Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 July 1892 — HE WAS A RANK FRAUD [ARTICLE]

HE WAS A RANK FRAUD

A RASCALLY DARKY FOOLS TOLEDO CHURCHMEN. tmpvrtant Corporation Ruling by Ohio’s Supreme Court—lndian Territory Stockmen After Thieves —The Army’s Best Rifle Expert Killed by Apoplexy. Congressional. ■ In th 6 House, the 28th, Mr. Carter spoke at length against the Hatch bill. Representative Pierce of Tennessee introduced in ithe House a free coinage bill identical with the silver coinage bill pending in the Senate as modified by Senator Stewart’s amendment. Much work looking toward adjournment was accompliobed by tho House. Senators Hale and Vest had a lively political argument In the Senate. Between July 15 and 20 is the day set by Business men for a probable adjournment GELLED BY A BOGUS ZULU. Toledo Church People Fooled by a HeavySet Young African. About three weeks ago a heavy-set colored youth, calling himself Jave Tip-o-Tip Victoria Flosse Zulu Dlngan Omlsha, son of King Cotewayo Telowa, late ruler of .Zululand, went to Toledo, Ohio. He said Be came from President Angell's home In Ann Arbor, where he had been visiting, and that he had been studyilng to become a Methodist missionary at Nashville University. He said that Miss Sharpe, of Bishop Taylor’s brought him to America. Ho gave numerous lectures in tho churchos and sold thousands of photographs of himself, working the charity idea to effoct Sales. Church people took him into their arms, as it wera Now It is discovered that he has not only been missing more than a weok, but that David Young, a colored lad was taken away by him. Young's (relatives aro telegraphing everywhere, hut jhave learned nothing thus far. Diligent 'inquiry has convinced most of the clergy 'that the young African is an impostor.

i CATTLEMEN ORGANIZE. (Indian Territory Stockmen Form n Protective Association Against Thieves. The stockmen of the northeastern portion of Indian Territory have organized the (Cattlemen's Protective Association of tho Indian Territory, with headquarters at 'Vinlta. The purpose is to protect themeelves from loss by theft and otherwise of cattle which are shipped to market Tho means employed Is tho maintenance of inspectors at Kansas City, St Louis, and Chicago and later in the season what are (termed “line riders” will be put along the iKansas and Missouri lines. Tho Inspectors ■will look through all shipments of cattle ifrom that section and cut out all which aro shown by their brands to belong to members of the association if shipped by others than their owners. VILLAGE OFFICERS INDICTED. Finding of the Grand Jury Regarding the Port Jervis Lynching. The Grand Jury of Orange County, New York, convened at Goshen and examined ten or twelve new witnesses as to the lynching of Bob Lewis. Last week after a five days’ session tho jury reported to Judge Cullen that they could not find sufficient evidence to convict anybody. The judge directed them to continue their efforts. The result was that no indictments were found against the lynchers, but the Jury reported they had found a true bill against the villago officers of Port Jervis, charging them with criminal negligence r , Death Blow to Corporations. The Ohio Supreme Court rendered a decision In a case that has beeu watched with,a groat deal of interest by corporations, both within and without this State. It was to test the constitutionality of the Massie corporation law, authorizing the Secretary of State to collect, as the State fee for making corporations, a sum equal to onetenth of tho capital stock. The Court holds the law valid. It makes a new source of revenue for that State of over $200,000 annually, provided the corporations do not ‘Ptfss by the State in disgust The decision has additional interest in that it opens the way for the taxation of franchises and all kinds of public privileges that will undoubtedly be used by the Legislature next winter.

Negroes Ordered to Leave. An organized effort Is being made bv the •white residents of tho town of Norman, 0. T., to -drive ail negroes out of that place. Warning has been sent to the giegroes advising them to leave in the next ten days or suffer the consequences, A negro burbei named Smith was visited by threo white men last Sunday night and forced to leave town at the muzzles of Winchester rifles. It is feared serious trouble will result. Suicide Caused by a Son’s Wickedness. Henry Stallard, who was rescued from the Gladesville, Va., jail a few days ago by a party of disguised men, was recaptured Sunday. Tuosday Hop Stallard, tho gray-haired father of the prisoner, and four other men were arrested, with liberating young Stallard, and admitted to bail Later in the day the father, a well-known and much-respected citizen, .ended his life by hanging, t Col. Trotter Drops Dead. I' Col. T. E. Trotter, Twenty-fourth Infantry, V. 8. A., dropped dead of apoplexy wblle acting as Instructor at brigade camp, American Lake, twelve miles frem Tacoma, Tuesday afternoon. His body was taken to Vancouver barracks for burial. He was considered the best expert In the army In rifle practice. Two Boys Drowned. Champion Scburtz, agel 61, and his cousin, Cornelius Woodrow, aged 17, who was visiting him. left tbelr homo, and not returning, it was ascertained that they were drowned in the river a mile former's home at Gilbert, Ohio. Bobbed a Farmer of 82,000. Masked burglars entered the house of Yarmer Joseph Foreman, of Fairfield. Ohio, and secured t2.O<U Fatal Quarrel About a Girt. Jordan Bennett was fatally shot at Alpine, on the by John Good, who himself was ifounded. but It Is not fatally. Bennett had married a girl for whose hand Good bad been an suitor, and a quarrel resulted. Fatal Fire Near Paris. A disastrous fire occurred at Bercy, a suburb of Paris. Three tenements were destroyed, and a number of occupants were burned to death, and many were injured while trying to escape. The damage amounts to 1,500,000 francs fl' Crashed to Death. Thirteen persons we-s killed and more than forty InjureJ in a collision at Dock street, cn the Pennsylvania railroad, in Harrisburg, Pa., at 12:30 o'clock Saturday morning. The second section of the Western-express ran into the first section, completely uleecoplng two cars. Murdered In Court. A murder was committed in the New York court of Ge ler&l Sessions Max Clerget who was before Hie bar to answer to the charge of assaulting 15-year-old Sarah Dlvlu, was shot through the heart ae* Instantly killed by the girl's brother, Xdward Dlvln. who D 25 years old.