Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 April 1895 — HEWS IN DANGER. [ARTICLE]

HEWS IN DANGER.

JAPAN CALLS FOR SURRENDER OF CHINESE OFFICIALS. Those Who Offered Rewards for Japanese Heads Must Be Given Up Before Any Peace Proposals Will Be Considered. Humane Conduct Urged. Before considering the peace proposals from China, Japan insists upon the surrender for execution of all the Chinese officials who have offered money rewards for Japanese heads. The London Globe prints a letter from a British resident in China who occupies an important position which brings him in touch with the mandarins and the masses. The writer says: “A tragedy may occur any day, and when the Japanese come within sight of the capital I feel certain that every foreigner will be massacred. The foreign Ministers will incur a perfectly insane risk if they remain there after the ice has closed the port of Tien Tsin. The greatest danger is in the fact that nearly all the soldiers are members of secret societies which are ready to break out at the first chance.” The instructions given by Lieutenant General Sakuma to the second Japanese army, governing the treatment of the enemy in the pending war, are contained in an issue of the Yokohama Mail. General Sakuma said that Japan, being the “first country of the East which had adopted civilization as her path, held the responsible position to lead other hitherto uncivilized nations into the way of civilization. So whatever way the enemy may act, Japan must tread the way of justice, and while carrying reform into a barbarous country,the dignity of Japan must be upheld.”

CRASH IN A TUNNEL.

Two Killed and Many Mangled in a Chicago Street Kailway Wreck. Under the center of the Chicago River Ln the Washington street tunnel a runaway Milwaukee avenue -train Tuesday night dashed into a Madison street train, the grip of the former and the Ogden avenue trailer of the latter telescoping each other. Result: Two men dead, a score or more passengers hurt, some seriously. According to the little information that could be obtained from the gripman of the runaway train, his grip broke just as he reached the arch of the tunnel. His heavily loaded train shot forward down the incline and before he could set the brakes it had acquired such headway that the brakes were practically useless. The rails were wet and slippery, and the train slid onward with ever-increasing momentum toward the cars in front of it, notwithstanding the gripman bore down on the brake lever with all his weight and strength, and poured sand on the rails. He yelled at the top of his voice and rang his gong, hoping the gripman ahead would understand and let go the cable, but'he did not seem to comprehend. Passengers on the runaway train were thrown into a panic and some tried to get out, but the cars were so crowded that they simply wedged each other in tighter: The crash came just in the middle of the tunnel under the river. There was a bump, a ripping of timbers, a grinding, crushing sound, and the two trains came to a standstill, wrenched end broken at the bottom of the grade. Then were heard other sounds. There were shrieks of fear and groans of pain. Fire added its terrors to the stampede which followed the wreck, but fortunately the flames were extinguished before additional injury and suffering were inflicted. The work of rescue and clearing away the wreck was conducted by the firemen, and occupied two hours.

BULGARIA WAS WORSE. Armenians Outrages Are Said to Be Not as Black as Painted. ; The London Daily News publishes a three-column letter from Constantinople giving a history of the Armenian outrages. The writer admits from the outset, though he says that the officials denials are as foolish and conflicting as those that followed the Bulgarian atrocities, that from all the evidence he has been able to gather, in point of the numbers killed and villages burned, the Armenian outrages cannot be compared with the Bulgarian atrocities. Still, it is a bad business, the extent of which will not be known until the consular reports • are published. A curious feature has been the partial success which has attended the efforts to* suppress news of the outrages. This is due to the fact that all the postoffices are in Turkish hands and no scruple is made of opening letters. This is so well known that nobody dares to describe the affair except in general terms. The newspapers in Constantinople are forbidden to use the word Armenia. WAITING FOR THE POWERS. Diplomatic Action on the Armenian Question Suspended. All foreign diplomatic action at Constantinople has been suspended in consequence of the exchange of views which, on the initiative of Great Britain, is proceeding between the Berlin treaty signatory powers with the view of taking joint action on the Armenian question. The porte is'very anxious at this new turn of affairs, aud has apprised the Sultan of the exchange of views taking place among the powers. In consequence of this, the Turkish ministry, assisted by Kiamil, Said and Chaker pashas, sat continuously from noon on Saturday, and was still in session at noon Sunday. Texas Is Heavily in Debt. John D. McCall, State Comptroller of Texas, stated that the amount of the State’s deficit at the present time would approximate $700,000. He does not believe that the State’s expenses can be reduced so as to meet current receipts at the present rates of taxation. Black Gets the Plum. Representative John C. Black, of Illinois, formerly Commissioner of Pensions, has been nominated to be United States District Attorney at Chicago, vice Sherwood Dixon, recently deceased. ■ Downfall of a Chicago Minister. The Rev. Conrad Haney, one of the most popular and prominent of Chicago ministers, formerly pastor of the Lake Avenue Union Church, eloped with Mrs. Annie H. Brandt, wife of one of h(s church members. Each deserted a fam- 1 Uy. The affair, has created a tremendous,' Convicted of Bribery. The jury in case of the State vs. Numa Dudoussat, a member of the New Orleans' Council charged with bribery, which has, |>eeu on trial for more than a week, after thlrty-aix hours of deliberation, returned a verdict of guilty. *

— HILLMON LOCKED UP.

He la Captured After a Chase Extending AU Over the Globe. Among the Huachucas mountains, about forty miles from Tucson, A. T., a man was arrested for whom the authorities have been looking for years. He is John Hillmon, and his capture recalls one of the most remarkable cases in the annals of crime. In 1879 Hillmon and two companions, one of them resembling him very closely, took a trip into the Buffalo mountains of Texas to hunt. They were gone several weeks, and when Hillmon and one companion returned, the man bearing so striking a resemblance to him failed to accompany them. It seems that Hillmon, who carried insurance on his life of SBO,OOO, while in the mountains conceived a murderous scheme and killed in cold blood the man who so closely resembled him. On his return he took t}»e name of the man whom he had murdered, saying that Hillmon had been accidently shot and buried in the mountains. In due time Mrs. Hillmon made a claim on the life insurance companies in which her husband had been insured for SBO,OOO. The insurance people became suspicious. The remains of the man whom Hillmon had murdered were exhumed and it was then discovered that they were not the remains of Hillmon. Mrs. Hillmon instituted legal proceedings to recover the amount of insurance. The case was carried from one court to another until finally she secured judgment for the principal, interest and attorneys’ fees in the Supreme Court of the United States. During all this time the insurance companies kept detectives on the trail of Hillmon, who disappeared shortly after his wife made claim for the insurance. He was followed to Australia and other foreign countries, and a reward of $15,000 was offered for his apprehension, dead or alive. DE LESSEPS IS DEAD.

Distinguished Engineer of the Suez Canal Finally Passes Away. Count Ferdinand de Lesseps, who has been one of the most prominent characters in France for more than a quarter of a century, is dead. Ferdinand de Lesseps was born in 1805 at Versailles, and, after a brilliant educational career at the Lyceum Henry IV., he was appointed consul at Alexandria in 1835, just as the plague had smitten that city and people were fleeing from it by thousands. De Lesseps remained at his post, started an ambulance and tended the patients till the pest was over. The vessel in which he arrived on one occasion at the harbor of Alexandria was put under quarantine. De Lesseps asked the Captain to lend him a few books with which to while away the dreary hours. One of these volumes contained an imaginary sketch of a canal through the Isthmus of Suez. Its perusal fascinated De Lesseps to such an extent that he determined then and there to think the project over and see if it could not be carried out. He met with numerous obstacles of all sorts, but overcame them one after the other, and the canal was built, and on Nov. 17, 1869, formally opened. The highest honors were paid to the great engineer, and on his return to Paris he was invested with the grand cordon of the Legion of Honor. The next project of his life was the unfortunate Panama enterprise. Readers are familiar with the collapse of the scheme and the great financial scandal connected with it. DEMOCRATS MUST WORK. Cleveland May Call a Special Session If Results Are Not Evident. Washington dispatch: The soporific quiet of the Capitol was rudely broken in upon by a straight tip from the White House that if the Democrats did not make good use of the time at their disposal to pass laws for currency reform, and other reforms suggested in his message, President Cleveland would promptly call a special session after the decease of the present Congress, and give the Republicans a chance to legislate for the good of the country. Vilas brought the special session tip straight from the White House, with instructions to give it circulation, which he proceeded to do forthwith. The news found its way quickly to the other end of the Capitol and was given authoritative currency by the quasi indorsement of repetition by Catchings, of Mississippi, who has the credit of being Speaker Crisp’s speaking partner. Warner, Cochrane, Tracy and others in the President’s personal confidence, gave it the weight of industrious recital, and any doubt as to the authenticity of the pointer was speedily removed. FIRED ON MEXICANS. Guatemalan Guerillas Attack a Company of Diaz Soldiers. The latest reports from the Guatemala frontier are of a more serious character. It is claimed that the Guatemalans have assassinated a Mexican colonel, member of the staff of Gen. Lullane, and from unofficial sources it is reported that a company of the Nineteenth Battalion of the Mexican forces has had two engagements with a force of 400 Guatemalan guerrillas. The first assault on the Mexican troops was a harmless skirmish, but “fae second resulted in two Mexican soldiers being killed. The Guatemalans retreated hastily, and it is not known that they suffered any material damage.

Sure Cure for Diphtheria. Of particular interest at this time is a report made to Surgeon General Wyman by Dr. J. J. Kinyoun, the nlarine hospital surgeon who investigated the methods employed at the Pasteur Institution, Paris, in the preparation of the new cure for diphtheria. Of the whole number of cases which came under Dr. Kinyoun’s observation (eighty-two) three died—about 4 per cent. The statistics show that there has been a gradual diminution of mortality since last May. The report, continuing, says: “The efficacy of the serum is better shown in the tracheotomies than in all others. The mortality under the usual conditions has been, from 1889 to 1894, something frightful to contemplate; fully 85 per cent, of the little patients have succumbed. Since the commencement of the serum treatment the death rate has been lowered to less than 47 per cent., and the cases upon which tracheotomy must be performed are fewer and fewer. Facts wotthy of note are that diphtheric paralysis is rare, pneumonias are less frequent, and although albuminuria exists in nearly every case of several days’ duration fatal cases of nephritis are gradually becoming less frequent.” At Sea Nearly Six Mouths. The ship St. Francis has arrived at San Francisco from New York, after a tempestuous passage of 171 .days. On Aug. 22 she encountered a terrific hurricane, the seas washing everything movable overboard, flooding the cabin and galley, smashing three boats and the bulwarks, and severely injuring the second mate and several seamen. r Will Handle Exhibits Free of Charge. The Southern ■Railway and Steamship Association has announced that the railroads of the South will handle the freight connected with the exhibits of the woman’s department of the Cotton States and International Exposition at Atlanta free of charge. ■ Thought the Hotel Was on Fire. .An innocent remark caused no end of confusion at the Hawley House in Cleveland Sunday morning. A commercial traveler in an endeavof to arouse a sleepy

associate yetted: “Wake up, old tnan, the hotel is on fire.” The guests within hearing took the words'as true and began a hasty exit with what apparel they eould seize. A messenger boy, hearing the words, turned in an alarm, and five fire engines came upon the scene. The arrival of the fire apparatus thoroughly alarmed the guests iu the entire hotel. Women en dishabille and mon neglige scurried out upon the streets and the utmost confusion prevailed before an explanation could be given. A few were bruised in the scramble, but none seriously hurt. BUSINESS AT A STAND. Prospects for Better Trade After Jan uary Are Bright. R. G. Dun & Co.’s Review says: It is difficult to detect any change in current business. Prospects for business after Jan. 1 are quite generally considered more hopeful; in some branches there are larger orders and the west-bound shipments of merchandise are a little larger, but the working force naturally diminishes near the end of the year and the holiday traffic brings just now a temporary activity which is not of much general significance. The meeting of Congress and the announcement of the new currency plan and of various bills proposed have not affected the situation preceptibly. On the whole agricultural products are scarcely stronger nnd wages of labor do not Advance, but there is reason to expect the employment of a somewhat larger working force after the holidays. The expected government report on feeding and hogs has scarcely-influ-enced the market. It is doubted whether the estimate is more reliable than the estimates of yield of wheat and cotton, which are not regarded seriously. DEAD BODY IN A BOX. A Ghastly Murder Comes to Light in Chicago. The dead body of A. D. Barns, janitor of the Hiawatha flats, Chicago, was discovered in a packing case that had been dtftnped into the vacant lot on South Park avenue, just south of the Alley “L,” between 63d and 64th streets. The body was horribly mangled. There was a fracture of the skull extending from the right ear to the back of the head, aud also a knife cut on the left side of the head. On the left hip and thigh and from theshouldertothecenterof the back were wounds which look as if they had been inflicted with an ax. Edmund Jordan, a fellow janitcr, confessed to the murder, and Annie Mahaney, the woman in the case, admits being an accomplice. JACOBS NOT PITZEL.

Hoodwinked Mrs. Buck with a Mock Marriage. C. W. Jacobs, under arrest for participation in a mock marriage at Milwaukee, is not Pitzel, the St. Louis insurance swindler. Jacobs was unable to get a divorce from his legal wife in Kansas City, yet wanted to marry Mrs. Buck of Chicago. He disappeared, leading his wife to believe that he had been killed. Mrs. Buck refused to live with him until he had secured a divorce, so he got a copy of the Oklahoma Territory court papers and forged a judgment of divorce. Fearing discovery if he had a minister marry him, he conceived the plan of a nock ceremony. WILL ATTACK BOND ISSUE Southern and Western Members Will Be Heard Upon Hooker’s Bill. A Washington dispatch says: There are good indications of n vigorous attack by Southern and Western members of the House upon the recent bond sales. The attack is expected to come when Gen. Hooker’s bill is called up. This bill calls for the repeal of section 3 of the act, providing for the resumption of specie payments, under which act the bond issues Were made. Crazed by Spiritualism. Of the four children to whom Mrs. Louis Alberti, of Galveston, administered poison, three are now dead and the fourth cannot possibly live. The woman is in jail, supposedly insane. She exhibits the utmost calmness and expresses entire satisfaction at the deed, which she acknowledges having committed, but gives no reason. It is said spiritualism has unbal, need her mind. Uncle Sam Will Act. President Cleveland has sent a cable message to Constantinople saying he has reconsidered his decision not to send an American delegate with the Turkish commission appointed to inquire into the Armenian outrages. The President adds that he will allow the American legation there to nominate a delegate to accompany the Porte’s Armenian commission. Assaulted by a Convict. W. W. Stallings, guard in the State Prison South, Jeffersonville, liid., was struck over the head with an iron bar by William Flowers, a life-time prisoner, and probably was injured fatally. The guard was conducting an obstinate prisoner named Referrt before the Warden, when Flower, who is a cell-mate of Referrt, seized the bar and struck him. Signed for Strangers. James M. Hawkins, a Lowry (Mo.) farmer, advanced $25 on a $175 draft to help two strangers out of trouble at Kansas City. The draft was signed “A. Russett Apple,” and Mr. Hawkins has so far failed to cash it. Mexicans Anxious for War. The Mexican Government is receiving offers of assistance in case of war with Guatemala, and the members of the Queretaro Legislature have voted to subscribe their pay to a war fund.