Indiana State Sentinel, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 November 1889 — Page 1

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ESTABLISHED 1823. INDIANAPOLIS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1889. ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR.

BURKE FULLY IDENTIFIED.-

HE RENTED THE CARLSON COTTAGE. Old Man Carlson und nil Daughter Positively Identify Barke as the Pretended Frank Williams A Sensational Scene In Court. Chicago, Not. 1. The sensation in the Cronin case to-day was the positive identification of Martin Burke as the man who rented the Carlson cottage under the name cf Frank Williams. Kevell's clerks first identified the furniture found in the cottage as that purchased by Frank "Williams and first taken to the rooms at 117 Clark-st. Then Mrs. Annie Carlson testified to the renting of the cottaze by a man who called himself Frank Williams. "Mrs. Carlson," asked Lawyer Mills, "do you see that stranger in the court-room now?" "Yes sir." "Will you point him out to the jury?" There he is" (the witness pointing directly y A rigorous cros-examination did not t-hake Mrs. Carlson's testimony. Jonas 'arlson, owner of the cottage, corroborated his daughter-in-law's statements and told of the conversation with Burke or "Williams" when the house was rented. "Williams" said he had three brothers and a f ister who would come on from Baltimore ; he had purchased furniture and it would arrive in two or three days. "Witness had frequently talked with O'Sullivan. Carlson said that the stranger, after renting the cottage, walked "across lots" to 1 Sullivan's table where he met 0'ullivan and talked with him. Witness heard liurke say to O'ullivan "the cottage is Tented." " The next time the witness saw Burke was about 5 o'clock on the afternoon of May 4, a few hours before lr. Cronin was murdered. He stood on the front steps of the cottage. At 7 o'clock that night the witness heard two men talking in the cottage. They were talking "in a hard voice," as Carlson expressed it. In April the witness had a conversation withO'Sullivan about the men who had rented the cottage. O'Sullivnn told him that he knew one of them; that he was "all right" and that he would pay the rent when due. On May 19 Carlson had another conversation with O'Sullivan, in which he told (Sullivan that the cottage was vacant, and that he had received a letter from the man who rented it, asking him (Carlson) to put the furniture in the basement and saying that he had painted the parlor floor to tave his lister the trouble of scrubbing it. O'Sullivan remarked that he was having hard luck with his cottage. The letter spoken cf and its envelope were identified. On the 20th of May the witness entered the blood-stained cottage, he said, and proceeded to d'-seribe the conditions there apparent. The examination of this witness had "been prosaic enough up to this point. It continued as follows: Q. IIow many times altogether did you see the man calling himlf Frank Williams?" A. Three times." Q. That is, in the neighborhood of where you lived on Ashland-ave?" A. '"Only two times there." Q. "You saw him once besides those two times?" A Tes, sir." At this point in the examination Mr. Mills paused for a moment, as if realizing that a crisis in the examination was near at hand. Leaning slightly forward he put the rsomentous question to the witness: "I will ask you if vou see that man now?" A sudden hush fell upon the court, and in the midst of the profound silence which followed Mr. Mills' interrogation, the old man in the witness-chair sat apparently unmoved, as the audience breathlessly awaited his answe-. .Slowly raising his hed, the witness permitted his glance to travel, first over the group of lawyers and reporters immediately at his feet, and thence in a bewildered way to the back of the court, in an endeavor to pick out from the sea of faces before him the man he wanted. Evidently fearful that his witness might 1e unable to identify the man he soüffht in the densely packed courtroom, Mr. Mills came to his assistance. Extending his hand he indicated the back of the court, and invited the witness to step down and pick out the man he wished him to identify. "Look back of the lawyers, Mr. Carlson." said Mr. Mills, as the old gentleman advanced with a hesitating tep, and scanned the faces of the counsel for the defense. He had hardly uttered the words when the witness, walking straight up to the defendant, Martin Burke, shook his hat at him and exclaimed: "That's the man." 3espite his utmost efforts to appear unconcerned it was evident that Burke fully realized the damning nature of old man Carlson's testimony. Mr. Mills was not slow to clinch his advantage. "Is that the man ?" he asked, indicating Martin Burke, "who called at your place and whom you called Frank Williams ?" and the witness unhesitatingly answered, "Yes, sir." John Garrity, a teamster, testified that about two years ago Coughlin told him he wanted to see "Maj." Fampeon; he wanted to get him to "slag'' a man. He wanted t!-e man disfigured for life, and if Be was killed it would not make much difference. Chicago, Nor. 2. A special dispatch from Winnepeg says Asst. State' Altv. .Baker had a long' interview with Bob Heller vester Jay, and from him received a corroboration of many of the details connected with the butchery of Cronin, which Gillette recounted on Thursday. Barke, according to Gillette, took quite a itncy to fiercer at nrst, ana was very com'wca.Ve with him, telling him many about the crime. Ho told llefTVr that Coughlin was the main actor in the tragedy, and he had engaged Loth him and Cooney to participate in the crime. Jle told Ileffer that sand-bags were used by two of the assassins, while the third wielded a common base ball club. Burke was under the imprewdon that Cronin was being, decoyed to the cottage under the pretext that he was going to attend the woman mentioned in yesterday's dispatch. Four men were waiting in the cottage for him. They listened for the aound of wheels. At last the ca.nia.gc drove up, and an instant later the doctor hurried up to the door. He knocked loudly and hastily, as if he realized that his presence was urgently required. Two of the assassins stood 'behind the door ready to strike, while one of the others from the inner room called out in a lond voice, " Come in." The door was ouickly opened, aud the doctor strode in. The instant he was in one of the assassins slammed tlpe door, while the other struck the phvsician a terrible blow with a sandbag. The doctor fell heavily to the floor. Burke always declined to say whostruck the first blow, and this facti Mr. Baker jays, makes it quite clear that it was Burke himself, else- he would hav mentioned the name. He always sooke about the four taking part in the crime, and pounding the doctor at the same time. The moment the doctor was down the whole four rushed on him, and with eand

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bags and clubs pounded the life out of him. The poor man struggled and moaned awfully. Blood poured" from his mouth and nose, and even his eyes. He struggled and gasped for breath and nearlv twenty minutes elapsed before he ceased to gasp. Then the fiends stripped the blood-stained clothing offhim, and one of them pounded his face so as to make it impossible to recognize the body. Coughlin then hauled the trunk over and the body was crammed into it One of the quartet went out and brought an express wagon which had been left in a convenient place. When they went to carry the trunk out blood was dripping from it. and it ran on the floor and on some of their boots. The trunk was set down and the leaks in the trunk stopped with cotton batting which was found in the doctor's instrument case. The trunk and its contents were then taken to the lake, Coughlin driving the horse. There was no boat at that point, and they tried to shove the trunk out into the water, but it would not work. Anxious to get rid of the body some way, Burke suggested that it be thrown into a catch-basin. The suggestion was adopted. Charles J. Carlson, son of the owner of the cottage in which the murder was committed, told of the renting of the cottage to "Frank Williams," and identified Burke as "Williams." He then told of entering the house through a window, after receiving a letter from "Williams" to the effect that the latter did not longer want the house. Continuing, he said: "The carpet was gone oir the floor, and it looked as if they had poured some paint on the floor, as if they were trying to cover it It had not been brushed over in certain places. I found stains on the baseboard that looked like blood. There was another large stain toward the north wall and at the center of the floor. I also found one arm of the rocker broken and loose and the furniture, the dresser and washstand in the center of the room. The floor was painted only in the center of the room and on the north side. Toward the south wall there was no paint at all in certain places. I saw several stains on the wall. There were stains all along on the paper and along the south base-board in various ? laces that seemed to me .to be blood, here were places on the floor that were not covered with paint where stains still show. I saw foot-prints, as if they had painted in stocking feet, in the hall wajr and in the house." (The reference to stocking feet was ordered stricken out by the court.) Chicago, Nor. 4. Edward Spellman district officer of tiie Clan-na-Gael, was the first witness in. Judge MoConnell's court to-day. His testimony wns given with evident reluct-ar-ce, and he frequently contradicted the stories he had told to the grand jury and Judge Longenetv.er. For instance, he denied that he had told Judge Lon?enecker that Beggs had sai l in a conversation with Spellman that the trial committee report, over which such a row was raised in camo 20, Feb. 8, had been attended to. Spellman had testified before the grand jury that Coughlin had come to him at Peoria, and said ; "Cronin is a , and ought to be killed." To-day Spellman said: "On reflection and consultation with the other two men present. I sent my attorney to Chicago to notify the district attorney that I was mistaken. My attorney was unable to find Jude Longenecker, so I came myself specially to Chicacro, and notified Judge Longenecker and the other counsel that if they asked me that question on the stand, I shonld have to deny it, in order to do justice to my own self and to the facts. After 1 left the grand jury room, and went home and slept I felt annoyed and troubled. I felt that I had possibly done a wrong to Mr. Coughlin, and I went immediately to Mr. Falions and Mr. Downs and told them what I had sworn to before the grand jury, and that I was bothered about it. They said: 'Mr. Spellman, you have made a mistake; no such conversation took place,' " The witness said that he had seen Alexander Sullivan before going to the state's-attorney's office, but that he went there because he had been informed that Mr. Sullivan was talking very harshly against him, and that his visit was not in connection with the case. The correspondence between Beggs and Spellman was then read. Feb. 13, Beggs wrote: Why, in God's naiut. if men are sincere, vill they insist upon opening old tores. The majority of our men believe the parties charged to be innocent of anv criminal wron. and to have the charecs made continually that they are guilty creates bitterness and ill-feeling, and the roan or men who continue to bring the charges are not the friends of Irish unity. The rank and file sr sincere. They want peace, and the time is not far distant when they will have it, etn if it has to come to war. The men, who are the power, will in time realize the motif e of those nho are continually breeding disorder in their ranks, and a day of punishment wiU come. During the cross-examination Mr. Spellman was asked: "Did Beggs ever speak with yon about any charges against Cronin in any case?" "A great deal was said about Cronin, but to place it upon any one man, or at any one period, I could not do at this time." "Was it not because of his organization of other camps?" "No, but because he was always anxious to prefer charges. He was a kind of an agitator, lie was an honest man, but he was not a bad fellow if he could have his own way." Spellman further testified that Beggs, in his official capacity, had never made charges against any one. In an argument on an objection the state's attorneys showed that Spellman subscribed $5u0 toward the arrest and conviction of the murderers of Dr. Cronin, and that he had paid JlOO of this, and it was intimated that bis testimony before the grand jury was given when he was in one frame of mind, and that his present attitude was the result of consultations with his friends. Later on the court ordered stricken out all reference to testimony of witness before the grand jury. The visit of Coughlin and Kunze to I'eoria was not in connection with the Cronin case, but in reference to the fight between rival whinky pools. Justice MaLoney testified that in March last, at a meeting nf the Ijike View Clan-na-Gael, Iceman O'Kullivan asked him about Cronin'a standing as a physician. Mahoney and O'Sullivan went to Cronin'a office, and there O'.ullivan made the famous contract with the doctor through which the latter was lured to his death. Mrs. Addie J. Farrar testified: I spoke of t'ronin's murder to Mr. U'Sullivan. I said to him. "W not it m terrible murder?'' Mr. 0'?ulli van said, "Yes." I said, "Why, it was something fearful to dreov a person away and luordor him in that manner." Mr. O'Sullivan did not say anTthinsr for a few in in u UK, anl then he Mid, "The say be was a British spy." I ail, "Well, why hotiM iUj kill him?" In a few minules I laid again. "Why should they kill him even if ha was a spy?" Mr. Oulfirai sai l, "Ho rave away the m. crets of a secret order, and if a man did that he ought to be killed; If he did that he hits got no more than he deserved." I said. "That if ha did, he wai another Moriran." He said, "buch men get their just deserts." Several policemen ( testified to seeing; the wseon in which Cronin's body was carried of! on the night of May 4. A DISGUSTING TRAGEDY.

A Man Kills Ills Fathir-tn-Law For Am Unspeakable Crime. Yocxgstow.v, 0., Nov. 1. A horrible tragedy, unspeakable in its details, was enacted here to-night. John F. McCreery, aged sixty years, was fatally assaulted by his son-in-law, Charles Edmunds. Mr. Edmunds returned home unexpectedly and found hii wife tip stairs with her father. lie became so enrsged with the revelation that he caught the old man and hnrled him down stairs, and then assaulted his wife. Mrs. Edmunds is twenty-four years of age, very handsome, and the mother of four children. Her father is at the hospital unconscious, and his death it momentarily expected. A lteporter'e Ills; Scoop. Kansas City, Nov. 3. Alexander Simpson, for aome years a reporter on the Kansas City 7W, received word to-day from London that he had fallen heir to the estate of hit aunt in Ldiaburg, valued at $200,000.

WE AHE ALL AMERICANS.

SAID BY ONE, SANCTIONED BY ALL The Pan-American Congress A Tilde Through the City Luncheon at the Denison Bouse Speeches Teeming With Friendship and Humor. When the special train bearing the panAmerican delegates rolled into the Union station Friday morning at 7 o'clock a number of swarthy gentlemen flattened their noses against the car windows and wondered if the rain was going to interfere with their jaunt through the great city of Indianapolis. But it didn't, for they were on their way to Louisville before the clouds began to empty. The newspaper correspondents were the first people that jumped off the train and they immediately made ready to size up their reports for the day. About 8 o'clock the curtains were thrown back and the members of the distinguished party were seen finishing their breakfast. After the tables were cleared the representatives of the sunny climes rolled their cigarettes and prepared to receive the board of trade and citizens' reception committee. Mr. Edmund F. Smith, an old Yincennes boy, but now of the state department, introduced the visitors to the reception committee. A short time was spent in chatting and inspecting the appointments of the elegantly furnished vestibule train, and then the entire party started for the Nordyke fc Marmon manufactory. Five minutes afterward the train pulled up at the doors of that huge establishment, and Messrs. Nordyke and Marmon met the party and welcomed them to their establishment. The office, to which the visitors were first taken, was gaily decorated with bunting, while on every hand were Spanish mottoes. Over the door was the inscription, "Eien venido." This motto was tollowed by ono bearing the words "(iritamos para mas baen facilidad de embarque con los Kspanos Americano," which literally translated means "We nk for better transportation facilities to the Spanish-Americas." Several brandsof flour ground with the etones made on the premises were marked with explanations in Spanish. Nordyke & Marmon exported over SS0.000 worth of machinery to the South and Central American states last year and the delegates took quite an interest in inspecting the making of mill machinery. But they displayed no surprise at the magnificent machinery in operation, for, as one delegate stated it, "we pre now tired of machinery; we want to see the social side of the United States." The intense heat, generated by the burning of natural gas surfrised them, and after being inormed that it was brought from the earth they wanted to see the "hole where it come from," and were astonished at the great enterprise in bringing it twenty miles in a pipe hue. Several of the foreigners were quite familiar with the technical terms applied to the machinery. When they left the building they were presented with souvenirs in the shape of photographic views of Indianapolis. The train returned to tho Union station, after an hour's stay, and by this time a large number of people crowded the waiting-room and corridors to see the nation's guests. Many were somewhat disappointed, for they had expected to see the Spanish-Americans dressed in native costumes instead of fashionable English apparel. A long line of carriages was in waiting, driven by by Frank Bird's coachmen, rigged up in new cockney hats and long green ulsters. The party was to be driven to the statehouse. In each carriage was placed a citizen who was to extol the beauties of the city as they parsed through it. The only one that didn't do any talking was Councilman Marker, for by a coincidence he was attached to a group that could barely understand English as she is spoken on the south-side. Along the routes flags were hanging from - the buildings and gave a holiday appearance to the streets. The procession parsed up Illinois-st. to Market, and thence west to the 6tate-house. Gov. Hovev, assisted by the state officers, received the delegates in his parlors. The party then filed through the monument commissioners' room, the agricultural departments and the geological museum. When they entered the senate chamber they were pleased with the beautiful apfointments. It seemed that all the memers of the local government had posted themselves for the occasion by the way they rattled ofl' information about the state's government. City Atty. Taylor made himself promiscuous. A Sextixel representative conversed with him in pigeon-English for a short time and Mr. Taylor replied in the same jargon before he discovered the reporter's identity. When the geological museum was reached Senor Varus of Chili and Dr. Zegarra of Peru were seen to 6tick up their nose at the ancient pottery. Their secretary had informed them that better pottery was made to day in their respective countries. The guests were again escorted to their carriages and the procession headed for the tile works via Washington, Pennsylvania, Circle and Meridian-eta. With their native politeness the South Americans gracefully tipped their hats to the ladies and children who waved their handkerchiefs as the-carriages rolled by. The Third ward school children were massed in front of their buildinpr and waved Hags until after tho party went bv. The beautiful residences and the wide roadway on Meridian-st. attracted attention. "It is so delightful and airy," said Senor Pierra, "to have the houses bo far apart. If it was that way in the large southern cities the plots would be covered with flower gardens." The visitors' curiosity was aronsed when the tile works was reached. This is the first institution of that kind which they have visited on their tour. Mr. J. J. Cooper met the party and escorted it through the departments. They were first taken to the wash rooms, where the clny is cleaned preparatory to baking it. The molding rooms were shown. Every detail of the work was cjosely followed by the touriots, and they manifested an unusual interest in the various processes. The kilns were examined, and the use of natural gas for "firing" kilns seemed strange. They have seen natural gas used before, but not as a fuel for manufacturing purposes. The making of encaustic tile was something entirely new, and the mode of pressing it surprised them. Quite a number of South American courts are paved with tiling made here, while the glazed tiles are used extensively In ornamentation. With them their best tilings are made by molding the cay. In this establJybmect the fine powdered clay

is subjected to an enormous pressure, thus forming tiles which need but littlo baking to harden them. The making of patterned tiles drew a large circle about the the machine, as Mr Cooper explained it. Everything was opened to inspection except the mixing of the colored clay. This is a science with which no one about the establishment is acquainted, except the foreman, who draws a large salary for his secret. Many flattering comments were bestowed upon the young ladies at the work-benches. On leaving the building, the tourists were presented with Cuban cigars and souvenir samples of some cf the most beautiful tilings ever turned out. Along Seventh-st., muddy and rough from Mr. Shaffer's unused street car tracks, to the Atlas engine work?, the party was driven. It was shortly after the noon hour when it arrived there, but the employes were still detained at their work, in order to show the visitors the immense business that is carried on. Through the awful din the party passed from room to room. The molding department was of especial interest, and the senors viewed the massive newly-made machinery moving about the room on the admirable system of overhead switches. The new electric lieht engine, moving noiselessly and swiftly, was encircled by the crowd, who watched its perfect mechanical movement. The young lady employes in the office pinned bouquets on the visitors' coat lapels, and the guests took to the carriages, while the doleful fog-horn blew a parting salute. The party arrived at the New-Denison house about 1 o'clock. The delegates looked quite happy that their ride had ended, and submitted to being once more received by the committee of manufacturers, headed by Mr. Eli Lilly. They expected to eat a luncheon at which no speeches would be made, and which would have no elements of elaboration. They were mistaken. A few moments were given for them to retire to their rooms and "spruce up" a little, and then, led by Gov. Hovey, arm in arm with Jacinto Castellanos, the delegate of Salvador, they were marched to their places at the luncheon table. Next in order behind Senor Castellanos and his executive escort, followed President Tanner of the board of trade and Nicanor Bolet Teragh of Venezuela, Mayor C. S. Denny and Jose Maria Placio Caamano of Costa Pica, Clem Studebaker and Jose Alfonso of Chili, of whom Col. Nelson gained the friendship while in that country, and beside whom he sat. The others who were at the head of the table were Juan Francis Velarde of Bolivia and John B. Henderson, liight around the corner beamed the happy face of Morris M. Estee, chairman of the republican national convention which nominated President Harrison. He alone wore a skull cap and told fish stories, much to the amusement of Mr. Henderson and the discomfiture of Senor Velarde, who couldn't laugh because he could not understand Mr. Estee's rare humor. After the luncheon several addresses were made and the visitors left for Louisville, Ky., on the night train. THE STATE STOLEN.

Montana's Canvassing Hoard Gives the State to the Kcpublic.ms. IlELEXJi, Mont, Nov. 4. The state canvassing board met to-day and finished the canvass or the vote. Silver Bow county was counted as canvassed by its board, thus electing the entire republican ticket except Toole for governor. The supreme court and six out of eight district judges are republican. The senate is a tie with a republican as lieutenantgovernor to piving the casting vote. The republican majority in the house is six. On the contest in Jefferson county the republicans expect to gain one member in the house, which will give them a majority of eight on joint ballot. There is a tie for joint member of the house in Beaver, Read and Deed Lodee counties, which will necessitate a new election. Out of 22,000 votes cast only 1, SOU are against the adoption of the constitution. The action of the board in throwing out the Tunnel precinct in Silver Bow county is what (rives the republicans a majority in the legislature. The Tunnel precinct case is still pending on appeal in the district court, and will be decided Wednesday. Should the appeal not be sustained, the original order of the court would be carried out and the vote in the Tunnel precinct counted. According to the state board returns the 'republicans have six members of the Silver Bow delegation and the democrats ve. By countin? the Tunnel precinct, the democrats have ten out of the eleven members. In case the county canvassing board is ordered to count the Tunnel precinct, the county clerk will issue certificates to the member shown to be elected by this count, and the result will be two sets of members from Silver Bow county, one bearing the certificates of the secretary of state, and the other those of the county clerks. The contest promises to be long and bitter. BLAINE ABJECTLY APOLOGISES. Minister Romero Makes Ulalne Eat Ills Citt of Mexico, Oct. 30. Minister Pomero has written as follows concerning Mr. Misener's speech in Costa Rica: Wasiiingtox, D. C, Oct 15. I have the honor to tranamit to you a copy and translation ot a note from Mr. Blaine bearing this date wherein he acknowledges the receipt of that which I sent complaining in the name of the government of the phrases relative to that republic that Mr. Misener, U. S. minister in Central .America, delivered on the 30th of last August when he was received by the president of Costa Rica. Mr. Blaine states that as soon as that address was delivered in the state department Mr. Misener was informed of the pain that its reading caused, because it lent itself to an interpretation unfavorable to the Mexican government. Mr. Blaine, in his note, has not limited himself to that, but he says, in the most emphatic manner, that the speech was delivered without authority from the U. S. government, and that he regrets and disapproves of it in the most absolute manner. With assurances of my highest consideration, M. Romero. Just what the offensive remarks were does not appear to be known in Washington. Minister Misener's presentation ppeech has never baen printed, here, and, if the etate department officials have a copy of it, thev w ill not give it out Secy. Blaine himself may be the real' author of the offensive remarks. All such addresses are carefully revised at the state department, so that either Secy. Blaine is the responsible party or Misener has so far departed from the lines set down for him that he is bound to be recalled. THE VETERAN LAW MAKERS. A Letter to the Members of the Leg-tala. tnr Before the War. To the SurvlTing Members of tbo General Assembly of 1S61: We h'.T receired assurance of cordial approral and lotontion to be present and participate by a large number of urTlrlna members and officer of the regular and special aeisioniof the general assembly of 161, and, therefore, hereby announce that the reunion w:l! take place at Indianapolis on the 21 th inst. The roll of members will be called at 2 o'clock p. m., followed by a business meeting, and la the evening another meetinff will tk J plare for business and social purposes, which will bs followed by a banquet. It Is earnestly dealrel that all shall be present without further notice. The place of as'nblln(r will be announced hereafter. W. C. TiHKixeTos, Senator from Monroe and Brown, M. L. Bcdt, Representative from Henry, Committee on Correspondence. A Drnnken Murder. FrSDLAY, O., Nov. 8. Joa Donovan went heme drunk, walked into tho adjoioing yard and shot John McMaaui dead.

FIFTY GIRLS ARE CRUSHED.

A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT AT GLASGOW. The Walls of a Carpet Weaving Establishment Fall Without Warning and the Girls are Buried Beneath Tons of Debris. Glasgow, Nov. 1. A terrible disaster odcurred in this city to-day. The gable wall of a building that was being erected alongside of the Templetons' carpet factory on "William-sL was blown down. An immense mass of debris fell on the ruin of the weaving department of the factory, crushing it in and burying fifty girls and women employed in the weaving rooms. The accident happened shortly after the workmen had left the new building. There were 140 girls at work in the carpet factory. The majority of them made their way out safely, but many had narrow escapes. The building was 300 feet long. There is a rumor current that the foundation of the building was laid over a disused coal pit. Survivors of the accident relate that a sudden extinguishing of lights was the only warning. All made a rush for the exit, which only became jammed. There most of the bodies were found during the search. The tremor resulting from the fall of the building was felt for a great distance. Many pathetic scenes were witnessed among the parents and other relatives of the victims. Fully fifty lives were lost. THE FIRST REPORT. Secy. Rntk Gli Ilia Views on the Agricultural Department. Washington, Nov. 3. Uncle Jerry Husk, secretary of agriculture, has prepared the first annual report of his department, lie proposes to thoroughly reorganize the department, a work which has been hampered because the appropriations have been too small, being based on the work of the old bureau. A striking contrast is drawn between this amount and the appropriations for agriculture made by those countries which, the report says, "are the most active competitors of American farmers in the world's market." A comparison shows that Great Britain appropriates for agriculture $1,500,000; Germany, ?2,8"0,000; Brazil, $20,000, 000 for agriculture and mines; France, $8,rX0,000, and Austria more than M,0)0.000. The secretary finds that the provision for an assistant secretary in the new law was a wise one. The department bulletins are giyen to the agricultural press. Citing the circulation of the papers which have received and utilized the synopses furnished by the department, the secretary regards the plan as virtually covering the entire field, "for," he adds, "the farmer who does not read some paper devoted to his calling is beyond the reach of intelligent effort on his behalf." The division of statistics, the character and value of its work, is dwelt upon at some length. Of the crop reporting system, he says: ''While approximate and valuable, it is in daneer of becoming discredited by the popular acceptance of its results as exact in precision atid absolute in authority. It should be remembered that they are not the conclusions of a thorough census; that they are the consolidations of local estfmates of agricultural experts, and are intended as a foil to the interested, biased and untruthful statement that speculators issue to mislead their victims." The secretary wnnts an acricultnral survey of the country made and also wants the department represented at state and county fairs. The experimentations are a success and should be maintained and extended. Forest preservation should be immediately attended to. A library and museum are needed. A national meat inspection law is needed. NOT WILLIE, AFTER ALL. The Supposed Taseott Identified a Another Criminal. Chicago, Oct. 29. Philadelphia's suspect proves not to be Tascott, after all. The photographs taken in Philadelphia arrived this morning and were pronounced by everyone who knows Willie to be not of that individual. Yet only this morning, before the result of the examination of the photographs had been communicated to the Philadelphia authorities, a younz man called at the Philadelphia jail and identified Sutherland as Tascott, saying he had often played pool with the latter in Chicago. A marked difference between the prisoner and Tascott is found in the fact that the former's hair is very thick and heavy, while the latter's was very thin. Latein the day, Philadelphia dispatches say, Sutherland confessed that he was Samuel Bowman, who was released from the Ohio penitentiary last April, after serving two years and a half for robbing an Urbana jewelry salesman of three thousand five hundred dollars' worth of goods. He will probably be in the Pennsylvania prison within a week, as he has confessed to several forgeries. The photograph of another supposed Tascott was received from the authorities at. Bertbond, Col., this morning. It is that of a stylishly dressed young woman, straight of figure and with a slim, rather elongated face. A lock of rather coarse, straight brown hair clipped from the young woman's head accompanies it. In the letter of transmittal it is said that the original of the photograph and the owner of the hair was arrested in the garb shown and was found to be a man. When his sex was revealed he gave his name as Phil Poland and says that he came from Colfax, Wash. The letter adds that the authorities of Berthoud have traced his movements since last June when he was in Waitsville, Wash. He is now sick with typhoid fever so that it has beeu impossible to present an adequate photograph of him in man's clothing. If attired in woman's garments he does not resemble Tascott. THE RAILS SPREAD And a Great Many Santa Fe Paiaengers Were Injured. Kansas City, Oct. 31. A spreading rait wrecked the west-bonnd Santa Fe train at Carrol ton, Mo. The injured are : W. D. Cambelx. of Chicago, express messenger; crushed by the safe and will die. Thomas Bfck, a live stock: dealer of this city; ribs broken and injured internally; cannot recover. George KErchenmeyer of tbis city; left leg broken. P. W. Mason of Kiowa, Kas.; badly crushed about the body. Mrs. C. II. Goodwin of Independence, Kai.; bruised about the body. Charles Newhoise of Peoria, HL; cut about the neck and hands. Ten or twelve others were slightly injured. A LOCOMOTIVE BLOWN UP. Three Men Killed and Their Bodies Ilor. rlbly Mangled. SCRANTON, Ta,, Oct. 29. A small locomotive used by the Pierce coal company in hauling cars over a narrow-gauge railroad, along the mountains, between the mine tunnel back of Archibald and the breaker at Vinton, exploded with fatal e fleet this afternoon. The force of the explosion was terrific and its victims were: KIM ON HONIG. iner, aped thirtr-two. JOHN MOYLKS. fueruan, aei twenty-three. THOMA8 lXJL'GHER, dri re-boy, aged seventeen. The engineer and fireman were hurled high in the air, their bodies being torn into pieces. The Papal Delegate Arrives. New York, Nov. 3. Archbishop SatollL papal delegate to the catholio centennial in Baltimore next week, arrived here to-day. He was met by a number of representatives of Cardinal Gibbons. The party will be the guests of Archbishop Corrigan until Wednesday, when they will proceed to Baltimore,

HARD ON THE AMERICAN GIRL

The Outcome ot the Murat Caldwell Affair Cause Much osp. Pakis, Nov. 1. It is stated that the disagreement between Prince Murat and Miss Caldwell is only temporary, and that the terms of the marriage contract will probably be satisfactorily arranged. The Caldwell family will remain in Paris. Miss Caldwell is ilL In London the collappe of the engagement, close upon the heels of the Hatzfeldt-IIuntington weddine, lias thrown the gossips of the clubs into ecstasies and furnished the music halls with an almost inexhaustible fund of Vags" at the expense of the American irl in w?arch of a title and the impecunious owners of titles in search of a fortune. While there are many outspoken in condemnation of the action of Prince Murat in ha?linz over the price of his title, there is a ptill larger number who profess to believe that the lady's bid was entirely too low, and regard the prince as abundantly justified in refusing to close the sale. It is not to be understood, however, that the Murat title is iH?rmancntly withdrawn from the market. It is merely withheld until the competition shall become a little sharper, when it will doubtless be sold for a good round sum of money acquired in lard speculations, petroleum ventures, or some other of the means of rapidly accumulating wealth which abound in America, enabling its new possessor to air her vanity and cause a flood of envious tears to flow from the eyes of others of her sex who may deem themselves less fortunate. THEIR HEARTFELT APPRECIATION. A Telegram From the Suffering Clay County Miner. The following special dispatch from Brazil shows well the appreciation of the Clay county miners for all the kindnesses done them: BRAZIL, Nov 1. Special. To-morrow the hearts of many destitute women and children among the suffering unemployed miners will be made glad and feel to thank anew The Sentinel for its zeal and persistence in behalf of common humanity. To-day the second shipment of supplies from The extixel a whole store-house of clothing, outer and under garment for men, women and children was apportioned by a special committee of one from each of the ten districts to their respective dependents, as follows: Tertb, 275; Carbon, 410; Benwood, 612; Cardonia, 5(H); Harmony, 9,"7; Knightsville, 8S9; Brazil, 455; Asherville, 395; HoosierTille, 277; Center Point, 420; total, 5,1'J2. Tomorrow these supplies will he placed into the hands of local committees at each of the places named, composed of men and women best acquainted with the condition and wants of the several families of dependents, and make application accordingly. An entirely equitable distribution would necessitate several days' work, hence ouly a practicable and approximate division could be made. Of the thirteen boxes of clothing, two were opened in the presence of your reEorter, from which which were taken about six undred pieces coats, trousers, vests, dresses, wraps, shawls, cloaks, i-kirts, jackets, suits of underwear, etc. besides shoes, hats and caps, and several articles of bedding. The shipment included also a number of sacks of potatoes and apples, which were disposed of by the regular commissary. The miners feel very kindly toward THE Sentinel, and express their appreciation in grateful terms of praise and good wishes. Doubtless, many a cheerful throb of impulse and unrestrained tear of gratitude will be observed tomorrow when innocence and helplessness are made the recipients of these little comforts and charities. How markedly and significantly in contrast is the condition of the children of the striking, struggling miner and that of the children of the operator? While the hunger and exposure of the former is but partially ap peased at the hands of sympathy and philan-J tnropy, tne latter are tne recipients oi luxury at the table, elegant dress and gold watches, studded with diamonds, at the hands of their parents. The following comes from Anderson : "Dominic Gallagher and John Holmes of the miners' relief committee at Bmzd are in the city today for the purpose of soliciting aid for the miners. While Anderson has contributed liberally, yet the gentlemen have received substantial encouragement, and quite a sum of money will again be raised among the people here to be sent to the relief of the destitute miners at Brazil. The gentlemen will leave for Marion to-morrow." ANOTHER BUDDENSEICK. Sixteen Men Injurert by the Fallin j; of a Flimsy Wall. Patebson, N. J., Oct 31. Sixteen workmen were buried to-day beneath the ruins of a large brick dwelling' in Passaic Those seriously injured are: I Lons Goodejdce, of Washington, skull fractured. Samuel J. Taylor, of Baltimore, leg broken. Simon Walts, of Baltimore, shoulder dislocated. llicnARD Cobmick, internally injured and hack broken. John Nash, colored, injured. John Ellison, hands cut and otherwise injured. Richard Cormick and one or two others will probably not recover. The building waa a "Buddenseick" aCair. CAUGHT IN BURNING OIL. A Terrible Accident in n Pennsylvania Iron Furnace. Lebakok, Pa., Nov. '4. By the breaking out of molten iron in the stack of the Colebrook, furnace. No. 1, the following were killed: II ARVE If BOHR. HENRY FERTIG. ISAAC SIEGRIST. WILLIAM SNYDER. HARVEY BECK. . The following were terribly burned: Joux Bohr. Benjamin Eck. Enoch Elsenhatter. The License Law Valid. Decisions were handed down Wednesday by the supreme court in the cases brought to te6t the law giving cities the power to raise the Jiqnor license to S250 per j ear. In the case of Cbarlea M. Bush vs. the city of Indianapolis it wag decided that no clauses of the act were defective, and the constitutionality of the act is upheld. Unfinished Kducation. IPnck. Benny "Why didn't you talk with those Sonth American delee&tes, grandpa?'' The President "They speak the Spanish language, which I do not understand." Benny "Why didn't Mr. Blaine teach you to talk Spanish when he taught you to walk that way, grand pa?" Didn't Know Much. (Merchant Trareler. "Doctah told me that I must not walk n apidly or dwink ice watah," said Gm De Joy confidingly to Miss Belle Pepperton. -Did he?" "Ya-aa; be said I might get congestion of the bwain, you know." "Dear me; how little these doctors seem to know." A Fatal Itlast. Wheeling, W. Va., Nov. 3. By the premature explosion of a blast in a quarry in Bar hour connty yesterday, two men were instantly killed and another fatally injured. Lost in a Gale. Charleston, S. C, Nov. 3. The schooner Flora Rogers was waterlogged la the gale of Oct. 25, and Cspt Barlow and wife and the colored steward lost.

MR. JULIAN TALKS BACK.

HE PAYS RESPECTS TO GOV. PRINCE; The Governor Stands Iland in Glove Witt the Great New Mexican Land-Stealing Trust Iiis Unsavory Record Recalled. The attention of the Hon. George W. J ulian, ex-surveyor-general of New Mexico, being called to the report of Gov. Trinco to the secretary of the interior, in Thursday's Sentinel, he Faid: "It is a remarkable statement. It is true that I overhauled many of the decisions of my predecessors in the office of surveyorgeneral, some of the cases dating back twenty-five years and more. I did this under express instructions from the land department in Washington, and it resulted in demonstrating, by official documents and otherwise, that millions of acres of public domain have been lost to the government through fraudulent grants and unwarranted surveys. "In performing this service I gave notice to parties interested wherever I could ascertain them, po that they might appear, and file supplementary papers and pröofs. There was no snap judgment or unfairness about this proceeding, . as Gov. Trince well knows, and as will appear by the official records of my office and of the general land office, setting forth in detail what I have done. To these records I am glad to refer." "Why, then, did Gov. Prince go out of his way to appall you in his report to the department?" "It was because he is a member of th famous brotherhood of New Mexican land grabbers whose performances I have been uncovering during the past four years. He has been acting as the agent and Ftipendiary of these rogues in negotiating the sale of Mexican and Spanish gTant, itinerating the states of the East in this service. It will throw some light on the animus of the governor to say that in one of his attempted negotiations, he was thwarted bv my opportune intervention. Of afl the members of the organized gang of land stealers in the territory. Gov. Prince has perhaps the most unsavory reputation as an official and the most unfragrant moral character. He was indicted a fev years ago in New York, his native state, for obtaining money under false pretenses in a transaction in New Mexico, and he was compelled to vacate the office of chief justice of the territory by a republican administration for his bad characterand misdeeds. He is so well-known by all honest men in New Mexico that any charges made by him could only tend to insure for the accused the respect and regard of all decent people. "Gov. Prince, however, is a religious man, very religious. I presume he lifts up as many prayers as President Harrison himselt, and -I--am aFsnrrd ' that it waa his unquestioned orthodoxy that led to his selection as governor of New Mexico. He is at once a theological and political blatherskite, as all can testify who have listened to his windy speeches in conventions of the Protestant episcopal church, of which he is a member and a vestryman. I ought to add, however, in conclusion, in justice to that respectable body of Christians, that Gov. Trince is thoroughly despised by the rector of the episcopal church in anta Fe." "I presume that his appointment by President Harrison was not approved by the people?" "It was well-pleasing to the land 6harks of the territory generally, but decidedly otherwise by the rank and file of the people." CLEVELAND TO THE FRONT! He 'Writes a Very Sensible Letter to the Brooklyn Democracy. Eeookltk, Nov. L Gov. Hill addressed a large audience in the Academy of music to-night at which the following letter was read: John P. Adams, President. Dear Sir I have received yonr invitation tendered on behalf of the democratio organization of Kings county, and I confess that it is difficult for me to decline the courtesy, or disappoint the wishes of such kina party friends. I cannot, however, satisfy myself that I ought, by accepting your invitation, to depart from the course which I have followed in all similar cases. I know how ably the speakers who address the meeting will present the topics which are prominent in tb canvasa and how well the claims of our candidates to the publio confidence will be advocated. The thought which is uppermost in my mind leads me to suggest that this is a time for the democrats of our state to guard against the indifference and lack of activity which are apt to result from the reaction of a recent presidential campaign, and which, also, too often exist when the grade and character of the offices to be filled are not such as inspire the greatest party enthusiasm. We should constantly bear in mind that every election involving democratic principles is important to our party, and that diderences should not be permitted to invite defeat, when fit and worthy men and true democrat! are presented as candidates for public office. In the pending campaign, though the campaign has to do with state policy and state offices, it cannot be denied that it is also related in an important way to fundamental party principles, and it should be our pleasure, aa it is our duty, to give active and earnest support to the worthy and honest men and the tried and true members of the democratio party who are our candidates. I hope that yonr mass-meeting may be the means of arousing that democratio activity, watchfulness and enthusiasm which will insure democratic success. Your, very traly, Jsew York, Nov. 1. Grovkr Cleveland. ORGANIZED FARMERS. Th Patrons of Husbandry- Doing a Blf Business in Michigan. PORT IlrEOX, Mich., Oct. 25. Not lesi th.a 75,000 Michigan farmers have joined the) patrons of husbandry since last May and the number is increasing every weeki They threaten to be the controlling power in the politics of the state and then to spread over the entire country. The patrons claim to have been forced into being by the monopolies and trusts and they propose to organize a combination that will strike terror to the hearts of their enemies. At present the patrons are devoting themselvesexclnsively to the merchants, and in every town where they nave a foothold they enter into au ironclad contract with one dealer in each line of trade to purchase only from him, exacting a pledtre that they shall not be charged to exceed 12 per cent, advance on wholesale prices. The patrons have lodges it forty-seven counties, Kent leading with a membership of more than fi.OOO. The general offices are located in this city and the Rev. W. F. Verbucan, an old time Presbyterian preacher, is the supreme president In February a state convention will be held at Flint. The yesr following there will be a gathering from all over the country at Lansing. There are no rich men among the patrons, but many pro, perous farmers and a few unsuccessful poli tician.