Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 July 1893 — PERISHED BY FLAME. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

PERISHED BY FLAME.

SMALL FIRE CAUSES GREAT LOSS OF LIFE. finish of the 1,000 Mile Chadron-Chi-cago Cowboy Race —India's Action Will Force Immediate Readjustment of the Sliver Question in the United States. Four Lives Lost at a Saginaw Fire. At Saginaw, Mich., Tuesday evening, a two-story frame building, occupied as a millinery story by Mrs. Catherine Neumann, was destroyed by fire. The family, consisting of mother, three daughters and two sons, lived upstairs, and escape was cut off. The oldest son and one daughter succeeded in escaping. Mrs. Neumann was found near a front window so frightfully burned that death Is almost certain in a few hours When the firemen gained an entrance into a rear room three children .were found, Tilda, aged 20, Lena 15, and Frank 12. The boy was dead and the girls lived but a few minutes Their death was due to suffocation. The loss on building and contents will be about 53,500; partly insured.

THE WORLD TALKS SILVER. India's Action Regarding the White Metal Causes a Great Stir. In explaining to the India Council the bill providing for the stoppage of the free colnageof silver and other monetary measures, the adoption of which was announced Monday, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Viceroy of India, said he hoped the Government would not be criticised for disposing of the important question at a single sitting. The keynote of the scheme, according to Simla advices, was rather to prevent a further fall in exchange than to raise the value of the rupee. The fixing of the provisional rate of exchange at 4s Id provided an automatic means of preventing the closing of the mints and the violent disturbing of exchange rates. The rate of exchange had been fixed high enough to relieve the Government of Its most pressing necessities, while it was well within the limits of the recent fluctuations. There should be no mistake, the Viceroy said, about the facts It is not proposed to substitute gold for the silver currency. No attempt would be made at present to fix a legal tender price for gold. When the ratio of value was mentioned it was only provisional. In conclusion, the Viceroy expressed the Government's sense of the gravity of the step It was about to take. The Importance of the action of the government of India in dropping the coinage of silver cannot be overestimated at this time. It was the only country, with the exception of Mexico, In the world, the mints of which were not open to the coinage of silver without limitation. It Is the general opinion that the closing of the mints of India against the free coinage of silver cannot fail to depress the price of that metal

BERRY WINS THE RACE. First of the Cowboys to Reach Chicago in the Race from Chadron, Neb. Covered with dust and with the perspiration rolling down his bronzed face and dropping on the neck of a jaded, mudbespattered bronco who could not be urged Into a trot, the winner of the great cowboy race rode up to the gates of the Buffalo Bill show In Chicago at exactly (1:30 o’clock Tuesday morning. Clad in a dirty white shirt, a pair of mud-covered yellowish jeans and wearing on his head a worn-out, limber-rimmed cowboy hat, John Berry, the victor, half tumbled from his saddle in front of Col. Cody’s tent, go weak and tired that he was unable to rise to his feet or grasp the proffered hand of Cody, who welcomed the little man who had ridden 1,040 miles and won a race that will doubtless be famous In history. Berry was hardly able to hold his head up and was supported through the crowd by two sturdy cowboys to the mess tent, where hb was laid upon the sofa and stimulants given him. The two horses Berry rode are owned by Jack Hall and were ridden alternately. Berry claimed that he had not closed his eyes for ten days, but his backers stated that he slept while riding.

Big Storm In Kansas. A terrific storm passed over Logan County, Kansas. A few miles south of Oakley it assumed the proportions of a tornado, blowing down several farm houses, stables, and outbuildings. It carried a school house fifty rods and then dashed It to the ground and broke it into kindling wood, scattering the debris for a long distance. Lightning struck and killed Mra George Beak four miles southeast of Oakley and also struck two houses In town. The rainfall was the greatest since the spring of 1892.

Death from Yellow Fever. A special from a lumber dock fifty miles from Brunswick, Go., announces the death of Alfred J. Biddle, master of the Amerlr can barkentine Anita Berwind, from yellow fever. V. S. Marshal Recovering. United States Marshal J. W. Brown, who was shot and seriously wounded In a battle with moonshiners In Hardin County, Tennessee, Is slowly Improving. Roasted Her Child. Anita Sanchez, a Mexican mother, became angry at her 8-year-old daughter and forced her Into a large baker’s oven. The inhuman woman then lighted a fire and the child was roasted to death. Fort Wayne Paper Suspends. The Daily Press, of Fort Wayne, Ind., has suspended publication, after an existence of four years. It has been a losing venture from the start. Fitzthnm Electrocuted. John Fitzthum, the Buffalo murderer, was electrocuted at Auburn, N. Y, on Monday afternoon. Army of the Potomac. The twenty-fourth annual reunion of the Army of the Potomac was held in Boston Tuesday and Wednesday. One of the most Interesting events connected with the twenty-fourth annual reunion of the Society was the dedication of the statue of Admiral Farragut in Marine Park.

lowa Woman Fatally,Hurt. Mary Muth, of Monona, lowa, jumped from a moving train in Mason City, lowa, and had her left leg crushed so badly that amputation was necessary. She will probably die. Missouri Fatalities. William Cummings, a farmer near Stansberry, Ma, and three of the family of John Doyle, are reported killed by lightning Wednesday afternoon. Found in the River. Charles Trost, who left home In Dubuque, lowa, last Tuesday to pick berries, has been accounted for. His body has been found in the river. ! Cannot Move the Capital. At Woodland, Cal, Superior Judge Grant has decided in favor of Sacramento and against Fan Jose in the State capital re-

DEATHS FROM POISON. Bt. Louis Police Suspect a Young Woman of Killing Her Relatives. Mrs Charles Stewart, daughter of John McKibben, aho died at St Luke’s Hospital. St Louis, under circumstances strongly indicating that he had been poisoned, also died Thursday afternoon. Mrs. J. C. Briggs, another daughter, is very 111, and the sickness is pronounced the same as that which resulted in the death of father and sister. The story, briefly outlined. Is that Mrs. Biggs visited her father's house and took dinner there. Mrs. Stewart prepared the meal, which consisted of s< up, boiled cabbage, canned corned beef, bread, butter and tea. Almost immediately after dinner those who partook of the repast were taken violently sick, all of them vomiting freely and complaining of sore throats and mouth and of excruciating cramps. McKibben’s family consisted of his wife, the two daughters, Mrs. Wetzel, and a younger daughter named Maud, who is about 19 years of age. Owing to marital troubles, Mrs. McKibben does not live with her husband, but resides with her daughter, Mrs Biggs. Maud McKibben refused to eat any of the dinner and Is the only member of the family who was not taken sick. It is said the police have evidence to the effect that she bought paris green a few days ago. The family is well to da Jealousy of her sisters has been a marked trait of Maud’s character.

EDMUNDS TALKS ON SILVER. Says He Is in Favor of the Repeal of the Sherman Law. Ex-Senator George F. Edmunds, while speaking in New York the other day of the present business depression, was asked

what he would do to help the present difficulties. He said: “I have no legislation to propose beyond the repeal of the Sherman law and the return to the monetary laws which existed before 1873. When we passed the Sherman act something had to be done. A crisis was impending. I voted for the measure and am willing to take my share of tho “responsibility, although I

was not personally in favor of It A canvass showed us that if we did not pass the act the silver men would pass a free-silver bill. I believe now that if we had let the crash come the country to-day would have been more comfortable.” The Senator said he is not in favor of annexing the Hawaiian Islands, and thought the Russian treaty would do.

OLNEY WILL DO NOTHING MORE. Knows of No Further Steps for the Government to Take. There is little likelihood of the Government taking any furiher steps In the World’s Fair Suuday opening matter. Attorney General Olney said to a Washington correspondent that he did not expect to do anything more. “I don’t see what can be done,” he added. “Unless .something new Is presented I should say that the matter is settled.” Tho Methodist Church, which threatened to withdraw its exhibit because of the Fair being open on Sunday, has decided not to do sa This decision was reached at a secret meeting of the official* representatives of the Methodists held in the office cf Dr. Edwards, editor of the Northwestern Advocate, in Chlcaga • TWO MILLION LOSS. Conflagration Caused by a Small Boy Playing with Matches. Eighty dwellings, six grocery and general stores, two churches, tho railway station and round bouse, were destroyed by a fire which swept the village of Gibson, directly opposite Frederlckton, N. B. The fire started shortly before 2 o’clock, and Is believed to have originated from a little boy playing with a toy pistol and matches in his father's barn. Ono hundred and thirty families were rendered homeless and are sheltered in the hotels and private houses of Gibson and Frodericktan The loss is very heavy and falls on mechanics and laborers. The destruction of property will amount to 82,000,000, with very small insurance.

I. oshcs by Fire. Fire broke out late Thursday night in the village of Mount Sterling, Ohio, and before it was controlled had destroyed the business part of the village and several residences It was discovered in J. M. Clark's grocery in a building owned by F. C. Alkire. In this building was also the Central Hotel It was completely destroyed; also the frame building adjoining, occupied by Miss Chidester, and residence occupied by James Allen and wife, both owned by Alkire. The residence of Mr. and Mra J. M. Clark and millinery store of Mra. Clark were both burned to the ground. Twelve business houses and three dwellings, about onethird of the town of Leonardsvllle, Kan., were wiped out by fire Thursday afternoon. Those who defeated the proposition to bond the town for $3,000 for water-works a year ago were the only ones who lost by the fire. Gallup, N. M., came very near being entirely consumed by fire. The loss is estimated at about $20,000, while the insurance will not amount to over sio.ooo. Death of Senator Stanford. Senator Leland Stanford died at his home in California Wednesday morning. He had been ill some time. His death was due to a complication of organic troubles. He was in his usual health Tuesday and took a drive around his stock farm and retired shortly after 10 o’clock. He made no complaint during the day regarding his health. Shortly after midnight his valet entered his bed-room and found his master dead. The. news of the Senator’s death was speedily sent to his business assocla es and friends. The body will be embalmed.

Mechanics Meet in Detroit. The Junior Order of United American Mechanics held its annual meeting in Detroit This is the fortieth anniversary of the order, which was founded May 17, 1853, in Philadelphia. The State of Pennsylvania alone has 924 lodges, with a membership of about 200,000; Indiana, 20 lodges; Illinois, 40 lodges; Maryland, 04; New York, 120; New Jersey, 179; Ohio, 315, and every State in the Union is represented by from 20 to 500 lodges. To Defend Their Interest*. Sixty Kansas farmers, representing 30,000 acres of improved lands, bought of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway and affected by the Government suit to forfeit the company’s grant, met at Abilene and engaged counsel to defend their interests. Should their land titles be lost it wlil sweep away the savings of twenty years for most of them.

Base-Ball Record. The standing of the clubs of the National League is shown by the following table: , W. L. 9c.l W. L. Philadelp ia.3l it .6461 Baltimore . .23 25 .479 Boston3l 17 .640 Washington 22 20 458 8r00k1yn....30 18 .OTsjCinoinnati. .22 26 458 Cleveland... 24 19 .558 St. L0ui5...20 2« .435 Pittsburg.. .25 24 .510 Chicagol9 27 .413 New Y0rk...24 25 .490iLoulsville .. 9 30 .231 Lower Rates to the Fair. The Great Northern Thursday announced another $lO cut in rates and the Northern Pacific at once followed suit. This places first- class rates at $25 and second-class at $lB between eastern terminals and north Pacific coast points. Northern Pacific rates from Portland and all Puget sound points to St. Paul, Minneapolis and Duluth are $25 first-class. Will Establish a National Board. In New York, at a special meeting of the Academy of Medicine, the quarantine committee appointed some months ago was authorized to take steps for tho establishment of a national board of health. Big Diamond Robbery at Lansing. Forepaugh’s circus was in Lansing, Mich., Friday and the city was overrun with

crooks and sneak thlevea A big haul was made on Charles Piella’s jewelry store. Three men entered the store. While two engaged the attention of the proprietor and clerk the third removed from a show case a tray containing $1,600 worth of diamonds. All three made their escape before the loss was discovered. No clew to, the piepetra’ors Is yet leported. Numerous other thefts are reported. BOY THIEF COMES TO GRIEF. A Lad 11 Years of Age Robs a Safe and Sustains Fatal Injuries. A robbery and the serious injury of a boy created no little excitement in Silver Plume, Col. Mrs. Thomas Roberts and her son Harmon. 11 years of age. went there from Dodgeville, Wis., twg months ago, and the lad secured employment in the millinery and jewelry store of A. Rapin. The boy had become thoroughly acquainted with the place and attempted to rob the safe while the Rapins were eating supper Saturday night, but Was discovered in thu acu He escaped with 865 and ran up the side of a mountain near by, but was chased and soon brought down. He declared he had thrown tho money away In his flight. In iho morning his mother accompanied him in search for the missing gold, and while on the very top of the mountain and near a precipice he made a break for liberty by attempting to slide down the steep incline. The distance is about 103 feet His injuries will doubtless prove fatal.

AMBASSADOR BAYARD PRESENTED. Conveyed to Windsor by Special Carriage, Where He II Received with Ceremony. The Hon. Thomas F. Bayard, the first American Ambassador t> Great Britain, has presented his credentials from the American Government to the Queen. In accordance with the usual custom that obtains in the case of Ambassadors a state carriage was furnished by the British Government to convey Mr. Bayard from his hotel to the railway station. Upon his arrival at the station he was received by Gen. Sir Christopher leesdale. master cf the ceremonies. Mr. Bayard was conducted to a special saloon carriage in waiting for him. In which he traveled to Windsor. A state carriage awaited his coming at the Windsor station and Mr. Bayard who was accompanied by his wife, entered it and was driven to the castle, where, after the usual formalities, he presented to her Majesty the letters appointing him as the representative of the United States at the Court of St James.

Hundreds <>t Sailors Lost. The British twin screw battleship Victoria. flying the flat of Vice Admiral George C. Tryon, K. O. 8., commander of the Mediterranean station, was sunk in eighteen fathoms of water off Tripoli Friday afternoon, and at least four hundred of her officers and crew went down with her. The disaster was due to the fearful bungling of either her own officers or those of the battleship Compertlown. She was run Into head on by her companion ship, and In less than a quarter of an hour she had disappeared. Leroy I’ayne Falls. Leroy Payne, the liveryman of Chicago, failed for 8250,000. His assets are estimated at 5750.000. Mr. Payne was prostrated by the failure of his business and has been confined to his bed since from the effects of ft. lie holds a nlnety-nlne-yeur lease on the site on which his stable is located, and the recent Increase in real estate figures have made it a very valuable holding. The business will not be suspended or interrupted. Mr. I’ayne expects to be able to clear the present incumbrances and resume business again. Talse Unfair Advantage of Poor Lo. Parties at Purls, Texas, from tho Chickasaw Nation say that merchants In that country are doing an immense business on the strength of the leased district money, which is soon to be paid. They are buying claims at a heavy discount, and paying for them In goods on which they make the neat little profit of 25L i per cent. The charge is made that there is a ring connected with tho payment, and that persons in official positions will secure 5 per cent, on all claims thus purchased.

Trade Still Dull. R. G. Dun & Ca’s weekly review of trade says: The Improvement expected from the issue of c earing-house certificates, thus utilizing credits instead of cash in local dealings, lias not been realized.' Other cities, especially at the West, have not taken similar measures to relieve the pressure, and the demand for money from the interior continues unabated. Saved the Pieces. Andy Muldoon, an oil well shooter, was hauling 200 quarts of glycerine to Guffey Station, Pa, The wagon was overturned and an explosion ensued, which left nothing of Muldoon and his horses but shreds of flesh. Murder at a Miners' Dance. During the progress of a dance at a mine north of Hartshorn, I. T., Riley Decker, an .engineer in the mines, was shot and instantly killed by Marlon Halley, a miner, during a dispute involving a woman and a horse. Won by Boundless. The colt Boundless, owned by J. E. Cushing, of St Paul, captured tho tenth American Derby at Chicago, Saturday, winning $50,000, in 2:36; St Leonards second, Clifford third. Fifty thousand people saw the race. Remarkable Escape at Muncie. At Muncie. Ind., an electric street-car crashed into a livery rig driven by Frank Leadbetter. The buggy was smashed and Leadbetter was thrown Into the street-car. where he alighted uqbarmed in a seat

EO. F. EDMUNDS.