The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-05-29
THE REFoRMER: BRATTLEBoRo w. FRIDAY MAY 20. 1895.
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OF Grimes.
=, Rev' Francis Hermann, pastor of the
flrst Scandinavian church in Salt
Lake City, Utah, is accused of a series
VI murders which, in tn cir brutality
recall the careers of Durant at San
francisco and Holmes. the arch iiend
himself. Last year the PASTORS wife
uied, and he engaged Miss Clawson, an
attractive young woman of %, 10 look
aiter his apartments in the church
building In September last Miss
Clawson suddenly disappeared and
has not been seen alive since. \ few
Gays ago her body was found in the
furnace in the basement of the
church together with blackened razors
butcher knife and part of WON.
an clothing. The other victim is
Miss Annie Samson. She was engaged
TO be married to the preacher, but
mysterlously disappeared in February
last' and 1t is supposed her body is
church. The police have found a bar
rel the head of which is covered with
plood. hermann is OF Scandinavian
descent and we'll educated. He has
been married three times and it is said
al his wives have died under suspic-
ious circumstances. In his study were
found large collection of poisons and
drugs OF various kinds. The detectives
believe the girls we're murdered by the
preacher. AS far as discovered, it is
believed he has murdered seven per-
sons. The church officers say that
Hermann was suspended recently for
embezzling church funds, confirmed
his guilt in that matter and was
awaiting hearing IN the Methodist
cnference. He was fine looking man
and generally liked. He is represent
eel as having a great liking for the
study of medicine, anatomy and kindred
sciences. He left Salt Lake May ID
and that is the last known Of him.
Two Men Killed.
Daniel F. Mountain prominent Ii
quor dealer in Pawtucket, who kept
saloon on Water street in that city, and
Michael:Connors Jamason, who lived
in the same city, were shot and killed
Sunday afternoon by Officer John II.
Nenrey,a night patrolman inAttleboro.
at picnic and the officers were trying
to disperse the crowd when the shoot
ing occurred.
Cyclone Work at st Louis.
The cyclonic disturbances whic h
have harrassed the West for the pa st
two weeks reached an awful climax
Wednesday afternoon when two cy-
clones, one from the northwest and
another from the east. met on the Hi
nois shore of the Mississippi river and
joined in whirling cloud of death
and destruction. Hundreds and per
haps thousands of people were killed
and reports say that East st. Louis
was nearly swept out of existence.
Churches and public buildings were
thrown down and the roof of the ex
position buidingFwas torn off. To add
to the calamity fire broke out in East
St Louis and the network of railroads,
manufactures and residences was
swept away. The death of 200 girls is
reported in a cigarette factory and the
damage to property in st. Louis and
East St. Louis is estimated to be 90,
600. GOO. Every steamer on the river in
front of st. Louis is reported sunk and
the loss of life here is enormous: cars
were picked up by the storm and
thrown onto their sides and the dead
and injured are being taken from the
ruins of the various buildings and
manufactures. and the whole sit
uation is alarmingly in the extreme.
Polk and Jasper counties in Iowa
were devastated and about 90 persons
killed and the loss of property heavy.
From Michigan comes an equally
sad story. At Oakwood, a hamlet 30
miles north of Oxford, L OF house is
left standing and Oxford and neigh
boring towns have been turned into
hospitals and every available.space is
filed with dead and dying.
Cars Plunge Into the Stream.
4 crowde,. electric car fell % feet
a bridge into an arm of james
hay at Victoria, b. c., and the pas |
who had no possible chance |
were drowned like rats The car con I
tanned 50 persons and tioated a mo- |
ment and then went down and 1t is I
believed that 30 at least were drowned.
Most alarming reports were received |
at Des Moines. Ia. Monday respecting |
the cyclone which swept over Polk, ,
Soery and Jasper counties Sunday |
night. Telegraph and Telephone wires |
are all down and the indications are |
that the killed and injured will mum
Der 80.
At bull fight at Monterey, Mexico.
Wednesday Jose Matay. a picador, was
gored to death and four other perform
ers. including Silvero Chico. the mata
dor. were dangerously wounded by a |
vicious bull. The same bull also dis
emboweled and killed six horses.
Edison II. Brown, Is. son Of DIR. Wal /
lace f. Brown Of North Adams, was /
handling 4 revolver in his room at |
Berkshire Hills sanitarium at about |
| ~ O'Clock Sunday morning, when |
the weapon was accidentally dis !
and the bullet struck the
right temple, slightly in uring the |
skull and leaving a bad scalp wound.
4 fatal cloudburst visited North |
McGregor. Ia, and vicinity Monday |
night. For 10 miles everything is in |
ruins. Fifteen people are supposed to
have perished. |
There is another revolt in Peru, led
by Col. Teodoro Seminario, who was
the leader in northern Peru of the
revolution which drove Gen. Caceres
from the presidential chair and put IN
his place Gen. Pierola, whose cabinet
has lust decided to send an eXpedl-
tion TO suppress Semminario.
The Chicago Times Herald express
es the hope and belief that if the sli
ver wing of the Democracy OF llllnols
controls the coming state convention
of that party, a1d renomInates GOV.