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fjpxtmfralct Publisher ILLINOIS. 9 mamssm THE WORLD OVER. of th® hawfettM* W(>{ M* ask for enough money te prevfrtt % dMkiency even on the basis of **y»a&* itttree then existing. B- P' I I'- '5 , IT mCUICENCV FROM WW* PART OP THIS GLOBS. : History <* » Week Gathered frwm tfc* -1„ ̂ Kmbrmciiit Political Data**. p*r* MM Momnrntt, Accident* CJWMI Jffefcts* Labor Notem Etc. . I THB OUTLOOK BSTTBICL The Baalmw -SItution Shown to Be I*pr«v- v «nr. « B. G. DCs A Co.'s weekly renew of tafide e«ys: Th> reports are more encouraging. Bierear® decidedly better rrop prospects «-»<l » bettor fwlinfi in the bram'heH of industry and trade which haw been most <2epressed. Iron, coal, and wool took better, and a iifiier treie iu Cotton its expected. Greater activity and better nriocs in the stoek market reflect a feeling of increased confidence in the business outlook. Wool is a shade stronger. l>ecawse prices asked by growers are much abov» the markets, but them is little if any change yet in the attitude oi? manufacturers. Cotton *is stronger, and exports as well as receipts now fall far b«hin<i last year's. out the crop report* from t.ho South are generally fa­ vorable. There is a better feeling, but as yet •without improvement of prices, ill the iron and steel trade. Accounts from interior cities are without important change anywhere. Money is everywhere in sufitoient supply. The West­ ern distributing centers are all cncouragc<l by fcxoeptionnily favorable crop prospects, which are also felt in speculative markets. A little Improvement appears in exports. The increase in imports is about 17 per cent. It is an evi- thetace of reviving foreign purchases oi securities that &old does not go out more largely. No signs of monetary disturbance appear. The failures number *220, as compared with £3 the week previous. For the corresponding week of last year the figures were 225. PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTMENTS Treasury OfHeials, Judges, Marshall and At­ torneys Named. B. F. Gilkitteon of Pennsylvania, to be Sec­ ond Comptroller of the Treasury ; S. B. Holli- day of Pennsylvania, to bo Commissioner of Cnstoms, Tveasurv l)epar:ment; David Martin, to be Collector of Internal Bevenuefor the Phil­ adelphia District; William R. Day of Ohio, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Ohio; Charles S. Zane of Utah, to be Chief Justice of the Su­ preme Court of the Territory of Utah. To be United States Attorneys : Abial Lathrop of South Carolina for the district of South Carolina; Joseph N. Stripling of Florida for the North­ ern District of Florida; Harry K. Jeffords of Ari­ zona for the Territory of Arizona; John W. Herron of Ohio, for the Northern District of Ohio. To be United States Marshals : John B. Miaell of Florida for the Northern District of Florida, and Charles P. Hitch of Illinois tor the Southern District of Illinois. through a window denoe of Mm. M, E. Weld. widow living at Fi««, * suburb, a few evening ago. Th* MMMKk ta viiich it lodged was «M ; house Get on tire. Fortm\an»t* *«** M the inmate# were injured. No «•* tM> th* • i miscreant or the reason th* atteak has been found. * SEVERAL. VESSELS VERA M^«4L * gyle at Lewes. Pel. The Writ X*»ttt*4 was sunk, and with her su^ar ml) be a total loss. The Norw*g«*e Thela was driven oat to KXMU fW Lee was driven on the i«>ek» pletely wrecked. An«S»r TFCFTWXW.*?- ife grounded, but can be saved, THE window-glass MANUFACTURER* <SK c; WORK OP TRAIN-ROBBERS. 4 Train Derailed mad Forty-live Passengers Injured. TH* west'boa iid train on the St. Leon and Ban Francisco Railroad was wrecked on a curve at a point three miles west of Sullivan, Mo., sixty-eight miles west of St. Louis. Not a passen- escaped unhurt, and forty-five are SVr« to have been seriously injured. The explanation of the accident given by the trainmen to the passengers was that the spikes and fieh-piates bad been re­ moved from the rail at the curve, thus leaving the rail too loose on the ties. Who removed the spikes and plates is not known, but the supposition is that the work was done by train-robbers, who wanted to hold up the train. The road officials claim that it is a clear case of .toria-wrecking. BASE-BALL BATTERS. :, - Staadlag of the Clubs That Are Contendinr . " *" for First Place. Jative position of the various 1 competing for the pennant the Snnexed table: L. 6 8 10 13 Boston 15 Philada M New York.. .14 Cleveland.. .IS Chicago IS Pittsburgh. .10 Indianap. ... 9 Wasb'gt'n... 4 Western. W. 8tPauL....I8 Omaha 16 Sioux City.. 14 Denver 10 Minneapolis 10 6t. Joseph... 8 DM HOIIUM. 7 • Milwaukee.. 5 c Americau, W. .714 St. Louis....24 .t3tl Brooklyn.. ..18 .583|K'ns's City. ,J7 .5'J0fCiucinnati.. .17 .48uj Athletic 14 .400 Baltimore.. .14 .391 Columbus... 9 .3001 Louisville... 8 $ci Inter-St. W. .857-Davenport. .14 .(152'Qaincy 13 .035! Springfield.. 10 ,4?ij{Evansville ..11 .434j Burlington. .11 .^Peoria S„ .350 • S17 '• ; »c .705 .620 .548 .531 .500 .482 .310 .266 .571 .500 .458 .458 | ; DEATH TO SIX MINSM. AlMkstof Bocks FatT Upon Ten Men in a J1 Pennsylvania Shalt , WHM a bucket of broken rocks weigh- $ T ing over a ton was being hoisted to the St'" - surface in the new Petti bone shaft of the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Bail- xoad near Kingston, Pa., the wire rope broke, letting the bucket fall nearly one &l~ thousand feet upon ten men engaged in T* _ blastiug at the bottom. Edward Jones was iustantly killed, and James Coyle, Samuel Ceseman, Cornelius Conn, George SJF '• Veet, and George Cresley mangled so that S :- they will die. The other mm vara, jUtas fs$Pn8ly *njra?edi___ ° ^ J% Narrow E-ieape flrom Robbers. B. JOHN ALLEN, of Stanley County, Carolina, was held np by highway- They robbed him of $30 and re­ leased him. The Doctor pelted them with stones, whereupon the robbers caught him again and handed him to a tree until they thought him dead, when he was cut down. After the men left the DoctoT got up and walked home. POLITICAL PORRXDar from all part* of om Nine- tHltt District of Illinois fr ^vnaand'ay, •mtawing a lnrge propoi*"' . | »- I indicate the elect- Williams, Democr 1. ;o CongreM by % of air .a 2,5011. iVovKRscit HOAMD, of Wi^onain, kaa that no extra session of the j l egislature would be neeesaaiy, ij fOftd itn eonsequence non«> will he caUrd. | ITNK school elections throu^bont West the United fetates held a >uee«m$«( PM*. I *how Democratic gains anil the ! burg. Pa., and decided to tlto* ^ in the Stnt« " abo,lt «>m- manufacturer, if he so desired, lo vm Vw which gave Harrison 1.5(H) ma- factory until the regular time fwr , 80rt Democratic. The Repnb for the summer vacation. T¥e Mrk» ji «»i*jont.v in Kanawha Ccnuly is cut glass was not changed. II !SJJB than. 200^ And PRESTON ALGAKD was killed by light­ ning near Lombard, Md. Tnc Hy«gaie Granite Works, at Swtk Byegnte, VI, have gone into insolveiMiy, Liabilities, $56,000: assets, a plant whose original oost was $100,000. WESTERN HAPPEN1KOS. 0 THB ana sown in barley in the United States remains about the same from year to yes;. In Dakota quite an increased acreage wae seeded in 1888, which was balanced by reductions in other sections; but this year reports of Dakota cor­ respondence show a falling off in this repect. It is quite" probable that the entire acreage of the present reason will not much, if any. exceed that of isss. which wnh estimated by the department to be 2,^552,957 acres. The reports of correspondents show that only a very small acreage has been sown in Ohio, Michigan, and Illinois, and prac­ tically none in Indiana, Kentucky, and Kansas. The per cent, of acreage in other States, as compared with one year ago, we summarize as follows: Dakota, 92 per cent.; Minnesota, 96 per cent,; Wis­ consin, 95 per c<nt.; Nebraska, 97 per cent.; Iowa, 94 per cent. THE Tewksbury almshor.se horrors were not more shocking than the revela­ tions that are being made in the insane asylum investigation at Chicago. Two ex-patients from the asylum told the court of numberless beatings and kick- in gs, of patients driven to bed by blows, insufficient food, sufferings from the cold in winter and the l\eat in summer. One of the witnesses showed an arm that had been broken by an attendant and an­ other revealed the death of a patient after a terrible beating. THE corner stone of the De LaSalle Institute at Chicago has been laid by- Archbishop Feehan, assisted by a large number of Catholic societies. A feature of the ceremony was the parade in which 15,000 men marched in line. Lons EAFFIBT committed suicide at St. Louis because Miss Victoria Leinge refused to marry him. A BOZEN of the younger memberrs of the S^/LoniB: ISoard of Trade have been suspended for blowing toy whistles dar­ ing trading hours. A large number of tfae victims' friends threaten to start a new exchange. THE 60,000-buBhel elevator of the Northern Pacific Railroad at Davenport, D. T., was destroyed by fire. The lossis unknown. CHARLES V. HABBIS, night clerk at *the Arcade Hotel, at Omaha, Neb., shot himself while standing behind the desk at the hc*el. An unfortunate love affair was the oanse. • THE Carter divorce case at Chicago came to an end by the jury finding for husband, and pronouncing Mrs. Carter guilty of infidelity. THEODOKE VON BLOB, a macbinest, was mangled to death by a revolving belt at Lima, Ohio. AT Cincinnati Mrs. Wirstefer, 88 years old, was found dead on the ground under her window. She had either fallen or thrown herself a distance of twenty feet. THE contract for building a $200,000 paper and pulp mill at Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., has teen signed. THE city of Leavenworth, Kan., cele­ brated the discovery of coal at the New Home mine with speeches and parade. | <Y©m 1.500 to !! - l»icn went Republican by 200, !! gM ©moemtic by 400. isfes! ACROSS THE OCEAN. .< I Dr&mc^a fog the steamer Beresford col luted with the steamer German Em* peror off the Goodwin sands, in the En- {jlish Channel. Ihe shock of the col->»ion was tremendous, and the German Emperor sank almost instantly, and six of her crew were drowned. The Beresford nsanagjfdl to kesp aHcat, though somewhat damaged, and succeeded w reaching Gravesend. She brought twelve of the German Emperor's crew. Two FISHING vessels, tha Ella and Qcartre Freres, which left France some time ago ior the Newfoundland fisheries with 175 men on board, have been lost, and all ' hands have doubtless been drowned. UPON the arrival of the steamer City of Paris in the Money at. Liverpool, a Bpecial tender decorated with flags put out to the vessel for the purpose of con­ veying Robert T. Lincoln, the new Ameri­ cau minister, ashore. Among those in the tender who went to welcome Mr. Lin­ coln were Henry White, First Secretary of the Americm Legation at London; Mr. Russell, the American Consul at Liver­ pool, and the members of the corporation of that city. The Mayor met Mr. Lincoln at the landing stage and welcomed him to the city. Mr. Lincoln spent no time in Liverpool, but proceeded immediately to London, where he w;is met by the mem­ bers of the United States Legation and others. THE trial has begun at Rouen, France, of a Havre chennst's assistant named Baussier who poisoned with arsenic his employer, the latter's wife, the appren­ tices of the shop, and several customers. It is supposed his object was to purchase the business at a low figure. IS vi In<n»*«t on Kind-ReaderBlsbop. XV the Bishop inquest at New York the mind-reader's mother and several doctors testified that Bishop had been subject all his life to trances, in which he appeared to be dead, and was dead according to all • medical tests. These trances lasted from !SrJlie* hours to a week. Death of Laura Bridgnwa. V .' LATJBA BBIDOXAN, Boson's noted blind and deaf mute, died at the Perkins Institute for the Blind at Boston. She made widely famous by Charles Dickens in his "American Notes." FRESH AND NEWSY. ^ EASTERN OCCURRENCES. ^A* Elizabeth. N. J., Ambrose Van Tassel fell dead while funeval services were being conduoted over theremsins of his wife. IN compliance with a request from President Laughlin of the Board of Char* ities and Correction George W. Symonds, the reporter who secured admission to the insane department of the Philadel­ phia Hospital (the county almshouse) «nd afterward wro e up the institution has appeared before Magistrate Smith and made an affidavit chamine Keenera Joseph Marshall, Joseph Devlin, and Jo­ seph Williamson with assault and battery upon numerous patients of the institution. Warrants were at once issued for the *t- rest «f the three keepers. THE American Ticket-Brokers' Associ­ ation held its annual convention in the ©rand Central Hotel at New York. AT Wilson's Point, Conn., fire destroy­ ed the wharves, freight house, and pas- •enger station of the Housatonic Road, together with forty-eight loaded freight ;> Oairs- The loss is placed at $200,000. A BOMB, made from a piece of -gas- ptjpe after the general style of those used •Jf the Chicago anarchists, was hurled fy. * , jr " ~ •• SOUTHERN INCIDENTS. •SjWM negroes, near Bichardsville, Culpeper County, Va., went to the resi­ dence of a highly respectable and edu­ cated colored man and bound him hand and foot. They then assaulted his wife and his little 10-year-old daugh­ ter. They left the old man bound and his wife and child in a most pitiful condition. They threatened to burn the house and cut out the tongues of their victims if they div ilged the perpe­ trators of the crime. The helpless vic­ tims were soon found by a passing friend and the alarm w»s given. A posse of whites and blacks started in pursuit and captured tfce villains near the scene of the assault. They were taken to the .County Jail, where they were guarded by a strong force. An attempt was made to take the prisoners from the jail and lynch them, but the guards frightened the party off. The wife is in a critical condition ond the little child will die. MINNIE MOSES, a negro woman con­ victed of highway robbery in Alabama, has been sentenced to be haneed on Jane 27. . THE residence of the Rev. F. C. Clarke, near Virginia Beach, in Princess An^Pe County, Va., was destroyed by a mid­ night fire. He and two daughters and next to the oldest son and a niece visiting him were consumed by the flames. His wife, Miss Ella Bidgood, the governess, and two children esc.iped. The origin of the fire is unknown, though it is thought to have been the work of an incendi try. Mr. Clarke was pastor of the London Bridge Baptist Chureh, and was a preacher of note. NEWS has reached Winnipeg'Mani­ toba, of a ferocious fight near Fort Mc- Leod between a band of Blood Indians on one side and a force composed of sol" diers, cowboys and Gros Ventres on the other. The Bloods had lately been steal­ ing horses from the Gios Ventres, and the latter, assisted by soldiers and cowboys, made on effort to recover their property. Quite a large number were siain. Most of the bodies were carried away by friende of the fallen, but three or four were discovered on the field, minus soaipa. The Bloods appear to have gotten the worst of the encounter. They got away with most of the stolen horses, and are now being closely pursued by mounted police. Another battle is likely to take place when the police come upon them, and serious trouble is feared. It is al­ leged that American Indians in Montana are going to the Bloods' assistance. UNITED STATES CONSUL GENERAL HANNAH reports to the State Department that the recent decree by the President of the Argentine Republic, forbidding gambling in specie, has caused gieat ex­ citement. The Government remains firm and the gamblers threaten vengeance. The police are armed with rifles and guard the Bolsa. The Minister of Fi­ nance intends to raise a reserve fund of forty millions and to substitute for frac­ tional paper money gold, silver and copper coin, and eventually reach specie pay­ ments. IN the St. Lawrence Biver, opposite Point Trembles, near Montreal, the Allan Line steamer Polynesian was in collision with and sunk the steamer Cynthia, eight of the crew of the latter vessel being drowned. THE spread of yellow fever i|| --.Vera Cruz, Mexico, is very alarming. ( ! ' THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. .'if . ,e THE Board of V'sitors to the Military Academy at West Point has been ap­ pointed. It consists of the following: On the part of the Senate--Hon. C. K. Davis of St. Paul, Minn., and Hon. J. W. Daniel of Lynchburg, Va. On the part of the HOUM-- Hon. 8. M. Robertson of Baton Rouge, La., Hon. S. B. Yonder of Lima, Ohio, and Hon. George W. Sheets of Marion, lnd. By th* President--Prof. Leroy 1). Brown of Reno, Nev., ftoL C. M. Pinkeston of Perry, lowa, Kev. Dr. B. W. Chidlaw of Cleves, Ohio, Kev. Arthur Edwards of Chicago, Dr. Nathan 8. Lincoln of Washington, Capt. Cbarles King, U. S. A, (re­ tired), of Milwaukee, and lien. Lew Wallaoe, of Indiana. THE pension appropriation acts for the current fiscaL yeqr appropriated $88,- 400,000, including $8,000,000 to meet a threatened deficiency. Chief Bell, of the agents' d'visioa of the pension office, says that it is true tbat this amount has alt been drawn front the Treasury, but that more than ?US,000,000 remains in the hands of the eighteen pension agents with which to meet the quarterly payments I which fall due on June 1. It is thought ! that this amount will nearly suffice until Jul-y 1, when the appiopriation for the next fiscal year will become available. Mr. Bell says the appropriation for. the next fiscal year, $80,400,01)0, is too small; | and that there will be a deficiency of I AhQSt $15,000,000, , nan Ttwv hik &ara. ! Y- ~-r * • T, i^ .A p ' , ' v - ' ' X 1 7 • • • 7 1 i ' % ' i ' -->(!, * r i v ,% 4 THE CHOSEN FEW. President Harrison Hakes Known His Choice for Various Qfileee. THE President has made the following appointments: Receivers of Public Moneys--'Th^mae D. Bum- f rner of Arkansas, at Dardanefl^HFk.; Henry Pickles of Delaware, at FolsoTh, N. M.; ana Frank Lesnet of New Nexico, at Roawell, N. M. Registrars of Laud Offices--William P. Alex­ ander of Colorado, at Del Norte, Col., and John H. Mills of New Mexico, at Roswell, N. M. In­ dian Agents--James Blythe of North Carolina, at tile iOasteru Cherokee Agency in North Caro* lina, and John tosher of Wyoming Territory, at the Shoshone Agency in Wyoming Territory. John W. Meldrum of Laramie, Wy. T., to be Secretary of Wyoming; Orrin W. Bain of Da­ kota, to lie Receiver of Public Moneys at Huron. Dak.; James H. Cisney of Warsaw, lnd., to be an Indian Inspector ; James C. Luckey of Ore­ gon, to be agent for the Indians of the Warm Springs Agency in Oregon; Malachi Krebs ot Petersburg, lnd., to be Special Agent to make allotments of lands in severalty to Indians un­ der the provisions ot an act of Congress ap­ proved Feb. 8, 1887. MABKET BBPOBT8. . CHICAGO. CATTL*--Prime « 4.00 « 4J0 Good 8.50 $ 4.00 Common 2.50 i& 8.50 Hoos--Shipping Grades 4.25 & 4.75 SHEEP 3.00 @ 4.25 WHEAT--No. 2 Spring 88 <<$ .83 CORN-NO. 2 .34 OATS--No. 2 22^® ,23H Ryk-NO. 2 40 <|i Jog BUTTER --Choice Creamery 14 & .18 CHEESE--Full Cream, flats .07'^ .08 Eoos- Fresh 11^®> .12)4 POTATOES--Choloe new, per brl.. 3.00 & 3.50 POKK--Mess..... U.25 @11.75 „ MILWAUKEE. WHEAT--Cash 75 £ ,7« COBN--No. 3 as M .asu OATH- NO. 2 White .27 § .28 it*K- No. l. .42 & .42)6 ; BAULKY--No. 2 49 @ .61 roan-Mess u.25 {jill.75 DETROIT. CATTLE HOGS HHKEP ..II....! WHEAT--No. 2 Bed COBN--No. 2 Yellow OATS--No. 2 White TOLEDO.-. WHEAT--No. 2 Bed TTv COBN--Cash OATS--Ho. 2 White............... NEW YORK. CATTIiB Hoos SHEEP WHEAT--No. 2ted... COKN--NO. 2 OATS--White l'ouit--New KO CHIME FO* TEARS HAS AT- ;;:/f*Ac*»D scca mraiuE*&: ' 8.00 4.00 4.00 W'W/A ••JrSeM ST. LOUIS. CATTO.8. Hoos WHEAT--HO. 2 COBN--Ho. 2 OATS RTE--No. 2......... INDIAN APOLia CATTLlfci Hoos.. LAMBS. * _ . _ CINCINNATI. WHEAT--No. 2 Bed Cofw- No. 2 OATS--No. 2 Mixed B*K--No. 2 POBK--Mess KANSAS CITY. CATTI.K--Good........... Medium.., 1 Butchers'. Choice Medium •wrwKit @ 4.50 & 4.50 TO •31% ! who .41)6 ! & 4.50 .84 .35 .35)4 ,96^<a» .27H .47h® .48)6 11.75 (#12.25 Tfc»ory Is thatCo(lliih Tories Aro Wfe- syonslb' q, Anotlnt tl>«t Cranln Wait a BlUlsli Spy--Still Othsrti Believe an Op- poslr • Fsetloa of |k« Irish 1'lnnneil the ' fh- *"urd«r. Thei-e are more rasaors about than de- jinents in toe <arciunstAnces concern­ ing the certainly brutal fate of Dr. P. H. Croniu, says a Chicago telegram of Friday, May 9 V That he was the victim of a murderous bend of conspirators was not doubted. His brother, John J. Cronii*, «mt here from Arkan­ sas, viewed t«t» tiioated corpse under the trickling waters in the basement morgue of Lake View, and positively declared that it was the remains of his I rother. Chief Deputv tVroner Kekhardt will hold the inquest. The jurors chosen by him are: K. Sk Twifoshell, Justice Killian, J. H. Va* lH>»e«, H, A. Hang»i>, Victor U, Sutler, and liAddolph Seifert, After •Jewing the the inquest was ad­ journed to at lw a. m. The poetexamination of the re­ mains began at.'sMS o\-kK-k. It was con­ duoted hy Physician T«>d«l, Dr. F. O. Porter ̂ v»ly phy?4v'ian of Lake View, anl Dr. U 1. ^reuwy. The d»w6w . .x>upie»l in making It until 5 oVloek. Thry examined the broken finger, the teeth, and other marks of iden­ tification. anti made a record of their ob- eervatfons. Thoy refused to say what the result of the examination was, for the reason, as they ^akt, tbat they oould not disclose their information until it was put in the possession of the coro­ ner's jury. The" police have done tiothing to cast light on the dark mystery. So fur ait capturing any- one who might know-any­ thing of the foul means adopted in con - Bummating the "removal" of Cronin, the police have accomplished nothing. Indeed, Cronin's friends are going to ignore the Chicago police in the investigations they propose to prosecute. Pinkertou detectives held surveillance over the only man put in durance yesterday. He was the iceman, P. O. Sullivan, one of the parties to the contract which blinded the eyes of the mur­ dered physician to the fishiness of the story under which he was decoyed from his office to his fate. State's Attorned Longenecker talked with Sullivan, and also w.th Justice M&'.oney, who had helped Sullivan to make that contract. Mahonev's state­ ment was taken in detail by James M. Purcell, official stenographer of the crim­ inal court; but, according to Mr. Longe­ necker, not an atom of information was gleaned that had not been detailed in the press reports. The State's attorney is only hopeful that he may be able to un­ earth the details of a conspiracy, of the existence uf which there is no apparent doubt. The Finkerton national detective agency has several operatives at work. In ex­ planation of their employment it was said that Cronin's friends did not have entire confidence in the city and Lake View de­ tective force. It is an established fact that many of the city force are ardent Irish nationalists and it is believed that many of them opposed the faction to which Cronin belonged. Money is rapidly pouring into the. fund now being w: cumulated for the purp >ses of investigation, and the promoters ot the investigation say there will be $>0,000 easily raised for the cause. They appear determined to go to bedrock for facts, and the result of their investigation is awaited with keen impatience, as the gen- era! inipres ion is that facts peculiarly st&rtlitig and sensational will be sprung. 'fhe Kev. Father Dorney, pastor of St. Gabriel's church, who became famous in the "Times-Parnell" case, discussed the Cronin mystery yesterday. During his talk with a reporter he said: *"I have formed no theory about this terrible mat­ ter and I niu?t say that I have not had time to keep myself posted. It was a ter­ rible surprise to me. The theory that his death was caused by his enemieB in the Irish movement is absur J. If there was a semblance of truth in it I am sure that my connection with such affairs and my inti­ mate relationship with thoje prominent in t ,e Irish movement would have enabled me to know something about it. It is ab­ surd from the fact that all those who were opposed to Cronin in such matters have dropped out and have ceased to take any interest in it, leaving Cronin and|his friends in control. To say that he was killed by any one connected with an Irish society would t>e to say that he has killed by his friends." The possibility that the English govern­ ment through its secret agents may have had something to do with the Cronin mystery is not being lost sight of. Irist}- Ainericans generally, with this thought in view, have been closely watching develop­ ments. Cne well-posted gentleman said: "Scotland yard has a finger in every Irish pie. It would be queer indeed if the Cronin business proved the first exception. Improbable, you say--not a bit of it. Who would have believed beforehand for a mo­ ment in the horrible truth about Pigott? There was an instance where, with the funds of the British e^fehequer, the high­ est Tory officials joined in a far-reaching, cunningly devised plot to destroy the Irish movement by ruining the leader, Parnell. Forgery, perjury, absolutely no crime necessary was stopped at. Parnell, by whatever means, was to be shown up vir­ tually an assassin, the confederate of the Phoenix park murderers. Details were wrou ht out with the utmost nicety. Cli­ max followed < limax in a manner dramatic beyond piecadent, and slowly but surely the coils tightened around the great leader. He was delivered only by an accident. "Now," said the speaker, warmly, •"who is the beneficiary in this Cronin bus­ iness--who is the loser? Let it hurt or help what single person it may, the chief gain, immeasurably, is to the Tory gov­ ernment of England, the main barm, far exceeding the disgrace of any individual is to the Irish national movement in America. "Let me tell you something peculiar and perhaps not a little significant. The very date of Cronin's disappearance was the an­ niversary of the 1 hoenix park assassina­ tion, the identical odious event with which it was sough, to connect l arnell. The London Tiuies' conspiracy to destroy the Irish movement at home was opportunely sprung in a time of sore need for the Tories. If the Irish movement could be ruined in Amer.c* at such a crisis as the present woul l not the Pigott fiasco be re­ trieved and with a vengeance? Granting the possibi itv of another Pigott atfair, no better intended victim could have been chosen than the ex-praident of the Irish National League of America. An incident, well known bis career, once put him on trial for murder. Placed undet suspicion of a similar crime the inan would be fearfully handicapped. Cronin ha l lor years boasted openly and often of possessing proofs of rottenness in Irish organizations and alleged misconduct by the ex-president. If anything hap­ pened to Cro.iin, who delighted to pose as a mighty antagonist of 1h> Land Ltague official, what could b3 eas et* than to have it appear that the latter was responsible? This phase of the myietry will not escape attention, 1 assure you, and to Irishman bitterly lemetnber Pigott and lie Caron and hundreds of lesser demons working systematica ly for years, the idea is no mere idle theory. "A check to the Parnellites now would be worth heaven itself to the Tories. Their London Times case is daily nearin ̂an" ig­ nominious end, and closely following comes the great congress of Irish-Americans at Philadelphia, where thousands upon thous­ ands of dollars, it has been expected, would be subscribed for Parnell. At this mo­ mentous j uncture suddenly stands revealdd a horror and scandal second to none in the VWI* mine, Faapis who are investigating and dts- custfttf-the problem of Cronin's death are not dealing with th^se things which are intimately connected with his disappear­ ance. Tbey are leaving that to the detec­ tives. They are taking fact* ootid tions, and theories prior to hb disappearance. They point to the accepted fhcts that Dr. Cronin and his fri mds anticipated that he would be killed. The apprehension was induced because he had been engaged for years in a relentless pursuit of others charged with a certain offense. That offense was the misappropriation of money collected by the Irish people for the Irish cause. His endeavors were directed largely against one man. He was using every means at his command to ruin and dis­ credit that man among his fellow-Irish­ men. These a-priori facts in the minds of these friends of Cronin indicata to them what was done with him, why it was done, and the men who did it. But circumstan­ tial evidence may be fatally misleading. Dr. Cronin had been for years the per- sonn! and political--Irish political--enemy of Alexander Sullivan of Chicago, ex- president of the Land League. He had at one time accused Sullivan of tha misappro­ priation of Irish funds to the amount of about $80,000. Sullivan was tried in the Clan-na-Gael for this alleged offense an4 acquitted. Cronin presided at that trial. The acquittal of Sullivan did not sitisfy ' either Cronin or Sullivan. They went at each other again. Cronin was forced to the wall. He was found guilty of treason to the Irish cause. But time brought swift changes. Cronin recovered himself and rallied his friends. He was reinstated i i the Clan na-Gael. The charge of treason was wiped out. He resumed hi* relentless pursuit of Sullivan with an ardor intensified by the bitterness of his experience. By an accident of business the Traders' bank of Chicago failed. It was iib this b^nk that Mr. Sulli­ van did business. The books fell into the hands of a bai.ilF named Mortimer Kcanlan. He found, it is said, that, or at about the time Sullivan Mas accused of having ap­ propriated the Irish funds, he had de­ posited $S2,l!00 to his personal credit. This is Cronin's story, 'the murdered man's friends now .Mold out an intimation that Cronin had acquired other proofs against Sullivan. All of these proofs he had promised to submit to a meeting of the Irish National league to take place at Philadelphia in June. A trial is now in progress in London which has for its object the connection of Parnell with the Irish secret or assassina­ tion societies. There is no prospect that it will sue. eed. There is rumor that some of the friends of Mr. Sullivan say that this (82,000 was paid to Parnell for use in those societies. They say that this being the fact, the trial being in progress, Mr. Sullivan cancot disclose what he did with this money. It wou'd, they say, supply the British Government with the mining link of evidence. Amtng the run ors is o e to this effect: When Le Caron was testifying in the Par­ nell trial he wns asked the navies of the other spies besides h m<elf. These names that were asked for were the names of Irishmen in the employ of the British gov­ ernment to inform ipon their fellow- countrymen. Le Caron expostulated against naming them, saying if he did so they would be killed. It was then agreed that he should submit a list of these names to the court and Queen's counsel. This was done. From no one knows where, impalpable, unsas- tained, start I ng, the statement has gone forth that the name of Dr. Cronin was on this list of British spies. The story carries with it the statement that Cronin's duty was to spy ui on the financial methods of the Irish societies and incidentally to create doubt and suspicion < oncerning the proper disposition of tbe n.oney raised. An ac­ ceptance of this belief would make Mr. Sulliv an a martyr to the machinations of a British spy. At any rate this story that Cronin was a spy is afloat. He might have been a Spy. If he was a spy and was found to be one, it became the duty of patriot Irish­ men to "remove" him. That, at all events, if understood to be their belief. There is provision, it is said, for just such emergencies in the constitutions of the Irish societies. "Remove" means kill, abduct, assassinate--anything to put a man out of the way. It might t e that he was killed because he was indeed an informer. Or, it might be that in order to secure his "removal" this story about his being a spy was fabricated and launched upon the sea of rumor. It might be tbat Cronin was not a spy but that tbe men men who killed him be­ lieved that he was. They might have been deceived. There are very few people in Chifeazo who believe that Alexander Sullivan was in any way connected with the taking oft of Dr. Cronin. l'eing asked by a reporter if he had anything to say regarding the rumors that he was interested in tho exposure of the alleged misappliance of about S82,00!) of the league funds, which it is said that Dr. Cronin threatened, "I know nothing about those rumors," he replied, "that the pullio does not already know. If a properly authorized investigating committee should examine into the mat­ ter it will be found that there is noth­ ing whatever to conce d, and that no Irish organization has any interest in any such account. As to Dr. Cronin's murder I hoped and believed that his disappearance was the result of his being sent awav on a mission or errand somewhere, and now that it h'is bean proven that he was mur­ dered, I am greatly shocked, as all good citizens must be, and. of course* I regret it deeply." HOW THE MUBDEBED MAN WAS DECOYED FROM HOME. Dr. Cronin has been a resident'of Chica­ go for about peven y^ars. He came here irom St. Louis with Mr. and Mrs. T. T. Conklin, with whom he was living at the time he wajj decoyed away. Crouin had made his home with the Conklins for the past ten years. His rooms in the Conklin residence, at 470 North Clark street, were luxuriously furnished. On the evening of May 4 a stranger drove up to Dr. Cron:n's office and asked Mrs. Conklin if the Doctor was in. Sh>* replied in the affirmative. He then handed Mrs. CoDklin one of O. P. Sullivan's business cards and said that one of Mr. Sullivan's men had been injured. In a few moments Dr. Oionln and the stranger drove away. He had his ease with him and a small quan­ tity of medicated cotton. That was t..e la^t seen of him alive. Sunday, Mav 5. Alderman Maxwell found a bloody truuk at the junction of Sulzer street and Evanstou avenue, just nine-tenths of a mile south of where the body of Dr. Cronin was discovered. The Doctor was murdered and taken in the trunk to where the body WHS lound, and on the wav buck to the city the tcttpll was dumped off. ACCIDENTAL DISCOVERY OF HIS HIT. TtLATED CORPSE. Dakota's Fertility. - Two Western men happened to meet one day, and from stories which they expected people to believe, about the number of bushels of wheat and corn their land produced to the acre, they gradually passed to some which they doubtless expected their hearers to re­ ceive with a grain of allowance. "I tell you what!" said the man from Dakota, "a Norwegian woman went out raking and binding one sum­ mer and dropped half a dozen darning needles. And what do you think V The next year there was a large crop of knitting needles come up all over that part of the lit Id!" "Oh, I can believe that," said the man from Washington Territory, "but it isnotliiug to the richness of the land out in our country. Why, a year ago last summer a German woman dropped some darning needles in a field out there, and last summer the field was growing thick with a crop of--guess what?" "Give it up.* "Nice kand-knft woolen stockings, all ready to put on '"--Youth's Compan- SEW«r • CtMners Dlmoover the IMy of tli* Murdered Kan I11 a Catch - Basin -- H«s Head Horribly Gasfe*d by the Steads Who Took His Life. [Chicago telegram.] Dr. P. H. Cronin was inrtsnd mur­ dered. His body, doubled up in a catch- basin at Evanston avenve anl North Fifty-ninth street, Lake View, was found by a gmg of ditch cleaners Wednesday afternoon. Twenty-five of Cronin's friends identified the corpse. The fin<lln£ of the body intensifies the mystery. The wiliest speculations are indulged. Henry Rosch, John Feningar, and Will­ iam Nichols, employes of the Lake-View Department of Public Works, wars en­ gaged in cleaning the ditches and ezautin- ?• nvo AT 5- *0, • . DB. r. H. CBOMDT. jug the patch-basins. About_ 4 «^clock they arrived at the corner ot North Fifty- ninth street and Evanston road. Rosch crossed over from the north to the south side of the street where he began shoveling out the sand in the ditch near the catch- basin. When within a few feet of the basin he detected the odor of a dead body and called out to bis assistants: "I guess there's a dead dog here." He got down on his knees and looked into the catch basin through the iren bars at the side. What he saw made him recoil with horror. There, wedged down into the narrow catch basin, was the body of a man partly screened from view by a lot of cotton bat- ti n? that had been thrown over it. He called his two assistants, who merely glanced at the body and retreats"! Rosch told the men to stay there and at once ran to Argyle Park station, where he telephoned to the Lake View police station an account of his discovery. The patrol wagon hastened to the spot. Upon ar­ riving there the officers removed the top of the catch-basin. The body was then clearly brought to view. It was floating, face downward, in about two fe»t of water. The body was doubled up almost like a partly opened jack-knife. Great ax-like cuts wei e hi the head, and numerous other marks of violence. It was immediately taken from the hole, wrapped in a blanket, and taken to the Lake View police station. The news of the disc overy soon spread throughout the town of Lake Yi?w, and and a large, shoving crowd gathered in front of tbe station house and clamored to see the body. A squad of policemen pushed them bask and admitted, two or three at a time, tbe friends and sequoia tan es of the murdered man, who had been not fl d to come. Dr. F. 8. Sieber, a member of the Royal league with Cronin and a friend of eight years' Btaniing, was the first to see the body. He looked at it long and doubt­ fully "My impYesti m," said he, "is that it is the body o' Dr. Cronin, but I won't be positive." , James F. Scanlan, one of the doctor's nearest friends and the one who has been leading the investigation, arrived. He looked the body over carefully. Swinging by a small silken < ord from the dead man's neck was a small agate "Agnus Dei," a pious emblem of the Catholic church. "That was the doctor's," said he. * "The doctor had remarkably hairy arms and legs; so has this man. The hair and mus­ tache--what is left of them--are those of Cronin. Cronin was 5 feet 11 irches. How long is this man." Tbe body was measured. It was just 5 feet 11 inches in length. "Let me see the teeth," said Mr. Scan­ lan; "that will settle it." The lips were parted and a row of large upper teeth re­ vealed, the right eye-tooth missing. In the range of lower teeth was one bonspiou- ously black. "These are the teeth of Dr. Cronin, and I am certain this is his body. I can't stand this; let me get out." As Mr. Scasian want out Mr. T. T. Conklin, looking sick and ft int, came in and looked at the discolored mas* of tiesh for fully fifteen minutes and thin declared that it «a: the body ot Dr. Cronin. J. C. O'Keefe of 126 Washington street, t ie < oo'o. 's tailcr, measured the body ai d - aid he was certain it was that of Cronin. Hal Buck, the barber at 470 Xcrth Clerk street, who has dressed the doctor's hair ana beat d for more than a year, rec­ ognized the remains as those of tha doctor. There was seven horrible wounds on tl.e bead appare iily intl c^ed with a hatchet or some similar weapon. Dr. J. R. Brandt of the county hospital made a careful ex­ amination cf the wounds He described the wounds as follows: A wound on the left temple, at the cor­ ner of tho left eye, one and one-half inches long. This wound crushed the skull and may have caused instant death. A wound one and one-half inches long, cut to the skull, on the left, parietal bone and ex­ tending to the frontal bone. A wound, also cut to the skull, three inchos in length on the occipital bone at its juncture with the parietal 1 one. A cut over the occipi­ tal bone to r n.-hes long. A cut over the ri. ht parietal bone two inc'ies in length. A heavy < outuslon on the irontal bone, near the id:e of tbe hair. A bruise ou the right le_j near the knee. In plain language tbe skull was crushed at the outer corner of th* left eye; there was a big dent in the forehead; a cut nearly two inches long on top of the head; a cut over two inches long midway between the left ear and tbe top of th* head; another cut joining this at the lower end and extending toward the left temple for two inches; a huge cut nearly four inches long on the back of the head, extending nearly from ear to ear, and a gash under the chin. Hypnotism in Shaksp*aM» In an article in the Chicago 7V»6«»ne on Hypnotism and Sliakspsare the writer says: "It is in "The Tempest' that Shak- speare most strikingly shows his knowledge of 'hypnotism.* Prospero's slightest wish is Instantly obeyed by all with that com- fdeteness with which one submits to the nevitable. His opening lines in the play are indicative of hie method of controlling by 'ttUffgestion." Miranda is terrified by the vividly imagined sight of a ship 'dashed all to pieces.' Her father dismisses her tears much as would a Christian soienUst of to-day: Be collected; No more amazement; tell your piteous heart There's no harm done. She becomes collected and at once deeply interested in the account of their exile: in the midst of the exciting tale she is cast into a deep aleep by the simple suggestion: Thou art inclined to sleep ; 'tis a good dullness And give it ivay; I know thou canst not chooBe. She is listening to the story she has for yearB longed to hear, has just witnessed a Ship sinking and people drowning, yet she is instantly hypnotized and cannot choose butsleep! Prospero's power of supervising other.*, tenses is all-pervading. Miranda. Ferdinand, and many others believed they saw people drown, yet not a soul on board the safely harbored ship but was drier than before the supposed wreck. A fleet of ac­ companying vessels were conveniently dis­ posed of by the hallucination and sailed sorrowfully away. Ferdinand is completely under the «way. What is all t. ^ ita If pot. hy ppoHwm sua • • "•* to-dayt V > Men and OM%o Death In a Battle Growfeag fit ot a Po­ litical Contest --The OwwHt on OH ftoeae. (Forest Citv (Ark.) dispatch.) A desperate shooting affray which «Mt the lives of four men ooenrred here. The •laughter grew oat of an sleet ion for schou directors. A. M. Neely, a colored editor, became involved in a qnacrel with a white man, and when he found he was getting worsted ran toward ex-8heriff Parham for protection. A dosen or more revolvers flashed in the air and a perfect volley was poured after the lleeinc negro. Neely escaped for the time being, hut Thomas H. Parham, son of the ex-sheriff,. Sheriff D. M. Wilson, and Marshal Frank Folbre were killed. Neely. his father, and brpther took refuge in the Advocate Building. They barricaded the doors, and every effort to dislodge.them proved unavailing. After several hours. Acting Sheriff Van B. Izard persuaded old men Neely and his son to come out, promising them safe conduct to the jail and a fair trial. A. M. Neely did not appear. The SHer- iifs posse was not more than a hundred yards distant with the two prisoners when a number of other members of the posse reached the Advocate Building, A. M. Neely was discovered secreted, under the floor and was riddled with bullets, at least tan shots being fired into him. It was thought that others of the Neelsy gang were concealed under the floor, and the posse made an extended search, bat found no more. This last killing caused a great deal more excitement, and the people were nfraid of a raid on the te"5n 5y ths as-- froes. The acting Sheriff wired Gov. ames P. Eagle the facts and asked that a company of militia be ordered here. The Governor replied that he thought the civil authorities could preserve the peaee, and he did not want to order out the mi­ litia unless all other means failed. Gov. Eagle thought he could be better able to judge of what was needed by being on the ground, so he took the first train for For­ est City, and is now here and will remain nntil quiet is restored. He is in constant communication with Adjutant Genera) John C. England, and if they are needed the McCarthy Light Guards are ready to move by special train at a moment's no­ tice. The company is well equipped and will be able to handle most any kind of a mob. It is now thought that there will be no further trouble. The feeling was so high against,Neely that his death was looked for every moment after the beginning of the riot, and now that he is out of the way it is thought the feeling .J subside, un­ less these is a negro uprising, and in that instance the military will be called out. Gov. Eagle's presence on the ground will, it is thought, have a reassuring effeet, and will restore order. The cause of the trouble was the old question of white or black rale. Neely was the head of the negro element of fusionists in St. Francis County. Capt. John Parham and Sheriff D. M. Wilson headed the white Republican element. In the school election the candidates for re­ election were two white members of the board, but Neely and his side desired to replace these men with their candidates. Neely said: "We propose te secure the control of the board and manage the school to suit ourselves." A. M. Neely and G. W. Ingrasi mads xnceudiary speeches on the subject and stirred up a very bitter feeling, which resulted in the two tragedies. Neely was a member of tho State Cen­ tral Committee and of the Executive Com­ mittee, and had secured the recommenda­ tion of that body for Register of the Land Office at this place, and would doubtless have been appointed, as so far President Hairison has observed the, recommendations of this committee ^n making appointments for this State. ' , BAYARD'SJFIANCEE. ^ Hiss Clymer Said to Be a Beautiful |al'. Highly Cultured Woman. , . ' ' [Washington dispatch.] ^fpt' Miss Clymer, whose engagement^ <ii- Secretary Bayard has been definitely an­ nounced, is the only daughter of the late Dr: George Clymer, for many years sur­ geon in the navy, and granddaughter of Admiral Shubuck, and great-grnnddaugh- ter of George Clymer, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, aa well as one of the framers of the Federal Constitution. Dr. Meredith Clymer, a distinguished physician of New Yssk City, is a member of the same family. Miss Clymer lives with her mother in a fine mansion at the corner of H street and Connecticut avenue, just opposite the residence of W. W. Corcoran. She was born in that house thirty- nine years ago. She has no sister and only one brother, Shubuck Clymer,. Professor of English Literature in Harvard College. Miss Clymer is an ac­ complished lady of literary tastes, who has traveled considerably. She was edu­ cated in Mme. Burr's celebrated school in this city and speaks French like a Paris­ ian. She is a decided blonde and acknowledged by all to be beautiful, but not more distinguished by personal beauty than by queenly dignity and a generous heart. She has a graceful, slender figure and dresses in ex^uisile taBte. Her for­ tune enables her to live in good style. Miss Clymer has been intimately acquaint- * ed with the Bayard family all her life. She is an accomplished horseback rider and will be a fit companion for the ex- Secretary in his favorite exercise. He is remarkably agile, robust and well-pre­ served, though over 60. During the early Eart of Mr. Cleveland's administration is 'wife and eldest daughter both died, within a few weeks of each other. •-••••v.. .--ja. -- -- * 'K RUINED BY WOMEN. , * tt« '%ans«s City Manager of a St. Brewing Company Absconds. Albert F. Schwab, aged 32 years, msn- ager at Kansas City for the Green Tree Brewing Company, of St. Louis, has ab­ sconded, leaving a shortage in his ac­ counts of about $8,000. He has been be- hind for some time, and a month ago- turned over a house and lot valued at $5,000, but he was too deeply involved, and last Friday he disappeared, leaving a yonng wife. His associations with worn* en are supposed to have caused the trouble. Bismarck's Hot Word*. Prinoe Bismarck has made a speech^ the Reichstag in which he compared the Socialists to the French--ready to strike whenever they became strong enough. He referred to the rashness of the Reich­ stag in admitting Alsatians as members, and said: "We did not fight the French in order to have ourselves inoculated with fourteen Frenchmen." The ad­ dress has excited much comment. Harried a German Baron. Baron von Wrede, of Germany, and Ella Morgan Beveridge, daughter-in-law of ex-Governor Beveridge, of Illinois,, have been married at San Francisco. Her former husband, Philo Beveridge, of Chi­ cago, was granted a divorce a few days ago at Austin, Nev., on the ground of de­ sertion. 0 • Foreign Notes. THE Radical members of ihe House of - Commons propose to give a banquet In honor of Senator Sherman on his arrival in London. THE Czar has addressed to M. D*r- novo, the new Minister of the Interior, a rescript in which he eulogizes tbe late Count Tolstoi and charges his successor to continue his policy. KINO HUMBERT has started for Berlin, accompanied by tbe Prince of Naples aajf mi IfSPSI mmmm