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VHaiiidcnlet ILLINOIS. mm THE NEWS RECORD. •mmiART or THE Evuvmnt, «*• PKNINFIS OF A WEEK, 1 * • - I •; "ftiii iir 'irfiffili'iiimlii Mf,. Donnelly wanted to Ret controi of ids wife's property, amounting to •boot $1«,000. A BlUCi h*8 ptSRd the Connecticut ft^use giving •omen the right to tote o» lb*> question of the sale of intoxicating .liquors. AT the seventy-fifth annual meeting of Ihe American Tract Society held at Bos­ ton, Mass., William C. Chapin was elected rresident, and the Rev. Jeremiah Taylor (Secretary. UPON returning to his residence at New York from the Memorial Day parade, and without removing his uniform of the "Old Guard," Captain C. Henry Witthaue committed suicide with a revolver. He Has 35 years of age and very wealthy Y WESTERN HAPPENING*. THE residence of Emanuel Smith, nea§ St. Mary's, Ohio, was destroyed by fire*. At boy named Copsey, who bad been stopping with the Smiths, had been rescued from the flames, but while over­ come with fright and before he could be caught rushed back into the midst of the fire and perished. A. LEONARD METER, ex-Mayor of Phoenix, Arizona, charged with abscond­ ing with about $6,000 belonging to the Wells-Fargo Express Companv, was ar- ivstcu ili fcjau rraUCiKOO, vai., uu iuc arrival of the steamer Mexico trom Vic­ toria, B. C. IN a disastrous cyclone that passed over Clements, Cflase County, Kansas. Capt. Brown and his daughti-r ,weie killed, his wife had a l«g almost torn off, and his sou La tan arm and a leg broken. It is reported that six or en other persons weie killed, bnt the wires ar>* down and ™ ... , co lelinbio informntioi. can le obt.lined. Business at all poiuts reporting t on-1 John Pnntle, conductor of a stock train, Comm«rrW, wad hdoitiW Vewifro^ Alt Over the I*»d--Fire*, Ae- and Crimes--Th* «l»t * K«w> In i* Few I-loe«. APPALLING DISASTER. Hand reds of Pc"p*e Swept to Their Death. --A terrible disaster is reported from ^Johnstown, Pa. By the bursting of a great reservoir on Conemaugh creek, •' abovo the town, during a storm, the city • ~J • was instantly floored. Great destruction ' to pioperty was wrought. The disaster ||jlUi i,een foreseen end hundre is had left W for places of safety, but even then the lf;e "loss of life we* appall nq. Over 200 dead bodies were counted floating down ^ -stream at Johnstown alone just after the ; 4flood, whi e along the valley many addi- tional lives have heen lost. It is asserted tV *Uj2?J ?.Tr: frarA linilKMM in If i, ' town proper, entirely ul»ve the water BUSINESS IS STILL GOOD. Clearing* Show a Considerable Cfaln OT>T last Year. V E. G. DtTK & Co.'s weekly review of trade says: j Od tho whole, the crop prospect continues un- n';. ' good ar!<l tlie niarke, K are rapidly al- *•. ' jotii ;; tiit?m-.elws to ill - 8 8-.ui-a.ace ot ample "'suppli " $fctinues large In volume aa<l the clearings ihiough "banks show aa ineivaso of about.13 jwrcent. ovt;r last year, 'l ii ere is no av prehension of ' early disturbance iu the money market, but the K:?bauk surplus, if jimteriallv "weakened during sit vrojks by gold exports, may not ;'l't • bo strong enough to ;irtveiit serious pressure in E" the ff]l, Monuy al interior points i> almost peveryv bore in an.pl'j supply. Cleveland being 1 " Jthe only exception. Ct lU-tUous do not improve fej?- ."jat Ksninas City or Milwaukee, but the ?*?-;• ••eomplaiiits are on the whole not. increased. U'n"', "The speculative markets have lioen oompara- ^ J li\< [y same. No change is seen iu cotton. The >'•" " ' (ge'H'j.d average of prices lias declined only a 'Brth ol lpercrnt. Tor tbe week. About 10 per more than last year's prices is asked tor • c ""'Mielnf/an wool. The decision on tbe worsted i »'^."vx «|U(-sti< n is regarded by many as insuring a j .>re active demand tor wool. Pitts!>urg re- ; i"V' .2»"rtw a dull market for pig iron, with lower j 'f '3 prices tor some brands, aim a fuir demand for ' ^ iaBamifactur.-d ian and steel at former prices. ! Tbt- impression pre\ails at lJhiia<ii lpbia that ! 2 IKIJT.1!;! prices ha»e iioen reached au«i steel-rail 1 "•^•ri'.a'ii'era aro encouraged by Bates of 6-',000 tone ! *>i more during the week to believe that the i *nrninf; pciiut has been reached. In ether i '~J-: tiranches* of business the outlook is encourag- ! ®«',! ?#ng. There are situ? ot an immense production i <§\\{ of butter and cheese, with a full demand. The I production of boots and shoes in increasinp, and frders received are large. The business failures |3 Jaambcr 215. as compared v. ith ±U the week jpre- • - "%iou«. For the cerres£K)nding week ol last- year j [ i kittle figorcv were £r t M'GARIGLE'S RETURN. JRM Chicago "Boodler " Appeus^a Coo* and ^ < - Pleads Guilty. WIIIIJIAH J. MCGAJRIGIJE, the ex- "Warden of the Cook Comity Hospital, a |>oodler, convicted and sentenced, who S ' tad escaped from the Sheriff and has » lieeu spending a couple of years in J taunda, walked into Judge Shepard's %t>Xcourt-room in Chicago the other day, ac- tompauied by his attorney, Fnuicis f it>'Adams, ex-Corporation Co nsoi, and his "' v' Itondsmen, £. J. Lehman, and James Fitc- v4 .jtimMons. By agreement with the State's ll^V.^lkttaniey, the Hading in the trial was set <dMide. McGarigle pleaded guilty asd *; > .jras sentenced to pay a fine of $1,000, %^(rhich he promptly did. t V • FATAL WRECK IN OHIO. Ij :Hm Sea Killed and Several Injured tn a CollUion Near Coalton. iC'i: . A COliltisioK oceurreJ on the Dayton, 4k TP*** Wayne and Chicago Bailway half a f jasiL east of Coaltoa, Ohio, between two ^ "freight trains, on one of which was a y. • caboose with thirty miners going to work. fx i • The collision was in a sharp curve. Both f\ ' Arains were badly smashed and nearly ie\ery passenger on tho caboose wan more ?V *.i ®r 'esB hurt. Three men--Mit Dow, Mar- r'shall Shead, and John Brown--were '1 .killed. The following were badly in- ^ , jured; Caron Shead, Frank Dover,' Elmer ' Owens, William Robinson, Frank Culver, Wk~' .E. C. Dow, and William Trace. "h&fik \ • WALT WHITMAN'S BIRTHDAY. The Good Gray Poet" Receive* €onpratula- tlons on Headline; His 70th Year. At Camden, N. J., Walt Whitman, the |,j. ~,i •- gray i oet," received the congratn- i % • ' . lations of his friends on the -seventieth ,, anniversarj* of his birth.: Letters and telegrams cf good wishes poured in all «».•>- Although tbe poet's health has been ; .-exceedingly poor, he mustered up IS; strength enough to ride to Morgan Hall |pv4' to attend the banquet, in his honor. He was not able to remain long, but did more Sf|?^ 'than the 200 friends present expected in jSSf, being there at all. For nearly a year the Ipt old gentleman has been confined to his • bed. ' Ipfe BASE-BALL BATTERS. " •v . fltaadlag of the Clubs That Are CmtsaOag if; for First Place. ^ . ' THK relative position of the various , etebs that are competing for the .peasant jv r is shown by the annexed table: ' National. W. It ^ c Americau. W. Boston ft C .769-St. Ix}oie....27 .655 Brooklyn.. ..21 .SHU Cincinnati... 21 -5W Athletic 18 .4B3,K'n8's City.. 18 .400 Baltimore.. .18 .333, Columbus.. .18 .250 Ix>uiBvUle... 8 Philoda 19 10 Kew York. ..17 19 Cleveland. ..17 13 Chicago IS 17 Pittsburgn..l3 18 Indianap.. ..10 Wasb'gvn... 4 X. IS 14 17 15 17 17 Western. W. L. Bt. Paul. 23 4 Omaha 19 10 Sioux City.. 18 H Denver 12 |1S Minneapolis 11 Ifi rMoines . 10 16 St. Jose; & .ftu .C2" .444 .407 Inter-St W. Davenport. .17 Quincy 13 Springfield.. 12 Kvausville ..14 Peoria 11 .383; Burlington.. IS who parsed 'throngh Clements ju t after the cyclone, was in plc;n sijjht of part of its destructive doings. The cloud looked square-shaded, like a house with its lower I.ortiou Ktirronnded by a wLite cloud, ooking like steam, which seemed to rise from all around the mam dark c'oud. As it came through tbe timber it cat a clean swath, apparently destroying everything in its path, and when it struck the Cot­ tonwood Kiver it looked as if it wa-< cut­ ting paths throngh the rivor, pulling up the water on both sides. lie saw Capt. Brown's stone house demolished, another with the roof and one side torn off, and still another lifted and carried from its foundations. The storm crossed the rail- road in three p'aces, «nd seemed to havei made a partial circle, going over nearly the same path a second time. Its path wus about fifty yards wide, and there is little doubt of much damage and more deaths having occurred further from the road. THE Bight 'Worthy Grand Lodge of the World of the Independent Order of Good Templars is in session at Chicago. W. W. Trumbull, Bight Worthy Grand Tem- ?lar, of Glasgow, Scotland, presides, be other officers who answered to the- roll call were Dr. Oranhvotohe, of Ontario, Canada;Mis. Bookbank, of Indiana; Miss Forsyth, of Massachusetts; U. Copp, of Illinois, and Be v. W. S. Lane, of Nova Scotia. Almost every State in the Union is represented. This order is tbe largest international temperance organization in the world and contains over one hundred grand lodges having jurisdiction over as many separate counties, States and Ter­ ritories. Under these grand lodges are an aggregate of 10,114 local lodges, with 670,000 adult and juveni'e members. A BOLD lob'ier held up the passengers 00 the Milwaukee & Noithern night pas­ senger train. As the train pulled out of Beater, Wis., ft fptr nigktg S THSIt about 5 feet 8 inches tali, dressed like a , lumberman and wearing a full dark beard, entered the ladies' car. When he reached I the fear of the coach he pulled out two j revolvers and requested the brakeman to j hand over his cash. He then proceeded j through the train, robbing the passen­ gers. E. A. Allen of Marquette handed over $175 and a Sne gold watch and chain. A traveling man handed out a roll of bills said to have contained $800. James Hughes, of Iron River, had $500 and a silver watch, which the highway­ man appropriated. As each passenger paid the tax he was made to march ahead of the fellow until all tbe coaches had been goho through. When the male pas­ sengers were huddled in the forward end of the smoking car like a lot of sheep he shoved his way through and backed out of the door and jumped off the train, and es­ caped as the train was pulling into Ellis Junction. NATHA* COBWITH, SB.. died at his residence, No. 1261 Michigan avenue,! j Chicago, of heart and liver disease. His 1 death was not unexpected, it having been ' j known for several weeks that he could I not recover from the illness with which; { he was suffering. ! j THE steamer E. S. Pease, of East Sag- inaw, Mich., is reported as having foun­ dered in Saginaw bay. The E. 8. Pease was commanded by John Stirling of Saginaw City. Besides the captain the crew consisted of Samuel Jamie- ton, chief engineer; Martin Douo- hue, mate; William Games, Becond mate, and eight or ten men. All are lost. The steamer had the barges Urania and Planet in tow, loaded with iron from Es- canaba for Ohio ports. Previous to two years ago tbe E. S. Pease was known as the California, and went down at the head of Lake Michigan with a large list of pas­ sengers, few if any of whom escaped. A SPECIAL from Norden, Neb., says: There is an Indian scare here, and set- *470 J "#r8 ky the score are arriving at Norden. ^226 There is great confusion, and men, I women, children, and effects ate be- ' ing driven into town. Norden is being fortified to meet^an Indian raid j RICH iron ore deposits nave been dis­ covered near Guthrie, Oklahoma, and a shaft will be sunk at once and a thoiojugh ' examination made. *e .092 .600 .552 .545 JS14 ft .565 .500 hfctf* brick tobacco feetwry on Bridge stroeiaoorly ftj higlk. The walls had bwm ooar carf**t«» at wefkoa*. The was blowing hard, and the entire building i oaiwi down with a c ash. Robert Praiti, Wi Man Young, G. B. Jones, Book Hooper Md ,!>. N. Collie were Wiled. Henry Oakes will die. Six o: jrs were badly in jured. Several men were buried in the ruins and a considerable tufte elapsed .before they were extricated. THE NATIONAL CAPITAfc V Louis A. DENT, of Washington, has been appointed private secretary to Sec­ retary Bltiine, vice Thomns H. Sherman, f appointed Consul to Liverpool. Mr. [ Dent was formerly private secretary to Congressman H»tt, of Illinois, and aided Mr. Blaine in the preparation of bis bpok^ JT,we»ty Years of Congress. F01 An m th caxcA- it»u wad a C&lmi* Xfc»- on Su*plch»a of Com- >ul Crime--Was tbe Doe» a spy? jo telegram.] Jhieago have placed un- i«r McGeeban, formerly of ; bnt lately of Chicago, for aoHiplicity in tbe murder of l one is allowed to see Sjirrv Vi-. * / RAILWAY GOSSIP. THE statement of the Chicago, Milwau­ kee and St. Panl Railway shows the gross earnings were f 1,819,531, against $1,825,698 for the corresponding month a year ago, a decrease of $6,167; operat­ ing expenses were $1,340,759, aga'nst $!,- 482.69*, a decrease of #142,135; and net earnings of $478,771, against $342,803, an increase of $135,967. For the four mont hs of the calendar year ending April 80 t.hf» «S,0u0,:i60, against f996,133 Xor the cou-esi.onding period in the preceding year, an increase of $1,054,827. THE annual report of tb» Southern Pacific Company states that the net earn­ ings of the roads and steamships for 18&8 were $15,990,000. 1 ACROSS THE OCEAN. THE British man-of-war Surprise was run ashore at Syracuse, Sicily, after col­ liding with and sinking tbe steamer Nesta. The man-of-war is full of water. A FIBE occurred on May 3 at Gokote- Akita-Ken, Japan, destroying over 1,000 houses. The fire oiigiuated about 10 o'clock at night in tbe residence of tho £hiota Gonshiro and was not extinguish­ ed until 6 o'clock of the second morning. Over twenty persons were burned to death, eehan came to Chicago about s ago. He is a blacksmith by trade! Be left a lucrative position iu Philadelphia some seven weeks ago. He also, it is said, left a wife and an interest­ ing family in that city, an I since he came to Chicago he has done littlo work. He soughjt employment at Pulhnan, obtained, it, and worked a few days. The major portion of the tlite, it Is alleged, be spent in saloons, where he was a boon compan­ ion of the enemies of Dr. Cronin end a eulogist of Crgnin's most malignant antag­ onists. His disappearance frOm Philadelphia in­ fracted attention. It is said of him that be was one of those who opposed Dr. McCalsey and Dr. Cronin, and eulogized those who opposed them. He came from the same part cf Ireland where a noted leader of the old Clan-na-Gael organisa­ tion was born. He boasted of his kinship with that person. The story goes that since he come to Chicago McGeehan has as-.ociated with the j enemies of Cronin and that he expre-sed | ain enmity for the doctor, even going so j far as to make threats against him. It i3 j said that his remarks reachine the ears of I Cronin tbe latter remonstrated with Mc- : Geehan. These statements were made by i several prominent Irish-Americans who ; were told of McGeehan's detention, 1 They also said that Dr. Cronin met I McGeehan one day opposite his office on Clark street, and challenged him to repeat the statements he had made Concerning him (Cronin) in a Randolph street saloon. McGeehan, they say, made a baiting apology. These men say that since Le Caron's testimony was published McGeehan has tried to impress on his friends that Cronin wa one of the inform­ ers referred to in Le Caron's evidence. rnd nearly one hundred injured. Ten | He was put down as one of the men whom w. dosepii... „ ^!w«£k«.. 7 SOUTHERN INCIDENTS. "^ilJrOItK Mess.. The civil laai of iioucuzollern aud Bourbon has taken, si ace at.tM J!Jtjn o€ the Countess of Trapani. at Baden • • Baden.- , " . thousand people are homeless. The Em­ peror hi aded a list for financial aid for the sutlerers with a personal subscription Cf $1,000. FRESH AND NEWSY. ̂ . . - ' ' • Vi- KxtuOBS, which, however, are dis­ credited, are current in ihe Mexican capital to the effect that Congress is dis­ cussing iu secret session the ceding of Lower California to the United States. NINETEEN lives were lost by tha wreck of the schooner Bavaria, which went ashore on Galloo Island, sixty miles from Kin«ftton,]_Ont., during a terrible gale. e Bavaria was one of three s.hooners in tow of the steambarge D. D. Calvin, the other two being the Norway and the Valencia. At the place named the wind suddenly blew np into a howling gale, the tow line parted, and the three schooners were rolling in the trough of the sea. The Calvin picked up the Norway and Valencia, but the Bavaria had drifted beyond reach, and tbe captain of the barge abandoned the doomed schooner and headed for Kingston with the Norwny aud Valencia, bringing both safely into port. While the barge was making for Kingston the Bavaria had drifted ashore on Galloo Island, every soul on board being drowned. Exactly how they perished cannot be learned, as no one is known to have witnessed the disaster. It would seem,however, that the captain was washed overboard, as papers and money be­ longing to him were found on the wreck afterward. The crew then probably took to the yawl, but were lost id endeavoring to reach the shore. The names of the lost are as follows: Cnp'ain John Marshall, Mrs. Marshall, their three children, first mate Felix Campeau, Mrs. Campeau, their six children, second mate John Snell, seaman William McGarrity, seaman San­ dy Berry, seaman Archy Borley, seaman Elias Borley, Bella Hartman. cook. IN joint assembly the Senate and House of Rhode Island appointed a committee to count the votes for general officers. The committee reported no election by the people, except for Attorney General, and the Assembly elected and inaugur­ ated tbe following Republicans: Herbert W. Ladd, Governor; D. H. Littlefield, Lieutenant Governor; L. H. Cross, Sec­ retary of State; Samuel Clark, Treasurer. . THE CHOSEK FEW. President Harrison Makes Known His Cbotee for Various Offices. THE President has made the following appointments: Hiram Smith. Jr., Cameron, Ho., to be First . Deputy Commissioner of Pensions; Benjamin [ M. Thomas, .Santa Fe, N. M., to be Secretary of I New Mexico ; Robert 8. Underson, Baker City, Ore., to be Comtnirisioiler in and for District of Alaska, to reside at Onalanka; Hal J. Cole, i Spokane Falls, Wash. T., to bo Ag -nt for the In- [ dlans of the Colvilie Agency, Wash. T. Registers j of I .and Offices--Alexander Lynch, Florida, i at Gainesville, Fla.; Doras iM. Fox, Des i Moines, at Des Moines; John M. Hodge, Abi- j lene, Kan., at Salina, Kan.; John T. Opprerson, ! Oregon City. Ore., at Oregon City, Ore. ; Patrick I Raleigh, Little Rock, Ark., at Little Rock, Ark., i Herbert Brown, Arizona, at Tucson, Ari. Re­ ceivers of Public Moneys --Volney J. Shipman, Florida, at Gainesville, Fla.; John V. Scott, Cal­ ifornia, at Shasta, Cal. Samuel J. Ruby, of lowa, has been appointed United States Consul at Belfast. Ireland. Orion W. Chapman, of New York, to be Solic­ itor General; John B. Cotton, of Maine, to be Assistant Attorney General. - "• EASTERN OCCURRENCES. : H, Harding, aged 81 ' years/formerly CuUii; cUdr-of the diocese vJ Connecticut, die# at , the St. Siujidi* Orphan h».m at New Haten, Conn., Wiicrc fcr some tLui? be had been acting aa chaplain. ' THE Young Men's Democratic Club of New York City extended a banquet of weleome to ex-President C!av*land at $hs Fifth Avenue Hotel. Nearlv five hundred of the leaders of the Democratic party \»ere present. The enthusiasm evoked by the presence of Mr. Cleve­ land was enthusiastic. The cheers were long and loud when the ex-President entered the banquet hall. He sub­ mitted to the handshaking of the many guests for an hour before t iking his seat at the table, and appeared in the best spirits. All factions of the Democracy I to protecMts the t, Kentucky. ; A STOBM which swep^j^rougti tomac Valley did a vast amount cf Htruction in the Panhandle of Vv Virginia, Northwestern Virginia and Western Maryland. At,Falling Waters, Md., a bouse was wrecked and James Brown was killed. His wife and daugh­ ter and two young lady visitors were fa­ tally injured. Reports from various sections indicate a heavy loss of life and widespread destruction. ° IN the course of a Memorial Day speech at Fort Smith, Ark., Congressman Kelly, of Kansas, among other things, said, in substance: Tho State of Arkansas is in disrepute. Com­ rades Benjamin and Clayton were assassinated In this State because they v. ere loyal to tlse flag | of their comity. The eyes of the entire country arj? upon Arkansas. He said his htate Legisla- | ture iiad pa»»ed resolutions denouncing Arkan­ sas, aud calling upon the National Government der martial Congreesintui, and. were represented at the banquet--Tsl_ many, the County Democracy, officers of the Reform Club, and of the various ether Democratic clubs of the city. At Watertown, N. Y.r Cornelius Don­ nelly hanged himself, under the belief that his wife would come to his rescue before death resulted. He had previously feigtte&fto cut hie throat and had also pretehdiid to strangle himself", so that his people, evt-n if it had to put it un­ law, and then continued; I am a com raden, I w ill see that you are protected, if my influence And power can effect it, even if wa have te mart to mar­ tial law. The indignation of the citizens atl the remarkable speech culminated in the de­ nunciation of Kelly at a mass meeting held the same afternoon, at which resolu­ tions censuring Mr. Kelly for thus ..ex­ pressing himself were adopted. A tebbibiiE accident occurred at Dan- Penn wM boildinf * MAKKET RKPiQKTS. CHICAGO, CATHME--Prime oood r" "" Common Hoo«--Packing Grades... Whbat-- No." 2 Spring.".'.'.'.""."!!^.' COBN--No.2 ...| OATS--No. 3 Eye--No 2 BUTTKII--Choice Creamery CBEEHK-FUII Cream, flat*,..... EGOS--Fresh Potatoks--Choice new, per brl.. MILWAUKEE. li, *. . , ..... Hhkiw.. ... WH«AT--No.2 COBN--No. 2 Yeik>'\* . OAXS--Ho. a White..... Touu>a WHEAT--NO. 2 Bed ......; CoBN--Cash.. ................ OAIW--NO. T Whiter..... NfcW YOKK.. CATTLE H'xta FRUKKP WHKAT--Mo. A IUti Cons--No. 3 OATH--White POBK--N«w Mess. ST. LOU IB. CATTLE Hoos WUKAT--Mo. 3. Cown--NO. 1 OATS RIB-SO. S INDIANAPOLIS. CATTM... Hoau.. BHEEP... LAMBS CINCINNATI. WHKAT--No. 2 Bed ColiN--No. A OATS--No. A Mixed... 2. Pons-Mess KANSAS CITY. OATTLK--Good f... • : * M e d i i ; . m * " > * • . ButcJiers' "... BOOS-HChoiee. _ ........ {o> 8.50 (» 4.50 @ 4.50 .21^1!$ .07)4(31 tg 3.75 eS 12.00 Le Caron said would be executed if their names were published. The persons WHO gave tbe foregoing in­ formation say that McGeehan answered to the description given by Mrs. Conklin of the man who*drove the buggy from the house on North Clark street the night of Cronin's disappearance. They say he also answers to tbe description: i? one of the Williams brothers given by Mrs. Carlson. The other alleged brother t.ears a close resemblance to a bartenaer, a former Ihiludeiphian, who has been McGeehan's good friend and chum since the latter came here. . A Philadelphian now tsmporariily re­ siding in the city, and who was instrumen­ tal! in bringing about the arrest of Mc­ Geehan, said in reference to the mat er, "it would have been wrong not to arrest McGeeban. He was constantly preaching against Cronin, and of all the persons who were hostile to the doctor he was tbe worse. When he came here he associated with those opposed to Cronin and who regarded a former leader in Irisi socle: ies as little less than a god. He ma le the acquaintance of Conghlirij and through hiys met other persons who are partisans of the obnox­ ious leader of the Clan-na-Gael Irishmen of this city. When Dr. Cronin remon­ strated with McGeehan about his threats it is said that McGeehan was furious and became more violent and more frequent in his denunciations of the doctor than he had been b^'ors. Now, the question arises, did his threats have any bearing on subsequent developments? Did his com­ panions here sympathize with his views? It is rumored that he was acquainted with P. O. Sullivan of Lake View as well as Detective Cougl«lin. It is reported that be greeted the iceman as an 'old comrade;' He made the rounds with Coughhn. He looked on Coughlin as a valuable man. He of ten said so." As a result of the exposure of Detective Coughlin's knowledge as to the man who acted as Dr. Cronin's decoy two conf er­ ences were held on Saturday between Mayor Creiger, Chief Hubbard, Lieut. Elliott, Corporation Counsel Hutchinson, Attorney W. J. Hynes, and Col. W. P. Rend. The accused detective wasfbrougnt before them and subjected to a searching examination. At the clcae of the last ex­ amination of Coughliu it was 6: 30p. m. and the detective was not only suspended from duty but placed under arrest. The officials were very reticent as tc Coughlin's admissions, if he made any, but Chief Hubbard admitted that things looked very black for him. The chief said he had been deceived in some things and would make a thorough investigation. One of the most surprising features of Coughlin's connection with the case is that Mike V\ halen, another detective who, with Coughlin, was detailed on the Cronin casa, is a brother-in-law of Sullivan, the ice man. Coughlin has admitted to Chief Hubbard that Smith, the man who took the white horse from Dinan's stable at Coughlin's order, gave him $3 to pay for the horse and afterward left the city for New Mexico. The apparently inexplica­ ble part of Coughlin's case is the fact t'lut when he was sent out to bring in this man Smith he returned with the statement that Smith was a 1 rî ht and had l--ft the city th"t afternoon. The m at startling rumors have been cir­ culated regarding the enmity of Detective Coughlin to Dr. Cronin and the probable reasons why he is at least aware of the identity of the assassins. Many of the friends of Dr. Cijoniu are outspokeu in their assertions that Coughlin was a spy in the local camps of the Irish Revolutionary brother! ood. It is well known that Dr. Cronin and his supporters were actively prosecuting a search for information which would fasten the crimes of embes element and treason on certain leaders in the Irish Revolutionary brotherhood. ^ It is now claimed that the detective, t Coughlin, has been for sometime acting as • spy to keep the accused parties informed of the actions of Cronin and bis friends. Dr. Cronin had organized several indepen­ dent camps of the brotherhood, and it is in these camps that, as is clai|ned, Coughlin acted the part of a spy. He is said to have been recently expelled from one of tbe meetings on the ground that he v. as not a properly initialed member. The jnost sensational disclosures are promised ~ ""ing a general system of espionage -- ̂ which» it is eiaimed, .̂aaction of the Chi- was pep ited,feasc^g:oj&ef« •r Bt Cronin. A commPue wmitepeinMdte -try him. He was convicted witbonfe being given a chanoe to make a defense, and bis assas­ sins were brought here from outside points to carry out the mandate of the committee. The latter was chosen by secret ballot, Positively nothing is known of the evidence that was produced to bring about the conviction, but it is stated on good authority that it was furnished by men who were unfriendly to Dr. Cronin. It consists of telegrams, letters and affidavits. It seemed almost over­ whelming, and Cronin was declared a traitor. His removed was ordered under the clause in the Clan-na Gael by-laws which says that a man can be "removed" for traitorous conduct. Hie word re­ moved simply means death. It has been ascertained that the bloody trunk which contained the body of Dr. Cronin was one sold bv the A. H. Revell Furniture company last Feburary. This is an important clew, as the goods found at the house 1872 Ashland avenue were also purchased from the Revell company by the same parties. The furniture and trunk were sold about Feb. 20, ana the purchaser is described as a man of medium build and height wearing a closely cropped black mustache. Ho bought a beadstead, mattress, commode, brureau, rocking- chair, la np, wash bowl ahd pitcher, a sachel, and.trunk. He ordered a heavy rtrrvri fnr the f"ut:k sad ona cf ssuss"! weight was given him. The furniture was delivered in room 1'2, 11? Clark street, by Revell'8 men, who laid tho carpet on tbe floor. No. 117 Clark street is directly op­ posite the Chicago Opera House building, where Dr. Cronin had his office. Room 12 fronts on Clark street. The same man who bought the furniture of Revell ap­ plied to Knight & Marshall, the renting agents of the buildinar, on Feb. 38, to rent room 12. He was told that the whole seven rooms on the fourth floor, including room 13, were for rent together, but not separately. The stranger at once engaged the whole floor, paying $42 for a month's rent in advance. He had no references and said he wanted the room for a friend in Michigan who was coming to Chicago for medical treatment He was allowed to take possession. ' A month later Mr. Knight sent his col­ lector to get another month's rent, bnt tbe rooms were all vacant and the stranger bad disappeared. The furniture was also gone. The date of his disappearance tal­ lies with tbe date of the advent of a stranger to rent the cottage on Ashland avenue. It is established almost beyond a doubt that tae same man purchased the trunk from Revell, rented the place on' Clark street, and the cettage on Ashland avenue and also drove the white horse on the night af Cronin's disappearance. Tho renting of the Clark ftreet place was evidently for the purpose of shadowing the ill-starred doctor's movements. Further examination of the cottage where the murder took place reveals the fact that a severe struggle must have taken place before the victim was ren­ dered unconscious. The blood stains on floor, wallj, ana furniture are profuse and terrible. Here and there are strands of hair sticking to the congealed blood. Tbe supposition i? that Dr. Cronin must have received several blows before losing con­ sciousness and the ability to defend him­ self. Thero are linger prints and foot­ marks showing that the assassin or assassins must have lost presence of mind and sought in a bungling fashion to cover the evidences of their terrible crime. If Wiiiiam J. Smith, who says he is at present in the employ of S. E. Gross, tells the truth, Detective Coughlin's "unknown Smith,"- the man for whom he says he or­ dered a horse at the North Clark street livery stable on the night of the disap­ pearance of Dr. Cronin, is more than ever a mystery. At the socialistic meeting at Waverly hall yesterday afternoon, L. C. Crowley who lives at 68 West Chioago avenue, approached a reporter and said: "Would you like to see Smith for whom Coughlin says he ordered a horse?" When he was asked to point out Smith he said he had been joking. "I do know Smith," he said. "He la a friend of Coughlin's, and he came from Hancock, the town in Michigan where Coughlin says the Smith he means once lived. 1 think that Coughlin just hap­ pened to thinic of this man's name when he was forced to name some one. But 1 know this Smith was not concerned in the matter, that he did not get a horse and that he has not b«en to New Mexico." Smith, ,Jn conversation with a re­ porter, acknowledged that he was acquainted with Coughlin, but re­ fused to give his residence or his occupation previous to his engagement with Gross, which was entered into only about a week ago. That he knew Coughlin he ad­ mits, and that he was twice with the de­ tective immediately preceding his assertion made on Friday that the man for whom he engaged a horse was a "Tom Smith," formerly of Hancock, Mich., who has sinoe gone to New Mexico. Smith says he has no relatives in the city, and no brother. He does not know anyone of the name of "Tom Smith" in Hancock. Smith's friends says that Coughlin, find­ ing it necessary to invent a name for the unknown buggy-driver, chanced to think of his newly found friend, and afterward, to carry out the story, gave the myster­ ious individual not only the name but 5he former borne address of his friend. ARE I! XSOE GHAWD JrtJRY ON TBS CBOXDf CASE. . 8.90 ® 4.76 4.80 5.25 4.2J 5.50 .«2!«tfS .83!* 41 .42 & .40 18.50 .»> 18.00 S.76 4.00 .77 .SI .as @ 4.50 # 4.60 g» .77* <g> -SI* <$ .24 .41}* 8.00 4.99 8.00 *.00 @ 4.50 & 4.75 @ 4.25 & 6.50 .81 II S* .47!s# .4S* 12,00 @11-2.50 CINCINNATI SALOONS CLOSED. Sunday Observed by Mmiv I q .or Sbopn tn Olilo'« Nhub'i y lur. CINCINNATI, Ohio, May 27.--Wi h f#War than a dozen exceptions the saloons were to all outward appearances closed Sunday. Front doors were shut and locked and blinds were down. There was little or no difficulty in getting admission to perhaps one-tliird of them by a private side or back entrance. In one or two instances a man stood in front aud unloocked the door for tbe ingress cr egress of customers. About two-thirds of tbe saloons that keep open on Sti iday are believed to have been absolutely closed. There were five arrests by the police of the most defiant proprie­ tors of open houses. In one case a pro­ prietor was arrested three times before he closed. The Law and Order league caused ei^ht or ten saiooit keepers to be arrested and taken before magistrates. The policy seems to be to proceed against the saloons only a few at a ti ne ana to let bas^ ball and theaters alone f or tha present; Three noted coucert sal n< were op„>u at night. MANITOBA LIBKRALS AROUSED. Thcjr Want Kwnilfr Grr«iiw*y nnd At. tomeMttrlin (o Kailgn. OTTAWA, Ont., May 27.--It is reported that tbe Liberal party of Manitoba is de­ manding tbe resignation of Premier a tttk and Attorney-Ganeral Martin ;yoet» •• :'3>^^y^^^-»^iience of charges made against ;g. the affairs of the . into the man- some way representing i-.o . -'ti'fe.--: ' ^ - society. ^Charges of trait^c^';'^^^^^ were preferred against bim at a y ^ t a Clan-na-Gael camp; he was found guilty- and his removal was ordered. The charge was based on the statement of the British spy, Le Caron, that there were four more spies in America. Vfrten Le Caron made tbe statement on the stand before the Parnell com-nisslon, he was ordered to state the names of the spies. He said he dared not do it, because if they were known they would be murdered. Presiding Justice Hannan then took him into a closed ante-roo f. a:id in tbe pres- •ence of Mr. Richard Web*ter, the Attor- ney-Genoral, who is conducting the prose- •eation, and Sir Charles Ku-sell, Parnell's attorney, Le Caron stated tbe names. Within forty-eight hours after this news cr.bled across from Europe, nearly •very Jlan-na-Gael cainp in Anamrioa had CroittL* Shown l.y removal was Evideaee *tw«ent«d Strpnc Kaon** «» Hold 'Xieteotlv* Otiegfclia, Imouw Sulli­ van and Hnrw-Thl* Woodruff--'The Lat­ ter Make* Another CfMftMtston. A Chicago dispatch says: Daniel Coughlin the detective; P. O. Sullivan, the iceman, and Frank Woodruff, alias Blick, the "trunk man," have been Indicted by the grind jury on the charge of murdering Dr. Cronin. There are three counts to each indictment, but they refer only to the instru­ ments used in the kill­ ing, and read, "a sharp instrument, a blunt instrument, and an instrument un­ known." The first witness was old man FBAKK . woODHUfT Carlson, the owner of the cottage 1H72 Ashland avenue, Lake View, where the murder took pjace The old man was before the grand jury but a very short time, when he was led out and returned to the west-end wit­ ness room. T. T. Conklin, the saloon keeper and personal friend of the dead doctor, was the iwxi witness. Remaining about twenty minutes he was fo.lowed by young Carlson. John J. Cronin, a brother of the mur­ dered man, was led in after yonng Carl­ son and next in order came the following persors: John Roesch, the man who found the body; Justice Mahoney of Lake View, and special friend of tbe iceman; Dr. Brandt, who examined the hair in the V' ™ "> 1 »tCH wnx BK THE FATW Of MtrB- A mEXUtKR KEMHLEk.. ; > *•*--- *•*- *t~mr «•----"-y Tilffltt *' --A Full Description of Hi* Electrical Apparatai that Will Give Kutnlw Hi* Qaletiu. '! *- ^ [tfewXork «eci»l.] The proceedings on the day of putting to death Kenausr, ihe murderer, wftfe is to be executed by electricity at Auburn, ! so faff as they are at present arranged, will be as follows: On whatever morning shall be decided upon in tbe week of tho execution the prisoner will be notified; and whatever opportunity he desires for religions consolation and farewell word» will be given him. These over, just be­ fore the hour fixed upon for the execution the officers will enter bis cell, and the death warrant will be read. His shoe* will then be removed, and a pair resem­ bling regular army brogans will be substi­ tuted. In the sole of these there will have been inserted a mttal plate ooverinjE ' the whole sole, wad connecting with wire* I passing out through the heels. Whil* one officer is making this change 0t shoes another will fasten the pris- Onera hands together in front, and will place around hie body, just beneath the armpits, a stout leather strap, with a buckle fastening it in front, and snap hooks projecting from each Rid« «.•• wv. .Ar. will place upon the back of the prisoned# head a peculiar close-fitting cap, appajr* ently of black rubber, made around a small me't al piece in the oenter. It will look somewhat as if made by taking » ; rubber foot-bal!, and with a metal cap at i the bole for a center, cutting off tbe end of the ball into a sort of hood. Tbe cans will tit over almost the whole of the hea£ from the base oi the brain to well toward s the forehead. Inside of it, in the center 1 Kbout the metal piece, will be a spiral ar­ rangement of copper wire, about five inches in diameter, and made to lit down' * over the part of the head that it will i •over. The wires, just before the cap it placed on the prisoner's head, will be ' covered with sponge saturated with salt ^ Water. While these arrangements are being pot :: On the prisoner will be sitting on a chair in his cell. This chair, not differing ap- i Earently from an ordinary one, but which t being made especially for the purpose, | Will be connected with wires leading to ' another room, and the prisoner sitting fa i the chair will without knowing it be sub­ jected to a current of electricity too light to be felt, but heavy enough to give an 5 expert electrician in the other room ait exact measurement, by the use of what is | known as the" Whetstone bridge," of tho > electrical resistance of the man. This wijU take only an instant, and will be done bit- fore the officers have the prisoner rea4jjr to leave the cell. \ From the cell the profession will be much as now to the executibn-room, where tbe deputies and other persons permitted by law to witness the Execution will be waiting. x f Near the center of the room, raised npoa 1 a small platform about eight inches aboso the lloor, will be a chair, made somewhat like a large recliniug chair. The long, straight irame that forms the slanting* back will be of hardwood pieces, three inches square, and will be long enough so that if a seven-foot man should lie in thO' chair his head would rest upon the back. The seat and arms will be of plain wood and without any pecul­ iarities. The upper part of the back frame on each side will be fitted.' with a slot, in which will slide back and forth a small arrangement with a ring at the top and a thumbscrew beneath. The rings are to receive the hooks in the back of the belt about the man's body, and the screws are to fasten the« arrangement in place at the^ Bj.ot where the rings will i DETECTIVE COUOHLIN. trunk and the hair on Cronin's head, pro­ nouncing both the same; Dr. Belfield, who was at the post-mortem; Mrs. Conklin, Capt. Schaack. Lieut. Schuttler, Frank Scanlan, Detectives Lorch, Rohan, and Hiatt, Willard J. Smith and his brother John, Capt. Dinan, the liveryman, who owns the rig which carried Cronin to his death; Milkman Mertes, who Lc*rd the doctor's death-cry, young Carlson's wife, and Capt. Wing of Lake View. Of the above list of witnesses, the police officers, the Carlsons, and Mr. and Mrs. Conklin were the only ones capable of fur­ nishing testimony additidna? to what has aiready been printed. These is, again, the State's attorney's word for it that the Conklins went no further than to narrate the familiar facts of. Dr. Cronin's appre­ hension of foul play anu the incidents of his fatal errand, including a description of the man who called for him. Mr. Lon;e- necker a.ere that Dr. Cronin's private _ papers !n the hands of the Conklins' were j iueet tbe hooks,'which "will vary accord- i not introduced nor any knowledge in their possession cast'ng suspicion on others than tiie three indicted. The Carlsoris added to their previous story enough to create the strong presump­ tion that Detective Coughlin was familiar with Iceman Sullivan, and that they have been seen at various times together. From the policemen the best new evidence came and that is found in the links that, for the first time, clearly bind Woodruff to tha crime. Frank Woodruff, alias Frank Black, has been taken into camp by Capt. Schaack and he has told the whole story of his con­ nection with Dr. Cronin's murder. According to the statements he has made to the North Side captain he was not directly connected with the murder it­ self, but simply acted as the driver of the wagon which disposed of the dead man's body in the catch basin wbere it was found. At daybreak Snnday morning Capt Schaack, in a cab driven by a detective, arrived at Indiana and Dearborn streets, and after wait ng for several minutes Woodruff, accompanied by a jail guard, arrived. He was taken into the vehicle and driven to the scene of Dr. Cronin's murder and also to the catch-basin and tbe place where the trunk wa<* foun 1. Wood­ ruff himself gave tbe driv.ng directions to the detective, who managed the reins, and in every instance located tbe exact places where the chief sets in the horrible tragedy occurred. According to his confession he was di­ rected by those who had charge of that part of the conspiracy, and whose names Cape. Schaack reserves for reasons that are palpable, to go to Dean's livery stable, where he would obtain a horse and wagon. He haa already been instructed to drive the outfit; to t^e neighborhood of the Carl­ son cottage and he abo knew for what pui pose he was to go there. . He arrived there about t wenty minutes before Dr.\ Cronin was driven up and placed his h«rse and wagon at a point near tbe cottage, 'where he could keep his eyes on the front steps. He saw the white- horse rig containing Dr. Cronin and bis conductor arrive, and three-quarters of an hour thereafter tbe man who was known as Williams opened tbe front door of the cottage and gnve th > signal b stamping his foot on the wcuden porch. Woodruff at once drove np and, assisted by the third man, the trunk was loaded into the wagon. The two men followed the trunk and directed Woodruff, who con­ tinued as the driver, to drive eastward to the lake to a certain p int which Wood­ ruff had designated to Capt. Schaack. The wagon headed for the lake and in its depths the trunk and its contents would 'have been deposited bad not the interrup­ tion come trom tbe two Lak» View police­ men. This smashed the original plans of the two men anil immed'ate steps were taken to get out of the officers' way. This was done by taking a circuitous route, which again brought them to the Evan- ston road. They had now been driving for nearly an hour with their ghastly load and one of the men suggested the sewer. A stop was made at the Fifty-ninth street intersection of the Evauston road. The man-hole on tbe ing to the height of the prisoner. In front of the chair will be a foot-rest, something like those in a barber's shop, except that the top portion, instead of be­ ing fixed, will be balanced on a pivot to permit it to dip front or back, so that tho feet Will lie firmly upon it. This whole foot-rest will be arranged to slide back­ ward and forward, and to be secured, with a screw at the point where the prii- oner's feet will rest upon it. ' f ^ From the ceiling over the. back of tip chair and over the foot-rest will dangle two' flexible wires, like those from which small electric lights swing. On the wall at one Bide will be a small round dial attached to a brass instrument. A hand upon the dial will indicate the intensity of tho current that will pass over the wires. Near it on the wall will be asnial: double* pole switch, a brass instrument similar to the familiar switches used to shut off or let on the current wherever electricity it used, but designed especially to show aft a glance whether the current is off or on, in order to prevent accidents which caif* lessness in handling the apparatus might bring about. This will be all of the ap­ paratus apparent in tbe 100m. J - The prisoner, immediately upon entelw ing the room, will be led to the chair, anA in a moment will be pushed back into it, the hooks in the belt about the body slipped into the rings in the chair, ana there fastened in place by the turn of tho screws. At the same moment his feet will be raised, the foot-rest slipped v under them and fastened by a turn of the screw, and a strap on top of the rest will be buckled tightly ovet his ankles. In another moment the two d ingling wires will be fastened, one to tbe metal at the center of tbe back of the cap and the other to the metal connection on the heel of each shoe. A black cloth will be pulled over the face of the priei Oner, the officers v*ill stand well baelt from the chair, and at a signal the execu­ tioner at the switch will turn on the cur­ rent, the yolume of which has previous^ been adjusted to suit the resistance of the prisoner, as shown by the test in tljj|> cell. Only the experience of Joseph Kemm- ler can certainly tell what will bappatt then, but if the confidence of those in charge or the efficiency of the apparatus is well founded, at tbe instant that the switch is touched there will be a littlo •tifl'ening of tbe prisoner's body, a little quivering of the limbs, life will flutter- for a bare instant, like tbe needle that will be danchig upon the dial on the wall, and then it will all be over. There will be no pain, no convulsion, scarcely ft. movement to mark the passage from life to death, but the victim will oe hopeless ly and unmistakably dead. V^r STRUCK BL1ND_BY LIGHTNING,, Tarritying Effect* of» Thunderbolt „ Church Near Hlll«bort>, tad. % [Danville (111.) special.] , The people in the country near Hillt- boro, Fountain County, Ind., have just erected and dedicated a new church, 'fho Rev. J. C. Myers, a prominent evangelist residing at<rState Line, Ind., has been conducting a revival. Sunday evening the church was crowded to suffocation top was taken froni tho . and the windows were all thrown open. trUtt \Vh 11 Mr Mvfira wnc t southeast corner tbera wa8 no more time to . »-<.d in the Ud SSfrteC• body out and cru racuiu.^ repcdi»tian ot i. ;r?H^>meut^ 1m connection with tu». have become subj^ of dls*^ satisfaction here. * - ' 1 Htppolyt" had t<> Hitvs Won a liittt*. . iik, While Mr. Myers was in the inidst of his sermon a small rain clottd ofU,the ' rassed over the church. It only dis* charged one bolt of Ightning, which struck and completely destroyed the church chimney, and then dividing iuto ^branches ran down the stovepipes, melti ^ destroying the stoves and tearing- undT •*> the exact -vn»v NKWTOKK, May 27. -Reports brought ^Tthe^uth1 from Cape Haytian, May 18, by the steamer Ozama, to-day, indicate that Hip- polyte's forces have been gaining on those of Legitime. Tho reports are discredited at the H iytian consu ate. One of the rumors heard by the Oza r.a's officers was that Hit polyte I ad routed Legitime 'May 8, after a twelve-hours' battle. found, "we heufJ ,^igoc '.*heeis " ' one of whom had been sittin^oivtliv^ttlr;- pick­ ed up the box and thre w it oik o£ the wagon and I was ur.*e I to whip up the hor e and drive v est. When we reached Fullerton avenun both meusail good-night to me and left the wa,on." The remainder of the confession is de­ voted to Woodruff's wanderings With tbe horse and wagon i* bi* attempt to sell them. ^before it entered tbe ground ition were more or lest •he injuries were " of tbe bolt '"""'"iifa "finil od. WI: ~ " ov^r the * •».? ' He : _ juiiiped iuwcj- a '..«ioineieef;°.. -downward ou ilie iioof. Hv to be dead, and it was mor«Niuiu i'ti-u.' iit ; hour before he showed any signs o£ itfe. On the back of his kettA where the %ol|. •tiQi'k is a seared plitcd half an inch tat i face is burned, the eyeliai.