Democratic Sentinel, Volume 12, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 January 1888 — WEEKLY BUDGET. [ARTICLE]

WEEKLY BUDGET.

! , THE WESTERN STATES. The wholesale grocery-house of Besupre, I Keogh & Davis, at St Paul, was burned. The loss is >400,000, fully covered by inaur- ' ance. A train on the Wabash Western Railroad, Ottumwa division, ran over a broken rail aud I was ditched, four miles north of Coatesville, lowa. Thirteen persons were injured, but I none fatally. Three deaths occurred in a coal mine near Minshall, Ind., George Thompson and Nathan Cox being killed by a premature explosion, and the night engineer, George Alderson, making a misstep and falling ninety feet down the shaft Thb bank at Tiskilwa, HL, was broken into by burglars the other night About >6,000 in currency was taken. Both the outside and inside vaults were drilled and blown open. The burglars, in their hurry to get away, left over >I,OOO on the floor. A mysterious box sent to Judge Woods, of the United States Court at Indianapolis, was found upon examination to contain two cartridges, loose powder, and matches carefully prepared, so that an explosion would have been unavoidable if the box had been opened without suspicion. There is no clue to the sender. A revised list of the victims of the recent blizzard in the Northwest shows that 135 persons have perished and that 55 are still missing. The dead are distributed through the Northwest as follows; In Dakota, 110; lowa, 6; Nebraska, 17; Montana, 2. The following is a list of the dead: In Dakota—Six unknown people, near Scotland ; Joseph Kocaren, at Scotland; Mrs. Phillips and son, at Alpena; Nelse Halibarton, at Springfield; a son of Michael Hoff, at Tyndall; Mrs. Frank Balboas, at Tyndall; A. J. Winters, of LaCrosse, Wis., a traveling man, found near Tyndall; a mail driver, between New Salem and Stanton; Miss Sarah Daland, of Watertown; four unknown farmers, near Watertown; Mr. Davis and son, near Minot; Will C. Gorthnate, at Doland; Willie and Harry Driver, at Haymond; Emma Lamar, a school-teacher, and Carrie Auman, near Faulkton ; Miss Sarah Darland, at Palmer; Walter Munger, at Mitchell; Jacob Scholf, a farmer, Coleman, Joseph Kocher, two unknown persons, Annie Shufieldt and sister, near Yankton; Thomas Gilkerson, at Huron; Frank Nirison and William Nirison, aud Kobert Chambers, at Huron; D. Gunstrom aud three unknown persons, near Sioux Falls; Jacob Kratz, at Lesterville ; three persons near Tyndall; two girls at Wakonda; two children of Joseph Hutchinson, near Gary; two unknown men near Bridgewater; one unknown man near White Lake; Emil Gilbertson at Altoona; Pierson brothers and an unknown man at Virgil; Lewis Merriman at Hitchcock; W. B, Headley near Barkston; Mrs. O. T. Owen at Wentworth; John Newcomb near Cavour; Miss Jacobson, a school teacher, a pupil named Guide, Miss Brandy, a schoolteacher, and a 15-yoar-old pupil of Miss Brandy, St. Olaf; two sons of B. Cleveland, at Larchwood ; an unknown man, near Lisbon; Miss Cora Curti«, at Dolemere; four school-children, near Lennox ; Adam Goner, at Iroquois ; Charles Ozeman. at Ashton ; Miss Bessie Stanfield, at Northville; an unknown man, at Meranda; A. ■ Gosbey, at St. Lawrence; William Bowman, at St. Lawrence; Jerry Bowman and Sam Bowman, at Fort Miller ; Harrison Smoots, atßristol; Miss Lizzie Dwyer, at Hurley; Miss Stenburier. at Claremont; William Merrill, at Aberdeen ; four children of Peter Wernga, at Parker; a teacher and two of seer pupils, at Wyudemere; John Welsh, at Fulda. In Aiontana—Patrick Hanley, at Marysville; William Overman, at Belgrade; several cowboys. In Minnesota- -Mrs. Knutson, at Rushmore; John Lav, at Magnolia; John Walsh, 'Jr., at Avoca; 010 A. Eagge, at Hartland; Mrs. Jerginson, at Montevideo; two school children, at Magnolia; six school children, near Lake City; O. E. Vig, at Cerro Gordo. In lowa—Two men at Puringhar; two school children at Inwood; two boys at Larchwood. In Nebraska—John Sparks, in Gage County; Emil Grossman, at Peru ; Mrs. Smith, at Woodlawn; Mr. Mason, Mrs. Chapman, Edward Faust; Minnie Faust, and Mr. Bertrand and son, at Stewart; Mr. Mallee, at Dustin; a daughter of a farmer named Bolliae, In Otoe County; Charles Maxwell, at Beatrice; a child of John Denlinger, at Garrison ; J. V. Hines and Michael Klienes, of Schuyler; F. W. Taylor, of Clearwater; Eller, at Omaha. In addition to these, fifty-five are reported missing and supposed to be dead.

A party of masked men attempted to rob an express train on tho Wabash Railroad, east of Kansas City, but were foiled by a party of officers who had received notice of the intended attempt. A St Louis special gives tho following particulars of the affair: The regular Kansas City-St. Paul express tram, No. i, left Kansas City at the regular hour, 8:20 p. m. When the train stopped at Missouri City, on the piattorm of the little station was a baud of mon with shotguns. The conductor was informed that they were under command of an official of the county, who had received word that an attempt would be made to rob the tit. Louis express at a lonely spot a little less than two miles east of Missouri City. One of the officers got in the cab of the engine with the engineer and fireman, and the others distributed themselves through the train. Cooley’s Lake, a fishing resort —one of the loneliest points on the road in winter time—was the place where the attack was to be made. As the point of attack was a red light was seen gleaming ahead. As the train slowed up the engineer saw three masked men, armed with rifles, standing on the track. "Get off there!” said the leaderof the three mon to the engineer. Morsey climbed down cut of the cab. Just as he reached the ground tne officer in the cab pointed his shotgun out of the window and fired. The shot from the cab was answered with shots from the guns of the three robbers, which rattled about the engine, but did no harm. The three men retired iu a demoralized state. As they moved back a port of the posse came up from the woods, where they had been in concealment for some time, and opened fire on them. These men had been sent out from Missouri City in advance of the train and had concealed themselves, to lie in readiness whenever they should be needed. About twenty shots.were exchanged, the men on the train joining in the pursuit. The posse continued in pursuit of the band. The trail was easy to follow in the moonlight, and the posse after an hour’s hard run lound they were close on the robbers. A few minutes later the report of a Winchester was heard and a bullet whizzed by the head of one of the men in advance. There was a general scattering of forces, and several of the posse fired at suspicious shadows in trout. John Sweeney, the leader of the bandits, who up to this time had beou supported by his companions, was abandoned, and crawled into a snow-covered thicket. The remaining four robbers scattered through the timber, firing on the posse as they retreated. They were pressed closely, and three of them, counting King, were captured. The other made his escape. Sweeney, who is said to be dangerously wounded, has a long record of crime, and is considered one of the worst men in Missouri since the days of tho Jesse James gang of outlaws. He was a member of that gang of desperadoes, and is a cousin of Jesse James. Gold has been discovered, of high grade and paying quantities, near Omaha, nuggets brought up from a well in a farm near the city standing the assiy test. Charles F. Young, Cashier of the Michi-g-n Carbon Works, Detroit, is alleged to be a defaulter to the amount of $53,000.