered job lots Of
goods, which are to be delivered within
few months. In some instances part
payment in advance is required.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-01-16
Hosting Works on Fire.

SALT LAKE, Utah. Jan. IO.-At an
early hour yesterday morning the hoist
ing works of the Anchor mine in Park
City was discovered to be on fire and
in short time all the building, con-
slstIng OF the hosting works, machine
shop, blacksmith shop and saw mill.
were entirely consumed. In addition to
the buildings, the machinery and en-
glne arc a total wreck, as also the drill
ing apparatus. The loss can not be
estimated, but it is many thousands of
collars The plant was one of the best
an the country, being complete in every
respect. :.