Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 May 1896 — TRIUMPH IN SURGERY [ARTICLE]

TRIUMPH IN SURGERY

REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENT BY DR. SENN. Startles His Medical Brethren by His Daring and Slcill-Georgia’s Beautlfal City Suffers Heavily by FireCbicago Man in Trouble, Skin Grafting Extraordinary. Dr. Nicholas Sonn has made a success of an extraordinary operation in skin grafting. Nothing of the kind ever was tried before and the eminent Chicago surgeon has startled his medical brethren again by his daring and is receiving their plaudits for the triumph of his remarkable experiment. The parboiled hand of a man, devoid of skin on its back, was inserted in a puncture made between the skin and flesh of the man’s own stomach three weeks ago and fastened there, literally in a sling of skin and flesh. Tuesday it was removed and it was found that the skin of the stomach had grown to the back of the hand. It was carefully treated, trimmed down to where it should grow, and a triumph in the surgery of skin grafting was made public. The patient is E. E. Lyday. cashier of the First National Bank of Newton, lowa. He received his iujuries in a railroad wreck near Grinnell, lowa, in 1894. FIRE IN ATLANTA. Georgia’s Capital Has the Worst Conflagration in Ten Years. At Atlanta, Ga„ fire was discovered shortly after 11 o’clock Sunday night in the livery stable of Milam & I’atterson, and almost simultaneously started in the adjoining buildings. The flames spread, consuming the Markham House, the Washington House, the Atlanta Hotel, two large livery stables, a branch office of the Southern Express Company on Lloyd street and several smaller houses. A dozen or more houses occupied by the demi-monde were burned. One fireman was crushed under the fall of bricks and is reported dead. The number of buildings burned was fifty-six, though twenty were houses not worth the insurance. The loss is placed at $200,000. Insurance, about $150,000. O. K. MILLER INDICTED. Chicago Mon Who la Charged with Embezzling $125,000. The Federal grand jury, it is announced at Denver, has indicted O. E. Miller, of Chicago, on the charge of embezzling $125,000 from the Commercial National Bank, and Charles 11. Dow. who was president of the Commercial, is charged with having conspired with Miller to defraud Commercial depositors and with having violated the national banking law by loaning to Miller $145,000, whereas under the law the bank could not loan to one individual or company more than 10 per cent of its capital stock, which was $200,000.

National League. Following is the standing of the clubs in the National Baseball League: \Y. L. W. L. Cincinnati ..IT 9 Chicago 15 12 Cleveland ...15 S Washington. 12 12 Boston Hi 9 Brooklyn ....10 15 Pittsburg ...14 9 St. Louis.... 9 17 Baltimore ... 15 II New York.... 8 IT Philadelphia 14 11 Louisville .... 5 21 Western League. Following is the standing of the clubs of the Western League: W. L. \V. L. Detroit 15 5 Milwaukee . .14 12 St. Paul 14 8 Indianapolis. 9 10 Kansas City.l2 8 Columbus .. . T 18 Minneapolis. 12 11 Grand liapids G 18 Coast Blocked with Ice. The English steamer Nimrod has returned to St. John’s. N. F., from Green’s Pond, where with the landing crew, she was jammed in the ice blockade sixteen days. She reports that the whole coast is blocked with ice and that all the bars are full of it. Serious destitution exists, owing to the inability of traders to procure supplies from St. John’s, navigation being impossible. “Jim Crow” Cars Sustained. The Supreme Court of the United States has decided what is known as the “Jim Crow” car case of Plessy vs. Ferguson that the statute of the State of Louisiana requiring railroad companies to supply separate coaches for white and colored persons is constitutional, affirming the decision of tbg court below. Justice Browu delivered the opinion. Justice Harlan dissented. Society Men Leave for Cuba. Usman Latrobe, Stewart Janney and Dr. Smith McKim, three well-known Baltimore society men, have gone to Cuba to accept commissions of high rank in the army of the insurgents. They embarked on the American steamship Laurado, which so cleverly outwitted the Spanish agents at New York. Train Robbers Foiled. A crowd of armed men assembled at a watermg tank near Nolan, \Y. Va., on the Norfolk and Western Road, Friday night to rob the north-bound express train. The train crew were notified by wire and passed at a high rate of speed. The robbers attempted to stop the train with a red light. Conflagration in Washington. A conflagration which resulted in the loss of $250,000 and in which two firemen were killed and three seriously injured by falling walls occurred in Washington about 8 o’clock Monday night. Four others are missing, Cash for Cyclone Victims. Sixteea hundred dollars was raised i,n one day among the business men of St. Louis for the relief of those who suffered from the .cyclone in Texas. This amount was immediately forwarded to Texas by telegraph, and will be followed by more later. Mexican Mills Burned. The large flouring mills and grain elevators of the Allianza Manufacturing Company at Torreon. Mexico, were destroyed by fire. The loss is estimated at *150,000. Big Fortune in Gold in His Hnt. An unknown American gold miner, whs located near Durand, Mexico, twenty years ago, and lived the life of a recluse in the Sierra Madre Mountains, has been fonnd dead in his cabin by prospectors, la the building was found gold dust aggregating $75,000 in value. Minnesota Bank Cashier Sentenced. At Redwood Falls, Minn., Robert A. Tarrell, ex-assistant cashier of the insolvent Citizens’ Bank, indicted for grand larceny in the first degree on the charge nt having stolen $3,000 from the Citizens’, Rank, was sentenced to the penitentiary #* the reformatory plan.

BISHOPS CABT ASIDE. Pathetic and Dramatic Incident at the Methodlat Conference. Two Methodist bishops were deposed at Cleveland Thursday. Amid scenes pathetic and dramatic, after the storm and stress of a long debate, Bishops Bowman and Foster were stripped of their ecclesiastical powers and humbled into private life. It was the first instance of the kind in the history of the chureh. For twentyfour years the two bishops held autocratic power and shaped the destinies of thousands of ministers. They said “Go,” and the traveling preacher went. They said “Remain,” and he moved not. From the 1 pedestal of supreme authority the general conference, which gave them their power, took it away because years had sapped their vital forces and impaired their usefulness. When the committee on episeo- 1 pacy announced the warrant for their official death the white-haired bishops, who had striven so long for the glory of their God and their church, in voices choked with emotion pleaded the privilege of passing out of sight and hearing whilethe warrant was being pnt into execution. Some of their friends made the attempt to save them their honors and emoluments and relieve them of excessive duties, but the general conference voted to choose two new bishops in their places. It is probable the conference will pension the retired bishops. FIGHTB FIFTEEN WHITE MEN. Florida Negro Defends His Family with Fatal Effect to Three. Jack Trice, a Florida negro, fought fifteen white men, killing Janies Hughes and Edward Sanchez, fatally wounding Henry Daniels, and dangerously wounding Albert Buffuin. The battle occurred nt the negro’s home, near Palmetto, and he fought to prevent his 14-year-old son being “regulated” by the whites. Monday afternoon Trice’s son and the son of Town Marshal Hughes, of Palmetto, had a fight, the white boy being badly beaten. Marshal Hughes was greatly enraged, and Tuesday morning he and fifteen other white men went to Trice’s house to “regula*.-” the negro's little boy. The whites demanded that the boy be sent out. Trice refused, and the whites began firing. Trice returned the tire, his first bullet killing Marshal Hughes. Edward Sanchez tried to burn the house, but was shot through the brain by Trice. Then tile whites tried to batter in the door with a log, which resulted in Henry Daniels getting a bullet in the stomach that will kill him. The “regulators” then ran. a final bullet from Trice’s rifle striking Albert Bufftim in the back. The whites secured re-enforcements and returned to Trice’s home at sunrise, vowing to burn father and son nt the stake, but their intended victims had fled. KNAPP IN MORE TROUBLE. Eensnn for Minister Terrell’s Sudden Summons to Washington. Minister Terrell's sudden summons to Washington from Texas with less than half of the leave that was granted him expired, is due, it is said, to a sudden repetition of indignities from the Turks against the Rev. Mr. Knapp. It is believed Minister Terrell will be asked to return at once to the scene of his duties. Several conferences have been held by the Secretary of State and Secretary of Navy in the last forty-eight hours on the Turkish situation. The result will probably be the prompt return of the minister to Constantinople and the ordering of the Marblehead and San Francisco to put themselves in position to answer any immediate demand from the American legation. While Secretary Olney was ai sureo when Mr. Knapp was released that he would not be further molested, there has been a breach of faith by the Turks and Mr. Biddle, the American charge d'affaires. has found it necessary to call on the State Department to again interpose in Mr. Knapp’s behalf. RUSSIA’S Gk.aH AT CHE-FOO. Protests Made by British and German Ministers at Pekin. The British and Germun ministers at Pekin have protested against the action of Russia in occupying part of the foreshore at Che-Foo. contrary to treaty rights. The entire Russian squadron in Chinese waters will rendezvous at CheFoo in readiness to occupy Port Arthur or Kiacho Bay. on receipt of instructions from St. Petersburg. Scores the Turks. The Methodist conference at Cleveland was opened-Wednesday with Bishop Vincent in the chair. The devotional services were conducted by Rev. It. E. Gillum, a colored minister from Central Missouri. The first resolution offered denounced in the strongest terms the Armenian outrages and massacres, and referred to the apathy of the Christian governments of Europe and America. It closed by calling on Congress to pass a joint resolution authorizing the President to enter into negotiations with the European powers most directly interested with the view of interfering and preventing further massacres. The resolution also provided that a copy of the resolution should be sent to both houses of Congress. It was referred to the Committee on State of the Church without discussion. The proposition to change the time of holding the general conference from May 1 to the first Wednesday in May aroused a discussion on the point of the constitutionality of the action. Three-fourths of the annual conferences have approved it. Dr. Leonard led the opposition, but he was literally buried, as the vote resulted: 397 yeas to 19 nays. The next general conference will therefore meet on the first Wednesday in May. 1900.

Dons Are Bumble. La Union Constitutional, the inspired government newspaper at Havana, announces that the verdict of death pronounced against all five of the Competitor’s crew, tried Friday by a naval courtmatrial, was promptly confirmed liy the admiral, and all preparations were being made to carry the sentence into effect when orders came to remit the»papers to Madrid, though the prisoners had not been formally sentenced and have not as yet even beeu notified of the court’s finding. The transfer of the case to Spain, according to the Marquis of Palmerorta, seefetary general of the government, amounts to a virtual suspension of judgment for a month or six weeks. The Spanish authorities, the marquis says, have no desire to precipitate matters. If the superior military tribunal at Madrid should decide that Consul General Williams’ protest is well based, the cases of any members of the party whose American citizenship is clear may yet he transferred to the civil court, Spain having no desire to evade treaty stipulations.

Lashed Until the Blood Ran. Near South McAlester, I. T., Austin Pusley, a negro, received 1(K) lashes, and John Prola, an intermarried white citizen, thirty-nine Lashes on their hare backs. Pusley was charged .with larceny and Prola with selling coal contrary to law. The lashes were laid on by the Choctaw sheriff, who applied the hickory switches with such vigor that the blood' spurted in streams. In order to add to the prisoners’ agony salt water was used to wash their wounds. Trade at a Standstill. R. G. Dun & Co.’s Weekly Review of Trade says: “It is now too late for fupiness to change materially until the prospects. of coming crops are nsstired and definite shape has been given to the presidential contest by the conventions. Until

the future it more clear there it a prudent diiinclination to produce mnch beyond orders or to order beyond immediate and certain needs. If this waiting spirit prevails two months longer it will crowd into the last half of the year an enormous business if the outlook then is good. For the present there is less business on the whole than a year ago, though in some branches more, and the delay following mbhths of depression is to many trying and causes numerous failures. The most fortunate of the chief industries at present is the boot and shoe manufacture, which is not only shipping to customers within 6 per cent of the largest number of cases ever forwarded in the first half of May, but is getting many new orders, and there are many urgent requests to anticipate ordprs for June and July delivery, indicating that distribution to cunshmers has much outrun expectations.” WHOLE ISLAND IN REVOLT. Spaniards Merely Acting on the Defensive in Cuba. The London Times publishes a letter from a correspondent in Havana, in the course of which he says: “It is quite useless to hide the real situation. The whole island is in revolt and the Spanish troops are merely acting on the defensive. It is impossible that they can prevent the landing of supplies and war materials for the rebels. Even the position of Maeeo’s forces, confined in Pinar del Rio, is not of a desperate nature, as the Spaniards make believe. Only a few isolated rebels have taken advantage of Captain General Weyler’s offer of amnesty. Spain has lost the power to protect life and property in Cuba. Widespread inquiries fail to justify the charges of cruelty against Captain General Weyler, but the rebels’ destruction of property cannot be justified. The wanton burning of some £1,000,000 worth of property belonging to inoffensive people is not war.” The letter proceeds to dilate upon the economic ruin wrought by the breakdown of the sugar crop, which has rendered thousands destitute, while the tobacco trade is in a still worse condition.

WOMEN STAND BY THEIR COLORS. Feminine City Officials in Kansas Resolved to Bar Out Saloons. The town of Ellis, Kan., is torn up over a war the feminine Mayor and City Council chosen at the April elections are making on the saloons. When they were elected they pledged themselves to clean out the saloons, which former administrations had refused to do, preferring to get a revenue out of the traffic. For three days eminent counsel on both sides have been working to get a jury to try a saloonkeeper who has been arrested. Thursday night they succeeded. The women have hired the best legal talent at the expense of the city and equally good lawyers have been employed by the defense. Great Loss at Blue Island. Blue Island, a Chicago suburb, was swept by fire Sunday morning. From 2 o'clock until 5 o’clock the business heart of the town was nt the mercy of flames. The heroic use of gunpowder and the timely arrival of aid from West Pullman and Chicago prevented the destruction of Western avenue property and practically the best part of the town lying on the plateau above Stony creek. Thirty-five buildings were destroyed, representing property of the total value of $125,000, carrying an insurance of about 50 per cent of the value. There was no loss of life.

Betrayed by a Woman. Sheriff Price, of Hughes County, >outh Dakota, arrested S. F. McNutt, an alleged horse thief, at Leavenworth, Kan. McNutt, with a partner named John Gilpin, stole two car loads of horses last winter and sold them in Minneapolis. Gilpin was arrested, while McNutt escaped. Recently McNutt wrote to a woman, a friend of Gilpin’s. McNutt made slighting remarks against Gilpin, which so angered her that she turned the letter over to Sheriff Price. Kansua Towns Leveled. A devastating tornado passed through Seneca, Kan., Sunday evening. Everything in its path was completely wrecked. Couriers from the country report great damage to property and probable loss of life. In Seneca four were killed and a number injured. There were many miraculous escapes from instant death. Other towns were reported to have suffered greatly, but communication was interrupted and details were meager. Kansas Bank Closed by a Run. The Sumner National Bank of Wellington, Kan., established in 1880, and having a capital stock of $75,000, closed its doors Thursday morning. A quiet run had been going on for several days. The liabilities to depositors ami reserve agents are SOB,OOO. The assets are,considerably in excess. Cochran for Commander. William G. Cochran, of Sullivan, 111., speaker of the House of Representatives in the last Legislature, was elected commander of the Illinois Department, G. A. 11., at the State encampment in Cairo. Two Prisoners Break Jail. Grant Heekert, sentenced to one year.in the penitentiary, and Charles Beeby, held for robbery, broke jail at Bucyrus, 0., making good their esenpe.