Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 September 1893 — MAY OFFER A CLEW. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

MAY OFFER A CLEW.

BILL DALTON WAS I N CHICAGO RECENTLY. Loag-Lookcd-for Rain at Chicago—The Caravels, Are Now Your Uncle Samuel’s —McKinley Again in the Campaign Harness—Sweden vs. Russia. • Was Dalton in the Gang? The known presence in Chicago of Bill Dalton, of the famous band of train robbers and bank thieves, within the week has suggested a new lino of thought to the detectives working on the Lake Shore train robbery case. The officers heard that Dalton had been seen in the city and had suddenly disappeared. Taen a concerted effort was made to get track of Dalton’s movements, but that little satisfaction was secured is evident from the thorough manner in which the south side is being canvassed for the least trace of the breezy westerner. No one would accuse Dalton of being a raw hand at flagging railroad trains. From the manner In which the Lake Shore train was held up, It is certain that the leaders were no novices. The method was similar to tho manner in which the Dalton gang robbed the Missouri, Kansas and Texas passenger train No. 2 in the Indian Territory July 14, 1892. The Dalton gang is now pretty well broken up. but a few of the old and tried hands are still living—somo of them active.

GIVEN TO UNCLE SAM. Formal Presentation of the Caravels to the United States. The caravels belong to Uncle Fam now. Sturdy Captain Concas, bronzed by many long sea voyages, stood below the Castilian standard, snapping at the tops of tall, red flag poles, and delivered the historic fleet to Captain Berry. U. S. N., Tuesday, at Chicago. The American voyager accepted the fleet and a few moments later Assistant Secretary of the Navy McAdoo formally took the craft in the name of the government of the United States. There were cheers for brave Captain Concas and nis crew, shouts for the little King of Fpain and his mother, the queen regent, and ] lodges of eternal friendship between the two nations, and then Captain Concas hurried away, leaving pleasant memories of hts stay. FIRST GUN IN OHIO. McKinley Opens the State Campaign at Akron. At Akron, Ohio, tho Republican Etato campaign was Inaugurated with a speech by Governor McKinley. Prominent Republicans from all parts of tbo State were present and the number of visitors from adjacent towns and the surrounding country va* so large that arrangements were made for an overflow meeting. Mr. McKinley began by referring lo the Sherman law and tho present extra session of Congress called to repeal it The majority of Republicans, in Congress, be declared,favored repeal. If the bill is repealed It will be the joint work of Republicans and Democrats. If it is not repealed the responsibility will rest upon the Dem ocratle party which is chargeable with public legislation.

Allies for Sweden. The Vieuna Allgemeine Zeitung declares that Sweden is abopt to Join the triple alliance. It says that King Oscar has been induaed to associate himself with the dreibunders owing to a conviction that the separatist movement in Norway Is chiefly fostered by the Russian Government. Pour-parlers between Berlin and Stockholm have been proceeding for sorab tlmo< ahd the recent visit of Prince Leopold of Prussia to Stockholm was connected with them. The Allgemeine Zeitung suggests that Russia hopes that Norway on obtaining' her Independence will concede her a Norwegian port as a coaling station for her Baltic fleet. All Welcome the Rain. Until Tuesday night the memory of the last shower at Chicago was but a dream. The Just and the UDjust were dry as the Congressional Record. For 108 days the skies had been as brass. The parks and grass plats looked like the lots for salting sheep, and the surrounding pralrlo yawned with crevasses cavernous in depth and appalling width. But on Tuesday, the Weather Bureau announced that there would be no rain until October, and this was just what was needed. The rains descended, the floods came, and the parched citizens’ faces absorbed moisture enough to wear a smile rivaling a simian. ,

War In World's Fair Rate!. At Clinton, Mo.,lhe Missouri, Texas made an open rate-, for tho round trip to the World’s Fair and return. A party of about eighty-five people had been made up for the Memphis route and the Santa Fa. This party was to buy tickets at the regular agreed rates with a promiseof a rebatewben the members reached Chicago. The Missouri, Kansas & Texas heard of the secret cut and met tbe rate openly. This is expected” to bring on a general war of Western rates.

Pays His Fine In Nickels. Major Tom Breckinridge, president 01 one of the national banks in Austin, Texas, was fined 822 for keeping coal oil In large quantities in the fire limits of the city. He paid his fine in nickels. The Congress Is Not Held. The Catholic Congress fixed to open in Tberestopolls has been prohibited by the Hungarian Minister of the Interior, owing to the prevalence of cholera. The con: gress would have attracted 8,000 people. Bismarck Is Very Sick. 1 A special dispatch received from Klsstngen says that Prince Bismarck Is very seriously 111. It Is said that he has entirely lost the use ofhis hands. w Harder and Fire. A report Is current of a double murder in a hotel at Brighton, A suburb of Rochester, N. Y., and that the hotel has been fired, burning two persons to death. Deadljr Gasoline Stove. AtOuthrle, O. ! K, Mrs Sallle i Gillette, aged 63, and Miss Irene Johnson, aged 25. were burned to death by the explosion of a gasoline stove i.. .... , Dakota Postoffice Robbed. The postofilce at Estelllne, 8. D., hat been burglarized and 81,600 stolen, - e* Officer Under Arrest. Joseph Reynolds, formerly secret service agent of the ’Frisco Railroad, was arrested in Arkansas City, Kan., charged with complicity in the Mound Valley train robbery In which Express Messenger Chapman was murdered.. | Old Kan Murdered by White Caps. • At Dunlap. Tean., Lafayette Grimes was saordered from ambush. The old pi an had been whipped by white caps, and procured the arrest of the white-cappers. In order to prevent him from appearing as a sritneas agalnsf them, the white caps lay fie Walt wlthshotguus and riddled his body. I Xs Pensions to Non-Residents. A United States pensioner at Kingston, Owl, received a circular from the pension tone as at Washington saying that from ami after July 1, 1893, no pensions shall be jttdi to non-residents who are not ciUzens if tbe Hotted Slates, except for actual

EXPENSES EXCEED REVENUES. The Treasury Balance Intrenched Upon to the Amount of 919,000,000. A Washington dispatch says that Government receipts are still running low this month, the receipts from customs Tuesday, $79,900, being the lowest for any one day since war times. The total revenues for the first six days of September aggregate only $3,990,000, or about $660,000 a day, while the expenditures foot up $4,900,000, or more than SBOO,OOO per d ay. Because the expenditures continue to exceed the receipts the treasury balance, which, on Sept 1, including tho gold reserve was $107,000,000, has declined to $105,500,000. A pointed reduction Is noted in customs receipts, which during this month foot up $1,697,000, while ifiternal revenue receipts exceed them, something unusual, and aggregate $1,878,000. dEgr the fiscal year up to Tuesday Ihe receipts from Internal revenue are only ! 1,500,000 less than customs receipts. In round figures the expenditures of the United States for the fiscal year to. date exceed the receipts $19,00(1000; and this excess has been drawn from the available cash balance in the treasury. HAMILTON BIS I*.DEAD, General Grlji^’S’ 1 Great Secretary of State Stricken Down. Hamilton Fish, Secretary of State In the Cabinet of Gen. Grant, died Thursday morning at his country home atGarrison’s, N. Y. Few men of tho century set the seal of their individuality so doeply Into the history and political character of the nation as did Hamilton Fish. He was Grant’s most trusted friend. With Jefferson, Marcy, and Blaine he shares the distinction of plaeein the quartet of truly great diplomatists and statesmen who have held the portfolio of Secretary of Ho has passed away full of years, bearing the laurels of what was In many respects an unmatched career. Mr. Fish was born In the city of New York on Aug. 3, 1808. He was the son of Colonel Nicholas Fish, a colonial officer of the revolutionary war, the warm friend of Washington and flfiexander Hamilton, after whom he was named. His mother was tho daughter of sturdy old Petrus Stuyvosant, and on her side be was a lineal descendant and heir of the last Eutch colonial governor of New York.

ROBBED THE SLEEPERS. Clever Thief Takes Up a Collection on a Grand Trunk Express Train. A startling train robbery occurred on the Grand Trunk express between Detroit and Suspension Bridge Thursday night. It was cleverly worked, not with highwayman’s mask and pistol, but with the sly movements of the midnight burglar. One of. tbe passengers who luckily escaped without having been “touched” said he was awakened In the night by some one thrusting his bead between tie curtains of his berth, lie asked what wap wanted, when the stranger hastily withdrew, mumbling something about the custom officials boarding tbe train. In the morning tho conductor was Informod of the circumstance, wheroupon he boasted that his train never had boon robbed. The passengers soon discovered that mouoy and other articles were missing, und the conductor was dumfounded to find his own purse gone. Veterans go home. John B. Adams of Massachusetts Succeeds Commander Wclssert. Tho Grand Army people finished their business and left Indianapolis for homo Thursday evening. Tbe election of offi-

cers was brought up, and these weroelected, practically v ithout opposition: Commander - lnchlof, John J. B. Adams, of Massachusetts; Senior Vice Commander CoL J. N. Walker, of Indiana; .Junior Vice Commander, J. U Bigger, of Texas. Tho now Comman-der-In -chief is one of the most popular veterans in New England.

For years lie has been Identified with the Grand Army as one of the most active and influential members of tho Department of Massachusetts. In 1861, before ho was 20 years of age, ho enlisted us a private in the battalion, which became the nucleus of the Nineteenth Massachusetts. He served through the war, rising to the rank of captain. • Any Game tor a Prize Is Gambling, Judge Moon, at Chattanooga, Tenn., in tbe Circuit Court, called the grand jury before him and charged them that all private games of poker, seven-up, and progressive eucher, on the result of which anything of value as a prize was won or lost, was gaming and In violation of the law, which he road. The fact that such games were played In fashionable society made no difference He also quoted authority to show that raffling In churches was gambling. He had not made tbe laws, but proposed to enforce them, and charged the jury to see that the statute was observed to the letter. Murdered by White-Caps. At Dunlap, a station about thirty miles from Chattanooga, Lafayette Grimes was murdered from ambush. Ihe old man was whipped by “White-Caps” last week and had caused tbe arrest of bis assailants In order to prevent him from appealing against them the White-Caps laid In Wait with shotguns and riddled his body, the authorities are not very anxious to meet the murderers. Four Children Cremated. James O’Neal and wife, colored, living six miles from Versailles, Ky., went away from home and left John Banks In charge of four young children. During the night the house caught fire and was quickly consumed. The four children were burned to a crisp. Banks was painfully burned, and saved bis life by jumping from a secondstory window. The origin of the fire Is unknown.

Base-Ball Record. The standing of tbe clubs of tbs National League is shown by tbe fallowing tablet W, L. *o. Wr L <po. Bostons 81 82 .717 Clnclnnatis.M M .478 Pittsburgs..6B 45 .602 Baltlmoree..sl 62 .451 PhlladelpTa.67 47 688 St Louis... .47 67 .412 Clevelands..62 48 J 64 Ch1cag05....47 67 412 New Yorks. .61 53 535 Lonlsvilleß. il 66 888 Brooklyns. .59 63 .527 Washl’gt‘ns.B7 76 527 . Found Dead at Indianapolis. An aged stranger, presumably a Grand Army of tbe Republic veteran, was found dead in the gutter at Indianapolis. It Is supposed be had been sandbagged and robbed, as hla pockets were turned inside out,and a piece of his watch chain was dangling from his vest, Indicating that bis watch had been hurriedly jerked off. Mushroom Victims. Two of the Vojaceke family, Newark, N. J., who ate toadstools instead of mushrooms. are dead. The deaths were caused by paralysis of the heart which was caused by tbe poison. . An Ohio Town Partially Banned. The business portion of White Cottage, Ohio, was almost totally destroyed by fire Wednesday morning. The loss will amount to 85#,'fi00, with insurance for probably one-third. Shot and Murdered. Cashier A. T. Blachly. of the Farmers and Merchants’ Bank at Delta, Col, was shot and murdered by three robbers. Two of the outlaws.were killed while escaping. Death for Home Rule. The House of Lords took its turn at the home rule bill Friday, and, after a stirring speech by Lord Salisbury, the measure was defeated by a vote of 419 to 4L ‘ Warner Fought for His Use. . Harry Warner, night clerk la the drug jstoreof E. A Holroyd,Chicago,had a terrible

straggle for his life, early Sunday morning, with (wo daring robbers. Rip. was shot in the mouth and then beaten over the head with billies until the thieves left him, as they supposed, dead. He was found lying in a pool of blood, unconscious. The caah register in the store had'been ' rifled and an attempt had been made to rob the safe. From Warner the thieves took $29 after he had been beaten Into insensibility. By feigning an lajury, the thieves induced Warner to open the drag store. Warner may recover. ‘ IRON MEN ARE AROUSED. Mesaba Range Consolidation Has Stirred Them to Immediate Action. It is a royal battle between giants now. No sooner had the details of the Mesaba range consolidation between the Ddluth and New York Interests been telegraphed over tbb country than the leading officials of the Minnesota Iron Company stirred themselves. The Minnesota Iron Company has been eagerly at work for the past few months, since It began to realize the Mosaba’s proportion. One of the leading spirits of the Minnesota said that another combination as strong as the Rockefeller-Merritt combination would be perfected soon and that the Minnesota would bo the nucleus. Tbe Minnesota is capitalized at $16,590,000, while there will be from $23,000,000 to $30,000,000 of consolidated stock. The Minnesota owns the Duluth and Iron Range Ballway, reaching both ranges, while the consolidated owns the Duluth, Mesaba and Northern. The Minnesota owns a magnificent fleet of eight great steel ships of 2,500 tons capacity. while the consolidated Controls the American stoel barge fleet of 70,000 tons capacity. RECOVERY 18 STEAD?.

Business Conditions Continue to Show Improvement. R. G. Dun t Ca’s Weekly Review of Trade says: Improvement has extended from the banks to the mills. The condition of great industries has distinctly mended, though still seriously depressed. More Important by far than any rise in stocks 4s the fact that more works have resumed during the last week than have stopped operation, so that the producing force of the country after months of constant decline has begun to Increase. Dispatches mention twenty-eight textile and thlßy mdtal 1 works which have resumed, some only with part force, while twenty-five textile .gnfl nine iron wqrks have stopped It is 1 expected that most of the Fall River mills will start soon, the hands assenting to reduced wages. The money market Is more healthy, the premium on currency has almost vanished, the embarrassments in domestic exchanges have well-nigh disappeared, and while little money Is yet available for commercial or industrial loans there is some relief in that respect also. MOB HANGS A NEGRO. Ben Jackson, Who Poisoned Several People, Taken from Jail and Lynched. At Quincy, Miss., shortly ufter midnight Shursday a mob numbering several hunred appearod at tho jail, took Ben Jackson. colored, to a tree near by and swung him to a limb, after which his body was perforated with bullets The crime for, which Jackson was lynched was the poisoning of the families of Thomas Woodrough and his two sons, numbering twenty-five people, from the effects of which two of them died and two others aro at death’s door. Jackson placed three packages of rat poison in Woodrough’s well and when the members of the family drank the water all of thdm were taken violently ill, two dying before a physician could be summoned.

POISONER MAKES A CONFESSION. Minnesota Farmer Details the Murder of One of His Employes. Henry Jackson, a wealthy farmer lying in the jail at Brr.lnerd, Minn., awaiting trial bn Sept 18, confessed over his own signature that he murdered Edwin Peck, one of his farm bands. He said: “Peck told mo I owed him S6O and I got mad. He also let my calves oat and they frightened my team so it ran away. At supper I put strychnine In the sugar and Peck also ate some on his mush. Ills dog also ute some of the mush and both died.” WHOLE BLOCK DESTROYED. Fifteen Hundred Persons Thrown Oat of Work by a Fire at Now York. An early morning fire at 45 and 47 Pike street. Now YoTk, destroyed almost an entlro block of East Side buildings The lower floors contained laundries and stores and the upper floors were rented to more than a score of small clothing manufacturers, who operate small “sweat shopa” The loss Is estimated at $150,000 and 1,500 persons will be thrown out of employment No lives'Wore lost Six Were Injured. Dr. H. H. Mclntiro a World’s Fair Commissioner from Randolph, Vt. four other passenger!, and. Mail Clerk Miller, were Injured in a collision between a passenger and a freight train on the Rock Island Road near Albright Neb. One Anarchist Muzzled. Anarchist Claus Timmerman, . Emma Goldman’s friend, was sentenced to six mqnths in the penitentiary fpr Inciting a riot In Union Square, New Yolk, bn the nigh tOf Aug, 21. Refused Further Aid* . The Board of Education of tbe Presbyterian Church has notified students *at Lane Seminary that they need expect no financial aid from the board. Circus Train Wrecked. It Is reported that Sells and Renfrew’s circus train was wrecked a mile from the town of Grass Valley, CaL, and four men killed.

J. H. ADAMS.