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VOLUME 18.
r, geOroia, o. s. a.
Qriffln i* the beet and molt promising little
-*y in the South. Ito record lor the past
___I decade, ite many new enterprise* in oper¬
ation/ building and contemplated, prove this
, tcabuelnees statement and not a hyper-
1 description.
Paring that time it has built and put into
“ 1 operation a f100,000 cotton
l this year started the wheel*
w than twice that capital,
it he* P«t up »large iron and braee foundry,
e IcrtilMW factory, an immense ice and bot-
I tiing. prorks, a ea*h an l blind iactory, a
broom-factory, opened up thegneet granite
quarry in the United States, and now has
oar large oil mills in mors or lew advanced
•tag** oi eoiatrnction, with an aggregate au-
riied capital of over half aoaillion dollars.
Kesap-
It
on ~ M** p___itniit cyettm in
(he 8o«th. the Central, has eecuved coimec-
tion with it* important rival, the Boat Ten¬
nessee, Virginia amhGeorgia. It ha. obtain¬
ed direct independent connection with Chat-
; tanooga and the West, and will break gronnd
f in a few days fora fourth road, connecting
If with a fourth independent system.
With it* five white and fourcolored church-
’
re, it has recently completed a $10,000 new
Presbyterian church. It haa increased its pop-
elation by nearly one fifth. It has attracted
around its borders fruit growers from nearly
every State In the Union, until it is now sur-
rounded on nearly every side by orchards
and vineyard*. It has put up the largest
fruit evaporators in the State. It i» the home
of thegrape audits winemakingcapacity has
5 doubled every year. It has successfully in¬
augurated a system of public schools, with a
*evett years curriculum, second to none.
This is part of the record of a half decade
and simply shows the progress oi an already
admirable city, with the natural advantages
ot having the finest climate, summer and
winter, in the world.
Griffin is the county seat of Spalding coun¬
ty, situated in west Middle Georgia, with a
healthy, fertile and rolling country, 1150 feet
above sea level. By the. census of 1890, jt
will have at alow estimate between 6 000 and
7,000 people, and they are all of the right
sort—-wide-awake, up to the times, ready to
welcome strangers and anxious to secure de¬
sirable settlers, who will not he any less wel¬
come il.they bring money to help build up the
o wn. There is about only one thing we
need just now, and that is a big hotel,
W« have several small ones, but their accom¬
modations are entirely top limited for our
business, pleasure and health seeking guests.
If yon see anybody that wants a good loca¬
tion for a hotel in the South, just mention
«*»». ?
Griffin is the place where the Gbiffin News
s published—daily and weekly—the best news-*
paper intheEmpireState of Georgia. Please
enclose stamps in sending for sample eopies;
and descriptive pamphlet oi Griffin.)
This brief sketch is written April 12tb, 1889,
and will have to be changed in a few months
o embrace new enterprises commenced and
PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY.
HENKY C. PEEPLES,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
HAMPTON, GEOmilA.
Practices in aU the State and Federal
•arts. ’ 1 ! - oct9d&wly
JOHN J. HUNT,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
. GBIFFIN, GEORGIA.
Office, 81 Hill Street, Up Stairs, over J.
White’s Clothing Store. mar22d&tvl
TH0S. R. MILLS,
’ ATTORNEY AT LAW 7
Will practice in the State and Federal
Courts. Office over George Jt Hartnett’s,
nov2tf
■h&fltr D BTeJaHT. BOBT. T. DANIEL.
STEWART & DANIEL.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
Over George Jt Hartnett’s, Griffin, Ga.
Will practice in the State and july!9dtf Federal
onrts.
CLEVELAND & GARLAND,
DENTISTS,
GRIFFIN, • : y r GEORGIA.
D. L. PARMER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
woomu'KY, Georgia.
Pprompt attention given to all business!
Will practice in all the Courts, and where
ver bnsinees calls.
JHT* Collections a specialty.
LOOK!
__x 3 j__ :
Nov * Is Tlie Accented Time!
f --tot-- H city. lying lying
1280 aere* land ill 18 wtBea ol
on river •cr and and creeks, creeks, in » 6.miles of depot of
A. Jt F. MB. 7 room house, 6 double tenant
honseygood mill and gin house, press, Ac- 300
acre* In cotton, 170 in corn, all up and in
good condition and hands sufficient on place Ac.,
to cultivate it, with mulee. corn, fodder,
to teed them. A bargain will be given in this
place. inside city limit*.
250 acre*, part Ac.
100 acres in the woods,, 4 room house,
58 acre* inside city limits.
* 12 acres inside city limits—good dwelling.
(( a u it ** “
10 “ « “ *' '* “ fruit*
21 “ « “ “ “
Houses Houses and and vacant vacant lots lot* too too numerous numerous to
S«S 3 ESaaS&* to sell .. will - ... do BTCjjgg well
1s. A. CUNNINGH AM,
'&3RU Sea! Estate Agent.
p. o. aim riJ • ■■ ’ v
W ■ !* tf ‘-v - --- . ■ -v -$!*•
His Contract With Cronin Not the
Only Evidence Again&t Hlttu
The Statement of the Chicago
1 News Damaging, If True* a
■Wfkar* < va-. -f •, - isarag f
It 1> Claimed He Made Provliluna (or the
K»o»pe at Cronin'* Murderer*—Governor
Hill Heftaie* allegnlsitlon for >I*ron*y
and McDonald—The Engtlirti .Said to He
After Him' Alio. ' 'f‘-
Ohioago, June 15.-The News says
that the: contract with Drs Cronin isaet
the only damaging evidence against lee
Man Sullivan, but that unknown to his
most intimate friends he made careful
provisions either for his own esoape
after Cronin had been killed or for the
payment of Iris hired assassins for the
murderous deed.
Mortgaged ill* Wagon* and Homes.
It will be remembered that the Carl¬
son goods cottage moved liras into hired it and from the household Clark
117
street, between March 20 and 22. It
has been ascertained that on March 26,
T. O. Sullivan mortgaged his wagons
and horses for *600. A peculiar cir¬
cumstance connected with the transac¬
tion is that the mortgage was not re¬
corded until the last week in April, al¬
though drawn the about document month itself before. had been
up a It is a
well known fact that money leaders, as
a rule, lose no time in getting a chattel
actually mortgage been recorded paid after the money has
over, and consequent¬
ly this delay seems veiy strange.
Suggestive Dates.
and On May May 4 Dr. The Cronin Real wi was muijdered,
on ay 4 4 The Heal Estate and
Building tli Journal ‘ iWas published, -and
under head of chattel mortgages,
journal anuouuced that of Sullivan’s. This
is weekly and pub-
lishes regularly all mortgages record¬
ed. The probability is that the $600
was paid to Sullivan only a few days
before Dr. Cronin’s death- These dates
are arises: very What suggestive, connection and has the this question
transaction with the money which
murder for
Sullivan is now under arrest?
Tli® K*w* Kx plain*.
Continuing, 'The News explains it by
time in making, provision, as shown
above, either for his own escape or for
the pay of the assassin. The money
was mA to be paid to -him until about
the (late of the, murder, aiul this would
preclude the necessity of before publishing such time tike
r w»u the $600 was don®,., iuc
it \vss paid to
> men ....... wh ordered or assisted in
the murder,,since effect his Sullivan had had he chosen ample
time to escape
to do so.
Lake Dillon Will Remain.
Luke Dillon has determined tore-
main jury has in Chicago finished until its work. the special He remains grand
at the request of the "state’s attorney,
MARONEY AND M’DONALD.
The Register lid McCoy’s Hotel, Chicago,
Studied With Interest.
The register in McCoy’s hotel has be¬
come an interesting study. On May 8
W. A. Melville and wife were recorded.
No one saw Melville's wife. On April
17 W. G. Melville was registered. The
names the are alike with the exception hancfwriting of
middle initial, while the
is On remarkably May W. similar. A. Meiville and ; wife
5
registered, but the handwriting like that of May is very
shaky and not at all 8.
The theory is that the man who signed
in such a firm hand on May 8 ancftenibly committed
the murder, and was drunk
agitated 5. Melville, when the he police signed believe, again on is May Ma-
xoney, now in (the tombs, New York.
t The Evidence Jralnsl Desmond.
The evidence against Thomas Des¬
mond, an Irish Nationalist of San
Francisco, consists in a signature on
is McCoy alleged ’s hotel Desmond register registered on April there, 16. and It
had numerous Conferences with “Mel¬
ville,” or Maroney, between April 16
and 21. A letter written to the Carl¬
sons, and signed “Frank Williams,”
----, resembles • in *-■----Desmond the handwriting the sup-
on is
Desmond
nly wanted to Tom identuy Desmond, Maroney. Cali-
Friends of the
jrnian, against whom suspicion was di¬
rected because he happened to be at Mc¬
Coy's last hotel when John he T- Maroney was
there committing April, murder. say Omen is incapable Murray, of
the known State Desmond street saloonkeeper, for who that ' has
wheh the Californian years, left Chicago says he
proceeded ho met his directly wife who to had New just York returned where
mond from Europe. proceeded Mr. directly Murray from believes New York Des¬
to San Francisco. If this is true he
could not have participated in the ornel
murder. taches to him The is only the suspicion coincidence that of his at¬
meeting with Maroney at McCoy’s hotel
and the additional fact that he was a
warn supporter of the triangle that onee
misruled the Glau-na-Gael.
Requisition Refused.
presented -Alba-NT, to June Governor 15 —A Hill requisition from Gov¬ was
ernor Fifer. of Illinois, for the surrender The
of Maronev and McDonald- gov¬
ernor denied (he application without
prejudice tipou the grounds that the ap¬
dictment, plication was and not that accompanied proof by whatever an in¬
n >
was presented showing that the accused
were guilty of the crime charged against
them. . ■ -
Th» Kngllsh W*nt Maroney.
New Yobs, June 15.—The Mail aad
Express claims there is a Scotland David Yard
detective in New counsel York for watching Maroney, the
N. Neubergar,
"lister ernment is Byrnes after says Maroney. the British mid gov¬ his
are anxious to save him m case
• Sherman’s lull posses, which
h*HM Maroney over to England.
GRIFFIN, GEORGIA. SUNDAY MORNING. JUNE 16, 1889.
na-Gael met Wednesday nkdit and de¬
cided that Maroney andMcDonald
should be kept in New York. It is sup¬
posed the meeting was held in Philadel-
Th» Clan-no G«*l Denounced.
Buffalo, N. Y., June 15 —Rev.
.... and the ....^hwouiKiing murderers of Dr. Cronin, who
waa Father not Cronin a relative of ftie Eishmen editor-prieet
the ardatf and warns it is the against road to
destruction, He says adds: on “No matter
what the outcome of the Cronin murder
investigation land and the aooepted may be policy the cause of Parnell of Ire¬
mand by the that Irish the and Clan-na-Gael, American people de¬
known, shall have by nothing what¬
ever name
more to do with the control of the Na¬
tional league. ’ ’ 1
A Clan-Xa-Gael Leader Suicide*.
of iKbiANAPonis, June 15.—The suicide
Patrick A Ward, leader of the Clan-
created na-Gael in great this sensation. city, Thursday The intimate night,
a
friends of the dead man say that he has
been Dr. Cronin low-spirited in Chicago. since the Ward murder had of
been fluential promised Republicans an appointment for his services by in¬ in
the late campaign. He seemed to think
that his prominence in the Clan-na-Gael
would prevent the fullflllment of the
promises that had been given him.
INTERNATIO NAL TYP OGRAPHERS.
Colorado Spring* Selected a* the Site for
the Proposed Horae for Invalid*.
Denver, Col., June 45.—Thursday’s
session of the International Typograph¬
ical convention matters relating to the
sending of a delegate to Paris during
the international congress, which con¬
venes next month, was referred to a
committee of the whole.
Considerable discussion was caused
by the receiving of a communication
from the Knights of Labor in the mat¬
ter of using plates in the goverment
printing matter office referred at Washington. to special The
mittee. was. a com¬
Colorado Springs’ Generosity.
Several propositions for the establish¬
ment of a home for invalid and indigent
printers meeting. were The then committee submitted which to the the
to
citizens of Colorado Springs, , who of-
f ered free eighty giit, acres condition of lam ad near that the home city
as a on n
be started within two years and com-
i pleted yithin three years.
The convention, amid much enthu¬
siasm, of by a rising vote adopted the re¬
port por the oommittee, land, both because of
0M value of_ the and because
Colorado Springs is the leading health
resort of the country for lung troubles.
The reports of the various oommittees
then vtesk were taken up, the consideration
ot took *y th» . .mwraindav.nf that tfaa
day. The president ruled there
were election no vacancies, of officers and, consequently, will be held
no
until and the next ruling year. of An the appeal chair was taken,
was sus¬
tained.
The delegates were tendered a banquet
Thursday evening.
Allln Thorndike Rice’* Will.
New Yore, June 15.—The will of
Allen Thorndike Rice makes the follow¬
ing distributions: Lloyd S. Brice,
Rice’s hundredths friend, of his is given interest fifty-one in The North one-
American Review; Marie and Antoinette
DeBanneloa, nieces of the testator, Frederick are
given $100,000 each, and
Darmstadt, Kofter, his Germany, stepfather, is who given resides $29,000. at
’
The residue of the estate is to be divid¬
ed into three equal parts, one of which
is to be given to his aunt, Codntess De-
Baanelos, and the remaining one to Countess third to DeSarliges, be divided
among Maiy, Martha, Charles T. and
James Parker, children of his late aunt,
Marthk Pa rker.
_
Three People Burned to Death.
Pittsburg, June 15.—A benzine still
at the Bear Creek Oil refinery, at Cole¬
man’s railroad, station, boiled on the Allegheny about 3 o’clock Valley
over
still-house Thursday afternoon, and small setting budding fire adjoin*, to the
a
ing. The burning fluid flowed down
the still-man; hillside, catching James Kirkpatrick, 'Augustus Jack, the
the Dunn,
foreman, and Charles a boy, be¬
fore they could get out of its way. Jack
was burned to a crisp, and died in’a few
minutes. Kirkpatrick and Dunn were
terribly burned about their bodies, and
will spread probably the refinery, die. The and fire did extin¬ not
to o’clock. was
guished about $5.00«.__ about 7 The loss was
A Kentucky Shooting Affray.
& Gtnthiana, Hickman’s Hickman’s tobacco tobacco Ky., June warehouse warehouse 15.—At Tburs- Thurs¬ Lebus
day afternoon and Bob Thomas Mitchell, lL and proprietor Charlie
of a saloon, had sb ooting 1 The
Roher a scrape.
Roher brothers were pricing when tobacco and c
went ‘ into ’ ‘' the “ rear r yard, yard, when Mitel Mitchell
began firing., Four shots were fired and
Tom Roher caught one bullet in the
shoulder, W.*N. which was later extracted by
Dr. Scott. The wound is not
fatal. Mitchell received severe wounds
on the head. Mitchell was arrested.
A Priest’* Many Cures.
Pittsburg, June 15.- Large numbers
of crippled and diseased persons from
all parts of the country assembled at the
church of Father Mollinger, Pa., the faith
euro day, and priest in at Allegheny, the Thurs¬
almost miraculous. many cases He treats cures different were
cases with different medicines and
claims to invoke the divine power to aid
him. He does not claim his cures are
any but natural ones under God’s guid¬
ance and blessings.
Death Sentence for Ateanlt.
Fbedkbickbbcbc, Va., , ivioted June June 15.—Paul 15.
Keys, colored was con’ by a jurjr
by Judge IgeBace.
Steamer Sank—No Uvee Loet.
London, June 15.—The North German
Lloyd steamer Tra^e from Bremen to
New York, Thursday Derikl morning, sank North the
Russian schooner in the
sea. The Treve rescued the schooner's
crew and l anded thegt at Sout hampton,
Da*o Horde- »» Suicide*. ,
New Yobk, June la.—Castillo Bon-
May 90, shot Vito, end in killed the
jwesco nan
Indian* on the Mille J>ac8 Reser¬
vation Need Attention.
They Fill Up on Bad Whisky
and Attack White Settlers.
The Governor Telegraphed to for Aid to
Supprcwe the Outbreak—Thro* Oera-
pantes or Soldier* Teken by Special
Train to the Xearott Station—Nj» Der-
flntte Information.
Minneapolis, June 15.—A telegram
was received by the captains of the
militia companies Mora, Mann., here Thursday even¬ the
ing from stating that
Chippewa Ipdians on the Mille Laos
reservation were families creating trouble; that
several white were supposed to
have been murdered.
The militia was asked to hold them¬
selves in readiness to leave at onee.
Later, however, the order commanding was counter¬
manded. Gen. Duger,
officer at Fort Snelling, has made ar¬
rangements to leave at onee with sev¬
eral companies of regulars upon further re¬
ceiving intelligence- of any
trouble. “ - .
A Telegram to the Governor.
St. Paul, June 15.—The following
telegram from Mora was received at
Governor Merriman’s office Thursday
morning: Mille 4 Lara -
reservation “The Chippewa commlhoed Indians at killing and
settlers Wednesday
Six killed and
m Swedes. No
known cause. Don’t know how many
have been killed. Help us and quiet
the Indians. Mille Soldiess can joke come to Millaea Mora,
thence to Lacs of
station and then to the lake.
“Evan Nickelson.”
Troop* to tho Rescue.
Moba, Minn., Jnne 15.—At 10:30
■■■ilDBI* three
to get Under arms,’ Immediately
upon receipt of orders all was bustle and
activity at the post Men out on passes,
privates and non-commissioned others preparing officers
on guard duty and to
turn in for the night were summoned to
prepare for departure H. Stoucfi at once. command¬
Capt of u. detailed for service was and he
ant issued troops orders at for the start. By
once
11:4.j o’clock the entire outfit of baggage
was on the depot platform at Fort Snell¬
ing and the the train men which were drawn arrived up ten ready min¬ to
board
utes later. The three companies with
officers made a total of 118 men. The
start was made from Union depot at
1:20 a. m. over the Manitoba road. The
hour, average and speed the was train thirty-five reached miles Mora pqr at
4:30 a. m. the
No one was in vicinity of the de¬
pot exoept the telegraph operator and
the man Evan Nickelson, wno sent the
telegram to the governor Thursday ■
night, and Nickelson was seen by a Dis¬
patch reporter a few minutes after the
arrival of the train. He said he left the
scene of the trouble at 6 o’clock on
Thursday ,tched morning, settler, who having instructed been Mm dis-
to by a Mcwa to telegraph for aid.
come Indians
He said hofd that the in that locality
got hold of of .......... lot of whisky during the
a
past tile. week and were becoming very hos¬
When asked as to as how many people
had been killed; Magnerson Nickleson said a set-
tier named had been shot
twice through the head, and he thought
he was dead when he left. He had not
seen Magnerson himself, but had been
told dispatched the story him by to another for man aid. who had
move
The operator at Millaea reported that
a man Thursday came in from the Indian reserva¬
tion dians drunk, and night threatening and reported settlers In¬
with firearms if they did not leave the
vioinity. Beyond news brought by the
last mentioned and the man Nickelson,
nothing has been heard from the lo¬
cality where it' is claimed that the dis¬
turbance occurred.
Capt. Stouch, who is in command of
the regulars, at once made arrangements
to leave Mora for the scene of the out¬
break with his force, and tire start was
made at 9 :30 a. m.'
There are several families living near
the lake who have had trouble with the
Indians, and it is feared that these have
suffered. - '
The Cause ot the Trouble.
St. Paul, Minn., June 15.—^wpecial
the whites and jjprraent Indians.
Heavy Storm* In Ent Tennessee.
Knoxville, Tenn., June 15.—Heavy
rains and throughout Tennessee southwest have Virginia caused
upper east
several thousand dollars damage. A
bridge and 300 feot of traok on the Nor¬
folk and Western road all were washed
away hours. Thursday, large delaying embankment trains sev¬
eral A near
Newport was washed out, and all trains
are the stopped heaviest for known repairs. for The rainfall is
years,
A Munch of Accident*.
The wife of G. Vanbock, a farmer near
Hall, Iowa, was burned to death in their
dwelling.
Fire, the result of a drunken spree, oc¬
curred in a LeadVille, Col,, laundry. Ed¬
ward Crawley, formerly of 8t Louis, was
burned to death.
George B. Watkins, a colored freight train
brakeman, fell between two cars at Carey-
villa, Tenn., and was killed. He had pre¬
dicted his death.
George Patterson, aged 16, had hi* left
hand badly mangled by a rip-saw, at the
planing mill of Moneyhan, Kerens & Com¬
pany, Augusta, Ky., Wednesday.
Delworth Little, agedS years, son ot CSapt
William little, of the Bellrare, O., polk»
force, era* knocked down and run over by a
horse Wednesday, and dralgwourty hurt
A little son of Jamas K. Brown, residing
near Hartford, Ohio county, Ky., wasplay¬
ing around a large boiler of boiling water,
when he upset it upon himself, aad waa so
badly burned be has since died in terrible
TEb playing with matches the 4 year-old
son of W. 9. Brooks, of MeComb, O., set
his dram on fire, and before hi* mother
— ctotWnf from ffi Ns b^y ggj§ he
so badly teat hk i . itr s
ADVERTISI NG FOR SUCKERS.
A» lawa Man Does So and Gats Himself
Into Trouble With Undo Sam.
D*s Moines, Iowa, Jnne 15 —Tha
following advertisement recently ap¬
peared in Omaha, Si Joseph ana other
papers: WANTED—Good, sand
reliable men to
me II, for which I will send five one*, three 1).
twos, two five* and one ten. Addres* J.
WOODARD, JBox 54, Moorevillo, Tama
county, Iowa.
tor Loach was ordered to investigate <m
the supposition that Woodard was pro¬
posing to deal in counterfeit money.
Every person in return sending five the one-dollar $1 expected bills,
to got
three twos, two fives and one tou-doUar
Mil.
On this theory Leach laid a trap to
’saitefc Woodnadi* ~ wJ ------’ ~
urns that he a .
- &■■■■■■■■
stamps, three twos, two fives and one
ten cent postage stamp, or a total of
thirty-one cents’ worth of postage
stamps far each dollar received. If tins
is true the penalty is nearly as hard as
if he had actually proposed to sgnd the
counterfeit money. It is using the
Rapids, bonded Woodard in $1,000 bail.
He is a bright young man, and has a
wife who feels tha matter deeply.
- POWDER -MI LL EX PLOSION.
The Work* of tho Canada Powder Com-
, pany Dot Go—No Lire* Lo»t. _
Bbookvillle, Oat., June 15.—The
works of the Canada Powder company,
thirty-seven miles east* of here, were
blown up at 7 o’clock a. m. The explo¬
sion was terrific, killing a number of
horses and sheep and smashing many
plate The glass workmen windows. had not yet reported
for duty or there would have been a loss
of life.
Advices from Malone and other points
as for east as Champlain, in New Yotk,
say distinctly that the heam report those of the places. expiation was
at
INDIANA FLOODS.
The White and Wabash Elver* Badly
Damaging Crop*.
Vincennes, Ind., Jnne 15. — The
White river has overflowed the adjacent
low lands, and 60,000 acres of wheat and
many hundred Acres of corn are under
water. The river is two miles wide and
rising. Farmers have been driven to
the lulls. The Wabash has inundated Shaker
hundreds of acres of com at
prairie, and the Embarras river is
spreading over Lower Allison prairie: ..
Tobacco Can’t Bo Trust-sd.
ja New York? June 15.—It was stated
a dispatch from 8t Louis that a $25,-
000,000 trust was in process of formation
TO among i W the leading rWTJW plug tobacet
B n s wa maat
said Lorillard to be & at Company, the head of of it this P. city, Lorillard were
the Jfc Company’s word “trust” representative mentioned. smiled when “I
was
wish it could be done,” said he, “for I
believe it would be a beneficial thing for
trade. A trust in all that word implies
is, however, tobacco almost manufacturers; an impossibility their in¬
among terests entirely too diverse and there
are
are too many different kinds of tobacco
made for any combination to be success¬
fully arranged. ”
Rubber Shoe Trust,
Boston, shoe June 15.—A meeting held of the
rubber manufacturers was in
Boston, rubber Thursday, boot shoe to perfect- After plans for
a ana trust. con-
dl, y
Standard Oil company, a committee
was pointed The to rubber report at maniifaettirers a subsequent
meei ig.
claim that the prices of rubber boots
and shoes are now below the cost of pro¬
duction and these conditions are forcing
the union of'parties interested.
Fit* John I’ortej Honored.
Orange. N. J., June 15.- -At the re¬
union of the Army of the Potomac here
Wednesday place. Gen. army Fife John corps Porter elections made took
was
gold corps badge set with dia¬
vindication monds, as a in mark his of late appreciation unpleasantness. of his
A Railroad Company’* Crime.
Canton, O., June 15.—The inquest coroner
has about completed his on the
killingof burg, the Wayne four and persons Chicago by the Pitts¬
Fort express,
and sjiys he will recommend the crim¬
inal prosecution of the- officials of the
road for manslaughter. The train was
running the fifty crossing. miles an hour around a
curve at
Attempted Murder a*»«I TJteu Suicide.
San Francisco, June 15.—Samuel
Isaacs, alias Joseph Newman, a piano
player, Ellis street, went kept to a disreputable by Annie Nelson house and on
fired twice at her. One of the bullets
instantly.
Locusts’ Serenade,
Babbville, Pa, June 15.—Millions
of locusts swarm in the wooded districts
here, and on a warm, sunny and day their
“music” will is suffer deafening. damage Fruit owing forest
trees great to
the locusts stinging the young and tend¬
er in, branches which and depositing the limb to eggs die. there¬
causes
Mourning Period Over. 1
Berlin, June 16.—The period of
monming prescribed few the late Em¬
peror Frederick has expired. It is prob¬
able now that a date will be fixed for the
marriage of Prince Leopold of Prussia
and the Princess Louise of Schleswig-
Holstein, which was indefinitely post¬
poned when Frederick died.
Liquor Tax H3SO in Michigan.
Lansing, Mich., June 15.—The ooa-
ferenoe committee of the two houses on
Hi mo roiau uti un uoor wiu wuraay as
$550, and the brewera’ tax at $05, sod
to compel druggists to obtain permits to
sell liquor andT make quarterly reports
1 their sak
lamped Down ft Sbftft.
Ibonwood, Mich., June 15—Williata
Atkinson, of this a wealthy * ami
izen
jorar
TORIES APPLIED
To the Mass of Wreckage at the
Stone bridge, Johnstown.
Seventeen Hundred and Fifty
Men Now at Work.
Johnstown Herecaut* WHI M. Given Long
Credits a* an Extra Inducement to
Sturt Up Their Store* Again—General
H*• tings Publicly Thanked—The In¬
demnity Bead scheme Abandoned.
Johnstown, Pa., June 15.-
atthastoue ’ ----
l Of:
em-ommea. jr:;.,-' ■!
men, Contractor MeKnight state* that
he oxpeote to do. more effeotive work fa
the plished next altogether two days than since has the been disaster accom¬
oo-
ourrod. All question questii about the price o#
labor about has 1,750 bridge. been at The ” *«. AtetT. „„„
stone advantage to be
gauwd burned ftom readily burning all that can be
The is in places apparent. is almost clear of
river
is wreckage, comparatively und the work Seven of pulling hoisting out
engines pnflin# easy. out -of the jam all
are 8
th*bambepWed the river banks, At oxit night tm* tbedj^fcbns piling it os
accumulated will Ire burned. Contractor
ght expects to have tile
A Heavy Haiti Stop* Work.
tire cleuringYwaytim laborers have deserted .Miris; N^rtytidof their places
and returned to camp, refusing tore-
main out in the rain. The work of re-
sa&tsafc'siirttt** The risiii
river workmen will, ....... ,
in floating the debris away
when the rain ceases and they return to
work.
Nine members of the Philadelphia fire
alth, says that he fears that the con¬
tinued wet weather will cause much
sickness, especially pneumonia. He re¬
ports oheoaseof typhoid fever in Miners-
ville and twelve new eases of chicken
pox and measles.
Good Nsw* #uv tbs Merchant*....
Pittsburg and Philadelphia merchants
j up their stores again.
Thank* to General Halting*.
Thursday Gen. Hastings his was publicly behalf thanked
for efforts in of the
town.
__
The American Relief
Pittsburg, June lS. -The American
Relief association, .an organization to
succor and assist communities fa dis¬
tress or calamity of any nature, was
3 -‘i Johr" 1 —
ttPou
Adjfc Gen. Axline,
was elected president; Dr.
L. Lange, A- Warook, of this city, of first vice Pa.,‘secretary,'
and* A Floyd, Manor,
B. of Irwin, Pa, treas¬
urer. An executive committee consist*
ingof J. Gen. Axline, of H. ;E. Bivrlow and
H. Harris, Columbus; 8. M. Kun-
kle, of Manor, Pa., and Dr. John L.
Weasels, of Allegheny City, was chosen.
Dr. Lange was made physician fa chief.
Pltubur*’* Donation* •650,000.
Pittsburg Nearly $40,000 relief was committee received by the
for tha
Jolmstown sufferers. This swells Pitts¬
burg's subscription to $550,000.
Itvaver Again Change* HI* Mind.
Philadelphia, June 18.—A confer¬
ence took place this afternoon at the
Lafayette hotel between Governor
Beaver and the members of the citizens’
relief committee, of Philadelphia, who
had been selected to meet the governor.
The governor suggested the commission
at once visit the flooded districts and
determine where arid how and lira when to
distribute the various funds, Phil¬
adelphia members will start on Monday
next
Governor Beaver announced that he
had abandoned the ideaof using$1,000,-'
000 out of the state treasury under the
proposed that indemnity such action bond might scheme establish for the
reason
a bad precedent He hod decided in¬
stead to adopt the suggestion of William
H. Kemble, that money be loaned to the
governor by private corporations. The
governor stated that he had been c
$1,000,000 by National banks ol
delphia, iuterest, the without loaners security be reimbursed and
to
the legislature at its next session, and
lias accepted this offer. This money will
be used to clear the streams and place
the highways in order and perform other
necessary state work.
HuSMo Bill** Benefit.
Pams, entertainment June 15.-Buffalo -Bill Thursday gave a
monster here
for the benefit of the Johnstown suffer¬
ers. The Prince of Wales and his party
ware all present, as were also Minister Reid
and the ladies iff the American col-
ony in Paris, Something like $2,000
was realized.
Ground Through the Machinery.
IR’cas, Mich., June 15.—T, C. Mon¬
his roe, coat employed sleeve at in Epnei-ts’ the cog-wheels mill, caught
of the
machinery. He called for help, and two
men ran to his aqL They grabbed him
around the body and called for some¬
body ing to stop not heeded, the machinery. and Monroe The warn¬
was was
gradually machinery, dragged his into nody and reduced through the
and to a
shapeless soraped together, pulp. coined T>u remains and were
sent to
Coral, where the man had four small,
motherless children. t
Germany **d ‘ttlt
that
Soil eak off 4iplon<»>,c telatious with
i^noenfms mn^that
Denvin amt *
DoaM. 1
Wednesday »• li
hanged from a
!
,
t at J
vied in t!
i afraid 1
ruing the crime!
‘wrgew. There
was nc
the mob gave
soon as the men
carried to the
ffgffl
sembled fa the
was made to inb
only oceasionally a i
W*JO W10 JMT*
(JUlOKij {ELS HuCa 1
.lyfcoml ^
'
hundred Huntstill*, ___
armed men
He^ refuse!? lo°
doors ‘ ‘
w
son ot
a small trei
were ready t
CHINESE C
Ten Thousand
Wire la 1
Ban Fbanctboo, J
• fa City off *
Wednesday startling night,bi
news from (
fa Lu Szeohuen, dhow, a city ot a
sitin'
mss which t broke * out
SSS?“”“
Seven out of
\ol S 6 1^
>death—is
10,000. . .
Lu quantities Chow is a
large Of r
under passes, and tiie
much by this te----- _
The remoteness of I
u'lSHa,
reaching 81
‘
A RGHf . ._
.<*»-——
Two T.*«* Young Men Doel “
Solve* Over • C* *
rj_ oT, ATTGCJtTISB, a ___________ X«X.
. f »u
Polk, Jr., and George Andry,
men at this city, ft
.leatli with bowie kai’
for a woman. Tim men
CKoSSLV tiiiiUTftlfMl vt *•» tt ,1 4 i-ii rwn 4
over
lasstoiirKritotiio
was severed
. tint he wm
hhnerffoP;__ .
care t wo I
a St long time, finaU;
3 h£ t
each arm he came top
Indianavolis,
day, the j,
sion including an i
the mavor
by thej i
cers.
admitted,
750. The Jol
interfered with I
rbarwml i/iiarjwi 1
PABEEKSStM ’ }
John Cummins hfta
the murder of J *
Si' frSani
lias Cummins' oomph