Democratic Sentinel, Volume 10, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 October 1886 — WESTERN. [ARTICLE]

WESTERN.

The steamer La Mascotte, bound from Grand Tower, 111., to Cape Girardeau, Mo., exploded her boilers opposite Neeley’s Landin',', on the Mississippi River, and was burned to.the water’s edge. The wreck floated nearly a mile below Willard’s Landing, where it lodged on the shore. The tow-boat Eagle was within sight when the explosion took place, and rendered valuable assistance, rescuing all who were left alivo. The Eagle took thirty-five persons to Cape Girardeau. Out of the crew of twenty-four, fourteen are saved, and the total loss of life is placed at between eighteen and twenty-two. The La Mascotte was a new boat, having been built at Evansville, Ind., during the last summer, at a cost of $30,000. Ice to the amount of two thousand tons has recently been forwarded from Chicago to San Francisco, at the rate of S3OO per car-load, and shipments will continue until the holidays. The safe of the Ashland Avenue Building and Loan Association, at No. 301 "West Twelfth street, Chicago, was broken into and robbed of money and papers to the value of $14,000. • Judge Gary overruled the motion for a new trial for the Chicago anarchists, and informally announced December 3 as tho date for their execution. Each of the condemned, men was given an opportunity to state his reasons why sentence of death should not be passed upon him. Spies led off with a written address and was followed by the lesser lights. Devastating prairie fires have been raging in Western Manitoba. Henry Sherman and Fred Munchrath, Sioux City saloonkospers, were ar rested in that city and placed in $5,000 bonds each for alleged complicity in tho murder of the Ilev. Georgo C. Haddock. H. L. Leavitt was also arrested in Chicago on the same charge, and John Arendorf was apprehended at Davenport. H. L. Leavitt, who was arrested in Chicago on charge of being concerned in the murder of Rav. G. C. Haddock, at Sioux City, has mado a confession, saying that one John Arensdorf, foreman of tho Franz brewery, and one of. the stockholders in that concern, was the assassin. He says Arensdorf mot the clergyman on the street on the night of Aug. 3, and held up his hand in front of Mr. Haddock’s face. Tho latter took something from his pocket and struck Arensdorf, who thereupon drew a revolver and shot Haddock. Leavitt says he and several others, whom lie names, witnessed tho shooting, and that all ran away after the erimo was committed. Several of those implicated are now under arrest, and warrants have been issued for tho others. The father of Wallace, recently lynched at Steelvillo, Mo., for tlio murder of the Logan family, refused to care for the body, which was buried on a hill by tho roadside, where the remains of a colored murderess, who had been executed according to law, were interred years ago. The order to remove cattle from the Sioux Reservation in Dakota has been revoked, and the stockmen are elatad. The disappearance of N. M. Neeld, one of the directors of the Chicago Board of Trade, who was managing partner of the packing firm of J. C. Ferguson & Co., led to the discovery that he had sunk a large amount in speculation, and had issued bogus warehouse receipts estimated as high as $250,000. Neeld has fled to Canada, and the firm is regarded as ruined by his operations. The loss' falls largely upon Chicago banks. The custom house authorities of San Francisco have seized a large quantity of opium consigned to a Chinese firm as tea. The opium seized is valued at $20,000. John F. McLees, a notorious “killer,” was taken from the jail at Montrose, Colo., and liauged. He had gono to the town to be avenged against the Mayor and others, was locked up, and a mob subsequently broke the jail and iyncho 1 him.