Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 March 1892 — WORK OF A MADMAN. [ARTICLE]

WORK OF A MADMAN.

AN OHIO TOWN HORRIFIED BY A TRIPLE SHOOTING. Cteveland’s Letter “ Speaks for Itself”— bud lor a Song In Minnesota—Preach•rs In a White Cap Scrape—Paris in Fear of Dynamiters. Congressional. • In the House, the 15th, on motion of Mr. Durborow, tho Senate joint resolution vra3 passed authorizing the Librarian of Congress to exibit certain documents at the World’s Fair. Tho House then went into committeo of the nholo (>r. Blount, of Georgia, in the chair) on the free wool bill. Mr. Coombs (New York) concluded his speech in favor of the bill Others took part in tho debate. In the Senate, Senator Morgan Introduced a bill to Increase the facilities of tho Postoffice Department for obtaining tho use of buildings for postoffice purposes. It proposed to Interest private capital and enterprise In the construction of p >stoffic > buildings on long terms of lease and to have fixed a maximum rate of rental. It was referred to the Postoffice Committee. Mr. Pelfer introduced a bill which was referred to the Finance Committee, to regulate tho ▼alue of certain coins and pieces of money and to give all sorts of current money the legal tender quality and to prohibit and prevent discrimination in favor of gold coin or bullion as money. Nr. Hale presented the conference report on the urgent deficiency bill, and It was agreed to. The Ponato then proceeded to the consideration of tho Military Academy appropriation bill. It was passed, and tho Benate went Into executive session. When the doors reopened tho Senate adjourned.

TRAGEDY AT TIFFIN. A Clerk Shoots Two of His Employers and a Fellow Employe and Kills Himself. The most appalling tragedy that has ever been recorded in the history of Tiffin, Ohio, occurred Tuesday morning. Walter A. Snyder, one of the wealthiest and most popular young men in the city, while engaged in a friendly conversation with two of his employers—Burton Crobaugli and Edward T. Naylor—suddenly and without a word of warning pulled a revolver and began firing at them. Crobaugh was ■truck In the back and two balls passed through Naylor’s body. Thomas W. Downey, a fell,ow clerk, Interfered •od was shot three times. Snyder then ran up-stairs and put the remaining bullet in his revolvor through his own heart. The scene of tho tragedy was tho hardware store of J. M. Naylor, one of the oldest establishments in the city. For many years E T. Naylor, a half-brother of the proprietor, Crobaugh, and Snyder have been employed in the store, and they have been like brothers. Last week the senior Mr. Naylor announced his determition to make a change in tho firm by tho admission of Crobaugh and the younger Naylor. Snyder was worth probably $20,000 and was unmarried, but his money was •o tied up in real estate that he was unable to take an interest in the business. This •earns to have so preyed upon his mind as to produce insanity, for there is no doubt that his work was that of a madman. i Ministerial White Caps. One of the most sensational arrests In the history of Crawford County, Ind., Is that of A. J. Scott, County Commissioner and preacher: his brother, Lindsey, and their son-', George Scott, William A. Scott, and William E Scott, together with Albert Jones and William Condra, two more ministers of the gospel. They aro charged with taking Church Mattox from his home wear Marengo one night last week, with a rope around his neck, leading him two miles, and threatening to hang him for stealing pork which ho bought from a neighbor.

More Land for Settlers. A Browns Valley, Minn., dispatch says: There Is no longer doubt as to the opening Of the Slsseton Reservation on April 15. Soldiers, sailors, and marines may file a declaration and have a claim reserved for ■lx months at a cost ot $3 fees, and the land may also be commuted at $2.50 por acre. United States Special Allotlng Agent H. 8. Morris says that in his opinion all the land will be taken within a week aft:r the opening- ♦ Met Death on the Track, CL H. Meillcke, a farmer living In Milmore Valley, Minn., was Instantly killed at 'Winona by a passenger train on the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway. He drove upon the track and the locomotive at fall speed struck the wagon, throwing Meillcke fifty feet. Ho struck on his head, breaking his neck. Tho flagman at the crossing had gone home and the train was vanning at fall speid, la violation of the City ordinance. Cleveland Will Be a Candidate. Any doubt as to whether Cleveland will be a candidate for the Presidency is set •side by the letter written to General Bragg, one of his warmest supporters. The letter practically states that tho nomination would not be refused. When asked If the'missive could be looked upon as an Indication that he Is willing to accept tho nomination for the Presidency, Mr. Cleveland replied: “The letter speaks for itself. ”

Anti-Trust Law Will Not Stand. The Missonri Supreme Court passed upon the constitutionality of the anti-pool and trust law of ISB9, or rather that section of the law which required an officer of a corporation to make affidavit of nonconnectton with trusts, etc The court holds that to make such an affidavit will criminate official malß it, and as this would be a rl latlon rights, tho law Is unconstitutional. Almost a Panic at Paris. At Paris fear of the anarchists has almost become a panic In view of the attempt to blow up the Lobau barracks, formerly occupied by the Republican Guard, In tho rear of the Hotel de Ville. If the dynamiters Intended the destruction of the barracks they did not use a sufficient quantity of the explosive, as. while many windows were shattered, the damage was otherwise •light. , “Hs, Ton ShaU Not Marry. •• Ars. Colonel Miller, a wealthy and dashing young widow of 30, and Charles Crumby, her hired man, aged 18. were married the other night at Loth air, Ga. When the Justiee of the Peace arrived to perform the ceremony the children of the widow became obstreperous and threatened to kill kill him if he dared t> perform the ceremony. >Ut, you shall not. marry that man," cried her oldest daughter, “if you do you sha’n’tremain here a minute. ” During «»e shrieks of the smaller and the protestations of the larger children the couple were made man and wife. They Immediately left for parts unknown. Bolt Against Father Kroeger. We Building. Loan and Investment Society of Chicago has begun suit to foreclose tpM the estate of Father William Kroeger. toe priest who recently ran away from Elkhart, Jnd.. leaving creditors to the amount of $30,030. Kroger has not retorn ed, and tots suit is designed to shut

GOOD-BY TO THE BIG TRUST. Tho Old Standard Oil Combine Preparing to Dissolve. The Standard Oil Trust is preparing to bow its head In deforence to the public prejudice against the name and form of trusts, and the managers have about decided that It is not advisable to carry the recent case in the Ohio Supreme Court to any federal appeal. A meeting of the holders of tho trust certificates has been called to consider the advisability of dissolving the trust, and although the decision of that meeting is in suspense there is little doubt that the dissolution will be ordered. For many years there has been waged In Ohio a legal warfare against the Standard organization. Finally an action by the Attorney General of the State against the Standard Oil Company of Ohio reached the Ohio Supreme Court, quo-warrants proceedings being taken to establish the illegality of the trust agreements. On March 1 the court gave a decision preserving tho charter rights of the Standard Oil Company, but nullifying the contracts It had made with, the Standard Oil trust. It Is evident that the Standard people had been preparing themselves for an adverse decision, and tho day the decision was made public their legal representative openly announced his belief that the trust would be abandoned. The actual business of Ihe Standard organization Is conducted by companies organized under the laws of the different States. The aggregate capital held in tho control of tho trustees Is about $95,000,000. OHIO FOR CLEVELAND. Buckeye Democracy Said to Favor the Ex-President’s Nomination. “I’d sooner practice law in Ohio than be Vice President,” said ex-Governcir James E Campbell, of the Buckeye State, the other morning. “The Vico President does not count for much nowadays.” he continued, “and the Vice President isn’t heard of often, but I don’t believe I would take to the woods at the first note of alarm that might sound in my direction for the Presidential nomination. I wouldn’t refuse It, but thou, just the same, I am not a candidate. In one sense I'm a Cleveland man, becauso I think the sentiment of tho Democrats of the country is largely for him. The Ohio delegation will be to a large extent for Cleveland, but it probably will not bo a solid Cleveland delegation. Wo elect delegates by districts, and of course it may be that some other candidate—Hill, for example—will have a few of the delegates. But Cleveland will have the great majority of them.”

LYNCHED A LOUISIANA GIRL. A Mob Hangs a Negress Who Poisoned a Family of Niue Persons. Ella, a girl employed as a waitress by W. R. Helmer, near Rayvllle, La., and who is charged with causing the poisoning of nine persons, was lynched by a mob of masked men. All the members of the Helmer family, nine In number, became violently 111 shortly after breakfast, and showed unmistuknble signs of poisoning. Suspicion fell on the girl, who had often displayed a bad temper, and being taxed with the crime she confessed it It seems that a colored man who was employed around tho stables of the plantation had in some manner offended the kitchen girl, and she determined upon revenge. Poison was the final suggestion which came to her mind, and she put a lot of vertigo poison in tho coffee. Her guilt was discovered, and she confessed. The girl was bolng taken to jail when a mob overpowerod her captors and hanged her. THREE HUNDRED LIVES. Disastrous Explosion in a Brussels Coal Mine—Fearful Logs of Life. Advices from Brussels say an accident occurred In the Anderlius Colliery, near Charleroi, which It Is feared will remit in a great loss of life. Three hundred miners were omployed in the coal pit whon there was a terrific explosion of fire damp. Tho pit mouth was rendered unavailable, and the fate of the Imprisoned workmen Is still unknown. Efforts are being made to rescue any of the men who may have survived the explosion. Tremendous excitement prevails In the vicinity of the pit. Men, women, and children havo assembled In an enormous crowd, and aro wild with fear, for it Is thought that when an entrance is made to the colliery the locs of lifo will bo appalling. Of tho 300 men at work, only three have thus far arrived at the mouth of the pit in safety.

IT IS IMPROVING. Business Transactions Are Larger Than a Year Ago. R. G. Dun & Co.’s weekly review of trade says: Distribution of products Is unquestionably Improving. Transactions are on the whole larger than a year ago in spite of depression at tho South, being much larger at the West Nor is the Improvement confined to that section, though general there; It Is also more distinctly felt in Eastern cities, and there are not wanting signs that trade at the South, though still much embarrassed by the low price of cotton, Is steadily gaining. With all tho great industries active, with money abundant in spite of gold exports, and with speculation kept In wholesome check, tho outlook would seem to bo unusually favorable, notwithstanding general complaints that prices are low and margins of profit unusually small. Negroes Shot to Death. A mob of whites broks Into the jail at Memphis, Tonn., and secured the negroes who were concerned in tho recent shooting of the officers at tho “Curve.” Taking the culprits to the suburbs of the city they were allowed to speak. As tho gag was removed pne said: “If you are going to kill us turn our faces to the west« Scarcely had he uttered the words when the crack of a revolver was hoard, and a ball crashed through his cheek. This was the signal for the work. A terrible volley was instantly poured In upon the shivering negroes, who Instantly fell dead In their tracks. Xeres Rioters Free. The court martial which convened at Xeres, France, to try the remaining prisoners captured in the raid upon the town in January last, has delivered a verdict of acquittaL Upon the verdict being announced thero was great rejoicing among the populace, and much surprlso was expressed by the more conservative element. The prisoners wore engaged In the same riot for which four of their companftms had suffered death. It Is said the authorities dreaded that the con victlon of the prlsoiA ers might result In a general uprising, ana Concluded to be satisfied with the example given by the recent executions.

Destroyed the City Records. At Bedford, lud., one-half of the south side of the public destroyed by fire. Eleven business two residences were the flro was got under control. All were frame buildings. All the city records are destroyed. Killed the Girl and Himself. At Indianopolis, Oscar Abott, a young stenographer, shot his sweetheart, Celia Bass, and then himself. Both parties belong to respectable colored families and had been engaged to be married, but Miss Bass wished to break it. Both will die. Murder and Snlcide. In Chicago, Antonio Cribarn, In a fit of drunken and jealous rage, shot and killed his wife and then shot himself, and hacked his throat In a horrible manner with a large knife. Both died within a few minutes Two Italians Murdered. At Yazoo City, Miss., two Italians, J. Missiglia and his 17-year-old son, were murdered. A hatchet seems to have been the weapon used. Admits the Crime. James Briscoe, the Chicago colored man who assaulted and attempted to rob Edwin

Walker, the well-known attorney and World’s Fair Director, was brought to trial before Judge Clifford In the Criminal Court Just before the trial began Briscoe's confederate in the crime, John Butler, a white man. deserted him and went over to the enemy. He was indicted along with the colored man, but rather than face a jury ho owned up at the last moment that he and Briscoe committed the crime, and a plea of guilty was entered for him. FATAL ELEVATOR ACCIDENT. Three Men Killed and Two Others Dangerously Injured at St. Louis. A frightful accident by which three men were instantly killed and two others fatally injured occurred ut the boiler factory of Rohan Brothers in St. Louis. Frank Conn and Hugh Duffy were receiving instructions from Foreman Henry Kaiser. Tho three men stood directly beneath the Immense elevator for hoisting heavy machinery. The elevator was at the second story of the building, and Thomas Flaherty and Michael Sweenoy were engagod in loading it with sheet-iron plates. The men sounded the warning bell us a signal that the elevator was about to descend. They then started the huge machine, and it had scarcely moved when the rope broko and it fell with a crash on the men slundiiii beneath it, crushing them into a shapeless mass of flesh and bones. ELOPED WITHOUT HER HAT. An Indiana Girl Goes on a Bridal Jouxney on Short Notice. Marysville, Clark County, was the scene of a sensational elopement, the parties being Miss Ida Matthews, daughter of Eider Thomus Matthews, and George Darrington, the latter a resident of Murray, Ky. The girl left bareheaded and attired in her house dress. Mrs. Matthews discovered them and attempted to force her daughter to go into the house, but at that moment a train came along, and the young people boarded it for Loulsvlllo. where they were married. Wolf Drive a Big Success. The Pelican Rapids (Minn.) wolf drive was a great success. Over a thousand men took part, armed with spears and clubs. Shotguns, revolvers and rifles were forbidden on account of the danger because of the crowd. The round-up was on an open prairie, dished to the center like a basin. Within the circle were thirty wolves, hundreds of jack-rabbits and one solitary bear, which finally got away. The wolves continued to dash around, at intervals one receiving a fatal thrush The circle grew smaller and wolves uglier. At last the slaughter was over and seventeen wolves were killed. No attention was paid to the jack-rabbits.

Will Adopt Smokeless Powder. The Government has determined upon tho manufacture of smokeless powder for use in both small arms and ordnance, and Captain Pitman has been detailed to take charge of tho laboratory at the Franklin Arsenal for tho purpose of making necessary experiments. He will analyze various smokeless powders to determine which is tho best, and when be succeeds in producing a powder that in his opinion will meet, the requirements samples of It will be forwarded to Sandy Hook to be tried there in heavy guns. Shot by a Rejected Suitor. Herman Ivrouse tried to murder his sweetheart, Margaret Conrad, in Minneapolis, and believing that her Injuries would prove fatal placed the muzzle of the revolver in his own mouth and killed himself. The affair occurred at Henry Busse’s Hotel, where both were boarding. Miss Conrad is a sister of the landlady, and had several times rejected a proposal of marriage from Krouse. Took Jewelry Left for Repair. Several weeks ago a jeweler opened a shop in tho village of Southport, Ind., and a large number of watches and considerable. Jewelry were left with him for repairs. Ho postponed a return of valuables to the owners from time to time on different pretexts, and left the town, taking his entire stock with him. He succeeded In swindling the unsuspecting people out of SI,OOO worth of valuables. Flour Mills Burned. At Joplin. Ma, the mills and elevators of the Sergeant Milling Company were totally destroyed by fire. The plant was the finest in the Southwest and was erected about seven ye ars ago at a cost of $150,000, but was insured only in the sum of $25,000. The origin of the fire is unknown. Alger and His Record. General Alger has made public his war record. It Includes a great host of official documents, letters from army officers warmly praising Alger and recommending him for promotion, and the report of General Custer, recommending the dismissal of Alger from the service. Collapse of a Benefit Society. The Supreme Lodge of the Ohio Beneficial Society, of Cleveland, has asssigned It attempted to pay a sls weekly sick benefit and $l5O yearly benefit on as 3 assessment It needed as many nu mbers as tho sands of tho soa to succeed and could not get thorn. Liabilities are at least $60,000. Drifted Down Like a Torch. A floating grain elevator, about 100 f, et high, caught fire while moored on the north side of the Netherlands-Amerlcan pier, Hoboken. It drifted out Into the North River and burned. Instructed for Harrison. At Austin, Texas, the State Republican Convention elected four delegates to the National Convention, and adopted resolutions Instructing the deiegutes to cast tho vote of Texas for President Harrison.