Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 September 1895 — KILLED A DESERTER. [ARTICLE]

KILLED A DESERTER.

TRAGEDY BREAKS THE MONOTONY AT FORT SHERIDAN. Defender, Though Crippled, Almoat Wine—Ominous News for Spain from the Pearl of the Antilles—Catholic Universities May Admit Women. Fatal Break for Liberty. In a bold dash for liberty Thomas Coffee, a convict soldier, lost his life at Fort Sheridan, Chicago, Tuesday. A bullet from a sentinel's rifle crashed through his brain as he fled down the beautiful ravine which divides the fort from the lake. George Williams, his comrade in the convict gang and the arch-conspirator of the plot to break out, escaped a bullet from the same rifle and escaped. Coffee had been a military black sheep and his record hung like a cloud over him. He had before him a life of toil for nearly three years, as he was serving a five years' sentence, which began at Fort Leavenworth, Kan. Williams would have been free in February, 1896, but he was a man who chafed under restraint and always protested against punishment. Both had a sneaking fondness for the army, and both re-enlisted after desertion or dishonorable discharge. Both had the same desire -to avoid hard work and punishment and were always planning to escape. One sank to death at the foot of a tree, and his black record was closed forever. The other has gained a few brief hours of freedom, for the military authorities believe he will soon be captured.

VICTORY FOR CUBANS. Said to Have Defeated the Spaniards at Puerto Principe. A special to the World from Havana says: “There is a report about town that a great battle has been fought in Puerto Principe, and that the Spanish have been defeated and the capital captured by the insurgent forces. It is said that a strong force of Spanish troops left the city of Puerto Principe to make a bold attack upon the insurgents, who were besieging the town. The insurgents fled after making a weak resistance, but it was only to draw the Spanish into an ambuscade. Once in the trap the Spanish were attacked in the front by General Antonio Maceo and in the rear by General Gomez. The rebel forces obtained a complete victory and entered the capital triumphant, 14,000 strong. How near the truth this statement is cannot be ascertained, but General Campos’ immediate departure for Nuevitas the very day he arrived here is suggestive of something very serious having happened.” MAY ADMIT WOMEN. They Can Study in Catholic Universities. Women as professors in a Catholic university is a supposition that the average Catholic or Protestant has hitherto regarded as almost beyond belief. But from Washington comes the news that the Catholic University of America, in that city, is about U) h throw open its full academic course to women. The date is even given on which the innovation will take effect—namely, Oct. 1. It is further stated that the trustees of the university, after debating at length the advisability of the step, have finally decided to organize a separate department in the university devoted solely to women, and in which the full course of academic instruction will be given by women professors. MONEY FOR THE NAVY. Only $5,800,000 le Asked for During the Current Year. The combined estimates of the Bureau of Construction and Repair and Steam Engineering of the Navy Department for construction and steam machinery during the next fiscal year amount to only $5,80Q,000, which is $2,500,000 less than was Appropriated for this work for the fiscal year ending June, 1896. A portion of this sum is to be expended upon the two proposed battle-ships, contracts for which will be let about Jan. 1. The remainder will be used for general repairs to the hulls and machinery of the vessels in commission.

Valkyrie Gets a Heat. The second race of the series for the America’s cup between the English yacht Valkyrie and the American sloop Defender, which was sailed off Sandy Hook Tuesday, was won by the British boat by forty-seven seconds. The Defender’s top mast was broken in going over the starting line. She entered a protest, claiming that she was fouled by the end of the Valkyrie’s boom in going over the mark. Killed During a Ball Game. Benjamin F. Myers, 20 years old, was killed at Washington in a base-ball game. He was sliding to second base in an amateur match when the baseman jumped into the air to catch a thrown ball. He dropped on Myers, dislocating his spine. Steamer Rates to Be Higher. An agreement has been entered into between German and British steamship companies under which there will be a considerable advance in freight and passenger rates to America. The agreement will go into effect Oct. 1. Cholera Is Increasing. Two new cases of cholera have appearde at Tangier. The province of Podolia, Russia, has been officially declared infected by cholera. Bad Fire in San Jose. Fire broke out Monday morning in the San Jose (Cal.) Lumber Company’s yard and destroyed property to a very large amount.

California’s Big Day. The forty-fifth anniversary of the admission of California into the Union was celebrated at Sacramento by the order of the Native Sons of the Golden West with a parade in which over four thousand participated. Literary exercises were held in the open air on the Plaza. Girl Burned to Death. c lAt Janesville, Wis., Ida Gruel, 19 years old, dropped a lighted lamp while curling her hair. Blazing oil covered her, and she was burned to death on the porch, to Which she had run. Boarding School Girls Strike. ' , AU the girl students at Mount "Union College, Alliance, Ohio, .struck against obeying the order which required them to visit the gymnasium every day. They objected to u exercising before a male instructor ' The faculty decided to accede to the demand. , • driest Degraded. Archbishop William H. Gross has unfrocked and suspended from the priesthood Father M. J. Kelly, in charge of a j parish at Cedar Mills, Oregon, for slandering Mother William, in charge of a refuge home for women, located in’Portland, Oregon.

OUR EXPORTS TO GERMANY. Statement from Berlin— Reg‘talatlon« Affecting American Live Stock. The Department of Agriculture has received agent at Berlin a statement of the imports of agricultural andi other products into Germany. It shows that during the first six months of 1895 the following percentages of the total imports of the German Empire of the articles specified were obtained from the United States: Cotton. 80 per cent; wheat, 15; maize, 56; grass and timothy seed. 16; dressed beef, 59; oil cake, 33, and lard laifelfn. 93. Accompanying the statement are copies of the quarantine and prohibition regulaLons now in force in the German Empire in regard to the importation of live stock (whether for import or transit only) and fresh meat. These regulations are of importance in view of the stringent measures governing importations from this country. The importation of cattle and fresh beef is prohibited. The provincial (presidents of the German Government may order horses and sheep imported from the United States to be held at the landing place for observation and inspection. Pork imported from the United States must be accompanied by a Government certificate of inspection. Russia—The importation of cattle, sheep; hogs and goats, whether for consumption or transit, is prohibited; also, fresh beef, mutton and goat meat.

THE BALL PLAYERS. Standing of the Clubs in Their Race for the Pennant. The following is the standing of the clubs in the National League: Per P. W. L. cent. Baltimoreloß 70 38 .648 Cleveland lIS 74 44 .627 Philadelphia . ...114 68 46 .596 Boston 112 63 49 .563 Brooklynll3 63 50 .558 New York 113 61 52 .540 Pittsburgll6 62 54 .534 Cincinnatill2 59 53 .527 Chicagoll4 -59 55 .518 Washington ... .112 38 74 .315 St. Louislls 36 79 .313 Louisvillells 30 85 .261

WESTERN LEAGUE. The following is the standing of the clubs in the Western League: Per P. W. L. cent. Indianapolis ... .112 65 47 .580 Kansas City... .112 65 47 .580 St. Paullll 64 47 .577 Milwaukee . ...jll6 55 61 .474 Terre Haute. .. .112 51 61 .455 Minneapolis ... .115 52 63 .452 Detroit 121 52 69 .430 Grand Rapids. ..115 36 79 .317 PUBLIC DEBT INCREASED. Government Owes $2,815,418 More than Last Month. The public debt statement issued by the Treasury Department shows the public debt on the last day of August, less cash in the treasury, to have been $942,924,323, an increase for the month of $2,815,418. Following is a recapitulation of the debt: I Interest bearing debt $747,360,610 Debt on which interest has ceased since maturity... 1,695.870 Debt .bearing no interest.. 377,906,998 Total $1,126,963,478 There are also certificates and treasury notes outstanding, offset by an equal amount of cash in the treasury, amounting to $602,384,693. The cash in the treasury is classified as follows: G01d5149,410,926 Silver 511,447,344 Paper 150,284,534 Bonds, disbursing officers’ balances, etc 15,817,539 T0ta15826,960,343 Against the above total there are demand liabilities amounting to $642,921,189, leaving a cash balance of $184,039,156> The decrease in the cash for the month was $3,110,374. UNCLE SAM WILL ACT. Independent Inquiry Into Ching-Too Riots Is Decided On. The United States Government, it is authoritatively announced at the State Department, has decided to enter forthwith upon an independent investigation of the Ching-Too rjots, with the co-opera-tion of a Chinese representative. As at first arranged, the inquiry was to have been made in co-operation with England, but there has been a change of plans within the past few days, occasioned partly by the fact that the British Consul at Chung-King, who is to conduct the investigation on behalf of his Government, and to whom, with the concurrence of the American missionary member, it was at first proposed to intrust the preliminary investigation of the facts, has been detained at his post, and, it is said, will uot be able to begin the inquiry for a month or more.

Carnival of Murder. Atrocities by Spaniards* as revolting as those committed by the Japanese at Port Arthur, have just been reported to the Cuban revolutionary party in* New York. Enrique Trujillo, editor of El Porvenir, received 'a letter Thursday from Juan Maspons Franco, chief of staff under General Maximo Gomez, the commander-in-chief of the insurgent army. It is dated “Headquarters in the Field,” and sends details of the capture and recapture of the city of Baire and the massacre of thirty-seven inoffensive Cubans—mostly women and children—by the Spaniards under Commander Garrido. Tuesday morning, according to Colonel Franco's letter, a company of insurgents under Jose Rabi, surprised the Spanish garrison in the fortress commanding the city of Baire, killed more than seventy men and took fifty-six prisoners. They captured a large quantity of arms and persuaded the prisoners to enlist in the insurgent ranks. At an hour later three companies of Spanish troops, under Commander Garrido, came up and, after a short but sharp resistance, the Cubans fled, leaving the fortress again in the hands of the invader. Then the slaughter commenced.

Allowed’ to Escape. The Department of Justice has notified the Indian Bureau that there are,no Bannock Indians ’ in-r-confinement lat Marysvale, Wyo., those arrested and imprisoned by the State authorities for violation of game laws having been allowed to escape. ' ‘ Pugilists Released on a Writ. In the chse of the prize fighters- 4ho were arrested at Dallas, Chief Justice-pi. M. Hurt, of the Court of Appeals, has granted la writ of habpas corpus. These cases will determine the . validity of the law licensing prize? fighting in Texas. Floods in Indianapolis. As the result of a veritable deluge Im dianapolis was flooded and thousands of dollars worth of property destroyed, besides the inconvenience of suspended street car transportation and telephone communication. -Britisher Is Beaten. The American yacht Defender won the first of the cup contests, Saturday, from the British boat Valkyrie, by a margin of* nearly nine minutes. Mails Denied Them. Seven fraud orders were issued by the postoffice department against concerns

y. ■ carrying on business, in vftridua parts ot the country. The companies and persons debarred to use of the mails are: The Southern Construction Company and J. B. Fielding, Bt. Loms, Mo., false pretenses; the Dixon Watch -Company and G. Henry & Co_ Chicago, selling marked playing cards; George Nye, Milwaukee, Wis.. false pretenses; the British-Ameri-can Press Association and J. V. La Barre, New York City, false pretenses; Henry C. Kramer and Mrs. 11. C. Kramer, New York City; false 1 pretedses; R. Savigny, New Y’ork City, false pretenses; the Southern City Manufacturing Company, Ladies’ Benefit Employment Company, Neta L. Willard, alias Princess Willard, alias Mary Willard, A. P. Willard, C. D. Willard, and F. A. Willard, with offices in Chicago. San Francisco and Los Angeles, Cal., fraudulent employment bureau. TO REORGANIZE THE BOA/tD. Kansas City Stock Yards Men Telegraph to the Governor. The commission men at the Kansas City stock yards telegraphed the GoverftarC'demanding the reorganization of thfe live Stock sknitary board. They give as a reason the fact that two members of the present board,, constituting a majority, published broadcast every report of Texas fever in any community in the State in order to justify the collection of 2 cents a head in inspection fees on cattle shipped from Texas, New Mexico and Arizona through Kansas to'market. The stockmen of the State are also organizing and will demand of Gov. Morrill the removal of the present board. The stockmen of Kansas buy their cattle in New Mexico and Texas, and they claim the 2 cents inspection fee is a rake-off for the board. The stockmen of the State represent one-third of its wealth.

GEORGIANS HELP EDISON. Appliance Which Gives Practical Utility to the Phonograph. G. V. Gress, capitalist, and George W. Moore, engineer, of Atlanta, Ga„ have just completed a deal with the Edison Company, by which an appliance invented by Moore has been purchased. There is a combination of ten or more cylinders, working automatically, so added to the phonograph as to make it capable of receiving any number of letters in dictation or of playing an indefinite number of musical selections. It can be attached to phonographs already constructed. Edison's manager, Gilmore, is quoted as saying that the attachment is the only thing that could possibly place the phonograph before the world in any sort of practical shape. The idea of the inventor is that this will be specially valuable in large offices, where hundreds of letters are sent out daily. INDIANA TRAGEDY. James Ward Kilts Aaron and John Hnnter and Himself. The most horrible murder and suicide in the history of Sullivan County, Ind., took place Thursday night. James Ward killed Aaron Hunter, his father-in-law, and John Hunter, his brother-in-law. Ward cut off the Bead of the elder Hunter and split wide open the head of the son. Family differences are said to have led to the crime. Just ns the posse had located the murderer and surrounded the field in which he was hiding a. single shot was hpard. The pursuers closed in on the spot from whence the tiring had come and found Ward on his back on the ground with a revolver in either hand and a bullet wotind under the left ear. He was already dead.

woMAW? Prevents a murder. Holds a Party of Tramps at Bay Until the Police Arrive. Miss Jennie Cranston, <ne of the nurses at the Fargo, Sj. D., hospital, proved herself a heroine by aweitig a party of tramps and preventing them from killing one of their number. “Miss Cranston was on her way to the hospital from the city, when she came up to the party. John Duffy wfis lying on the ground and five tramps were kicking him in the head, while another had just got a club and was preparing to break the man’s head. Miss Cranston drew a revolver and commanded the tramps to desist. Then she held the party at bay until some one came along, when the police were summoned and the party taken to the station. An Awful Blast. Hans Bjornstern, Edward Latshaw and wife, and their two sous were killed, and three terribly injured, by at Specht's Ferry, near DubuquClTowa, Tuesday. The elder Latshaw boy was shooting at a mark, and accidentally struck fi stock of dynamite which his fatltet'used in a stone quarry. ' U() £> , ..Leaders of Riot Convicted. Shanghai advices say: The inquiry into the, massacre at Ku-Cheng is proceeding to the satisfaction of the American and British Consuls. There have been a numbet of important convictions. Among those condemned are some of the ringleaders of the riot. Want a Right of Way. The Broad Ripple Transit Company, Indianapolis, applied for a right of way to the center of the city, offering to carry passengers its entire length for 5 cents. Advance on Sugar. All grades of refined sugar have been advanced 1-16 cent per pound, except 4’s and s’s, which are cent higher.