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The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-06-19
JEALOUS MANS CRIME.
Throws Kerosene Over His Vic.
tim and Ignites 1t.
THENPUTs BULLET IN HER BRAIN.

Milton ID. Wells of Elkhart, Ind, Intices
Miss Jennie Walters to His Home to
Present Her with a Chair, and Murders
Her i'm FiendisI Manner--The Murder
err n Recent widower and Recipient of
Many Favors from the Girls Parents.
ELKHART, June ls.--Milton b. Wells, q
well known employe at the Lake Shore
and Michigan Southern railway machine
shops was the pcrpetrator Monday night
of a crime that has resulted in murder.
Miss Jennie Walters, an attractive and
exceptionally popular young woman, is
the victim Wells, who is a man of about
90 years, recently became widower, and
since then has received many favors at
the hands of the family of Miss Walters,
who lives Immediately across the street.
Just before committing the crime Wells
called the young woman over to his house
ostensibly TO get n chair whioU he had told
her he would give her When she entered
the door he threw a quantity of kerosene
oil oveI her and ignited it, Then without
q moments hesitation he drew u revolver
and fired, the ball grazing the back of her
head
Ran to Her Home.
Anothers shot struck her chin breaking
her jaw, dislodging several teeth, and
lodged at the base of her brain. The girl
fell at the second shot, but struggling to
her feet, she ran TO her house and fell ex-
hausted upon tho veranda Those who
had heard the shooting were further at
tracted by her screams and succeeded in
h6n tho flo WI ipl oil yNa1 hasr
but not until her lower limbs were terri
bly, burned At this time it was discov-
cred that Wells residence was on fire,
and before the fire department. which was
summoned, could quench the flames the
rear part of the house and considerable
furniture was consumed Wells evident
intention was to kill the girl and burn her
together with the house. During all the
excitement the flcnd was an interested
spectator, and made no effort to escape.
The chief of police arriving on the scene
took him into custody and placed him in
Jail. Miss Walters was CHASTITY sight
when the neighbors arrived. Her cloth-
ing was burned to shreds and she was-0ov-
cred with blood
Died in Great Agony.
She was wonderfully gritty, however,
auu sUSldlletl nefSttl TeUlurklDly VIGIL
while the surgeons were dressing her
wounds. After giving her ante-mortem
statement she sank into comatose state,
In which condition she remained until the
time of her death. The young woman
died Tuesday at 10 O'Clock in great agony.
The talk of lynching became so strong
when her death became public that Wells
was placed in a carriage and speedily
taly ts.G gIsx.. IT,
Jail. In her ante-mortem statement Miss
Walters said the only motive for the
crime was jealousy, as on Monday Wells
learned that she was engaged to Warren
Cable, a young man of this city. She had
achieved more than a local dramatic repu-
tation and was very popular. Wells re-
fuses to talk on the subject, and upon be-
ing arrested pretended to be drunk There
is some talk of party organizing and
going to Goshen for the purpose of taking
che matter into their own hands
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-06-19
Wooden NIilI to Close.

LOWELL, Mass, June lS.-The Middle
sex wooden mill of this city, employing
nearly 1000 hands, will close its depart
ments one aitef another for an indefinite
period, beginning next Monday, as the
supplies furnished by one department be-
come exhausted in another which is de-
pendent upon it. the latter will close, and
so on until all have suspended. Over
production IL the reason assigned for the
suspension
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-06-19
Gorman VIII Go to Chicago.

BALTIMORE, June 18.-It is asserted
here upon what appears to be good au-
thority that United States Senator Cor
man will reconsider his determination not
to attend the Democratic nati9hal conven-
ton at Chicago and that he will go as q
delegate at large from this state. His
course in the matter is said to be the re-
suit of conference held ia New York
with the former secretary of the navy,
Whitney, at which it is alleged an agree
ment was made that both gentlemen
should go to Chicago and use their efforts
to turn the tide in favor of the adoption of
q gold plank in the national Democratic
platform
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-06-19
Governor AItreId Endorsed.

P0NTIAC, Ills, June 1S.-The Living
ston county Democrats in convention as
sembled here Tuesday afternoon passed
resolutions indorsing Governor Altgeld's
administration and instructing state dele
gates for his denomination. The dele
gates were also instructed for free coinage
at the ratio of rs TO /. Following were
chosen delegates TO the state convention:
Thomas Dillon, e. NJ johnson, c. S.
Brydia, T. ID. Brady, Lewis Thomas,
Archie Crabb, f. S. Defenbaugh, G. S
Corneau, Austin Gibbons, John Fergu
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-06-19
Suicide of a Prominent Man.

ALEXANDRIA, Va, June 1S.-Reverdy
j. Daingerfeid, one of the best known
residents of this city and mesabcr of "a
family which has been PROMINENT in So
cial and business affairs in this section of
Virginia for many years, committed sui
eide at his home Wednesday. Melan
cholia. induced by worry over financial af-
fairs and family troubles, caused the deed
The suicides brother Henry, killed hm-
self in the same house about two years
400
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-06-19
steam barge LibeIed.

BUFFALO, N. Y, June 1s.-The steam
barge Morris b. Grover, owned by NJ. A.
Bradley Of Cleveland, o., was libelcd here
Is the sum of $4,000 claimed by the Union
Transit company for damage done to one
Of their boats In i collision. Bonds were
furnished and the boat released.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-06-19
coIored Attorney IN trouble.

DIES MONIES, Ia, June 1S.-Sam Mash,
one of the most able colOred attorneys in
the west, was sentenced to eighteen
months in the penitentiary and to pay n
fine of 81 900, in the federal court Tuesday.
Mash has practiced at the Polk county bar
for eight years. He was convicted of send
ing fraudulent letters through the mails
for the purpose of obtaining large attorney
fees in connection witt. the opening of the
O'Brien county lands IN March.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-06-19

FieS.-All Fits stopped free by DIR. KIine's
orescNerve Restorer. No Fits after first days
use: marvellous cures. Treatice and $500 trial
bottle free to Fit cases. Send to DIR. Kline.
1873 Arch St, Philadelphia, Pa
, 1896-09-11
THE VENOMOUS BREATH OF MA
IARTA

D5Gs re, infect the system of those
who use Hostetteg's Stomach Bitters
rs a ~prscaution against it. Nor is it
useful as a remedy where intermittent
and remittent fever has fully establish
ed itself. in consequence of a neglect of
preventive measures. II checks the
raroSysns with astonishing certainty.
and eradicates this type of disease. ever
in its most inveterate forms. The medi-
cine is an especial boon to the emigrant
population of the far west. where fevers
of q malarial type are particularly pre-
valent. but the recognition of its merits
is so far from being limited, that it is
known and appraised at its true value
throughout the length and breadth of
America. Travellers by land sea. min
ors and sOjourners in unhealthy locali-
ties, esteem it highly and are its most
constant purchasers, and in many a
rural household, far and wide, it is
the chosen family specific.
, 1896-09-11
ANOlNTMCNT AT Co.tCN..,CrS
A Popularity OF tho I;ussi:a Ceremon.
Said 20 lie Very In:part-ls.

A Peculiarly Of the I;us.i.a CeremonJ
Said 20 lie Very In:port-H:.
1t is not generally known that the rite
of coronation i'll the i.ussO-Gryyk church
agrees with the religious ceremony Of
an English coronation III one very i'm
portunt particular CT that this rCscln.
blancc distinguishes the coronation sciy.
ices of England and ltussia ircm those
of all other countries.
The identity Of ceremonial II .st3 in
the use of the ''holy clcism,' or
''cream," in tho auointmcnt of the SOW
ereien. In tic Roman rite, at the cOro-
nations OF the old cmperors Of Germany
that is to say, of the holy Roman en-
pire, to which Austria, i'll IL sense, las
succeeded-Iot the schism, but The i'll
fcrior oil Of the cuscchumels. CT calldi-
dates for baptism, Is employed. Il the
eastern rite, On tho contrary, the chrism
is used.
This chrisln is understood to bcs,ow
"a character, " to use Il theological term,
upon the 12clpicnt-in other words. II
imparts certain gifts CT the lioly Chest
not exactly Of Il sacerHOt.l character, Tor
it is not used i'll the east for the ordiila-
ton of bishops or priests, but neverthc-
less II special gift from on high, which
is i%ndcfcasible in him who receives it,
and which, SO long as he corresponds
with divine grace. gives him supernat-
ural sacramental grace to fulfil the du-
ties of his high Office.
This is the meaning of the words 1.-THE
seal of the gift of the Holy Ghost used
at the confirmation of Il child IN the
east Immediately after its baptism. and
the same words are again used When
the emperor is again anointed at his cor
o%nation. 1t is in the case of h emperor
alone that IL maj is ever unoiEtcd i'll the
east more than once in his lifo. AS al
ready stated, The chrism has never been
uscl in the conservation Of bishops. as
it ia in tho greater part IF the west.
Now it is a very interesting point to
notice that the only country in the world
besides Russia in which at tho present
day the sovereign is anointcd with
chrisin is England. This used also to be
tho case in France, but Of course the
French monarchy is low a thing of the
past. In II learned paper by DR.. Wick.
ham Lcsg II note is quoted from a
pamphlet printed in 1919 upon the man
ner Of browning the enlperor, i'll which
it is stated that, whereas the kings OF
| England, Franco and Jerusalem md
| Cicilie'' were thus amounted, there were
no fewer than 90 other kingdoms at that
| time in western Europe, including Po-
land, Of which the sovereigns were not
anointed. The kingdom Of Jerusalem
and Cicilie'' has of course long disap-
peared. -London Times.
, 1896-09-11

Spell. =. nmlat-.r.s ;re j%"uG15
to the st."-j. the l,.!', Gpsrr.ir G. IL,
largest .a:.:' that l@; CIR iE.as;tu
by mua. Il -, dGcrtG." he $3.50, "i,s ]
looked umuI the effect t.: Lisir,n.rs.l.s
dyiGTsl,rli:!. Fory"r;:; "rovyd wLcry
he lay Grass, bushes and s;.!.- gs--.n
fact, everything except t"si G.osI trees
we're cut clcanclf, ~ Il g. yi.d t,cD
triln&.,d with iii iurnt2. :. s"y;hc. The
mons;rr, when mr&s..,-d, l"a 81 feet
az ilchts in c&t.,I.v l~-:i,r'l, While
around the tAiclc.i rs.t'"ns q is body
the Girth ~Ia nr.iiy ) feet"
, 1896-09-11

Don't trifle away time when you have
cholera morbus or diarrhoea. Fight
hem in the beginning with DeWitt's
o wait for results, they are instantan-
aous,a and it leaves the bowels in healthy
coalition. Chas. N. Settele.
, 1896-09-11
life so much the harder for their work

ing men ana women.
Chile has also passed through an
experiment with silver, and SO hard
EGa Eeen her experience that within a
year she has determined to return to
the gold standard. In 1875, when a
peso. a coin about equivalent to our
dollar, was worth 43A pence, a me-
chanic received from 8 to AZ pesos a
day and the laborer from AZ to IA
pesos. In 1895 a mechanic received
from Az to 62 pesos and the laborer
from "a to 3 pesos. 1t would seem as
though wages had been increased, but
in 1895 the peso was worth only II
pence, SO that the mechanic whose
wages had been apparently increased
from 3 to AZ pesos, instead of Teceiv-
ing the purchasing power OF nearly 3.
received the purchasing power of 1.79,
while he whose wages had been in
creased apparently from AZ to 90 Pc
SOS found that the purchasing power
of his wages had fallen off from Eearly
6R to 2.46, while the laborer who in
1875 had been able to buy with his
days wages about X pesos worth CT
the ne~cessaries of life found that he
conld buy goods to the value of only
about .S5 of a peso.
Mexico furnishes another illustra-
tion. Wages there are where they
were, while the Mexican dollar buys
only one-half of what the gold dollar
would buy. Spectators are growing
rich, money changers are protiting for
the time being, but labor is suffering.
It is sometimes asked why the mon
ev changers and the bankers are OF
tnsed to the cheapening of money if
ttey are to profit by the speculations
that are stimulated by deprecated cur
rcncy and by fluctuations in the ratio
of exchange. The answer is that the
business man who Is opposed to free
coinage is wise and knows that the
temporary gains Of a period Of wild
speculation will surely be followed by
a disastrous panic. just as our W de-
bauch in paper currency during the
war, with its attendant specuiatiOns,
was followed by the panic of 1873.
There is no money SO good for the
W. do luS oCol AAOhSS "a II
world. If Mr.. Bryan should be elected
and if his theories should pass into
laws of the country there would fol-
low, as he himself has admitted, a
panic which would not only put an
end to enterprises. but which would
close up many existing institutions
where labor is employed. That would
be the first loss that labor would feel;
then capital would adjust itself to the
situation. and labor would find en-
%pioyment at substantially the wages
of the gold period, but then the work
ingmen would also find that their
wages would not buy them nearly so
much as they had formerly bought
them, and they would learn by bitter
experience the falsity of Mr.. Bryan's
! proposition that low prices mean hard
times.-Mr. Henry Loomis Nelson, Ed
itor of Harper's Weekly, in the Chi
! cage Record.
, 1896-09-11
KING sOLOMON's NOTION

KING SOLOMON'S NOTION
That There il nothing new under the
sun" does not always convey the truth.
Especially IL this true a. regards tas
new composite arr now operated
daily via the Chicago. Union Pacific
and Northwestern ffne between Salt
Lake City and Chicago.
The handsome buffet smoking and
library cars are entirely new through
out, Of latest design, containing all
modern improvements. and are we'll
supplied with writing material, the
leading daily papers, illustrated peri
odicals, magazines, etc.
The fact that these cars run daily VIA
THE Overland Limited" and that the
Union Pacific VA the line west Of Chi
cage to inaugurate this service should
commend itself to all.
Be- that your tickets read via The
oveeiaaA Roat1."
, 1896-09-11

a poor devil tells his latest ~misadven-
ture: II had lad no,h'rS ,oc"t rtwo
days. In GesPa.r | threw Ityscit i&,o
the Seine. y sa5!r"iiahcs nr'rt Wei,
they gave s. 20 Iny vscuC aid EOIE,ng
to INC. "-figuro.
, 1896-09-11

Men arc otten cana1la Ct greater
things lhgl they prlf,T!n. Tiny are
soLS into TIE wCIii with !iiiE If ,,rIit
and seldom a.raw to tl.v:r fall tNtuLt.--
Wulpole.
, 1896-09-11

If dull, spiritless and stupid: if your
blood is thick and sluggish: if your ap-
petite is capricious and uncertain. You
need a Sarsaparilla. For best results
take DeWitt's. 1t recommends itself.
Chas. N. Settele.
, 1896-09-11

DcWitt's Sarsaparilla Is prepared
for cleansing the blood from impurities
and disease. It does this and more. 1t
builds up and strengthens constitu-
tons impaired by disease. 1t recon-
mends itself. Chas. N. Settele.
, 1896-09-11

The brain Of wcnlan IS absolutely
smaller than that & IAN, but is stated
to be somewhat larger in proportion 10
the WciCht Of The body
, 1896-09-11
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, 1896-09-11
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, 1896-09-11
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The San Francisco call., 1896-02-23

beat J. R. Dickson's Hercules, T. Cooney's
Right Bower bye, George Watson's Belmont
beat NJ. Traynor's Valley Maid, p. J. Reilly's
Jimmy Rix beat J. McCormack's Rapid, NJ.
Curtis Ruby beat T. P. McInerny's Little Ban
Shee, Robinson & Peyton's Daisy Crest
beat D. J. Healys Applause, H. G.
Layng's Royal Buck beat NJ II. Shee-
/ mans Dynamite, J. F. Graoe's Rollalong
beat D. ShaEnon's Tydarent formerly Flash
nght, ID. Shannon's Flying Buck beat S. w.
smiths Manuka, James Byrnes' Seminole beat
+. W. Sheehan's Banjo, J. II. Halton's Kitty
Scott beat 5: E. Portals LauTelwood formerly
1: J. McHugh's sculptress, NJ. Curtis West
Side beat 2. J. Reilly's Dottie Dimple, ], H.
Rosseters Wayfarer beat T. J. Cronin's Reli-
ance, Robinson & Peyton's Master Glenkirk
beat Henry Springs Bill Nye, Thomas Cox's
sam beat NJ. Rodgers sly Boy, E. II. Null
casters Kirk Glen beat T. j. Cronin's Best
trump, I. p McInernys Roval Fellow beat z.
hellys Jack, Robinson & Peyton's Banker
beat James Byrnes Mohawk, D. j. Healys
Moondyne beat T. McDonald's Lissak.
To-day the three puppies left in will de-
eide where the prizes belong, and the ties
OF the old-dog stake will be furnished.
Sixteen clever dogs-among them w.
Shields Regent, w. d. Murphy's Lord
Clifton, T. humans Yreka, ]. j. Edmunds'
Vida Shaw, c. Evans Dashaway, A. Mer-
rilPs Snowbird, Villa kennels Tempest.
J. J. Larkey's Spinaway, j. J. Edmunds'
Valley Queen, j. Sexsmith's Mission Boy
and Villa Kennels Electric-will run at
Ocean View coursing park to-day for good
prizes, and splendid days sport is an
ticipated
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-23
JAIL BREAK At OAKLAND
Two Prisoners Succeeded in Es.
Gaping From the Old
City Hall.
Thieves Serving Six Month Sentences
Got Away on Friday
Night.
OAKLAND OFFICE SAN Francisco CALL,
9OS Broadway Feb %

OAKLAND OFFICE SAN Francisco CALL,
90S Broadway, Feb. %.
Charles Reisart and William Anderson,
two men serving six-month sentences as
petit larceny thieves, cut their way out of
the city prison and escaped last night.
The first intimation that the prisoners
were not all IN their regular places was
when Night Prison-keeper Swain went to
the kitchen at 5 o'clock this morning to
awake the TRUSTEES so that they might be-
gin the preparation of the morning meal.
On opening the door he saw that the room
was vacant and moment later saw hole
in the wall where they had cut their way
to liberty.
The kitchen of the City Prison is small
cubbyhole off the main corridor and over
looking on one side yard that is reached
from the jail by flight of wooden steps
four in number. This is inclosed by a
fence ten feet high, studded with nails.
This yard opens into another by door
which leads to the corporation yard. The
police patrol wagon stable adjoins this in
ner yard at the north. The prisoners had
at odd moments and on various nights cut
a hole three by two feet in size in the old
wall that acts as foundation for the
building. They chose a spot beneath q
large copper cooking boiler. The filling
between the blocks was nothing more
than soft, crumbling lime.
The two cooks had worked this out with
knives, hiding the refuse in an ash barrel
in small quantities, SO as not to excite any
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-23
shakesneare I'm London.

Shakespeare ''came to London" entered
IN fact, into eternal fame through its
gates. Why he came, or precisely when,
IS largely matter of conjecture. Over
TINS, as over so much of his life, lies a
ven that he himself never chose to
hit. That he was poor is GER
tain, and highly probable that he was
quite unfriended. Whether ne had any
consciousness or persuasion of his almost
miraculous gifts we can only guess. The
impulse that led him there cannot have
been altogether due to chance or whim !;
put that he could nave foreseen the splen-
did result is altogether impossible. Like
many a iess-gifted mortal, he sustained
the struggle OF hope and fear. The first
toho OF his plays sells to-day for large
sum OF money; but let US imagine ro
nance worth twenty islands of treasure
Suppose some one, wfenching awav a.
shaky panel in an old house in Warwick
shire, came upon a concealed cupboard
wherein lay, thick with the dust of 300
years, roll OF manuscript, curled and vel
low with age. And suppose that, on un-
folding 1t, he found it bore the title "The
Life OF Me, William Shakespeare" Here
surely would be a record OF unparalleled
interest. and chiefly the chapter which
should tell of how he came to London.
Think of what that step was to him. con-
slider the power of his mind, imagine it at
the age of so, looking back with calm un-
rutfled insight on its own history as a
d~qma, and then reflect what he, Shake
speare, could say about that youthful entry
into London, and how depict il. King s
ransom could not buy the chapter, and a
temple would be poor place to house it,
Chambers Journal.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-23
INJURED At THE PARADE
Miss Mckinney May Succumb
to Effects of a Fall on
Filbert Street.
Her Strange Hysterical Ravings-Four
Men Required to Control the
Struggles of the Girl.
OAKLAND OFFICE SAN Francisco Carl
Q0Q IL y

OAKLAND OFFICE SAN Francisco CALI
9O8 Broadway, Feb. %
Miss Kate Mckinney of 201O Filbert
street may die from injuries received while
waiting to see the parade.
She was standing on Broadway, in front
OF the Union Savings Bank, with her father
in large crowd, when he decided to move
to another location. He started and called
to her to "come on" She moved back
ward step or two and it is supposed
struck the curb. Anyhow she fell back
ward, striking her head on an iron post
and then on the stone pavement. She Law
stunned for while, but recovered suffi-
GENTLY to walk away. She was taken to
l.. W. Wheelers residence, on Harrison
street, where she soon became hysterical.
All day long she remained in the cond1-
ton in spite of all efforts to relieve her.
About 8 o'clock tonight she quieted down
and an attempt was made to get her home
in gurney. When the corner where she
was hurt was reached she became hyster-
ical again and jumped out of the carriage,
and had to be taken to Diber & Co. 8 drng.
store, where opiates were given to quiet
her. The poor girls screams attracted a
great crowd who believed some one ad
been badly injured.
Every effort to move her was resisted
and the combined strength of four men
could not get her into carriage until a
late hour. 1t is feared her brain has been
injured. DR.. Hamlin was called to attend
the girl, but he could find nothing tnat
would indicate any serious injury, but her
condition was such as to cause great un-
easiness.
While she was in the drugstore she
would cry out: '.The girl will die. 1 know
the poor girl is going to die, oh what will
do? would take the medicine myself
to save the poor girl.'
! She seemed to have something on her
mind which was giving her great uneasi-
ness. When questioned her sister said
the girl had said so many queer things in
her hysterical moments during the dav
that none of the family could understand.
1t is the opinion OF her friends that some
mysterious secret is on the girls mind and
that she is suffering far more from that
than from her injuries.