Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 October 1890 — A NEWSY MELANGE. [ARTICLE]

A NEWSY MELANGE.

DOINGS OF OUR NEIGHBORS AT HOME AND ABROAD. Events of Interest and Importance in Every Quarter of the Globe—Religious Intelligence Crimes and Casualties— Industrial Notos —Personal Mention. GOLD IN INDIAN TERRITORY. Mining Excitement in the Chickasaw Nation Increases. When the first reports were sent out that rich leads of gold-bearing quartz had’been found in the Arbuckle Mountains in the Übickasaw nation, Indian Territory, the scrips were thought to have been cxaggertlted. but now the news conies thats?v■eral car-loads of rich quartz have been taken from the mines. The company recently chartered to operate the mines will meet at Tish' mlngo, the capital of the Chickarftw nation, Saturday and take steps to put $100,000,000 of stock on the market at once. Senator Tailor of Colorado has had specimens of the quartz sent him. and pronounces it the richest he has ever seen, and as an evidence of his good faith he has offered to assist in floating $65,000,000 of the stock. Considerable excitement exists at West Superior, Wls., over the finding of a silver vein near Fond du Lac, Minn., and a number of persons have become Interested in a scheme to develop the mine. The land on which the vein was discovered is owned by J. B. Scoville. Messrs. Grinver and Turgeon, two cltzens of Superior, have obtained from Mr. Scoville an.option on the land, and will have the find inspected, and if the inspection proves satisfactory a compan i will be incorporated for the purpose of developing the mine. '•JACK THE 11 AIK CUTTER'' BEATEN. A Detiolt Girl Gives the Fellow a Sound ' | Drubb ng. ; It now seems certain that two persons are Working the hair-cutting dodge in Detroit, and pile of them has met ills match. A few days ago Miss Tillie Kuhn, who is employed in a millinery establishment, received a letter signed “Jack the Hair-clip-per,” in which the writer said that Miss Kuhn would be the next victim. She has beautiful black hair and was in the habit of having it done up loosely. She was frightened by the letter and changed her habit, doing her hair up tightly on top of her head, and to this Jack owes his failure. As Miss Kuhn was going home Jack •stopped out of an alley and threw his arm around her neck. He had hard work to catch her hair and partially let go his hold on the girl. She screamed lustily and belabored Jack over tLc head with her umbrella. Her screams attracted attention and Jack fled before lie had secured much of her hair. Miss Kuhn ran into a store, and there it was found that her umbrella was plentifully sprinkled with blood. At about the same time Susie Leddy, six years old, was stopped by a man in another section of the city and an attempt mode to cut her hair, She screamed and the fellow ran away. HEARTRENDING SCENES. Starving people In Ireland Beg the Authorities to Give Them Work. Telegrams from Skibbereen, County Cork, Ireland, state that a heartrending scene was Witnessed at the meeting of the Board of Guardians for the Poor Law Union of Schull. Believing that the guardians had power, as they ought to have, of relieving distress caused by the failure of the potato crop, a crowd of forlorn, ragged farmers and laborers, some of them bringing their wives and children, flocked into the little town of Mizenhead, Crbokhaven and other remote seaboard districts. Not a few were halt naked and all had a starved appearance. They besieged the board-room and to the accompaniment of sobs and walls told pitiful tales of their suffering. They were anxious io get work, and would prefer that to any other form of relief. * The guardians told their wretched petitioners that'the law did not permit the board to grant relief in the form demanded. Long Bicycle Ride. Frank Stanwood, of Chicago, has just arrived in West Newbury, Mass., having made a trip from home without “purse or serip.” In September his mother went East to visit friends at her former home, leaving Frank behind, as she did not wish to take him away from the High School he was attending. She reached Chicago on the return early in October. Three days later Frank took his bicycle and started for Massachusetts. He finally reached the residence of Mrs. Joseph Low, his grandmother, tired, hungry, and nearly played out. The young man who made this remarkable record is 17 years of age. To Frot ct Christians. The Governor of Armenia has stationed troops in the Christian quarter of the city of Erzeroum to protect the residents, who fear the Moslems intend to conduct an organized pillage of the quarter. Six Moslems have been arrested on suspicion of being implicated in a plot to rob the Christians. Brigandage is rite along the caravan route between Erzeroum. in Armenia, and Trebizond, twelvs miles northwest of Erzeroum. A number of caravans have been attacked and plundered by the brigands.

B rchall Writlug a Book. Birchall, the slayer of Benwell, is still in the best of spirits. He spends three or four hours daily writing his autobiography, which will be of respectable proportims. In the preface he states that the book is not written for the purpose of securing fame, but that he might make some provision for his faithful wife. It will contain a complete story of his life. Murdered an Unknown Russian. A young Englishman named Carmichael murdered an unknown Russian near Williamsport, N. D., and then escaped to Canada. Murder anti Suicide. ’ A murder and suicide was committed at the corner of Frio and Perez streets, in San Antonio,"Texas. Mrs. August Mchlfn, the handsome young wife.of a railroad laborer, ■was shot and killed by Isaac Weiss. Weiss then placed the muzzle of the smoking revolver in his mouth and literally blew out his brains. f A Thrashing Machine Engine Explodes. A thrashing machine engine exploded near Litchfield, Minn., killing a boy named Kelly pnd fatally Injuring A. L. Tempers, the engineer. A dozeu others were slightly injured. ;

POISONED THEM BOTH. I Yoang Girl Plead* Guilty tea Don bio Murder. Mary Metzdorff. ap'd IT. who killed her ' brother James and Louise Broad waters, by ; putting poison in the breakfast coffee, was . arraigned in court in Baltimore, W hile the , Uerk read the indictment the prisoner 'at J sobbing with her head resting in the palms • pf her hands. When he finished reading , the clerk asked if she was guilty or not ; guilty, and to the surprise of all she said: -I am guilty." For a time silence reigned, broken only by the sobs of the girl. “Do you know,” said Judge I Stewart, looking up somewhat amazed, ■“the enormity of the crime with which you \ are charged, and do you realize the punish- , uient attached?" “No,” she replied, “I do not.” “Then you had bet'er withdraw your plea of guilty and enter one of not guilty.” j But Mary would not w ithdraw it. saying she , would be telling a lie if she said otherwise. ■ Her subbing increased, and all efforts to get i her to withdraw her plea were fruitless, i Judge Stewart had a consultation with I Deputy State's Attorney Campbell, and then ; ;aid he would accept the plea of guilty and i suspend sentence. When Mary was arrested and told what she bad done she laughed heartily, and said she had done it for fun. There was no cause ever developed for the offense. Her stepmother. Mrs. Metzdorff. who had partaken of the poisoned coffee but recovered, had always, as far as could be learned, been kind t.i the girl. Mary had lieen rather wayward, and had at one time been sent to the House of the Good Shop- , herd. Attbetimc the poisoning was done she was employed in a wh desale drug store, where she obtained the poison. KILLED BY BLRGLARS. Ohio City Has a Bitter Experience with a Gang of safe Blowers. As several citizens were returning home about three o'clock in the morning- from a neighboring town, they detected robbers in Franklin Hall's grocery and general store at Ohio City. The robbers were at work on the safe when they were discovered by the men. who immediately gave the alarm, and a posse was organized to capture them. The town has been troubled with burglars and safeblowers for some time, and when it became known that they had been discovered iu the act every one was anxious to have the burglars arrested, and accordingly they turned out en masse. A guard was stationed at the rear end of the building, while Jouble the force started in at the front entrance. No sooner had the first guard made Its appearance than the robbers detected it and opened fire. A large number of shots were exchanged. The robbers had the advantage, and while the battle was going on in front 3f the store blew open the safe. The ammunition of the crowd of citizens gave out, and the robbers, seeming to be abundantly supplied, drove them back, but not until one of their number was left behind, and Charles Hoover and William Place, two of the crowd who attempted to arrest them, were killed, and Adolph Kern and G. W. Sanders badly wounded. The four robbers then made good their escape. AFTER MILLER'S SEAT. Who Will Fill the Vacant Seat on the Supreme Bench? Wliile it is not expected that the President will mime the successor of the late Associate Justice Miller before December, as the appointee, whoever he may be. would not care to participate in the deliberations of the Supreme Court before confirmation by the Senate, speculation is already rife as to the men whose names will lie considered by the President. Naturally it is taken for p.-anted that he will choose a Western man, but will not feel that he is confined to a selection from the Judicial circuit presided over by the late Justice Miller. Among the names flist mentioned in connection with the vacancy is that of Attorney General Miller, who holds a high place in the esteem of President Harrison, and is said to have narrowly missed appointment when Judge Brewer got the prize. Friends of Secretary Noble claim that if the nominee is taken from the Cabinet Mr. Noble will be more likely to bo appointed than Mr. Miller, because the former is cqua*y popular with the President and will have stronger a'ipport outside of his own State. Respecting Judge Gresham of Illinois, it is believed that the President is felly aware «f his fitness for the place. Senator Spooner of Wisconsin is popular, able, young and energetic. The President is known to be particularly partial to Senator Sp >oner. President Harrison makes no concealment of his desire to I I ke time to make the best possible selection from among the names that may be suggested as available west of the Alleghanies. BUSINESS IB IMPROVING. The Volume of Ti ade Keeps I’aoe with the liter ase in Circulation. K. G. Dun & Co.’s weekly review of trade saps: In all directions the business outlook improves, and the volume of trade so increases that, notwithstanding the recent enormous increase of circulation, the money markets are growing stringent, exports have become remarkably large, and the domestic tradp is such that exchanges outside New York exceed last year’s by 15 per cent. But while New Y r ork and Boston money markets uro fairly supplied and steady at 5 to 5 per cent., the market is tight at Chicago and stringent ut Philadelphia, only part of the commercial paper offered being taken at Gto 7 per cent.; Ht. Louis notes an active market at 7 to 8 per cent., Milwaukee a close market at 7, and Savannah a tight market. Trade is strong everywhere. At Boston wool is rising and good are in better demand, while cottons are selling well and firm. The liquor trade is stimulated by new duties, Chicago reports smaller receiptsol grain, cured meats, and dressed beef, cheese, and butter than a year ago, but a slight increase in lard and double the receipts of wojL

OCTOBER CROP REPORT. The Condition Generally Good—Winter Wheat. The present month opened with a general need of moisture. Pastures were very short, and the ground ne.eded rain for plowing and for seeding winter wheat. As the month has advanced the rainfalls have increased to a very gratifying degree. In southern Illinois the wheat is all up and the stand I very good. Receipts from farmers' hands are very small. Millers have about enough wheat to last them for sixty days. The reports from Ohio all show that the seeding of winter wheat has been done under very favorable circumstances. The crop is up two or three inches and looks clean and healthy. DIED ON THE GALLOWS. James Maxwell Hanged at Morns. 111., for the Murder ot Farmer Lecker. James Maxwell washanged at Morris. 111., for the murder cf Charles Decker June 25. Maxwell retained his self-possession until the last. He walked from Clio jail ta the gallows between two officers unassisted, took his seat on. the drop, heard the minister’s prayer, mad j a kick because the windows of the temporary shed were not curtained, whispered to the death-watch, and was dropped into eternity without revealing his identity. Some called the de-

liberation of his action acrvxc while other* looked up<wi hhn .Ki not powsraeUng the instincts of a human being to an Extent, that he could realize the awfulness of the situatlon. Maxwell left the following letter for a Christian woman who had s iuetlmea prayed with him: To Mrs. Tinsman: Dkau Fuirxu in Cnnrsr—lf I am to balieve ali I have heard and read and what Instructions I have had front my Christian friend. Miss Gordon. 1 earnestly Lope aud pray we will meet beyond that beautiful river of which 1 have so often sung. All my trust is staid ou Him wbo has said: “He who will seek me 1 will in no wise cast out.” Language fails me to express my feelings to you and my dear friend. Miss Gordon, and my appreciation of your many acts of kindness to me. and for your expressions of sympathy. Hoping and trusting that your prayer- and the prayers of all good Christians in inf behalf may be answered, I remain your brother in Christ. J. F. Maxwell WASTS RECIPRO’. ITY. Sir Richard Cartwright on the Trade ot Canada with the United States. Sir Richard Cartwright, the Canadian statesman, discussing trade relations between Canada and the United States, declared that the policy of the Dominion Government in this matter had been vacillating and puerile. He dwelt upon the importance of the United States becoming the natural market for most of Canada's products and upbraided the Government for its dereliction of duty in not making sufficient effort to bring about closer trade relations with this country. He quoted statistics setting forth that the United States furnished customers for fully one-half .Canada's exports. He held that the tendency of a protective tariff was to the formation of rings and trusts for the purpose of increasing prices of goods to the consumer, and strongly pronounced in favor of unrestricted reciprocity with the United States. This, ho maintained, would be immensely advantageous to the people of Canada as a whole, opening up to them the benefits of a population of 65,000,000.

MAY IHBOW OFF THE YOKE. Muttering* of Discontent Heard in Cuba— Probability of a Revolution. “It will require but a spark dropped among the patrlot’c people of Cuba to kindle the fire of revolution which will wrest the Queen of the Antilles from the mother country,” said a gentleman just arrived in New York vfrom Havana. “For the last eight years the financial missteps of Spain have disastrously affected the industries of t«e island, until ruin and starvation threaten the inhabitants. They are just now engaged in adopting measures to free the colony from the burdens which oppress it. The hopeless condition of the tradesmen thoughout the island has impelled them to start a movement which contemplates the formation of a league designed to protect their interests, and the greutests importance is attached to the venture. Dozens of cigar manufacturers have been compelled to close their factories since the baneful effects of the McKinley bill were felt. There are over 10,060 cigarmakers out of work in the city of Havana and vicinity, and the suffering of these people will soon be great, this being the season of the year when the cigarmakers usually receive the highest wages.” Five Men Buried Alive. Five men were buried alive by a cave-in of rock in shaft No. 1 of tlie Ludington mine, at Iron Mountain. Mich., and three were taken out dead. Wi rk was at once begun to liberate the imprisoned miners, and so:m two of them were rescued uninjured. J. Fisher was discovered almost covered with ore an«l pinned down by timbers. He was alive when found, but died before lie could be got out. William Bailey and W. 11. Davis were dead when the rescuing party reached them. The shaft was about to be abandoned and the timbers were being removed. Gov. Stoele Threatened. Gov. Steele, of Oklahoma, en route to Kingfisher to attend a Grand Army of the Republic reunion, received warning that he would be assassinated it he passed through Oklahoma City, because of his having vetoed the bill locating the territorial capital at that place. At tho salicita,tion of his family and ills friends he left the train at a small station before reaching Oklahoma City and continued his journey by stage. The feeling against the Governor is very bitter, and Lt is believed that desperate men would have carried out the threat bad not the Governor changed his route. Big Failure in Texas. The Blankenship-Blake Manufacturing Company, at Dallas, Texas, whose specialty is the manufacture of» jeans and cotton goods, have made an assignment. J. B. Baker is named as assignee. The failure was precipitated by the North Texas National Bank of Dallas and the B. C. Evans I Dry Goods Company of Fort Wortli running I in attachments—the foixner for $47,000 and the latter for 87.000. Before the attachments had been served, however, the assignment had been made a matter of record and the creditors will share alike.

Delaulter Hageman Dead. A letter has been received at Virginia, 111., from tl e Coroner of Sacramento County, California, saying that tho body of a man had been found alongsidj the railroad track two miles south of Fresno, with the head severed from the bedy. The only paper found < n tlie body was a slip of paper with “M. F. 11., Virginia. H 1..” writtenon it. From the description given in the Coroner's letter there is no doubt but tlie body is the . remains Miller F. Hageman, who left Virginia Sej*. 23 last, and who was $20,000 short iu his accounts. Gift to lowa University. D. H. Talbot of Sioux City, lias transferred to tho State University at lowa City his scientific library and his collection of mineral and animal specimens, skins of birds and reptiles, entomological and all other specimens. The library consists of 4,000 volumes and is valued at upward of $15,000. Thc mineral and natural history collection is one of the most extensive and valuable in the Northwest. It is specified that the whole bequest shall be held by the State for the free use of students of the University. Asks Damages for Losing Her Pension. Mrs. Sadie K. Warner, wife of Lucien Warner, real estate dealer and one of the most prominent men of St. Paul, has filed a complaint for divorce, alleging cruel and Inhuman treatment, many instance! of which are detailed. She also demands 850.000 of Mr. Warner, alleging as a reason that she lost her soldier's widow pension by marrying him. Tlie Indian Messiah Goes to Jail. Ten Hands, an Indian at Big Foot’s camp, near Pierre. S. D., lias been arrested by the authorities at tlie Cheyenne Agency and thrown into the guard house for posing as the Indian messiah. He has been performing weird dances, going into trances, etc., and asking their annuities, rations and even mcney and ponies from the superstitious Indians. Asked to Help Themselves. A printed appeal signed by Father Hum-, phreys and other clergymen has lean posted in Tipperary, »d. “Men of Tlp-

perary. the heart and pulse of the natloa and thc -'enter of Ireland's hope,” calling upon them to give generously next Sunday to sbov America that they are notasking help for men unwilling to help themselves. Nearly Six Months at Sea. The British ship Hospodar has arrived in San Francisco, from London, after the longest tiipon record, having been out 174 days. The ship encountered a storm on the way and was dismasted. She finally arrived at Rio Janeiro in bad condition and stopped some time for repairs. She left Valparaiso Aug. 5. Prohibition Candidate disciplined. The Rev. B. C. Kelly, prohibition candidate for Governor of Tennessee, has been suspended for six months by the Tennessee Methodist Episcopal Conference, in session at Pulaski, for leaving his post as pastor at Gallatin without permission ct the conference. Tne Color Line in Illinois. A negro minister named Tolliver, living in Henderson County, Illinois, has brought suit against Miss Della Stone for expelling three of Tolliver’s darky children from school ou the ground of color. A big trial is expected at Dallas City. Shot the Assassin. Thomas Duffy, a young newspaper employe of New Orleans, went to the cell occupied by Antonia Scaffidi. an Italian charged with killing Chief of Police Hennessy, and under the pretense of trying to identify the prisoner, shot him. inflicting a fatal wound. Youthful Double Murderer. Charles Miller, aged 15. arrested as a vagrant in Manhattan, Kan., confessed that he murdered Harry Fishbaugh and Frank Emerson, who were found dead in a freight-car at Cheyenne, Wyo., Sept. 27. Murdered His Family. A builder named Schaaf, who lived in a suburb of Berlin, attacked his wife and five children with a hatchet. Three of the children died, and the other two and their mother will die. Can't Advertise Church Fairs. Postmasters' instructions concerning lottery advertisements in newspapers are construed by authority to include church fairs and every phase of distribution of value without its having been earned. He Killed Five People. Word lias been received of the capture in Ellisville, Mich., of George Furnival, who killed five people on Horse Creek, Neb. AU previous efforts to find him had been fruitless. Should Bequeath His Skull. At the Tenderloin Club reception at New York Bob Hilliard, tho actor, suggested that after death each member should bequeath his skull to the club as an emblem of good fellowship. Beaten by Drunken Men. An aged farmer and his wife, living near the town ot Albany, Wis., were beaten almost to death by a party of drunken men. An old grudge of one of the men against tho old folks was said to be tlie cause. Killed in a Cyclone. One person was killed and several injured and a number ot houses blown down by a cyclone at Hastle, N. C. Great damage also was done at Floral College, and two persons were fatally Injured. A Friend of Agassiz Dead. Dr. John F. Boynton, of Syracuse, N. Y., who was the friend and adviser of Agassiz, the naturalist, and the inventor ot many successful devices, died in that city. Killed by n Boiler Explosion. The boiler of an engine on the Monongahela Connecting Railway exploded. The engineer and fireman were instantly killed and other trainmen were injured. , A Bishop’s Golden Jubilee, The celebration of the golden jubilee of Bishop McLoughlin, of Brooklyn, was begun with a reception, at which 8,030 persons were present. Struck by a Railroad Train. Isaac Bremer and his wife and son were killed at Centerville. lowa, by being struck by a railroad train while crossing the tracks in a wagon. An Architect Commits Suicide. A. B. Mullett, of Washington, D. C., at one time Supervising Architect of the Treasury Department, committed suicide owing to financial'troubles and poor health. The Bishop Takes It Back. Bishop Gilmour, of Cleveland, is out with a card withdrawing every word said by him in a recent letter of apparent disrespect to Rome. Fatality at Cleveland. An explosion in tho Bessemer department of the Cleveland Steel Works injured fifteen men, three of the number badly. In Favor of Reciprocity. Havana planters met and decided to send to the Ministers of the colonies a petition in favor of reciprocity with America. Dropped Dead. William Budd, who lived near Lebanon, Ind., dropped dead when he heard that his wife had applied for a divorce.