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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-12-28
THE COUGHLIN TRIAL.
MRS. FOY TEsTIFIEs OVER OBJECTIONS
OF DEFENDANTS COUNSEL.
Her Story Practically as Previously surmised.
Testifes to Coughlin's discriminating
Statements Before and After Cronin's
Death - Stands Well Under
Cross. Examination.

CHICAGO, Dec. 22.-Mrs. Andrew
Foy Appeared in court day ready to
testify in the Coughlin case. The
courtroom was crowded, owing to the
fact that it had been learned that Mrs.
had received letter threatening her
If she testified. The reads;
"Don't be a traitor. Look out for
yourself and family"
After long consideration of the OBJ
jections of the defense, chiefly that the
wife could not testify where the testi.
mony would implicate her husband as
one of the conspirators,:: Judge Tuthill
said quietly: II have decided the
matter. Call Mrs. Foy. The objec-
tions of the d ense Is ov rruled. :"
During the examination the defense
objected to almost every question by
the state and her story proceeded
slowly.
She stated that she knew Coughlin,
Martin Burke and Patrick Cooney, all
of them having been at her home.
Coughlin, she said, first appeared In
March or April, 1850. Several times
Coughlin visited her husband
and the two talked in
whisper. On one visit she
surprised them while Coughlin was
reading letter aloud. AS she entered
she caught the words, Remove him at
all hazards, but use discretion"
Coughlin stayed two hours that night
and went away without speaking to
her. Mrs. Foy told of two visits OF
Gooney, at which he and her husband
held conversations IN low tones, always
with closed doors. At visit before
NAV 4 Burke talked with her husband
In the front room and in the hall.
The next appearance OF Burke at the
house was the night OF May 6, 1889.
On the night OF May IL, some time
after Cronin's disappearance, Cough
lin called at her house and asked for |
her husband. She told Coughlin she |
was afraid her husband was arrested,
and he replied: "Oh, there is no proof
against Andy; he's all right" II said,
continued Mrs. Foy, "Coughlin, this is
Is an awful thing you have done. DIR.
Cronin will dc you more harm dead
than alive. He laughed and said
need not worry. There was no danger,
said he, but you will be taken care OF
any way; don't worry. l asked
him who was to take care OF me and
children. o. he said, don't mind
about that. Alex Sullivan is good
friend Of your husband and mine and
ne will take care of you Coughlin
came once before that time, continued
Yrs. Foy, and told my husband what !
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-12-28
An Old Landmark to Go.

Old Fort Crawford, once one of the
most important military posts in Colo
RADIO, will soon be destroyed. The build
ings are advertised for sale and in few
weeks will be RACED. 1t was in the
neighborhood of this military establish
ment that the Utes, 20 years ago, com
mitted some of their bloodiest crimes.
Chief Ouray, "the friend of the white
man." lived within stones throw of
the crumbling barracks, and also within
sight was tho home of Colorow, the rene
gade chief. Since their day the valley
has been settled by peaceful farmers and
is now one of the happiest and most
prosperous spots in the land. Exchange.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-12-28
FoREToLD THEIR DEATHS.
A Soothsayer's Warning to Suicide and a
Seaman who nroxy,od

y
Seaman Who Drowned.
Seaman John Pascal has received a
letter from Alitak, Alaska, giving an ac-
count OF the suicide of Francis James,
an able seaman who shipped on the
Merom when she left here about six
months ago for the northern canneries
Francis James killed himself by blowing
his brains out with revolver.
perhaps you remember" said Pascal
SHAT young man named Lawrence fell
overheard from the Merom when the
bark was sailing through the Golden
Gate.
."Lawrence's death and the suicide of
Francis James recalled to my mind a
very strange condolences happening
which occurred the night before the
Merom sailed. Lawrence, this young
fellow James and myself were taking a
drink together in the Bowhead saloon.
While we were standing at the bar an
elderly man approached us and offered
to tell our fortunes, provided we would
furnish him with few dimes with
which to procure a nights lodging.
1--WE agreed to his proposition, and he
startedin by saying that Lawrence would
die before the month was out. you
will meet with a very unexpected death,
he declared. You will die by drown.
ing, and your body will never be recov.
cred. And as for you,' he continued,
looking at James, 4 predict that you
will never return to San Francisco You
will meet with misfortune while in
Alaska and will become very despond.
ent. am not certain whether you will
take your own life or will die in a fight
to death with one of your shipmates, but
it looks to me as if you are going to re.
sort to self destruction.
"You may think l am telling you what
is not true" said Pascal, but all this
occurred as sure as lam talking to you.
Lawrence fell overheard, as you
know, and here is letter from Alaska
saying that James committed suicide by
shooting himself through the head. ]
have no further particulars, but surely
it is strange case, and 1 am anxious to
hear what motive led to the latter taking
his life. San Francisco Call,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-12-28
Pathetic WiIImakinp.

1t it probable that two wills were new.
er made under more distressing and pc
culiar circumstances than those executed
at the City hospital of Wilmington, DEL,
by John RADIO and Dinzinzo Dinatale, the
Italians who were blown up and terribly
mangled in an explosion of dynamite at
Woodale recently. A few days ago they
were told at the hospital that they could
not survive. They are sightless and
handless, in addition to other terrible
injuries. They made their wills. Each
man was worth $1,000. Part of Dina.
tales property being in Italy, he left il
to his young wife,. When it came ia
signing the wills, the poor fellows were
propped up, and each took the pen in his
mouth and made his mark by moving
his head. Being totally blind and with.
out hands, the pen had to be guided by
the notary. American.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-12-28
CATS CAUSE DIVORCE.
An Accumulation of Felines Separate a
Couple Married Forty Years.

An Accumulation of Felines Separate. a
Couple Married Forty Years.
Cats and clairvoyance are the reasons
given by Simon Fritz of 46 COTE street,
New Haven, for separating from his
wife. The couple were married in Iowa
about 40 years ago. Ten years ago Mrs.
Fritz developed a mania for cats. She
gathered in and cared for every stray fe-
line she could find Mr.. Fritz tried to
escape from them by moving to this city,
but she brought crate of cats with the
furniture.
Mr.. Fritz is woodworker. He set up
a repairing shop on Winter street, and
they lived in the building until the cor :
stantly increasing number of cats around
the house caused the neighbors to COM
plain, and they moved to COTE street.
Mr.. Fitz also has some inventions he is
trying to perfect, but the nightly uproar
by the cats seldom allowed him to get a
nights rest, and he was unable to work
effectively.
Then Mrs. Fritz became trance me-
dunn, and, her husband says, neglected
her household work to delve into the
mysteries of the past, present and future.
She attracted attention by asserting that
Anna Orr, then missing from Bridge
port, was dead in well. The girls body
has since been found in we'll in Fair
field
Mr.. Fritz could stand the fortune tell
ing, but he couldn't stand the cats, and
he finally declared that his wife's pets
must all go. Mrs. Fritz demurred, but
her husband was firm. The cats went,
and so did the woman. Now Mr.. Fritz
declares he will apply for a DIVORCE
New Haven Cor. New York Press.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-12-28
SIGNS OF A MILD WINTER.
A Prophet Produces Evidence to Show til,

n Tropnet PRODUCES Evidence to Show the
Other Wise Hen Are Wrong.
II notice that some wise men in vari-
GUS parts of the country are predicting
an uncommonly severe winter" said the
old Lackawanna valley weather prophet,
"but they are all wrong. All the SIGNS
point to mild and an open winter.
When you see caterpillars crawling on
the ground all through October, as they
did last month, you may set it down as
fact that the temperature will be un-
seasonably high throughout the winter.
Caterplllars don't crawl up to election
time when cold winter is ahead.
Robins were thick in the sumacs
and laurels on the hillsides on All Saints
day, and that is sure sign that there
will be no real cold weather till the Sec
ond or third month next year. On Nov.
picked basketful of dandelion and
crows foot blossoms on the highest hill
IN Lackawanna county. never saw the
like of it before, although have search
ed for such indications of mild winter
at about that time in the year every fall
since 1887. | also ran across some bone
set and ferns that hadn't been touched
by frost, and that is another good sign
of mild winter.
Gin piece of beech woods l knocked
a chipmunk over with a stone on the
afternoon before Halloween and found
that it hadn't single beechnut in its
chops, although the nuts were plentiful.
That is a sure sign of warm weather ,lp
to the holidays. On Oct. 20 1 saw a
woodchuck sitting on stone wall. That
is one of the best of open winter signs,
as woodchucks hole up three weeks be-
fore that time when the winter is going
to be severe. The toads sang 16 DAYS
later than usual-another good sign of g
mild winter. The fur of skunks and
coons is thinner by half than it was
year ago, and that is another reason why
l predict very light snowfall before
grounding day. Rabbits are lean to
what they were last year, although fool
is abundant-a sure sign of mild winter
weather. All in all, have never seen
in 60 years so many favorable indica-
lions of an open winter, and therefore
predict that the sales of fuel, sleighs
and cutters will be small to what they
were year ago."-Scranton Letter,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-12-28
A "Nationnl Ronnuet.n

Among the many suggestions concern
ing national flower, one which comes
from a Vermont farmer has decided
point and interest. He proposes that we
Shall not attempt to settle upon ma
tional flower, but let each state choose q
state flower, and have national bou-
quet," composed of all, the state flowers.
Already certain of the states have en-
blems which would make very appro-
pirate and pretty elements in such u
great American nosegay.
Massachusetts people prefer the trail
ing arbutus for an emblem. California,
on the-other side of the continent, has by
law adopted the eschscholtzia or poppy
as its state flower. The cedar sprig of
Vermont and the pine branch of Maine
would contribute needed tinge of green
to the nosegay, while the orange blossom
of Florida would lend its fragrance, and
the mountain laurel of Alabama would
crown it resplendently.
The goidtnrod and the aster would bo-
long to the first state which should for.
mally adopt them, and so would the
graceful shooting star of the central west
and the prairie rose. There are flowers
and trees enough to ego around"
A bouquet composed of all these state
flowers and tree branches would grace
all formal occasions and would typify
the union of the states. 1t would say
"E pluribus unum" to the ordinary in
telligence more plainly than the Latin
motto does.-Youth's Companion.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-12-28
Nervous Excitability After Death.

Experiments made by NJ. d'Arsonval
with an instrument he calls myophone
prove, contrary to the older opinion,
that nervous excitability may exist for
many hours after death. The old test of
the muscle shortening is no doubt not
applicable long after death has departed,
but as the sound given out by the myo-
phone proves, the death of nerve is
much less rapid than has been hitherto
supposed, and nerve may act on mus
Gle in q state of electric excitability
without producing more than simple
molecular vibration.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-12-28
A Fatal Scare.

Sunday, while young man, aged II,
and his mother, named Peters, residing
10 miles east of Macon, were on their
way to church, they overlook Miss Mag
gle Pierce, aged 16, who was also going
to church. When Miss Pierce heard
them coming, she stepped to one side OF
the road. AS Peters and his mother
passed she jumped out to scare them.
Young Peters drew his revolver and
fred at the young woman. The ball
took effect in her head on the side of he1
nose. Her wound is considered fatal.
The boy asserted that he fired before he
knew who Miss Pierce was. - Macon
(Mo,) Dispatch.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-12-28
A MEMORY OF LOIS.

The day when Lois walked with me
September skies were blue.
The woodbine on the wayside wall
lad found its autumn hue.
In gown of changing green and rose,
With undersleeves of white,
With skirt in loose and flowing folds
And bodice trim and tight.
Her low combed hair was just the shade
OF fallen chestnut burrs.
The cheeks of mellow astrakhans
Are not more ripe than hers.
1t seemed the mushrooms showed their
caps
To win her eyes of brown,
And for ono look into their depths
The orchard boughs bent down.
blossom Of the early fall
That later days would chill
Dear girl, somewhere those eyes must
wear
A CLEAN Of summer still.
The rank weeds choke the orchard way
Where once we went and came,
And MOSES make the marble gray
That long has borne her name.
But with such still September days
AS Lois walked with me,
She fits before my vision now,
A happy memory.
Cora A. Matson in ST ringfleld Republican.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-12-28
Stamps Instead of TICKETS.

A new plan of railroad tickets will be
adopted by Hungary in December. The
traveller will make out his own ticket.
The government will sell railroad marks
or stamps and supply the blank cards.
The passenger will, when he desires to
take a journey write on the card hisname,
starting point and destination, and affiz
as many stamps as the published list OF
fares calls for.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-12-28
The Book He Wanted,

Odd demands are made on the busy
editors time. A Scotch member of the
fraternity recently received letter, the
envelope bearing a request that the con-
tents should be handed to any bookseller
in Edinburgh. The letter ran: "rhe
book that l want is counting book-a
book that will tell me how to talk to the
lass that love; book that will tell me
the words to say to her and the words to
ask her when l be counting her is the
sort of book that want, no matter
how few or how little the words may
be. weekly Irish Times.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-12-28
An Egg For a Stamp.

A little child walked into the postof.
flee at Mazeppa with an egg in its hand.
1t lisped to the mail dispenser that it
wanted a stamp and would give the egg
in payment. This led to an investiga-
ton, and the child's mother, Mrs. G. E.
Edwards, was found to be in a destitute
condition. She had no money and had
sent the child with the egg to the post
Office for a stamp, intending to notify
Mount Carmel friends of her want. The
husband is missing from home.-Shamo-
kin Pa.) Correspondent.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-12-28
A Fat Mems Club.

An original club-the Fat Mems club
was organized recently by Mr.. c. F.
King of kodak kolumn fame, and the
minimum weight of the person eligible
must be 200 pounds
Besides being merely fat mems club
the club has mission. 1t is to take in
hand lean man and fatten him up to
the required standard, and then as soon
as that is accomplished to select another.
The members of the club intend to meet
together and have general good times
Atlanta Constitution.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-12-28
Burned to Death at 10.

Old Aunt Venus Waters was burned
to death this morning few miles from
Rome. She was alone in the house, and
when the others living there returned
from work they found the house and
all burned. She was said to be the old
est woman in this part of the country,
her age being given at 10 years.-Rome
(Ga.) Dispatch.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-12-28
An Interesting Decision.

An interesting case was tried before
Justice Payne of Charleston few days
ago. The suit was brought by James
King against John Bryant for the recov.
cry of 1925 paid by King to Bryant fot
worthless blank paper, King having bar.
gained for $1,000 worth of counterfeit
money. The justice gave verdict in
favor of the plaintiff for the full amount.
Wheeling Dispatch.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-12-28
A Threatening Crank.

WAsHIEGToN, Dec. pa crank
who signed himself Joseph Don Jam,
70 Passaic street. Newark, is wanted
by the Secret service fer writing
threatening letters to number OF
prominent officials. Vice President
Stevenson Is the man to whom he
sends most OF his epistles. Senators
Sherman and Mills have also been OBJ
jects Of the attention on the part of
the crank. He is Polish anarchist.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-12-28
Knew What to Say.

/ didn't hear it myself, but l know a
man who says he was present when a
Mrs. Newlyrich said that when she visited
Pompeii she event right up and looked
down the creature" explaining that as
she wasn't Irish she didn't see why she
should speak with brogue and say era
ter.-New York Recorder.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-12-28
A Funeral Tax In Paris.

Paris is threatened with deficit in
her budget, and the municipal council
proposes to provide for it by an increas-
ed tax on funerals. Undertakes are
public officers in France, and fees are
fixed by law. The lowest price of grave
of two square meters is $40. An addi-
tional meter costs 5000. The council
proposes to make the minimum charge
800 for two meters.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-12-28

Emperors and expresses, kings and
queens, write to each other as brother
and sister. Reigning grand dukes also
enjoy this privilege when addressing
kings, but sovereigns not possessing roy
al honors are designated as cousin.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-12-28
strike Rumor, Not Credited

CHICAGO, Dec. 22.-Telegrams from
the East predicting a general railroad
strike have not caused the slightest
stir In this city. A majority Of the
labor leaders spoken to denounce the
reports as sensational. Local men say
there never was time when general
strike was as remote as pres
ant
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-12-28

Wood, like wool, requires to be shrunk
before used for manufacturing purposes.
Pitch pine beams will shrink in thick
ness from 18a inches to 1874, spruce from
81 inches to 81, white pine from 10 inches
to III, yellow pine trife less.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-12-28

1t is reported from Japan that syn
dictate of Americans has project on
foot for the establishment Of a gigantic
clock and watch mandatory in Toxic,
which is to employ over 10, 900 workmen,
labor being SO cheap in Japan.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-12-28
pestruotion Of the white CIV.

What Moralize on the barbarism of
the Cloths and Vandals, who RACED old
Rome 1000 years ago, when we are
about to blot out city infinitely more
beautiful!--Chicago Post
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-12-28

A man with large thumb should
never marry woman with similar
characteristic. There will in such case
be constant struggle for the mastery.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-12-28
Kn,ehts remplar Christmas Gree. ing.

CoRUENA, Mich. Dec. %. Hugh
McCurdy, grand master, In his annual
address, extends Cristmas greetings to
the 100000 Knights Templar OF the
United States
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-10-19
PROBATE NOTICES.


Estates hereinafter named.
ATA COURT OF PROBATE held al Skow-
y hogan, within and for the county of SOM
erset, on the I'd, TUESDAY or Ocr. in the year
u our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
ninety-three the following business having
been presented for action, thereupon hereafter
indicated il is hereby Ordered; That public
notice thereof be given to all persons interest
ed, that they may appear at a Probate Court to
be holden at said Skowhegan, at the Probate
Office ON the End TUESDAY of NOV. next
At nine of the clock in the forenoon, and be
heard thereon and object if they see cause.
JAMES +. BUZzELL, late of skowhegan
deceased. VIII presented for Probate by Os-
car l.. Buell. the Executor named therein.
JOBN TUTTLE late of Mercer deceased.
Will presented for probate by L5 dia \. futile
the ExeCutIix named therein
GEORGE WHITNEY, late of Pittsiield de-
ceased. VIII presented for Probate by James
X Whitney the Executor named therein.
MARIA T.. DULEY. late of Starks deceas-
ed. Petition for appointment OF Benjamin \.
sawyer admir-, presented.
ALBERT r ADAMS, late of Skowhegan
deceased Petition for Licence to sell and
convey real estate presented by Herbert -
Robinson Admr,
ICABOD -. RUSSELL, late of Norrdge-
wock deceased. Pstition for License 10 sell
and convey real estate presented by Warren
Russell Admir-
JENNIE r. TOwNE, of Concord non COM
pos, Petition for License to sell and convey
real estate presented by Richard II. To"ne
Guardian.
MARY A. BOSwORTH, late of Skowhegan
deceased. Petition for License to sell person
al estate presented by Frederick X. Buck
Admr.
ELIZA FOGG, late of Canaan deceased
second and final account of Noah II. Burriil
Admir-. presented
MARIA BURRILL, late of Canaan deceas-
ed. First account OF Daniel Harris admir-
presented
ELISHA II. GODFREY, late OF Canaan de
ceased. First and final account OF geo ~
johnson Admr, presented.
ARTHUR BARTLETT, late of Harmony
deceased. First account OF ii. W. Bartlett
Executor presented
HARTLEY W. DuNTON, late of Concord
deceased. First and final accou MT of r. 3 ia
ker Admr. presented.
JOHN W. CARVILLE late of New Port
land deceased. First and final account OF
Servilla A. Bennett Guardian OF minor helr
presented
VILLA X. FROST, late of Canaan deceased.
First and final account of Mary +. Kicker
Admx. pres snted.
tanner PALMER late of New Portland
deceased. First and final account of Charles
Dean Admr. with the will annexed presented
ELIZABETH l.. ADAMS. late of Skowhe =
gan deceased. First account OF Herbert 4
Robinson Admir- presented.
yFx 3w42 TURNER BUSWELL, Judge.
Attest:-N sTHAE FOWLER. Register,
Post Office address, Judge and Register
Skowhegan, Me.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-10-19
NOTICE or FORECLOSURE.

Whereas Herbert G. Pierce Of Carratunk, in
the County oil Somerset and state OF Name. by
his mortgage deed, dated the 9th day OF July.
\. - 1891 and recorded in Somerset Registry
OF Deeds Book, Ill. Page 49, conveyed TO me,
the Undersigned a certain parcel OF land stu
ated in Carratunk aforesaid, and bounded as
follows. to wit: Beginning at a stake and
stone in the south west corner of land now
owned and occupied by Robert Barry, and
running along thu Pleasant Pond road IN an
castrrly direction six rods to a stake thence
oorthcrlv seven rods to stake; thence west
erlY six rods to stake; thence southeG1y to
seven rods to the first mentioned bonnd, con
tanning forty-two square rods; and whereas
the condition of said mortgage has been
broken. now therefore, by reason of the hreac n
of the condition thereof, claim a foreclosure
of said mortgage.
Dated tins 18th day of October, \ u 1893.
3wil PuILANDER BAKER.
BY w. K. Jordan, his Attorney.