Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 June 1892 — GALA DAY AT HELENA. [ARTICLE]

GALA DAY AT HELENA.

Thousands Participate in the Unveiling of tjie Confederate Monument. The streets of Helena, Ark., were filled Wednesday with thousands of strangers, who came to participate In the exercises attending the unveiling of the Confederate monument Senator Berry, bn behalf of the Ladies’ Memorial Association, presented the monument to the Sons of Veterans. The speech of acceptance was delivered by Judge R W. Nlcholls, as President of the Sons of Veterans organization. Tbe grounds selected for the Confederate cemetery at Helena, and for the site of the monument is a plateau of wooded hillside 300 feet above the lovel of the Mississippi River. The monument from base to apex is 37 feet high, with three sections of base, the lowest being nine feet square. The four sides are ornamented with a plinth with molded gable, tho front gable having thirteen stars in has relief, below which, in raised lettering, Is: * I CONFED KRATE MEM 081 AL. ; Eight cannons occupy corners and centers between. On the east and west sides of the shaft are appropriate Inscriptions. Tho four sides of the cap above the die are ornamented with pyramids of cannon balls, a spray of laurels between each pyramid, and above the cap a block relieved with pediment, the center showing “G 8. A. ” In monogram. At the highest point of the shaft appears an elaborate Corinthian cap, upon which stands the crowning piece of the monument, a Confederate soldier' In pure Italian marble.

FIFTY ARE DEAD. Appalling Loss of Life In a Cyclono at Wellington. Has. Wellington, Kas., ha 4 a visitation Friday night from a cyclone which plowed its way through the business part of the town, with immense destruction of property and heavy loss of life. A storm of wind preceded the cyclono about half an hour. A few minutes after 9 o’clock the cyclone struck tho city, coming from the southwost. There were no promonitory signs. Everybody was Indoors. Jefferson avenuo, the principal business street. Is lined on both sides for blocks with ruins, and the number of dead Is placed at over fifty. The property loss will exceed half a million. The most appalling scene was that at the Phillips House, where a hall was In progress. As the building began swaying In tho force of the terrific gale, the people In tbe crowded ballroom made a frantic rush for the doora With the crash of the walls about and over them there arose a great wall of despair from the Imprisoned and doomed multitude. As tho timbers crushed down upon the struggling merrymakers their hoarse cries were throttled In their throats by the weight of the mass of timbers above them. Then came tho silence of death and Insensibility, only to be followed a moment later by the shrill blasts of the tempest as It rushed on to other destructive work, and the agonized shrieks of the Injured or dying who were pinned down In the mass of debris. POISONED THE WELL Fiendish Attempt to Kill an Entire Family in Indiana. An attempt at wholesale murder was made on the farm of James Caraway, about eight miles from Evansville, ind. Some unknown person has, for reasons of a mysterious nature, formed an eumity against Mr. Caraway and his family. Ills farm was, a few weeks ago, visited by a gang of trespassers after night, who made the orchard the objoct of their attack. Thejfjdug the dirt away from the roots of the tress lu such a way as to kill all the blossoms, and almost caused the trees to perish. Not satisfied with this mischief, his enemies designed to commit murder, and a wholesale slaughter at that, and the waters In the well on the promises wero poisoned. Tho entire family nearly died. CAME DIRECT FROM EUROPE.

Tlie Norwegian Steamer Wergelaml Arrives In Chicago. Dressed In gay-colored bunting, with tbe stars and stripes floating from her masthead and tho silken folds of tire Norwogjyq colors hanging over the iaffrali. the steamer Wergeland stood up the Chicago | River Thursday. Direct from p t f rt «aft bad sallgu through the f.orda of the rugged Norwegian. coast, across the broad . Atlantic ocean, and through tbe tortuous courses of the Inland waters until tbe port of Chicago was sighted. The first steamer t > reach this port direct from Europe with a cargo consigned to Chicago merchants, it was accorded a welcome befitting the moment and the occasion FEAKFUL EXPLOSION IN OHIO. The Town of Carrollton Looks as If a Cyclone Had Visited It. At Carrollton, Ohio, an explosion occurred In tbe pulp mill connected with tho Friend puper mills. It wus hoard for miles around. 'J he building was almost totally demolished and fragments of the wreckage were scattered all over the village. Emery Blood, of Lawrence, Mass., the foreman of the mill was dangerously and several others slightly Injurod. All the telegraph and telephone wires were blown down, und the town bears tbe appearance of having been struck by a cyclone.

Larceny In Helling Flotsam. Warrants of arrest for grand larceny wero served lately on A. J. Westfall, of Sargent Bluffs, lowa, and seven other farmer*. When vast amounts of Sioux City movable property wero carried down the Missouri Klver by the flood, Westfall, It Is alleged, busied himself appropriating the same, and secured large amounts of cedar blocks, lumber, small buildings and a lot of live hogs in a stock-yards pen which went down the stream. It is alleged that ho attomplel to sell some of this property. Its value is several hundred dollars. Favor Sunday-Opening oY World's Fair. The American Federation of Labor has come oat flatly In favor of the opening of the World’s Fair on Sunday. Samuel Goiupers, the President of the Federation, has addressed u circular letter to all the trade unions In the United State*, urging them to use whatever Influence they may each have to secure the opening of the Fair on Sunday. He claims that this Is the only day on which the large majority of workingmen can visit the great exposition. He Slandered Arkansas Women. Joseph Raymond, of Brockton, Mass., was pelted with eggs and driven out of Arkadelphla by an excited crowd of the best citizens. He was condemning mob law In the State and In connection with that stated that there was no virtue In any of the women of this country above 14 years of age. He begged to be allowed to wait for a train, but was made to take the track, which he did In double-quick time Mrs. Harrison Confined to Bed. Mrs. Harrison is reported as somewhat better, but she does not regain her strength as rapidly as was hoped. Since she returned from Fortress Monroe she has been constantly conflged to her bed. Failed for #126,000. Ainslie, Cochran & CO., foundrymen and machinists, at Louisville, Ky., have assigned. The liabilities are placed at $126.000, with nominal assets at 5148,000. The business was established lj» 1857. Gen. A. D. Sfreight Dead. Gen. Atel D. Streight, famous as the leader in the historic escape from Libby Prison by which 108 Union officers gained their liberty, died at his home In Indlanap Its, of Bright’s disease, aged 63 years.

He had been 111 for several months. The cUtm of Gen. Straight to the conceptionand execution of the tunnel plan at Prison has been fiercely disputed, but up tp bis death he reiterated that be alone was the originator of the scheme Gen. Strerght was a life-long Republican and was beaten for the nomination for' Governor after a bitter contest In 1880 by Albert G. Porter. SAM’L OF POSEN SELLS REAL ESTATE Curtis Disposes of Property Adjacent to San Francisco for *140,000. Actor M. B. Curtis, who is out on heavy ball pending his second trial for the murder of Policeman Grant, of Ban Francisco, has gold tbe Peralta Hall property across the bay from San Francisco for 8140,000. This property Included a fine hotel, which Professor Homer B. Sprague uses for a girls’ seminary. Curtis and his wife both signed the deed, -tit Is reported from Fresno that the actor has bought the Falrvlew vineyard near that place. It has a raisin vineyard of 100 acres, the vines being 3 years old. This year they will come Into beurlng, and the revenue from the place will be large. Curtis, it Is said, will live on his ranch. SHOT OCT HIS TEETH. Resistance Offered by His Molars Probably Saves a Boy’s Llle.

James A. Peacock, a San Francisco 10-year-old boy, had a miraculous escape from death, as a bullet Intended for him carried away half the teeth in his upper Jaw, and otherwise did no harm. Peacock had been playing pool, nnd had quarreled with George Gushing. The latter was getting worsted when he fired. Peacock dropped to the floor, blood flowing from his mouth. At the hospital It was found tho bullet struck his Loot teath, knocking both out, and then tore away every tooth on tho left side of the upper Jaw. The jawbone was badly scattered, but the bullet could not be found. Several Fatalities nil tlie Ball. Two freight curs were wrecked at Western Union Junction, Wls.. on tbe Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Puul Railroad. Joseph Knupp and Wallace Finney were killed. Both men were molders, and lived ut Oshway, Canada. Negligence and an open switch and siding caused a big railway accident at Niles, Ohio, on the Pittsburg and Western, by which twenty-four freight cats loaded with merchandise were thrown off und smashed and tho engine wrecked. James McFarland, of Olrard, was killed, and John Jone-, also of Girard, was fatally Injured. He Bobbed John Brown Colonists. W. F. Baird, cashier of the Bank of Madera, California, who wrecked that Institution and ruined the John Brown Co-opera-tive colony near by, was sentenced to nine years In the Folsom state prison. He was convicted on two charges of forgery. Ho squandered the money of many poor colonists who paid for lauds on the Installment plan. This money he spent In booming land projects of his own In San Diego county. Observance Was General. The observance of Memorial Day, despito tbe very unfavorable weather In many localities, was general. At Chicago, In a pouring rain, a procession over a tulle long marched through the principal streets. At the cemeteries, in the morning no rain fell, and the services wero most Imposing. Gen. Grant's tomb at Riverside Park-ou-tho-Hudson was burled under floral offerings, many of which came from across tbe sea. To Build a Tug for Central America. Wheeler & Co., Bay City, Mich., shipbuilders, closed a contract with the Nicaragua Canal Company for a large steel tug, which will - be completed before navigation closes and sent to Central America. She will be 106 feet long 23 feet wide and 10 feet deep and will have triple expansion engines 16, 24 and 40 by 28. Sfie will he used In tho construction of the Nicaragua Canal. . I

A Family I’rrlsli. The family of Turner Adams, colored, consisting of himself, wife and five children, wero drowned while trying to escape off tho flooded Giass plantation, above Texarkana. Ark., on the Red River. Adams had gone to bring them food, but, not succeeding, went back to convey his family to a safe placo. when, the boat was caught In aft pddy and swamped, and all .wero drowned. ” , v- ~ ” ifn. Destructive Storm 111 Spain. A storm of great ylolence greatly damaged the fruit and vineyards In tho north of Spain. Tho hailstones that fell were of extraordinary size, and Injured many persons whom they struck. It Is reported that many persons were killed by lightning during tho storm. The peasantry in some districts are’ ruined by the loss of their crops, and have appealed for public aid. Preferred BeJIT to Crulclies. Charles McKinney, of the firm of McKinney Brothers & Co., commission merchants at Kansas City, killed himself, About two years ago Mr. McKinney wns injured by a cable car and ever since had to walk with a crutch. He was sensitive about the matter and grow despondent because of having to go through the world a cripple. For the lust two weeks he had been unusually blue. Hunting a Juvenile Murderer. A 14-year-old boy Is being hunted in swamps near Macon, Ga. If caught tbe chances are thut he will bo roughly bandied. He is Willie Bell, a young negro tough. A few days ago Bell was arrested by Bailiff Wilder on a trivial charge. While waiting In the suburbs forastieet cur Bell drew a pistol and deliberately murdered Wilder. Riotous Union Sailors. At Toledo, Ohio, dock riots of union sailors are assuming a bad aspect. Threo union men attacked three nonunion sailors going to ship on the Leighton and one of the latter was badly hurt