Extradited Cronin Suspect Returned To Chicago
Safe in Chicago reports that the extradited Cronin suspect has been brought back to the city.
07 Aug 1889
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Newspaper
Columbus Daily Herald
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1889
Page
1
Safe in Chicago reports that the extradited Cronin suspect has been brought back to the city.
Martin Burke, tied to the Cronin murder case, was brought from Winnipeg to Chicago under tight guard. Police and officials describe Burke as nervous and evasive while awaiting possible confessions, with Burke’s lawyer William Kennedy saying Burke shows emotional vulnerability and fear. Chief Hubbard plans to press for a breakthrough while Burke remains tight lipped.
South Dakota delegates sign the inherited constitution at Olympia and adjourn after a big day of work. The convention approved funding bonds of 107000, read the constitution section by section, and President Edgerton signed the documents amid a Sioux Falls banquet to honor the members.
Sant Sago Utah August 7 The city has gone wild as Gentiles win control in Salt Lake City by vote. Gentiles secure a 41 vote majority and will govern next February with six Gentiles in the House of Representatives and two in the Council, eight of thirty six members. Mormons disheartened as forty years of rule end.
A cyclone passed south of Clearwater Sedgwick County Kan demolishing two houses. William Goode occupant of one house fatally injured. Several horses and many cattle killed. Corn crop badly damaged. Cyclone path about a quarter mile wide and nine miles long.
A reporter toured 700 acres of hops in Urica county Aug 7 and found widespread blight. The Humphrey variety shows poor yield while later varieties may not cover picking costs. Across the hop belt the blight caused serious damage in every yard visited.
Mme La Marechale Le Canrobert dies suddenly at Paris home. A celebrated beauty and society figure, she was twenty years younger than her husband General Le Canrobert and closely linked to Empress Eugenie in imperial circles.
The Aug 7 report details a massive blaze in Broxane Falls Spokane that destroyed 25 blocks of the business district, with losses estimated near 14 million dollars. Firemen blew up buildings to halt spread as winds shifted, and militia guarded debris while rebuilding begins.
The Topeka sugar works, the west’s largest such plant, burned to the ground Monday night. It had cost $250,000 and faced a $40,000 insurance loss. Fire likely started from friction during startup. The firm had 1,800 acres of sugar cane nearly ready for delivery, risking an additional $10,000 loss.
Cairo dispatch reports General Grenfell arriving in Cairo signaling the campaign’s end. Egyptians left at Sarras, cavalry pursuing the lone emir hiding with 0 fighters above Bellana. District Attorney Walker resigns. Stephen Walker quits as U S District Attorney for the Southern District of New York effective upon successor’s qualification.
Exxnant Indiana on August 7 marks the death of Miss Hoshiker after several days sickness. Funeral preparations were started but she suddenly revived and is rapidly improving.
Postmaster General Wanamaker writes to counter President Green of Western Union. He defends government message rates, cites franchises and rights of way, disputes high transmission costs, and says leased line rents were for competition removal. He offers further discussion before final rate decisions.
Thieves blow open the Dye Kros general store on isin street Allegany four miles from Clean N Y and take about 25000 in cash plus thousands in bonds papers mortgages and gold jewelry. The banklike firm served local farmers and the loss includes missing books and valuables. No suspects or clues are found.
Over 100 Western merchants arrived in Philadelphia on August 7 to join a new association. They will share price lists and samples, coordinate large purchases, and protect member interests with a permanent Chicago headquarters.
A lightning strike at a Catawba residence during a Sunday night thunderstorm killed James Trol linger, 21, and Miss Addie Reid, a prominent social couple in Asheville. The bolt ran down a chimney, instantly killing both and injuring others in the room. Miss Reid’s shoes were torn from her feet and her clothing ignited.
In Madison Indiana on Monday night W Johnson shot at Miss Sadie Athey when she refused marriage. Believing he had killed her he killed himself. Also George Schlick fatally shot Richard Sisco in a saloon and wounded the victim’s brother.
Ollie Martin of Connersville and Maud Saylers of Brownsville were drowned while crossing the Whitewater river after a storm swelled the stream. The horse and buggy were carried away and both lovers, who planned to wed soon, died. their bodies were recovered.
About 250 delegates from eastern lake cities and western ports gathered in West Superior Wisconsin for the first session of a Great Lakes water ways convention. A committee will draft a petition to Congress seeking a large harbor appropriation and funding for all lakes harbors and Omaha routes to the ocean.
Special despatch from Louisville on August 7 reports Stephen G. Sharp, Democrat, rejected by a 20 000 to 40 000 majority for Treasurer. Democrats gain eight or more seats in the legislature. Prohibition vote light. Prospect of a constitutional convention likely with a sufficient majority.
Dispatches from Port au Prince recount July 28 fighting as Hippolyte and Jean Jumeau’s forces rout foes. General Legitime orders mass executions of eight prisoners in the market place after captives were tied and their throats cut in view of troops and a large crowd. An Atlas steamer captain and the American Consul witnessed the scene. Americans remain unalarmed.
Commander-in-Chief Warner of the Grand Army plans to discipline department commanders who issued posts to skip the Milwaukee encampment. The Council of Administration in Milwaukee will review the matter. Delegates arrive from Indiana and Michigan expecting 7,000 soldiers. Sherman plans to attend the National Reunion. Opposition emerges as a separate southern Illinois veterans’ reunion is called during reunion week.
Wassiveston Aug. 7 The resignation of George H. Paul postmaster at Milwaukee Wisconsin has been accepted by Postmaster General Wanamaker and will take effect when his successor is appointed The department notes unsatisfactory conditions in the Milwaukee post office as reported by the Civil Service Commission but the resignation render s such action unnecessary
Reapina August 7. At Bechtelsville in the county the engineer Phillip Dougherty was killed during testing of Thomas A. Holbeon's iron ore separator. His clothing clogged a belt and his body was drawn between two rollers through a narrow inch wide gap.
A wagon bridge near Carthage Illinois collapsed Sunday sending a wagon and its five occupants into a creek about fifty feet below. Farmer George and his family were badly hurt and a woman died from injuries.
Postponement of the anti-slavery conference to October. Mrs. Barney McNealley dies at a Carthage church door. Spokane Falls to Alaska railroad talks gain momentum. Shah of Persia awards top order to President Carnot of France. Andrew J. Whittaker appointed Deputy Fourth Auditor. Snowstorms and icy rains sweep Switzerland. John Carter shoots wife and himself at San Quentin. Junction City Republican touts Kansas sugar independence. Dehle's brewery sale to St Louis buyers for 38000. Oil discovery in Bedford County Pennsylvania believed promising. Coal Valley blast injures two miners. Kalikauan of the Sandwich Islands sends word of a planned trip. Thomas White assigns for creditors in Indiana. Dr. J. T. Hourigan recaptured after jail break in Kentucky. Spanish-American Union foresees grand South American exhibit at 1902 fair. Tom Wright killed by falling tree near Long Lick, with horses and carriages wrecked. Sudden distemper puzzles Montreal doctors with several blindness cases. Eight prisoners escape Wexford jail by ceiling hole. Toy gun accident kills Ed Taggi in Olney. IL Kelso, Newton business leader, dies suddenly in Tennessee. Four La Porte prisoners escape by hole and two recaptured. New York trotting drivers oppose Jerome avenue surface railroad. Petrified arm of prehistoric giant found near Kearney Nebraska. diamonds noted in clenched fingers.
Reports from Standing Rock indicate the necessary number of signatures have been secured from the Indians, and the Sioux reservation will be opened. In Lawrence Kansas two twin babies of L T Toyne were killed after straying onto the Santa Fe track.
The new wheat crop has begun to move into Minneapolis. The first lot, two cars, arrived Monday from Winnebago City. Washburn, Martin & Co. bought it at 52 cents for No 8 and 51 cents for No 1.
Official returns show 49 Republicans and 4893 Conservatives elected to the Councile General. The President granted pardons to John W. Barkley and Ora Staley for counterfeit coin convictions. Washington dispatch notes the President and party departed for Bar Harbor via New York, and Bloomington Illinois began converting street railway power to electricity. Henry Simons and two boys drowned in the Monongahela River near here. Illinois wheat reports predict winter wheat yield around 38,000,000 bushels.
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