4Jlatt5moutIt Journal
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Important Intelligence From All Part.
CONCRESSIONAL
Kegular fieaslon.
The senate was not In tesafonon the 3d.... In
the boi'se the time was mostly occupied In dis
cussing Hawaiian affairs. Mr. llland Intro
duced a bill providing for (he coinage of silver
bullion In the treasury.
The house bill to repeal the federal election
laws occupied the time of the senate on the 5th
....In tho house Mr. Warner (Jem., N. Y.) In
troduced a blii for an tliistio currency. The
Hawaiian resolution was discussed at length.
An investigation of Judge Jenkins' action la
enjoining Northern Pacific employes from
striking wa asked for. A report from Secre
tary Lament showed that about 8.223.W7 men
were available for military duty In the United
S:i tea.
us the 6th a bill was Introduced in the senate
to repeal all laws which have been enacted re
lating to tho coinage or use of silver since Jan
uary 1. 137 J, and to reenact all laws relating to
Mlvir in force previous to that date. The
Votisf: bill to repeal the federal election law
ws ft! tlit-r discussed.... In the house tho Ha
debate was concluded, but the Mc-Cr-rr
resolution indorsing tho acta of the
adiiiinlstrnllon was not passed because of the
X.li;rs of the democrats to secure a quorum
wLin a vole was taken upon lv.
TiiE bill that passed the house to repeal the
federal election laws was passed in the senate
on the 7ih by a vot of 34 to as In the house
the McC'reary resolution condemning Minister
htcveus and sustaining tho Eawailan policy of
Mr. Cleveland was adopted by a vote of 175 to 57.
S-enatok I'ekkINS presented memorials in
the fcenute on the Bth of the San Francisco
chamber of commerce praying for tho annexa
tion of Hawaii. Senator tVolcott (Col.) pre-
.ntod a resolution providing for the submlM
tin of a constitutional amendment prohibit
ing the states from denying suffrage to any
person on account of sex. A memorial of t'.fs
wool growers against the Wilson biil was pre
sented by Senator Sherman.... In the house the
deadlock on Mr. Bland's silver seigniorage bill
was broken after hours of continuous filibuster
ing, when, by a vote of 17t) to 4, Mr. Biand's
motion to go into committee of the whole for
consideration, of his bill was carried.
DOMESTIC
Pittsburg, Kan., was excited over
another murder, a woman, the seventh
during- the mouths oi January and Feb
ruary. Bcck Young, a Caseyville (Ky.) mu
latto charged with assault was, flogged
and tarred and feathered by white
caps.
Leieman Bros., of Brooklyn, N. Y.,
dry goods dealers, failed for $100,000.
The Nashville (Tenn.) Electric rail
way made an assignment with liabil
ities of tuoo.ooo
Fohty-611 head of valuable horses
were cremated by an incendiary fire
that destroyed the barns of Henry C
Ireland near Chillicotbe, Mo.
Patrick Phillips shot at a burglar
at Denver, CoL, and killed his wife.
Mrs. Colfax, of South Bend, Ind.,
widow of the former vice president, is
said to be practically penniless.
Walter Johnson, of Gloucester,
Mass., shot Miss Carrie Andrews and
himself on account of a love affair.
Ives beat Schaefer in the final bil
liard game of the Cincinnati tourney by
a score of 600 to 434.
Fobtt Chicago men and several
women met to organize a "Christian
Federation" church. Prohibition is the
basis.
Incandescent lights started a blaze
in Omaha, Neb., which did about $300,
000 worth of damage.
Part of the business portion of Glas
gow, Ma , was destroyed by fire.
The visible supply of grain in the
United States on the 6th was: Wheat,
79,833,000 bushels; corn. 15,332.000 bush
els; oats, 4,063,000 bushels; rye. 562,000
bushels; barley, 1,864.000 bushels.
Officials at Lebanon, Ind., rescued
Frank Hall, who assaulted Mrs. Akers,
from a mob which had prepared to
hang him.
John Hart was convicted of the mur
der of his sisters at Rockford, I1L, and
sentenced to death.
A block of five-story buildings in
the heart of the wholesale district of
Savannah, Ga., was burned, the loss be
ing $370,000. ,
A wholesale traffic in the bodies of
the pauper dead Ls believed to have
been discovered in Milwaukee.
After attempting to kill his wife
because she refused to indorse a check
Godfrey May, a Latrobe (Pa.) dry
goods merchant, put a bullet through
his heart.
Aw extension of the midwinter fair
in San Francisco to July 31, one month
beyond the time agreed on, was made.
Instructions to prevent entry of
whites on the Red Cliffe reservation
have been received at the Ashland
(Wis.) land office.
Mrs. Soutuwall, an aged woman,
and Thomas Cape were shot and killed
near Forest City, Ark., by an unknown
aaaaasln.
John Gabbrtt celebrated his VOlst
birthday at Martin. Ky., by drinking a
quart of whisky and was in a dying
condition.
:, Horner & RoiiERTg. well-known
river coal operators at Pittsburgh. Pa,
f ailed for $150,000.
: Gold was discovered near Ottumwa,
la. , and experts pronounced it of fine
quality.
Mrs. Mary Huffman, a well-known
woman at Sabina, O., retired in the
evening apparently as well as usual,
and the next morning was found dead
In bed, as she had predicted several
days before.
The paper currency outstanding in
the country January 31 was- $1,167,
.040,231, less 41,000,000 estimated to nave
.been destroyed by fire.
W. A. Ryan, the postmaster at Van
Jiorn, la, committed suicide rather
than submit his accounts to a post office
inspector for examination.
The carnival seusou at New Orleans
vas opened in a blaze of glory with
the brilliant pageant of the crew of
Proteus.
' The gold excitement in the Wichita
mountains near El Reno, O. T., cul
minated in the discovery that the al
leged valuable mines had been
salted."
After years of labor to solve the
Ierpetual motion problem Charles
jiejns hanged himself In New York.
Arthuk H. Rowland, a Boston civil
engineer supposed to have been
drowned, has been heard from in New
Jersey.
Reports from the Indiana-Kent ucky
peach section indicate that the crop has
been practically ruined by the cold
weather.
While attempting to save her 3-year-old
sister a C-year-old heroine at Guth
rie, O. T was fatally burned.
George Gillis, a lawyer at Double
Springs. Ala., fell headJong into a
grave while acting as pallbearer and
was killed.
Two killed, two fatally and two
seriously hurt in the family of Louis
Kuehlers was the result of a natural
gas explosion at Indianapolis.
In a quarrel at Pittsburgh, Pa.,
Charles Messner, 21 years old, f fatally
shot his stepmother and then killed
himself.
Mrs. Celia Livers was convicted of
bigamy at Franklin, Ky. She is 18
years old and has been married to four
husbands within the last two years
without having secured a divorce from
either of the others.
Andrew I'ikkarien, a Russian Finn,
was hanged at Evven, IVis., by indig
nant residents for an assault .upon a
child.
Colored people who established a
colony in Marlboro township. O., two
years ago, have returned to Virginia.
The National Farmers Alliance met
in annual session at Topeka, Kan.
An earthquake shock lasting ten sec
onds was felt at Keeler, Cal., and Haw
thorne, Nev.
Senator Avery's bill for a city farm
school for incorrigible youths passed
the Ohio house and is now a law.
Three different attempts to burn the
Agricultural building on the world's
fair grounds were made by tramps, the
damage being $-..0,000.
A duel was fought at Harlan Court
House, Ky.. in which William Nolan
killed John and William Turner.
The cotton compress at Dublin, Tex.,
was burned, the loss being $150,000.
Scotchler & Gibbs, commission mer
chants in San Francisco, failed for
5200.000.
Judge Louderback, of Valparaiso,
Ind, was hit with an inkstand during
a fight between two attorneys in his
court.
Mrs. Esther Myers was killed and
Miss Nora Gray fatally injured at a
grade crossing- in Grand Rapids, Mich.
In seventeen days Collector McClure
destroyed nine stills and captured fif
teen moonshiners in Polk county. Ark.
Near Sycamore, 111., 150 imported
Percheron horses were burned in a barn
which was owned by W. L. Ellwood.
C. II. Smith, dealer in shoes in St.
Louis, failed for $100,000.
Fire burned the business portion of
Montgomery City, Mo.
Fire insurance companies received
$4,400,&63 in premiums in Michigan last
year and paid $2,543,021 losses.
Minnesota lumber firms are charged
with stealing 100.000,000 feet of lumber
from state forests and suit is to be
brought.
Aaron Tollifer and his wife were
found murdered near Green Bay, Ala.
Anthony Thomas, the woman's para
mour, was arrested for the crime.
Sheriff Hamilton Dickson was
killed near Wharton, Tex., by Brad
dock, the murderer of Constable Town
send, and Braddock was at once shot
dead by deputies.
Will Pervis, a1 desperado and white
cap leader, was executed at Columbia,
Miss., for the murder of William S.
Buckley.
Quon Lot, a Chinese merchant, has
been admitted to full citizenship by
Judge Anderson in the court of com
mon pleas of Wyandotte county, Kan.
One gang of burglars robbed the
office of the Standard Oil company in
Lima, O., of 6,000, and the bank at
Deshler of a like amount.
Judge J. W. Proctor, of Glenwood,
Fla., was married to Miss Elizabeth
Maddox, of Athens, Ga, They had
courted by correspondence and had
never seen each other.
In a fight near Warm Springs, Va. ,
between officers and moonshiners two
of the former and two of the latter
were killed.
The president has signed the federal
elections repeal bill and it is now a law.
As William Purvis was swung off
the scaffold at Columbia. Miss., the
rope broke, and the sheriff refused to
hang him again.
Peter Degraff was hanged at Win
ston, N. C-, for murdering his sweet
heart, Ellen Smith.
The Kansas supreme court decided
that Gov. Lewelling had no authority
to remove Mrs. Mary E. Lease from the
state board of charity.
Frederick Marvin, cashier of the
Third national bank at Detroit, Mich.,
has fled. He was said to be $100,000
short in his accounts.
At San Francisco the schooner Ban
gor arrived fifteen days from Honolulu.
The captain of the Bangor reports
everything quiet at Honolulu.
Profane language is to be penalized
by the National Baseball league.
New York anarchists placarded the
houses of Depew, Vanderbilt, Astor
and other rich men with warnings writ
ten in Latin.
Gold is reported to have been found
in rich deposit on a farm 2 miles from
Portland, Ind.
Frequent post office robberies in
Ohio and Indiana lead the government
inspectors to think an organized gang
is at work.
A cyclone swept over the north
western portion of Mississippi and
plantations were devastated, farm
houses were wrecked and the debris
scattered over the country for miles
around. Several persons were injured
and one woman killed.
The Indian school building at Pine
Ridge agency was destroyed by fire.
Many persons were hurt, much prop
erty destroyed and a negro child killed
by a cyclone at Port Hudson. La.
Statistics issued from the census of
fice show that the farmers are the most
prosperous class in the whole country.
In the New York legislature the bill
submitting the proposition to annex
Brooklyn and other Long Island towns
to the city of New York was passed by
the assembly.
The publishers of Godey's Mgsio.e
made an assignment in New York.
Godey's Magazine, which was formerly
called Godey's Ladies Book, is one of
the oldest publications in tne United
States, being feisty-four years old.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
Mrs. Louisa 1.. Kent, widow of a
colonel in the war of 1812, died at Chi
cago. She was 94 years old.
Morton S. Wilkinson, who served
in the United States senate from
IS59 to 1S65, died at the home of his
daughter in Wells, Minn., aged 73 years.
Frederick M. Somers, editor of Cur
rent Literature, published in New
York, died at Southampton the day
after arrival from America.
Gen. Lewis Richmond, prominent in
the rebellion and later in official cir
cles, died at Flushing, L. L, aged ".0
years.
A. II. BrcKNER died at his home in
Mexico. Mo. He was representative
from the Seventh Missouri district in
the Forty-third, Forty-fourth and Forty-fifth
congresses.
Harry Watkins. one of the oldest
actors on the American stage, died at
his home in New York.
The funeral of George W. Childs
took place in Philadelphia, and after
impressive services the remains were
placed in Woodland cemeter3
L. Schofield, the first man to make
iron rails in the south, died near Chat
tanooga, Tenn., aged 80 years.
Gen. Jacob Ammen, retired, United
States army, died suddenly of heart
disease at Lockland, O.
A.J. McLaurin was formally elected
United States senator from Missis
sippi by the legislature.
Mus. Lucy Evans died at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. Smitson, near In
dependence, Mo., aged 110 years.
In state convention at Birmingham,
Ala., the Jeffersonian democrats, or the
Kolbites, and the people's party nomi
nated a full state ticket, with R. F.
Kolb for governor, to oppose the regu
lar democratic ticket.
Mrs. Mary Galloway (colored) cele
brated her 110th birthday at Alton, 111.
FOREIGN.
Johnson skated 220 yards at Montreal,
Can., in 20 3-5 seconds, lowering the
record, for that distance.
Auguste Vaillant, the anarchist
condemned to death for throwing a
bomb in the chamber of deputies in
Paris, was guillotined at the prison de
la Roquette.
In a collision between British and
French troops in the Sofa country six
of the latter were killed.'
Admiral da Gama gave forty-eight
hours' notice of his intention to block
ade the port of Rio de Janeiro.
President Peixoto has offered par
don to private soldiers or saiiors of the
insurgent forces in Brazil who apply
for clemency within sixty days.
Returns from all parts of Ontario,
giving the vote on the recent prohibi
tion plebiscite, show a total majority in
favor of prohibition of 81,739.
The tugboat Estelle was wrecked
near Vancouver, B. C, by an explosion
and eight of the crew wore killed.
Near Campiegne, France, a passen
ger train was wrecked by a freight and
seven persons were killed and many in
jured. Mr. Gladstone told a correspondent
that he would not resign and that he
would fight the English lords to the
bitter end.
R. M. Ballantyne, who gained a
wide reputation as a writer of stories
of adventure, died at Rome.
The most famous ship of the naval
service, the old corvette Kearsarge,
was wrecked on Roncador reef, off the
coast of Nicaragua.
LATER.
No business was transacted in the
United States senate on the 10th. The
entire day in the house was consumed
in debate on the Bland silver seign
iorage bilL
The entire plant of the Ute Pass
works at Colorado City, CoL, was
burned, the loss being $100,000.
There were 385 business failures in
the United States in the seven days
ended on the 9th, against 330 the week
previous and 222 in the corresponding
time in 1893.
Mrs. Mary E. Williams celebrated
her 100th birthday at ZanesVille, O.
A windstorm which swept over In
diana did great damage, unroofing
houses and blowing down fences and
trees.
Robert Marler was hanged at Pine
ville, Ky. He with two others had
fired into a passing train, killing Mrs.
Mary Bowling.
A masked man held up a passenger
train near Carsou, Nev., and in the ex
press car secured a box of coin contain
ing $2,000.
The Sigua Iron company of Phila
delphia failed for $1,000,000.
George W. Houk, of Dayton, repre
senting the Third Ohio district in
congress, dropped dead while mak
ing a call in Washington. He was 69
years old.
Henry Snoderly, aged 91, one of the
wealthiest farmers of Union eounty,
Tenn., and his wife, aged 70, were mur
dered in their bed by two burglars.
Jack Prince, bicyclist, beat a horse
in a 10-mile race at Jacksonville, Fla.
Henry Renken was said to have em
bezzled $15,000 from the Farmers and
Merchants bank of Talmage, Neb., re
cently suspended.
John Hart, convicted of killing his
two sisters at Rockford, I1L, was sen
tenced by Judge Shaw to be hanged on
Friday, March 16.
Advices from St. Louis, Senegal,
state that Col. Bonnies, eleven other
officers and 253 French privates were
massacred by the Tuaregoras.
Henry Bruce, Charley Plunkett and
Iiob Plunkett were lynched in the
Gulch country in Arkansas for the
murder of an aged couple.
The house of Bert Croman, together
with his two small children, was burned
at Light Street, near Bloomburg, Pa.
The exchanges at the leading clear
ing houses in the United States during
the week ended on the 9th aggregated
tS83,216,856, against $708,522,347 the pre
vious week. The decrease, compared
with the corresponding week in 1893,
was 29.0.
CUT TO PIECES.
French Troops Massacred by Arabs
in Africa.
The Column Commanded bjr Col. Bonnier
Destroyed Ner Timboctoo About
300 Reported to Hare Keen
Killed or Captured.
SLAUGHTER OF FRENCH SOLDIERS.
Paris, Feb. 12. Premier Casimir
Perier has admitted that the report that
a French column had been attacked and
destroyed by natives near Timbuctoo
was correct Many officers and sol
diers were slaughtered. The dispatch
from the governor of the Soudan states
that the information comes from C'apt.
Philippe, the French commander at
Timbuctoo. The following details of
the disaster are given out by the French
government:
The Tuarges, CapL Philippe reports,
were armed with lances and knives,
which they used with terrible effect
against the French native troops. The
Tuarges made their first attack upon
the leading portion of the French col
umn, which seems to have been divided
into two divisions.
The attack of the .Tuarges was so
desperate and well sustained that the
first division was, apparently, cut to
pieces. The news of the disaster was
brought to the second portion of
the column by Capt. Nugette, a
French officer, who, badly wounded
in the head, managed to escape
from the crowds of natives which
assailed thejadvance guard. The second
division was encamped a few miles to
the rear of the advance guard, which
was surprised during the darkness of
early morning. The officer in com
mand of the rear guard immediately
ordered his force under arms,
abandoned his eucaujpinents and
commenced to retreat upon Timbuctoo,
leaving the unfortunate vanguard, com
manded by CoL Bonnier, to its fate.
Reports are conflicting a to the num
ber killed, but the official statement
admits that at least nine French offi
cers, including Col. Bonnier, two Eu
ropean non-commissioned officers and
sixty-eight native soldiers were ma1
cred. The unofficial reports, emanating
from the war department and colonial
office, say that the loss in killed and
captured is at least BOO. Tho
rear guard, after enduring con
siderable hardships, being hard
pressed by the enemy, succeeded in
regaining Timbuctoo on December 17,
carrying with them a number of
wounded. Several of the men, in addi
tion to those admitted to have been
killed when the vanguard was cut to
pieces, are said to have been either
killed or left dying along the
route during the retreat to Tim
buctoo. The French officers fought
bravely Opposed to an enemy estimated
to number from 4,000 to 10,000 the
French only had 300 men in the in-
trenchments at Timbuctoo, and this
force was only supported by six small
field pieces.
The news of the disaster has caused
a decided sensation in Paris and it is
already announced that several queS'
tions on the subject will be asked as
soon as possible in the chamber of
deputies. The Associated Press is in
formed upon good authority that the
French government will say, in reply
to these questions, that CoL Bonnier's
expedition was undertaken not only
upon his own initiative but against the
order of the government.
CONGRESSMAN HOUK DEAD.
lie Expired Suddenly in Washington Fri
ll ur Afternoon Ilia Career.
Washington. Feb. 12. Representa
tive George W. Houk. of Dayton, O.,
died suddenly at 4:30 Friday afternoon
of heart disease. Mr. Houk was ap
parently a man of robust constitution,
and the news of his death, which
was rapidly communicated about
hotel lobbies, came as an un
expected shock to his many ac
quaintances, and was at first received
incredulously by congressmen and pub
lic men generally. He had attended to
his congressional duties during the day
and was, to all appearances, in the full
vigor of health. Mr. Houk left his
committee room in the afternoon, where
he was engaged in dictating let
ters to his stenographer, remark
ing that he felt tired and would
not do any more work during the after
noon. He made a social call on Mrs.
A. Reynolds and her sister at 127
Connecticut avenue, and at 4:30 o'clock
went to the window in the par
lor and looked out, presumably
to see if a car was in sight. At the
wiudow he stooped as if to pick up
something from the - carpet and fell
forward on his face. Medical aid was
at once summoned, but it was found
that Mr. Houk's death had been in
stantaneous. Mrs. Houk is the only
member of the family now in this
city and was immediately sent for.
During the evening the remain
were taken, by the direction of the
sergeant-at-arms of the house, to Wil
liam Lee's undertaking establishment.
- Judge Houk was born In Cumberland coun
ty. Pa.. September 25. ,He removed when
2 years of age with bis father to Ohio aod set
tled at- Dayton, where he has resided ever since.
He chose the law for a profession and
formed a partnership with ' Peter P.
Lowe. In- i860 be was a delegate to
the famous Charleston-Baltimore conven
tion as' a nopporter of Douglas and from that
time on was active in democratic politics. e
was first elected to the Fifty-second congress
and was reelected to tie Fifty-third as a demo
crat, defeating on his laat ejection Donley
(rep.), by votes.
FRUIT BUDS.
What better remedy for plum rot la
there than thorough thinning?
Orchard, bees, poultry, sheep all
these go well together.
Fob a canning plum, give us the
F. -v A
I Ugon, a yeiiow Japanese sort.
! Prater for fine fruit will be most
effective if backed with the sprayer.
The annual crop of wild hazel nuts
in the United States is said to amount
to two million bushels. If we cannot
succeed in acclimating the English fil
berts, why not make efforts toward tho
Improvement of the wild hazel?
TO IMPEACH JENKINS.
Jade t'n-ler Flr tor thm Hortbei
f'aelne lnjaaetion.
Washington, Feb. 7. Congressman
McGann, of Chicago, ha. introduced a
resolution directing the Judiciary com
mittee of the house to investigate
the charges made against Judge
Jmes O. Jenkins, of the Seventh
circuit, and to report whether they
warrant the presentment of articles of
impeachment and also report what ac
tion is necessary to prevent a record
rence of the conditions now laid
by the injunction upon the Northern
Pacific and other railroad employe
and labor organizations. The r sol
ution has a long preamble reciting the
right of employes to organize and
strike and Judge Jenkins' order re
straining the employes of the Northern
Pacific from exercising this right. Mr.
McGann made a fruitless attempt to
secure immediate consideration for his
resolutions.
When unanimous consent was re
fused for the consideration of the reso
lution it was referred to the judiciary
committee. Mr. McGann says he will
endeavor to have that committee re
port back the resolution at once. He
would have secured immediate consid
eration of the resolution had it not
been for the objection of Mr. Outh
waite (denx, O. ). The latter explained
later to Mr. McGann that the attend
ance in the house was too small for the
consideration of such au important sub
ject. FOUND GUILTY.
John Hart to Die for the Murder of Ilia
Two Muter.
Rockford, 111., Feb. 7. The jury in
the Hart murder trial after being out
one hour and twenty minutes brought in
a verdict finding the defend
ant guilty and fixing his punish
ment at death. One ballot was all
that was taken., Hart received the ver
dict coolly and made no demonstration.
Public sentiment approves the ver
dict. The crime for which Hart
was tried was the murder of his
two sisters, Mary and Nellie, on
the afternoon of September 5 last.
His act was undoubtedly the result of
trouble in the family over the division
of the estate left by John Hart, the
father of the defendant, who commit
ted suicide two years ago, leaving much
valuable property.
HALF A MILLION IN ASHES.
Disastrous Fire at Savannah Three Busi
ness Houses Horned.
Savannah, Ga., Feb. 7. A disastrous
fire started at 10 a. m. Monday in the
guano warehouse of Wilcox, Gibbs
& Co., and from there spread to
the Savannah Grocery company's
six -story brick building, which
was totally consumed. The store
of the Savannah Grocery company was
worth $180,000. It was insured for
$130,000. The fire next extended to M.
Ferst's wholesale grocery, three stor
ies high. The stock is worth $150,000;
insurance. $125,000. The building be
longs to Wilcox, Gibbs & Co., and is
valued at $100,000; insurance, $GS,000.
The guano warehouse is valued at
$10,000.
The fire proves to be the largest since
the great conflagration of April, 1SS9.
The loss is estimated at nearly S500,
000. The buildings destroyed front
on Bay street and were built in 1S89.
The Savannah Grocery company's
building was three stories high
on Bay street, six stories on River
street and ran back to the water front.
Ferst's building was two stories on Pay
street and three on the river front.
The weather being very cold the fire
was hard to get at. William Tilton
was run over by the hook and ladder
truck at the fire and dangerously hurt.
SHOT DEAD.
A Bank President Kill the Alleged De
stroyer of Ilia Home.
Chattanooga. Tenn., Feb. 7. J. B.
Wert, a prominent insurance man. and
hitherto a leader in church circles, was
shot dead Monday afternoon by G.
N. Henson. president of the Citi
zens' Bank fc Trust company,
whose wife Wert is alleged to
have led astray. Some time ago di
vorce procedings were begun by Hen
son but dropped Monday afternoon
as Henson was coming down in an ele
vator of the Richardson building Wert
stepped in. As they reached the first
floor Henson opened fire, killing Weit
at the second shot.
Father and Son Aarested.
Winnipeg, Man., Feb. 7. A man
named IL A. Hackett, and his son, .
R. Hackett, were arrested by Chief of
Police McRae Monday afternoon. They
are wanted at Farmington, Me, on a
charee of stealing between $10,000 and
$20,000 worth of bonds. They had $10,
000 worth of the bonds in their posses
sion and were attempting to negotiate
them at the city banks.
x-Congr essnian Ruckner Dead.
St.-Lo'tis, Feb. 7. A Post Dispatch
special from Mexico, Mo., says: Hon.
A. II. Iluckner died here Monday of a
complication of diseases. He held many
important offices during his life. He
was representative from the Seventh
Missouri district in the Forty-third,
Forty-fourth and Forty-fifth congress
es, voluntarily retiring in 1884.
Illicit Still Seized.
Bremen, Ind., Feb. I. An illicit whis
ky still h&s been seized on the farm ol
John Laser near here. Laser is a pro ml
nent farmer and has always been re
yarded as a law-abiding citizen,
JOHN HART.
FOY ON THE STAND.
A Cronin pect Test'Scs for tho
Defense.
If Knter a Denial of All of His Wife'a
Damaging statements and Assert
111 l-nornr(i of CompiU-ity
In tbe Crime.
ABSTRACT OF HH KTIDENCE.
Chicaoo. Feb. 8. Dan Cough-in
attorneys created something of a sen
sation by putting Andrew Foy upon
the stand to refute the damaging t-sti-
xnony of his wife. Oa tside of Coogh
i lln, Mrs. Foy's most direct charges were
acrainst her hnsband. and It was abso
lutely necessary for the defense to
bring Foy to the stand.
"Call Andrew Foy." said Jai?e
! Wing, and the man who seems, ac-
cording to his wife's testimony, to be
j inextricably entangled in the meshe
cf the mystery that surrounds the mar
' der of Dr. Cronin, toot the stand and
; was sworn.
Foy said he wait living at 91 Locks!
street in He knew both Dr.'
' Cronin and Daniel Cough-in and be
: longed to the same camp of Clan-sa-
Gaels as the latter.
Coughlin called at hi residence twice
in April to secure his sctrf no'- in
electing a friend to cfi'-c. At r.eit'iier
: of thfcse visits did th wi,n'- an-1
I Coughlin hold whispered conversations,
i No part of their conversation related
; to Dr. Cronin.
j Foy then related how, on May 12, he
! went to Horton's to help build the
' new house, being asked to assist be
l cause of his skill as a la ver of pressed
; brick, of whi'-h the front of the Hor
ton house wa made. About 6 o'clock
in the evening wiine-is, in company
i with John I.'.vie anl Patrick Mo
i Greever, Jr ft the Hortons' and went to
! McG reev-y's, he feai-L Doyle remained
! with Foy until they parted at
! Lincoln arena. Mrs. Horton, F03 said,
j was considerably under the intluence
j of liquor, and her husband was in the
same concuion. uuriDff nis stay at
Horton's nothing was 6aid about Dr.
Cronin. When witness got home that,
night some friends were there, and
there might have been some reference
to Cronin in their conversation, but he.
could not remember it- Foy admitted
that he had not lived with his wife
kince her appearance aa a witness for
the prosecution.
Returning to his experiences on May
12, Foy said he did not see Coughlin at.
any time on that day. His wife had at.
various times accused him of being an
anarchist and the man who threw the
bomb at the Ilavmarket riot. She also,
on one occasion, said that Ihe man
Kennedy who lived upstairs in his
(Foy's) residence, was the man who
drove the white horse.
Then Judge Wing asked the crucial
question:
"Did you. Andrew Foy, have anything on
earth to do with the disappearance and dealt,
of Dr. Cronin?"
I guess not."
'What do you mean by saying 'I gues3 not?" "
asked the court.
'l am positive I had not," replied the wit
ness. "Did any persons on earth come to your
house to conspire against Dr. Cronin?"
"No. sir."
"Did Dan Coughlin, so far as you know, have
anything to do with the disappearance or death
of Dr. Cronin?"
"To my knowledge he did not"
"Did you ever read to Dan Coughlin in your
house a letter concerning Dr. Cronin?"
I did not."
' Did Coughlin read such a letter to you?"
"He did not."
"Did you live with and do the best you
could for your family until your wife testified
here and detectives were put into your house?'
"I did."
"Did vou know Martin Burke?
I did"
"Was he ever at your hou.er' ,
"He never was." '
"Do you know Cooney?"
-I did "
"When was he at your house?"
"He never was at my house but once on
May 22, l.9. He came to see if I could get him
work at the place where I was working "
This ended the direct examination.
Mr. Bottum conducted the cross
examination. After questioning him
as to his history prior to the event
which has brought him into such prom
inence, the attorney asked Foy how
many children he had. After
studying . for some time, the
witness stated that he thought,
dead and living, his offspring numbered
fifteen. Asked if he had given one
cent towards the support of his family
since Mrs. Foy testified, he admitted
that he had-not contributed money but
had told his grocer to let them have all
the goods they wanted. He denied
that he had since countermanded that
order. Ho denied having told his son
Thomas recently that the testimony of
John Boyle in defense of Coughlin was
perjury that it was given to save Foy,
as things were getting desperate. He
also denied having told Thomas that,
had his mother not testified, he (wit
ness) would have stopped drinking
and would have given her $100.
To further questioning Foy 6aid that
on the night of May 3. 18S9, he attend
ed a meeting of camp 20; that on the
night of May 4, 1889, and succeeding
nights he was at home in bed. He was
not friendly with Dr. Cronin immedi
ately prior to May 4. He knew nothing
of the events that took place in the
Carlson cottage on the night of. May 4,
except what he ha4 read in the news
papers. Mr. Bottum then asked Foy
if, in the presence of his wife, he did.
not write a letter to a newspaper pur
porting to give an account of the way
Dr. Cronin died at the Carlson cottage.
Foy answered no, and was shown a
letter, which he denied was in his
handwriting.
BUDS NIPPED BY FROS f.
Discouraging Reports from the Orchard
of Kentucky and Indiana.
Louisville, Ky.,' Feb. b. Reports
from the peach-growing section of
Kentucky and southern Indiana indi
cate the loss of hundreds of tnousands
of dollars on that crop by the
fickleness of the winter weather. The
early part of January was warm and
springlike, causing the buds to swell so
that last week's severe cold snap re
sulted in almost total destruction of
the prospective crop. The apple and
other fruit crops are also damaged to a.
considerable extent.