Democratic Sentinel, Volume 11, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 January 1888 — FRESH FROM THE WIRES. [ARTICLE]

FRESH FROM THE WIRES.

Ivents of Interest and Importance in Every Quarter of the Habitable Globe. Hews Relating- to Politics, Religion, Commerce, Industry, Labor, and Other Topics. THE VERY LATEST BY TELEGRAPH. THE SCAFFOLD, Three Southern Murderers Pay the Penalty of Their Crimes. William Finchum was hanged at Harrisonburg, Ya., for the brutal murder of his own brother, Preston Finchum. He had prearranged a meeting in the woods with his brother, and sent him to a distillery for brandy for the purpose of making him drunk, and also to nerve himself for the horrible deed. When Preston got so drunk as to be partially oblivious of what was going on, William stepped behind him and shot him in the head. He then clubbed him several times, crushing his skull to make his victim’s death certain. Albert Peters was hanged at Marianna, Ark., for the murder of William Johnson near Fronton, in April, 1885. John Strickland, a white boy of 30 years, ■was executed at Conway, S. C., for the murder of his step-mother.

MAY INDICT GOULD AND SAGE. The New York District Attorney Tlilnkg the Charge of Larceny Will Lie Against Them. District Attorney Martine, of New York, has filed the following memorandum in the matter of the charges against Jay Gould and Bussell Wage by the bondholders of the Kansas Pacific Railroad: “This is an application to present to the grand jury a charge of larceny against Jay Gould and liussell bage under Section 54 of the penal code. In my opinion the acts with the commission of which the defendants stand charged constitute a crime. A possible obstacle to a successful prosecution of the persons complained of is the statute of limitation; yet there are strong reasons for believing that this obstacle is not insurmountable. The statute under which it is sought to prosecute may be so construed as to enable the people to proceed, notwithstanding the statute of limitations, and such a construction would have much support in reason and common sense. The question is so close and the interests involved here—as well of the people as of the defendants—are so important it seems proper to leave the determination of this question of law to the courts, and in order to effect this result the matter should be laid before the Grand Jury, and if proved, an indictment Should be found and tried. *

THE BUSINESS OUTLOOK. Money Generally Easy and Stocks Improved but Labor Troubles Cause Some Uneasiness. ' B. G. Dux & Co., of Nsw York, in their weekly review of trade, say: A year of enormous business closes with a little more than the seasonable dullness. Transactions much beyond the average in September and October prepared for some slackening in trade in November and December, which has been increased by tariff uncertainties, by several strikes of importance, and by a speculative advance in prices. Unusual pressure for money during the fall, on the other hand, caused adjustments which prevent severe pressure as the year closes, and except at a few Western points the money markets are comparatively easy, with collections almost everywhere fair, and at most points reasonably good. Holiday trade has generally been large, and the recent change in the weather brings greater activity in some branches But the pending strikes and controversies about wages, and uncertainties as to the future in some of the largest industries, operate unfavorably. Hopes of activity and advance after New Year s sustain prices, but the great movement of foreign capital hitherward for investment has ceased, at least for the time.

EXTERMINATING THE KELLYS. Lynchers Pub Three of the Murderous Brood Out of Existence. A recent telegram from Wichita, lian., says: “Charles Green, a cattle dealer from ‘No Man’s Land,’ has arrived here, and gives some details of the capture and lynching of the Kolly family, whose horrible crimes, published widely a few days ago, wore as equally atrocious as anything committed by the Bender family. The Kelly family left their ranch near Oak City, going south. A -posse of citizens started in pursuit, and found them fifty miles south, in Texas. The old man escaped, but the son, Bill, was hanged, and the mother and daughter were shot while the posse was endeavoring to capture them.” War Improbable. Berlin dispatch: The National Zeitung, in an article on the political situation, says: “Germany neither expects nor desires war. Prince Bismarck has thrown into the scale the decisive word in favor of peace. It is hardly probable that Russia will bo in a position to force a war upon Germany and her allies. The chances are, therefore, that peace will prevail, although this peace cannot be taken as syifbnymous with the restoration of European tranquillity—a fact for which Russia must answer to the world.” Brief Telegrams. Hatred of the Jews is unabated in Russia. The recommendation of the Imperial Commission to permit Jews to dwell in any village of Russia has been rejected by the Government William Herrig, the Arkansas farmer who murdered his wife and her lover, was hanged to a.tree under which he was found sleeping. He said he was ready and willing to die, and had no cause for regret Something very like a tidal wave of monstrous proportions swept upon the headlands outside of Portland harbor. The great mass rose sixty feet above high-water mark, carrying everything before it Dividends have been declared on the Vanderbilt roads- I — Lake Shore, 2 percent; Michigan Central, 3 per cent; Canada Southern, 13 { P®* oeni Lake Shore earnings for the jrear amounted to §,13 per cent on the stock.