Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 May 1893 — THROW AWAY THE KEY [ARTICLE]

THROW AWAY THE KEY

FAIR CATES TO BE CLOSED NO MORE. Christie Warden’s Murderer at Last Expiates His Crime with His Life—A Thousand Immigrants Exposed to Small-pox— Must Give Up the Struggle. For an Open Fair. Jackson Park and all the buildings ot the World’s Fair will be open to the world every day from now until the close of the exposition season. Pledging themselves to pay back into Uncle Sam’s treasury all the money voted on condition that the gates were kept shut on Sunday, the Chicago directors decided Tuesday to inaugurate a 3even-day fair, beginning at once. The decision was almost unanimous. On the question of payiug back the Congressional appropriation and opening the gates the vote stood 32 to 5. Coupled with the new rule is a clause providing that the money shall be refunded to the United States Treasury after the debts of the Exposition Company have been paid and before either the stockholders or the city of Chicago receives a dollar of the $5,600,000 and $5,000,000 respectively that they furnished to build the Fair, The sum to be paid back to the Treasury is sl,929,120, that being tha difference between the original appropriation of $2,500,000 and $570,800, which Congress afterward took away to meet the expenses of making awards at the F,xpositlon- The price of admission on Sunday is 50 cents, the same as Is charged during the week. One clause in the new rule provides fer holding religious services at the park each Sunday in choral and festival halls. Eminent preachers will be invited to conduct the services, The machinery is to he stopped and no employes except those actually needed to protect the property and preserve the public peace shall do any work on Sunday, and those employes wto work on that day shall be given a day of rest during the week.

STRANGLED TO DEATH. Last Act in a Tragedy Which Shocked New England Two Years Ago. Frank C. Almy was hanged at Concord, N. H., Tuesday morning. The execution was a bungling job. Almy’s feet touched the floor when he went through the drop, and he was strangled to death. The story of the crime committed at Hanover, July 17, 1891, is one of tho most shocking and exciting in criminal annals. Almy had been employed as a farm hand by Andrew Warden, one of the most substantial citizens of Grafton County, (.-bristle Warden was a teacher in the district school, and had been the object of Almy's unrequited love On the Ist of April, 1891, Aliny left the Wardeus, and a few weeks later reappeared in their neighborhood. On the evening of July 17 Christie, hor mother, younger sister and a lady friend were on their way home from Hanover village to the Warden place, about a mile and a half distant When passing through what Is known as Vale Temple Almy suddenly appeared, proclaimed his identity, and grasping Christie, dragged her through a pair of bars into a ravine and there shot her. almost in the presence of tho other terrified, women. His escape, tho long search for him, his discovery at last in tho Warden barn, and the attack and his capture formed one of the meat exciting and remarkable chapters connected with any murder that has occurred for many years in New England. IT EXPECTS TO FAIL, Northwestern Guaranty Loan Company Cannot Keep Up. A Minneapolis dispatch says that tho Northwestern Guaranty Loan Company has not yet suspended, although the officers admit that the stringency will probably compel them to do so. It was announced that In all probability the investors would be paid in full, as the securities are large and generally of good quality. Certain it is that the loss will be light There is a large equity in tho thirteenstory Guaranty Building, and valuable Chicago property is also held as collateral President Menage has made no public statement, as be deems it unnecessary in advance of suspension, but it was learned privately that he gives It as his opinion that there will be no loss to either the investors or stockholders. The debentures issued amount to only about 52,500,000 and the remaining liabilities are in commercial paper, all of which are backed by mortgage and realty collateral There is a much easier feeling In consequence of this statement and confidence is being rapidly restored.

Exposed to Small-pox. According to a New York dispatch smallpox suspects crowd Hoffman aDd Swinburne Islands. At the laser observation station there are already 40D steerage passengers who were exposed to the contagion on the steamships Gera and Lahn, which arrived last week, and Tuesday more than one thousand persons, the passengers and a crew of the French steamship Alesia, were transferred to Swinburne Island. The Alesia arrived on Sunday morning from Naples. She had been twenty days at sea. Her captain reported one death from heart disease and one mild case of small-pox. Dr. Jenkins at once decided on an investigation. In a few hours a second case was discovered and the patient was removed at once. This increased the necessity for extreme precaution. Vaccination was begun. The Alesia carried 949 steerage passengers and 42 officers and seamen. With a few ex. ceptions the passengers were vaccinated. Uncle Sam Caught Them. Beveral cases of dutiable goods from the tJnlled States steamer Portsmouth were seized by customs officers at Norfolk, Va. An Investigation is likely to follow. Big Haul for Thieves. Adam Miller, collector for the Iron City Brewing Company, of Pittsburg, was robbed of 81.600 in cash and 8400 in checks while while boarding a street car. Infanta Eulalia on H -r Way. Official information has been received by the Btute Department that the Infanta Eulalia is coming to the United States She and her suite sailed from Havana for New York Monday afternoon Commander Davis of the navy has been detailed to receive the Infanta and act as her escort to Chicago Gov. McKinley Is Too Busy. Owing to a press of official business Gov KcKlnley will not accept the appointment to the Board of Visitors to the Naval Academy, tendered him by President Cleveland. Consider *12,000 Damages Too High. The Supreme Court of lowa handed down an opinion it states that 812.000 damages tor a personal injury is too large a sum for a railroad 'man or any man of J. C. Kroner’s class to expect The case was against the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railways' The court cut the amount awarded ttf the plaintiff to BS.OOO. Wholesale Whisky Men Suspend, Rumors of, the ■embarrassmeil of the wholesale whisky Arm of W. H. Thomas & tows, Louisville., which had been rife for several days. We>e cop firmed Friday morning when .tribe frm suspended payment owing td tie COtidltioh of ■ the trade and the stringency In the mcney market

WENT TO THE WALL. Frank A. Lapp-n & Co., of Milwaukee, Caught la ths Financial Whirlpool. Milwaukee was caught in the financial whirlpool Friday through the failure ot F. A Lappen & Co., one of the largest housefurnishing firms in the Northwest The failure, while in nowise a surprise In financial circles, caused a sensation by Its suddenness. It has been known for some time that ihe house was skating on thin Ice. Frank Lappen, the head of the house, had, from the beginning of hls business career In the city, been known as a commercial plunger. Several times tefoie lie was Just on the edre of the precipice, hut always (Managed to pull himself back and avoid the fatal plunge. The crasli was prec pitated by the- Wisconsin National bank. Judgments were entered in lhe Circuit Court on two promissory notes given by Lappen & Co. to the bank. Total liabilities reach $500,000. GOT lIKK CHILD AND 835,000 ALIMONY Largest Amount ill the History of Minnesota Courts Awarded Mrs. Johnson. Thirty-five thousand dollars alimony, the largest amount in the history of Minnesota courts, was awarded to Mrs. Helen M. Johnson, of Bt Paul, from Alex. M. Johnson, the wealthy Chicago steamboat man. Mrs. Johnson charged that six years ago Johnson quietly secured a divorce from her In Chicago and immediately remarried. Mrs. Johnson also alleged that no proper service of the papers had been made on her. Judge Otis decided that Johnson’s divorce was valid so far as separation was concerned, but owing to the apparent irregularity of tho service of the papers awarded her the custody of their 11-year-old daughter and $35,000 alimony.

Remarkable Strength of Business. I!. G. Dun & Ca’s weekly review of trade says: 'ilie smash in tho industrial stocks, the failures of some firms and of the National Cordage Company, and the largest decline in stocks kuown In any week since 1873 have been followed by surprisingly little disturbance. Business has shown remarkable soundness and strength under such a strain. Bank failures at Chicago and Indianapolis and rumors of others reflect largo losses through Chicago speculation in real estate and grain, and at Indianapolis through tho failure of the Premier Btcel Company, hut commercial credits are not as yet materially affected. Interior money markets are growing tighter and more cautious, but no such stringency is yet seen as to check general trade, which appears to have improved. Applied a New Michigan Law. Charles A. Grcenman, Of Grand Rapids, Mich., sold 1113 furniture ornament manufacturing plant to the Waddell .Manufacturing Company, producing the same line of goods, and contracted not to resume business. Ho did resume and the Waddell company brought suit to restrain him. Injunction wusdenied on lhe ground that tho contract was in violation of the Btate antimonopoly law, which declares all contracts to limit or restrict production are illegal and void and making tlio contractors subject to a heavy fine. This is tho first tirno tho law has been apylled. Heavy Windstorm in Michigan. Several farms east of Pinckney, Livingston County, Mich., were devastated by a high wind early Friday morning Tho storm first struck tho farm of Louis Dryer, destroying the barn, out-buildings, orchard and crops. Then it struck (ho premises of William Thompson and William Placeway, half a mile further east, completely laying low all the farm buildings, orchurds and wind-mills. Sevorai persons were hurt, but not seriously, though many horses and sheep were killed. The damage o.i the farms is estimated at $15,000. Twice Caused a Church to Burn. Fcianton, Pu., has a sensation. Within u, year the Methodist Tabernacle in that city has been twice destroyed by fire. F.acli time the building was nearly completed. The double burning of tbe church caused a loss of nearly $250,000. Peter Hunter, the watchman of the church, made a confession, In which ho says ho set fire to the church tho first time, and the second time ho got another person to upply the torch. Hunter has a delusion that the churcli is being built on ground which belongs to him.

Chose W. W. Tracey. The Nutional League of Republican Clubs, in session at Louisville, elected W. W. Tracey, of Illinois, President Tbore was only one ballot, as follows: M. H. de Young. California 406 W. W. Tracey, Illinois noa General W. H. Hastings, Pennsylvania 413 As scon as the vote was announced. Mr. Tracey’s election was made unanimous. Director of the Mint. Edward O. Leech, Director of the Mint, has handed in his resignation to the President, to take effect at the end of this month, when he will accept the position of cashier of the National Union Bank of Now York. Banquet to Kev. Roberts. A banquet was tendered ut Cincinna’i by The conservative Presbyterians to Prof. William 11. Roberts, who was forced to lea.'e Lane Theological Seminary by the friends of Prof. Henry Preserved Smith. Absorbs a 182,000,000 Glass Plant. The National Plate Glass Company, which was recently formed with a capital of 83.000,009, has purchased the plant of the Charleroi Plate Glass Company. The price paid was 81,750,000. Killed on a Bridge. Joseph Empky, of Richmond. Ind., 63 years of age, was struck by a Panhandle freight train while crossing a bridgo and Instantly killed.