Democratic Press, Volume 1, Number 22, Decatur, Adams County, 14 March 1895 — Page 2

Democratic Press. DECATUR, IND. Democratic Prens Vo.. - Publisher*. THE FLEETING NEWS. IS CAUGHT ON THE WING FOR OUR INTELLIGENT READERS. A MpanUh Battleship Fires Three Shots at an American Steamer—New Orleans the Scene of a Bloody Race War—Defaulter Taylor Arrested. THE RACE RIOT. The Situation at New Orleans Not at all EncouraKinKNew Orleans special: The thick fog Thursday morning was the veil behind which desperate white levee laborers gathered and which they penetrated with Winchester rifle-balls aimed at colored nonunion men at work at the ships. The attack was made at points several miles apart, just before the arrival of the police, and as a result there are a half dozen corpses and a do: »n wounded men. The police saw the attack, but no arrests followed, they claiming they were too few to cope with the unexpected outbreak. The day liefore the Mayor saidjall was quiet and tlie Governor saw no grounds of interference, but now business men are denouncing both: the militia is in readiness to move: an appeal to the Federal government has virtually been made and even foreign consuls have decided to join in the move for peace at any price. The causes which list to the troubles have been of long standing and grew ont of the attempt of steamship agents and others interested to reduce expenses. Tne white screwmen claim the colored men were given their share of work under the agreement, but made secret cuts and violated the agreement in order to obtain more work and gradually crowded the white man oil. The dead—William Campbell, colored screw tuan. shot at Phillips; Jules Calico Carrabe, shoemaker, shot in front of Lyons' clothing store; unknown, shot in vicinity of Cromwell line; unknow n negro in same vicinity, not identified; Leonard Mallard, colored scaleman, shot over right eye. Injured—.lames A- Bane, white purser steamship Engineer, shot in head twice and arm once, dangerous; Henry Brown, colored screwman, shot five times, both arms and legs, will recover; Tim I’erstein, colored coal wheeler, shot seven times, Ixtth legs, thigh, and head, may recover; Lunts Cast,colored employe sugar refinery, shot in hip, will recover; Billy Williams, colored sorewman.shot in leg, will recover; Frank Lighthall, colored driver for cement firm, shot iu leg, dangerous; Robert Brooks, while longshoreman, shot with winchester in right leg below the knee. Two negroes, names unknown, jumped into the river and it is believed both art drowned. fIKED ON. A Yankee Merchant. Vessel Ch:M*ed by 3 bpaniwh Warship. The Colombian line steamer Allianica. Captain Grossman, from Colon, which has arrived at New York, brings a startling tale of outrage at sea. March 8, at about 7:30 o'clock in the tnornipg, when the steamer was off the east end of the island of Cuba, a brigantine-rigged man-of-war flying the Spanish flag, was passed, steering in the same direction at a distance of about a mile and a half. The Allianica dipped her colors in salute in courtesy, which was accepted and reciprocated by the Spaniard. A few minutes later a puffol smoke appeared from the man-of-war’s bow and a report followed. This was followed a few minutes later by another blank cartridge. Capt. Crossman did not pay any attention to the shooting, and continued on his course northward. The man-of-war then altered its course to follow the ‘Albania and almost at once another gun was fired and a solid shot e ime bounding toward the American steamer, missing her narrowly Two other balls were fired, but both went wide. The Spaniard fast dropped astern and after a chase of about twenty-fivt miles alter'd her course and headed back. Capt. Crossman can advance no theory tc account for the outrageous conduct of tin Spaniard. He declares his intention of bringing the matter to the attention of Secretary Gresham at once. Taylor Under Arrest. A dispatch from Tampa says that advices have been received there to the effect that ex-State Treasurer Taylor, of South Dakota, who is a defaulter to the amount ol $365,000, has been arrested at V era Cruz Mexico, to which point he was traced by tmerican detectives. Gen. H irrison 111. Ex-President Harrison is confined to his room at his residence on North Delaware street, Indianapolis, with an att ; k of grip. He has been ill for some time, and fora day or so there were fears that his illness might take a serious turn, but at present lit is convalescing. tie Will Lecture. Indianapolis special: S. E. Nicholson i.* to bethe President of the Good Citizenship State League. He is the author of parts ol the Nicholson bill and is to makcan active campaign by a leotnring tour throughout Indiana in behalf of temperance and good citizenship. A False Report. Cape Henry (Va.) special: The re per! that President Cleveland is suffering from a sprained knee is false. Mr. Cleveland has been unusually well during his entire cruise in these waters. The Violet is still at anchor in Pamlico Sound, near Cape Hatteras. Kobv Track to Open Again. The directors of the Roby Racing Association decide I to open the track April 15, and unless interfered with by the Governor of Indiana, the meeting will continue until M ly 1, when the regular season opens at Hawthorne. United States Marshal Resigns. United Males Marshal Henry Bohl, of the southern district of Ohio, has tendered his resignation to the President. Many Armenian* Killed. According to a dispatch from Constantinople, unconfirmed rumors were current ol fresh disorder at Karalusar, in the valley of Sivas, Asiatic Turkey. Additional advices from the same source say that many Ann nians have been killed and wounded at Karahisar. Died from Fright. During a small fire in a dry goods store at Decatur, HL, Mrs. C. P. Thatcher, aged 56, well known in society, became so badly frightened that she died in a lew hours.

FIRE IN A MINE Th. Burning of h shaft House in n Manitoba Mine Caiatt Lo«m of Life. Winnipeg (Man.! special: The shaft house of the Sultana mine, near Rat Portage was destroyed by fire. The fire communicated to the shaft and the miners underground were imprisoned for seven hours j liefore* the fire was extinguished. Two of < them died soon after being brought to the i surface; six others are in a precarious < on- . > dition while the rest of the men are still in i : the mine. The fire caught in the drying room and is supposed to have been started by a pipe in the pocket of a coat hanging on the wall. Foreman Johnson noticing the fire and called on the men to assist in putting it out but all ran away, being afraid of explosives ! in the dry ing room. Mr. Johnson rushed | into the fiery room, removed two boxes of : powder and then directed his attention to , an attempt to save the building. As soon as the ruins were sufficiently eooled. it was found that the timbers lining the shaft were blazing and the water was j directed on these timbers, but in the excite- ■ ment a greater portion of it fell useless ; down the shaft. About this time help ar- | rived from Rat Portage and shortly afterward the fire was extinguished in the shaft and Messrs. Motley Bell, assayer at the mine, and Foreman Johnson rigged a hoist, descended the shaft and found six ; men on the first level. They were apparently suffocated. They descended to the lower level and found three more, but these | men were in better shape than the others I and •(Torts were begun to raise the others. I The first three brought up were suffering i badly, but were resusitated after a short time under Dr. Mac Donnell's attendance. The fourth man, however, John Lagier, was very low when he arrived at the surface and died shortly after. The others were in a critical condition when brought to the surface, but all recovered excepting Rudolph Erickson. DASTARDLY DEED. Ties Piled Upon the Nickel Plate Track at Valparaiso. Some unknown person made an attempt the other night to wreck the express train, east bound, on the Nickel Plate road, just west of Valparaiso, Ind. They had placed ties with one end under the rail and the other projecting over the opjiosite rail, then piled ties behind them. The engineer could not stop his train before striking the obstruction and knocking part of them off. dragging the others about tw o hundred yards. The engine had to be raises! before | the ties could be removed. The passengers I were all thrown from their seats, but no 1 one was seriously injured. It is supposed to have been the work of train robbers. This point is the most isolated place along the road between here and Hobart and in a deep cut. Attempts have been made to wreck trains on the Chicago and Grand Trunk road just south of here, Henry Heck, aged twenty-three, of Chicago, was arrested by Special Detective J. C. Horton, of the Nickel Plate, for the attempted wrecking. Heek was taken to Valparaiso, and admitted that he did it. claiming that he had no assistance, also that he was drunk. The officers do not believe his story, as other footprints were found. MAD RIOT. The Indiana Legislature Ends In Shauie ami Disgrace. The Indiana Legislature broke up in a wild riot Monday night, in which almost every member participated. Revolvers were drawn and many persons were seriously injured, Adams of Parke County, perhaps fatally. For fully twenty minutes the State House was filled with a how ling, surging mob. Men who had lieen ‘ friends side by side during the sessun, became deadly enemies, and made every effort to injure each other. The trouble originated over the bill to supplant Custodian Griffin, a Democrat, with a Republican. The bill was delivered to the Governor three nights ago. It was his scheme to hold it to the last minute and then the legislature could not pass it over his veto, as by statute adjournment would take place at 12 o'clock. The Governor’s secretary started with the bill with ten minutes' time. The Republicans attempted by force to prevent his reaching the legislative hall with the bill in time. Adams, who was injured, is representative of Parke County. He was kicked in the pit of the stomach and had to be carried from the House. A STRANGE TALE Os Mutiny anil Wrecking That Will Be Investigated. From reports received at the State Department from the United States Consul at Callao, Pent, there is a good reason to suspect that the strange tale that came to Philadelphia in a letter from Charles Junes, of the mutiny aboard the American bark Portland Lloyd, and the wrecking of j the vessel near Junin, Chili, was pirf afloat to cover desertion or some misconduct on tlie part of some of the crew of the vessel. United States Consul Jastermski at Callao has lieen looking into the matter, and it appears that the report is much older than the date assigned by the alleged steward of the the ship. According to the Consul’s report, the bark, which was built in Maine, and hailed from Seattle, put into Callao toward the end of last year. She cleared for Junin. Chili, about December 1, and soon after there were stories afloat to the effect that the crew had mutinied, that the officers had been killed, and that thesbip had been wrecked w ith the loss of all but two men. The Consul traced the story to letters w ritten by one E. M. Baker, and another man who claimed that they had lieen the only men to esca]>e. FAIAI.LV is.HKr.it. Shocking Accident at Detroit During a Fire. A shocking accident occurred at the intersection of Canfield avenue and the railroad tracks. Detroit, Mich. There had been a fire to w hich hook and ladder company No. 5 had been called. As the truck was crossing the Detroit, Grand Haven and Milwaukee track at the point above stated, a freight train dashed down the track and smashing into the truck threw it from the track. The following men were probably fatally hurt and were conveyed to the hospital: Driver AnthonyKorte. married, aged 26; Steersman Christian Geobel, widower, aged 51; Lieut. Charles L. Chase, single, aged 35. The tine of one of the hook and ladder forks entered Korte’s head, penetrating the brain. The truck was thrown about 150 feet and wrecked. The horses were badly mangled. Capt. M. F. W. Wirth, was also bruised. Col. Colt Cleared. Columbus special: The report of the Special Court of Inquiry investigating the conduct of Col. A. B. Coit, in command of the Fourteenth Regiment at the Washington C. 11. riot, has been made public byGov Mi Kinley. The report exonerates Coi. Coit and commends him for valor.

Perhaps the most interesting feature of the investigation, however, is a statement of the affair which Gov. McKinley feels called upon to make to the public in connection w ith the rejiort. The Governor, in unqualified terms, indorses the action of Coi. Coit. and his statement virtually amounts to a charge to the jury which is to try the Colonel for manslaughter to return a verdict of not guilty. The Military Commission reviews at length the facts concerning the cause of the riot, all of which go to show the justice of the order to tire ou the mob. A Plucky Woman Operator. Duluth special: Some passengers who came in on the Northern Pacific train from the west recently, were decidedly nervous until they were some distance this side of Kimberly. Saturday night about 11 o’clock Mrs. Reichart, night operator at Kimberly, twelve miles this side of Aitken, heard three rough-looking men in the station planning to wreck a passenger train that night at a bridge near Kimberly. She at once w ired the dispatcher at Brainerd. The three men heard the key working and jumped to the conclusion she was wiring the railroad people. They rushed for the door of her office and tried to break in. but were met by the plucky woman who fired four shots through the door.* The men took to their heels. The railroad officials sent out word for the section men to patrol the track for several miles and the train was run very cautiously through that part of the country and no trouble was experien eed. Two Persons Kilted. The Florida vestibule train No. 31, southbound, was wrecked at Scotland, Ga., by a trampered switch, the staple being broken. The train consisted of three Pullmans, first and second < lass coaches, mail and express car. every one of which was derailed, the Pullman first and second class coaches being throw on their sides. One of the coaches was occupied by the Roland Reed company and the others having a full complement of passengers. That there was no greater damage is miraculous. The schedule ntning time is fifty miles an hour and the engine crashed into some cars on the sidetrack, telescoping itself in a box car. Mrs. C. D. Subers and 5-years-old daughter were killed and many injured. Strong: Team. St. Louis special: Rev. Parkhurst of New York, is coming to St. Louis, as announced, to engage in the work of Sunday reform in conjunction with Sam Jones and the local clergy. The Sabbath Association has decided upon a line of action. Sam Jones has lieen appealed to to lend his moral support during the rest of his stay, and Dr. Parkhurst of New York, has consented to come in a few days and deliver a series of lectures to aid the work. Attorneys have been retained to prosecute all violators of the statutes and ordinances, and the plans are complete fur an active campaign against sin. Comrades of the Battlefield. The urder of Comrades of the Battlefield will hold its annual meeting and memorial service for the dead at the Chickamauga Military Park on September 19 and 20, 1695. the time of the dedication, permission to do so having been obtained from tha Commission Chairman. Gen. J. S. Fullerton. The General Commanding, George E. Dolton of No. 24 South Commercial street, St. Louis, requests that all soldiers who served the nation should address him for information concerning the coming event, in orderto encourage a full attendance on the days of the celebration. Blew the Roofs Off. A phenomenon in the form of an electrical snowstorm was witnessed at Gallipolis, Ohio, recently. A terrific windstorm accompanied it. unroofing buildings and blowing down trees. Neal’s big wheat elevator was unroofed and the walls badly damaged. An empty coal ear was blown from a siding on to the main track of the C., H.V.&T. Railroad. and was discovered just a few moments before the southbound passenger train was due. One of them Dead. At Spencerville. Ohio, the infant child of Clarence Martin eboked to death by the bursting of a gathering in the head. This is one of the three children that were so horribly frozen some time ago while making their escape from their burning house. Crushed hy a Log, James Rhody, aged 34, a laborer, ot Frankport, Ky.. was killed in a clearing in the Fiat Creek nerghborhood. A huge log became suddenly dislocated, rolling down the billside, passing over his body. Rhody formerly lived at Poneto, Ind. Horrible Death. At Carrollton, Ky., Thomas J. Malone, Jr., an employe of Block’s distillery, was found dead in the com crib, the corn having caved in on him. He was about 4V years old. Alfred Milnes. Alfred Milnes of Coldwater. Mich., has been nominated as the Republican candidate for Congress in the Third district, to succeed Congressman Burrows. THE MARKETS. Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, $3.7506.25; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 04.50: sheep, fair to choice. $2.0004. •5; wheat. No. 2 red, 52053 c; corn. No. 2, 43044 c; oats, No. 2, 280 2’Jc; rye, No. 2. 52@54c: butter, choice creamery, eggs, fresh, 14015 c; potatoes, car lots, per bushel, 70080 c. Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping. $3,000 5.50; hogs, choice light. $3.0004.50; sheep, common to prime, $2.0004.50; wheat. No. 2 red. 53053 Ch ; corn. No. 1 white, 410 42c; oats. No 2 white. 33033 l X»c. St. Louis—Cattle, $3.0005.75; hogs, I $3.0004.50; wheat, No. 2 red. 52053 c; corn. No. 2,41042 c; oats, No. 2,30031 c; rye. No. 2,56058 c. Cincinnati Cattle. $3.5005.50; hogs. $3.0004.50; sheep, $2.5004.50: wheat. No. 2. 55@55%c; corn, No. 2 mixed. 43U»@ 44%c; oats, No. 2 mixed. rye, No. 2,58059 c. Detroit —Cattle. $2.5005.50; hogs. $4.00 @4.50; sheep, $2.0004.50; wheat. No. 1 white, 57058 c; corn. No. 2 yellow, 430 44c; oats, No. 2 white, 33034 c; rye, No. 2,55057 c. Toledo-Wheat. No. 2, red, 55056 c; corn. No. 2 mixed, 43@43%c; oats. No. 2 white. 33034 c; rye. No. 2,55056 c. Buffalo—Cattle. $2.5006.00; hogs. $3.00 04.75; sheep. $3.0005.00; wheat. No. 2 red, 58059 c; corn. No. 2 yellow, 46047 c; oats. No. 2 white, Milwaukee—Wheat, No. 2 spring. 54@ 55c; corn, No. 3, 43043V>c; oats. No. 2 white. 31032 c; barley. No. 2, 53@55c; rye. No. 1,52054 c; pork, mess, SIV.SO@ ‘ 11.00. Now York—Cattle, $3.0006.00; hogs, $4.0005.00. sheep. $3.0004.75; wheat. No. 2 red, 60061 c; corn, No. 2. 50051 c; oats, white Western, 370 41c: butter, creamery, 15021 c; eggs, Western, 170 18c

STEAMER GOES DOWN TWELVE LOST IN AN OHIO RIVER DISASTER. The igfel low Becomes Unmanage* abl?, Strikes a Railroad Bridge at Cincinnati, Breaks in Two and Sinks with Her Cargo. Refused to Obey Her Rudder. The steamer Longfellow, of the Memphis and Cincinnati racket Line, was wrecked Friday morning by striking a pier of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad bridge at Cincinnati, and twelve lives were lost. The steamer broke in two and sank with her cargo. The passenger list was lost, but it is known twen-ty-five or thirty passengers were aboard, most of whom had engaged passage for New Orleans. The dead: David Aldridge, Cleveland. Dr. Anderson, female. J. W. Aull, Dayton. Ohio. Mrs. J. W. Aull, Dayton, Obis. Captain John L. Carter, Newport. Ky. Gus Chauvet, barkeeper on Longfellow. Johnson, barber on Longfellow. James Mitter. deck hand. Thomas Reardon, deck hand. Michael Russell, deckhand, Cincinnati. Walker, servant. Unknown young woman, an invalid, of New Y’ork. The Longfellow was to leave at 5 o’clock Thursday evening. A heavy fog came up and it was decided to wait until the fog lifted. At 6 o’clock Friday morning, the fog having risen sufficiently. Captain John Kirker decided to start. The tow boat Hercules Carrel, which was alongside all night, was signaled to be in readiness to help the Longfellow through the bridges. At 6:30 the boats started The Carrel was on the port side of the Longfellow. The boats passed safely under the suspension bridge, but immediately afterward the Longfellow began behaving badly. A cross current seemed to strike her and swing her bow around toward the Kentucky shore. Every effort was made to right her so that she would pass between the piers of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad forming the span on the Kentucky side. The swift current of the river carried her along rapidly. Those in the boat could see that it would be impossible to avoid striking the pier. The alarm was sounded immediately, and the passengers, some of whom were at breakfast, while others were still in their berths, were hurried to the deck. The boat struck the pier with her starboard side, just behind the boilers. The air was tilled with flying timbers, glass and ironwork. Those on board, many of whom were in their night clothes, were hurried to the Hercules Carrel, which was still alongside. Consternation reigned. There were piercing cries and terrible yells and women fainting. Sinks with Her Cargo. In the meantime, the Longfellow was being driven harder against the pier by the swift river. In loss than five minutes after she struck there was a loud crash and the boat parted amidships. The prow went dowq into the river, disappearing completely. The stem followed. Some of the upper works floated down the stream and then the wrecked hull came slowly up and also floated away. Four or five men were on the floating cabin and these were taken off by the crew of the Hercules Carrel. A number of small boats put out from the shore anti picked up persons who had jumped into t! river. Five minutes after the boat struct there was nothing left but a lot of floating wreckage to show that there had ever been such a boat as the Longfellow. Everything on board the boat in the way of registers, papers, valuables, cargo, etc., wont down with her. The cause of the accident is attributed to the boat refusing to obey her rudder when she struck the strong current just below the suspension bridge. The Longfellow was valued at $22,560 and insured for $15,000.

HAYWARD IS GUILTY. The Minneapolis Gambler Responsible for the Murder of Catherine Ging. Harry Hayward, on trial at Minneapolis for the murder of Catherine Ging. has been found guilty. A few minutes before 11 o’clock Friday morning Judge Smith finished his charge and a little be- ; fore 2 o’clock the jury had agreed on a I verdict. Judge Smith hastened to the I court-room, the prisoner was brought in I and the jury summoned. Kobler, the , deputy clerk, asked in a tremulous voice whether the jury had agreed u|x>n a verdict, and Neil McNeil, the foreman, stood up. His face was ghastly in its color, aud there was not a man on the I jury unaffected by the gravity of the ] situation. “We have agreed,” said Me- I Neil, in a voice that was scarcely audible, | aud the folded piece of paper that meant I life or death to the accused was handed ' fiARRY HAYWARD. CATHERINE GING. to the clerk. Every eye was turned toward the condemned man as Kobler rend the verdict There was nothing in his face to indicate that he had heard a word of it. He threw his head back as the word “guilty” was pronounced, but it was only to adjust his collar-band. He did not change color by a single shade. Catherine Ging, a Minneapolis dressmaker. was murdered in a lonely spot on the north shore of Lake Calhoun, near Minneapolis, early in the evening of Dec. 3 last. The murdered woman had taken three mysterious rides, according to Liveryman Goosmau. On Nov. 27 she took the first, calling in person at Goosman’s livery stable in Grant street, and driving the horse herself. She brought it hack nt 9 o’clock, and no one was with her. She was gone but an hour and a half. Dec. 1 Miss Ging ordered the same rig over the telephone, nnd instructed the liveryman to leave the vehicle at the West Hotel. Accordingly the carriage was left at the West Hotel at 7:20 o'clock, and Miss Ging returned it to the stable in person at 9 o'clock. As before, no one was seen with her. 0n the evening of Dee. 3 she took the third and fatal ride. It was the sensation of the year in Minneapolis. aud the discovery of the murder

put the police on their mettle. Mayor . Eustis himself headed the investigation, setting the whole force of detectives at work on the case, and he caused to be summoned to the office of the chief ot police all parties whose business or social relations with the murdered woman were such that they might throw light on the mvsterv. Harry Hayward, who was in charge' of the flats in which Miss Ging had lived, was ar-r-ted on suspicion on Dec. 4. the day following the murder, and kept in the “sweatbox” for twelve hours. He told a plausible story and was finally released from custody. He said he had loaned the woman $9,500, taking i ss securitv two life-insurance policies of Sa.WW each.’ He claimed that he had loaned her $7,000 in cash shortly liefore the murder, but this could not be found. At 11:20 p. m. on Dec. 5 Adry A. Hayward, brother of Harry, was arrested, charged with the murder, and on the afternoon of Dec. 6 Harry was rearrested. A day later Adry made a cenfession in which he declared that his brother Harry had planned the crime to secure the insurance money and that the bloody deed was done by Claus A. Blixt, engineer of the Ozark flats, where Miss Ging lived. Blixt was arrested on Dec. 7. Harry Hayward and Blixt were indicted for the murder, and the former s trial was begun the latter part of January. On Feb. 4 Blixt went on the stand and told the story of the crime—how it had been deliberately planned by Hayward and how he had carried it out A SCAR SAVED HIS LIFE. A Young Man Is Nearly Hanged for Another's Crime. Walter Bryant, a young man with a broad scar on his forehead and another on his arm, has just been released fsom the jail in St. Joseph. Mo. Few men have come nearer to being hanged for a crime of which they were not guilty than Bryant, and he owes his escape from the gallows to a sear. A week or so ago Bryant was arrested in Springfield on suspicion of being Thomas Harris, wanted for the murder of John McDowell seven years ago. It was in vain that the young man declared that he was not Harris, who had escaped from prison while under sentence of death. Several men who knew Harris went to the jail and positively identified Bryant as the man who was wanted, but Bryant did not lose hope until Harris s father came and said he was his eon. Dry ant told the authorities that his parents and brother lived at Santa Rosa, Cal., but there came no answer from the address he gave. He declared that he had been arrested before on the same charge, once at Sheridan. Wyo.. and once at Little Rock, Ark., but he had forgotten ths name of the sheriff from Atchison County who had gone after him and found that he was not the right man. He remembered the year, however, and described the sheriff. William Turner, who lives in Red Willow County, Neb : wns sheriff of the county at that time, and he cams to St. Joseph to save the young man’s life. Turner recognized the prisoner at once and said he was not the murderer of McDowell. Bryant's statement that he has been twice arrested before this time on account of his resemblance to the fugitive was confirmed hy the ex-sheriff. When Turner came he brought with him a minute description of Harris, made while the murderer was a prisoner in his charge, and called attention to a scar on the left ankle, which could not be found on Bryant. He said the resemblance between the two men was perfect, with this exeption. The absence of that scar on the ankle has probably been the means of saving Bryant from being executed for another man’s crime. Henry Villard has announced his intention of residing in Berlin in future. Dean Hole declares that for one silly young woman there are fifty silly young men. Senator Murphy is making a reputation in Washington as a hospitable and sue cessful entertainer. M. Casiniir-I’erier will shortly tell the story of his presidency in a pamphlet, which he has already begun. Miss Anna Shaw, D. D., says the best way to address an audience is to talk as if you were scolding your husband. George Kennan, of Siberian fame, has long had writer’s cramp so badly that he i has had to use a lead pencil instead of a I pen. ; The Marquis of Tweeddale holds dircc- | torships of more joint stock companies | than any other member of either of the I two houses of Parliament. General McCook said the other day that in forty years’ experience with Indians he had never known a difficulty but had a white man at the bottom of it Signorina Labriola is the first woman to receive the degree of doctor of laws from the I.’niversity of Rome. She is a mere girl yet, only IS years of age. Bernand, the artist, whose sketches of street life in Paris have lHs*>>tne so popular, does all his work in a cab, which, drawn up to the curbstone, forms his studio. The German emperor's mustache is curled every morning by a barber who makes this operation his specialty and receives a fee of five shillings for each visit. Ella Wheeler Wilcox is an untiring patron of ail the beauty increasing and maintaining artists. She says she believes on principle in being as good looking as she can. Congressman Tom L. Johnson has purchased the palatial residence at the corner of Euclid avenue and Oliver street. Cleveland. It is one of the handsomest on the avenue. The disgrace of Captain Dreyfus made so keen an impression upon the French army that two lieutenants of the same name have applied for permission to change it to Drevei. When Senator Mills, of Texas, is once thoroughly aroused it takes him a long time to get cool, and the moment he loses his temper he starts off to do some stairclimbing. He plunges along at a tremendous pace until he reaches the top of the building, and then he swings round and comes down again at the same rate. Then he crosses to the opposite wing of the capitol and repeats the performance He never allows himself to open his mouth when in these moods.

RAID AN IOWA BANK. daring deed of desperadoes AT ADEL. Cashier Leech and Citizen Bailey Shot no.n-Robbvr. Make Wjsy with $15,000-one Is Killed, the Other Captnred and the Money Kecoscrtd. Citizens Turn Out in Pursuit. The boldest bank robbery ever commit ted in lowa—one with the speediest and direst results took place Wednesday morning at the little town of Adel, twenty miles west of Des Moines. Only two men were concerned in it, but they mortally wounded the cashier, seriously wounded a depositor, made off with $15,000, were pursued and overtaken, and one of the outlaws was killed, the other wounded, and the booty recovered. The crime was committed ten minutes after the bank, the Adel State Bank, was opened—at 9 o’clock. Cashier S. M. Leach bad just unlocked the vault to get currency to cash a check for a depositor named Bailey. Both Leach and BrJl>y had their backs to the door when two masked men entered, and without speaking a word, opened tire simultaneously the cashier and the customer. Leacli fell mortally wonnded, and Bailey, seriously but not fatally hurt, staggered out of the door and gave the alarm. Before assistance couM c* ne the robbers had sprung brer the bank counter, stepped over the prostrate form of the cashier, bagged all the cash in sight, estimated at $15,000, sud ran out of the building to a horse and buggy standing conveniently near. They lashed the horse into a run, and before the townsmen were well aware of what had happened or had planned an attempt at capture the desperadoes were out of sight to the westward on their way toward Redfield. The people of Adel were n«t slow in forming plans. A large posse, on horseback and in wagons, and armed with rilles, shotguns and revolvers, was soon on the trail, and couriers were sent out in all directions to call upon the farmers to join in the man hunt. The main posse continued on toward Redfield, but before De Soto was reached the advance guard, the men on horseback, caught sight of their prey, aud the robbers saw that they were being hotly pursued. The vigilantes, for such they were, they having agreed to lynch the robbers if caught, made such rapid gains on the fugitives that the latter loft their horse and buggy by the roadside and sought refuge in an old barn close by. There they lay til! the posse arrive*!. The hnntod mon refused to surrender and the vigilantes opened fire, one of the robbers being killed at the first volley. The other surrendered when threats were made to set fire to the bam, and delivered himself anil the stolon funds into the hands of his captors. The vigilantes, with their capture, returned t<» Adel, nnd the dead robber’s body was ‘aken there also.

BLOOMERS ON THE ICE. X New York Skating Girl Astonished the Central Park Boys. The girl with bloomers has made he% appearance on the ice. She looked pretty when she began cutting figures on the Central Park lake, says a New Y -rk paper. She was young and good looking. Her costume was of dark blue Berge. Ths blouse waist was belted in by a knotted sash of the same material, the skirt reaching to the swell of tho rather full —one • / / \ / JWWi \ WW’ ir ■ — $ >r THE BLOOMER GIRL OJT ICT.. might say baggy—bloomers. The right and left sections of this garment terminated just below the knees, and the draping folds were held up by clastic garters. She wore a glistening pair of dub skates. At once she became a target for th** hoodlums. A mob of them—half grown men and boys—surrounded her and followed her everywhere, howling and yelling. They called her ‘’Tommy.** “Pants” and other irrelevant names. She put on speed to distance her tormentors, but the Central Park lake is not large and she could not shake them off. Finally she called a police officer to her assistance and with his protection finished hor skating and left the ice. Sparks from the Wire*. Curbe Inge, a Greensboro, Ala., thief, was shot dead while resisting aa arresting posse. General Booth of the Salvation army sailed Wednesday from New York for England. The ice bridge is broken at St. Louis, the river is open to Cairo, and navigation was resumed Thursday. Mrs Amanda Hamilton, of Granville, Ind., aged 45. and her mother, aged 70, were beaten by whitecaps. Ijcroy Fernald, who murdered his mother at East Lebanon, Me., was found dear in his cell. He was insane. The Northwestern Railroad of Georgia will soon be sold at auction by the State, to which it ■ 1,000. Anthony Azoff, murderer of Detective Harris, has been resentenced nt Santa Cruz, Cal., and will hang May 7. The Belgian tank steamer Caucuse, with a crew of twenty-seven men. from Seville, Spain, is eleven days overdue at Philadelphia. Twenty-five of the twenty-eight assem- ■ blies in the Pittsburg district have decidI ed to leave the Knights of Labor and join the Independent Order of Knights.