Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 August 1891 — Page 2

tlje democratic Sentinel RENSSELAER. INDIANA. J. W. McEWEN, - - - PußtisHXk

PEORIA’S CRAZY NEGRO

PLAYS HAVOC WITH THE CITY’S POLICE FORCE. A Brutal Murder Near Mattoon, ll’.—Good , Moro of a New Jersey Otttcer—After the Dalton Gang—Misfortune of ah Iow» To «ii. SLASHED BY A JCGHO. Throe Policemen and a Woman Fearfully Cut by a Desperado. On the streets of Peoria, 111., a negro ran amuck. The desperado is Frank Berry, and bis associates say he murdered two men in Natchez a few years ago. Ho tried to cut a colored woman’s throat, and Officers Sloan and Campbell entered just i i time to save tho woman, but in the fight which ensued both of them were frightfully cut. Officer Sloan has three ugly gashes in the face, one of which Is six inches long and exposes bls tongue. Campbell is cut around one-half of his neck. Berry got out on the street, but Officer Stevens knoqked him down. Berry rose and cut Stevens in the face. He then started to run across tire street when the patrol wagon was driven onto him and one of the horses stepped on ills head rendering him Insensible, and lie was captured. ON THE DIAMOND. How the Clubs E gaged in the National Gaine Stand. Following is a showing of the standing of each of the teams of the different associations: NATIONAL LEAGUE. W. L. T'c. W. L. Wo. Chicago 64 39 .621 Brooklvns .. 46 52 .469 Bostonssß .586 Clevelands. .47 56 .456 New Y0rk...54 46 .574 Cincinnatis..4O 62 .592 I’hiladelp’s. 52 48 .520 Plttsburgs. .39 62 .386 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. W. L. Vc. W. L. sc. Bostons 74 3z .1.98 Columbus.. .50 56 .472 St. L0ui5....68 40 ,i ; 3o|Milwaukees.4s 58 ,437 Baltimores. .56 45 .554 Louisvillos. .37 71 .343 Philadelp’s..s3 50 .515,Washingt’n.31 65 .343 WESTERN ASSOCIATION. W. L. Pc. I W. L. f>c. Sioux Ciiys.s3 48 .525 Kansas C’ys.s2 51 ,50> Omahas4B 44 .£22 Denvers43 57 .430 Lynched Though Gulltess of Crime. Will Lewis, colored, aged 18 years, was lynched at Tullahoma, Tenn. Tho lynching was very quietly done, no one except two prisoners in the calaboose knowing anything about it. Lewis was regarded as a quarrelsome negro, and a few days ago he attempted to kill City Marshal Rainey. He was last arrested t!ff acting In a dlsjrderly manner and Insulting a lady.

Grand Mound, loss, Scourged. Fire broke out at Grand Mound, Clinton County, lowa, and the buildings of Jacobs, harness dealer; Teege, butcher; Leyder, blacksmith; Twogood, hardware; Fitzgerald, druggist, and Moeller and Detleff, hardware merchants, were entirely consumed. The total loss is placed at $20,000. Only a year ago Are devastated the main part of the place. Will Give No Quarter, United States Marshal Grimes, of Caldwell, Kan., who has charge of the remains of Deputy Short, who was killed by one of the Dalton gang, says that from this time it Is a War of extermination, and his deputies will shoot on sight The trail of the Daltons has been found, and every deputy marshal in the territory Is on It To Protect Young Girls. Superintendent Brown, of the Newark, N. J„ Police Department, has Issued an order for the arrest of all girls under sixteen found on the streets after Dp. m. A close watch will be kept on tho regular picnics, and If young girls are found visiting the pienic parks with improper esCbrts they will be taken in charge by the police. The Fire Record, A special dispatch from Fort Smith, Ark., says: Tho town of Charleston. Tex., was partially burned last night. Total loss, $50,000. The court house and records were burned. At Moody, Tex., a very disastrous fire occurred, destroying half tho business portion of the town, including the postoffleo. Loss, $20,000; incendiary. Sla'n with a Ho •• James Winkleblack,residing near Charleston, 111,, who gained an unenviable reputation live or six years a o in connection with tho murder of Nehemlah Fleetwood and wife, is again In court charged with his landlord and neighbor Scott Green's murder. Winkleblack killed Green with a hoe. A Startling Report. It is reported in Washington that the crews of two small steam whalers wintering near the mouth of ths Mackenzie River, about five hundred miles east of Point Barrow, have been massacred by the natives of that region. Rough on Both of Thom. A black snake, over eleven feet in length, attacked Jerry Canfield, of Hamburg, Conn. Canfield was thrown down, and tho wheels of his wagon ran over both him and the snake, breaking his legs and killing the reptile.

To Succee.l Edmunds. Hon. Bed field I’rocfor, now Secretary of War In President Harrison's Cabinet, has been appointed Senator to succeed George F. Edmunds by Governor Page, of Vermont. Owon’s Murderer Captured. At Mansfield, Mo., Sheriff Kllndine captured James Wright, and will take him to Sneedsville, Teun., where he is wanted for murder. Suicide of a Morphine Vic'im. At Salt Lake City. P. T., a carpenter named Wl.l SI errill shot himself through the heart. The effects of the morphine habit led to the suicide. Only Six V«>n hs. An Italian laborer wHb was detected robbing the body of one of the victims of the disaster in New York was sentenced to six months in prison. Apparent’? Destitute. He I ett 817,000. Near St. Louis, Edward Baker died, apparently in destitute circumstances. His relatives in clearing up the house discovered an old trunk containing $17,000. The deceased left a widow and three children, none of whom suspected his having the money. Fell from a Window in Bis Factory. At Yonkers, N. Y., John Howland, a wealthy hat manufacturer, aged fil years, feU from a window of his hat factory, and striking on the stores one hundred feet below, »as killed.

THAT CAUTIOUS FEELINCI 'Pervades Business, Notwithstanding the Exceedingly I'right Prospects. R. G. Dun & Co.’s weekly review of trade says: Daring the past week attention has been absorbed by great excitement in grain. Therw is little room to doubt that the foreign demand will be greater than ever if prices here are not so advanced as to check IL The general business of the country does well, with gradual Improvement in nearly all branches, based on actual Increase of demand from farming States. The general feeling is cautious and conservative. Though the prospect of large trade is bright, In scarcely any branch is there seen a disposition to venture upon large speculative purchases.. Yet the volume of business is probably as large as ever before at midsummer. The business failures during the last seven days number: United States 199, Canada 17, as compared with a total of 227 the week previous. For the corresponding week last year 172 in the United States and 20 in Canada. PLOT TO GAIN 820,000. The Plan Whs to Accuse Employes of Siegel, Cooper & Co. of Arson. Thomas Higgins, William Dalton, George Washington and John Anderson are under larrest, charged with conspiracy and attempted blackmail. Ever since Siegel, Cooper & Co.'s store, State and Adams streets, burned the proprietors have had suspicions that the fire was of Incendiary o'-igln. August Binswanger, attorney for the firm, began a thorough investigation, and caused the arrests. Their plan was a simple one. They agreed to go to tho Insurance companies and propose that on payment of $20,000 they would disclose the parties who had set the buildings on fire, and then confirm each other's story. PALLIUM FOR KATZEIL The Catholic Archbishop Reclves High Honors from His Eminence the Pope. With all tho pomp and grandeur of an ancient and historical eccloslastlclsm, which has its embodiment In the Jioman Catholic Church of the present, his Eminence Cardinal Gibbons Invested with tho pallium the newly elected Archbishop of Milwaukee, the Most. Rev. Frederick Xavier Katzer, D. D., at the Cathedral of St John, Milwaukee. The presence of a prince of ,the church, together with archbishops, ■bishops, arch abbots, abbots, monsignors, and hundreds of priests gave an opportunity for an elaboration of ritual which is seldom attempted In the West DID HE TAKE HIS LIFE? Clark Woodman of Omaha, Neb., Found Dead in a Hoom. The body of Clark Woodman, one of the wealthiest citizens of Omaha, Neb., and an Influential director in the Linseed Oil trust, was found in his room at the Grand Pacific Hotel Chicago. The supposition of every one at all interested personally Is that it was a case of suicide. The cause for such an act is a peculiar mystery, and all the circumstances do not by any means confirm the theory of suicide, which Is, however, strengthened by a few strange and unexplained facts. TOOK THE LAW IN THEIR HANDS An Indiana Murderer Takeu from Jail, Hanged and Filled with Bullets. O(|y Marshal Bruce, of gbelbyvllle, Ind., while endeavoring to stop a quarrel between Charles Hawkins and another man, was shot by Hnwklna A mob of 500 collected at the jail where Hawkins was confined. After gaining an entrance six men came rushing out pulling their victim by the neck. He exclaimed: “Give me time to pray.” They took him to a tree, hanged him up, slfot him full of bullets, and in five minutes she mob had dispersed. THEIR TICKET. Pennsylvania Republicans Have Started the Ball Rolling. State AuditorD. McM. Grego State TreasurerJ. W. Morrison The Pennsylvania Republican State Convention met at Harrisburg, and on the first ballot chose the gentlemen name 1 above as candidates for tho respective offices. The Convention took a lively Interest in the surface indications, but committed itself to no candidate for the Presidency. The platform adopted favors tho free coinage- of silver.

BROKE TWO OCEAN RECORDS. The Teutonic Made the Fastest Time from Llrerp. ol to New York. Tho White Star Line steamer Teutonic beat the record for western Atlantic passages. Her time from tho bar at Queenstown to the Sandy Hook bar was five days sixteen hoars and thirty-one minutes. This Is one hour and thirty-seven minutes faster than the time of her sister ship the Majestic. One day the Teutonic steamed 517 miles, which also beats the record of speed for a day.

OHIO’S JE'SE JAMES Is S .foly L-.dged Behind the Prison Bars at Ottawa. James Roberts, arrested at New Washington for the Columbus Grove, Ohio, robbery and murder, was fully identified by Cashier Maple and John Crawford, the hardware dealer who sold him two revolvers. He was taken to the Ottawa jail. He went from the scene of the robbery to New Washington, where he had been the guest of his uncle, Mr. Carson, postmaster of the village. CROPS ARE INJURED. The Recent Heavy Frost Does Great Damage Throughout the Badger Sta e. Frost did considerable damage to crops in Wisconsin. A dispatch received from Necedah states 75 per cent, of the cranberry crop is ruined. The temperature In the canberry belt fell to ten degrees below freezing. From the tobacco sections dispatches say that another frost of this kind will ruin 10,000,000 pounds of tobacco, which Is now being put in sheds. Corn and potatoes suffered severely in some sections. CREMATED IN A CABIN. The Charred Remains ot Benjamin R. Musgrave Found Near Terre Haute, Ind. Terre Haute, Ind., has a ghastly sensation in the charred remains of a human being found in the ruins of a fire eight miles north of the city. It is reasonably certain that the bones are those ot B. R. Musgrave, a real estate dealer of the city up till two years ago, since which time he has been a fugitive from justice. Forced H r to Take Polson. Howard D. Earle, of Buffalo, N. Y., gave his wife a dose of laudanum, and when she threw it off be held a hammer over he; head, forced her to take another dose, ant' left her to die. A woman in the house later discovered Mrs. Earle’s condition and crflled two doctors who resuscitated her. , v Alleged Incendiary Caught. At Indianapolis, Ind., there have been within the last thirty days about seventy* 'five small fires of barns, little dwellinghouses. etq. A man named John Taylor was arrested. He is a house-repairer and small carpenter. His scheme was to burn property and then get the job of repairing, it was his prompt appearance just after

the fires and soliciting for the repairing jobs that led to his ai .est. Skipped with the Cash Box. At Sioux City, lowa, two thousand people gathered at Evans’ Park and paid 25 cents each to see a wild West show that had been extensively advertised. When the crowd was gathered the show people quietly left the ground with the admission fees, and it developed that there was no show of the kind in existence. Some well-known Sioux City people were arrested for complicity la the swindle. Murdered Thirteen Children. Marciano Medina, his wife, and his daughter, living on a ranch at Lomoi di Zomora, in the United States of Colombia, have been arrested, tho first charged with murder and the other two with being accessories in the killing of ten children born to Medina and his wife and three born to his daughter. Medina has confessed, and he shows little feeling now that he has been discovered. Costly B'aze in Texas. At Dallas, Tex., Ardlnger & Rose’s clothing store, F. M. Smith & Co.’s boot and shoo house, and Wardan’s gun store were destroyed by fire. W. F. Shook, a druggist, und W. A. Watkins, piano dealer, were also burned out, as were several doctors and lawyers having on the upper floors of the burned buildings. The loss will aggregate $400,000, with insurance of perhaps a quarter of that sum. Mutiny on a Steamer. The firemen and coal-pass. ts on the Netherlands Line ship Obdam, on her last western passage, rebelled. They put out the fires and stopped the boat when two days out from New York. Captain Bakker promptly shot and killed the ringleader, ending the uprising. Three hundred passengers were on the craft The dissatisfied men were all foreigners, anarchists and socialists. Girls Helping; the Strikers. At Lafayette, Ind., the Lake Erie and Western officials were determined to stnrt their freight trains, but were unsuccessful. Between twenty-five and thirty men arrived from Chicago to man the trains, but the strikers soon had all but two of them won over. The dining-room girls at the St. Nicholas Hotel refused to wait on the men who came to take the strikers’ places. Was the Boy Poisoned? West Brownstown, Ind., Is excited over the sudden death of little George Hughes, two weeks ago. He was an Important witness In a criminal prosecution, and not feeling well a doctor was called, who gave him some medicine. He died. Ono of the parties interested In the suit gave him the medicine. His body will be exhumed and his stomach analyzed. Has a G ><><l Thing; and Known It. The city of Grand Rapids, Mich., bought a seventeen-acre tract without realizing that a half acre In the center of it is owned by a notorious prize-fighter now In Waco, Tex. His piece is worth about S3OO, but he now refuses to sell to the city or any one else for less than $6,000, and if they don’t want to pay it he writes that he will come home and start a beer-garden. Carried Oil by a Buloon. A most remarkable balloon ascension was made at a summer resort fifteen miles below Wilmington, N. C. Charlie Williams, a negro helper to tho aeronaut, was carried to a height of 5,000 feet. It was supposed that Williams had been killed, but just before reaching the ground he disentangled himself, jumped away and escaped unhurt. Bis Body Found in a Creok. The body of Nicolaus Erric was found in Flint Creok, Missoula County, Mont. Ou his person was found a bank-book from Milwaukee, showing a balance of $l,lOO to his credit. He had a second-class ticket from St. Paul to San Francisco and $123 in his pocket. He had doubtless fallen from a train and rolled into the creek. Fruit-Growing; in Oregon. The country around Albany, Ore., in the Willamette Valley, has long been noted especially for its fine climate and “big red apples,” but now acres upon acres are being planted In pears, prunes, cherries and other fruits suitable for canning purposes. More Canneries are needed there to take care of the surplus fruits. Cattle Die on a Tramp Steamer. Tho cable brought news of very heavy mortality among the cattle on the steamer Loch Lomond, which arrived at Dundee from Montreal. The steamship met with a heavy gale and no fewer than 121 of the cattle perished on the voyage. The Loch Lomond Is a tramp steamer and has never carried cattle before.

His Arm Torn off. The door of a car in a freight train swung open as the train neared the Marion station in Jersey City at 9:20 at night as it passed a passenger train. Joseph Kelner, of New Yoi*k, sat with his arm out bf the window of the passenger train. The swinging freight car door caught his arm and tore it from its socket. Relations a Little Strained. The German Minister of Finance has sent a communication to the Emperor asking that the duties on corn be suspended for three months. He ignores Chancellor Von Caprivi by this action, and it is thought that one of the Ministers will be obliged to leave the Cabinet. Canada’s Wheat Crop. Canada will export more wheat this year than ever before. The yield in Ontario will be 30,500,009 bushels, or nearly 10,000,000 more than last year, Manitoba and the Northwest will yield, it is estimated, 30,000,000 and other provinces 2,500,000 bushels, in all about 63,000,000 bushels. < rushed His Skull. Ada, Ohio, Is in a ferment of excitement over a brutal murder. George Stokesbury. a fellow named Stewart, and John Frouth became engaged in an altercation. Stokesbury was knocked down. Fouth struck him with a big stone, crushing in Ills skull. He expired in about half an hour. Sever, Storm in Missouri. Dispatches from several points in Missouri indicate that the storm which did so much damage at Atchison, Kan., and Kansas City, Mo., played havoc with the grain in stacks and standing corn, as well as doing immense damage to houses, barns, and outhouses. Desperuti Fight in a Church. A desperate affray at the Methodist Jhurch at Pineville, Wyoming County, W. Va., resulted in the wounding of Sheriff Lambert and the capture of two desperadoes. “Grandpap” Rules and his grandsbn Joe, both under the intludnce of liquor, caused the trouble. Both were jailed. Every Vessel Destroyed. The United States Consul at Martinique, in the West Indies, cables that a hurricane destroyed every vessel in the harbor. A Woman for Judge in Nebraska. The executive committee of the Nebraska Prohibition State Central Committee placed

on their ticket the name of Mrs. Ida M. Blttenbender, of Lincoln,' as candidate for Judge of the Supreme Court, K. W. Richardson, the nominee, being found ineligible. Pinkerton Men Placed on Guard. Pinkerton detectives have been taken to Pottsville, Pa., by the Pottsville Iron and Steel Company to assist their own special police In guarding the property at the company’s fishback mill and protecting the non-union men at work. Elberon Hotel and Cottage Sold. The trustees’ sale by Charles S. Brown of the property at Elberon, N. J., known as the Elberon Hotel and the Garfield Cottage, where President Garfield died, took place, and was bld in by the trustees for the sum of $62,000. Fatal Fall of a 'J rain Conductor. As a freight train on the Monon was going down the steep grade at Smithville, Ind., a wheel broke and Walter Ferguson, the conductor, was thrown to the ground; the blood vessels in his neck and his windpipe both burst, and he died. No Beer tor Indians. Secretary Noble has instructed the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to direct Agent Bennett of the Union Indian Agency in the Indian Territory to seize all packages of beer that may be shipped into the . Indian Territory. Two In ane Women Commit Suicide. A double suicide occurred in the Erie County (N. Y.) Jail. Two insane women, Anna Gorosowskl and Catherine Schmidt, hanged themselves with pieces of bedclothing within twenty minutes of each other. Two Firemen Killed by the Cars. A carriage containing H. G. Mulligan, of Greenbush, and J. F. Hickey, of Troy, delegates io the Firemen's Convention at Herkimer, N. Y., with John Lawton, of that village, as driver, was struck by the N. Y. C. express and all were killed, Stabbed His Assailant. Near La Porte, Ind., Washington Keithline assaulted a man named Lewis, whom he knocked’down, and while kicking him in a brutal manner the latter drew a knife and stabbjd Kplthline in the . left side near the heart. Lewis fled. W; ecked by Storms. A violent wind and hail storm passed over country contiguous to Atchison, Kansas, Kansas City. Mo., and Bloomington, Ind., unroofing buildings and doing immense damage. Cairo's Quaint Streets. The World’s Fair directors awarded George Pangelo, a merchant at Cairo, Egypt, the privilege of reproducing a street of his native city at the Columbian Fair. Took His 1 in for Five Cents. Near Jackson, Tenn., James Hardin stabbed and instantly killed J. Edwards, his nephew. Hardin accused Edwards of having spent five cents which had been intrusted to him. Four Men Killed in a Mine. William Janz, G. A. McNeil, Robert Blackburn and Alexander Barron w-ere killed at the Black Bear mine in Ooeur d’Alene County, Idaho, by falling earth. One of the Boodlers Feslgns. At Ottawa, Ont., it is understood Mr. A. Senecal, Superintendent of the Government Printing Bureau, has resigned and that his resignation has b?en accepted.

Dropped Dead While Changing Car*. At Mitchell, Ind., an old lady, aged about 70 years, while changing cars suddenly dropped dead. Her name was McQueen and she was from Renaud, 111. Every 110 ie Broken. A boiler in Spencer’s sawmill at Wallaceburg, Ont., exploded. Fireman Clark Brunson was 1 urled nearly 100 feet, and nearly every bone in his body broken. Gohl Found in Abundance. Carson. Nev., William Zirn, at Pine Nut, Nev., was offered SI,OOO for permission to work his new mine twenty-four hours. In four hour Zirn took out 81,503. Murdered Man Identified. The young man found murdered In a spring south of Indianapolis four weeks ago proves to have been named Gilbert. He was from St. Louis. Killed His Sister. At Chicago a drunken brawl at a christening party resulted in the murder of Mrs. Amelia Darwald by her brother, Albert Kinkl, a laborer. Crowned While Fishing. George Fussell, an old resident of Cumberland, Wls., and his grandson were both drowned while fishing In Beaver Dam Lake. An Old Resident Killed. William Orr, aged 80. the oldest man in White County, Ind., was killed at Monon by a train. Two Men Cremated. At Boston, Mass., two men, asleep in the loft of a stable, were burned to death, as were also two horses.

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VERMONT’S GALA DAY.

THE BATTLE OF BENNINGTON COMMEMORATED. Many Not.ble People Grace the Occasion , —The Event Fittingly Culminates Tears ot Preparation—Description of the Monument—How It Was Secured. Historic Bennington. The ceremony of dedicating the monument erected to commemorate the battle of Bennington crowded that little Vermont town to overflowing. The presence of the President of the United States and members of his Cabinet, as well as the Governors of three States, gave the event more than local interest It brought people from all parts of the United States, but particularly from the New England States, to witness and take part in the ceremony. Probably in the whole history of Bennington no such distinguished gathering will be held again. At the encampment grounds around the Soldiers’ Home, where the interest of the event centered during the early part of the day, the soldier boys were aroused by the reveille call early in the morning. The crowd was up with the soldiers, for with the first break of dawn the streets began to assume a lively appearance and the roads leading into town commenced to empty their stream of wagons and carriages into the camp grounds. Every private as well as every public house in Bennington was crowded and many slept on the lawns, while hundreds were glad to find sleeping quarters in tents which afforded little protection to the chill night air. When the first of the special

trains arrived the gayly decorated streets were well fil ed. Among those prominent in national affairs were the President and his cabinet, ex-Gov. Prescott, of New Hampshire; Gov. Page, of Vermont; Gen. Veazey, of the G. A. R.; Edward J. Phelps, and others. The celebration was the culmination of a series of events covering a century. The anniversary of the battle of Bennington is to the people of Southern Vermont what the Fourth of July Is to the nation. Fcr nearly fifty years there has been more or less preparation for the building of a suitable monument The first organized effort was made in 1853. The Vermont Legislature In that year appropriated 83,000, with the condition that the corner-stone of the proposed memorial be laid on tfie 16th of August following, and that the sum of 87,00) be raised by private subscription. While these conditions were not fulfilled and the appropriation lapsed, the agitation continued. In 187576 the Bennington Historical Society, and subsequently the Bennington Battle Monument Association, were organized, the latter chartered by the Sta e of Vermont, | with au appropriat on of 815,000, conditioned on the raising of 85,000 more The celebration of 1877 followed. These events, and the subsequent action of the States of' New Hampshire and Massachusetts and the national government, have conspired to cause the erection of the noble shaft on the site of the continental storehouse, the object point of Colonel Baum’s expedition in 1777. The cost of the monument and site has been tn round numbers 8100,000. Massachusetts contributed 810,000, New Hampshire 87,500, the national government 840,000, and Vermont the 81',000 aforesaid and a supplemental anpropriation for the site. The balance has been raised by private subscriptions. ( The monument stands on a commanding site 283 feet above the Walloomsac River. This river Cows through the village of Bennington. The foundation of the monument is the solid rock of the mountain, on top of which was the Bennington of the revolution. The structure is an obelisk, built of native stone, and faced with Sandy Hill dolomite. The height from the base to the top of the capstone is 301 feet 10X inches. The monument at the base is 37 feet 4 Inches by 37 feet 4 inches, running to a point at the top. The walls are thick at the base, but decrease gradually to a thickness of two feet at the apex. The outside stone is Inlaid wit*- “stretchers and headers.” The inside walls rise to a height of 26.0 feet, after which the t tones extend through the wall. Inside the walls are left in the rough rock; outside the stone is rough finished, and at the right ngle corners with the abaft and also at the windows and other openings the stone is finished in quarlines of arris. This gives the structure a finished and artistic appearance The look out room is 188 feet above the foundation, and is reached by an Iron staircase. This room is marked on the outside by two entablatures enr circling the monument. From this lookout the battlefield is plain y visible seven miles away. The first room in the monument contains four tib’etc, three of | them inscribed respectively to the States of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont Th) fourth is blank. The outlook room conta’ns four hi. torlc gran-J ite tablets, placed there by the Vermont Historical Society, the Masonic frater-i nity, which laid the corner-stone in 1877, the Order of Odd FeEos s, and the Grand Army of the Republic.

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Those who are not pretint always need and lack a defender. The fiercest eagle in the sky imagines It is an innocent dove. People dislike to hear nonsense, but they hear a great deal of it | 1 Before believing the bad stories a, ’ nan tells on another, find out bls motive. The serious man is the dangerous man. Humor Is incompatible with vio- ■ iousness. A great many women imagine that they are flies, and that all the men are spiders. ' 1

THE ALMY TRAGEDY.

SENSATIONAL CRIME WORTHY OF COMMENT. New England Sentimentality Likely to Interfere with Justice —The Cr min al Deserving ol the Severest Penalty His Deed 1 hat of a Fiend—Sane, but o e > Hish. Revenge of a Coward. The staid old State of New Hampshire has added a chapter to the records of crime in this country which Lard y can be surpassed for the grim background of the murder itself and the extraordinary details which have followed its commission. The crime of which Frank C. Almy is gui.ty was marked by the most revolting cruelty and barbarity as well as by rank cowardice. Six weeks ago the wretch, angered because his sweetheart, (. hristie V arden, rejected his advances, sprang from his place of concealment on a lonely road,dragged her away from her mother and sister into the woods, and notou y shot herdown in cold blood but even mutilated 1 er a ter death. He escaped, boasting to h r terrified companions that now he had had revenge. The horror of the crime aroused ihe ent re comty. Large rewa ds, aggregating 84,00 J, were oirered, and hundreds of peop'e as well as police and detectives from various cities hunted for him t ot only all over the New Hampshire hi.ls but th oughout New Eng.and. Other parts of the country were ransacked, but to no purpose, and at last the theory was accepted that he had gone to Europe, and all hope of his capture was lo t.

It now appears, however, that .he never left the farm of the Warden family. With that fascination which sometimes seizes upon criminals to remain upon the scene of their crimes he concealed himself in the barn. From his hiding-place he saw the luneral of his victim. In dark nights he stole up to the house and watched what was going on within. He saw detectives and reporters within a few feet of him and heard them discuss plans and probabilities for his capture. He even took food from the house in the night and vis ted. Christie’s grave in the cemetery near by. All these weeks it never occurred to the astute detectives to search the Warden premises, and had it not been for the accidental disc -very of some cans taken from the house, which raised a su picion in the mother’s mind that he was somewhere on the premises, he might still have been at liberty. She mentioned her suspicions to the Sheriff, and that functionary with a companion' kept a nightly vigil about the barn. At last they were rewarded by a sight of the lean and haggard murderer emerging from his hiding-place to obtain food. He was entirely unprepared for resistance, but for some mysterious reason the two armed men made no attempt to arrest him. Instead of that they raised a hue and cry and the next day the barn was besieged by no less than 1,500 people, who proceeded to bombard their victim. When he had been wounded tw o or three times and it became apparent to him that further attempt was useless he l to surrender and even dictated terms so far as personal security was concerned. When the terms were accepted he added crime to crime by shooting one of his captors. That he was not killed on the spot speaks well of the New Eng and sense of justice. The Sheriff who had been so reluctant to perform his duty promptly and energetically saved him from lynching by appealing to the crowd to let the law take its co :rse. They decided to do so and the brutal wretch was removed to jaiL If the courts are as fearless and the law is as perfect as the Sheriff boa-ted it will not be long before Almy will expiate his horrible crime on the gallows. It is not so certain, however, that this wretch will meet the fate he deserves., Already there is a certain halo of romance gathering about him His visits to his victim’s grave, his pr. servation of letters and souvenirs she bad given him, his declaration that he loved her all the, time, and that he shot her by accident and then shot her over and over' again because he could not bear to see her suffer, have had a certain effect upon the maudlin and morbid c asses of society who are ready to deciare that he was insane with love. People of this kind are making a lion of him, and there is danger that they may bring sufficiently strong pressure to bear to save him from hanging. With all its conservatism and love for justice, sentimentality is a strong e'ement in the New England composition, as has been shown even in the Jesse Pomeroy case and in many another equally brutal and revolting. The prosecuting officials, therefore, will have a hard task before them, though every circumstance of the murder can be easily established. Should any contingency, however, save this monster from the gallows it will ba a public calamity. The practice of girl killing has beeoma alarmingly common, and it is time that the courts should adopt heroic measures to suppress it There is no better ■ ase to begin with than that of Almy. If all reports are true this is not the first girl he has killed. There is no romance about his crime. There was no love in his feelings toward Christie Warden. His act was dictated by levenge, either because Christie Warden had wounded his pride by her rejection of h s suit or because of lower and more revolting motives. In either case he richly deserves death, and has barred himself from the sympathy of any right-minded person. Crimes like his are becoming alarmingly frequent, and it is time that th; law should step In and protect helpless women from being slaughtered merely because they exercise the right of re.ecting the advances of men who may have conceived a sudden and revolting passion for them

A illion for the Farmers.

Reports indicate that the government experiments in Texas for producing rain by the discharge of explosives were successful. Fur.her tria s are to be made ar.d the question as to whether rain can be artificially produced will<be definitely settled. A decision in the affirmative will mean millions of dollars yearly in the pockets of American farmers.— New York Press.

A Vigorous C institution.

The Emperor of Germany, for a man who is suffering from cancer, hydrophobia, a broken knee-cap, Bright's disease, the opium habit, and delirium tremems, seems to be doing very well. He must have a most vigorous constitution.—Boston Traveller.

A Great Success.

The number of people who know just how the World’s Fair ought to be managed is steadily increasing If they will all visit it when It is oneiiea, the Fair is certain to be a magnifi ent succe.-s in point of attendance.— Boston Traveller.