Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 December 1891 — ROBBERS’ RICH BOOTY. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

ROBBERS’ RICH BOOTY.

DARING RAID ON A CHICAGO MAIL WAGON. De»(lly Assault Upon an Illinois Judge— Enorftioug Purchases of Indian Lands Congressman Mills Seriously 11lBatlier Drastic Measures in North Carolina. Congressional. In the Senate, on the 15th. the Vice President announced the appointment of Mr. Morrill, Regent of the Smithsonian Institution, to fill a vacancy. After tho Introduction of several bills, Mr. Morrill introduced a joint resolution, which was passed, to till vacancies in the board of regents of the Smithsonian Institution in the class other than members of Congress. It appoints William Preston Johnston, of Louisiana, in place of Noah Porter, of Connecticut, resigned, and renews the terms, to expire on Dec. 26 »ext. of Henry Coppee. of Pennsylvania, wnd M. C. Meigs, of Washington, D. C. Mr. Quay offered a resolution (which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations) instructing that committee to inquire whether the acquisition of those portions of the Mexican states of Sonora, Chihuahua, and Coahuila, that lie north of the 20th parallel, is practicable and for tho interest of the United States. MIL MILLS VEJRY ILL. The Texas Congressman Threatened with an Attack of Pneumonia. Roger Q. Mills has the grip, lie is confined to his bed in Washington and is threatened with pneumonia. Since the close of the Speakorship contest he has been ill, and has now been compelled to take to his bed. I)r. Sowors, tho President’s

physician, was called and remained with him all night. In the morning he was no better, and Dr. Ilyatt, a specialist in lung diseases, was called, and after a long and careful examination said that tho Congressman’s lungs were affected and that pneumonia might result. Tho physicians have issued positive orders that; no one be allowed to see the sick man. INDIAN LAND SALES. Twenty-five Million Acres Purled With in Three Years. Few people, says a Washington special, who have not examined tho figures in detail can appreciate the extent to which the purchase of lands from the aborigines for opening to general settlement lias been carried on within two or three years. In general terms It may bo explained that areas sufficient to make, in tho aggregate, five States like Massachusetts have, since tho spring of year before last, been pared off from their reservations by the Indians for sale to the Government. This, it should he understood, is surplus land, for which they have no use, and what they retain makes about four times as much as what they have thus parted with. A bargain is now pending for still another slice of Indian domains, equal in area to a sixth Massachusetts, with Rhode Island thrown in. The American Indian Is the great real estate dealer of the present dav. LADYBLGB FOR AFRICA. Thomas Louw Going Home After Fulfilling a Novel Mission. Thomas Louw, a prominent legislator and horticulturist of Capo Colony, Africa, who was sent to this country by his Government to procure ladybug enemies of the cottony cushion scale and look into the agricultural and horticultural interests of California, has left for homo, lie obtained a supply of the ladybugs to take hack with him. and he also made arrangements to have a number of orange trees consisting of several varieties, which do not exist in Africa, transported to that country in a miniature hothouse.

HELD UP UNCLE SARI. Flvo Robbers Ritlo a Hail Wagon in til© City of Chicago. Five men robbed a United States mail wagon while it was on its way to tho Chicago main office with registered letters and other valuables. The extent of tho r_»bbery is not definitely known, but it will probably reach many thousands of dollars. The rifled pouches were found two hours later. It was one of tho most daring pieces ot work ever committed in the city. Will Cruise on the Lakes. Owing to the numerous complaints of illegal fishing and the use of the destructive gUI nets by American fishermen, the Canadian Government has decided to maintain a cruiser on the great lakes, and a new boat intended to he used for that purpose has been launched at Owen Sound, Georgian Bay. She Is of steel throughout, of light draft and wide beam, so a 3 to navigate the shallow waters of the lakes where fishing is carried on. Tried to Kill a Judge. At Mattoon, Ilk, a desperate attempt was made by a crazy Inventor named Frank W. Hornish to assassinate Judge Horace S. Clark, commander of the Grand Army of Illinois, an avowed aspirant for the Republican gubernatorial nomination, and one of the most prominent men of his section of the State. The Judge received a number of severe wounds, but fortunately they are not likely to prove fatal. ' All on Account of a Kiss. Bev. J. T. Abernathy, the Snow mil, N. C., minister who was shot by W. T. Grimsley for kissing Mr.-. Grimsley, met the inJured husband on the street, and both opened fire with revolvers, four shots taking effect about Abernathy's face and one la Grimsley’s thigh. Both men were seriously wounded. Florence's Last Will. The will of Actor William J. Florence, executed May 5, 1876, was filed for probate, It leaves his entire estate to his widow, Anna Teresa Florence, whom he also makes his sole executrix. Kot a Drink for the Alligators. Lake Lamonie. Georgia, was a body of Water covering 40,000 acres, and was fourteen miles long and three wide. It has now gone completely dry, with the exception of a sink hole twenty feet across in the center, leaving vast quantities of turtles, alligators and fish floundering In the mud. Another Revolt In Brazil. A Rio Janeiro dispatch says: “It Is reported from Campus that there was a revolt against the Peixotto government. Ten were killed and forty wounded In a conflict with the government troops. The reports are conflicting as to which party Is now in con-

BIG FIRE IN LOUISVILLE. Four Business Houses Burned Out. Entailing a Loss of #300,000. Louisville, Ky., has been visited by a series of fatal fires by which at least eleven lives were lost and probably half a million dollars’ worth of property destroyed. The first fire was discovered in the store of the Boone Paper Company on Main street. Before it was subdued the entire place was gutted and the stock destroyed, entailing a loss of $65,000. Five firemen are believed to have lost their lives either in the flames or by being buried under the falling walls. They are missing and it seems impossible that they could have escaped. The city had not recovered from the effect of this last horror when another conflagration, more awful in its destruction of human life,added fresh fuel to tho popular grief. The latest fire, by which five young girls and one man burned to death, was in the four-siory candy and fireworks factory of Meurie & Co., at 517 West Main street Tho firm was gotting ready for the Christmas trade and employed an extra number of girls to wrap and pack confections. They were all at work on the fourth floor. The origin of the fire is unknown. There was a tremendous explosion from tho second floor, followed by a crash of glass, and thousands of fire-, crnckers roared and cracked, while almost countless sky rockets and roman candle flew hither and thither across the street and into the air. A moment later and a sheet of flame burst from the windows. Before the employes knew of their danger the skylights burst and the panic-stricken help ran to the stairway. Three of them, Lillie Greenwell. Trecy Ilohlhuus and Katie McGarvey, reached tho third floor just as the stairs leading to tho fourth floor caught fire. Behind them came tho five other girls, but before they could reach the bottom a wall of fire cut off their progress and they fled back t,o the top, where they were burned to death. Fifteen or twenty brave men rushed into the building at one tlruo to rescue them, but were driven back by the flerco heat. Tho -crlos of tho imprisoned girls soon ceased and tho floors fell, one after another, until finally nothing was left of the building but tho tottering walls. In the rear were assembled the mothers and fathers of some of tho girls who were burned to death inside, and their manifestations of grief were pitiable in tho extreme. They Implored tho firemen to save their children, and they had great trouble in keeping some of the more frenzied ones from walking into the (lames.

CHILI ON HER DIGNITY. Her Minister of Foreign A flairs Indulges In a Little Rlietorle. Tho circular letter prepared by Minister of Foreign Affairs Matta for distribution among the Chilian legations in Europe and America makos strong denials of President Harrison's statements in his message, and sharply arraigns Minister Egan’s conduct in tho negotiations over tho Baltimore affray. The docuinont is anything but ctnclllatory. Among South American firms in London there is a pronounced impression that war is impending between the United States and Chill. That opinion is not based so much on tho tono of President Harrison’s message as upon advices from Valparaiso that leave no doubt us to the temper of the Chilians. A dispatch received by ono of tho leading London houses cautiously warned the firm to look out for trouble within a few weeks, and to keep its business transactions within consorvutivo linos. It seems to bo in tho air among the South American colony in London that Chili's greatest struggle since her war of independence Is not at a great dlstunce. und this sort of barometer has never failed heretofore in South American matters. RESCUED BY HEROES. Thrilling Story of Shipwreck During the British Storm. The list of disasters to shipping by the recent storms which swept over tho British Islos continues to receive additions. Ono of tho most exciting stories of shipwreck and heroism comes from the North Sea. During tho recent gnlo the British slop Enterkin was driven ashoro on tlie Galloper sands and will most likely become a to,tal loss, while, so far as known, ull her crow, thirty-one hands, with the exception of one apprentice,have been drowned. Tho Enterkin was sighted by tho fishing smack Britons’ Pride, belonging to Ramsgate. Tho Britons’ Pride, in the face of tho terrible gale blowing, and though she was frequently swept from stem to stern, plunging repeatedly through heavy green seas which threatened to engulf her, for hours made most gallant oforts to reaeli tho doomed Enterkin in tho hope of being able to save some of her crew. A few of the latter could at first bo seen cjinging to tho damaged masts and yards of tho ill-fated vessel, hut one by one they were swept from their places of refuge und disappeared. YELLOW JACK ON BOARD. Steamer Advance from Brazil Loses Two of Her Sailors. The steamer Advance, which arrivod at New York from South American ports, and is now detained at quarantine, had as a passenger Captain Alexander Rogers, Untied States army, World's Fair Commissioner (o Brazil, and also had on board tho germs of yellow fever, two deaths having occurred among her orew during the voyage. The Advanco left Santos Nov. 10 with merchandise und twenty passengers. On Nov. 17 William B. Thomas, ship carpenter, died of yellow fever, and was buried at sea. On the 29tli O. H. Nelson, the quartermaster, died of tho same disease, and was also buried at sea.

FATAL SUPERSTITION. A Sick Girl Falls to Recover Because of tho “Thirteen” Superstition. A young woman named Barbara Mallhouser, who died in Now Haven, Conn., a few days ago, was a victim of tho thirteen superstition. A short time before her illness she attended an evening party at which thirteen people were present. Afterward, when she became ill with typhoid fever, though not seriously ill, she recalled the party of thirteen, told her mother and the physician of it, said that she was the first to notice the fatal number, and that, therefore, she was the one of the thirteen to die. Thereafter the physician's remedies did not avail, and the young woman, giving up all effort to live, soon died. SEA COVERED WITH COTTON. The Steamship Proptlug Passes Through Hundred of Bales. Tho British steamship Proptius, reported at Newport News on her way to Liverpool from Galveston, had an unusual experience on her voyage to that port. The vessel passed through a large number of bales of cotton floating in the water. As many as three or four hundred could be seen at one time, and throughout the day the sea in the Immediate neighborhood of the ship was virtually covered by them. The bales were clean ana did not appear to be at all damaged by fire or In any other way. They had apparently been In the water only a short time. During the remaining two days of the voyage Single bales of cotton were frequently passed. BIG BOVS KISS THE TEACHER. But a School Visitor Tkkes the Job of Spanking Them All Around. Miss Margaret Belger, school visitor in Morris Cove, a suburbof New Haven, Conn., has caused a sensation. The school boys there are an unruly set A short time ago a young lady teacher resigned her position because all the big boys kissed her. Miss Belger had a grievance against these boys and brought matters to a iCrlsis. Just as the teacher had finished reading the regular chapter of

the Bible in bounced Miss Belger. She rushed across the room, seized the largest boy, and, after spanking him, proceeded down the line until every toy in school had been cuffed, choked and spanked. The little girls screamed with fright and the teacher fainted. The visitor delivered a lesson on deportment over tho prostrate body of the teacher, who had not revived from her swoon, and left the room. ___________ ENGLISH FARMERS’ ALLIANCE. Important Conference Called by the Liberals in Session at London. One of the most important conferences In tho history of the Liberal party of England opened In London the other morning. Officially, it Is termed the “National Liberal Federation Conference;” in fact, it is a conference under the auspices of the Liberal party of tho farmers, yillugo artisans, agricultural laborers, and others directly or Indirectly connected with rural life, a sort of English farmers’ alliance, having for Its object the outlining of legislation calculated to bring about reforms in rural matters and an improvement in the condition of the out-of-town communities. SEVERE GALE IN ENGLAND. Vessels Wrecked on the Coast and Houses Unroofed In the Towns. Another severe gale lias swept over the British Isles, causing an immense amount of damage almost everywhere. Houses were unroofed, chimneys blown down and a number of wrecks are strewn along the coast. Happily, there has been no loss of life reported, but there is much additional suffering among those who have already lost by tho half-dozen serious storms which have marked the past year as being an unprecedented ono in the weather history of that side of tho Atlantic. LYNCHED BY A MOB. Two Leadors of the Varno Riot Taken from Jail and Shot. Tho Ware County. Ga.. jail was broken into by a mob'of fifty masked men, who went to the cell containing Welcome Golden and Robert Knight, leaders of tho Varno riot, and shot thorn dead. Tho sheriff attempted, with tho aid of his assistants, to drive the mob off. but fallod. lie then sent word summoning the military company, but by tiie timo It arrived tho ruub had completed its work and departed.

Lower Tariff in Germany. Official correspondence has been made public setting fortti tho details of the reciprocity arrangement entered into between the United States and Germany whereby the sugar of the latter secures freo admission Into tho United States, and sundry American products named in an accompanying schedule obtain admission Into Germany at rates agreed upon. This tablo shows a reduction in the German tariff duties on wheat of 30 per cent.; rye, 30 per cent.; outs, 37% per cent.; corn, 20 per cent.; butter, 15 per cent.; salted and pickled pork and beef, 15 per cent.; wheat, ■flour, and eorurncal, 30 por cent. Tied to a Tree by Masked Men. Newton County, Ark., is at present tho scene of much excitement. W. K. Nixon, while wandering in the woods, discovered four masked men carrying a corpse. Nixon was halted and taken into custody, blindfolded and tied to a tree. The men then left him. Nixon was discovered four hours later and released. The shoriff has summoned every man in tho vicinity, and a diligent search is being made for thocori so and suspected murderers. Increase In Southern Mileage. During the ten years ended in 1880 in the States of Virginia, West Virginia (exclusive of tho portion north of Parkersburg). North Carolina, and South Carolina the inereaso In railway mileage was3,ooo miles, und tho lncreuso in passenger transportation was about 7,000,000, and in freight transportation about 7.000,000 tons. The total earnings were increased by about $17,000,000. The total expenditures, however, were increased by about $19,000,000. Deceived the Brethren. The congregation of the Central Church of Christ, Thirty-seventh street and Indiana avenue, Chicago, Is stirred to its depths. It Is not from dissensions nor differences of creed, but by tiie fact that the members of tho church havo boon entertaining a wolf in sheep’s clothing—an oxconvict almost fresh from Joliet, an experienced burglar in tho full practice of his “profession. ” Ato a Dog and Lived. But one small dog has been eaten by Samuel Burnett, a consumptive, who xvas at death’s door, and now he is getting fat and healthy. Young Burnett 18 but twenty years old, and is the son of James Burnett, ;l blacksmith of Anderson, Ind. Flayed Foot Bali and Died. At Lawrence, Kan., liarry Hall, of tho senior class In the Kansas Stato University, died suddonly. He took part in a foot hall match between tho seniors and juniors, but no ill effects were noticed until evening. Major McKinley Improving. At Canton. Ohio, Major McKinley is improving aud he Is able to sit up in his room, although all visitors aro denied the privilege of calling. Ills physician has doclarod he must be quiet. Twenty Miners Killed. A terrible explosion recently took place In the Friekings-Hoffnung pit, at Ilennsdorf, in Silesia, killing twenty miners and severely Mounding a number of others. Two Cattle-Thieves Kllle *. Hank Lovett and his partner, two cattlethioves, were shot to death near Custer, South Dakota.

ROGER Q. MILLS.