Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 May 1894 — THE JOKE WAS FATAL [ARTICLE]

THE JOKE WAS FATAL

A STRANGE REASON FOR A SWEDE’S SUICIDE. Bn,** Notes Must Be Paid Only In Legal Tender—Cashier Thompson's Record Is Badly Smirched—Windins Up the Des Moines Land Grants. Vttetim of Fear. A Swede named Johnson, whose home is la Rutland. Vt. had not been in this country very long, and while at his home in Rutland he wrote a letter and placed a canceled postage upon it. supposing that it was all right. The letter was returned to him and the postal authorities told him that, if he did that again he would get into trouble. Johnson took the matter very much to heart, and worried so that he told some of the men in the stone quarry where he worked about it. The men thought they would worry Johnson still further, so they told him that perhaps be would be hanged for violating the postal laws of the country. Johnson believed them and ran away from Rutland. He reached East Boston, and after telling his story to some of his countrymen whom he met there, threw himself in the harbor. CASHIER IS MISSING. Belief that the. First National Bank of Sedalia Has BeenVysten/aticaliy Looted. Cashier J. G Thompson, of the failed First National Bank .of Sedalia. Ma. has not yet been found. He ls(t Friday for Washington, but a telegram from Congressman John T. Heard says ( that.he has not arrived there;' It is delniteiy known that Warrants for Thompsop l s'irrest are in the hands of the Federal officers tMarglng the missing cashier with embezzlement, false bookkeeping and false renprts to the OotniMrpllep. Bank Examiner Latimer and United States Attorney J. R. Walker refuse to say a word, but the belief now is that the bank has been systematically and completely looted. President Cyrus Newkirk. who has been ill some time, has been placed at death’s door by the shock of the developments, and Cashier Thompson's wife is also in a serious condition.

HOUSE COMMITTEE CHANGES. O'Neill, of Missouri. Appointed to Patents and Mississippi River. The following changes in the House committees have been announced: Withdrawals—Representative Haines (Dem ),of New York, from the committee on Invalid pensions, and Hull (Rep.), of Iowa! from the committee on railways atul canals. Appointments—Qulgg (Rep), of New York, committee on po-tofflees and postroads: Hull (Rep), of lowa, committee on the District of Columbia; Ryan (Dem.) of Rew iork. (Wmmittee on in valid pensions; English (Deifi.). 6f California. committees on railways and canals and expendlt;lt*es In tfiatreasury department; Izler (Derm), of South Carolina, committee on railwaysand canals and committee on militia; O'Aelll (Dem.), of Ml-souri, committee on patents and committee on improvements in the ’ Mi-si-sippi River: Grow (Reix).ot Pennsylvania, committee on education. DES MOINES RIVER LAND GRANTS. Commissioner Berner Reports that Claims Involved Call tor 8400,000,0 r 8000,000. Special Commissioner R. L Berner, of the Interior Department, appointed under the act of March 3. 1893, to determine the parties legally entitled to entry of land within the So-called Des Moines River land grants, in lowa, submitted his report to Secretary Smith on Tuesday. The aggregate amount Involved in the settlement Is between 8400,000 and 8500,000. Appended to the report is a 11. t of several hundred names of persons entitled to entry, and the report embodies various suggestions fur adjusting the claims. . Cannot Agree to Pay Notes in Gold. From 'lopeka State Bank Commissioner John W. Brellenthal sent a circular to all State and private banks in Kansas, in which he forbids them to sign notes obligating themselves to pay their obligations in anything except the legal tender of the United States. In the letter he says: “I am informed that New York banks require banks that borrow of them to sign notes payable in gold. In this connection I desire to call your attention to chapter 99 of the laws of Kansas of 1893. and request that hereafter all banks under the control of this department refrain from signing any note or other obligation payable in anything other than lawful money of the United S.ates.

Coxey Tramped on the Grass. At Washington, D. C, the three leaders of the commonweal, Coxey, Browne, and Christopher Columbus Jones, have been found guilty of walking on the grass, and will have to submit to u sentence hereafter to be imposed by the court for their recent demonstration on the Capitol grounds. All three of the accused were convicted on the first count of the indictment, which charged them with displaying a banner designed to bring into public notice the J. ft- Coxey Good Roads Association. Jones, of Philadelphia, was acquitted of the second count, which accused them of .treading on the grass, but Coxey and Browne were convicted. Cheats County as Well as Gallows. Two years ago Ren Gano, a condemned man. committed suicide in. Morrow County, Ohio, before the death sentence could be executed. The Auditor of State refused & allow thejdounty’s bill for the cost of the trial, because no.certificate that the sentence had been executed was presented, as the law requires. The county for it. and by the Supreme Court's decision loses the suit, a Three Young Men Drown. Four young men of Nlcolet, Qua, took a skiff, and went down the river for a sail, While returning, the boat upset and all but one were drown ed. Indian Territory Cyclone. • One of the most destructive cyclones ever known in the' Chickasaw nation has passed over that country. No less than twenty' bouses were blown down. Fences were laid low for miles around and stock suffered, greatijr., . ? n . <• xi ; -f ..V . 'neh" :d B«volt »t Mueoox Ayres. The Argentine Consul General at London informed the Associated Press that he. had learned ftogl W optsjde but" trustworthy sourceThCt a revolution had broken out at Ayres. -l- ~ ‘■'•.X •. < ; ■ ... fi;, . SaMlng. Worthless Land. . ■ ' clerk Garrett, of Georgetown, OoL, has received a from William BentTey/ot Aumsville, Ore., askabout land purchased by him supposedly from X P. Ward. The land is 11,000 feet above sea level in the region of eteraal enow and is absolutely worthless. Trouble Caused by a Kiss. * A kiss imprinted on his sweetheart’s lips has involved Henry Ives, a Bergen County (X. X) farmer, in a suit When about to away one evening several weeks ago Mt hum his sweetheart a long part- «”« kies, during which the gold filling in Miss Rafferty's teeth came out.

. TABOR ON TOP AGAIN. Th* Ex-Color*do Millionaire Strikes Rleh Luck In a Mine. H. A. W. Tabor, the Denver (Cola) man whose 110.000 lace nightshirt was admired in Washington while he represented Colorado In the Senate, is on top again. Ten years ago he was worth $5,000,000, but he got rid of his wealth through a score of channels Through It all be has held on to the Tabor Opera House, worth over $1,000,000, and tlie Tabor Block, worth nearly half as much. He fell into the bands of the money lenders, who charged him 2 and 3 per cent, a month interest besides round commissions of $20,000 and $25,090. His principal Indebtedness was concentrated within the last two years on his two big buildings in cutthroat trust , deeds for $750,000. There is no redemption clause in these deeds. Some months ago the old man went into the Jesus Marla mine in old Mexico, and now bls ‘-Tabor luck,” long a fa vorlte expression. In the West, has returned. The blocks were advertised to be sold by auction ten days ago, and they would have gone from him forever. His agents secured a temporary Injunction, and during the arguments since It has been shown that he got only $176,090 cash out of the $750,000 obligation. The rest was accumulated Interest and commissions In court It was announced that the debt would be paid and the trust deeds lifted, .’there was a cheer which the Judge with difficulty suppressed, as the ex-Senator has general sympathy. While the usursrs have been trying to obtain bls property at half its value, be has been working with overalls and candle as the underground superintendent of his mine, and it is now paying *65,090 to $70,000 a month net In gold.

OUTLOOK. BOR TRADE. There Is Promise of »n' Increased Consumption of Wool R. G. Dun & Ca’s Weekly Review of Trade says: A point of encouragement is the heavy buying of wool, amounting to 6.492,600 pounds.for the week at three'chief markets. against 4.661.000 last year. In April sales were 21,838,958 pounds, against 16.998.950 last year. As these sales have for years teen in steady relation to the entire consumption of wool. it. Is fair to infer that In spite of the stoppage of some Important works, and In spite of uncertainties as to labor and as to legislation, consumption will continue large for some weeks at least. The enormous unsold stock of wheat, which 'madb'' , a lower average of prices in February, :Mi4rch, and April than was ever known In any previous month, also depressed Mtj.y wheat to the lowest pp(nt on record, nlfhou-hi Western receipts w'tre only, 1,08(1/736 bushels, against 2,488.050 last J*ear, and Allan- i tic exports 1,143,285 bushels, against 1.518,-' 910 bushels last year. Cotton speculators. * who have seen larger receipts from plantations in April than a year ago, have lost faithand grip with favoring accounts'of acreage planted, and the price declined an eighth. The most encouraging sign is the marked decreaso In liabilities of firnu failing, which were only $1,448, 141 for the last week of April, and for four weeks $8,722.708, of which $3.722.220 were of manufacturing and $4,644,367 of trading concerns. The amount of liabilities at the South was $2,919,410, against $3.111,032 in Eastern and $2,692,257 in Western States. The failures for the week have been 233 In the United States, against 216 la.at year, and thirtyfive In Canada, against twenty-seven last year.

The National Game.' The clubs of the National and Western Leagues Band as follows In the championship race: _ Per Per W. L. cent. W. L. cent. Clevelands. 10 2 .833 Cincinnati. 6 6 .444 Boston* .. .10 4 ,714iNew York*. 6 8 .429 Baltimore. .10 4 .714 Brooklvns.. 5 9 .357 Pittsbnra*. 8 6 ,61SiTjout«villes 4 8 .338 Philadelp'a 9 6 .ro.'i, Washlutt'n 3 12 .200 St. LOnis... 7 <• .KWiChicagos.... 2 9 .182 WESTfcXtN LEAGUE OAMBS. ■, ‘ I „ r Per . Per W. L, cent. W. L. cent. Slonx City. 7 2 .778 Detrolts... 4 7 .364 Gr'dßapld. 8 -04. ,6«7|lnd(an'plls 4 7 .364 Kansas C’y 7 4 .636jMlnne'pTls 3 7 .800 Toledos 7 6 .SSJiMilwa'kees 2 0 .250 Panama Scandal Closes. The Paris court has confirmed an arrangement bz which the executors of Baron de Relnach will pay 1,550,000 francs ($310,000) and Dr. Cornelius Herz 1,500,000 francs ($300,000) to the liquidators of the Panama Canal Company. The adoption of this arrangement will put a stop to the extradition proceedings against Dr. Herz, who is in England, where he fled at the time of the Panama Canal expose. Fulton, Ark., Flooded. The Red River Is encroaching rapidly upon Fulton, Ark., and the rising waters now threaten the entire place. The water has reached the business portion of the town and Is running under the postofßce and many mercrntlle houses. Benedict Is Public Printer. In spite of the implied threat of Senator Morgan to hold up the nomination of Thomas E. Benedict to be public printer the Senate took up the matter Thursday morning and confirmation resulted. This relieves Mr. Palmer. Methodist Church South. The general conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South met in Memphis, Tenn., to legislate on matters affecting the future growth and prosperity of that great denomination. The conference will last at leqst two weeks. Fatal Fire at Rochester. Mrs. Margery Mclntyre, aged 73 years, was burned to death In the Glenn House at Rochester, N. Y., which was deitroyed. • Loss Is *500,000. In Dublin Arnot's drapery warehouse and three adjoining buildings were burned. The loss Is £500,000.