Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1902-09-27
CRIMINAL NEWS.

Ernest Loveswar, halfbreed In
dian, was hanged at Sturgis, S. D.,
Friday for double murder.
William Hooper Young, wanted in
Ne York for the murder of Mrs. Anna
Pulitzer, has been captured at Derby,
Conn.
H. Greig, a bookkeeper in the Lon
don Offices Of the Carnegie Steel COM
pany, is accused Of forging checks to
the amount Of over $4,000.
Thomas D. Coulter, judge Of probate,
and First Selectman Henry c. Pratt,
both prominent citizens of Essex,
Conn, were SHOT and seriously wound
ed on the street by David Hayden, an
insane man. Hayden then killed him
self.
Peter Hernia was hanged in the
county jail at Hackensack, N. j., for
the murder Of Barney kanter,
butcher. Eecore mis- execution was &C
complisneG Hernia made a desperate
fight, but rs was finally overpoWered
and carried to the gallows.
Prompted by jealousy A. E. Whit
comb OF Ci>ic9gO shot W. Sampson OF
Rattle Geek. Mich, and Mrs. Eliza
leth NOttn~ Of Chicago, at Simpsons
home in Battle Creek. He then turned
the reT0NL' on himself and inflicted
fatal in55l.. ic Both men are dead but
the womaH viii recover.
An unknown man walked into the
Canadian Ec-!7 Of Commerce at Skag-
way, Alaska, a revolver in one hand
and dynamite 5c15 in the other, and
demanded $4,000 from the cashier.
The employees rushed for the back door
and the rohbar dropped the bomb,
killing himself and wrecking the
building.
While hunting chickens on the prem
Uses Of a falmer named Rowe, near
Winnipeg, Miss Therein and COM
lanion We're shot by the farmer The
woman died and her male companion
is so seriously hurt that he may die.
Rowe, aft" realizing what he had
GCno and the consequences that would
follow, tt.n30 the gun on himself and
j>l2# Ill.,: hes. of.
-EithlIa5 Fish, millionaire, diplomat
&lL Descendant Of one Of the best
I "cwn CT american families, died in
2,pW F02i. city as the result Of an in
jj!rv Iecn:v": in a saloon row. Wheth-
c" he WGs murdered or fell the police
haye not vet determined, but there
seems to re no doubt that Mr.. Fish had
a Quarre} with a private detective
named T10r-as J. Sharkey, who joined
the banker at table, where he had
been for several hours drinking with
a couple OF women.
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS ITEMS.
Petroleum has been discovered in
Alaska.
The cruiser Des Moines was
launched at Quincy, Mass, Saturday.
Dated in the Odd Fellows parade at
Des MOines
In a speech at Detroit Monday Pres
ident Roosevelt vigorously defended
the work Of the army in the Philippines.
The Krorpriz Wilhelm has lowered
the western ocean record to 5 days, IL
hours and ST minutes, a cut of 26 min
utes.
Two members of the Augustinian or
der have neen selected as the first
priests to replace Spanish |
friars in the Philippines. Other mem
beers of the order will follow.
Negotiations between the Dutch In
dian oil producing companies and the
Standard Oil company have ended in !
the formation of a Dutch oil trust, the |
headquarters of which will be estab- |
lished in London.
The New Jersey court of errors and
by vote of to 2, decided in |
favor of the United States Steel cor
poration in the suit brought by Mrs.
Berger to restrain the corporation from
converting S2O0,00O000 per cent pre-
ferred stock into 5 per cent second
mortgage bonds.
Lieutenant Robert E. Peary has ar
rived at Sydney, N. S., from the frozen
North He did not discover the North I
pole during his trip of four years, but
he says the in his last dash with that
object in vieU he made important dis |
coveries He says he feels certain that |
the pole can be reached and further |
more that j. he were a man OF inde- !
pendent means he would persevere
until he succeeded.
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