Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 February 1891 — FAMOUS IRISHMAN’DEAD [ARTICLE]

FAMOUS IRISHMAN’DEAD

CEN. W. T. SHERMAN DANGEROUSLY ILL. A Massachusetts Impostor in the Tolls of Law—A Murderous Husband—Bad Wort of California Robbers—97,ooo,ooo to Indiaai and Negroes. HE POSED AS PRESIDENT BLISS’ SON. An Impostor Marries Into a Prominent Chelsea (Mass.) Family. At Boston. Harry M. Fleming, of Salem, 21 years old, handsome and clever, has fallen into the tolls of the law for the larceny of a young lady’s watch and the embezzlement of two leased typewriters; but most interesting is his matrimonial career in Chelsea. This last episode involves bpe of the prominent families of that city. Fleming has been posing as the son of President Bliss pf the Boston and Albany railrailroad. He met the young woman in question at a Boston theater, and his handsome appearance, fashionable attire, abundance of money, and high social pretensions made a decided impression. The wedding was a brilliant affair, but a good many persons were surprised not to see President Bliss of the Boston and Albany Railroad at the festivities. Fleming, however, got over this easily by saying that the “old gent’was sick and could not come., After the wedding Fleming began to borrow money of his father-in-law. So much that the latter’s suspicions were aroused and lie began an investigation which showed Fleming to be an impostor. GEN. SHERMAN IN DANGER. The Old Warrior Seriously 111 at His Home in New York. Gen. W. T. Sherman is confined to his bed at. his home in New York with erysipelas In the face, and his condition is dangerous. Gen. Sherman contracted a severe cold, .which developed into erysipelas. At this serious turn Dr. Charles T. Alexander, United States army, was summoned. The ■ General was in a serious condition. I)r. Alexander remained with the. patient until his condition was considerably improved. JAMES REDPATH IS DEAD. One of Ireland's .Stanchest Supporters Dies in New York City. At New York. James Redpath, Vice President of the Anti-Poverty Society, Irish Nationals;, lecturer, and journalist, died from injuries received by being run down by a street-car. In his last moments he appeared to be free from pain and he died calmly and peacefully. MURDER IN CALIFORNIA. Robbers Kill a Woman and Badly Beat Her Husband. Capt J. O. Greenwood, of Napa, Cal., wa; beateo by two robbers until insensible, ami then bound. While the "Tillains were ransacking the house Mrs. Gvenwood returned, when the robbers assaulted and killed her. They secured but little money, and escaped. He Preached for 91 a Year. The Trustees of the House of Prayer In Lowell. Mass., recently decided to dispense with the services of Pastor Arthur 8. Davis, and told him so. Mr. Davis said he wasabused, declared be would not resign, and dared the Trustees to oust him. The Trustees thought it might be unchristianlike to oust Mr. Davis, and tried to get around the difficulty by reducing his salary to $1 a year, payable In monthly installments. Mr. Davis accepted the reduction. Killed While Bidding His Wits Good-By. At Kansas City, Mo., Henry Bantlsdel. a laborer employed at Armour’s packing house, met a horrible and Instant death in full view of his wife, who had stepped to the door to wave him good-by. HeTiad just left his home and was running to catch a passing train. On the tracks his foot caught on a wire and he fell forward on his face between the rails. Before he could risg a switch engine cut him In two.

Scrambled tor Good Place*. At New York the sensation trial of Deacon- John W. Tice, who is charged by the members of tha Jacksonville and CllfTwood Church with immoral cqnduct, was well attended. All witnesses were excluded from the class-room In which the trial was held, and there was a lively scramble to get near the windows and doors of the room so as to overhear the evidence. Was the Work of the Mafia. The Italian murder In St. Paul, Minn., is now rumorei to have been the work of the Mafia. The murder of Binda was not un- ' premeditated as at first supposed. Radliio, the murderer, came to St. Paul from Virginia. He speaks little English and has been in this country but a short time. Death of Colonel Beirne. Colonel Richard F. Bclrne. of Richmond, Va., for a long time sole editor and owner of the State, one of the leading afternoon papers of that city,.and one of the leading candidates for the Democratic nomination for Governor in 1889. died at his home, 110 was about 38 years old. Tragedy in a Kansas Hotel, At Columbus, Kan., In the parlor of the Empire House, Louis S. Holsey, of Arizona, shot his wife, Amelia Holsey, dangerously "If not fatally, and immediately afterward shot himself through the head. Holsey died In a few minutes. Mrs. Holsey had com menced divorce proceedings. Verv- Rev. H. A. Stanton Dying. \ ery Rev. H. A. Stanton, who received his subdeaconship at the hands of Pope Leo when the latter was bishop irt a little town of Italy, and who has since become one of the most learned In the councils of the Catholic Church, is lying at the point of death In Philadelphia. Miss • rexel to Take Her Final Vows. Miss Kate Drexel will take her final vows In the Convent of Mercy. Pittsburg, and devote her life and Immense fortune of o\ or $7,000,000 to the moral and intellectual elevation of the Indian and colored races. Twenty Persons Kat n by Wolves. Horrible reports of depredations by wolves have been received from Szandu, Hungary. On Baron Wodlauer's estate alone, twenty persons have been devoured by the ravenous beasts. The Government authorities are organizing a party of hunters which will undertake the extermination of the wolves. Stole 550,000 Worth of Goods. A burglary at the wholesale notion house of Joseph A. Bigel & Co.. Cincinnati, to reported. where silks and velvets rained at i SM,W>P men stolen.

COKERS STRIKE.

The Great Struggle in the CouneUsville Region Inaugurated. The strike of the 17,000 employes of the Oonneilsville coke region for an increase of 12% per cent, in wages, and a reduction of working hours of day men frp«j) .nine hours to eight, against a counter demand of the operators for a general reduction in wages of 10 per cent., is inaugurated. All through the region the miners remained away from the pits. When the last of the ovens charged have been drawn the shutdown will be complete. The struggle promises to be long and bitter. The workmen are thoroughly organized. It Is reported that W. J. Rainey will employ Pinkerton guards and attempt to keep his plant In operation. If this Is done there will probably be serious trouble. The Hungarian strikers, about one-third of the whole number, are very hard to control. They have already shown their ugly temper by a vLslt to the Fort Hill works. Superintendent William Bnydtr said something that did not please them. They fell upon him and beat him so badly that he may die. This strike promises to be a memorable cue. As coke Is used exclusively for many purposos In Iron and steel 'works, foundries, and manufactories,- and as almost all the coke comes from the Connellsville district, it will paralyze the Iron industries of the country. WENT TO THE BOTTOM. A Norwegian Fruit Steamship Sinks Oft Absecom. N. J. The new Norwegian fruit steamship, Simon Dumois, which left New York for Matanzas, Cuba, lies in fifteen fathoms of water off Ahsecom. N. J. She was commanded by Johan Kanitz, and had a crew of sixteen men. all Norwegians, none of whom has been heard from. It was less than twelve hours after the Dumois went down that the Ambrose Snow passed there, and it is reasonable to think that at least a few of a hardy lot of Norwegian sailors, unless rescued by a passing craft, would have been able to live half a day In the rigging. The Dumois had a general cargo, valued at about 820,000, including eight street cars and 118,191 pounds of lard. She was heavily laden and was worth about 850,000. REGRETTED HIS CONFESSION. A YVould-Be Suicide Tries to Recover an Incriminating Letter. At Omaha, Neb.. H. M. Rogers, a young Insurance agent, attempted to commit suicide after writing a letter addressed to the United States Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York confessing that he murdered his sweetheart last summer near Mercer, Pa. He did not mention names, but admits that he assumed-the name by which ho was known. When he realized that he would live he made an effort to secure the letter, but the authorities had been apprised and secured the confession and took charge of Rogers. The Mercer authorities have been notified of the affair by telegraph. Rogers is intelligent and of good address. FAIR VOLIME OF TRADE. Money and the Collection*, with Few Exceptions, Generally Fair. The weekly trade review by Dun"& Co. says; Though at a higher level of prices, business continues to exceed last year’s on the whole, and Is in character more healthy and conservative than usual. The disposition increases to count upon the future, for this year at least, with confidence, but speculative tendencies are held in check by the conviction that consumers' demands may not prove quite equal to last year, on account of short crops. The average prices of commodities advanced nearly half of 1 per cent, for the past week, but the advance is almost exclusively In products of which crops were short. Reports this week from all parts of the country Indicate a fair volume of trade for the seasbn. easy collections generally fair,' though at a few Western points and in the grocery trade at Philadelphia rather slow. BURNED BY HER BABY. Tlie Terrible Act or a Four-Year-Old with a Match. At Guthrie, O. T., Mrs. William Grimes, after completing her domestic duties, laid down on the lied in her room and went to sleep. Her 4-year-old daughter found a box of matches, and with them set fire to the clothes in the closet. When the mother awoke the whole room was ablaze. She could not escape by the door and was obliged to leap from the window with her child In jier arms. Her clothing had caught fire, and when she fell to the ground she was wrapped in flames. Neighbors ran to her assistance, but were too late to save her life. Sho died In terrible agony that evening. Her little daughter escaped severe Injury. LIVES LOST IN THE BLIZZARD. Several Persons Perisli In the Recent Storin in NebraskaSad loss of life resulted from the sudden cold wave In Nebraska and South Dakota. Mrs. Milton Cummings froze within one I hundred yards from her home at Rushville, Neb. At Kearney, while hunting, Eddie Cliedcster and Steve St. Peter perished. At Chadron, while caring for his stock, Mr. L. Lissent was lost between his house and barn, in the blinding blizzard, and died. At Box Elder Divide, near Rapid City, S, D., Grant Bay, a ranchman, and Meta Gray, a school-teacher, left home against the advice of friends, and perished. Terrible suffering is reported from other points, and great loss of stock will ensue.

ESCAPED AN AWFUL DEATH. Three Buried Miners Rescued lu a Starving Condition. Intense joy and excitement prevails at the little hamlet of Grand Tunnel. Pa., over the rescue of -three entombed miners who were Imprisoned by water over four days before. Since the men were entombed experienceJ miners declared their rescue alive an impossibility. They were found alive in the upper workings In an almost exhausted condition from their 115 hours’ Imprisonment, and will require care to bring them through. eloped YVITK A 70-YEAR-OLD BACHELOR. A Pretty Girl Runs Away with a Man Who Has a i ort.une ti I e*ve. At Pittsburg, Pa., Miss Rebecca Donneliy, 22 years of age, pretty and intelligent, gave her hand in marriage to Hiram Kent, a bachelor of 70. Both live near Waynesburg. Greene County. Kent Is a wealthy, retired businessman. Miss Donnelly’s parents are well-t9-do l Oiglibors of his. They objected to the match, so the pair met clandestinely and went to Pittsburg. Kent says he has been looking around for some time for a yout.g woman to care for him and leave his fortune to. ’ SWISS WOOD-CUTTERS BURIED. A Mountain of Snow. Rocks and Trees Swoops Upon 1 hem. News of g terrible disaster comes from the village of Rueattl. Canton of Glarus. A large number of wood-cuttvr. were at

work cuttjng wood on the side of a mountain near that village' when suddenly a rumbling, crashing sound was beard, and before many of the poor men could escape a huge avalanche thundered down upon the wood-cutters, burying twenty-two of them beneath a mass of snow, ice. rocks and trees. Every effort Is being made by the neighboring villagers to rescue the men who may be alive and to recover the dead. TERRIBLE SCENES IN CHINA. Famine and Floods Cause Horrors in the Celestial Kingdom. Terrible floods and famine have been experienced in Northern China. The Governor General of LI Hlng Chang reports that the people of Schuan. suffered terribly by a flood which destroyed temples, bridges, and city walls. In no less than ten districts. In Wen Chuan the loss of life will reach fully one thousand. Immediately following the floods at Pel Chang a flro broke out and destroyed thirty-five houses. In three other places houses were burned to the number of 200. The suffering among the poor is something terrible. The roads everywhere are difficult of passage and crowds of starving wretches are on their, way to Shanghai. Recent Failures. King Brothers’ clothing store at Springfield, Mo., was closed on a chattel mortgage. The liabilities are 830,000. Charles A. Welber’s clothing store Neb., was closed under a mortgage with liabilities of 840,000, and the First Arkansas Valley Bank at Wichita, Kan., suspended payment temporarily with liabilities of 8125,000 and assets twice that amount. Three Millionaires Die. J. N. McCullough, worth 814,000,000. first Vice President Of the Pennsylvania lines, and Jno. McKeown, worth 85,000,000, a big oil producer, died at Pittsburg, Pal Julius Houseman. ex-Congressnmn. an Israelite, worth 82,000,000, died at Grand Rapids, Mich. He was universally loved and respected, and was very charitable. Fell Sixty Feet. At Schreiber, Ont., a sleeping-car on the Canadian Pacific Railway was thrown from the track. The car ran half way across a bridge, tearing up the ties, and was then precipitated the side, and fell about sixty feet to the ground Nine passengers were in the sleeping-car. all of whom were more or loss Injured, but only four seriously.

Killed a Bridegroom. Geo. Best while returning from Harrodsburg, Ky.. with his young bride, was set upon by three Holliday brothers and deliberately shot and killed. Best's brothers are In pursuit of the murderers. It Is supposed the cause of the killing was a dispute that occurred a year ago. Murderous Highwaymen. Mayor W. B. Barker, of Birmingham, Miss., was held up by two robbers and barely escaped with his life. Two men sprang out from the roadside and grabbed him, one choking him and the other cutting him with a lA; knife. A heavy overcoat saved him from death. Destroyed the Saloonkeeper's Stock. A saloon was opened in the Village of Benton Ridge, Ohio, by Bishop Williamson, against the protest of the citizens. At an early hour unknown persons entered the rooms where the saloon was located and poured all the liquors out and destroyed the fixtures. Death of a Famous Missourian. At Kansas City, Mo., Theodore F. Warner, a pioneer of Northern Missouri, one of the projectors of the first packet line on the Missouri River, and the man who started in business the famous Ben Holliday, of the great overland stage system, died. He wps a great grandson of Daniel Boone. Arrested for Theft. Elroy M. Avery, Ph. D., was arrested at Cleveland for theft of a watch from H. C. Spaulding! near Athens', Ga;, near the close of the war. Dr. Avery says Spaulding stole the watch from a Southerner and that ho (Avery) took it from him by order of his Colonel. Sena "or .Hear st Suffers a Relapse. At Washington. Senator Hearst’s condition is more unfavorable than at any timo during the last week. The rainy weather has had a depressing effect upon him, and the fact |hat he is growing weaker is apparent to all. In King Rex’s Domain. Visitors to the Mardl Gras festival are arriving at New Grleans on every train. Two trains of sleepers from the States of lowa, Nebraska, Illinois and the Dakotas were met at Jackson, Miss., by Governor Stone and other State officers of Mississippi. Indiscreet Financiering. Bishop Engle, of Abilene, Kansas, had been speculating in Kansas real estate and failed recently with liabilities 850,000 in excess of assets. The elders expelled him from the ministry. The cause of this action is given as “indiscreet financiering.” Iron Works Destroyed. A fire broke out in the Hecla Iron Works, Brooklyn. Not only were the large buildings of the iron company destroyed, but a number of surrounding structures were soriously damaged. The losses were very large. Seized til* Opium. Portland, ,Ore., customs officers seized unstamped opium to the value of 815,000 in the Chinese quarter. The seizure was made under the recent tariff act requiring all opium to be passed through the customhouse. Bolt YVorks Burned. At Rending, Pa., the holt and nut manufacturing plant, of J. Henry Sternbergh & Son, the largest of its kind in America, was burned, entailing a loss of 8275,000; Insured for two-thirds. Six hundred men are thrown out of employment. Mine. Patti to Be Sued. Mme. Patti will be sued by the Russian impresario who engaged her for the St, Petersburg concerts, the diva having declined to sign unless her advance money was deposited at her banker's. Dragged to Death by His Horses. Bernard A. Stuckenborg, after leaving San Antonio, Tex., for home, whipped his horses, fell over the dashboard, and was dragged for over a tulle, his head and shoulders being one mass of raw flesh. Help Needed in Nebraska. A petition for assistance in the wav of grain and provisions has been received at St Louis from farmers of Kansas and Nebraska. living In the region of Republican City, Neb. Another Kentucky Killing. At Murray, Calloway County, Kentucky, John Mooney, aged 18, struck Banks Dalton, aged 60. and the latter stabbed the youth seven times, Dalton escaped, and Mooney will die. • She Returned to Earth. A sensation was created at Soringfield, Ohio, by the alleged return to life of Mrs. George Tyree, who had been pronounced dead. An undertaker was summoned, but before his arrival the lady sat up and said

■he had come back to be baptized, and Insisted so strenuously that a clergyman was called and the rite administered. Mrs. Tyree is now better than for some time, and says she will recover. Shot by the Sheriff. Charles Mowry, a farmer from Columbus, Ind., who had forged a small order and was arrested and placed in Jail, while being taken out for trial tried to escape, and Sheriff Smith fatally shot him. Busted Brooklyn Bank. The branch at Brooklyn, N. Y., of the Mechanics’ Co-operative Bank, closed its doors, and no person who knows anything concerning its affairs can be found. The ostensible capital was $2,000,000. Judge W ardor in Jail. Jndge J. A. Warder, City Attorney of Chattanooga, Tonn., is in jail for the murder of his son-in-law. Banker FugettA The Grand Jury found an indictment for murder in the first degree. Killed It htle Resisting Arrest. At St. Louis, Edward (alias Duge) Burke, a notorious character, was instantly killed by 11. H. Chenot, a workhouse guard. Burke escaped from the workhouse, and Chenot was attempting to recapture him. Chinamen Sued for Libel. Geo. W. Hume & Co., of San Francisco, havo brought the first libel suit against Chinamen on record In this country. It Is against a Chinese newspaper there, and asks $30,000 damage. Terrific Western Storm. A heavy snowstorm for fifteen hours, accompanied part of the time by fierce winds, and a temperature below zero, has caused a complete blockade of trains add business in Nebraska and South Dakota. Suffocated In a Well. While digging a well near Sandy, Utah, Albert Bateman and Ole Hawkinson were overcome by carbonic acid gas and both fell to the bottom of the eighty-foot shaft and expired. Five Hundred Are Out. Five hundred employes of the Steel Company are on a strike for higher wages and for the discharge of an obnoxious foreman, The works are still running, although short of hands.

Found Guilty of Murder. At Decatur, 111., W. H. Crawford was found guilty of murder, and his punishment was fljted at death, for killing Mrs. Colonel Mathias, Aug. 26, 1890. Accused of Fraud. W. Zimmerman, the agent of the Farmers’ Alliance at Spartansburg, S. C., is accused of having defrauded the Alliance out of $30,000. Fought the Police. On board of a steamship, Montelonge, the noted Cuban bandit, and two companions were killed and a fourth was captured, in a fight with the Havana police. A Bank lo Resume. The announcement is made that the American National Bank of Kansas City, which failed two weeks ago, will resume business. A Missouri Killing. Loyd McKee, of Peaksville. Mo., was killed at a spelling-bee by two brothers named Shaffer. A 13-Year-Old Schoolgirl Stabs a Boy. Herman Sohner, 12 years old, of Hoboken, was stabbed by Irene Dugan, 13 years old, a schoolgirl. A long Island Fire. A five in the soda works of Church & Co,, at Green Point, Long Island, did damage to the amount of $200,000. A Serious Railroad Accident. At Beach City, Ohio, a fireman waskllled. a brakeman was mortally and two tramps were seriously hurt in a collision. The Delaware \! hipping Post. Several hundred people stood In the rain to witness the public whipping of eleven prisoners at Newcastle, Del. A Mortgage on “Heaven.” Schweinfurtb, the Pretended Christ at Bockford, 111., has had his “heaven” mortgaged for $12,000 to Chicago parties. Gov. Mclntosh Killed. Governor Mclntosh, Captain of the Light Horsemen, was shot and instantly killed by an Indian policeman in Indian Territory. ’Tis Feared .'he’s Lost. The steamer Denmark, of the National Line, Is several days overdue at New York, and fears aro entertained as to her safety. Will Bie lrom the Founding. A man named Mcßeynolds was fatally injured by Jeremiah Slatterly in a prize-fight at Archibald, Pa. Maimed by a Train. lon Matthews, a farmer, had both legs cut off by a train near Middlesborough, Ky.