Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 July 1891 — HANGED A BURLY NEGRO [ARTICLE]

HANGED A BURLY NEGRO

ANGRY KENTUCKIANS WHO DIDN’T WAIT FOR LAW. Bnwla Wants India—Crush'd In a Mini Shalt—Twenty Oflieer* Shot—The Bane- '• Kail Record— Defau ter I*opo Arrested 1 in Mex co. . " PULLMAN STRETCHED HEMP. Shelbyville (Ky.) Citizens Take the Law Into Their Own Hands. At Shelbyville, Ky., when negro Sam “Pullman's assault on Mrs. Thomas Glenn became generally known, business of all kinds was suspended and the citizens took up the exciting pastime of man-hunting. The hemp patch in which Pullman was hiding was quickly surrounded, every man was armed with a shooting iron and every tenth man was supplied with a long piece of rope. Pullman was afterward ciptured as he was counting ties on the railroad track near Lawrenceburg. He was placed in the jail at that place and after nightfall Sheriff Long, with twenty guards, started back to Shelbyville with him. A crowd of curious people followed. When the officers bad got about two and one-half miles on the road from Lawrenceburg “the best citizens of Shelbyville” overtook them and without resistance quickly lynched the negro. CHOLERA AT MECCA. Hundreds of Deaths Daily Reported Among Turkish Pilgrims. Advices sum Mecca represent the cholera as rapidly iHireasing at that place. On one day recently 140 deaths occurred, followed by 380 on the next day. The nu rialitv Is greatest among the Turkish pilgrims. The Khedive has ordered rigorous measures to prevent the introduction of the disease Into Egypt Not one Egyptian has as yet been smitten with the cholera. GOULD ROADS CONSOLIDATE. The Three I'ort Scott Lines Merg'd Int > One Company. A meeting of the directors of three of Jay Gould's roads, the Fort Scott and Southern, the Fort Scott and Eastern arid Fort Scott Belt Terminal Itailway, took place at Fort Scott, Kan. They were consolidated under the name of the Fort Scott Central Railway Company.

ON THE DIAMOND. How the Clubs Engaged in the National Game Stand. Following is a showing of the standing of each of the teams of the different associations; NATIONAL LEAGUE. W. L. *C. W. L. Pc. New Yorks..4l 28 .588 Philodelp's. 35 38 .473 Chicagos... .«3 31 .581 Brooklvne.. 31 39 .466 Bostons 40 S 3 .548 CincinhatU.3l 43 .4X3 Clevelands. .3i 38 .503 Pittsburg*..3o 41 .38J AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. W. L. Pc. | W. L. Pc. Bostons 54 25 .684iColumbuB.. .38 43 .40.1 fit. L0ui5....53 20 .640 Cincinnatis.3s 45 . 43S BaUimores..4s 31 .600 Loui»villes..29 56 ,841 Philodelp's..3B 33 .494|Washingt'u.25 50 .333 WESTERN ASSOCIATION. \7. L. pc.i W. L. pc. Omaha* 43 29 .597 Kansas C’vs.37 41 .474 Milwankees.4s 32 .6S4.Bionx Citys.SO 40 .474 Lincolns... .42 34 .553 Denvers 34 42 .447 Minneapo'a..l3 36 .544 Duluths 26 £.2 .333 Advancing on India. Advices from India bring the intelligence that Russia is again at work on the northwestern frontier endeavoring to extend her already powerful influence in that region across the border into llindoostan and Afghanistan, whose domination the St. Petersburg Government has long coveted. Royal and Select Masons Meet. At Minneapolis the General Grand Council of Royal and Select Master Masons elected Orestes A. B. Senter, of Col umb is, Ohio. General Grand Master, and Henry W. Mordhurst. of Fort Wayne, Ind., Grand General Recorder. Mr*. Parnell Hilton. Mrs. Delia T. Parnell, mother of Charles Stewart Parnell, while fondling a stKtngc dog at her home at Ironsides. N. .1., was badly bitten on the left hand. The dog was at once killed and the wound cauterized.

Crushed in a Mine Sluft. At Pinelucky coal mines, Ala., a shaft caved In, burying four miners under a mass of stones and dirt When taken out Tom Roundtree was dead, his body having been crushed to a jelly. “Stonewall’s” Statue Unveiled. At Lexington, Va , on the thirtieth anniversary of the first battle of hull Hun. tho statue of Gen. StoncwaU Jackson was unveiled by his granddaughter, Julia Jackson Christian. Defaulter Cope Arrested. William H. Pope, the defaulting State Treasurer of Tennessee, has been arrested in tho City of Mexico. He will be held for a requisition by the Tennessee authorities. Deny that She Is Married. The parents of Mrs. James Brown Potter, now in Paris, deny the reports that their daughter had been divorced from Mr. Potter and married to the actor, Bollew. Senator Boss Dead. Senator W. H. Boss, of tue Cherokee Nation, died at Fort Gibson, of heart disease. He was a half-breed, 68 years of age, and was educated at Princeton. Shot Twenty Officers. Twenty Chilian army officers were shot, having been convicted of poisoning Admiral Montt and several other members of tho revolutionary party. Have Recovered jthe Bodies. The bodies of Captain Jenulng3 and five Of his crew, who were drowned at the wrecking of the steamship Clrc.3, have washed asnorc at Anticosti. Want PefTr tor President. Kansas Alliance men are advocating Senator Peffer for the Presidential nomination by the People’s party. , Smuggled Chinamen Sent Back. The Chinamen who were smuggled across the Canadian border at Franklin. Vt.. have been sent back to Canada. They said they were brought to Oowansville, Quebec, by the Canadian Pacific Road, and thence smuggled across the border in a carriage by a white man. Wrecked on Hope Island. “Bose Bill" Tweed’s old yacht Columbia. In which the famous ringleader of New York politics escaped from New York to the Spanish main, was wrecked off Hope Island, Narrmgansett Bay. _

THE OHIO TICKET. Campbell Renominated for Gov- ■ ornor by Ohio 1 cmocrats AtCleveland, Ohio, GOO delegates assembled at the Democratic State Convention, and were called to order by State Chairman Norton. Ills Introductory speech dealt chiefly with the McKinley bill, and accepted the challenge voiced in the Republican platform. He was followed by Allen W. Thurman, who also assailed the McKinley measure. Both speakers joined in expressing admiratiou for Mr. McKinley as an honest and able citizen, bht assailed the wisdom of his judgment upon the.tariff question. The iiiaiorlty report of the Committee on Resolutions, containing clauses favoring a graded income tax and the free coinage of “diver, was accepted. Th • minority report differed only inthe-e particulars. Ex-Congressman Follett, heading the Hamilton County delegation, presented the name of Lawrence T. Neal, of Chillicotbc. as candidate for Governor. He was followed by S. D. Dodge, of Cleveland, who named Virgil P. Kline, of Cuyahogo County. Gen. Michael Ryan, of Cincinnati, then presented the name o? Gov. James E. Campbell, and a ballot immediately followed with this result. Campbell 501 7-16 Neal 121 0-16 Kline 50 Congressman T. L. Johnson 1 After Gov. Campbell's speech of acceptance, ex-Congressman Voder, of Lima, named W. V. Marquis for Lieutenant Governor, and ho was chosen by acclamation. The completed ticket Js given. Governor.. James E. Campbell Lieutenant-Governor *V. V. Maimjuis Auditor of fctate T. E Pfckixbauoh Treasurer of State C. F. Ackebman Attorney-General John P. B«iley Judge of Supreme Court... .Gustavos H. Wald Commissioner of Schools.. .Charles C. Milleb Member Board o' Public Works...J. McNamara Food and Dairy Commlss'oner... .H. 8. Trumbo

FINE CItOP PROSPECTS. The C ountry Generally Feels Their Influence and Trade Is Better. R. G. Dun & Co.’s weekly review of trade says: business clearly grows somewhat more active, though midsummer dullness Is still the rule At Eastern cities there is noticed more demand for manufactured goods with larger call for materials. At the West trade is enlivened by the large yield of winter wheat already harvested and by the bright outlook for other crops. At the South, however, though the crop advices aro also favorable, no improvement appears in business, which is duUer than usual even for the season and at some points Is pronounced quite unsatisfactory. Imports at New York have sharply docline'). since July, amounting to about $4,300,000, or 18 per dent, less than for tho same weeks last year. On tho other hand, exports of domestic products at this point show an Increase thus fur.ln this month of $11,323,000, or nearly 33 per cent. In comparison with the same weeks last year. The money markets aro generally in fair shape, and collections fair for the season. The business failures occurring throughout the country during the last seven days number 274, as compared with a Total of 247 last week. For the corresponding week of last year the figures were 207.

WEST SUPERIOR WINDS WEPT. Five Killed and Many Others Injured by a 4 yolone. A terrible storm of wind and rain struck West Superior, Wis. Several small buildings wore blown down, but at one spot tho storm left appalling proof of its deadly force. A large three-story frame structure near the barge works, partly completed, was blown down on the heads of about twenty workingmen and a score of other people who gathered within its . limits for protection. It was with the utmost difficulty that the undertaking of getting at tho real extent cf the disaster was prosecuted. A pair of corpses dragged from the ruins dispelled the faint hope that no life had been sacrificed outright. Rescuers were hindered ani tire misery of the wounded doubly intensified by watersoaked garments. The building is a complete wreck. In spite of the pouring rain the Visitors at the scene rushed in and assisted the firemen in the cause of rescue. Men in all profe-eions and walks of life stood shoulder to shoulder and worked with only the thought of humanity's sake. Five were killed outright and ton injured. MR«. HAYKKICK DOOMED. Her Suit to Re-over Her Husband's Life Insrranos M ney Decided Against Her. Judgment was given at London on the fiction brought in the case of Mrs. Maybrick ugalnst an insurance company to recover ~tb« -Mini ~pf SIO.OOO insurance upon her husband's life. The court decided that Mrs. Maybrick had murdered her husband and consequently she could not recover the amount for which be was insured, as bis death was caused by the person for whose benefit the policy was token. Mrs. Maybrick, it will be recalled, is tho American woman who, a few years ago, was nrrosted on the charge of poisoning her husband, who was a well-known Liverpool cotton merchant.

SUICIDE OF JUI GE WARDER. Remorse Tor hi* Murder or His l aughter un«l Son-in-Law 1 rives Him 4 razy. Judge James A. Warder, of Chattanooga, Tenn., who shot and killed his son-in-law, S. M. Fugtette, and dangerously wo«mded his daughter, Mrs. Fuggette. while she was trying to s#ve her husband’s lifo on Jan. 18 last, shot himself at tho stone cottage on Lookout Mountain, and died. Judge Warder was.tl(p District Attorney of Chattanooga ftt the time of tho murder, which was the most appalling tragedy known in the State. Intense grief and remorse gradually unsettled his mind until bo became but a shadow of his former self. SUFFOCAIED IN THE FLAMES. Many Casualties bv a Tenemant-House Fire in Brooklyn. In a fire in a Brooklyn four-story brick tenement the damage is estimated at $20,000. Thg three-year-old daughter of John Bishop, the janitor, was suffocated. Mrs. Bishop, the mother of the janitor, fell and was seriously injured. Mrs. Bridget Smith was carried out in an unconscious condition. Mrs. Birdsall jumped through a window and was seriously Injured. Mrs. William Foley fell down-stairs and was badly bruised. An unknown man had his leg broken. The lire is supposed to have been Incendiary. QUAY WILL STEF DOWN AND OUT. Clarkson Likely to Become Chairman of the Republican Natioual Committee, Senator Quay has issued a call for a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Republican National Committee In Philadelphia. Senator Quay has informed more than one of his friends that he had concluded to retire from the Chairmanship, although retaining his membership in the National Committee. He will’hi all probability be succoeded by J. S. Clarkson. YELLOW FEVER SPREADING. Ten Case* of the Diseased at the Chantieleur Quarantine Station. The yellow fever at Chandeleur Quarantine Station, twelve miles off the Mississippi shore in the Gulf of Mexico, is reported as spreading. It was brought there by a vessel from Rio de Janeiro, and there have been ten cases with two deaths. Additional supplies of sulphur, charcoal, and

other disinfecting materials have been shipped to the island Trori New Orleans. CHINESE DYNASTY’S PERIL. Recent Rioting Encouraged hy Advocates of Revolution. The organized Chinese mob which destroyed the Roman Catholic mission establishment and killed two foreigners at Wusieh, a large city on the Grand Canal, 100 mile 3 from Shanghai, Is rapidly growing in numbers und Is slowly making Its way toward the city, taking in, on its Mne of march, all the foreign settlements along the Yang-tse-Kiang River. TRAGEDY AT ERIE, PA. Two Children Burned to Death nnd Their Mother Frightfully Scorched. A careless nurse-girl In the employ of Carl Schwartz, of Erie, Pa., left his two children—Lena, aged 3 years, arid the baby, Annie—alone In a back-yard In the vicinity of some matches and an oil can. Boon after their mother found both children In slumps, and in her frantic efforts to save them was almost burned to death herself. Little Lena is dead, the baby will die, and the mother will be a cripple for life. TOUGH ON SPORT 8 HEN. The Canadian Authoities Will Levy Duty on Guns and Fishing Tackle. At Ottawa, Ontario, the Collectors of Customs have been notified that they may accept entry and duty on guns, fishing rods, any other equipments of parties visiting Canada for sporting purposes, with the condition that the duty so paid will bo refunded on proof of the exportation of the same within a period of two months from date of entry.

A BATTLE FEARED. The Entire Tennessee Militia Ordered to the Bricevilie Mines. Gov. Buchanan has ordered the entire State militia to Bricevilie, 'fenn., to protect convicts at work in mines at that place. It Is stated that 2,000 miners aro marching to the seat of war. It Is feared there will be trouble before the miners will yield to the convicts taking their places. DESTRUCTION CAUSED BY LIGHTNING Nine Buildings Burned In an Ohio TownLittle Insurance, At Roundhead, a rural village In Hardin County, Ohio, fire started in Young’s livery stable, which was struck by lightning and burned. Iloey & Breen’s grocery and their new residence and six other houses were also destroyed. Loss $7,000; little insurance. SOLD A BOY BABY FOR SI. Curious Warranty Deed Filed lor Record at Nevada, Mo. At Nevada, Mo., a warranty deed was filed, conveying a boy baby, Ruby Earl Sheppard, to R. 6 Wyatt for the sum of sl. The deed was duly signed by the parties to the transfer, among whom was tho mother of tho child, and attested by a notary public.

WENT OVER THE FALLS. A Sensational Story Told of Two Englishmen at Niagara. Two Englishmen report having seen a horse pulling a buggy containing a man and two women roll off the bank at the “Point," midway between the old suspension bridge and the whirlpool at Niagara Falls. Roa-ttod Groceries. A lire at Altoona, Pa., destroyed the buildings occupied by Heineman & Besant, wholesale grocers; James C. Watts, wholesale commission merchant; George F. Street, leather and hide dea'er; Harry Mixdorf, ice cream fa’ctory; the Leonard House, and one dwelling. The Central Hotel adjoining was slightly damaged. The total loss was $25,009; fully insured. The origin of the fire Is a mystery. Postal Clorks to Organize. A conference of postxil clerks was hold at Cincinnati, Ohio, for the purpose of forming a national organization. It is understood that the Eastern delegation will ask Congress to pension clerks disabled in the service aud provide for the families of tlio.se killed; also to retire clerks after having served a specified time on half pay. UoininenctMl a Fond. At Jewett, Tex., as a result of a longexisting feud betweon two farmers, J. T. Russell and J. 11. Fletcher, the latter was shot and fatally wounded. It is thought that this is but the beginning of a feud as blocdy as any that has cursed the State in many years, as both men have many friends and stanch sppporters.

A Kentucky Lynching. Frank Rossimus was taken from the Middlosborougli, Ky., jail and lynched. The day before Rosslmus and Liles Johnson fired upon the police who were attempting their arrest and wounded Patrolman Tucker and Policeman Dorsey Williams. Johnson escaped lynching through being jailed at Plneville. Drunken rectors Disqualified. The Georgia State Legls'aturo has passed a hill disqualifying drunken doctors from practicing. A method of indictment has been framed, and upon conviction of drunkenness the accused is made subject to a heavy penalty if ho should attempt to practice again. Heavy F re Losses In Lynn. At Lynn, Mass., the Strout, Currier and Blake Blocks were destroyed by fire. The 'heaviest losers are W. N. Currier & Co., $120,000; E. E. Strout. $45,000; H. F. Leggs, 850,000; and John Carnlff, $18,003. The total loss will exceed $850,000, with insurance of 8120,000. Thought to lie Lost. It is feared that the steamship Endymion, which sailed for New York from Barrow, England, Juno 27,,< lias been lpst,. The steamer was sighted July 13 by the Taurus, and was then lying to to repair a broken crank, but declined assistance. Used a Pick on Giant Powrder. Five workmen employed at the Denver (Col.) electric works desired to open a can of giant powder. One of the men struck the head of the can with a pick. All five of the men were fearfully burned and torn, one of whom will” die. Washington Wants the Encampment. . The citizens of Washington, D. C., have raised the guarantee fund of $53,000 for the Grand Army encampment in 1802. and a committee was appointed to go to Detroit to present toe claims of the former city as a desirable place for tho encampment A Tramp's Last Rida. East-bound passenger train No. 2 collided with passenger train No. 4, west bound, at Clark's Station, near Reno. Nev. Three engines and the mail car were badly wrecked and a tramp beating his way West on a brake beam was killed. N A Kentucky Tragerly. Near Columbia. Ky.. Ty.er Grant shot and killer! Tyler Gorman. Grant Is In jail. He says he mistook Gorman for York Gorman, Tyler’s brother, who he claims had

threatened to kill Grant on sight. Gorman was at work In his field whsn shot. Ten Ferauns Injured. At the Fort Scott crossing of the Missouri Pacific and Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroads, a freight train crashed into a chair-car of the Missouri Pacific passenger train, knocking it off the trucks. Ten persons were Injured. Severs Storm at Duluth. One of the severest sternv* for years visaed Duluth. Minn. Ralu fell in torrents and the lightning was very i»harp. No lives were lpst. All the damago was caused by water flowing down a steep hillside. Two blocks will have to bo entirely repaved. Died from a Snake Bite. Susie, aged 5, daughter of Ebenezer Frazier, of St. Croix, Ohio, was bitten by a copperhead snake and died. The snake was found on the ho irth of the open fireplace, where there had been no fire this summer. ’ Met Death on the Scaffold. Robert Williams was hanged in the Pine Bluff (Ark.) jail yard fcit the murder of Albert Hayes on the night of Nov. 23'last. Williams said that he thanked his friends for their kindness to lrkn, and claimed that Christ had pardoned him. Killed in a Drunken Quarrel. Near Pikevilie, Ky., in a drunken quarrel, Tom McCoy shot and kl led Goorgo Roberts. McCoy surrendered arid claims to have acted In self-defense. Roberts’ family threaten vengeance if McCoy Is not punished. Killed on an Engine Pilot. John Merrifield was Instantly killed and a fellow-brakeruan fatally injured while riding on a cow-catcher at Rockbridge, near Beardstown, 111., by the engine running Into a Grovo of horses.

Fallen Heir to a Million Do’lars. Mrs. Dr. J. Holloway, of Bpringfleld, Ohio, has fallen heir to $1,006,000 left by h6r uncle, Sir James Baxendale, of England. O ean Steamer Collision. The Gferman steamer Dresden collided with the brig Annie Harris In the English Channel, sinking the latter vessel. Four sailors -were drowned. Took' His Own Life. C. S. Wattles, a prominent produce merchant of Ithaca, N. Y., committed suicide by drowning. Temporary insanity is supposed to bo the cause. New York's Leper. That Chin Hop Sing, the Chinese laun“ dryman in the basement of 403 Fifth street, New York, is afflioted with leprosy there is no further doubt. A British Steamer Ashore. A report has been received from Southwest Point, Anticosti, to the effect that the British steamer Circe is ashore a few miles from that place. Their YVay In MissonrL John Oook was shot and killed a* Tiff City, Mo., while disturbing a religious meeting. Another ruffian had his hand shot off. Shot the Justice. At Saline City, Ind., Thornton Jackson shot Justice of the Peaoe William Miner Justice Miner had fined Jackson’s son for disturbing the peace. Jackspn Is in jail. Clemency for a Murd«rer. In the case of Edward Belden,-of Kansas, sentenced to be hanged July 24 for murder, the President has commuted the death penalty to Imprisonment for life. The World's Harvest. In a summary of the world’s harvest prospects, tho London Times ventures the opinion that the prices for grain will continue high. A Tennessee Tragedy. The wife of Thomas Lochridge, of Maury County, Tennessee, killed her three young children and then committed suicide. Bank Failures. Tho Central Bank of Kansas City, Ivan., and the Merchants’ National Bank of Fort Worth, Texas, have tailed. Inga'ls Going to the Holy Land. Ex-Senator Ingalls Is going abroad with W. A. Croffut’s autumn party, to go through Europe to Greece, Jerusalem and Egypt. Jail Delivery at I lend wood, S. D. A general jail-break was made from the jail .in Deadwood, S. D., five prisoners escaping, aU charged with felony. Hanged b / a Mob. Frank Dice, charged with murder, was taken from his cell in the Spencer, Ind., jail by a mob and hanged. Mr. Spurgeon Improving. Mr. Spurgeon is said to be progressing slowly but satisfactorily toward recovery. Eleven Killed. Eleven men were killed in a railroad accident near Liverpool.