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The Princeton union., 1894-10-25

opportunities left vacant by the min
isters and talked to the boys in a
cheerful tone, trying to keep their
minds Of the coming ordeal
AS the first gray shafts Of morning
appeared in the east sounds came from
below that indicated that the dread
hour was near at hand. Their was no
mistaking the import of the sound.
The summons to the scaffold was near
at hand. The boys trembled and shook
like reeds, then braced themselves for
the ordeal
Down the outside corridor strode
Sheri fChapel and back Of him were
Deputies Clewett and McCarron. Di-
fectly back Of them We're deputies
Irish and Kinney, bearing handouts
and heavy straps. Deputy Schultz ad-
mitted them to the inner corridor and
they marched directly to the cells oc-
cupied by the doomed men.
Deputies Irish, Kinney, Clewett and
McCarron seized the men and hand
cuffed them, then drew heavy strap
around their bodies at the chest, en-
circling their arms and bringing them
close to their bodies. Sheriff Chapel.
realizing the strain on the nerves of
the doomed men, had instructed his
deputies to hurry, and they worked
quickly and deftly. Rev. Nicolaus Bolt
then stepped forward, administered
his blessing, said final and most
fervent prayer. then stood aside. The
boys were ready for the gallows.
The march to the scaffold was then
begun. Sheriff Chapel leading the way
followed by Clewett and McCarron,
with Wonigkeit between them and
Irish and Kinney supporting Irmisch.
The guards whispered encouraging
words and led them on. Down the
front stairs came the procession. and
as it appeared the spectators at tho
door leading to the scaffold removed
their hats, the people standing on the
platform emulating their example. The
procession then moved directly onto
the scaffold. Immediately the prison
ers were marched to beneath the beam
and placed on the two trap doors.
Quickly the deputies bound the men,
placing heavy black straps around the
ankles and around the thighs. Deputy
Clewett seized the moose on the right
and hastily adjusted it around Wonig-
keit's neck, carefully placing the BIG
knot back Of his ear. Deputy Irish
adjusted the moose about the neck OF
Ermisch. The black caps were hastily
pulled over their faces. Sheriff Chanel
stepped to the lever and pulled It, and
with crash the bodies OF the two
men fell into the space below the
scaffold.
The necks Of both we're broken by
the fall and to all appearances the
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boys died a painless death. Fhey
were .alre TO The l,Sr and i,ei,,ler
showed the slightest signs Of weak.
sening. 5=5 5ss F1fsj
Ermisch and WONG on the even-
ing of May, shot and killed William
Lindhof a bartender in u, Kohlma ans
saloon. They entered the saloon for
the purpose of robbery, and when
Lindhof resisted they shot him. Aug.
25, Ermisch, who had been given q
revolver by his mother, attempted to
escape by shooting guard. Wonig-
keit was born in Berlin, Germany,
Oct. 26, 1875, and therefore was nine
teen years old. Ermisch was nineteen
years old. He was born in Prussia
and was brought to this country when
five years old by his parents. Both
boys have records as criminals.
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A Dad MAN THAT RILEY.

Put Dynamite Under the Shanty Of
the Descendants of the Caesars.
New York, Oct. "a. = One hundred
Italians sleeping in a temporary bar
rack, a mile from New Rochelle, had a
narrow escape from death by dyna-
mite as a result Of race prejudice last
night. The men have been employed
as laborers on sewer near Glen
Island. Conflicts between them and
Irish laborers have been frequent dur
ing the last month. A pitched battle
was fought three weeks ago, and
since that time the trouble has been
almost continuous.
Saturday night Patrick Riley got
the key to the tool box and after all
the other workmen had gone home,
he took from it nine dynamite cart
ridges, the dynamite battery and all
the wires used in blasting, which he
| carried to his home About 8 o'clock
Sunday night he went with them to
the Italians shanty. s. 1G.E"t.f.
Riley, who is an expert dynamiter
put the nine cartridges under different
parts of the shanty, connected them
Dy wires with the battery which he
set about 100 yards away. ..-
A night watchman in the employ of
the sewer contractors happened to
come along at this time, and, seeing
Riley, stopped to find out what he
was doing. In the dark he stumbled
against one Of the wires. The watch
man made a run for Riley and the
two soon engaged in a desperate fight.
The Italians in the shanty were at
tracted by the noise and ran out to see
what was the matter. When they
learned that Riley had planned to
blow them up it was with difficulty
that they were restrained from killing
him. Riley was finally landed in the
New Rochelle lookup. Riley says he
is only sorry he was discovered so
soon, as in another minute it would
have been all over and he would then
be satisfied.
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AS IN THEIR OLD HOME.
A Norwegian Colony Mierates From
Minnesota to Il Northern Cline.

"A NOfWeB1Hn COIOnyi Al1SrilIcS from
Minnesota to IL Northern Cline.
st. Paul, Oct 2244.-For a long time
Rev. Simon Saugstadt, who for a num-
Der Of years was pastor Of a little
Norwegian Lutheran church near
Crookston, has been quietly organiz-
ipg g colony Of his cQuntrymen from
the northern part Of this state to EN-
igrate to Bella Coola, a place in tia
I mountains Of British Columbia, said
to resemble very much the mountains
of Fjords Of their native country. It
appears that MI, Saugstadt was. al.
dicted with a longing for the rough
scenery Of bis native land, aqd after
hearing Of the inducements offered to
settlers in Brttish Columbia, hunted
out this ibis location and started out Is
organize Colony. He left last week
with a party Of eighty farmers, and
word has been received from Victoria,
B. G., that they have reached thar
point. The Norwegians purpose en-
gaging in diversified. farming and de-
velopment Of the deep sea fishing.
They are the first to take advantage
of the British Columbia governments
new terms to settlers. Their families
and friends will follow as soon as they
have completed the houses whose con
strnction will be their first duties
Rev. Mr.. Saugstadt says that in all
his settlement will have population
of 300 souls and will have a capital Of
$500,O00: 5*
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PURCHASED A MINE.


n NJ f5 n Deul. t s& E
II Duluth, Mimi, Oct. 2244.-The Mime
sofa Iron company has concluded to
take up the option given to it sixty
days ago by the Rouchleau- Ray Iron
company on one of the finest mines on
the Mesaba range, thus adding great
ly to its capacity for shipping. The
property is the eighty acres compris-
ing the east half Of the northwest
quarter Of section 5, township 81,
range 1T. Unlike most Of the deals
heretofore made by the Minnesota
company on the Mesaba, this is an
out-and-out purchase Of the land in
stead Of a, lease. The consideration Is
100000. The deal will not be COM
pleted for about two weeks, as suit
has just been brought against a third
concern, the Security, to quiet title to
the land. Pits have been sunk as
deep as 116 feet in solid ore, the
quality of which is frst-class. 1t
goes as high as 63 and GA per cent in
metallic iron and is very low in phos-
phorus. .j l... TIL
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-Four Little Ones Lose Their Lives in
u Fire at Nyack, N. " h..

IL fAFe at NyAck, N. 4. s .t.
Nyack, N. Y, Oct. 24.-Four grand
children of Rev. William Taylor, Meth
odist missionary bishop of Africa, per-
ished in the elegant home of their
father, Ross Taylor, in South Nyack,
early to-day. In addition one man
was so badly burned that he can
scarcely recover, and two others were
seriously injured. 1t was little after
4 o'clock when Mrs. Taylor was
awakened by the smell Of smoke. She
aroused her husband They found the
halls Of their home filled with smoke,
the fire having evidently obtained
great headway. From the first it was
plain that the house was doomed,
while the condition of the inmates
was almost beyond hope. Mr.. and
Mrs. Taylor succeeded in cropping their
way through suffocating smoke to the
open air without having been able to
extend a helping hand to their six
children, or others Of the household.
People on the streets had seen the fire,
and as Mr.. and Mrs Taylor emerged
from the burning building the fire de-
partment arrived. The energies of all
were directed toward the rescue of
those who remained in the doomed
structure. The two eldest of the Tay-
lor children, Stewart and William,
were aroused in time, and jumped
from the window of their chamber
and were caught without being seri,
ously, injured. Four Of the children
perished. Their names were Harriet.
aged II years; Ada, aged 9; Arthur.
aged Z; Schultz, aged 5.
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CYCLONE IN KANsEs.
Twister Causes Considerable
Property Loss. $Fs

A Twister Causes Considerable
Property Loss.
Kansas City, Oct. 24.-Reports just
coming in tell Of the ravages of a
tornado of no small proportions which
struck Genda Springs, sixteen miles
west of the Arkansas river. Much
damage was done to farm houses and
crops, and it is feared some serious
reports will be received when tele-
graphic communication is resumed.
AS far as known there were no fdtali-
ties. Two people are known to have
been injured. The property loss will
aggregate nearly 100000.
The tornado struck Couda Springs
from the southwest, and continued in
northeasterly direction until it
force. In it's course it laid low farm
houses, outbuildings, crops and trees.
In Geuda Springs the Springs bath
house, which cost $40, 900, was partial
" wrecked, the Albright two-story
brick block was unroofed and the
stores 70 w. A. Wells and Tom Ryan
We're totally destroyed Hubbells
business block also suffered minor
loss. A Mrs. Buckwalter was caught
in the wreck of the bath house and al
most buried beneath a pile Of bricks
and mortar. Miraculously enough she
escaped serious injury DR.. Dufheld
was seriously but not fatally injured
by being thrown from his buggy. The
aggregate money loss at this point is
$4,000.
| At Salt City, hamlet near Geuda
| Springs, minor damage was done, but
no one was injured. From this point
! through the country to Winfield the
storm was about two miles wide. In
| that stretch are many fine farms, and
many farmers lost part or all of their
crops. At Winfield, where the storm
broke up, six small houses We're
blown down and several business
houses were unroofed. The large
Boden warehouse was completely
wrecked and the Southwest Kansas
college more or less damaged. 1-
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Senator Hill Speaks.

Yonkers, N. T., Oct. "a. Senator
David B. Hill spoke before tremend-
Gus gathering here last night. The
chief meeting OF the evening was held
in the musical hall, but the crowd was
so great that it became necessary to
have an overflow meeting, which was
held in front Of the city hall. Mr.. Hill
was escorted to the Fall by ex-senator
cClellan and Frank P. Trainer. The
trio were cheered as they appeared on
the platform. Ex-Mayor j. 81. Bell
presided and introduced Senator HIN
as the next governor.
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Troubles Cleared Away.

Sioux City, Iowa, Oct. Alt is an
nounced on the best authority that the
Credits Communication company has
perfected arrangements for. the re-
sumption Of work on the Missouri
river bridge here in the course of the
next month. It is also stated, in this
connection. that the company has
about effected compromise with J..
Kennedy Tod s Co. of New York by
which the maze of litigation in which
the railroad and terminal properties
have been involved will be cleared
away and the titles decided.
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THROUGH THE IRA 2.
a DOUBLE EXECUTION OCCURS AT
y ST. PAUL.
Otto Woniglkeit and Charles FRI
M1sc1l, Who Murdered II lg,lrtenler,
Are Executed Just Before sunri ixe
This Morning. l5as st41

st. Paul, Oct 2O.--Side by side and
with the stain of murder in their souls
Charles Ermisch and Otto Wonigkeit
were sent to their doom early this
morning, and with the dull crash OF
the heavy double trap the final scene
in a triple tragedy was enacted.
The condemned men passed their last
hours on earth in religious devotions.
WOnigkeit was eager in his desire for.
spiritual consolation and often as he
repeated over some passage Of scrip
ture rela ting to death, tears came from
his eyes and he trembled with fear.
The minister counseled courage and
his words had a good effect on the
youth, who once in while smiled
through his tears. He reclined on the
bunk Of his cell during the greater
portion of the reading, arising at in
tervals Ito walk across his cell as if
for breathing spell. Yet never once
did he break in upon the minister or
interrupt his reading. Frequently the
twain dropped upon their knees and
INDUCED in prayer, and the voice Of
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Shut on the standard.

Pittsburg, Pa, Oct. "a "a The supreme
court Of this state to-day halted the
Standard in it's process Of absorbing
the independent oil refneries in the
country. A deal has been made to
buy out the Producers and Retailers
Oil company. John ]. Carter Of
Franklin, Pa, a stockholder, objected,
and secured an injunction in the We.
mango county courts by which the deal
was stopped. To-day the supreme
court, without discussing the ques-
tions involved, made the injunction
permanent.
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WRECK THAT FAILED.
Distractions On the Great North err
Track Near Sioux Falls.

Track Near Sioux Falls.
Sioux Falls, S. D., Oct 24.-It be-
came known yesterday that an at
tempt was made last Monday night to
wreck the south-bound freight on the
Great Northern road, between this
city and Garretson. Ties and rocks
were so arranged that the engine
would run up onto the obstruction and
cause wreck. 1t so happened that
the train from the south did not leave
Garretson until the train from the
north had arrived. The engine on this
train struck the obstruction, tearing
away part Of the pilot, but did not
derail the engine. The railroads de-
tective has been working on the case
for week, but failing to find any
clew to the would-be wreckers has no.
titled the police, and in this way the
story Of the attempted wreck became
known. T.
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Another Pioneer Is Gone.

Minneapolis, Oct. 2O.--William Gless:
ner, one Of the Oldest pioneere of st.
Anthony, died this morning at the res.
idence Of his daughter, Mrs. f. J.
Clerk, 633 Eighth southeast. He was
in his seventy-n1nth year, and death
resulted from a general breaking down
incident to old age complicated by
liver trouble. He first began to de-
cline about six weeks ago. Mr.. Gless-
ner was born in Somerset county. Pa,
in January, 1916, and was descend
ant Of the early Dutch settlers. For
time he was in business at Marietta,
Ohio, and removed from there to St
Anthony in 1854.
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Miners Shot.

: Ashland, Ky, OFT 2O.-.Further re
ports comes slowly tonight of bloody
attack upon defenseless miners in the
mines OF the Straight Creek Coal com
pany in Carter county by strikers this
morning. The men We're ambushed
while en- route to their work and seven
reported to have been hit by balls from
Winchester rifles. Jack Marcum is
fatally hurt and John Morris danger
ously wounded. The others are not
seriously injured.
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A FireprOOf House.

Cincinnati, Oct. 24.-The residence
of Casimir Work, in West Wood,
seven miles from this city, burned
this morning. MI. Work, deeming
the house fire proof, shut the room up
and waited for it to burn out, refus-
ing to admit the firemen. Instead,
the whole house was soon burned and
nothing saved. Loss $4,000; insur-
ance, $500. A valuable collection of
diamonds was included in the fur
nishings.
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Prisoners Fight.

Tahlequa, Ind. T, Oct, PA des-
perate fight occurred here in the jail
between Eli Levy, Chule Starr and
Bob Dalton, all Of whom were under
sentence Of death. Levy got possess
sion Of razor and made an assault on
the other two prisoners, cutting Starr
fatally. Then he was knocked sense
less by Dalton, who used a chair,
fracturing Levy's ckull and otherwise
injuring him SO that he cannot re-
cover.
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.5 Sentence suspcndcd.

Red Wing, Mimi, Oct. "a. - Judge
Williston yesterday suspended sen
tence on the boy who was caught
stealing grapes in Judge Wilder's
yard on the promise of good behavior
In the future. 1t was found that his
mother, a widow, was largely depend
ent on her sons wages, otherwise he
would have been punished to the full
extent 4t I
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DEAD IN BED.


w. Nj. Browns Body Found ut the
Sherman House, ST. Paul.
st. Paul, Oct 2O.-W. M. Brown of
st. Cloud, was found dead at the Sher-
man house, St. Paul. Coroner. Whit
comb made cursory Investigation
and1it appeared Mr.. Brown died ma
tural death, as there We're no signs Of
suicide. Brown was about forty-fiye
years of age and used to travel out OF
St. Paul for J. II. Roach, the candy
manufacturer. Later he went into
business for himself, starting a store
at st. Cloud, where he leaves wife
and family. go. g.. M }.
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THE 500 ROAD wRECsKERs.
They Are in MerriIl's Jail-Plenty OF
g,:4, sE3Gs Proof. 2ss i$t5

They Are in Merrill's Jail-Plenty OF
5.:5gsiaE3S Proof.
Merrill, Wis, Oct. 24..--The two men
who were arrested in this city about
q week ago, and who are thought to
be the parties who wrecked the train
on the 500 line, just before their ar.
rest, are now i'll the county jail in
this city, pending investigation. It is
said that our city police and detec.
tiyes for the 500 road have ample III.
formation to convict them of the
charges involved. They were botll5
well armed when captured and gave
their names as T.. Hazeltine and Il. !.
Williams. They make no statements.
and the cause that led to the repeated
and We'll planned attempts to wreck
fast trains can only be surmised.
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Il A NATIONAL AFFAIR.
The German EpwOrth League Con-
iventiOn In st. Paul. IA

The German EpwOrth lie 6Eue Con-
is. vention In st. Paul.
ST. Paul, Oct 24..- The national con
yention Of the German EpWorth
League opened to-day at the First
German NJ. e. church, st. Paul. there
being 4 large attendance Of delegates
from all parts Of the country, particu-
]arly the East. "A considerable amount
OF important business is to come be.
5 Tore the conye ntion. the sessions Of
- h.sh will probably last two or three
1 DAYS. At to-day's session the time
was chiefly devoted to organization
AND the hearing of reports. A very
successful years work being shown
by the latter. 8zs as ~
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THE SAVINGS OF YEARS. (
Robbers Get Money That Had Been
,.. st.. Long HOHrdeG. ,ttrA < 4.

+ Vinton, Iowa, Oct. "a. - Albert
Spaulding and mother, living in the
timber two and q half miles east Of
here, We're bound and gagged last
night and the house robbed of 81, 300.
Old Mrs. Spaulding has been hoard
ing this money for years. Both moth
er and son We're gagged and bouni,
and with reyolyers in their faces We're
made to reveal the hiding place Of
their treasure. Mrs. Spaulding was
supposed to be poor, and her neigh
bors did not suspect she had any
money about her, Officers and men
have secured the country in every di-
rection for the robbers
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English Demand Satisfaction,

Hong Kong, Oct. 24.-The captains
and owners Of the British steamer
Tai Yuen have demanded satisfaction
for the action of the French cruiser
Forfait, which summoned the Tai
Yuen to display her flag, firing guns to
enforce the demand
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AN OPE r a r 'S'F ULT
COLLISION BETWEEN. PA PASSENGER
TRAIN AND AZ FREIGHT III
Two Mex, Are Killed and Several
Others Are Injnrcd-Thc Operators
Forgot Tllat He Had Received Or
ders for One Train To Wait.


s5a San Antonio, Oct. % Traffic is in
terrupted today between San Antonio
and Houston, on the Southern Pacific.
a stock train collided with passen-
ger train near Walker, 1876 miles east
OF San Antonio at midnight last night,
and five freight cars, the mail car and
passenger engine We're demolished.
The dead are Marion Hess, conductor
of freight train; Bruce Scornsbury,
brakeman OF freight train The in
jured are Con Connors, engineer Of
freight, both legs broken; will prob
ably die. Carl Hunsacker, fireman on
freight, badly shattered legs.
y The dead and injured were brought
to the city to-day on a special. Bag
gagemaster ]. a. Irvine and Mail
Clerk Randolph received slight in
juries. The cause of the wreck is at
tributed to the operator at Stafford.
It is said he failed to deliver orders
and when the passenger train passed
gave a signal that there were no or
ders. As the train passed he remem-
bered he had orders, but it was toe
late. @ .s
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The Swftchmen.

Kansas City, Oct. "a No business
of an imp ortant nature was transact
ed at to-day's session Of the switchmeu
assembled here to form a national i or
ganization. Chairman Sweeney an
pointed committee on constitution
consisting of .. Dougherty Of @ st
Louis. ] 2. Enright Of Atchison and
r.. y. Wartinbe Of. La Crosse, Wis.
and i committee on ritual consistina
of w. a Ball of Fargo, N. o., Mr.
Walsh Of Omaha and A. sharkey ot
Council Blul
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Big Lunl b er Shipment.

Duluth, Mimi, Oct. "a = The present
week is going to be the best one for
lumber shipments the head Of the
lake has ever seen. fully Is, ,OOO, ,OOC5
feet being booked.
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View OF Cement.

Williamsport, Pa, Oct. "a. x George
Sanderson Of Limestone township, re
Gently struck a vein Of cement 100
feet thick on his farm New York as
sayers say it is the best there is. in
the world HasS NJ "a 35* s8S Is
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Shot From Ambush.

Denton, KY, Oct. &c. Many shots
We're fired from ambush at the nom
union miners going to work to-day on
Davis Run. Jack Marcum was seriously
rumor that three dead bodies were
found in the woods. More trouble is
expected.
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DID un Unlawful Business.

Springfield, Ill, Oct. p The state
superintendent Of insurance an
nounces that the Susquehanna and
Aurora Insurance nce companies Of Har
risburg, Pa, will be prosecuted on
charges of doilg an unlawful bust
ness in Illinois. G455 #Is
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POstOmce Touched.

st. Louis, Oct: 24.-The secret ser.
vice office at this point was nonned
d this morning that the postofice safe
at Lebanon, Ill, was blown open by
burglars last night and $500 in money
secured. 81 f$ #i
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Struck by a Train,

Byron, III, Oct. 20. -- The local train
on the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul,
which leaves here at Z a M, struck a
carriage at the road crossing, a half
mile east Of town, containing Mrs.
George Eddy and Mrs. Painter. Both
women were killed. The two were fol-
lowers OF Schweinfu the Rockford
Christ Il s5s3
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Are Not American Meatr.

Paris, Oct 20.-La Patrie declares
tho Preserved NESTS supplied to tie
French army and navy under the name
OF well known American frm are
really made in Germany, La Patrie
appeals to the ministry to investigate
this alleged scandal and put an end to
it.