Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 May 1896 — PENALTY IS DEATH. [ARTICLE]

PENALTY IS DEATH.

FIVE LEADERS OF UITLANDERS CONDEMNED. Fate of the Johan nesbarg Reform Leaders Announced in the Honse of Commons—John Hays Hammond, the American, One of the Victims. Charge Is High Treason. The Secretary of State for the Colonies, Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, announced in the British House of Commons Tuesday that the five leaders of the reform committee of Johannesburg—J. H. Hammond, Francis Rhodes, George Farrar, Lionel Phillips and Charles Leonard—hare been condemned to death. Mr. Chamberlain added that upon hearing the news he cabled to the Governor of Cape Colony, Sir Hercules Robinson, to communicate the following to President Kruger: “The Government have just learned that the sentence o" death has been passed upon the five leaders of the reform committee. They can feel no doubt that your honor will commute the sentence and have assured Parliament of their conviction that this is your honor’s intention.” Mr. John Hays Hammond, one of the members of the reform committee condemned to death, is an American. Mr. W. J. Galloway, conservative member for southwest Manchester, asked whether the law under which the leaders of the Johannesburg reform committee were tried does not prov.de for the confiscation of their property in the event of conviction, and not for the imposing of the death penalty. Mr. Chamberlain said he wns unable to answer the question. CYCLONE WIPES OUT A VILLAGE. Epiphany, S. D., Completely Demolished—Loss of Life Reported. A severe cyclone struck near Spencer, S. D., Monday evening, destroying farm property and doing immense damage to crops. The little town of Epiphany lay directly in its path anil was completely wiped off the cart., not a building being left standing. Three 1 persons were fatally and fifteen or more seriously injured in that immediate vicinity. At Madison the heavy wind demolished several build- 1 ings and the hail destroyed a great deal of glass. A family of five is reported killed outright near Montrose,.but the report cannot be verified. JOHN L. COWAN CAUGHT. Alleged Forger and Defaulter Hae Been Arrested in Guatemala. Intelligence has been received at Pittsburg of the capture iu Guatemala of John Li. Cowan, who disappeared last February, leaving his friends, relatives, creditors and victims about $200,000 short. Cowan was in the lumber business, and his victims are scattered over the lumber regions of Pennsylvania. Wisconsin; Michigan and Canada. Forgery, noteraising and other forms of swindling are charged against him. Cowan will be brought back to the United States at once. National League Standing. Following is the standing of the clubs in the National Baseball League: W. L. W. L. Pittsburg ... 0 2 Washington.. 5 4 Philadelphia ti 3 Chicago 5 5 St. Louis..., ti 4 Baltimore ... 5 5 Cincinnati .. li 4 Cleveland ... 4 4 Boston ..... (i 4 New York... 1 8 Brooklyu ... 5 4 Louisville ... 1 9 Standing of Western League. Following is the standing of the clubs of the Western League: W. L. W. L. Detroit ..... 4 2 Grand Rapids 2 3 Kansas City. 4 2 Indianapolis. 2 3 Milwaukee ..3 2 St. Paul 2 3 Columbus .. 3 3 Minneapolis. 2 4

B. & O. Receivers Compromise. An agreement has been reached between the receivers of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and the Baltimore reorganization committee by which the latter will be allowed full access to the books of the company, without recourse to the courts, as has been threatened. An authority is quoted as stating that the earnings of tne Baltimore and Ohio system are increasing at the rate of $3,000 a day, and that the next showing of earnings will be the most satisfactory in the recent history of the road. Ran Into the Columbia. The Old Dominion Line steamer Wyanoke ran into the United States cruiser Columbia off Newport News early Tuesday morning and sank in thirty minutes. All of the Wyanoke’s passengers and crew were saved, but the baggage is all lost and probably the cargo also. Two firemen were badly scalded. The Columbia was anchored very near the pier and was not seen from the Wyanoke on account of the brilliancy of the electric lights on the pier. Trampled by Horses. Two runaway horses, attached to a light wagon, dashed into the midst of a group of Milwaukee school children Tuesday, and seven of the children were severely hurt and others badly bruised. Some may die. Teachers and neighbors ran to the rescue, expecting to find a score or more killed. Think Knhn Has Gone to Europe. The clients of Charles Kuhn, the missing St. Louis real estate agent, whose debts are said to amount to $135,000, think he has gone to Europe, as he purchased a stenmer ticket before leaving the city. Among Kuhn’s debts is SOOO which he borrowed from his laundress. Accused Bankers Give Bonds. At Washington Court House, 0., the court has placed the bonds of R. A. Robinson, cashier, and M. Herbert, teller, of the old People’s and Drovers’ Bank, who were each indicted on ten counts for alleged appropriation of the funds of the bank, at SIO,OOO. They furnished bond. Fell from a Skyscraper. Louis Larson, of Moreland, fell from the fifteenth floor of the Old Colony building in Chicago to the sidewalk and was instantly killed. He was cleaning windows. Pal pit for Rev. Mr. Cleveland. Members of Calvary Presbyterian Church, Cleveland, are utging that Rev. William N. Cleveland, brother of the President, be called to fill the pulpit vacated by Rev. Dr. D. O. Mears. A call to the ex-New York State divine will probably be sent. Bank Failure at Denver. The American National Bank of Denver failed to open Wednesday morning. A notice was posted on the door that tne directors had decided to liquidate. The step was taken on account of internal dissension. It is said all depositors will paid in full

TWO PENSION BILLS VETOED. President Cleveland T4iinks-the Claims Are Not Just. The President Wednesday sent to the Senate vetoes of two Senate pension bills. The first was in the case of Charles E. Jones, a photographer who accompanied one of the regiments of the Union army in the war of the rebellion. He was injured apparently not very seriously while taking photographs and where no battle was in actual progress. Hg was not enlisted, and was in no manner in the military service of the United States. In vetoing the bill the President says: “Aside from the question as to 'whether his present sad condition is attributable to the injury sustained, it seems to me the extension of pension relief to such cases would open the door to legislation hard to justify and impossible to restrain from abuse.” The other veto was in the case of the bill for a pension to Nancy H. Ailabach, the widow of Peter H. Allabach, who served in both the Mexican war and the war of the rebellion. The President calls attention to the fact that Mr. Ailabach maue no application for pension on account of disabilities during his lifetime. “It is not,” says the President, “now claimed that he was in the least disabled as an incident of his military service, nor is it alleged that his death, which occurred nearly twentynine years after his discharge from the army was in any degree related to such service.” CAN HELLO TO THE CHAIRMAN. Scheme to Use Telephones in the St. Louis Convention. When the national Republican convention meets in St Louis June 16 the delegates will witness an innovation in the matter of handling a big convention. It is a scheme proposed by the Bell Telephone Company. The proposition is to connect the various State delegations with the Speaker’s desk by telephone, so that the Chairman may know the name of every man who is recognized, and thus be able to announce his name to the convention. In order to handle the great press of business the Western Union Company is stringing six new copper wires from St. Louis to Chicago and four from there to New York. This will give St. Louis the best telegraphic connection with the outside world it has ever had. About 500 loops will be run into the convention hall. The Postal company is also stringing three new copper wires between St. Louis and Chicago and two more from there to New York City direct.

BATTLE IN THE BUSH. British Troops Make a Night Attack from Bnluwayo. Telegraphic communication between Cape Town, Africa, and Buluwayo was reopened for a time Friday, and then there was another break, believed, however, to be only a temporary interruption. The news is somewhat conflicting, but the main facts seem well established—that the British made a sortie in force, encountered large numbers of Matabeles, inflicted great loss upon them, suffered in return, were at one time in danger of annihilation, and finally retreated. The loss of the enemy is said to have been very great. No correct estimate could be made, but the reports place the number of Matabeles killed at anywhere between four hundred and one thousand. The loss of the British is not stated, but it is believed to be more severe than the commanders at Buluwayo are willing to admit. VOTE ON NICARAGUAN CANAL. Deferred by House Committee Until Col. Ludlow Is Heard. Friday’s meeting of the House Committee on Commerce had been appointed for a vote on the Nicaraguan canal. The committee met, aud after discussion concluded to postpone the vote until a hearing could be given' to Col. Ludlow, the head of the canal commission, who was recently summoned from London by the Secretary of War, , resumably to appear before the committee. He is now on his way to Washington. Some members opposed delay on account of the expected early adjournment of Congress, but others held it would be discourteous to the commission to close the question without a conference with Coi. Ludlow, under the circumstances, and this view prevailed. HEADED BY J. E. JOHNSON. Alabama Democrats Belect Ifim for Gubernatorial Honors. The Alabama Democratic Statp convention nominated a lull ticket, headed by J. T. Johnson for Governor. The resolutions adopted advocate free coinage of silver at 1C to 1, instruct the twenty-two delegates from the State to vote as a unit On all questions at the Chicago convention, advocate the repeal of the 10 per cent State bank tax, favor honest elections and the legalizing of primary elections. The convention enthusiastically applauded the mention of President Cleveland’s name and adopted a resolution indorsing his foreign policy and the appointment of Southern men to cabinet positions, but disapproving of his financial policy.

Mississippinn Badly Hurt. Congressman Money of Mississippi, Senator-elect from that State, and Congressman Hall of Missouri had a personal encounter in the room of the Committee on Naval Affairs Thursday, and it is said Mr. Money was hit on the head with a chair. Mr. Money and Mr. Hall are both members of the naval committee. The committee was not in session at the time of the fracas. Felix McCloskey, the messenger of tue committee, who was standing at the door, heard the two members talking rather loudly. They were evidently both very much aroused. Suddenly Mr. MsCloskey heard Mr. Hall say: “I’ll allow no man to call me a liar.” With the words he reached over and planted hia fist in Mr. Money's face. Mr. Hall is a man of large stature, standing C feet 2 and weighing 250 pounds. Mr. Money is also tall, but rather slender in build and no match for his opponent physically. The blow staggered the Mississippian. Before Mr. Money could recover himself Mr. Hall grabbed*a large glass inkwell from the table and hurled it at Mr. Money. The latter, already dazed, could not dodge the missile and it struck him behind the ear, cutting an ugly gash. Mr. Money fell back against the wall. At this juncture Mr. McCloskey, who had been making his way toward Nhe irate Congressmen, crowded between th.em and prevented further onslaught. Mn Hall was with difficulty repressed from continuing the assault. Assault Not Down on the Bills. At Portsmouth, Ohio., Ethel Ormond Thompson, wife of Manager Frank Thompson, of the “Old Homestead” company, and an actress ip the company, assaulted Carrie Ashley Clark during the progress of the play Tuesday night, and she was arrested and fined. Strikers Return to Work. The strike of building workmen on Siegel, Cooper & Co.’s building, at New York, was settled Wednesday, and 400 men returned to work. All their demands were granted. Censures the President. The Grand Army of the Department of Colorado and Wyoming, at Denver, adopted a resolution censuring President Cleveland for his policy in regard to the pensions. Trade Still Halts. R. G. Dun & Co.’s Weekly Review of ■Trade »ays: “Business has been* favored

by seasonable weather, and the distribution of products has made fair progress, not yet reducing retail or wholesale stocks far enough, however, to materially improve the position of industries. Those stocks have apparently been large ever since the fever of buying last fall, and the actual buying for consumption smaller than has been generally realized. Hence all the great industries are embarrassed by lack of adequate demand, and in some cases the accumulation of goods in anticipation of demand has gone about as far as it can. Strikes of some importance are threatened in building and window glass trades. Prices of commodities are on the whole lower than ever before. The fall in manufactured products is less than it was April 1, hut in farm products greater.” EGBERT’S FEARFUL CRIME. Without Cause Commits Wholesale Murder and Stticide. Peter Egbert, a Rockville, Ind., carpenter, 22 years old and unmarried, Saturday morning, without apparent cause or provocation, shot and instantly killed Mrs. Herman Haschke and two children, next door neighbors. He then reloaded his gun, and, going up town, saw ShJViff W. M. Mull and Deputy Sheriff William Sweem in the National Bank stairway. Egbert shot the sheriff in the back of the head, killing him instantly. Deputy Sheriff Sweem was shot in the right side of the neck, being instantly killed. Egbert then made his escape to the fair grounds, just outside of town. A posse was immediately organized and started in pursuit. Fifty or more men, armed with shotguns, rifles and pistols surrounded the grounds. When he saw escape impossible, the murderer killed himself. Miss Florence Egbert, the sister of the murderer, when she heard the details of the horrible affair and that her own brother was the central figure of the various tragedies, became frantic and died immediately from the shock. She was in bed suffering with typhoid fever. TAPS A COFFEE VEIN. Dishonest Employes Had Filled a Flue with the Brown Berries. One or more employes of the wholesale grocery house of Bement, Rea & Co., of Terre Haute, Ind., were so desirous of getting bicycles that they opened not less than 500 packages of coffee to get the coupons, for a certain number of which the manufacturers give a bicycle. Wheu a change was made in the wall of the building on the ground floor it was found necessary to remove some bricks frpm the flue. At once there flowed from the aperture thus made a torrent of the brown berries. The workman thought he had got into the wrong place, but bis surprise was exceeded by that of the clerks. It was found that the flue from the third floor to the basement was full of coffee. Another flue was opened, and it,,too;'was full of the loose coffee. The flues are not used because- the house is heated by steam. Some one had been opening the packages of coffee, taking out the coupons and throwing the coffee into the flue. For some time the foremnn of the department libs been reporting that he could not make his coffee stock balance with his account, but he could not imagine how the shortage occurred. HER CONTRACT FORFEITED. Denver’s Woman Garbage Collector Unable to Do the Work. Denver’s experiment, with a woman as ghrbage contractor has proved a failure. Mrs. May E. Pickerell took the contract at so low a figure that, in order to meet expenses, she was obliged to require tne hog men to pay her $5 each for the privilege of collecting the refuse. They refused to do so, and the garbage has not been removed. Consequently, Mayor McMurray served upon Mrs. Pickerell notice of revocation of the contract Breathes the Air of Freedom. Consul General Williams has cabled the State Department that Walter Dygert, the Illinois young man who was confined in prison at Guines, Cuba, has been released by order of Captain General Weyler, The news of the release of Dygert and his presence in Havana on his return trip home, a Washington correspondent says, is grateful intelligence to Senator Cullom and the members of the Illinois delegation, who have actively interested themselves in his behalf. The young Illinoisan, whose wrongful imprisonment has caused the Spanish Government more annoyance than any single incident of the insurrection, has been in prison since Feb. 23 last, upon which date he was arrested as the “Bandit Inglesita.” He had only been on the island two weeks and could not speak a word of Spanish. But for the accidental discovery of his arrest by a New York newspaper correspondent he would have been executed, the authorities having made preparations to kill him under the foolish pretense that he was the bandit named. Incendiary Blaze at Manchester. Fire at Manchester, Conn., destroyed property of the value of $60,000. The heaviest loss was on the tobacco warehouse of Harkman Brothers, $35,000. The fire is believed to h'ave been incendiary. Pleaded Guilty of High Treason. Francis Rhodes, Lionel Phillips and George Farrar, three members of the Johannesburg reform committee, pleaded guilty of high treason.