Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 August 1896 — A LOCK OF HIS HAIR. [ARTICLE]

A LOCK OF HIS HAIR.

SNIPPED OFF BY A BULLET FROM A PISTOL. Hoax City ‘Woman'i Somnolent and startline Tonsorial Operations Krstwhile Chicago Millionaires Brought Low by Speculation. ✓ Barberlne Extraordinary. Patrolman John Harvey, of Sioux (Sty, lofra, had a thrilling experience ■with a somnambulist a few nights ago, as a result of which he lost a lock of bair and barely missed losing bis life. Harvey's wife, the heroine of the tale, has been rendbred extremely nervans by the tramps, and, in anticipation of a visit' from them, recently provided herself with a huge frpiy revolver. Harvey had just returned from, his beat,, and ,was undressing in the room adjoining his wife's bedroom. Suddenly the craek of a revolver sounded fropt the inner apartment, a bullet sped through the. officer’s hair so close to- his head that he involuntarily crouched ciosq,to the floor, and the click of the lock was, V<Wd as the hammer of the weapon rose for- a second shot. Before ireume Harvey.had reached his wife and taken the revolver from her hand. Bhe was still sleeping, and no little difficulty was experienced in rousing her. The bullet penetrated a thick partition, and, after trimming Harvey’s hair, buried itself in a heavy oaxen door. OPPOSED AT HOME. Chamberlain's Venezuelan Designs Checked in Guiana, Word reaching Washington from British G uiana indicates that the Legislature of the colony is inclined to resist the London authorities on matters connected with the Venezuelan boundary trouble. Colonial Minister Chamberlain’s policy has been to strengthen the colonial military force and buy Maxim guns. lie found difficulty in securing the guns, and «ow the high court has passed a resolution respectfully urging the home government to reduce military expenses. Mr. Hunter, who introduced the resolution, aald in supporting it that the Venezuela boundary trouble had resulted in swelling the cost of the police from sius,ooQ to $300,000. They were, he said, simply sent tip to the Venezuela boundary to be made “dummies”, of. Ho understood a number were sent there fully armed to protect the boundary, and if the enemy a.proaehed they were to say “boo” and retire. (Laughter.) Mr. Hunter's further strictures on the military and police caused •something of a,sensation. ..He was supported by a number of members, and the resolution calling for retrenchment passed.

DOWNFALL OF MOORES. Failure of Diamoucl Match Magnate* a Surprise. Like a thunderbolt out of a clear sky came the announcement from Chicago that the Moore brothers, the giants behind the great Diamond Match and Now York Biscuit deals, had failed. The sensation produced in “the fetreet”—that indefinite term used to describe the banks, brokers’ offices and the business places of the big men in finan<-e without regard tb their location—was most profound. The Moores have lost their all and they have always been counted by the public as being among Chicago’s millionaires. While the effects of the failure will be far-reaching and widespread, there will be no panic. The real business situation ®r the Diamond Match Company is not affected by the failure of the Moores; the foreign negotiations are still pending and it is said there is no reason why the shares of the company should not sell yet at the 300 mark which has been predicted for them upon the closing of some of the foreign contracts. 4- - - Ms— WILL NOT AFFECT REVENUES. Government Official* Pleased with Bhut*Down of Distilleries. Internal revenue officials are much pleased with the action of the Kentucky distillers in agreeing to shut down their distilleries. The officials believe that the eastern rye distillers will also follow suit. The shutting down of the distilleries, so it is said at the Treasury Department, will in nowise affect the revewaes. for the whisky now in bond will be aofficient to supply the trade until the distilleries open up again. The shutting down will benefit the Government, as it will materially reduce the cost of collection. National League. Following is the standing of the clubs of the National Baseball League: w; L. w. L. Cincinnati . .OlTim Philadelphia .39 47 Baltimore 1 .57 ifTßrooklyn .. .39 47 Cleveland .. .57 31 New York . .30 50 Chicago .. . .53 40Washingtou .34 49 Pittsburg.. .48 39 St. Louis . . .28 60 Boston 46 39Louisville ...22 03

Western League. Following is the standing of the ckibs fa the Western League: W. L. W. L. St Paul.. ..55 31 Detroit 46 39 Indianapolis .51 32 Milwaukee . .42 52 ' Minneapolis .50 37 Grid Rapids .33 60 Kansas City .49 38Columbus .. .30 64 Young Vanderbilt Weds. Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr., and Miss •Grace Wilson were married at New York •at noon Monday, at the WilsOriVesiden ee, •by Rev. William 11. Pott, assistant rector St Thomas* Church. The Wedding was private. Sooth Dakota City in Danger. The cutting of the Missouri River to-" w *rd lerntillioh, S. D., has commenced •*»in. Ten feet an hour are tumbling into the water, and prospects are unless •omething can be done to cheek the adwaaee of the stream that Vermillion will fce in the river before fall. The Gold Reserve la Safe. The hankers’ syndicate has been auc•enrfnl in checking the drain on the UnitStates treasury gold reserve. They control $239,000,000 iu exchange apd arse Certified against injptefirbp&tn 'draft.Marderon Attack on a Bride. Massillon, G.,<is $ neatly * dkwderous assault- -by Jesse Wilson, a faoatinan, who cut the throat of his bride mt three weefrs.,.Jie escaped,i but,was cap•wed later.* ffiyn Mapsfiidd.and earned Ella G-LloydQf&ntop/The cannot recover. , , TfteVMir. ***& P<*f<frWTa ‘ tutftjde parriagl t -*w**ooy, .about 7od toii&UMdHflf "

TO TEST POSTAL LAW.

Lake Shore Road Will 6tart Carrying Its Ana Letters. M . , The railroad people propose to te«t the right of Postmaster General Wilson to prohibit them from carrying their own and the letters of other roads. The Lake Shore railroad will make a test Its superintendent has issued an order to all of the road’s employes to carry mail pertaining to the business of the road, and letters for other roads relating to joint business affairs. Maj. Stuart of the Chicago postal inspection department, tp whom the enforcement of the postal laws falls, said that he had not heard of any agreement tq test the law, but if the Lake Shore desired to make a test of it the government would be very apt to accommodate it by prosecuting the violators. “If the Lake Shore violates the law and it comes to my knowledge,” said the inspector, “I will make a report on the case to the Postmaster General and do whatever he instructs.” WHEAT CROP AN AVERAGE. Northwest Ontptit All Right When Grain Is Thrashed. In the opinion of St. Paul men who are in a position to know, the cry -of podr crops which has been going up throughout the northwest will be proved untrue when the grain is thrashed. When compared witli last year’s yield the crops will look small, but last year was the best ever known in the northwest, and it is hardly fair to compare the crops of with those of last. From the present outlook Minnesota and the two Dakotas will have at least average crops. It is very early yet to estimate the yield, but wheat men in general are of the opinion that the total wheat crop in the three States will hardly fall below 190,000,000 bushels, and some of the estimates run as high as 120,000,000 bushels. Col. G. D. Rogers, secretary of the Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce, and one of the acknowledged crop experts, said that the crop would be an average.

DISASTROUS RAINS IN JAPAN. Towns Swept Away and It Is Feared Many Lives Are Lost. Ruinous rajns have added to Japan's disasters. The floods have nearly destroyed the town of Toyama, which comprises 12,000 houses and 00,000 people. Toyama is on the Jogwan-Ji River. The hanks of this river wets carried away by the floods and the whole town was swamped, one-sixth of the town being entirely under water. As the disaster .happened just previous to the sailing'of the steamer, but few telegrams were received. It is thought that as the river rose eleven .feet, and many settlements along the bank are lower than the river, the damage must be appalling, and mauy lives must have been lost. ACCIDENTS ON RAILWAYS, Few Meet Death When the Number of Passengers Is Considered. There were 507,420,362 passengers cartied on the railways of the United States craving the year covered by the report of the interstate commerce commission just issued. That equals about seven railroad rides for evory man, woman and child in the whole country. And out of this vqst number only 170 were killed and 2,375 injured. The number of men employed on the railroads was 785,034, and of these 1,811 were killed and 25.090 From these statistics it would appear that railroad riding is one of the safest things a man can do, while railroading us a business is a hazardous occupation.

FIRE LOSS OF *150,000. Greater Portion of Montreal Exhibition Buildings Burned. The greater part of the Montreal ‘exhibition buildings were destroyed by fire Thursday. The fire started ih the power house of the Montreal Tark and Island Railway, north of the exhibition buildings, while the fire brigade from that portion of the city was out in response to a third alarm for a bad Are in the premises of Howden, Starkey & Co., wholesale hardware. Consequently when the fire apparatus reached the scene the main building and many smaller ones were burned to the ground.,, A number of electric cars were destroyed. The loss will be about $150,000. . . ' Assurance to Spain. President Cleveland has issued another important proclamation enjoining strict observance of neutrality laws in relation to Cuba. The last proclamation of this kind was issued in June, 1895. Ever since the Wiborg decision was handed down by the Supreme Court the President has had in contemplation a proclamation calling special attention to that decision. It is believed that he delayed issuing it until this time in order to permit the feeling in this Country regarding the Cuban rebellion to become calm and the excitement that was naturally caused by Cuban debates in the Senate to pass away. There have been no recent filibustering expeditions or other acts to force the Cuban question into prominence. It is believed that Mr. Cleveland has given Spain this renewed assurance of his intention rigidly to enforce neutrality laws partly in order to strengthen some claims of the United States now pending against that country. He desires Spain to understand that, while this government will do its utmost to enforce its laws requiring neutral treatment of friendly powers, it expects countries with which it is at peace to do their utmost to afford protection to Americans and to meet the just claims of this country.

Epoch in Railroading. The tremendous speed of over ninetyfour miles an hour was reached at the trial of the Holman friction-geared locomotive drawing a train over the trngks of the South Jersey Railroad Wednesday afternoon at Cape May, N. J. The speed did not, however, meet the expectations of Inventor Holman, who is bent upon sending the engine along at the rate of 10U miles an hour. He declares that r.ny good, well-built engins can be made to go. at the rate of nearly two milts a minute, if equipped with the friction gearing. The engine drew a tender and two ordinary passenger coaches. The-cars were tilled with interested persona and newspaper men. The speed during the run was ter-, rifie, and the wind whistled through the cars like a cyclone. The engine worked smoothly and starred and stopped without,, shock. Those in charge of the run claim---ed that the distance covered was too short for the locomotive to get fairly started. It was claimed that the friction gearing was just getting into running shape when the steam had to be shut down preparatory to stopping. Killed by Masked Robbery About midnight Thursday twq masked men walked into George Hetzter's saloon at 1299 West rSixth ,street, Cjm*ifljp*H ; and demanded Hetzter'a money. Hetzter refused. The masked men, opened; fire and.shot Hetitey. ,foiir. ; titties, ki\iii>g d»im. ■ liKT'Oa".site |frt e.-80l I?t-1 I*" Bodies iifa Cistern. IV. E. Burt, arheriiher-Of One of the held families iu Austin, Texas,-kilted his wifi*''hn(ftiifti'ehildretf, aged 2 and 4 years; apd ’'fbiftj- sifnk their bodies in the house cistern. ». as iu '■> -s' . ii •• ■■'■rr :.-■!■ ■ , j Public of «e|, issued •w, less cash in tne treasury, at the close *1 the month to have been $966,154,512,

an Increase for the month of $10,857,358. The debt is classified as follows: Interestbearing debt, $843,.‘104,250; debt on which interest has ceased since maturity, sl,033,640; djbt bearing no interest, $373,315,094; total, $1,222.312,584, which does not include $555,212,973 in certificates and treasury notes offset by an equal amount of cash in the treasury. The treasury cash is classified as, ; follows: Gold, $150,012,224; silver, $514;0i9,140; paper, $109,978,190; bonds, disbursing officers’ balances, etc., $17,203,184, against which there are demand liabili-ties-amounting to $505,705,274, leaving n cash balance in the treasury of $256,108,472. PHYSICIANS MOBBED. Fatal Snrgical Operation in Pittsburg Arorisds the Italians. J. P. 6rr t A. IV. Wallace and Thomas E. Eldridge wont to the home of Mrs. Gisari Mnsuce’i in Pittsburg to perform an operation. It resulted in her death. A crowd jumped at.tbt? three physicians swearing vengeance. Ode Sicilian, a relative, fit the Woman,' pulled a long knife. The doctors fled from the house, pursued by the infuriated Italians. Up Washthey ran with the shouting and gesticulating Crowd fcehind tffe'tn. By‘ the time Wylie avenue was reached the handful, of Italians had increased to a mob pr oper 200. They threw stones at the fleeing physicians, who took refuge in, a drug store, fr,om which they were rescued by the police.

COTTON DAMAGED. f Unusually High Tcm peratnre Seriously Affects the Southern Crop, The most unprejudiced observers concur in reporting that the cotton has sustained irreparable damage from extreme heat and drought during the past few days. Tins applies to an immense area on both sides of the Mississippi river, having Vicksburg for its center. The weather is the hottest ever known and is simply parching up vegetation. Cotton is actually dying and the amount of shedding is unprecedented. The condition of crops is rapidly growing worse, and there is no prospect of rain. Indiana Crowd Is Thrilled. An electrical storm, which struck Greensburg, Ind., about 3 o’clock Friday afternoon, caused much damage and struck terror to the hearts of the residents. Several horses were killed by Hghtuing and a largo number of people shocked, some quite seriously. The lightning struck one corner of the grand stand, in which were 1,500 people watching bicycle races. The fluid played down aiong the wire, shocking Joe Wilson, of Indianapolis, he being unconscious for some time.-* Several others were rendered unconscious, anti half the people in the grand stand-felt the shock. Lpujs Edwuyd was sitting in a buggy, the attached being killed, throwing him to the groMril." One of the horses killed was Blanche W., owned by J. W. White, who had refused $,8,000 for her. Two large barns: belonging to Henry Metz were •burned. Several head' of stock were cremated and ail the contents lost. The loss will he about SIO,OOO.

Queen May Abdicate. The tumor that Queen Victoria intends to-retire in favor of the Prince of Wales is again current in London, and it is added that court circles are greatly troubled regarding the condition of the queen’s health. Such reports have frequently appeared of recent years, only to he semiofficially Contradicted later. But it now seems that there may be some actual foundation for the statements made. Causes a Fall in Gold. Cpsta Rica‘advices say the government lias passed a law prohibiting the*importation of foreign silver. All now in the possession 6f private parties most he disposed of within thirty dqys, ,after,Hfjycjh , time the government will require that ih he sent to the,mint and exchanged for Costa.Jllican currency. Tlie measure has caused h big (all'ih gold. ;,n ' 1 Ohio Bank Closes Its Doom, The Dennison, 0., Deposit Bank closed its doors Wednesday. The liabilities wiUtreach SIOO,OOO, while the assets will hardly coyer SOO,OOO. The feeling ngainst the bank is very hitter, as it accepted deposits Tuesday night after business hours. British Troops Bar the Way. It is reported at Caracas, Venezuela, that the government has received a cable dispatch stating that strong English forces odenpy the unfinished trail from Acarahisi to Amaeuro, preventing the passage of all Venezuelans. Murderer Green Hnnged. Bert Gteen, colortifl; convicted of the murder of Miles P. Mitchell near Whiteville, Hardman County, in December Inst, was hanged .at Jackson, Tcnn. Green protested his innocence to the last. Big Fire at Niagara Falls, Ont. At Niagara Falls, Out., the storehouse of thfc Central Milling Company’s flour plant, the elevator and a quantity of grain and flour were destroyed by tiro last night. Loss, SIOO,OOO. Harrison Is Keeping Mnm. Ex-President Harrison refuses to discuss the political situation before the opening of the campaign.. He will make speeches throughout Indiana.