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The true northerner., 1899-05-17
AN AWFUL CRIME.
Joseph Harvey Kills His Wife and
Two Relatives in Michigan and
Then shoots Himself.

Howard City, Mich, May -. = Joe
Harvey, 20 years old, employed at the
sideboard factory, Wednesday night
killed his wife, uncle and grandmother,
attempted to kill his baby, wounded
his father-in-law, shot at his sister-in-
law and a teacher named Miss LaBar,
and finally tried to kill himself. Har-
vey lived with his uncle and grand
mother, who had brought him up from
childhood, their home being one mile
north of town. The uncle's name was
Robert Pierson, and Harvey's grand
mother was 20 years old. There were
no witnesses to the tragedy, which took
place after Harvey returned home at
seven o'clock. Harvey was brought to
town by Sheriff Underhill, and is close
ly guarded. AS yet no motive for the
crime can be given. The young man
has always borne a good reputation.
The true northerner., 1899-05-17
ONE STRIKE SETTLED.
Grain shOvelers mt Buffalo Reach an
Agreement and Will Return
To Work.

Buffalo, n. Y, May 15.-The grain
shovelers will return to work this morn
ing under the agreement reached at
one o'clock Sunday morning at the con-
ference between the lake carriers and
elevator men and grain shovelers. The
agreementp provides that the grain SHOW
elers shall receive $1.S5 per 1000 BUSH
els; that a superintendent shall be APP
pointed by the bishop to guard the in
terests of the men; that local board of
arbitrators shall be appointed to pass
upon any grievances which may arise
in the future, and that IA of Contractor
Conners' boss scoopers shall be sus-
pended pending an investigation into
the charges made by the grain shovel
ers that they are identified with saloon
interests or otherwise Objectionable.
Notwithstanding the adjustment of
the grain-shoveling trouble, the tie-up
of the coal and ore docks is said to be
quite as serious as was the strike just
ended. Practically all the coal and ore
handlers, numbering about 1900 men,
are out. The freight handlers, who
struck out of sympathy for the grain
shovelers, now refuse to go back until
their wages are raised from 25 cents TO
35 cents an hour.
The true northerner., 1899-05-17
FAvoRs EXPANSION.
Gen. Joe wheeler In speech In
Charleston Says Enlargement
of Territory IL All Right.

Charleston, S. c., May 12.-At the ses-
sion of the Confederate Veterans union
yesterday Gen. Joe Wheeler was given
a hearty welcome and in his address he
spoke strongly i'm favor OF expansion.
Gen. Wheeler touched upon the question
OF expansion by declaring that southern
soldiers and southern statesmen had ever
taken a prominent part In all the move
ments looking to the enlargement OF our
territory. and. continued:
''The position I'm which the American
people find themselves to-day was not
sought by them, but Is the logical result
of conditions thrust upon the country by
a course of events beyond our controi.
We stand before the gaze OF CIVILIZATION
confronted by grave responsibilities. me
supreme test of American institutions Is
involved, and the American system OF gov
ernment is on trial.
ITO return to the starting point or year
ago would be to lose what II would take
century to regain. In answer TO those VINO
say that the policy of our forefathers for-
bade the extension OF territory / would
point TO Jefferson and the Louisiana pur-
chase, Monroe and Florida, Polk ana Texas
and the vast territory acquired from Mex
leo, and later 10 Andrew Johnson and the
acquisition of Alaska.
IF there be any who contend that we
should not permit the island OF Cuba 10
become a part of the United States ana It's
people. if they desire it, 10 enjoy all the
rights of American citizenship, have only
10 point 20 the official declarations of our
great statesmen, commencing with
Thomas Jefferson and running through al
most the entire period Of the first half
Of this century. During all that period
our honored statesmen and presidents.
from jefferson to Buchanan, laid down
in their messages and state documents the
imperative necessity of making the Pearl
Of the Antilles part of the United States.
The true northerner., 1899-05-17
Noted Educator Dead.

Milwaukee, May 15.-John l.. f. Def
ner, of Belleville, H., one of the oldest
Lutheran teachers in the west, died
Sunday, of heart failure, aged ~. He
came to Milwaukee for the special pur-
pose of hearing his son, Rev. ii. Deffner,
of Kansas City, preach at st. Johns
Evangelical Lutheran church, in the
town of Greenfield, a suburb of this
city. No sooner had the text been read
than the father of the preacher fell for
ward and expired in a few minutes. Mr..
Deffner, Sr., was well known in Lu-
theran circles in Illinois, Missouri, Iowa,
Wisconsin and Minnesota.
The true northerner., 1899-05-17
NINE PERSONS DROWNED
The Schooner Nelson Founders In
Lake Superior Off Grand
Marias, Mich.
ALL ON BOARD LOST EXCEPT CAPTAIN.
Doomed Vessel Goes Down I'm Three
Hundred Feet of water Disap-
pears So Quickly That Aid Was I'm
possible-First Loss ON the Lake
This season.

Marquette, Mich, May 15.- The
schooner Nelson, in tow of the steamer
Folsom, sprang a leak Saturday So miles
below Deer Park, and sunk with all
hands on board, except Capt. Andrew
Haganey, who hoated ashore on top of
boats cabin. The captains wife and
baby, Fred Haas, sailor, and six other
sailors are reported lost. The schooner
was coal laden for Lake Linden. When
found TO be leaking the crew cut the
tow line and turned the boat for shore.
She went down in 800 feet of water. Ali
was done SO quickly there was no time
for the steamer or the schooner Mitch
ell, also in tow, to lower the lifeboats.
This is the first loss on Lake Superior
this season.
The true northerner., 1899-05-17
Victim OF Heart Disease.

Philadelphia, May 15.-Aaron NJ.
Powell, of New York, a noted anti
slavery agitator, temperance worker
and writer, died suddenly Saturday
from heart disease while in attendance
upon the opening session of the
Friends yearly meeting. The meeting
was nearly over when Mr.. Powell rose
to speak. He spoke for moment with
much earnestness. Suddenly, withou'
warning, the aged speaker fell forward
from his seat and lay unconscious. All
efforts at resuscitation were futile and
the end came in few moments. He
was about 20 years of age.
The true northerner., 1899-05-17
Sues for an EarldOm.

London, May ia crippled crossing
sweeper named Arthur Fitzhardinge
Wanklin has entered a claim to the
earldom of Berkeley, based upon the
fact that his grandfather, Thomas Nor
ton Fitzhardinge, the legally acknowl-
edged heir, refused to accept the title
for family reasons. The claimant is
40 years of age, and he worked in the
mines in South Wales in his youth !;
later making precarious livelihood in
London. The crux of the case depends
on finding a solicitor who holds family
papers.
The true northerner., 1899-05-17
Struck by a TraIn.

Milwaukee, May ia special to the
Sentinel from Burlington, Wis, says:
A Wisconsin Central train ran down a
wagon containing four persons at a
crossing here Saturday night, killing
two and fatally injuring one of the oc-
cupants. Mrs. Charles Tintel, of Mil
waukee, and her brother, August Klein
field, of Norway, Wis, were killed. Jo-
seph Huening, of Waterford, Wis, was
fatally injured. Mrs. Henry Lenz, of
burlington, the other occupant, jumped
and escaped without injury.
The true northerner., 1899-05-17
MINOR NEWS ITEMS.
For the Week Ending May IL.


John Holland (colored) was lynched
by a mob at Blue Lick Springs, Ky.
The Russian government has forbid
den Jews to reside in st. Petersburg.
The Standard bank i'm Bowmanville,
Ont, was robbed of $11, 900 by burglars.
Kenoyer's bank at Leon, Kan, was
visited by burglars, who secured about
s., 900.
Thousands of sheep have been killed
in the hills in Utah by inclement
weather.
President Mckinley, Mrs. Mckinley
and few friends visited Natural
Bridge, Va.
Six of the largest wholesale dry goods
and notion firms in Philadelphia have
consolidated.
La Patria, the most influential paper
in Havana, strongly indorses the Amer
lean administration.
Unseasonably cold weather, heavy
rains and severe hailstorms prevailed
throughout Nebraska.
Peter Hegelman won the 72-hour go-
as-you-please walking match in New
York, covering 407 miles.
Fire at Fort Burwell, Ont, destroyed
27 business places and hotels. Only
one business house is left.
Acting Secretary Of War Meiklejohn
says the Chinese exclusion act does not
apply TO our insular possessions.
The czarina has given $4,000 rubles
for the relief Of the sufferers in the
famine-stricIen district of Russia.
Gen. William Porcher Miles died at
his home near Burnside, La. He was a
member of congress before the war.
Henry Tincknall killed his wife in
Auburn, n. V, and then took his own
life. No cause is known for the crime.
Chauncey Kelsey, auditor of the Chi
cago & Alton railroad since April 1,
1850, died at Pasadena, CAL, aged SO
years.
A cyclone swept over the Hondo,
coal mine settlement in Coahuila, Mex
leo, killing nine persons and injuring
20 others.
An expedition in search of Andree
and his party will start from Stockholm
1Or the northeast coast Oh OTttHlduu III
a short time.
Rev. Peter Bronaugh (colored) and
his little grandson were drowned while
attempting to ford a swollen stream al
Hopkinsvlle, Ky.
The American Bicycle company, COM
monty called the bicycle trust, was in
corporated in Trenton, y. j., with a
capital of $50, 100000.
Harry Neat, of Buffalo, assistant SUI
perintendent of the Wagner Palace Car
company, died in Utica, n. Y, from in
juries received in a collision.
In riot between prohibitionists and
the liquor elements at Alva, O. T., Rev.
Alexander Ross and Gene Hardwick,
saloon keeper, were fatally shot.
The democrats of the Second district
OF Maine have nominated John Scott,
of Bath, for congress TO fiji the vacancy
caused by the death of Nelson Dingley.
Edward Smith (colored) was hanged
in the district Jail in Washington, ID. c.,
for the murder of colored woman
named Edmonia Jackson on the 18th of
November, 1897.
The true northerner., 1899-05-17
Students Drowned.

Milwaukee, Wis, May IA Sentinel
special from Elkhart Lake, Wis, says:
Alex Vollrath. of Sheboygan, and II. ID.
Eivers, of Baltimore, two students of
Mission House college, were drowned
Wednesday in a small lake near Frank
lin. Their bodies have not yet been re-
covered. They went out enjoying a
boat ride on the lake, and apparently
the boat capsized. Their cries for help
were heard, but before help could be
rendered they were drowned.
The true northerner., 1899-05-17
Gov. scoHeId Bereayed.

ST. Paul, Mimi, May 12.-Paul Darling
Scofeld, a second son of Gov. Scofield,
of Wisconsin, died Thursday night,
after an illness of two years duration
from consumption. He was 25 years
old, and was executive clerk. He spent
much of his time on the Pacific coast,
and was brought home in a dying con-
dition Tuesday.
The true northerner., 1899-05-17
BANK ROBBED.
Daring Thieves PIunder an Institu-
ton i'm Ellsworth, Ia, to the
Extent Of SS,GS5.

Minneapolis, Mimi, May 13.-A spe-
cial to the Tribune from Ellsworth, Ia,
says: One of the most daring and sue
cessful bank robberies ever committed
in the state of Iowa occurred at this
place Thursday night. The state bank
of Ellsworth, of which Hon. M. III. Brin-
ton is president, was entered by robbers,
who secured $3,6S5 in cash and made
their escape. The door was blown from
the vault and the safe, weighing $500
pounds, with time lock, was blown to
DieceS
The true northerner., 1899-05-17
Mrs. Crosby Guilty.

Chicago, May I5.-Mrs. Marjorie
Helen Crosby, 66 years of age, charged
with the murder of Deputy Sheriff
Frank f. Nye on December %, 1898,
was found guilty of manslaughter by
a jury in Judge Waterman's court and
sentenced to one year in the peniten-
tiary. Thomas George Crosby, her IA
year-old foster son, jointly indicted
with Mrs. Crosby, and who actually
fired the fatal shot, was found not
guilty.
The true northerner., 1899-05-17
Tyventy-Nine Dead.

Reading, Pa, May 15.-The total
number of dead as a result of Friday
nights rear-end collision on the PhiIa-
delphia & Reading railway at Exeter,
six miles below here, reached 20 Sun
day, William ID. Jenkins, of Norristown,
dying at the hospital at that place. OF
the large number of injured persons
still in the hospitals here, three are in
serious condition and small hope is
entertained for their recovery.
The true northerner., 1899-05-17
No Savings ON Dried Fruits.

Washington, May 15.-An order of
the war department directs that saw
ings will not be allowed on dried fruits
or fish, which were recently made a
part of the army ration. These articles
were allowed for the purpose of afford
ing variety and for hygienic reasons.
If not used the government will not
GO to the expense of furnishing them.
The true northerner., 1899-05-17
Found Guilty.

Chicago, May 13.-George ii. Hayden,
formerly state bank examiner, was
found guilty of misconduct in office by a
jury in Judge Burkes court Friday
afternoon. Judge Burke withheld SEN
tence. The specific charge against Hay
den was that he withheld the report of
his examination of the Globe savings
bank from January 8. 1897. until March
10, 1897, knowing all the time that the
affairs of the bank were in a shaky con-
dition. The bank failed on April 8,
1907
The true northerner., 1899-05-17
DefnuIter sentenced.

London, May 15.-Mr. G.. Il. Brit,
chairman and managing director of the
Millwall Dock company, who disap-
peared in February last leaving a
deficit of over C 100000 $4,000, ,OO0) in
the accounts of the concern, was SEN
fenced Saturday to nine months inn
prisonment. Brit is 20 years old and
the father of 13 children.
The true northerner., 1899-05-17
Not Guilty Because Insane.

Pittsburgh, Pa, May 15.-Bertha
Beilstein, who has been on trial for the
murder of her mother, was acquitted
dering a verdict of not guilty by rea-
son of insanity. Miss Beilstein dis
played no emotion when the verdict
was announced and was remanded to
Jail. The verdict caused no surprise
The true northerner., 1899-05-17

of the democratic committee in 1877 and
in 1SS1 he defeated William Waldorf
Astor for congress after hot campaign
in the Eleventh district. He refused a
denomination. He was elected governor
of the state in 1891. Mr.. Flower occu-
pied palatial home at 597 Fifth avenue
and had at the time of his death, it is
estimated, fortune of between $780,
100000 and S50,000,000.
The true northerner., 1899-05-17
NicIimS of FLAMES.

Spring Place, Ga, May 11.-Dr. l.. p.
Bagwell, a leading physician and drug
gist of this village. with his three chill
dren. aged ten, eight and four years,
and an aged woman who did housekeep-
ing duties were burned TO death in a
fire that consumed their home.
The true northerner., 1899-05-17
Two Were Drowned.

Trenton, Ont, May 15.-Four men,
Elias Weeks, Edward Chase, John Fitz-
gerald and Gilbert Bouter, were cross
ing the bay in a sailboat Sunday morn
ing when the boat capsized. Fitzgerald
and Bouter were drowned. The other
two men were found clinging to the
boat in an exhausted condition and
both NAV die.
The true northerner., 1899-05-17
Newspapers Must Not Criticise.

Berlin, May 15.-Contrary TO the Gus
tom hitherto of permitting the press
to freely criticise parliamentary pro-
ceedings, the Prussian herren house
has begun an action against four So
cialist newspapers for defamation for
criticising the debates on the bill for
the restriction of the right of free resi-
dence.
The true northerner., 1899-05-17
Murder md Suicide

Mount Hope, Pa, May IL. = George
Uhler, farmer so years of age, resid-
ing near here, killed his wife with an
ak and then killed himself. He was in
sane.
The true northerner., 1899-05-17
Hanged.

Eugene, Ore, May 13.-Claude Bran,
ton was hanged Friday for the murder
of John Linn, stock man, who lived
in Gillian county. Branton's accom-
plice, Courtland Green, confessed and is
now serving life sentence in prison.
The true northerner., 1899-05-17
Mrs. BrunOt Arrested.

Pana, ILL.,, May 12.-Mrs. Anna Bru-
not was arrested at Taylorville Thurs
day on a charge of completely in the
murder of Miss Jane Brunot, her sis
ter-in-law, whose body was found in a
we'll near here recently.
The true northerner., 1899-05-17
DEATH OF R. p. FLOWER.
The well-known Politician and Ffn-
ancier Dies Of Heart Failure
at EastpOrt, l.. I.

New York. May 13. - Roswell Petit
bone Flower, who has been the COM
manding figure in Wall street for more
than a year, died of acute indigestion
and heart failure at the Eastport Coun-
try club at 10: 30 o'clock last night, aged
Ga years. His wife and married daugh-
ter survive him. In politics Mr.. Flower
was a democrat, was chosen chairman
The true northerner., 1899-05-17
To Help the Poor.

Hanover, Mass, May 10.-The will of
the late Edward Y. Perry leaves the
greater portion of his estate, variously
estimated at from $500, 900 to 81 900, 900,
as a trust fund for the benefit of the
poor girls of this and two adjoining
fownS
The true northerner., 1899-05-17
Two Hundred buildings burned.

Vienna, May 12.-ln a great fire in
the town of Gura Humora, province of
Bukowina, 200 buildings, including the
principal church, the town hall and
other public offices and all the school,
houses were destroyed.
The true northerner., 1899-05-17
No Wreckage Let.

Not vestige of wreckage was left
on the surface to mark the spot where
she disappeared, and not single strug-
Cling man showed his head in an eff,
fort to keep afloat on piece Of wreck
age. The nine persons on board had
gone down with the schooner.
The true northerner., 1899-05-17
Through n TrestIe.

Newcastle, Pa, May IA construc-
tion train on the Pittsburgh g. Western
railroad went through a trestle near
here, killing four men and injuring a
number of others.
The true northerner., 1899-05-17
Owned i'm Hay City.

The Nelson is owned by the Mitchell
Transportation company, of Bay City,
Mich. She was formerly one of the
crack vessels of the lake fleet, and when
she first came out, in 1866, was con-
sidered an extremely large schooner
She measured 766 gross tons, and was
163 feet long by 80 feet beam. Many
years ago the spars were cut down, and
since then the Nelson has formed one
of the Folsom's tow.
The true northerner., 1899-05-17
DIR. Briggs Ordained.

New York, May 15.-Rev. Dr. Charles
A. Briggs, who was suspended for her
esy by the Presbyterian assembly, was
ordained a priest of the Episcopal
church yesterday by Bishop Potter.
The true northerner., 1899-05-17
Passed a Had Nickel.

Guthrie, o. T., May 15.-In the United
States court at Saltwater Charles Baze
pleaded guilty TO passing one counter
felt nickel, and was sentenced to the
penitentiary for five wears.
The true northerner., 1899-05-17
KILLED His Five Children.

Odessa, May 12.-An insane customs
official murdered his five sleeping chill
dren here Wednesday night and then
attacked his wife, who is dying of her
wounds
The true northerner., 1899-05-17
Cruiser MT st. Louis.

st. Louis, May 1.-THE third-class
cruiser Nashville, the first seagoing
war vessel that ever came up the Mis-
sissippi river this far, is now riding at
anchor off St. Louis.
The true northerner., 1899-05-17
Lived over N Century.

Prescott, Mich, May 10.-The noted
Indian, Peter Wademan, died here.
nged ia years. He was married three
months ago to Polish woman.
The true northerner., 1899-05-17
Death of N Millionaire,

New York, May 15.-Anson M. STRAIT
ton, known as the pioneer of Coney
Island" died Saturday, aged GO years.
He left fortune of $2,OOO,OOO, acquired
by early investments at Coney Island.
The true northerner., 1899-05-17
A False Reporf.

Cleveland, o., May ia report that
ex-President Cleveland, who is fishing
at Middle Bass island, in Lake Erie,
had dropped dead, is false.
The true northerner., 1899-05-17
Named for Congress,

Lewiston, Me-, May IL. = G. f. Lit
tlefield, of Rockland, has been NOM
mated by the republicans of the Sec
ond congressional district to succeed
the late Nelson Dingley.
The true northerner., 1899-05-17
seventy-six Years ola.

Mansfield, o., May 11.-John Sher-
man, ex-secretary of state, celebrated
the seventy-sixth anniversary of his
birth yesterday at his home in this city.
The true northerner., 1899-05-17
German Dramatist RECEIVERS.

Berlin, May 15.-Hermann Suder-
mann, the German dranatist and nov
elist, who was taken i'll with pneumonia
three weeks ago, has recovered.
The true northerner., 1899-05-17
RrendsfnR Exports.

Washington, May 13. - For the ten
months of the present fiscal year the
total exports of domestic breadstuffs
were S617,O79,o57, against S674, ,443, ,236
for the corresponding period in 1898.
The true northerner., 1899-05-17
Fell Four stories.

Chicago, May 15.--Donald Mclean, a
wealthy railroad contractor from New
York, fell four stories in the Palmer
house and was killed.
The true northerner., 1899-05-17
ON THE DIAMOND.
and Western Lengues I'm the
Championship Race.

The following table shows the num-
ber of games won and lost and the per-
centage OF the clubs of the National
and Western leagues up TO date:
The true northerner., 1899-05-17
Cannot Collect.

Des Moines, Ia, May II. - The su-
preme court of Iowa says that note
on account of moneys involved in buck
ct shops cannot be collected by law in
the state
The true northerner., 1899-05-17
miller wins I'm Paris.

Paris, May 12.-In the 100 hours cyc-
ling contest, Charles w. Miller, of Chi
cago, won first prize. He covered 2,s5s
kilometers.
The true northerner., 1899-05-17
Take to the Bluffs.
Damage in Missouri.

Springfield, Mo-, May IA cloud
burst occurred here, doing great dam
age, but so far as can be learned, caus-
ing no loss of life. Many families were
driven from their homes. Gordon
creek, which runs through the city,
overhowed its banks, and some build
ings were moved from their founda-
tions. Many head of live stock were
drowned. The damage here will reach
over $4,000. Heavy rain is reported
throughout the southwest.
The true northerner., 1899-05-17
SEND NEW PEACE ENJOYS
Filipino Representatives Want Again
to Discuss the Situation
with Gen. Otis.
BELIEF THAT AGUlAALDO IS IN EARNEST
OmciaIs In Washington Express the
Opinion That the End of the War
Is Really I'm Sight - Details In
Hands of Commissioners-The Viii
itary Situation.

Washington, May 15.-New overtures
for peace have been received from
Aguinaldo, and confidential advices to
the administration i'm Washington lead
TO the belief that the end is at hand.
A hasty meeting of the Filipino con-
gress has been held, and the new pro-
posals are expected 20 be on the author
ity of both Aguinaldo and his self-ap-
pointed congress. Just what form the
overtures will take is not positively
known, but from the advance dis
patches it is believed Aguinaldo is in
earnest, and the prediction is made that
active operations are over. Aguinaldo
has acknowledged the hopelessness of
further fighting, and is now only hop
ing for some measure of official recog-
milton which will let him down easy.
Both Gen. Otis and Commissioner
Schurman have announced the coming
of new peace ENJOYS, and expressed the
opinion that peace is now in sight. The
strong positions of Macarthur and
Lawton and his complete separation
cf Aguinaldo from the other insur-
gents south of the city has apparently
paralyzed the insurgents, and the pro-
posals now on their way are believed
to be an unconditional surrender in
everything but name.