Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 June 1892 — A REIGN OF TERROR. [ARTICLE]

A REIGN OF TERROR.

FIREBUGS BUSY AT CLEVELAND, OHIO. Vremendous Fire in Grain Fields—Taney County, Mo., Men Butcher Eaoh Other—Queer Freak of an Indiana Couple— Arrested. I Tax Soles Declared Illegal. Judge Woodson, of the Circuit Court of County, Missouri, rendered-a 'decision which declares all tax sales of real estate made in St Joseph during the year of 1888 by the City Treasurer Illegal for the reason that the sales were not properly advertised In the official papers, In that the advertisements failed to specify the State, county, or city, cr tho location of the property. About $500,010 worth of property Is involved. LNCENtoIARY FIRES IN CLEVELAND. Insurance Agents Becoming Alarmed and Refusing to Take Risks. Insurance agents all over the city of Cleveland are in a state of intense excitement over the recent mysterious Bros which have occurred In the down-town portion. Monday morning several of the taiost prominent of the agents declared that they would positively refuse to renew all risks In the lumber district. Large fires are following each other so rapidly that tho companies are Instructing their reprecentatives to he extremely careful In issuing policies and to refuse them If they think the risk too great. It Is generally believed that a systematic efTort is being made to burn the city. Over a dozen fires occurred In one week In tho most dangerous places. LAWLESSNESS IN MISSOURL Remarkable Duel with Butcher Knives— A Reign of Terror. Another violent outbreak is reported from Taney County, Missouri. Dispatches from Torsey say that John Nettleton and Rlch;ard Meyer, young men, fought a duel with 'knives near tho lown of Protem, In the northern part of tho county. The duel was the result of the murder of Sheriff Williams several months ago, young Meyer saying publicly that all connected with the gnob on that occasion ought to bo lynched. Nettleton's people were connected with the affair, and Meyer was promptly challenged. The young men fought with butcher knives, both dying In half an hour from loss of blood. Each had at least thirty cuts. MISFORTUNE FELL ON M’LISH. 'Me Failed to Graduate In Medicine and Is In Jail for Stealing a Skiff. Allen McLlsh, son of a prominent phyeiejan of Olive Hill, Ky., failed to graduate from the Kentucky School of Medicine, at Xoulsvllle. His father had promised to take him home and give him a good Btart In life If he secured his diploma, but falling, McLlsh secured a skiff, stocked It with provisions, and started to float down the river to New Orleans, where he expected to make a fortune. His skltf was caught by the rapids on tho falls and he narrowly escaped drowning. He Is now locked up charged with stealing the skiff.

CUPID PLATING WILD PRANKS. Indiana Man Married, Divorced and About to Remarry His Plrst Wife. James Scarlet, of Orange County, Indiana, who was the hero of a romantic marriage to Miss Belle Gibbons, at the head of the Lost River, In 1875, and who afterward, becoming dlvoyjed and marrying another woman and then leaving her to again court his first wife, who was recently divorced from her second husband, has again gained the affections of his first love, but finds that he can not marry until the Septemb3r term of court grants his second wife a divorce. Burned Seven Thousand Acres. The first big grain fire of the season broke out on P. McNamara's farm, near Merced, CaL It moved straight east, burned over all the country until It was*stopped by Mariposa creek. Seven thousand acres of fine grain were left a blackened wastO. The loss will reach SIOO,OOO. Lightning Strikes a Woman. MrS. Jacob Drey, of Lincoln County, S. D.. was fatally Injured by a bolt of lightning while at Wall Lake, She bad taken refuge under a canvas spread between two wagons. When thfe lightning struck her her hair caught fire and she was terribly burned. Desperate Lover. A warrant has been Issued for the arrest of Charles Waldron, of Utica, Mina., who was engaged to marry Emma Pears, 13 years old. It is reported that Waldron threatened to take Emma’s life if he could not marry her. Two Score Soldiers Under Arrest. 'The forty regular soldiers who attacked thef town of Suggs. Wyoming, are under arrest. Maj< Usey of the Ninth cavalry •will turn them over to the SherilT of Sheridan County for trial. The soldiers attacked the people without cause. Died lrom Bee Stings. At Wabash. Ind., Mrs. Jose; h Klem undertook to hive a swarm of bees, and the insects became infuriated and stung her In hundreds of places She died In a few hours, suffering Intense agony.. Hatch Bill Considered. The Senate Judiciary Committee, to which the anti-option bill was referred, after considering the measure for two hours 1 adjourned. It is expected now the bill will be certainly reported next week. - v Murderer Myron Pratt Dying. At Lincoln, Neh., Myron Pratt, the aged ex-soldier who five weeks ago deliberately mordere-1 Margaret Sperry, Is slowly bat surely dying In a little basement room In the court house. Court House Burned. Fire totuyy destroyed the Hyde County Court House at Highmore. & D. The records gnfi most of the furniture were saved. Mission Work for Japan. Nine ministers and fivo teachers were received Into the German Lutheran Synod at Winona, Minn. The greater part of the time wpp taken up by a discussion of the establishment of a mission in Japan. Three students especially educated for this work have about finished their studies. The result of the discussion was the adoption of the resolution to send one member of the mission committee to the meeting of the general representative body of the Church. Ihe delegates to the Synod of i Michigan returned and reported the unanimous and hearty approval of that synod to the proposed union. Cyra* tV. Field Very 111. Cyrus W. Field, who went a month ago to his country homo at Ardsley, near Yonkers, N. Y., Is very 11L His family and friednds are very much concerned about him and think that he will not live through ths summer. Mr. Field has been confined to his bed fora week. He has appeared in the village only once, then In his carriage. He is attended by his son-in-law. Dr. Linder- Members of his family are with him. lllfe Palaclo I. Out. The Department of State was Friday Morning advised by cable from the United states Legation at Caracas of the resignstien of the 1 resident of enemela.

FORTY-THREE ARE DEAD. A Bridge Collapse*. Carrying Workingmen Down with It. Cincinnati 'Special: One of the most fearful accidents In the history of this vicinity was that of the fall Wednesday nf the bridge which was In course of construction over the Licking River between Covington and Newport, Ky. Forty-five workmen were on the structure. 6o far as Is now known only two escaped unhurt. The others were either killed by the crushing of the Iron arid timbers or were drowned. The cause Is surmised to be the weakening of the wooden false work. Tho high water has washed out the earth about the supports, ana It is said ono of tho contractors said a day or two ago that he war afraid tho structure would not stand under the weight of the heavy material. But still they kept at work. Wednesday a force of forty-throe men, under the direction of Robert and William Baird, the contractors, was engaged In putting In place the heavy Iron work on the main span. Suddenly, without warning, there was a crackling sound of breaking timbers, a swaying of the structure, and a headlong .plunge of the whole mass of timbers, iron, and helpless workmen Into the muddy waters of the Licking River, fifty feet below. A very few forms were to bo scon struggling on tho surface, but most of the men were pinioned beneath the wreck at the bottom of the river.

THREATEN TO CUT THE LEVEE. Jefferson Authorities Protest Against the Steps Taken to Protect Orleans. The fight which was threatened by the parish authorities of Jefferson, La., against the Parish of Orleans came to a head, and It threatens to be a lively one. City Surveyor Brown, In order to more fully protect the city, has put a forco of men at work raising the levee between the two parishes. This levee Is on the dividing line. A year ago, when the same work was attempted, Jefferson Parish got out an Injunction against the authorities of Orleans preventing them from raising the levee. This Injunction was made perpetual, but notwithstanding the fact the surveyor began tho work and an order for his arrest has been issued by the Jefferson Parish authorities. Just now he cannot be found and the work goes merrily on. Crevasse water is rapidly covering Jefferson Parish, uni tho people threaten, if the work of repairing the protection levee is not discontinued, to cut the old levee and let New Orleans get a taste of what a crevasse is.

SEVEN ARE MISSING. Loss of Life Caused by the Overturning of a Steam Launch at Bangor, Mo. A hurricane passed over Bangor. Me., Tuesday afternoon, which did great damage to property and caused considerable loss of life. The steam launch Annie, which had just left the dock with twenty passengers, was overturned. On the opposite side of the river lay tho fonr-niasted schooner Marla O. Teel, of Boston, Captain Johnson. Mate Norman McLoud lowered away his boat, and with four of' the crew rescued six men and three women. In all, twelve persons wore saved, so far as known. The body of Mias Hattie Adams, daughter of James Adams, a rich lumberman, has been recovered. Seven bodies are missing. EMMONS BLAINE DEAD. Tho Second Son or James G. Illalno Expires Suddenly at Chicago. Emmons Blaine. second son of James G. Blaine, died suddenly at Chicago. Saturday noon, of blood-poisoning, following trouble of the bowels. He had been critically 111 but a few hours, and death was unexpected. It ts believed that the original trouble resulted from his exertions at the Minneapolis convention. After repeated efforts to reach his father by telegraph, word was finally received that Mr. and Mrs. Jamos G. Blaine had left Bur Harbor for Chicago. The telegram announcing their son’s death was the first Intimation to tho parents of tho sad event.

ANTI-OFTION BILL DOOMED. President Hanilll Satisfies Hlinselt that the Measure Cannot Pass the Senate. President Hamtll, of the Chicago Board of Trade, was in Washington for awhile Tuesday afternoon and evening to look over the anti-option situation. While there he conferred with several persons supposed to be well posted on the situation, and he left for home with the belief that the bill will not pass the Senate. His belief Is based ou a cakvass made by a clever agent, who told the correspondent that he had seen all of the Senators but three, and that be felt sure that the bill would bo defeated by a comfortable majority. Crashed Into a Patrol Wagon. At Columbus, Ohio, while a patr.il wagon was running to the Panhandle Hallway shops to convey to a hospital Herman Hockstead, an employe whose skull had been crushed In an accident. It was struck by a shunted car at the Twentieth street crossing of the Baltimore and Ohio Railway and was completely demolished. Officer Eugene O’Connor was badly Injured and may die. Sergeant James Doyle was badly , cut about the head, and Driver Jacob Miller’s left hand was crushed. Hockstead will die. Freight Handlers Muy Strike. ’ihe freight handlers of every road centering at Indianapolis, except the Pennsylvania, have joined In a demand for an Increase of wages. The men say their work is not only extremely hard and dangerous, but they have to put up with many petty annoyances, and that $1.25 a day is not living wages. Frequently they must work over time, and for this they do not receive what they deem proper compensation. They request $1.50 a day and time and a half for overtime.

Dr. Dcpew Will Accept. A Washington dispatch says: It Is declared on h,igh authority that Chauneey M. Depew will accept tho State portfolio if It Is tendered him. lie Is expected here soon to confer with the President, and It is thought the position will be offered to him then. It Is further stated that If ho is asked to accept he will do so until next March 4 only, llis connection wth tho Vanderbilt interests will make It impossible for him to remain away for a long period. Yellow Jack Off New Orleans. Ihe steamship Clinton, from Havana, is held at the New Orleans quarantine station to be fumigated. Two men were found on board with what was supposed to be malarial fever, which turned out to be yellow fever. The patients are improving and are under treatment at the Lazaretto, in Pass a Loutre, an unused pass. The vessel will be detained at quarantine five days longer than Is customary. No danger is apprehended. Seven Buildings Burned. The entire business block o:i First street and Broadway. Ellzabethport, N. J., was burned Thursday morning. The building was occupied by James Mitchell, furniture dealer, and several lodges of Masons and Knights of Pythias. The fire spread to six large buildings adjoining, all of which were turned. The Ellzabethport Bank Building was also damaged. • The loss will aggregate $90,000.

Five Men Drowned. The ferryboat was crossing Bayou Lafourche at Napoleonvtlle, La., loaded with twelve men aboard. The machinery broke, causing the ferryboat to be overturned and precipitating mules and passengers in the bayou. Five of the twelve passengers were drowned. Terrible Work o:' Lightning. Of fifty people injured when lightning struck the store of W. H. Ryan, at Parinlyvllle, Ky., twenty-fear are in a serious

condition, and three of them, W. H. Ryan, Thomas Powell and Mr. Young, cannot recover. Many of tho Injured will have to have limbs amputated, as they are so mangled tbat.lt will be Impossible to save them. The large crowd present had collected at the postoffice In the store to receive the evening mall, whon the lightning struck two kegs of powder In tho store. It exploded, throwing a heavy Iron safe through the roof. Not one of tho persons In the store escaped serious Injury.

RUSSIA AND THE SEALS. The British Columbian Poaching Vessels Likely to Infest the Copper Islunds. The news from the north Is that the Victoria sealing vessels have decided to transfer their operations this year from the American to the Russian side of Behring Sea. They ore now engaged in attacking the herd in its annual migration northward to that sea, a great part of the season's catch being derived from this prolonged harrying of tho animals during the spring in the North Pacific. But toward tho end of June or the beginning of July tho seals make their way into Behring Sea. and tho poachers must follow us In former years or else close their season’s work. Last year such of them us could evade the cruisers that lay In wait for them around Sand Point entered Behring Sea and hunted Industriously till formally warned out. Some of them succeeded in dodging the Government vessels until the season Was nearly over; others procured several hundred skins and were entitled to all they could get until duly notified of the modus vivendl. This year, however, they are to be seized and punished under the law, whether they have received previous notification or not, although efforts will be made to warn them.

GRAVEYARD GHOULS IN lOWA. Dozens of Graves In a Hamburg Cemetery Found to Huve Been Robbed. Hamburg, lowa, dispatch: Forest Hill Cemetery, ono mile scuth of town. Is altvo with a swarming mass of people, excited almost beyond bounds by the discoveries that are being hourly made there. zUi examination of a newly made grave closed tho fact that It had been robbed. Tho examination was quietly proceeded with until more than a dozen graves were opened. In each Instance it was found that the body had been stolen. The nows of tho discovery spread rapidly, and fully 1,000 people were waiting at the cemetery to note the progress of the investigation. Within the past eighteen months nearly 100 people have been buried there, and it is believed that every one of these graves has been desecrated by the ghouls. The evidence points to the existence of a wellorganized and bold body of graveyard ghouls. There is no large medical lnstitutution near hero, hence the only demand must come from a tanning establishment No mercy will be shown if any member of tho gang Is caught SHOT DOWN IN THE STREET. City Marshal Dorn, of Kentland, Ind., Killed While Doing His Duty. City Marshal Dorn, of Kentland, Ind., was shot down In the street by Jackson Plummer. Plummer was arrested. The City Council recently passed an ordinance providing that all shade trees along the streets »e trimmod. Plummer refused to comply, armed himself, and began to look for Councilman. lie first met J. D. Conklin, a member of the board, who escaped. Conkllu notified Marshal Dorn of Plummer’s throats. Dorn In attempting to disarm Plummer was shot through the heart and expired Immediately. Dorn had served as Marshal for ten consecutive terms. He leaves a widow and eight children.

SWEPT BY A TEMPEST. Many Persons Killed 111 Quebec, New Brunswick, anil Nova Scotia. Tho most terrible hailstorm ever known in Eastern Canada has spread deuth and destruction throughout Quebec, New Brunswick, and Novla Scotia The worst storm was that which struck St. Rose, about forty miles from Montreal. The most shocking phaso of the disaster Is the destruction of the school house. In which twenty-five children wero being taught at the moment the cyclone struck it. A mass of kindling wood Is all that Is left of the building. Eleven were killed. Dr. Scudder Is Dead. Dr. Henry Martyn Scudder died at the county jail, Chicago, Tuesday morning, from morphine poisoning, and It Is supposed that ho took the drug with suicidal intent. He had for several days been obtaining morphine upon the pretense of allaying nervousness, but he saved the drug to kill himself. Dr. Scudder was arrested at his residence, 3931 Grand boulevard. on the morning of March 2, upon a warrant sworn out by his father-in-law, F. H. Dunton, charging him with the murder of Mrs. Dunton. Tho motive of tho crime was to obtain property. Verdict Against tho Lake Shore Road. At Norwalk, Ohio, the jury, In the case of Steward, admr., vs. the Lake Shore Railroad Company, returned a verdict for the plaintiff of $9,000. The case was tried several years ago, resulting In a verdict for the defendant. The case will, undoubtedly, be again carried up. It was originally brought by G. W. Herrick, who is now dead, and who was proprietor of tho Maple City House. He had a leg taken off which he claimed was due to carelessness of tho Lake Shore Railway Company. Scattered His Remains Over a Mile. Lee D. Scott, a Mississippi planter, was run over and killed by a train on the Memphis and Charleston Railway at Memphis. His remains were scattered along tho track for a mile.