Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 January 1892 — WAS A RIDE TO DEATH. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

WAS A RIDE TO DEATH.

THE SAD FATE OF A SLEIGHING PARTY. tFarren Springer Must Answer for Criinl--1 aal Negligence—Alarming Illness of Secretary Blaine—Arthur P. Gorman Returned to the Senate —Detroit Now Awake. The Lawmakers. The Chaplain had a somewhat larger audience of Senators on the 19th than usual. The first paper presented was a report from the Secretary of State (In reply to a Senate resolution) as to the Mexican awards under tho convention of 18G8. Secretary Blaine’s report Kives the full amount of the awards as ' #3,865,000, all of which had been paid by Mexico In fourteen annual Installments In •perfect accordance with the terms of tho convention. Theso hills were passed : Appropriating SIO,OOO for a Postofßco building at Mammoth Hot Springs, in Yellowstone National Park; to aid South Dakota to support a school of mines at Rapid City, Pennington County; appropriating $250,000 for a public building at Hastings, Neb; appropriating $20,000 to Increase the accommodations of tho Marine Hospital at Detroit, Mich.; appropriating' •100,000 for a public building in Mansfield,O.; appropriating $250,000 for a public building at Norfolk, Neb. ; appropriating $75,000 for a public building at Jacksonville, Ill.; appropriating SIOO,OOO for a public building at Fergus Falls, Minn.; appropriating SIOO,OOO for a public building at Zanesville, Ohio; consideration of tho Mexican award bill was resumed, and Mi;. Yost continued his argument against It. Mr. Morgan replied to Mr. Vest, and then the bill went over till the 20th without action. The enrolled House bill, fixing times of sessions of United States Courts in the Northern District of lowa, was signed by the Vice President, and is the first act of tbe present session to go to the President for his approval. In the House, nothing of Importance was done.

BLAINE A SICK MAN. Stricken at the Cabinet Meeting by Another Attack of Nausea. Secretary Blaine is again a very sick

man. He was taken suddenly ill at the Cabinet council,and the Important business on hand was brought to a standstill forthwith. The great State Secretary was assisted to his carriage by Secrotary Elkins and driven to his home. The family physician wafl smn - [nioned at once, and [the report given out [was that Mr. Blaine's [illness was a recurrence of the attack of nausea from

he suffered early Uj January. GORMAN GETS IT. Has_ ( peon Ro-olecto<l United States Senator from Maryland. Hon. Arthur P. Gorman has been re-

electedUn ito d States Senator from Maryland. The memorial volume containing the names of the subscribers to the silver service presented to Senator Gorman by the citizens of Maryland wja s immediately presented to him up#n his re-election. The Inscription in the book reads, “To the Hon. Arthur P. Gorman, United States Senator, from Citizens of Maryland

ta honor of thoir appreciation of his services to tho nation and State during tho Fifty-flr3t Congress. Baltimore, May 14, 189 L"

‘ CRIME OP THE BOILERS. Iprtnger and Four Employes Deemed Criminally Itospouslblo. Enlightened or otherwise by the testimony of forty witnesses, the Coroner’s lory at Chicago, charged with the Inquiry as to the causes of and responsibility for the explosion of the boilers at the Springer Bolldlng, agreed upon its verdict.' Five men, Warren Springer, owner of building, and four of his employes, Edward B. Gallup, Charles Schroeder, W. If. Cartwright, and Martin Lyng, were deemed guilty of sriminul negligence In permitting the existence of conditions which led to the - explosion and killing of Henry Oswald. Elias H. Bttshv Arthur Hall, Patrick Rogers, and folia H. Lee St. Louis. Tragedy. At St. Louis, a four-horse sleigh load of twenty-one persons, members of the Clover Leaf Club, was struck by a Wabash westbound passenger train at the Wabash Railway crossing. The colored driver and seven of the party were instantly killed and ten *r eleven more or less seriously injured. Holy two escaped uninjured. The doad were taken to the morgue, while the Injured were brought In on the train and were taken to their homes. The crossing is a langerous one, being in rather a deep cut. fv ,1 Detroit Wants It, Too. ■ A party of fifty Detroit citizens have ttarted for Washington with a guarantee bond of $60,000 and a limitless supply of promises to present the claims of that city to the National Democratic Committee for the coming convention. The committee inzludes GoV. Wlnans. Mayor H. 8. Plngree, *x-Oongressmen Maybury and Tarsney, William E. Quinlan, Don M. Dickinson and fesse H. Farwell. p £ Another St. Louis Bridge. The construction of a new railroad bridge at St, Louis, the work to begin early In the •pring, has been determined upon, which Will give an avenue of entrance Into the tlty for eastern railroad lines which will largely dispense with the use of the Eads bridge and tunnel and the Merchants’ bridge, The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company is at the back tt the enterprise. BLOWN UP BY NATURAL GAS. A Private Residence at Lancaster, Ohio, Leveled to the Ground. A disastrous natural-gas explosion occurred at Lancaster, Ohio. The residence Bf Judge John 8. Brazee, a two-story brick on North Columbus street, was leveled to the ground. Judge Brazee was the only •oeupant injured. He was blown sixty feet across the street, where he was found unconscious. Windows were broken for several squares around, and an organ in an adjoining church was ruined. The shock waa felt for miles. The house and all Its contents were ruined. Loss, SOO,OOO. Faithful Unto Death. Amoa Bleb, of Yorktown, InA. accidentally shot himself while rabbit hunting. A full charge of shot entered his abdomen, bat death was not instantaneous, as he had taken off his overcoat and laid it on the snow for a rest for his bead before he died. When found, his faithful dog was standing by the body. Kissing Rights of a Pastor. Chaplain Morrow, of the Pittsburg Bethany Faith Home, has been lemoved for kissing and hugging the female attendant*. Mr. Morrow, It U said, was caught to the act oo one or two occasions by Üb» Mary

BURNED TO A CRISP. Horrible Catastrophe on the Northern Pacific Railroad. A horrible accident oecurrod on the Northern Pacific Railroad at Jonesvllle, Minn., by which two women met death In horrible form, being burned to death, while twenty others were Injured. The train had on board the Andrews Opera Company, going from Duluth to Grand Forks, and was running at tho usual rate of speed, when It struck a broken rail. The sleeper loft the track and went down an embankment, landing bottom side up. The flames broke out from all sides of tho car immediately and burned so rapidly that tho crew could do nothing but extricate tbe passengers from the wreck. When It was thought all Trad been rescued a search revealed the fact that Mrs. Ed Andrews, wife of the proprietor of the troupe, and her nurse, Mrs. Lilly Wallace, were missing. When the flames were finally subdued the remains were discovered, but so badly burned that It was Impossible to Identify ono from the other. Mrs. Andrews and Mrs. Wallace had occupied an upper berth at the forward end of the car and were wrapped in tho bedclothes. There was no outcry from this berth while the work of rescuing the Injured was progressing, and it is supposed that both occupants were killeC Instantly. WRECK ON THE OMAHA. The St. Paul Express Lands In a Ditch Near Black River Falls. Passenger train No. 3, on the Northwestern and Omaha Road, was wrecked at Shephard’s switch, six miles east of Black River Falls, Wls., while running at tho rate of fifty miles an hour. The entire train, except tho engine and baggage, left tho rails. The sleeper, breaking loose from the train, left the roadbed, rolling Into tbe ditch upon Its side, the others remaining Intact. There • were nine persons In the sleeper, all of whom were injured, but none fatally, the injuries being confined to bruises, cuts and slight contusions. Tho accident was caused by the breaking of a switch rail as tho engine and baggage car passed over. The train was running to make up time, and owing to tho breaking loose of the sleeper the air brakes did not work, and the train was stopped by reversing the engine. It was probably one of the most fortunate accidents of its kind known, as all tho cars were well filled with passengers, and it Is regarded as almost miraculous that no lives were lost.

JUSTICE FIELD ANGRY. He Indignantly Denies tho Charge of Senator Power. “It is a falsehood, sir!” and the venerable face of Associate Justice Field, of tbe United States Supreme Court, lost Its kindly

expression. It was hard, stern and harsh. Ills habitually pleasant eyes blazed with indignation, says a Washington correspondent, his voice rang with anger ana tils body trembled with tho wrath of an , honest man stung by ' an infamous chargo. He referred to Senator Power’s chargo that ho, J ustlce Field, was lobbying to havo appointed ta v tho bench

men who would be of assistance to Western railroads. Surprise first came Into his face ns he read the charge; but surprise at once gave way to indignation, and then It was that In a voice that woke the echoes of his large library he exclaimed: “It is a falsehood,” TERRIBLE EXPLOSION OF POWDER. Five Men Lose Their Lives In a Blow-Up at Kellogg, W. Vu. In the third and most disastrous oxplosion of the Phcenlx Powder Mill Company, at Kellogg, W. Va., five of the eight buildings that comprise the plant wcto totully demolished and at least live lives were lost, while two more now hang In the balance. It is not definitely known just how many wore killed, but five charred and blackenod bodies that lie In the Improvised morgue and the pile of mutilated limbs just opposite toll a terrible tale of deatlu yhe glaze mill went first, followed immediately by the two wheel mills, inaguzlne and corning mill. Not a single building yet stands that is not badly damaged. Fully 00,000 pounds Of powder went off, and tho plant that cost Ip the neighborhood of $150,000 is damaged at least two-thirds of that amount.

CURSE ON A MOUNTAIN VILLAGE. Devil’s Head In Colorado Excited Over Fires and Deaths by Poisoning. Devil’s Hoad, a little mountain village of.,Oolorado, far from any railroad, has a mystery. For two months the place has passed through a scourge of poisoning and fire, but Its great distance from other Inhabited portions of the Btate has prevented the facts from becoming known until now. On Thanksgiving nlglit Dan Ecker’s barn was set on firo and tho horses and cattle burned alive. Sinco then sevoral incendiary fires have occurred, and several people have been fatally poisoned; but no trace exists of the perpetrator. Devil’s Head sleeps In huge ombankments of snow most of tho year. About a hundrod mountaineers make their home there. HIGH WATER CAUSING TROUBLE. Rivers Are Heavy with Freshets and Clogged with Ice. At Chattanooga, Tenn., tho Tennessee river Is going up with a rush, having risen twenty feet In two days. The danger line, thirty-three feet, has been reached, and the rise since has been something more than two inches an hour. The Chamber of Commerce Issues a bulletin as a warning. Tho signal service observer says that but for the cold wave the tide would have gone to forty-five feet. At least $20,000 worth of logs let loose by a broken boom In the Little Tennessee river are on their way down. The freshet is due to heavy rains and snow In the mountains along tho Tennessee and its tributaries.

COASTING ACCIDENTS. Many Persons Hurt at Cadiz, Ohio, and Nashville, Tenn. The other night a terrible collision occurred at Cadiz, Ohio, between two bobsleds loaded with coasters in which several prominent young people were. badly hurt. The accident was caused by the pilot on one of the sleds falling to turn. At Nashville, Tenn., while a crowd of Nashville’s society people were coasting. Miss Mary Duncan was thrown from her seat and fatally Injured. One of the other occupants of the sled was seriously Injured internally, the- other riders escaping with slight bruises. GERMANS WERE DEFEATED. Chased by the Native Tribesmen to the Gates of the Tanga Station. The Cologne Gazette gives another account of tho reported German victory at Tango, in German Africa. The Gazette claims to know from a reliable source that the Germans were not victorious, and that the negro tribesmen defeated and chased them to the gates of the station, within which they were compelled to take refuge. The Gazette accuses the authorities of having concealed tho truth and deceived the public about the position. OKLAHOMA ROBBERS’ DEATH-TRAP. Startling Discovery In the Woods—Where the Missing Travelers Went. For years the disappearance of travelers 'hi the Indian country across the river from Chandler, O. T., has been frequent and mysterious Recently, In a dense wood a mile from, the stage road, a bouse was bund which was approached only by a tong, circuitous trail, and thereby the mys- , toriocs disappearances explained. Tim

house construction show* that It was built by and for the use of robbers and criminals generally. It is a cabin of four rooms, one behind the next. In the doorway between the first and second was found a trap over which the unwary stranger must pass. By an arrangement of bolts this trap, which led to a large cavern below, coiild be worked much like an execution scaffold. That murder was the purpose of the trap was shown by the discovery of hair, dried blood, and bones on the rocks at the bottom of the pits under the trap. Tho Inhabitants of the don, however, are missing. JEALOUS OF HIS WIFE. Colonel Davo Caldwell, of Fnlton, Ky., Shoots and Kills Harvey Hlsey, A sensational murder Is reported from Fulton, Ky. Harvey Hlsey, a well-known citizen of that place, was shot and killed by Colonel Dave Caldwell In a fit of jealous rage. Caldwell Is tho possessor of a handsome wife, of whom he is Insanely jealous. Recently he heard that Hlsey had attempted to flirt with her, and this angered him so that he immediately took a revolver and Bunted up Hlsey. He found his man at tho depot and "asked him to apologize. Hlsey refused, when Caldwell drew his gun and shot him dead. Caldwell is under arrest and his wife Is prostrated with grief. FIVE DISTRICTS FOR BLAINE. Philadelphia Delegates Chosen to Attend the Republican Convention. The five Congressional districts in Philadelphia elected Blaine delegates to the Republican national convention. There were only two antl-Rlalno candidates, and both were defeated. Resolutions wore adopted in each of the districts declaring that Republican sentiment is overwhelmingly In favor of Blaine as a presidential candidate and requesting that tho delegates vote foi him. His Head a Quarter-Mile Away. A locomotive of tho Debardoleben Coal and Iron Company, en route from tho Eureka mines to Oxmoor, Ala. eight mllos south of Birmingham, blew up, Instantly killing Engineer Joseph Hunt and Fireman Bradford. Their bodies were blown Intc fragments. Tho engine was totally wrecked, the track torn up and a large hole dug In tho ground. The head of the dead onglnoer was found about a quarter of a mile from tho scene of the explosion. The disaster was caused by the water getting too low in tho boiler.

Identified as a Murderer. Carl Schmidt, who confessed while drunk In Denver tfiat. ho helped murder Mrs. Greenwood in Napa County, California, was taken to tho scene of the crlma He was Identified by Captain Greenwood, the husband of the murdered woman, from among a score of men. Sheriff McKenzie, who has worked on the case for eleven months, has a clue to the other murderer and hopes to hang thorn both. The crime was inspired by hope of plunder, and Captain Greenwood wus left for dead by the side of his wife, but he recovered. Frozen to Death, John Hamnor, accompanied by a negro, loft Tuscaloosa, Ala., In a skiff to hunt up cattle on Warrior River. Nothing was heard from them, and a searching party went down the river in a skiff. Hamner’s dog was found curled up on a log almost frozon to death. Near by was the skiff and further on was Hamner's dead body in a kneeling attitude by a 1 g. It was partly devoured by wood rats. Will Elkins Run for Governor? Tho recent recognition of tho Republican State Committee at Wheeling, W. Va., is said to have been in favor of Stephen B. Elkins as a possible candidate for Governor noxt year. The sentiment In favor of his nomination Is growing among Republicans all over the State. _« Wreck of a Fast Mall Train. At Newton, Kan., tho fast niftil on the Santa Fo was wrecked. A switch rod broke as tho engine passed. The baggage and smoking cars left the track but remained up all right. Tho passengers hardly realized that a wreck had taken place. Twenty Years In Prison. Patrick Quinn, Stephen CrOtty, Thomas O’Brien, and Fred Bulb, four of the seven young toughs who so brutally assaulted the young Polish girl, Sophia Samojedna. at Buffalo, wore sentenced to twenty years In State prison. Opposed to the Trust. The wholesale grocers of' St. Louis, Mo., are preparing to buck tho great Amerlcau Biscuit and Manufacturing Company’s trust. A company Is now being organized with a capital of $50,000 to build a factory. Gov. Chase Preached, Gov. Ira Chnso«and his private secretary visited the penlteniary at Michigan Cty, Ind. Tho Governor preached to the convicts at chapel services, and later listened to convicts begging him for pardon. Mr. Cleveland Goes Fishing. Ex-Presldont Cleveland passed through Atlanta, Ga., on his way to f Joseph Jefferson’s plantation In Louisiana, and will join the comedian in a hunting and fishing expedition. Eight Persons Killed. Tho boilers at the Kellogg lumber mills exploded at Ceredo, W. Va. So far as Is known eight persons are dead. Randolph Rogers Dead. Randolph Rogeirs, the distinguished American sculptor, died In Rome of pneumonia.

STEPHEN J. FIELD.