Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 November 1890 — THE NEWS RECORD. [ARTICLE]

THE NEWS RECORD.

SUMMARY OF A WEEK’S HAPPENINGS. The Latest News as Flashed Over the Wires from All Parts of the World—Regarding Politics, Religion, Casualties, Commerce, and Industry. THE SAFES FLY OPEN. Remarkable Power of a Young Plumber in Sioux Falls. Minnehaha County, S. I)., has just finished a new ccurt house at Sioux Falls at a cost of $125,000. Over SIO,OOO worth of vaults were ordered In, and now the company making the contract, A. T. Dean & Co., of Chicago, has been notified that the safes cannot be accepted. The understanding was that no one could open the vaults unless he had the combination or was an expert at safe-blowing. Last week 11. Saunders, a plumber not over 17 years old. entered the County Clerk's office while the Clerk was endeavoring to open one of the new vaults. Th combination had been lost, and finally the Clerk gave up the job. Young Saunders, who was s andlng by, said lie could open It. County Commissioner McLeo offeiel to give Saut ders §lO if he could open the safe. The young lad placed his car at the door, listened to the fall of the tumblers, and in a few moments the door swung open. Saunders was turned out of the room and ti c combination was changed. Another trial was given the young genius, and again the door flew open. The Chairman of the County Commissioners has informed the safe company that its safe would not be accepted, and awaits its further orders. Saunders also opened a vault in one of the leading banks of the City as easily as if he know the combination. Tn one of the letters that passed between the Commissioners and the safe company. the latter agrees to forfeit §IO,OOO if the lad can open any vault without first knowing the combination.

A DYING CONFESSION. An Indiana Murder Mystery Finally Cleared Up. About the year 1874 a stock-buyer named Jamison from Ohio made his appearance in Brown county, Ind., the wildest county in tlie State, not even now having a railroad. He was known to carry big sums of money of money with hfjii. He stopped at the residence of Elisha Curry for the night, :|id ■was never heard of afterwards. His mysterious disappearance at the time created considerable stir, as Curry bore an unsavory reputation ami was suspected of many lesser crimes. The matter soon blew over, however, and has been buried in profound silence ever since until one night this week, when T. 8. Flaggott revealed the terrible secret which his been weighing on him for years. Just about ten minutes before his death he stated to those about him that he and Curry and another man had murdered Jamison for his money, and they secured SI,BOO cash off his person. Curry has been dead six years, and the whereabouts of the other man if still living Is not stated. WAS MADE TO BE ENFORCED. Attorney General Miller's Instructions In Regard to the Lottery Law. Attorney General Miller has sent a circular letter to all United States District Attorneys calling attention to the antilottery act, with the suggestion that they carefully examine tlie same, and spare no effort in Its enforcement. He says: “Every violation of this law, either by an Individual or a corporation, iu the dissemination of lottery literature, or in any other way, should be brought to the attention of the grand jury, and ■wherever indictments are found vigorous prosecutions should follow, to the end that this nefarious business may be suppressed. In the enforcement of this law there should lie hearty co-operation on the pait of the district attorneys, the United States marshals and the postofflee inspectors.” Similar instructions have been sent to United States marshals.

Has a Cure for Consumption. The Berlin National Ze it ung announces in a most positive manner that Prof. Koch, vlnse researches as to the existence of bacillus In constmptlo i have already given him a world-wile reputation, is now ready to announce to the wcrld, having concluded certain important experiments, ihat his method for curing that malady 1< by painless Inoculation. Minister Gosser has given him permlssim to abandon his winter course of lectures before the Universlty in order that he may devo e his entire attention to his discovery. Qu’ck Justice In Tonnes ee. As a sample of quick justice, Memphis, Tenn., furnishes the following: At 3:45 in the morning, Charles Davis. James Dallas and Pat G 1 win, three Chicago crooks, robbed a jewelry stole of £4OO worth of watches, and at 4:30 were in the stationhouse. A preliminary examination was held, they were indicted by the grand jury in the as einocn and sentenced to three years’ Imprisonment, left for the penitentiary at 10:10 p. m., and were Inside the walls at Narh .'ille at 5 a. in. Russia and the Jews. The Russian Government is still debating on a scheme in reference tS the Jews, but It is certain that It will be 1 ng before it comes into force, owing to red tape measures. In the meantime, subject to the anti-Semitic feeling of the Government and the public, the existing regulati ms in regard to the Jews will he applied wi.h the utmost vigor. Through Niagara’s Whirlpool. Bridgetender Gilbert of the railway suspension bridge at Niagara Falls, claims to have seen a skiff containing a man pass under the bridge. The boat was capsized at the first bi e liter and the man was not seen again. Nothing had been seen of a boat at the whirlpool, and no boats were missing from the Canadian side. Why They Want Money. A correspondent of the Cologne Gazette lias had an Interview with T. P. O’Connor on matters relating to Ireland. During the Interview Mr. O’Connor said that the O'Brien-Dillon mission to America had nothing to do with the potato famine, which was the business of the British Government. '•Our only concern,” ho.‘-avs, “is to get money for political purposes.” The nrhwi n counts upon getting £IOO.OOO. He himself would probably go to Canada; Dillow »wd O'Brien n>t daring to risk arrest Itetw.

NO LIQUOR FOR iOWA. Judge Shiras Says Original Packages Cannot lie Sold. Judge Shiras, in the United States Circuit Court, at Des Moines, lowa, has rendered an Important decision on the subject of liquor in “original packes,” taking a directly opposite view from that held by Judges Phillips and Foster in the Topeka pase. He said that, with all due deference to Judges Phillips and Foster, he was bound to say that, in his opinion, they had misstated the points in the case at Topeka. If there was any quest! >n that is thoroughly settled by the decisions of the courts It is the absolute and unqualified right of a State to pass prohibitory laws. That question has been forever settled. In repeated cases, carried to the United States Supreme Court, It had been held that lowa and Kansas in passing laws prohibiting the sale of intoxicating liquors had exercised powers rightly belonging to them as sovereign States. The original package decision by that court didn't Involve the validity of the lowa law. The question simply arose as to the point at which the State had control of the liquors Imported into it. An officer acting under authority of the lowa law seized some liquor In the hands of the importer's agent and the United States Supreme Court held that the seizure was an Interference with interstate commerce, a subject which the Constitution delegates to Congress alone. Then Congress, in the exercisa of this constitutional power, passed the Wilson bill. But that question didn’t affect the question of the sale of liquor In the original package. It simply made Imported liquors subject to the laws of a State from the time they entered Its borders. Therefore it is not necessary that the Wilson bill ihould work a revival of the lowa lt.w in order to make the law operative. It has been operative all the while. The only question was as to the point where the liquor became subject to the law. and the Wilson bill made it apply to all liquors within the State, whether imported or not. In conclusion Judge Shiras said: “The prohibition law of lowa Is in full and complete force to-day and applies to every sale of liquor made within its purview, tlie decision of Judge Phillips to the contrary notwithstanding.

IS M’KINLEY’S BILL VOID? Senator McPherson Claims to Have Discovered a Fatal Blunder. A letter was recently sent by Senator John R. McPherson to a member of a prominent importing house in New York. This letter is likely to create a sensation in commercial circles all over the country. Following are the-moresignificant passages: I beg to call your attention to conference report and tariff lilll sent you about ten days or two weeks ago—a quarto pamphlet of 125 pages. On page 175 you will find—amendment 449 and Sec. 30—the reading matter relating to drawbacks on tobacco stricken out. Turning over to page 176, sixth line from tlie top, you will find the following: “Conference restores Sec. 30.” Now, In the tariff bill you will find: “Sec. 30. That, on and after the first day of January,” etc., etc., ending with “six cents per pound.” leaving all the rest of original Sec. 30 out altogether. This omission is fatal to the. bilL and in the opinion of eminent lawyers—Senator Carlisle among them—it vitiates the whole bill. It Is an internal revenue section, but being part of the tariff bill passed it stands and falls together. If a host of ■ eminent authorities cited by the New York Herald are correct, tlie merchants of New York and elsewhere, says that paper, may realize that they have been emancipated from the intended effects of the McKinley bill. The President, if the Senator is right, has signed a bill which never passed the two houses of Congress. The bill which did pass the two houses of Congress has not been signed by the President. Therefore the alleged bill under which the Government officials have begun to levy Imposts since Oct. 6 not having passed Congress, is not the law of tlie land.

BLOODY RIOTS IN GEORGIA. Negroes and White Men Engaged In a Serious' Co s tilet. Governor Gordon, o’s Georgia, has received from the Sheriff of Coffee County a call for troops to suppress a riot of negroes, in which four white men have been killed. F. M. Stokes, who runs a turpentine mill, has wired tlie Mayor of Waycross, Ga., for fifty armed men. saying: “We are at tlie mercy of the negro mob. Four men have been killed. The negroes are being led in tlie riot by a.white man named L. B. Varna, whoowns a turpentine still.” Stokes, Thomas Seers and a man named Varna had been in a dispute about a tract of land. Varna put his men to work on the timber when Thomas Seers shot and killed one ot the negroes and drove the others from the scene. Tlie negroes, to hive revenge on Seers, armed themselves and made an assault on the settlement, having tlie men entirely at their mercy. They shot down and killed B. E. McLendon, Frank Seers, and Thomas Seers, and mortally wounded a man named Hendricks. Twelve armed men have gone from McDonald’s to the relief of the settlement. The whites all around are turnlnS out, and tlie danger Is that some hot-head may precipitate a conflict in which many lives will be lost.

MOURE'S NINETIETH BIRTHDAY. Germany Loes Honor to Her Great Field Marshal. Despite the almost continuous rain the Lindens and Konigs Platz in Berlin were the scene of a popular demonstration of love and veneration for the nonoganzrian soldier. Von Moltke, on the occasion of his 90th birthday, without a parallel in tlie annals of that city. The singing society of the Prussian schoolmasters awakened the Marshal at the untimely hour of eight with a tuneful morning greeting. Until sunset and later Von Moltke was at home to a grateful nation. Toward midday, preceded by the King of Saxony and the Grand Dukes of Hesse and Baden, all in lull uniform, the Emperor in anopen victoria, despite the weather, arrived at the general staff headquarters and extended his congratulations to the venerable Marshal. The Emperor then presented the Marshal with a magnificent baton. An endless stream of people continued to call till nightfall. The day ended with a monster banquet at the Central Hotel, given by the general staff.

.'HE WON THE IOACHMAN. A New York Heiress Draws a Prize In the Matrimonial Lottery. Port Dickinson isa charminxl tfl-s suburb of Binghamton, N. Y., and is noted for its many charming young Indios. Prominent among thorn were tlie I brae daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Phelps. One of them, Miss Lizzie Phelps, has fallen a victim to the wiles of Cupid. Unknown to the family there sprang up an attachment between the young lady and her father’s coachinar. Wil iam 81 ittery, that was soon fanned into a llam ) of love. Finding that all efforts t> change her mind were useless, the mother was won over. Not so with tjie father and slst irs. Mr. Phelps and MUs Emma have gone to New York t o avoid

being present at the ceremony, whl’h is to occur in a few days. Miss Phelps is a social belle and one of the wealthiest yonng ladies in the State. She is a niece of the late Judge Phelps, and has a cool §IOO,OOO in cash that w as left to her by her deceased relative. BUSINESS IS GOOD. Fo Says Dun’s Regular Weekly Review of Trade. R. G. Dun & Co.'s weekly review of trade says: Buslncs continues large in volume, and generally profitable. In many branches there Is noteworthy expansion on account of the new opportunities which the revised tariff gives. Sales of wool are rather large, but there is a distinct improvement in the market for woolen goods, and manufacturers are more hopeful. At Chicago there is a marked decrease in receipts of cured meats, dressed beef, lard, butter, and hides, but in cheese and wool an Increase, and the volume of business continues larger than a year ago, with satisfactory collections of dry goods and clothing. It is a remarkable feature of returns this year that the Western cities appear to prosper without the slightest regard to the condition of business on the seaboard. At Milwaukee trade is satisfactory and money unusually active at 6 to 7 per cent., at St. Paul trade is excellent, and at Minneapolis receipts of wheat reach 1,900,000 bushels. At Kansas City trade is healthy and at Denver good. BY BIS FATHER’S HAND. An Illinois Farmer Kills His Maniac Son. A shotgun and a lunatic caused a terrible tragedy at Prairie du Long, near Bolleville, 111. Lewis Ryttenhouse, a young man of 25 who had been confined in a madhouse, but had been release 1 and was considered harmless, was seized with “homicidal mania.” He secured a double-barreled shotgun, loaded it. and betook himself to the barn of Lewis P. Talbot, a neighbor, where he passed the night. In the morning when Talbot entered the barn Ryttenhouse fired at him, producing wounds which will prove fatal. The madman took to his heels and hastened to his father's house. He reloaded his weapon and fired upon his brother, filling one arm and shoulder full of shot, He then turned uyn his father, who was standing near, but before he could pull the trigger | the latter seized a grub hoe and struck the unfortunate fellow a terrific blow over the head, crushing the skull and inflicting fatal injuries. BOUND FOR THE WORLD’S FAIR. Newfoundland People Forming Clubs to Go to Chicago. Although the World's Fair at Chicago is some distance in the future, already interest is developing in Nova Scotia. Mail advices from Newfoundland show that the islanders are taking steps to send a large delegation to visit the great Exposition. Clubs have beened formed at St. Johns, and will be in other places, called “The World's Fair Excursion Clubs.” Each club numbers twenty. Each member pays into a common fund $1 weekly. In the interim any member backing out forfeits 20 per cent, of his money. Counting from the Ist of October, this year, till the 4th of July, 1893, about the time the Exhibition will be thrown open, there are 153 weeks, which will mean an aggregate collection of §2,860, a sum quite large enough to defray expenses. SAD END OF ALL. A Brilliant Young Man Falls In'o Evil Ways and Is Murdered. The grand jury at Danbury, Ccnn.. has indicted Frank McCoy for the murder of William Waltcn. The murder was committed about a week ago. and Coroner Doten, of Bridgeport, who has since been working up the case, has secured strong evidence against McCoy. Walton was a graduate of Harvard. His father is a clergyman in New York, and gave his son every advantage of education. After his graduation Walton went to Danbury, where his father had charge of a church, and at once entered the best society. A year afterward lie became a commc n drunkard and was frequently locked up for the offense. He went rapidly down hill and associated with the lowest characters. It was while on a spree with McCoy that he was killed. Walton contracted a love for strong drink while in college. Millions of Campaign Documents. The two campaign committees have practically finished their work of tending out documents. They are now on hand only to answer letters and meet such eleventh-hour demands as may be made upon them for information. Each committee has sent out enough documents to paper the land over, and if the C 0,000,000 people who make up this nation are not educated on the tariff, the pension, the silver, and the Federal election questions by Nov. 4 it won’t be the fault of the committees. The Republican committee has sent out more documents than the national committee distributed during the last Presidential campaign. It has sent out more than 15,000,000 documents for the enlightenment of the public. Refuses to He p the Workingmen. The Reiehsanzeiger of Berlin announces that, owing to a lack of funds, the German Government is < bligcd to decline making loans to lompanios to enable them to build dwellings for the workmen. Baron von Berlepsch, Prussian Minister of Commerce, says: “While the Government joyfully welcomes all efforts in the direction of providing improved dwellings fer the workingmen, it must, on principle, decline to assist building companies from the coffers of the state, especially as it is confident that there is sufficient capital and public spirit in Berlin to form companies which will be content with moderate profits.” New Tariff iu France. By the new French tariff bill flax and hemp are made free from duty. Agricultural produc s are placed in two categories —the first consisting of cereals, live stock, and meat, and going under a maximum tariff, implying that they cannot be included in any treaty; all other products going under a minimum tariff and being available for treaty purposes. It is understood that official Inquiries are being made by the German Government to ascertain whether goods which have hitherto been obtained from America can be imported from other countries Indians May Make Trouble. A livey time is expected atTebee. the new town in the lowa line east of Guthrie. Oklahoma. next weok. Preparations have been made for a grand barbecue and Indian endian entertainment. The entire two tribes of Indians, the lowas and Kickapoos. have agreed to meet there and indulge in an oldtime war dance. Visitors from adjacent tribes will also be present Fears of trouble between the low us and Klckapo is are entertained, as the hitter are very angry because the lowas sold their land to the United States Govern men'. Statue of Gen, St rk. The bronze statue of Major General John Stark, the hero of the battle of Benning-

ton, has teen unveiled In the State House yard at Conccrd. N. H. The State officers were present. After an address by ex-Gov. Moody Currier, the statue was unveiled by Miss Florence Shelley, of Guffotown. Jas. Patterson, of Hanover, delivered the. oration. A poem by Allen Eastman Cross, of Manchester, concluded the exercises. Says It In a Libel. Ex-Gov. Pattison, Democratic Candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania, caused warrants to be issued for the arrest, on a charge of criminal libel, of the editors of the Inquirer and the North American of Philadelphia and the Call of Harrisburg. The offensive publication consisted of a charge of bribery against Mr. Pattison in connection with certain legislation when he was Governor. Chapter of Accidents. Six trainmen were killed and seven persons injured in a collision in a tunnel on the Cincinnati Southern Railway at Sloan’s Valley, Ky.; two lives were lost and twentysix passengers hurt in a crash on the Kansas City and Memphis near Birmingham, Ala.: and eight men were wounded, one fatally, in a smash-up at Armourdalo, Kan., a suburb of Kansas City. < omuiitted Suicide with Alcohol. W. V. Preston was found dead in his bed at the Union Hotel at Pueblo. Colo. Disappointment in love caused him to drink quite heavily of late. The doctors think it is a case of suicide by pure alcohol. He told his roommate that he would not bother him much longer. A paper was found In his pocket stating that lie had a brother In Vinton. lowa. Indicted for Encouraging ‘ trikers. Nine Indictments were reported at Binghampton. N. Y., against the editors of the Leader. on account of that paper’s attitude during the recent cigarmakors’ strike. Six arc for lite!, and the other three are for criminal contempt of court, in disregarding an injunction issued by Judge Forbes which prohibited all persons from unlawfully encouraging the strikers. Will Watch the Effects of the Tariff. The London Times’ Vienna correspondent says: “The Austrian Cabinet considers it premature to take a decisive step now regarding the new American tariff, and that It is better to wait and see whether American consumers themselves ask for its repeal, and also to see the practical effect of the act.” Gladstone Is Waiting. Mr. Gladstone addressed a meeting ot Liberals in Edinburgh. He said that his paity would not announce its plans regarding home rule until the opinion of the country was known. Lord Salisbury was ciiticised for sending an accredited envoy to the VatU an. Polish Emigra its Shot Down. Three hundred Poles, who were attempting to reach Prussian territory in order to emigrate to Brazil, were halted by the Russian frontier guard and ordered to return. They i efused to obey and the guards fired upon them, killing six men. two women and a child, and wounding a number of others. Must Not Help the Irish. It is reported that Cardinal Simeon!, by order of the Pope, has forbidden the Bishops of the American hierarchy to give any official or overt approval to the Irish Nationalist campaign of Messrs. Dillon and O’Brien in America. Stabbed by a Tramp. A tramp fatally stabbed James O'Hara and wife, living at Smith Creek, Mich., his intention being to rob the house. Neighbors were attracted to the scene, but the tramp escaped. Poisoned His Children. A retired farmer named Gast, who lived in Berlin, Germany, poisoned his five children apd himself. He and three of the children have died and the others cannot recover. Pardo >e<l from Sing Sing. John Hope, the Manhattan Bank robber, was pardoned from Sing Sing. He had served nine years on a twenty-year sentence. Breathed Gas and Died. Jacob Kleiner, of Highland, Hl., was found dead in bed in a hotel in Davenport, lowa, having been asphyxiated by gas from a burner that had been left open. Two Murders and Suicides. Albert Lodermeyer of Casco, Wis., murdered his wife and committed suicide. William Galow of Oshkosh also killed his wife and himself. Horrible Explosion in China. The government powder mill at Canton, China, exploded Aug. 15, destroying 200 houses and killing over a thousand people. A Tax on Nobility. A bill was Introduced in theFiench Chamber of Deputies imposing a heavy tax on crests and titles of nobility. Senator Blackburn Is Petter. Senator Blackburn, who sustained severe internal injuries in a runaway accident, is better.