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The Irish standard., 1901-06-15
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Mortality among the colored people
of Baltimore during 1900 was three
times greater than among the whites.
tuberculosis caused one-tenth of the
deaths.
The payroll Of the fire department.
telegraph service in Manhattan and
The Bronx is $4,000 this year. In
Brooklyn and Queens it is 50 900, to-
tai of ISL 900. Richmond has vol
unteer fire service.
The public printer of Minnesota
beat all records by issuing the laws
passed by the recent legislature with
in two days after adjournment. They
consist of 4Sl general laws, ID special
laws and two constitutional amend
ments. They comprise 140 columns Of
type set i'll nonpareil and agate. When
"made up they make 20 pages of an
ordinary daily newspaper.
The man who is putting new pipes in
the organ of the Mormon tabernacle,
at Salt Lake City, Utah, was told that
many old Salt l.akcrs were weeping
over the fact that the organ was be-
ing remodelcd, and replied: "They will
weep that they did weep when once
they hear the new instrument" Hell
claims that il will be "the greatest in !
strumcnl" in America when the pres.j
ent work is completed.
With the exception of Detroit, moi
other large city in the United States isI
SO near foreign territory as Buffalo;
There are no large cities on the Mex.j
lean border and none of large popula-a
ton on the Canadian line in northern1
New York or New England. Seattlel
and Tacoma in Washington are at somej
distance from the British Columbian)
border and southern Florida, the near-a
est point to the West Indies, contains
no large cities.
The Irish standard., 1901-06-15
FOUND GUILTY.
Jury in Chicago Declare UnEer and
Brown to BE Insurance
COnspiratOrs.

Chicago, June 11.-Dr. August NJ.
Unger and f. Wayland Brown were
Monday found guilty of conspiracy to
commit the insurance frauds which
eliminated in the death of Marie
Defenbach last fall. The jurors. who
for "a days have listened to the evil
dence and arguments, We're unani-
nous for conviction on the first bal
lot. 1t took them only So minutes
to look over the judges instructions,
sum up the evidence and prepare
their written verdict. Punishment by
impris in the penitentiarv for
an indeterminate term of from one
to five years j the penalty.
1.-THE Defenbach case may be said to have
had its inception April 3, 1900. When DIR.
Unger, under the assumed name of DR..
Scott. In company Of Marie pefoMbach,
called on one of the officials Of the lnde
pendent Order Of Forcsters. Marie sought
to secure 5000 insurance. and after some
weeks of waiting her name was finally en-
tered on the rolls of the organization. This
was the beginning of Q series of dealings
with insurance companies and organiZa-
tons which finally resulted in an aggre-
gate of $1,000 in insurance being secured
on the life of the girl. This money was dis
tributed as follows: Independent Order
of Foresters, $1,000; New York Life Insur-
ance company, 5000: Knights and Ladies
of Honor, 5000. If they had been success
full In all their efforts she would have car
ried total of $4,000 in insurance. Brown
and Smiley came into prominence through
an arrangement making Smiley, as her at
fianced husband. the beneficiary in the for
esters' policy. The girl died on the night
of August 25, For an hour before her
death she suffered intense agony. She
called repeatedly for DR.. Unger. The day
following the body was embalmed at
neighboring undertaking establishment.
Brown and Smiley called at the house
and made all preparations for the funeral
and the disposition Of her personal effects.
Tuesday she was cremated at Graceland
in accordance with the provisions of will
found in her bedroom and dated August
q. Smiley and Brown set to work to COL
lect the $1,000 policy in the foresters and
Unger sought to get the money called for
In the other two policies. Smiley at
tempted to probate the will and the pub
licity brought about an expose. arrests and
finally conviction]
The Irish standard., 1901-06-15
THE IRISH STANDARD, SATURDAY, JUNE Is, 1901.
MINERS MEET DEATH.
Sixteen Perish in an Explosion
in q Colliery at West
Newton, Pm

Port Royal, Pa, June 12.-As q re-
suit OF Monday nights explosion in
the Port Royal mines Of the Pitts
burgh Coal company is are dead,
seven injured and thousands of dol
lars worth of property destroyed.
The official list of dead and injured
was made public by the coal COM
, pany's officials Tuesday night. The
dead recovered are:
| William McCune, superintendent of the
company's mines along the B. & o. railroad.
Body found lying In the passageway about
1000 feet from the shaft. A wife, three
sons and daughter survive.
| Taylor Gunsaulus, ST., loader. Leaves
widow and several children.
| Fritz Kruger.
Those still entombed in the mine
and known for certainty to be
dead:
tendent of mines, leaves wife and five chill
dren; Dennis Wardley, foreman mine No.
l, leaves wife and four children; John
keck, foreman Darr's mine, leaves wife
and several children; Michael Roy, fore
man Euclid mines, leaves wife and small
children; Taylor Gunsaulus, Jr., son Of
man taken from mine, leaves wife; Jerry
Daily, leaves wife and children: John
Peoples, leaves wife; David James,
leaves wife; John Canto. machine boss
Darr mine; Samuel Hadley, assistant fore
man, mine No. 2, leaves wife and two
children; Peter Marchando, boss driver
mine No. l, leaves wife and child; John
Sickle, pipeman mine No. 8, leaves wife
| and three children.
Twelve of the dead were men who
went into the mine as rescuers. What
caused the explosion and loss of life
is something the mine inspectors of
the Ninth and Eleventh districts spent
the greater part of the day trying to
find out. The officials of the coal COM
pany declare that none but regulation
mine lamps were used, while others
are of the opinion that one of the men
carelessly ignited the gas and caused
one OF the greatest mine catastrophes
in the history of Westmoreland coun-
The Irish standard., 1901-06-15
BOERS DEFEATED.
Are Surprised by Il band of British
Scouts Near Warm Dnths
and Routed

Pretoria, June T.--Col. Wilson, with
2i0 of kitcheucr's scouts, has sur
prised and routed 400 Beers belonging
to Beyer's command, "a miles west
of Warm Baths. The Beers resisted
stubbornly. but finally broke and fled,
leaving 81 dead, 100 prisoners and all
their wagons and supplies. including
5000 cattle. in the hands of the Britt
lsh. The loss of the latter was three
men killed and l5 wounded
Beyer's main command arrived on the
scene soon after the engagement, but
ialled IN an attempt to rccapiurc the
supplies. l'eNer was thus practically
'elt without any transport or supplies.
London, juno 11.-Lord Kitchener
III dispatch from Pretoria, under
Mondays date, says the number of
Bocrs killed, imprisoned or surrcn-
dered during the last month totaled
l.6l0. From june | to- June Q, 2G
Beers were killed, four were wound
ed, 400 were made prisoners and 80
surrendered, and COL rifles, 1850
rounds of ammunition, 100 wagons
and 1000 horses were captureu
The Irish standard., 1901-06-15
HEAVY FAILURE.
Supposed Wealthy Mlnnesotan Has
Liabilities of $125,OOO, with
No Assets,

st. Paul, Mimi, June IA special
from Olivia, Mimi, says: Hans
Gronnerud, who has for 40 years
been one of the most respected citi-
zens of Renville county and sup
posed to be worth $25O,OOO has failed,
with reported liabilities amounting to
$125,O00 and no assets. For many
years he has been the owner of the
Bank of Beaver Falls and heavy
stakeholder in the Morton bank and
State bank, of Olivia, and the Rem
vile Abstract company, and has
been engaged in loaning trust
funds for Wisconsin and eastern par
ties, as we'll as hundreds of people of
the country, who have intrusted him
with their earnings. The Bank of
Beaver Falls has closed it's doors, and
depositors are clamoring for their
money, but there appears to be no
assets.
Facts and figures are coming in
slowly, but enough is already known
which goes to show that the financial
collapse of Hans Gronnerud is by far
the most disastrous of any in the his
tory of southern Minnesota. Wild
ows, hired girls, farmhands and farm
ers are the .ctims of the Gronnerud
failure. 1t is understood that pre-
vious to his departure to points I'M
known Mr.. Gronnerud submitted a
statement of liabilities aggregating
nearly 100000, but according to au-
thoritative reports the amount will
far exceed that figure and farmers
will be the principal sufferers.
The Irish standard., 1901-06-15
REPORT THE ENGAGEMENT.
MncArthur Sends Dispatch Telling, Of
Battle in Which Americans
Arc Killed.

Washington, June 13.-Acting Adjt.
message from Gen. Macarthur Civ
ing official confirmation Of the re-
cent serious engagement with nsur-
gents near Lipa, LuAom. The message
is as follows:
Morning June 10 Capt. William II. VIII
helm, Twenty-lirst infantry, encountered
Il large force near l.ipa. Lieut. Walter ii.
Lee corps of engineers. and capt. Anton
Springer, Jr., First infantry. were killed
Capt. William II. Wilhelm and First Lieut..
Charles Il. Ramsay. Twenty first infantry.
were seriously wounded. Four enlisted
men were Wounded, The insurgents were
DISPERSED
Manila. June 13.-rhc Philippine
commission has passed an act Great
ing IA judicial circuits.
The Irish standard., 1901-06-15
WILL FIGHT MACHINISTS,
Organize md Set
Sooo.o"o ns II Fund to Carry
On the Struggle.

New York, June 13.-The conven-
ion of the National Metal Trades as
iociation continued it's session
Wednesday. The closing hours of the
convention are being devoted to the
completion of organization and the
NAL arrangement OF plans designed
20 strengthen the hands of the manu-
factnrcrs in their fight against the
striking nachinists. The sum of
100000 raised by assessment is to be
paced AT the disposal of Il strike COM
mittcc to be used in behalf of the en-
ploycrs.
The committee is constituted as
follows: William Schwanhausncr,
brooklyn; John w. Young, Milwau-
kee; S. w. Watkins, Milwaukee,;
Charles Bliss, AuSonia; N. Il. Payne,
Elmira; w. ID. Saylc, Clcvcand;
Thomas L. Durham, Erie; William +.
Lodge, Cincinnati, and L. G. Gilbert,
Scranton.
The Irish standard., 1901-06-15
CLEVER AMERICAN IN CUBA.
He Found IN Easy and Agreeable
Way to Get Along without
Spcni.inG Spanish.

This is from Il Dctroitcr just back
from Havana, says the Detroit Free
Press. "rhc great trouble with me
is that ! could not speak Spanish. l
meant to he good fellow all right
enough, hut was constantly getting
my wires crossed. If asked shop
man the way to some point he would
invariably produce cigars and praise
them in Il way that was comprehensi-
bic through his gestures. The result
was that had my pockets bullying with
cigars all the time, and / was about
the only man or woman in the city, az
far as saw, who did not smoke
"l'ut | found Il way to fetch these
people, who really regarded us YAM
KEGS as easy game. ] made my discov-
cry in II big cigar factory, where
they pretended not to understand q
word | said ! just boltcd upstairs
and drew my kodak on the great
room full of workers. They rushed
into group in less time than you
could count ten, and then one of
them came to mo with request in
very good English that l wait until
WY I'''I'''S' SohI' pC ttlIcN. lucy
stopped that whole big establishment
dead and kept it stopped until had
half dozen negatives and lot of
cigars said to be worth their weight
i'll grecnhacks.
Zone night ! went to the theater.
You know these Spanish perform
nnces. They have three acts u night
and each act is a play. You pay to
see one, two or all of them. l went
to see the one beginning ut ten. It
was n little early for that, but they
passed me right in, so that 1 saw the
finish of the second play. Then an
usher came to collect for that. An
Englishmnn in the row ahead ex-
planned the situation, told me to
stand pat and that he would stand
with me. Soon the manager was in
and two or three more ushcrs, oil
gesturing wildly, all talking at once
and their eyes blazing. l saw tho
Englishman slip off his cuffs and then
l had an inspiration. My kodak was
swung under my coat. l produced it
and leveled ut them.
"ln one second they were smiling
group, delightfully."- posed. snapped
without taking anything, and just Us
soon as they could get an interpreter
he was making profusc apologies. I
thought the IInglishman would full
Off his seat"
The Irish standard., 1901-06-15
Modcrn woudmrn Drill.

St. Paul, Mimi, June 13.-Pleasant
weather gave the Modern Woodmen 4
good day for the opening of the COM
pctitive drills at Camp Northcott on
Wednesday. Over 30 teams have en-
tered the contest, which will continue
daily until completed. The head camp
resumed work at the auditorium lit
Tie after nine o'clock. The matter of
city membership was laid aside until
after the elections which were then
taken up. Head Consul w. a. North
colt, of Illinois. IIcadClcrk CIV. uawes,
of Illinois, and Head Adviser Dan b.
Herd, of Iowa, were reelected.
The Irish standard., 1901-06-15
The Law IL Valid.

Omaha. Neb., June 11.--.Judgc BAKE
or, in the district court, decided that
the statute known as the female la
Dor law of Nebraska, prohibiting
owners of manufacturing and .me-
chanical concerns, stores and shops
from working female employees for
more than 60 hours a week is consti.
tutionaI. The case was one wherein
William Wenham, a la"nd1yman, was
charged with ovcrworking female la
Dor. The court held shat it was nee.
essary to limit the hours of female
labor in order TO protect the public
health.
The Irish standard., 1901-06-15
DYNAMITE EXPLODES.
Collision OF Freight Trains Results
i'll Five Dcaths-Both Trains
Arc UcMtrONcN.

Binghamton. n. y, June TO- "A
freight train taking water at Vcstal,
ten miles west of here, Saturday night,
was run into from behind by double
header wildcat freight and the expo-
sion of large quantity of dynamite
in one of the ears killed five men, in
iured seven others and blew both
trains to atoms. The explosion was
terrific and was felt at a distance OF
so miles. In addition to wrcckinr both
trains, most OF the windows in Vestal
and at Union, across the river from
Nestal, were shattered. Many of the
large plalc-"lass windows in Bing-
hamtOn were also broken.
The Irish standard., 1901-06-15
IN JUBILEE CONVENTION.
Great Gathering at Boston of the
Young Mems Christian Associa-
lions of North America.

Boston, June 12.-Mechanics build
ing was filed to overlooking when the
jubilee convention of the Young Mems
Christian Associations of North Amer
lea was formally opened Tuesday
morning at II o'clock. Delegates
from every country in the world are
here and the city wherein was organ
lied the first Young Mems Christian
association in the United States so
ing the thousands of association work.
ers who have gathered for the week
of sessions. The opening session was
devoted to addresses of welcome de-
livered by the mayor of the city, gov
ernor of the state and other leading
citizens. At 1880 p. m. the voting dele
gates to the convention, numbering
over 1000, held meeting for the or
ganization of the convention.
In the evening Mechanics hall was
filled. William e. Dodge, of New York,
presided, and the singing was led by
Mr.. S. B. Stebbins. Welcome addresses
were delivered by Mayor Thomas N.
Hart, Lieut.. Gov. John L. Bates, Henry
NJ. Ward, of the international commit
tee, and Rev. A. M. Plumb, D. D. Re-
sponses were made by c. T. Williams,
of Montreal, and Mr.. Dodge. Songs
were sung by the Iowa State associa-
ton quartette and by Mr.. Ira D. San
key. Secretary D. A. Bulge, of Mon
treal, presented the report of the COM
mittee on nomination of officers, as
follows:
President, William q. Dodge, New York;
honorary president, Howard Williams.
London, England; vice presidents, c. T.
Williams, Montreal, Que; James Stokes,
New York; E. H. Thornton, Atlanta,
Ca; s. P. Spencer. st. Louis; c. H. Nc
Corrnick, Chicago; H. M. Moore, Boston;
D. W. s. Pattee, Minneapolis; s. w. Wood
ward, Washington, D. c.; ]. Thoburn
Ross. Portland, Ore; ]. G. Gass, Nova
Scotia; James E. Hardy, Louisville; Henry
Waterhouse, Hawaii; secretary, G. q.
Kitchener, Chicago; assistant secretaries,
A. G. Knobel. Asheville, N. c., and Henry
W. Stone, Portland. Ore.
The report was adopted, and those
named became the permanent officers
of the convention
The Irish standard., 1901-06-15
DR.. Daily Commits Suicide.

Pittsburgh, Pa, June 1O.-Long-
continued brooding over the official
criticism of his course in the "em-
balmed beef" scandal after the close
of the Spanish war caused the sui
eide of DR.. William Hudson Daily, for
merly major and chief surgeon in the
United States volunteers, in this city
Sunday. He shot himself in the right
temple and died Immediately. DIR.
Daily was severely criticised by the
United States board of inquiry for
statements he had made before the
board supporting Gen. Miles charges
against the commissary department.
The Irish standard., 1901-06-15
Sheriff Cheeks u Mob.

Carrolton, Ca. June S.-The nerve
of Georgia sheriff, whose name is
Joseph Merrill. Friday upheld the law
of the state and saved the life of a
negro from Il mob. In protecting the
negro, who was saved from the gal
lows only Il few hours before through
the efforts of his lawyers, one life
was lost and two men were wounded.
The arrival of the state militia avert
ed threatened trouble Friday night,
and at nine o'clock Il special train
hearing he negro, whose crime was
the murder OF n little white boy
whom he found fishing alone, was
speeding towards Atlanta under
guard. The man killed in Attacking
the Jail was George Bennett, of Car
rollton. and the wounded men are
Thomas Smith, also of CnrroIltun,
and an unknown man,
The Irish standard., 1901-06-15
A MISUNDERSTANDING.
Things Looked Gloomy, hut All Was
Speedily and Satisfactorily
Explained.

lie was waiting on the street cor
ncr, and as she got Off the street
car he lifted his hat and stiffly So
luted:
Dcevcning', Miss Wharton!"
Decvenin', Mistah Carr!" she re-
piled, with her nose in the air, re-
lates the Washington Post.
miss Wharton" he continued, as
he swallowed at the lump in his
throat, "whcn yo'r sister done tole
me yo' was at dc candy pull wild dat
low-down pusson named Jackson 1
couldn't skassly believe it,"
"Mistah Carr" she replied, as her
nose went still higher, "when Linda
Smith dun tole me dat yo' wanted
her to help yo' git up cake walk
lost my brcff fur five minits!"
"Miss Wharton, / lows no woman
to trilic wild my heart"
"And | lows no man to trihc wild
mine, Mistah Carr"
Under dc circumstances, Miss
Wharton, it will be better dat we
meet as Strangers"
"Dat's me, Mistah Carr"
"But as life will have no moro
charms fur me, Miss Wharton, as each
succecdin' day would only add its
burdens to my grieyin' heart, I will
hang myself in dc Woo shed to-
night"
can I will take pizen, Mistah Carr.
Sooner dan live on feelin' dat no ono
lubs me ] will destroy myself"
'Who doan' Tub yo'?"
"Yo' doar'."
"Who said SOP"
"Yo' did,
"Miss Wharton-Maggie-I nebber
axcd dat Linda Smith to git up
cake walk wild me-"
"Mistah Carr-Moses-I didn't 20
to dc party wild dat pusson named
Jackson"
"Dcn 7 won't hang myself"
"Dcn won't take pizen."
"Maggic!"
"MOscS!"
And the cuckoo clock in the near
est house struck the hour of seven
in joyful exultation, and all was love
and peace.
The Irish standard., 1901-06-15
THREE GIRLS DROWNED.
Sad Result of n Bonting Accident on
the Delaware River Near
Philadelphia.

Philadelphia, June 10.-A party of
six persons, three men and three
girls, while sailing on the Delaware
river Sunday afternoon, Off North Is
sington, Il few miles below this city.
were thrown into the water by the
swapping of their ski1f during n
squalI, and the three girls were
drowned. The names OF the girls are:
Rosie Moons. aged II years; Mary
Rooms, 10; Mamie Traynor, %. The
party were guests of the Federal
Boat club. Other members of the
club heard the cries of the unfortu-
mates and Immediately set about res
cuing them. The three men were
quickly hauled into other boats, but
the girls sank before they could be
reached.
The Irish standard., 1901-06-15
puniur IIn11niinn nehf-

Washington, June s.-Mr w. w. Lud-
low, one Of the treasury officials who
went to Honolulu in company with W..
+. MacLennan, chief OF the warrant
and bookkeeping division, to pay or
the public debt Of the Hawaiian islands,
has returned to the city. Payments
were begun on May Z, and on May 90
So, 900 had been paid off in Homo
lulu, and about 100000 in San Fran
cisco, leaving only about 100000 yet
TO he paid in Honolulu and about ST.
600 900 Of he debt which is held in Lon
don. The London holders will he paid
Jannary !, l@o2.
The Irish standard., 1901-06-15

Toronto, Ont, June s.--Ot the three
men, Fred Lee Rice, Thomas Jones
and Frank IsutIcdge, extrndited
from Chicago to stand trial for the
robbery of a hanl; in Aurora, Ont,
Rice is the only living survivor Of
the trio to serve out the q years
Imprisonment to which he was sem
fenced Friday morning. Two trage-
dies have put Jones and RutIcdgr be-
You'd rracl, OF the law. Jones died
from bullet wounds received in Il dcs-
prratc attempt to escape from the Of
ijccrs who were transferring the pris-
oncrS from the courthouse to the
jail last Tuesday, and Rutlcdgc COM
United suicide Friday by jumping
from the gallery in the Jail to the
stone court, 30 feet below.
The Irish standard., 1901-06-15
DECLARED CONSTITUTIONAL.
Iosva's Anti-CiEnrctte LAW Held to he
Valid by the District Court
ut MnrshnlltOwn,

Marshalltown, Ia, June 1O.-Judge
Burnham, of the district court, Sat-
urday decided that the Iowa cigar
cite tax law is constitutional, and
that the property of dealers in cigar
cites and owners of buildings where
they are sold may be attached and
sold for said taxes. There are several
thousand dollars in this county alone
in back tax money due the state.
Similar suits pending in other coun-
ties have been awaiting the decision
in Marshall county. The American
Tobacco company, it is said, will ap-
peal.
The Irish standard., 1901-06-15
GOVERNOR IS DEAD.
Chief Executive of the State of Ala
bnlmn SuccumbS to His
Illness.

Montgomery, Ala, June 12.-Gov.
Sanford, of Alabama, died at Tusca-
loosa Tuesday night at 1910. He has
been critically i'll for several days,
Gov. Sanford has been in Tuscaloosa
several weeks, having gone there to
attend a meeting of the trustees of
the state university.
William ]. Sanford was Sc years of age
and was native of Alabama. Ee had
served in the state senate and in congress:
was a member of the constitutional con-
2ention of 1915 and held other important
public offices. He was elected governor in
August of last year and was inaugurated
December last. w. d. Jolks. president of
the state senate. will succeed him as gov
ernOr,1
The Irish standard., 1901-06-15
Can't Compete.

New York, june S.---Ihomas ". La W.
sons yacht, The independence, Will not
he allowed TO compete in the trial races
Pre- lilninary TO the races for the Amer
ica's cup unless she shall be chartered
by some member Of the New York
Yacht club who will enter her for such
events as she may be qualified to take
part in. After a meeting Of the chal-
lenge committee it, was decided to re-
turn Mr.. Law his proposition to
charter the Independence to Il number
who comprise he challenge commit
The Irish standard., 1901-06-15
Famous Painter Dcnd.

New York, June l0.-Edward Moran,
the eminent marine and landscape
painter, died Sunday afternoon in his
apartments and studio in Fifth av-
cnuc, from uraemic poisoning, super
induced by complication of diseases
from which he had been suffering for
about year. Edward Moran was
born in England in 1929. When he was
12 years old the family came to Amer
lea and settled in Maryland. Later
they went to Philadelphia. Moran
first opened studio in Philadelphia,
but 25 years ago lie came to New York,
where he has since made his home
The Irish standard., 1901-06-15
Murder ana suicide.

Flint, Mich, June Mrs. Jennie
Parish, widow aged "a, was shot
and almost instantly killed by Lewis
Weeks Thursday night in her home
here Weeks came to Mrs. Parish's
home and demanded admittance, but
was refused. He broke in the door,
and then told Mrs. Parish he had
come TO kill her. at the same time
firing two shots into her right side.
Weeks escaped lie has wife and
three children. Mrs. Parish named
Weeks as her slayer before she died.
Her daughter Carrie, aged IL, wit
messed the shooting.