Decatur Daily Despatch, The (Newspaper) - November 17, 1889, Decatur, Illinois THE PEOPLE'S PAPER TIM Despatch read by nearly every In Decatur It tlw only Decatur taking prats telegraph report I Shirts Thirty-six dozen Men's Grey Shirts and Drawers made with French knit neck band at 500 each Seventy-two Men's Camels Hair Underwear regular quality at 750 each Thirty-six dozen Men's Medicated Scarlet Shirts and Drawers extra fine wool at each Fifty dozen Ladies Jersey Knit Vests Heavy Quality at each Seventy-two dozen Ladies White Merino Vests and Pants at soc each Vests have Jersey fitting sleeves and Ribbed Skirts Thirty-six dozen Ladies Natural Wool Vests and Pants Warranted pure wool at worth Ladies Jersey Knit Vests and Pants all wool and ranted not to shrink colors cardinal cream natural and white Babies Pure Wool Shirts guaranteed not to shrink colors white and grey 35 to each We placed our orders early this year with agents for foreign hosiery Our price on this line is very little higher than Domestic Goods sel at SENSATIONAL TESTIMONY THE CRONIN CASE A New York Some The an a In Prison THt HM bena of any In tnt to to prow II lo I the manager and DECATUR ILLINOIS SUNDAY IN Our Bargain in Dress Goods this Week is a Plaid All-Wool Cloth Suiting at 58 cents a yard BRADLEY BROS NEW YORK STORE Corner of Water and William streets Agents for the Jouvin Kid Gloves Special to CHICAGO Nov 16 was a great crowd at the opening of the court for the resumption of the Cronin trial this morning after two day's recess The bailiffs had a difficult task in keeping back those who were without tickets of admission Belated representatives of the press finding that it was impossible to get up the stairs in the regular way climbed up along the outer edge of them clinging to the iron The first witness called was James Clancy correspondent of the New York Herald wko testified in behalf of the prosecution He he was sent here by the Herald in May to investigate the Cronin case He called at house on the morning of the day Unit Cronin's body was discovered but before the discovery had been mode The ness I asked him if he knew Dr Cronin He told me he had known him for five years or about five years and that he had met him at u political meeting in the seventeenth ward I him what he thought of the disappearance of Dr Cronin He said to the best of my that he turn up where furthermore that he did not be- lieve that he hod been murdered I asked him about the contract he had made with Dr Cronin He said in to that contract that he hud been introduced personally to Dr a few weeks before that time by Judge Mahoney I asked him why he made the contract He said because accidents had happened and then said something about wishing to have a physician to at- whether it is in writing or what what brought it about I joined the Irish Republican in England in 1862 I think U was I was rather active in ing the principles of the Irish can Brotherhood in London and in the army In 1866 I received a notice from James Stephens who waa then at the head of the organization to leave the army and come on with what men I could go to Ireland and take part in a projected insurrection My were to go to London wait for further orders I went to don and received orders there to wait still longer Finally I was informed that the rising would not take place Then I again entered remained there until I was arrested itt as a Fenian I waa tried two effected my arrest and we had a tussle and I shot at them and that formed the ground work of the against me and upon that I was tried and convicted at Nthe Old Bailey in London in 1868 I was to penal servitude for life ing the trial documents were handed lo the judge relating to my career in the Irish Republican Brotherhood After- wards he remarked that it was a yei bad case and in open court be said was a very dangerous man after looking over the document and he therefore gave me the highest sentence of the laV short of hanging that he could L remained in prison as I have about ten years and in the meantime friends of mine in parliament had efforts to have me liberated Finalli they succeeded The sentence of lifer was reduced to fourteen years but foul years were subsequently taken off for what they were pleased to term good conduct I was then liberated on fe THE FIRST WITNESS The first witness for the defense waa Frederick J Squibb the stenographer who took the testimony before the cor- oner He testified as to certain ences between the testimony given be- fore the jury by old man son and Frank Scanlan as compared with their evidence during the trial proper AT ANNAPOLIS tend of that the kind the future DOINGS CLOTHING HOUSE I B STINE'S ABOUT Stine's Clothing This changeable weather warns you to buy one of Stine's fine tailor-made Overcoats We have them in the light weight the medium weight and heavy weight The medium weight can be worn ALL THROUGH THE WINTER Yon often notice HU a price for you to consider Sometimes it is 820.00 then The 825.00 price represents one of our elegant fine im- ported Cloth or Pur Beavers made by Stoin Co the best ond only Mle merchant tailors and of fine clothing in the United States Every point of workmanship can lie critically examined It is well to know that very few Overcoats are made to order Stine's tailor-made have supplemented Have yon seen our Overcoats our Overcoats our 110.00 Overcoats If not you had better We have them in Chinchillas Cloth Beaver Melton Keraey Worsted Cassimere etc all new fresh sightly well-made form-fitting garments to The Reliable and Trustworthy Clothier to might occur in AGITATION called late in the evening of the day after hearing that the body hod been found I asked him if he had heard the news He said No Then there waa a pause Then he There was a body I heard when I WHS down town that a body had been discovered in the lake this morning but it has been wore both standing at this time I I heard nothing about that I paused and then the body of Dr Cronin has been found He turned pale He What the body of Dr Cronin Is it I Of course I don't know for certain I heard it discovered in the catch basin and is ing at the police station about a mile from here I have a cab at the door will you accompany me and identify the body at the He shook and sank into his chair and No I could not go I could not identity him It would be useless for me to go I Mr you told me this morning you knew Dr Cronin very well It is only a short Come along and identify the body It may not be Dr Cronin's body let us make sure He No I could not go if I met him on the street I might know him but I could not identify his body giving the answers made to him by O'Sullivan the voice tremor and the scene was a matic I That is strange I urged hint again and he made an effort to move out of his chair into which he had sank when I first broke the news to him Mr You say he moved the chair at the time No It seemed to me that he tried to rise out of the chair into which he had sank State's Go ahead I said I would try to get honey t0 identify him I said What is his He seemed to try and re- collect and then gave me the wrong ad- dress He called Mrs Whalen into the room and asked her the ad- dress The Marino and Pan-American the Naval Academy Special to DESPATCH WASHINGTON Nov party of one and one persona comprising most of the members of marine ence several delegates to the three Americas congress end about twenty others were guests of Secretaries anil Traccy today at Annapolis Hd The party left Washington at 10 o'clock this morning in a special train by the Pennsylvania railroad and ar- rived at Annapolis shortly after 11 The cadets of the naval academy were assembled under arms on the parade ground and after Capt Sampson commandant of the academy and hii officers had received the distinguished party dress parade was given A salute was also fired in honor of Secretary After parade the party was escorted around about the academy and through the various ings and at 1 o'clock a reception was held at the commandant's house by Capt Sampson and his daughters Luncheon was served here and at 3 o'clock the visitors left for Washington where they arrived shortly after 4 WASHINGTON NEWS The From Hunting Special to DESPATCH WASHINGTON Nov cy Secretary Noble and several bers of the naval committees of senate and house will leave Washington morrow for New York to witness the de- parture of the European squadron On Monday the party will go down bay on the U S steamer Dolphin The president returned to the city night He expressed himself as being much pleased with his hunting trip which was very successful t haa barn overthrown and a t beea Senor l aa president The imperial i been placed under arrest b IB doee confinement The I government baa guaranteed to the of the im- A now cabinet haa been Under k will bo portfolio The chamber of has been and the eU of state le abolished Public toward permitting a I experiment with the new Bt Everything is quiet The In London to LONDON Nov is awaiting the arival of reliable and comprehensible account of the tion in Brazil and discussing the meagre reports received while general sympathy with Dom Pedro ia expressed but nobody believes hie restoration to the throne is possible Although not a wealthy man aa com- pared with many of the rulers and ex- sovereigns of Europe he haa a fortune sufficient to enable him to pass the remainder of hia days in comfort on the continent and hia early departure for Rio De Janeiro ia looked for Financial dence in Brazilian securities seems not to have been much shaken by the taken by affairs in the South American empire and the falling off in prices was much than might have been ex- The to the Palace Special to LISBON Nov cie da tugal publishes a dispatch dated Rio Janeiro p m Friday stating that Senor Constant and General virtually constitute the of Brazil being the actual leader At time of writing troops had started for the palace out- ride the city to make prisoners of the emperor and bin family The populace are dazed at the uprising and revolt of the but cling to the hope that enough troops remain loyal to the em- to put down the rebellion and crush the rebels No News at Washington Special to WASHINGTON Nor a late hour tonight the Brazilian minister had re- no cablegrams about the tion in Brazil The state department bad no news to communicate From the fact that cablegrams were being received by business men the Brazilian minister has concluded that the revolutionists had possession of the cable and would permit no cablegrams to be sent to him CANADIAN PARLIAMENT PARNELL'S MOTHER STARVING B STINE THE STOVES AND RANGES bearing this trade mark are to-day making more homes comfortable and than any other brand in ex- They are made in all lea and FOR ECKLES tRf ain Street i L He had given you the address already in the morning had he Yes I said so to him and then made a final effort to induce him to come and identify the body He said No I could not identify it It is less for me to go Then I left RECORD The cross-examination of the witness then began The cross-examination was directed in eliciting details of the witness life from the time of his birth up through a ied journalistic career in London Paris and elsewhere Then counsel What were you doing in I waa in prison in 1878 In Firmly Yes sir What For my connection with what was known as the Fenian conspiracy Were you a Fenian at that No sir bitterly I was a convict You had ceased to be a Fenian after they convicted Yes sir What prison were you I was in Portsmouth at one first I was in Millbank prison in don and from there I was sent to mouth How long were you in About ten years What were you convicted For implication in the Fenian con- us it waa called Were you convicted of No sir The Interest at this point of the ex- amination had intense The witness next answer in reply to the question put by the counsel What were you indicted caused a hum of ex- around the court room Mr Donahue with a gratified was about to put his next question when the witness added the words A policeman and I were arrested The smile died away on Mr hue's lips and he changed the tenor of his examination by asking indifferently You are a Yea air THE REPUBLICAN BROTHERHOOD You may explain about your pardon and all about it the whole connection you had Verging on a Complete for Want of Proper Food and Clothing to DESPATCH N J Nov Jenkins of Trenton was called to the residence of Mrs Delia day for the purpose of treating that lady He says that he found her verging on a complete collapse She is Buffering from congestion of the bruin and heart When he called she was about to dine on vegetables without either bread or coffee There is nothing upon which to feed the live stock ward Slevin the Irish servant had sold some wood with which to buy food for over Sunday of tlw liberal meeting at la to apeak twice preparations have been in all for the ing and aeato in the main building where the will hold forth are already selling for two guineas each with no apparent demand the meeting proper arrangements have been made lor a number of overflow meetings to commodate the thousands who will he unable to hoar Gladstone AN Mr Gascher made a speech at Cardiff yesterday evening and was roundly for his to tithes and other questions intimately concerning the people of Wales At another point in his speech he referred to Gladstone aa the exponent of views dangerous to the welfare of the empire whereupon the audience at the call of someone in the body of the hall gave throe rousing cheers for Gladstone greatly to the discomfort of renegade chancellor of exchequer who hurriedly rounded his remarks to a close THK COOT OF TUB LATE The accumulating statistics of the recent of dock laborers that the damage done thereby to the commerce of London has been widespread and permanent As a result of the temporary stoppage of business on the docks of Hall Hawick have an immense amount of foreign trade which formerly came di- rect to London while the bulk of wool re- from Australia is now discharged at Grimsley TO THE PANAMA CANAL Five eminent French engineers will Bail from France Dec 10 for the mui of Panama charged with the duty of investigating and making a final re- port on the condition at the Panama They are expressly instructed to conceal nothing but to make an trustworthy representation of the situation upon which may be the question whether efforts shall be made to continue the work or to abandon it TO MAKE BOMB A An American syndicate of capitalists haa offered to make a seaport of Rome at a cost of The offer is be- ing considered SLAYER In Indicted for Harder by the Grand Jury In St Special to DISPATCH ST Louis Mo Nov St Louis county grand jury in session at Clayton today presented an indictment for murder in the first degree against B M Chambers the slayer of Lawyer F J Chambers pleaded not guilty and said if he had violated any of the laws of God or man he was willing suffer for it A peculiar incident of the case is that Chambers mother 92 years of age knows nothing of the tragedy She has been told that Chambers has been called to New York and twice a week he writes a letter dated New York which is read to his mother TOO CLOAKS LADIES CLOAKS All STYLES and the K 11 u i Mil Half Price will NO 6023 Braided Hearer Seal Myrtle HI yearn for 4 fiOr NO 5042 A rial ft Cheviot Garment 4 to Jtt yearn 4 SOf per NO 6037 4 tO and Mark for 4 yearn IMe NO 5014 Stripe Hut in Hoinl 4 tO 12 14 and 19 yearn fat for 4 yean per NO 5002 4 lo HI yearn lit Cloak for 4 yearn IMr fter nize NO 5039 to in yearn Mahogany Cord for 4 per nize 75 Ladies Newmarket Jacquard Fine Plush Sleeves 25 English Walking Coats Walker's Plush Have just received the LATEST TIES in with Plush ud Fancy Sleeves to which we call special attention Convicted of Special to SALISBURY Md Nov sensa- tional case was tried at White Haven today being the first case in the state coming under the amended code by which the word white was stricken out of the bastardy law The defendant waa Valentine Insley a prominent white man with a wife and several children and the plaintiff was Melvina daughter of a negro minister The girl was a domestic in family and she charged him with being the father of her child The justice rendered a verdict of guilty and ordered Insley to support the child for seven yean ley is ostracised now by all white society It Will be Alked to Frame National Banking Law Special to DESPATCH OTTAWA Ont Nor will be an early session of parliament next year probably about the middle of January Parliament among other things will be asked to pass a new banking law aa the charters of the Canadian chartered banks will expire in January 1891 ness men with few except ions are oring for the adoption of the American national banking system on the ground of its simplicity aa well aa for the tional security it affords the and depositors That there is a dency in Canada in favor of American institutions is a significant fact that the American public ought not lose sight of Friends of imperial federation ment in Canada will urge the adoption of that scheme Public meetings will also be held here during the coming session in the interest of that movement The sentiment in favor of federation however little headway and it ing that the majority of the Canadians day would prefer national independence despite the latent but not widespread feeling in favor of annexation It is ex- that negotiations for the ment of the Behring Sea difficulty and Atlantic fishery question will bear fruit shortly This is the general opinion here STRAY BITS LINN SCRUGGS Tlie EIGHT MEN DROWNED Overturned to Cal Nov 1C The schooner Fidelity from San Diego while being towed into harbor tonight waa upset and wrecked with a loss of eight men Mate John Rogers of the tug Ringer waa swept overboard and drowned There was u heavy sea running outside and when the schooner started over the bar the breakers upset her The crew con- of Capt and seven Mora Vast Trotting to DISPATCH NAPA CAL Nov Alto tried to break the stallion record of thia afternoon but did not succeed Hia time was trotted an mile in Stamboul lowered his record trotting a mile In The Hour Day Special to New YORK Nor pera of the American Federation of Labor today sent a long letter to the General of of Labor at Atlanta Ga urging it to co-operate in the movement to secure the general adoption of the hour rule on May t at Demrer to Colo Nov Two sand people witnessed the game between Boston and St Louis clubs today The score waa aa Boston St Louie 1 5 Boston 4 Louis 1 Boston 2 Bt Louis 1 Chamberlain and Boyle Dal Defeats Harvard to BOWOM Nov Princeton defeated Harvard fn the great championship foot ball game at Cambridge afternoon The French settled Nova Scotia In 1005 The Saxon term for a curtain or banging was Four Bellamy societies have been formed In Ban Francisco A third of the deaths In the French army ere due to typhoid fever An insurance company conducted by en has been established in New Orleans Mummies guaranteed to be years old mar now be purchased In Europe for apiece Settlers In the Big Bend country Wash hare to ride forty miles to get their mail and to rote A Japanese bas discovered a process for making artificial tortoise shell with the white of eggs It takes yards of carpet the floor of the national house of representatives and its galleries The tallest smoke shaft In America was completed recently on the grands of the Fall River iron works The chimney U 840 feet Ugh above the granite base and 80 feet square at the bottom The earliest seems to hare ad- mitted neither of covered temples nor tured Images of the gods Jupiter Indeed is said to hare been represented by a lofty oak and Mercury by a cube Delaware which was settled In 1638 was the only colony that Sweden ever founded But after seventeen yean of separate ence New Sweden as the colony was called merged in New Netherlands At the Exposition of 1889 held at Paris the highest award to any author of juvenile books was given to Thomas W Knoz author of the Boy Traveler Serial and other for young people An adult phenomenon has been discovered among the recent patients of the Paris pital called the Hotel The non Is a woman who can see two different of at one and the same time Among the valuable Jewell of which Mme Bute was recently robbed was a pearl valued at 112.600 which had been presented to Prince Bonaparte by the queen of Spain at whose court he was ambassador So famous was the church of the Irish at an early period that the daughter of of France In the Seventh century recorded to bare sent to Ireland for persons qualified to Instruct nuns of the abbey of psalmody It Is years since monks began to plant eucalyptus trees in the Roman Now several hundred acres are covered with them and as a result there has been a large decrease In the malarial fevers so common in the district One of the most Interesting colored men in Washington U John Williams He was born In slavery in His master was John of Va Williams haa twenty-nine children and fifty-eight grandchildren and great-grandchildren In St Louis Mo there to a society of col- ored women numbering forty-three ben which hat raised recently the sum of for he rapport of the home for col- ored orphans The visit Jails and hospitals oaring for those t IS ANY LADIES SHOE IN OUR The Best Offer Ever Made By This week all our Fine French Kid and Button and Lace and Ladies Shoes twenty-five styles 4 to 6 in widths all new most of the lot received within the past thirty and sixty days This in- cludes Reynolds Bros East New York Shoe company J T Cousins Lawnsbury Matthewson Co Your Choice of the Lot For We do this as pur intention is to change our entire line of fine shoes Powers Shoe Store Ready for Business WITH A LINK OF Fall and Winter Clothing Furnishing Goods Hats TII 10 LINE OF SHOWN IN AT
