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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-03-12
HoLZHAY'S --LATEST BREAK.

Ihe Imprisoned Highwayman Terrorixea
marquette Penitentiary for Z Couple o,
Hours and Only surrenders After -Four
Fingers of His Right Hand Are shot
Away by the Warden.
MARQUETTE, Mich, March. Rel
mund Holzhay, the train robber and
murderer now serving life sentence at
the branch prison here, will never pull
trigger again. All four fingers of his
right hand are shot away.
The prison officials have been keep
Ing close watch on Holzhay, and for
some days Deputy Warden Hawley has
suspected that he was meditating some
desperate outbreak. Wednesday after
noon he sent Keeper. Polliser to
bring the convict to his Office
for search. Polliser unlocked the
cell and told Holzhay to come
along. AS Polliser turned to lock the
cell door Holiday threw his left arm
around the keepers neck, and, drawing
Misunderstanding knife, pressed it
against his throat. He then drew
Polliser toward the gate. Deputy
Warden Hawley drew bead on the
convict, when the latter held Polliser
In front of him 50 as to form
shield. He continued this device for
some time, stepping out and daring the
deputy warden to kill him, but lodging
behind Polliser and holding his knife at
the latter's throat whenever the rifle
was aimed at him. Finally Polliser
broke away and ran around the cell
block, with Holiday in pursuit.
Seeing that Polliser would escape,
Holzhay seized convict named Meier
vey, who happened to be loose in the
corridor, and repeated the same game.
For two hours the warden stood at the
gate trying to get a chance to disarm
HOLIDAY or to induce him to drop the
knife. II would have simply rushed
In" said the warden, "but was afraid
the fellow mig. t be insane, and that
any attempt to do so would simply re-
suit in Mezervey's death. At last,
by sending Deputy Warden Hawley to
talk with another convict on the other
side Of the cell block, distracted his
attention for moment. His right hand,
holding the knife, lay ON his knee. /
took steady aim and planted bullet
right in his knuckles. He got up and
called out: Well you've done it, and
walked toward his cell.
The heavy bullet from the Martini
rife tore away all of his right-hand
fingers and smashed the metacarpal
bones; only his thumb is left 1t grazed
Mezervey's leg, but he was not hurt.
Holiday was seen last evening. He lay
grooming with pain and refused to an
swer questions.
BY his GOODNESS and good marksman-
ship Warden Tompkins certainly
saved Meservey's life. Public opinion
here would have sustained him fully in
killing Holzhay, who has openly de-
clared that he would not stay in prison
two years.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-03-12
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL

JAMES E. ENGLISH, Ex-Governor Of
Connecticut and ex-Congressman, died
on the I'd in New Haven, aged IS years.
JUDGE DANIEL B. T1LDEN died at his
home in Cleveland, O., on the 18th. He
was "a years old and was a member OF
Congress during the Mexican war.
The third annual convention of the
National League of Republican Clubs
met at Nashville, Tenn, on the 4th.
Mr.. EDWIN CowLEs, editor of the
Leader, of Cleveland, O., died at his
home in that city on the 4th, aged IS
years.
WILLIAM B. ALLISON was on the 4th,
by the unanimous vote of the Republic
an members of the Iowa Legislature, re.
elected United States Senator. In the
Senate % votes were cast for Allison, 20
for Bestow (Dem.) and for Larrabee.
In the House Allison received SO votes,
Bestow Al and Larrabee 6, making a
total of rs votes for Allison, 81 for Bes-
tow and for Larrabee.
The Rhode Island Democrats in State
convention on the 5th at Providence
nominated John M. Davis, of Pawtucket,
for Governor.
CAPTAIN SAMUEL B. WAsHBURN,
member of the noted Maine family of
that name and part proprietor of the
Washburn mills at Minneapolis, died
on the 5th at Avon, N. Y. D..
AT the National con ventiOn of Repub-
hcan League Clubs in Nashville, Tenn,
on the 9Th John M. Thurston, of Ne
braska, was reelected president. The
resolutions declare for protection, up
hold the National Administration and
Speaker Reeds position. denounce Dem
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-03-12
KILLED IN BATTLE.

Desperate Fighting Reported In the AZ
rican Province of Dahomey French
Troops Win . Big Victory-In an En-
eagement with the Natives Four Hum
dred of tho Latter, Including Several
of tho Kings Female Warriors, Arc
Slain.
PARIS, March THE Soleil has re-
| ceived information that another battle
has been fought between a force of
French troops and a force of the troops
of the King of Dahomey. Eight of the
combatants were killed and many of
them were wounded. A number of
F'renchmen and other Europeans were
captured by the Dahomians
Other advices received here state that
after the fight the Dahomians made =
second attack upon Notonon- They
were finally repulsed, leaving 400 of
their number dead ON the field. Among
the dead were found several of the fe-
male warriors of the King of Dahomey.
[Dahomey is a kingdom OF Western Africa,
having An area of about 14,3OO square miles.
The population is o,ooo of whom only about
10000 are free. The country is fertile and high.
ly cultivated. The Dahomians are pagans and
their worship fetish. The power Of the King
is absolute, extending to despotic control
over the lives and property Of his subjects.
During the reign of the present monarch fright
full atrocities have been perpetrated, whole
sale murders forming the principal part
OF all state and religious ceremonies,
so that If any members Of tho
invading French force have fallen
prisoners in the Kings hands, as indi.
Gated in the above dispatch, their fate is not
likely to be pleasurable one. The King has
for years maintained a female army, composed
Of muscular young women, formed in regiments
and armed with swords and muskets, and
from the dispatches it appears that some Of
these Amazons have died like true soldiers in
their countrys defense. The Paris newspapers
have recently been suggesting the propriety of
France annexing the King of Dahomeys domin-
ions to her African nnSSeSSionSl
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-03-12
LIVES CRUSHED OUT.

Seven Persons Killed and Fifteen Injured
In Railway Wreck Near Hamburg,
| n. 7. 5El= ,E
HAMBURG, N. Y, March TRAIN
No. 10 on the Lake Shore railroad from
the West, due in Buffalo at 9:1O D. M,
and running very fast to make up lost
time, broke in two near Bay View about
$50 o'clock last night. The front part
of the train, consisting Of engine,
tender, smoker and two day coaches
was quickly brought to standstilL
The rear half, composed of FIVE heavy
Pullmans, came on down the grade and
crashed into the second day coach. The
Pullman, being the heavier, lifted the
day coach into the air, and they now lie
one on top of the other, both having
telescoped the first day coach.
AS near as can be ascertained seven
persons were killed and fifteen injured.
The train parted some miles west of
Hamburg, the coupling between the
last day coach and the first sleeper
breaking. The first section went
on ahead and was stopped
when Conductor Houghtaling pulled
the bell-rope Most of those in the last
day coach were notified in time to leave,
but those in the first Pullman had no
warning and the cars met and telescoped
with terrific force. The Pullman was
completely buried beneath the other
car. An engine was dispatched to Buff
falo for aid, j. E. Minnie, who had his
arm cut of, being taken along.
1t was two and a half hours be-.
fore the physicians arrived. A wrecking
train preceded the relief train and the
work of extricating the imprisoned SUI.
ferers was begun. The killed are: Mr..
j. E. Stewart and Mrs. j. E. Stewart,
Rochester; ]. Swan, sleeping-car porter,
Salamanca; Mrs. j. D. Baucus, Saratoga
Springs. skull fractured, died of injur-
les: three unknown men. Those in
jured are:
Rev. johnson Meyers, Cincinnati, cut in head;
F. A. Coombs Philadelphia, aged So, head cut;
w. II. Fisher, Boston, bruised on chin and leg:
Julia Healey, Boston, injured in head frac-
tured rib, fracture Of right arm; J. c. Arm
strong, Rochester cut in head and neck: J. D.
Baucus, Saratoga Springs, face and leg
bruised; w. w. Branch, Charleston, w. Va,
left arm broken; Charles Barch New York.
ankle sprained; H. F. Jaegar, 161 South Good.
win street, Rochester, ankle sprained; L. F.
Haupt, 264 Sumner street, Buffalo, wrist badly
cut; George E. Allen, Boston, sprained leg:
Henry Rubrich, Rochester injured in knee:
julius Siegel, New York City, injury to left
arm; George S. Thompson, Rochester, slight
sprain of leg; George E. Martin, Boise City, Z
T., bruise of chest.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-03-12
SHE'S GOT THE CASH.

Representative Chlcagoans Satisfy tn.
Worlds Fair Committee of tho Garde1
City's Ability to Make u Success of tn,
Big Show.
WASHINGTON, March 1--WE had a
very satisfactory meeting" said Con.
gresham Gambler (Mass.), chairman
of the worlds fair committee,
Thursday night, Immediately after the
adjournment of the conference between
the special worlds fair subcommittee
and the delegation of the representative
men which arrived here from Chicago
during the afternoon to confer with the
committee in regard to the worlds fai,
bill.
The conference, which was of an in.
formal character, lasted about two
hours and was held in one of the parlors
of the Riggs House, The time was
chiefly consumed in an explanation of
the financial situation. Mr.. LYMAN j.
Gage, president of the First National
Bank of Chicago, explained this to the
members of the subcommittee. He
said that Chicago had subscription of
more than $5,000,o00, which was col
lectahle under the laws of the State of
Illinois. He read the list of subscribers,
and said they were all known men of
wealth and standing. Mr.. Gage then
said that in about ten or twelve DAYS
the fair organization would be incor-
porated and would begin work. There
was no doubt that as soon as this was
effected it would quickly secure sub
scriptions for $1,000, 900 or more. This
would make from $4,000, 900 to $1,000
600, and was all that was neces-
sary at present With this amount
in cash there would be no difficulty in
raising by means of bonds or otherwise
the $50, 600, 900 which Chicago had guar
anteed. As to the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
alton Chicagos representatives said they
had nothing to say. They left that en-
tirely with the committee and with
Congress-.
The question Of postponing the fair
until 1898 was mooted, and it was evil
dent that there was strong sentiment
in favor of the proposition, though in
this matter also the Chicago men
placed themselves entirely in the
hands Of Congress-. While they were
willing to defer to Congress as to the
time for holding the fair, they wanted
1t expressly understood that Chicago
did not ask any postponement. Chi
cago, it was said, could finish her build
ings and make the fair success if held
in 1899.
With respect to the Government ap-
preparations Chairman Gambler said that
1t had been understood in committee
that 81, 100000 was the outside limit
which would be recommended for this
purpose, and the amount which the
committee would name in the bill to be
expended upon the Government exhibit
would not exceed this sum.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-03-12
EIGHT HOURS At MILWAUKEE

Building Bosses Say They Will Grant the
Demand Without = Controversy.
MILWAUKEE, Wis, March IA de-
cided revolution in labor matters that
will be enthusiastically greeted by
working-men the country over will
be inaugurated here May /. 1t
Is now for the first time positively
known that the eight-hour day de-
manded by the building tradesmen will
be granted BY the bosses. Nearly all the
contractors In the city have declared
that they would grant the demand with
out controversy. The workmen, Of
course. are celebrating tho good news.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-03-12
LATEST NEWS.

JOSEPH KANE, of Omaha, wanted for
stealing diamonds, was arrested in Chi
cago on the 9TH by Officer Linville on
Clark street. He shot the officer twice,
shot bystander who interfered, and
then kept an immense crowd at bay un-
til he reached the Pullman building, IA
tally wounding Officer Briscoe on the
way. who had attempted to stop him.
NEAR Petersburg, Va, sand-ban
caved in on the 18th, killing Lewis Stew
art, John Dawson and Archer Griffin.
THERE were 215 business failures in
the United States during the seven days
ended on the 18th, against 100 the
previous seven days. The total of fail
ures in the United States January l to
date is 2,75s, against 2,94s in 1889.
EIGHT persons were seriously injured,
some of them fatally, in runaway &C.
cident on the 9TH at Baldwin, Wis.
JAMES MCINTOSH and two daughters
of James Evans were drowned on The
7th near Spirit Lake, Ia, by driving
into an air-hole in Lake Okobogi.
AN assignment was made at New York
on the 7th by the brewing firm of Mon
roe Eckstein for $123, 900.
Mrs. ELIZABETH SANDS, widow of one
of the "Old Defenders" celebrated her
101st birthday on the 9TH at Baltimore,
Md.
THE private banking firm Of Belloc
Freres, at San Francisco, CAL, failed on
the 7th for 5000, 600.
FELIX KAMPF was hanged on the 7th
at Charleston, w. Va, for the murder
of his daughter Mary, aged 30 years, and
his son William.
BY the capsizing of boat on the 9TH
near Knoxville, Tenn. the two sons of
William Naples and son of William
Baker were drowned.
FURTHER advices of the 9TH say that
six persons were killed in the recent
wreck near Hamburg, N. Y, on the Lake
Shore road.
SEVERAL earthquake shocks occurred
villages were destroyed.
BILLS were introduced in the United
States Senate on the 7th appropriating
100000 for public building at Muske-
gon, Mich, and $5,621,00 for the i'm
provement of the Mississippi river. The
Blair educational bill was further dis
cussed. Adjourned to the 10th. In the
House bill was introduced placing car
penters' and blacksniths' tools and all
agricultural instruments on the free list
The direct-tax bill proposing to repay
to citizens and States the amounts by
them respectively paid under the direct
tax of $40, 900. 900 provided for by the act
Of August s, 1851, was favorably re-
ported
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-03-12
MIChIGAN'S PEACH CROP.
1t Suffers Severely During tho Recon
Cold Weather.

Cold Weather.
KALAMAZOO, Mich, March 8.-1nter'
views with leading fruit-growers here
who have large interests throughout
the great peach belt, as we'll as infor-
nation from Allegan and South Haven.
indicate that the severe cold has dam
aged the peach crop badly. The mild
weather heretofore has brought out
the buds to twice the size they
should have been, and had the cold held
of the crop would have been enormous.
An entire loss of the fruit crop this year
means failure and loss of farms to q
great many of the fruit-growers.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-03-12
WILL HAVE TEN CLUBS.

The National League Directors Unable
Either to Buy or Freeze Out the Indiana
apoiis Club-The Schedule Adopted.
CLEVELAND, O., March 7.-After .
fight Of two days at $3.50 Thursday even
ing a schedule was adopted for ten
clubs The league magnates are dissat-
isfied with the schedule and in not Sc
curing An eight-club circuit Brush, Of
Indianapolis, emphatically refused to
sell out and that settled it.
According to the schedule adopted the
season will open April Is and close
October II. The opening finds Boston
at Philadelphia, New York at Brooklyn,
Chicago at Cincinnati and Cleveland at
Pittsburgh. Indianapolis and WASH
ington do not play until April %,
when they open with Boston at
Washington and Cincinnati at Indian
apolis. The Western clubs will 90
East May and remain until May 81.
The Eastern clubs come West for the
first time June o. Decoration-day
games are to be played as follows:
Chicago at Brooklyn, Cincinnati at
New York, Cleveland at Philadelphia,
Pittsburgh at Boston and Indian
apolis at Washington. Fourth-of-
July games are: Boston at Chi
cago, Brooklyn at Pittsburgh, New York
at Cleveland, Philadelphia at Cincinnati
and Washington at Indianapolis. The
season closes with Boston at New York,
Philadelphia at Washington, Chicago at
Pittsburgh and Cleveland at Cincinnati.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-03-12

ALLlNO1S tDoMOcEavS WALL uOlQ their
State convention at Springfield June 1
! next E, 80 H." 's$,5' !
EZRA l.. STEVENS, of WASHINGTON,
died on the 9th at Asbury Park, n. j.
He was for nearly thirty years chief
clerk of the Indian department.. and
originated the present system Of schools
for Indians.
REV. CLEMENT NJ. BUTLER, D. D., at
one time chaplain Of the United States
Senate, and an intimate friend of Web,
ster and Clay, died in Germantown. Pa.
on the 9th, aged 80 years.
WILLIAM BUCKNELL, q noted philan.
thropist, who had given away over
$500, 900 for church purposes, died sud.
denly in Philadelphia ON the 9th, aged
70 years.
FOREIGN.
THE British steamer Quetta, bound
from Australia for London, struck a
hidden rock in the Torres straits nea,
Somerset, on the LIST and went down
with all on board, 100 persons being
drowned.
1T was said on the LIST that the ues.
ton Of independence would be made an
issue in Canadian politics.
The Governor of Senegal notified the
French Government on the Sd OF a bat.
tie between the French forces and tho
troops of the King of Dahomey in which
100 of the latter were killed and
wounded.
In the British House Of Commons on
the Sd Mr.. Gladstone made an eloquent
plea for justice to Mr.. Parnell and the
other Irish leaders.
THE newly-constructed great railway
bridge over the River Forth at Edin.
burgh was opened on the 4th by the
Prince Of Wales. The bridge is 8, zoe
feet long and $50 feet high.
In the Canadian Parliament on thu
4th the Minister of Customs stated that
the total Chinese immigration into Can.
ada last year was 1914.
FOUR persons were killed in q railway
collision at Carlisle, Scotland, on tho
4th, and fourteen were in ured, some
fatally.
A BILL was introduced in the Canadian
Parliament on the 4th for the suppress.
sion of polygamy.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN, the 17-year-old
son of United States Minister Lincoln,
died at London on the morning of the
9Th. The long and painful illness that
resulted in his death was caused by q
carbuncle under the armpit.
SEvENemployes of shoe factory at
Weissenfels, Saxony, lost their lives BY
the burning of the building on the 5th.
1T was announced on the 9Th that new
beds of guano had been discovered on
the coast of Peru which. it was esti.
mated, would yield 1900, 900 tons of ex.
cellent quality.
ADv1cEs OF the 9Th say that many
deaths from starvation had occurred
among the Indians at Dunoegan, Man,
and several cases Of canniballsm were Ne.
ported.
THE house of William Robinson al
Parry Sound, Ont, was destroyed by fire
on the 9th, and three of his children.
aged Is, 16 and.9 years, were burned to
death.
ADvIcEs of the 9Th say that another
fight had taken place in Western Afrit a
between the King of Dahomey's troops
and the invading French force in which
400 of the former were killed.
The United States menof-war At.
lanta and Boston of the evolutionary
squadron sailed from Genoa on the 9Th
for Naples.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-03-12
A Murder Mystery Twenty-Four Years
Old Cleared Up by q Confession.

A Murder Mystery Twenty-Four Years
Old Cleared Up by Confession.
YOUNGSTOWN, Pa, March AT Lower
Merton, Pa, twenty-four years ago
DR.. Joseph lowering was shot down
in cold blood. Efforts to trace the muir
derer were unavailing. John g. Hem
derson, a wealthy and respected citizen.
who had never been suspected Of
any knowledge of the crime, died Tues
day evening, but before breathing his
last confessed having killed the doctor.
The confession has caused as much ex-
element in the place as was given rise
to by the murder at the time Of its oc-
currence. He gave no rasson for the
deed r
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-02-19
The Came Didn't Work.

A Portland grocer put up lot of goods for
Jay Gould Monday, in all costing about $500,
and then he became afraid that Jay wouldn't
pay the bill and didn't deliver his wares. 1t
came about in this way. A stranger called
at the grccer's and said that he had at the
Grand Trunk station three car loads of tele-
graph linemen, bound to the Black Hills to
work on Jay Gould's telegraph lines in that
region. OF course the men must be fed and
the stranger ordered the goods of the grocer
with instructions to deliver them to him at
the Grand Trunk station. Before leav-
ing the store the man remarked to the
grocer, "Jay uses us first rate. Come down
and see the cars" So the grocer, a little
later, went down, but he didn't sac the cars.
They were not there and nobody had seen
the linemen bound to western wilds. The
grocer of course suspected something wrong
so the goods were not delivered and he has
no bill against Jay Gould.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-02-19
DEATHS.

In this city, Feb. II. Lizzie, daughter of Susan
5 months. -~
Funeral on Thursday afternoon at 2.30 O'Clock,
at her late residence, No. "a Grove street, Bid,
deford papers copy.1
In Bath, Feb. 16, Mrs. Louisa p Worth, aged
10 years.
In Bath, Fet; 10. Susan A., wife of Franklin p
:, In North Buckfeid. Feb. 3, Frank A. son OF
In. In Poland: Jan. 81, z. A. Waterhouse aged IS
In Poland. Feb. /, David G. Skinner, aged 70
years months.
1.-THE funeral service of the late Solomon Taft
Corser will take place on Thursday afternoon al
23o O'Clock at his late residence, No. 1853 Gum.
berland street.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-02-19
PERSONAL.

Eli B. Bean Of Brownfield, postmaster, and
prominent merchant Of that town, was in
the city yesterday.
Engineer Alexander bennett, U. S. r. NJ,
attached to the cutter Levi Woodbury., is at
his home In Kittery on sick leave.
Adjutant General Sprague has accepted
the position of member of the executive CON-
mittee for the New England States of the
National Guard Association.
Beside Miss Anna Barrows. whose book
on the egg has received such favorable no.
tice in the papers, three other Oxford county
girls have recently come before the public.
Another new book christmas Eve and Eas-
ter Day"-edited with notes and introduce
ton by Helolse E. Hersey has been pub.
llshed. Miss Hersey is daughter of DR.. A.
ID. Hersey of the town of Oxford. Miss
Hattie A. Pike of Fryeburg has q picture
"a Bit of Indian Summer" in the Boston
Art Cue exhibition, and Miss A. B. Shepley
of Winchester, Mass, a granddaughter of
DIR. Barrows of Fryeburg has two paintings
in the same exhibition. They are "a West
ern Rose" and San Idle Hour"
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