Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 November 1892 — KILLS WIFE AND CHILD [ARTICLE]

KILLS WIFE AND CHILD

DBED OF A MILWAUKEE MAN. fiThe Northwest Locked in Fetters of Frost —Big Haul at a Little Bank—Three Men J Killed by a Powder Explosion. > A Family Wiped Out. William R. Binder, living at Milwaukee, •hot his wife and little girl. 5 years of age, And then shot himself Monday morning. AH three are dead. Binder was the head Bookkeeper of B. Leldersdorf & Co. Mr. ■Heidersdorf was his uncle and Binder had Tor years been his manager and right-hand man. The real cause for the tragedy will tiever be known, unless It is given in let■ters written by Binder to relatives living da Michigan and Virginia. It is supposed ito be due to overwork and disappointment 3n business matters. Mrs. Binder and the little girl, Evelyn, were shot while asieep. ‘The mother lived an hour and the child until noon. Binder died almost instantly.

AN ENTIRE FAMILY POISONED. Arsenic Placed in a Barrel of Flour in an Ohio HouseholdSix weeks ago William Crawley, whc lives near College Corner, Ohio, and hit ■wife and child were taken suddenly s'c c under peculiar circumstances. The symptoms pointed strongly to poison, and Dr. Kell, of Liberty, discovered, to the great surprise of the family; that the drinking water which they had using contained oxide of arsenic. A few days ago the family was stricken .down and the symptoms for a second time resembled poison. The sufferings of the father and son were terrible. The little boy died. Among those who attended the funeral were Monroe Blas, wife and two children and Mrs. Joseph Baker and her two grown-up daughters. all of College Corner. They all remained at the Crawley residence for dinner and partook freely of the meal. By 6 o’clock, when the party arrived home. Mr. Blas and his two daughters were very sick, remaining so until the next morning, when they recovered. It is believed that poison got into the Crawley flour barrel, and an investigation will result. Mr. Crawley died. TRIED TO BURN THE BOSS. Fearful Revenge Planned by Hungarian Railroad Laborers in Ohio. A party of Hungarians, who were working on the Panhandle extension above New Cumberland, Ohio, on Saturday locked their boss up in a large tool-box, because of some Imaginary grievance, and deliberately kindled a Are around It They were awaiting hts cremation when the teamsters employed on the work came along, drove them •way, and released the partially suffocated man. After being rescued from such a horrible death It Is reported that the boss repaired to his boarding-house and armed himself, returned to where the Huns were gathered together, opened fire on them, and scattered the gang, slightly wounding two. The Huns who took a prominent part in the affair have left for parts unknoan.

DYNAMITE SHAKES A TOWN. Unknown Person Explodes a Bomb at Searcy, Ark. The citizens of Searcy. Ark., were awakened at 2 o'clock Monday morning by a terrific dynamite explosion, which wrecked many buildings. Unknown parties exploded a dynamite bomb in front of the Jewelry store of A A Bullard. The store and contents were completely wrecked; loss. $25,090. Buildings for blocks around were more or less damaged. The perpetrators of the deed are unknown. Their motive is a mystery. Crespo’s New Treaty. The new cabinet of the Venezuelan republic has just made public its action as to a reciprocity treaty with this country. Crespo and his council are in sympathy with the North American policy of reciprocity. and when Dr. Francisco Bustamonte, the new Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to this country, arrives here next month he will bring a copy of the treaty between the United States of North America and the United States of Venezuela Carnegie Men Rejected. There was considerable excitement about the offices of the Carnegie mills at Beaver Fells when the old men presented themeelves for work. All expected to go to work with the exception of the six members of the advisory board. About fifty of the old men wore refused, which was quite a surprise to them. The action has caused no little talk and considerable feeling among the men.

Eight Below in Minnesota. •< The Northwest has got its first cold spell of the season. In Manitoba and the northern portion of Minnesota the .temperature was 8 degrees below zero Monday. In Bt. Paul it was 0 below at 7 o'clock, while in bath the Dakotas it was below zero but grew warmer. The cold wave progreased southeastward and over the lake region. Jewelry Store Blown Up with Dynamite, i At Searcy, Ark., the jewelry store of A A. Ballard was blown up by dynamite, causing a loss of $25,009. The Court Bouse also suffered several thousand dollars* damage, and window classes for a distance of four blocks were broken. The dwelling of K. J. Crow was destroyed by fire at the same time. Cholera Breaks Out Again

j Cholera is again showing Itself in Belgium. There have been two deaths from the disease In Brussels, and several cases are reported in Bruges and Mona Fatally Cat His Throat with an Ax. John Johnson died at Ashland, Wls. H« cut his throat at Mason with an ax. H« was an oid logger. Drunkenness is the only cause assigned. Powder Explodes in a Mine. A powder explosion occurred short!? after noon Monday at the Blanch coal mine, located at the west end of Colliers, W. Va. Twenty-five kojs of powder exploded, causing the Instant death of three niners.uyd the wounding of eight others, three will probably die. Ashland, 111., Bank Robbed. Between 11 o'clock Sunday night and C o'clock Monday morning the banking-house Skiles, Bearick A Co.. Ashland, 111., was entered by burglars and robbed of nearly *3,000 in currency. fe’-S i ~ Stole All the Cows In Town. O. B. Renter, a Waco. Texas, young man Offcrmer high social standing, stole all the cows belonging to the people of the town o! Mart, twenty miles from Waco, and drove them to market He was prosecuted on one of the six indictmentsand got five years iu the penitentiary. Fatal Freight Wreck. A freight wreck occurred at Allegrippus, Pa. Three men are probably fatally . nenman hey for die

THREE DEAD, SIXTEEN HURT. Awful Accident at a Democratic Jollification—Two Kegs of Powder Explode. The Democrats of' Mountain View, Ark., held a Presidential election celebration in the district school-hoc’'n at that place the other night, and a terrible disaster ended the proceedings prematurely. Anvil firing r.nd a discharge ot fireworks were feature* of the jollification. A portion of these had been stored in the school-house. During the speechmaking and while the building was packed with men, women, and children two kegs of powder exploded. The results were frightful. The school house was totally wrecked and most of Its occupants buried in the ruins. Those who could extricate themselves set about at once to rescue others. Shrieks and moans came from the mass of wrecked timbers, and it was evident that the calamity was a terrible one. The dobris took fire in several places and it required hard work to prevent the cremation of the Imprisoned victims. The flames were subdued, however, and only one person suffered from the fire. A son and daughter of Silas Graham were taken out dead, and Berry Sherod, one of the most prominent residents of Washington County, was so badly injured that he has since died. Another man. whose name has not been learned, was also fatally hurt Fifteen others were seriously Injured, but their names have not been ascertained. Berry Sherod suffered horrible agonies, mentally as well as physically, before he was go: out of the ruins. He was pinne 1 down by the timbers, and was burned beyond recognition. He lived several hours after being rescued.

IN SECRET SESSION. Questions of Vital Importance to Be Considered in Conference. In the marble palace of Archbishop Corrigan. on Madison avenue. New York, there is progressing a conference which may have results of a far-reaching character. Catholic archbishops are conferring upon subjects of grave Importance, not alone to their own followers but to tne people at large. It goes without saying that the conclave is hedged abjut with privacy, and the avenues of public information are few. Cardinal Gibbons Is said lobe presiding, and the occasion gainsunusual interest from the presence of Archbishop Satolli. the Pope's delegate to this country. Archbishop Ireland, of St. Paul, is present, and It is thought that he will meet all inquiries from any source relative to his views on the American school question. The educational question. It is believed, is being thoroughly considered by the conference Among other matters it Is understood that the convention will be asked by Archbishop Katzner. of Milwaukee, accurately to define the term “secret society.” This request is in deference to the wishes of the German Catholics of the West, and is said to have in view the Knights of Pythias, the United Workmen, and other societies without spiritual direction, which have profited by the liberality of the church, while in consequence of this liberality the benevolent societies which have placed themselves under the direction of the church have not prospered to a corresponding degree

KNIGHTS OF LABOR MEET. Finances of the Great Organization on a Prosperous Basis. The report of General Secretary and Treasurer Hayes of the Knights of Labir, in session at St Louis, begins with a statement of the condition of the benefit Insurance feature of the order's work, which, owing to lack of support by the members, nas not been very successful. He urges the delegates to adopt measures to arouse the interest of the membership in this part of the work of the order. His financial statement shows that, including the balance on hand at the beginning of the fiscal year July 1, 1891. the total receipts of the order have been $60,614.19, and the total expenditures 559.748.82, leaving a balance on hand on July 1. 1892, of $865.37. The membership of the order has increased slightly during the past year, and has now over 260.000 members in good standing. Except slight balances duo some of the general officer! on salary, the order is entirely clear of debt; all its property, including the general headquarters In Philadelphia, some coal mining property in Indiana, and other property in Missouri and elsewhere, is fully paid for. and foots up a total value of in the neighborhood of SIOO,OOO.

AGRICULTURISTS MEET. Reports from the Various Committees Show Improvement In AU Branches. The convention of the Association ot Agricultural Colleges and Experimental Stations, st New Orleans, was called to order by President Brown. Reports of the chairmen ot sections were submitted, showing the progress made In the colleges In the Increased attendance of pupils, in the improvements ot buildings, apparatus, laboratories, and additions to the curriculum The section of agriculture reported through 0. L. Ingersoll, of Nebraska, the section of botany reporting through E. M. Tracey, of Mississippi The section of chemistry reported through M. A. Scoville, of Kentucky. The section of entomology reported through Lawrence Brumer, of Nebraska. The section of college work reported through E ,M. Turner, of West Virginia. President Brown lead bls annual address. He expatiated upon the many and important advantages to result from the Morrill bill as regards increasing the revenues and educational facilities of the colleges in the national educational system. YELLOW FEVER IN MEXICO. One Thousand Persons Have Died from the Disease In Cordoba. A letter received by James Gallagher of New York from a friend In Cordoba, Mexico, gives a most distressing account of the state of affairs there. Yellow fever has raged with awful violence and carried away almost 1,000 ot the people ot the town. Most ot the inhabitants have fled to the mountains to escape the plague. On the day when the letter was written the writer said the only living beings that could be seen in the streets were a few convicts who had been pressed into service for carrying the dead. Trade has been utterly paralyzed. Cordoba is a pretty little town In the heart of the Orizaba Mountains. Mexico. It has about 4,000 inhabitants.

Must Pay Full Fare. The consideration of rates to the World's Fair occupied nearly a whole day’s session at New York of the presidents of the trunk lines The result will be a disappointment to those who looked for a great reduction from present transportation charges. On all trains scheduled at thirty-five hours or less between Chicago and New York the Presidents decided that the rates now charged shall be maintained. During the Exposition on all trains scheduled at more than thirtyfive hours a reduction of 20 per cent, each way from present rates may be made Victims of the Gllcher. A message from Fox Island reports that Charles Bow has found two bodies on the beach with the steamer Gllcher's life pretervers qn them. From papers found on the remains it is believed that one is the body of the steward, named Charles E. Williams. The other is the fireman, named Green. The mizzenmast of the Gllcher was found on the beach at Fox Island. ' Missing Messenger. George W. Bagley, United States express messenger between Chicago and Council Bluffs, on the Rock Island, disappeared after arriving in Davenport lowa at 3 o'clock Friday morning, and the entire police force of the city and private detectives were on a hunt for him. It is understood that with him there disappears a considerable amount of money, although

officials are reticent as to the actual amount Bagley lives in Davenport, was a driver for the company before he went on the road forthem, and has always borne a good reputation. The Chicago officials of the United States Express Company are reticent regarding Messenger Bagley’s disappearance. Vice President Carter Immediately notified the Kansas City agent by wire and instructed him to put half a dozen detectives on the case at once. The Davenport agent of the company was also notified by telegraph to make all possible efforts to run Bagley down. One of the employes said he had heard from an official source that Bagley got away with between $12,000 and $15,000. “It was no uncommon thing for Bagley to bring $100,009 to the city,” said one of the company’s employes, “and it may be that he had a much larger sum with him when he got away than the report gives out. 'i ben again the amount may have been smaller than $12,000, but I think it was fully that”

DEVASTATED BY A TORNADO. Great Destruction Reported at English, . Ind., and Vicinity. An English, Ind., special says: A tornado has continued in this section almost uninterruptedly during the last eighteen hours and Increased to a regular hurricane. The location of English, in a low valley saved it from serious damage, but almost every window and chimney - top in town is wrecked. The fronts of the business houses of Joseph Finch, Luther Griss. and William Temple were blown In. Though the brakes were set to the utmost on cars on the railroad track,every car was driven to the west end, where the foremost of them broke through the bumpert John Jones and Cassie Forbes, while passing over the Blue River bridge, were blown off the bridge a distance of fifteen feet, but before they struck the bottom of the river they were driven eastward a great distance and managed to save themselves. The principal loss will be timber in the surrounding country. On the farm 200 large forest trees were uprooted. Hundreds of acres of unharvested corn is blown from the stalks. The meager reports from the surrounding country indicate that great damage was wrought END OF THE AMAZONS. King Behanzin’s Female Troops Are Practically Exterminated. Dispatches from Col Dodds, commander of the French expedition to overthrow King Behanzin and his Amazonian army, in Dahomey, reports that the French troops reached Cana, ten miles from Amboy, the capital of the kingdom. The natives resisted Ills advance desperately, but were routed in every fight, and King Behanzin’s forces, including the remnant of his Amazonian body guard, were reduced to about 1,590, and could not cope with the French troops in ppen battle. The Dahomeyan kingdom was founded in the seventeenth century. The natives are pure negroes and livein fetish worship and extreme barbarism. The Amazons mutilate captives so horribly that Col. Eodds ordered that no quarter should be given and all prisoners be shot. It has been a campaign of extermination. The Amazons, who numbered 6,000 when the French invasion began, have mostly been killed.

Kansas City’s Big Revival. Kansas City was given over to religion Friday. Evangelist B. Fay Mills has been conducting a revival there for two weeks, and Friday was set apart as a midweek Sabbath for business men and their employes. Many business houses closed their doors, and the evangelist addressed great crowds at the Third Regiment Armory. A feature of the day was the neighborhood prayer meetings throughout the residence portions of the city. Three thousand converts to Christian ity have been made during the two weeks of the revival. Vengeance Followed Swiftly. Thursday evening at a place just over the North Carolina line an officer was killed while trying to arrest a desperate character. The slayer was captured by a posse and was being taken to Cheraw, in South Carolina, for safe keeping. The train was stopped and boarded by a mob with blackened faces. They took the prisoner from his guards and hanged him within sight of the railroad track. Neither the name of the officer nor that of the man who was lynched has been obtained. Trouble with Indians Expected. There is fear of an Indian outbreak on the part of the Navajoi in Arizona. Gen. McCook telegraphed the War Department expressing fear of an uprising. Black Horse, a discontented Indian chief, is held responsible for the trouble. There are 15,000 male Indians in the Navajo country. Most of ihe Indians have worked away from the limits of their reservation. The intention, it practicable. Is to .give them the land they are now occupying Instead of the reservation they have deserted.

Death Blow to the Strike. Ihe Homestead strike received Its death blow Friday. The men who came out on sympathy have not during the strike worn such happy faces as they did that day. During the day over 1,009 had their names registered in the company’s books as applicants for positions. The mechanics and laborers had a meeting in the morning and almost unanimously decided to disregard the mandate of the Amalgamated and apply for work, and accept the terms they could obtain from the company. Red Bud, HL, Storm-Swept. Two people were killed, twelve seriously hurt, many more injured, and eighty-four buildings demolished by a cyclone at Red Bud, Randolph County, HL, Thursday morning.