Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 December 1891 — BURNED IN MID-OCEAN. [ARTICLE]

BURNED IN MID-OCEAN.

THE PERU- OF THE CUION LINEF ABYSSINIA. gtnnge Compact of Self-Murder Among Some Michigan Young People—South Carolina’s legislature Shelves the Fair •Appropriation—Nine Seamen Drowned. May Live to Be Hanged. Mrs. Charity Fox, who was shot at Omaha I>y her husband Nicholas, will not live. Fox, with his throat cut, is lying at the police station and will recover. Fox and his wife quarreled and he shot her and then heat her over the head with his revolver. Fox has frequently abused his wife, and at one time, when they were living in Herbert, Ind„ he attempted to beat her brains out with a coupling pin. Again at Valparaiso, Ind., he nearly choked her to death, and when (arrested she refused to appear against him. AI.L ON BOAlil) SAVED. The Guion Steamship Abyssinia Burned in Mldocean. The Gulou steamship Abyssinia, which sailed from New York to Liverpool, was burned, at sea. All hands wore saved. The news was signaled by the North German Lloyd steamer Spree, which passed Scilly Islands on her way to Bremen, AH the passengers and crew were saved. The Abyssinia, besides having on board IG.OOO bushels of wheat, carried a valuable cargo of miscellaneous goods, among which was a large quantity of cotton and hops. The burned vessel was an Iron, bark-rigged, screw steamer of 2,300 tons net and 3,651 tons gross. She was built at Govan, Scotland, in 1870. She was 363 foet long by 42 feet 7 inches beam and 34 feet depth of hold, and had compound engines of 500 horse-power. She was valued at $250,000. No SucTi Thing as Cheating There. Henry Lucas is a farmer at Hickory Withe, Tenn. He gave a big husking bee at his home the other night. All the lads and lassies for miles around were present. Miss Mary Smith was the belle of the evening and admired by all the young men. John Mann was very successful In finding red ears, to be rewarded by kissing Miss Smith. Abney Jones became Jealous of young Mann, and accused him of cheating. A free fight ensued between the factions. Mann was stabbed with a knife and came near bleeding to death. Others were badly Injured. _ In a League of Death. Less than a year ago three girls and one '<* more young men residing in lonia, Mich., agreed to commit suicide. Three of the covenanters have already perished by their own hands, a fourth is married and may have changed her mind, and tho others, if there were any, are unknown. So far as has been ascertained tho persons who entered the terrible compact wera Graco Cook, May Shell, Fred Butler and a girl namod Rogers. The agreement was made at a convivial gathering, probably In fun, but Is being kept as though it were a sacred obligationWrecked on tho Pacific Coast. Tho steamer West Coast, Captain Gane, has been wrecked at Point Arena and will be a total loss. Ten of the crew took to tho ship's boat, which capsized, and nlno of the tnea°were drowned. The captain, the fireman and three seamen were saved. Tho steamer, which carried a cargo of ties and was bound from San Francisco for a point above Point Arena, had just sailed from the latter placa Two hpavy seas throw her on a reef and wrecked her. The steamer was valued at $25,000 and was partly Insured. Voted Down the Appropriation. At Columbia, S. C., the bill providing for the representation of tho State at the World’s Fair was rejected by the House of Representatives. The Senate had already passed the bill. Great Indignation prevails throughout the State at the action of the bouse, and a movement is on foot to inaugurate county commissions for the purpose of raising funds by popular subscription to have the State represented. This plan has already been adopted in Charleston and several of the principal cities.

Stabbed to the Heart. Jesus Gonzales, n handsome young Mexican, was found dead on one of the principal streets of Alice, Texas. He was stabbed through the heart Near him lay his own dagger, bloody to the hilt, und a faded rose ■was pinioned above his heart A wellknown Mexican citizen named Saneiledo has been arrested, charged with the crime. He admits having killed the man, bu,t says he acted in self-defense. Charged with Arson. Incendiaries burned the barn and furm house of John Lee on Brushy island, near Little Bock, Ark., and afterward Henry hee, b rother of the owner of the property, was thrown Into jail charged with the deod. John Lee Is serving a ten-year sentence tor the murder of Henry Pough, and it it alleged a conspiracy exists to place the murderer’s brother in the penitentiary also. Battle with Insurgents. An engagement has taken place at Tortillas, Tamaullpas, between the Mexican troops and the insurgents. The Insurgents -were defeated, with three men killed and a number wounded, When the news of the affray reached Laredo, Tex., United States troops immediately left to Intercept the crossing of the Insurgents into Texas. Babies Starved to Death. The last of the four*girl babies born at one confinement to Mrs. Edgar George, of Peru, Ind., died. They were all of average size and well developed, a phenomenon which seldom occurs In a quadruple birth. They could not assimilate food, and died of starvation. Garza Offers to Compromise. A special from the Cityiof Mexico says Garza, so-called revolutionist, has proposed to the government to lay down his arras for *IO,OOO cash or a consulate in the United States. Shedding His Skin. William Baldwin, of Ansonla, Conn., was taken sick some ten days ago, and symptoms of blood poisoning developed, the result of a surgical operation. Fever followed, accompanied by an eruption of the skin. For days his life was despaired of. Now he is pronounced out of danger. The peculiar part of it is that he is shedding bis skin. Elkins Is Confirmed. The Senate in executive session confirmed the nomination of Stephen B. Elkina to be Secretary of War. Kingman’s Sad Fate. At Grand Baplds, Mich., Henry Marshall Kingman, Vice President and ex-Casbler of the First National Bank of Chicago, committed suicide by banging. Kingman retired from active duty in the bank a year eod a half ago by the advice of his physicians owing to ill-health. Rooking Chair for Baby Cleveland. Members of the St. Louis Furniture Board of Trade have forwarded to ex-President Cleveland a child’s rocking chair, Intended as a gift to Baby Butit The chair was made from Umber from the door of the eld log cabin heme of General Grach _

ELKINS GETS THE JOB. He Is Nominated for Secretary of War by the President. The President has sent to tho Senate the nomination of Stephen B. Elkins, of West Virginia, to be Secretary of War. In some quarters the nomination of Mr. Elkins Is something of a surprise, although his name has frequently been mentioned in this connection recently. Stephen Benton Elkins, the newly nominated Secretary of War, was born in Perry County, Ohio September 26, 1841. He removed to Missouri while quite young, graduated from the Missouri University in 1860, and subsequently studied law. He served in 1862-3 a 3 a Captain in the Twenty-seventh Missouri Regiment. In 1864 he was . admitted to the bar of Now Mexico. Then he accumulated a fortune In mining and stock raising. He was a member of the Territorial Legislature in 1868-0, and United States District Attorney in 1870-72. 'Ho was then elected to Congress on the Republican ticket, and served two terms, from 1873 to 1877. He was a member of the National Republican Committee from 1872 until 1884, and was once its Chairman. He took an active part in the Chicago convention of 1884. RUSHING FOR TOWN LOTS. Gulln-ie Printers and Editors Make Good Use of Early Information. When the announcement that Secretary Noble had awarded 140 acres to the Guthrie, O. T., town site was received at the office of the State Capitol, the entire force. Including the printer’s devil and bindery girls, rushed from the offico in a wild race for city lots. They were the first on the ground and secured $5,000 worth of lots. Soon hundreds were flocking to tho scene. Many waded the river of icy water and thousands gathered about camp fires sitting on the cold ground, but feeling happy (it the possession of homos. Women and girls are there by tho score, some bareheaded and without wraps, and many are hard at work making improvements. The city council met In special session and appropriated a large part of the laud for city manufacturing sites. STRANGE SCENE AT A FUNERAL. Superstitious Hebrews Excited by a Halley Horse In the Cortege. At New York funeral services over the remains of Mrs. Borchlnsk! and her little son Isaac, who were murdered in their apartments in Williamsburg, wore held in a livery stable near tneir late home. At tho conclusion of tho services a funeral procession was formed. It had proceeded hardly a block when one of the horses attached to a coach conveying several mourners became balky and could not bo made to move. The superstitious Jews gathered about the coach and cried: “The murderer is in hero: the horses will mot go.” They became so excited that the police had to charge on them and drive them away. Another horse was procured and the procession moved on. Hoboken police arrested Szemtvany Jannos, a Polish Jew, who confessed that lie murdered Mrs. Borschinsky and her child in Williamsburg. QUEER CASE OF COUNTERFEITING. Advertisements of a Stove Said to Be a Violation of the Law. Captain Thomas l’orter, of the Govemment secret service at Chicago, lias a queer case of counterfeiting on hand. A few days ago, while walking along the road, his eyo fell on an advertisement of a stove manufacturer. The maker’s trade mark, was a representation of a S2O gold piece! The picture of the coin on the bill-board wn3 fifteen inches across, but under tho law against counterfeiting It w/ts a violation. It was learned that tho company hud issued a catalogue and dodgers in which were contained representations of the S2O yellow boy. Captain Porter ordered tlie company to cease printing the catalogues and dodgers and surrender thb plates. The company refusod to surrender the alleged counterfeit plates, and counsel was engaged to make a lest case of lb

INDIANA MINERS WEAKENING. I’robablllty that tho Strikers Will Soon Be Ready to Compromise. Indications point toward a termination of the block coal miners’ strike near Terre Haute, Ind.. within the next few days. The officials of tlio Association of Mine Workers hint mysteriously at-something in the near future. Thoy no longer attompt to conceal the fact that the miners are suffering of hunger. At Brazil, tho center of tlio block coal region, many business houses have already closed and tho outlook for Christmas is a dreary one for the miners’ families. The promised assistance to the strikers from other districts conies in small driblets and the commissaries find it a hopeless task lo feed five thousand people on the few thousand dollars received from the outside. bloody Duel with knives. Joseph Harris Killed by John Aiken Near Morgantown, Tenn. One of the bloodiest duels ever recorded took place near Morgantown, Tenn. Joseph Harris had suspected that John Aiken was too intimate with his young wife, and on several occasions had told Aiken that his presence was not desired at his (Harris') house, and for him to discontinue his visits. Aiken did not heed the warning. Harris and Aiken met in the public rood, and iiot words passed. Harris drew a long-bladed knife and made a desperate lunge at Aiken. By this time Aiken had his knife out. and both men cut and slashed each other until Harris fell dead, with the knife of his antagonist still sticking where ho had plunged it.

BAD RAILROAD WRECK IN KANSAS. A Number of Illinois and lowa People Among tbe Injured, Some Fatally. The passenger train from Kansas City was wrecked two miles north of Cherry Vale, Kan., by the displacement of a rail, owing to decayed ties. The three coaches were hurled down a high embankment with about forty passengers. Twenty-six persons were injured, three of whom will probably die. The seriously Injured were rescued before the fire had consumed the coaches, although a number sustained severe burns. MR. PLUMB IS DEAD. Apoplexy Carries Off the Senator from Kansas. Senator Preston B. Plumb, of Kansas, died at his lodgings in Washington. The cause of hts death was apoplexy and fatty degeneration of the heart, caused by overwork. With his death disappears one of the most foremost men that the West has ever sent to Congress. With him the State of Kansas and the Southwest lose a champion whose aggressive Individuality It will be hard to replace. ELEVEN HOUSES BURNED. Business Property at Croton Landing, NY., Destroyed—Blazes Elsewhere. A fire started at Croton Landing, N. Y., which burned eleven houses. The total loss Is estimated at about $25,000. Fire destroyed the llotel Wellesley at Needham, Mass. , The loss Is $50,000, partially Insured. The tow boats Annie Roberts and Coal Valley were burned to the water’s edge at Pittsburg. The boats were valued at $25,090 each. KIDNAPED INTO SLAVERY. Remarkable Story Told to a Baltimore Court by a Colored Boy. William Scott, a 15-year-old colored boy, told a remarkable story in court at Baltimore, of being kidnaped and pressed into slavery on a Southern Maryland farm. His parents sued J. & B. Hammett, of St. Mary’s County, for $5,000 damages for kidnaping. The boy testified that he was flying a kite near his parents’ home In Balti-

more when Hammett came along and offered him 5 cents to carry a basket home, and that when they reached the house he was locked in a room for four days, then placed in a wagon in care of a man who terrified him and took him on a steamboat to St. Mary’s County. There he was placed on Hammett’s farm and worked hard. FOUR KILLED BY AN EXPLOSION. A Saw-Mill Boiler at Rldgcville, Ind., Blows Up with Frightful Results. Throe persons were killed outright, one mortally wounded and several others badly injured by the explosion of the boiler in the saw-mill of A. Collett, at Ridgeville, Ind. The boiler was a largo one and apparently in good order. It had three gauges of water, and started up under the usual amount of steam, running both saws. A belt ran off, and the engineer went to shut down the engine and thtow on the belt when tho explosion occurred, and as all in the building were kiliel at once it will never be known how it happened. The mill Is a total wreck. The explosion was felt all over the city. CLERGYMAN’S EVIL DEEDS. Gives Bogus Checks, Pawns Borrowed Diamond Rings, and Disappears. Rev. George J. Lindner, Pit. D., M. D., arid a minister of tho Christian Church, of Nashville, Tenn., is a fugitive from Justice. Rev. Lindner gave check to different firms to the amount of about S6OO on banks with which bo had no money on deposit. He also pawned three diamond rings he had obtained from a jeweler on pretense of allowing a young lady, to whom ho claimed to bo engaged, to make a selection. Officers are in pnrsuit,und should he be captured he will be brought back for trial. Lindner claims to be a graduate from noted universities in Heidelberg and Paris and master of thirteen languages. HISSED THE POLICE. A Concert in Aid of Chicago Anarchists' Fuiullles Broken Up at New York. Professor Moses Gottlieb advertised a concert of the “Blavanlsh Musical Corporation” at tho Hebrew Institute in New York City, and about five hundred Russians and Polanders assembled there. It was said that the meeting was to be for the benefit of the families of Chicago anarchists. The police asked Professor Gottlieb to show his concert license. The Professor refused, while the crowd hissed tho officers and threatened to assault them. Tho reserves of tho Madison Square Station were summoned and they turned the excited audience out of the hall and made several arrests. SHOT DOWN IN COLD BLOOD. A Husband and Wife Murdered by a Cowardly Gang In Louisiana. An old man named Jack Smith quarreled with Wright I’olund at Buckhorn, Webster Parish, La., recently. To got revenge Smith, with his three sons and four other men, rode to Poland’s houso in the night,, summoned Poland and his wife to the door, and shot them dead. Smith, ono of his sons, and throe other men have been arrested. Scared by an Infernal Machine. At Waltham. Muss., an Infernal machine at Gilson’s furniture store caused lotp pf trouble, not becuusu it exploded, but because it wouldn't gooff. It contained four bottles of ultro-glyeerine. Tlio boxes in which it was convoyed were placed on tho side of tho hill and shots were firod at them by policemen. Updh investigation tho bottles were found to bo broken, but no explosion followed. Among other tbipgs found in the) peculiar box were envelopes uddressed to John 0. Van Lobe, showing him to have been in St Petersburg, Berlin and Paris at different times. There was a torn piece of iho London Times of December 16, 1880, and the letters also boro this date (1880), hut ono of them was sent in July and the others in October. New Bishops for tile United States. A cable dispatch from Rome announces the appointment of Very Rev. Ignatius F. llorstman, 1). D., of the Cathedral, Philadelphia, as Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio; Rov, Se! astlau Mesmer, D. 1)., professor of canon law in tho Catholic University at Washington, as Bishop of Green Hay, Wis.; and Very Rev. James Schweliaeh, Vicar General of La Crosse, Wis., promoted to that vacant see. Two Steamships Wrecked. A London dispatch says: The steamer Yunnan lias been wrecked at Swatow. Her cargo was also lost. Tho steamer Toughshan went to tlio assistance of the Yunnan and was also driven ashore by the heavy gale prevailing and is probably a total loss. Resigned His Office. Daniel E. Soper. Secretary of State of Michigan, tendered his resignation to Governor Wlnans. Charges were preferred with tho Governor and verified by Mayor Johnson, of Lansing, charging malfeasance and misfeasance in office. Bold Diamond Bobbery. At Little Rock, Ark., a bold aud successful diamond robbery occurred at J. V, Zimmerson’s jewelry store. A tray containing §3,000 worth of stones was stolen. Fatal Freight Collision. A freight traiu on the Columbus, Hocking Valley and Toledo Railway collided with a work train Boar Nelsonville, Ohio. Engineer Joe McNerny was killed. Crash In a Tunnel. Word has been received of a terrible accident at tho Busk Tunnel on the Colorado Midland Railroad. Four men were killed and others seriously injured.