Democratic Sentinel, Volume 11, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 November 1887 — THE WESTERN STATES. [ARTICLE]

THE WESTERN STATES.

A dispatch from Joliet, HL, gives particulars of a dark crime near Morris, a few miles distant: Freight train No. 16 on the Rock Island Road was wrecked early Friday morning two miles east of Morris, by a telegraph pole laid across the track by train-wreckers, and two men were killed. The dead are William Orth, the fireman, and John Mills, the engineer. There is every evidence that the intention of the miscreants was 'to wreck the Kansas City express, which fortunately was half an hour late. The freight, waicn met the fate intended for the express, was terribly wrecked, and eight cars of merchandise piled up in an indesciibable heap of ruins. Fireman Orth was first found jammed in between the tender and boiler head, where he had been caught in the attempt to jump off. He was horribly mangled, the whole top of his head being torn off, and his heart, liver and intestines torn out. Engineer Mills was found under the boiler-head near his seat iirthe cub. His skull was fractured and his body horribly scalded by the escaping steam. The Rock Island Company has offered 82,000 reward for the apprehension and conviction of the wreckers. A watee famine prevails in the two western tiers of Ohio counties and the adjoining territory of Indiana. Cattle are suffering, nulls have been stopped, and the low stage of water in the wells is breeding typhoid fever and kindred diseases. The propeller Vernon, of the Northern Michigan Line, plying between Chicago and Cheboygan, foundered in the terrific gale of Saturday off Two Rivers and all on board are supposed to be lost The number is estimated at thirty. A dispatch from Manitowoc, Wis., gives the following meager intelligence regarding the disaster: It is believed here that the boat carried a crew of twenty-six, and three passengers are reported from Mackinaw and Cheboygan. The names of those who were on board so far us they are known follow : Capt. George Thorpe of Ogdensburg, N. Y. ; Capt. John Sullivan, mate, who formerly sailed the schooner Golden West; Capt. Higgins, second mate, who sailed the steambarge Leland last year; F. W. Burke of Chicago, clerk, eldest son of one of the owners of the line; Charles Marcau of Chicago, first engineer; Frank M. Hall of Chicago, second engineer, a brother of Ed Hall, of Chicago; Martin Le Beau, of Chicago, steward; Henry Le Beau, of Chicago, porter, a brother of Martin ; Miss Kate Gallagher, of Mackinaw Island; Miss Sallie Durkin, of Chicago; C. Baumgeas, of Chicago; Hoy Hazeletou, of Chicago, cabin boy. Besides the nine members of the crew named above, the Vernoil carried an additional cabin boy, two wheelmen, two firemen, two cooks and eight deck hands, most of whom belong in Chicago. Miss Gallagher and Miss Durkin are reported from Mackinaw to have been passengers on the boat. They were cousins on their way to Miss Durkin's home in Chicago. Many other vessels were wrecked on the lakes by the terrible gale. Six were driven ashore at Alpena. Capt. Carter, part owner of the Venns, believes that the unknown vessel sunk w.th all hands off Thunder Bay was the Venus. A Chicago telegram says the Sheriff and Police Department were considerably agitated Sunday by the circulation from an unknown I source, through the mail--, of the following circular, which is without signature or other identification: “ NOTICE. “Workingmen : Will you, as Workingmen of Chicago, allow champions of yo.ir legitimate rights, wi.o are now confined in jail under sentence of death brought about absolutely by public clamor occasioned by grossly exaggerated and fictitious statements of the capitalistic press, hang? * * * It would be damaging to this land of civilization. Workingmen, if those champions are to hang on the 11th of November rise in your might and effect their rescue. The independence of the United States was brought about by the use of bombs and firearms. They are effective. Forewarned is armed. Any action that may be definitely determined upon should be kept secret until proper time. It is not at all probable that the militia will be on the scene of any attempted execution. This notice is not intended for any who are not in sympathy with the condemned men. Further notice will be given later on.” A Chicago telegram says: “The ' Times has been sold to Janies J. West, Clinton A Snowden, and a company of Eastern capitalists. The sale was made with the written consent of all the warring heirs. The transfer includes the entire estate, consisting of real estate, the Times building, and the magnificent unfinished “Castle Folly” on Grand boulevard. The real estate consists of 80 by 163 feet lat the northwest corner of Washington street and Fifth av nue, on which the Times building stands. This lot is worth probably $150,000 and the building $70,000. Upon the marble castle on Grand boulevard fully

$300,000 has already been expended, while the ground on which it stands would easily bring SIOO,OOO. There are also five other pieces of real estate, with a total value of about $133,500, which, added to the property already mentioned, would carry the total up to $733,500. Add to this $500,C00 for miscellaneous portions of the estate, the good-will, etc., and the total will be $1,233,500. It is generally believed that the amount paid by the purchasing syndicate was not far from $1,250,000. It is said the Timet will be run by its new owners as an independent paper.