Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 November 1896 — BEAUTIFULLY DONE. [ARTICLE]

BEAUTIFULLY DONE.

CITIZENS OF MEEKER, COLO., BAG THREE BANDITS. Two Shot Dead and a Third Expires Within an Aonr-Enzliahmen Want to Control American Tobacco Trade —Death of T. W. Ferry. Three Bobbers Riddled. News has just been received at Meeker, in the northwestern part of Colorado, of an attempted bank robbery that occurred Tuesday. Three men entered the bank, ■which is connected with rhe storeroom of J. W. Hugus & Co. Two of the men held the store employes at bay. while the third Went into the bank cashier's window, and, firing one shot, ordered the cashier to throw up his hands. The order was not quickly obeyed, and the robber fired again.whereupon the cashier's hands went up. The manager of the store was then forced to open the bank door, and after gathering up all the money in sight the robbers marched the cashier and store employes into the street with hands uplifted. They then rushed out the back way with their booty. Citizens, attracted by the shots, had pretty well surrounded the building b.v this time, and being armed, opened fire on the robbers, two of whom, Charles Jones and William Smith, were Filled by the first volley. The third man, George Harris, was shot through the lungs, dying in two hours. He is fully identified. Four citizens were wounded, not seriously. TRAIN ROBBERS IN UTAH. Two Men Hold Up the Union Pacific Fast Mail Near Ogden. The Union Pacific fast mail due at Ogden, Utah, at 2 o'clock Wednesday morning was held up by masked and heavily armed men a half-mile east of Uintah. No passengers were molested, the robbers confining their operations to the mail and express cir. The robbers surprised the engineer by suddenly appearing from behind the tank and covering him with their guns. They ordered the fireman to cover his head with a cotton sack which they handed him. The engineer was ordered to stop the train and was told to indicate the express car, which he did. While the attention of the robbers was distracted the engineer ran away and escaped to Uintah, where he was followed by the express messenger, and Supt. O'Neil was notified. Meanwhile the baggage and express cars were uncoupled by the robbers and sent ahead of the train a few hundred yards, and both ears were broken open. The robbers failed to open the safe in the express car. The railway officials say all the booty secured was a few mail bags, the value of their contents being unknown.

FERRY IS DEAD. Ex.-Scnator from Michigan Yields to Paralysis. Ex-United States Senator Thomas W. Ferry died very suddenly at Grand Haven, Mich., Wednesday morning of paralysis. Senator Fj-rry had been in splendid health, exhe'Ming attacks of Sudden dizziness, until three days before, when’he took-Whis bed. Tuesday evening he was given a hypodermic mjftction. The family sat tip’With him a short time, when he seemed to be asleep.; In ther morning they found he was dead. Thomas White Ferry was born at Mackinac June L 1827. In 1853 he was elected to the Legislature; in 1864, elected to Congress, and in 1871, to the United States Senate. During the Hays and Wheeler electoral count he was President of the joint meeting and on the death of Vice President Wilson became acting vice president. He was defeated for re-election ro the Senate by Thomas W. Palmer in 1882. He was unmarried. BULL IS IN IT. British Money Enters American Tobacco Trade. , Rumors that have recently attended the sharp upward movement in tobacco stock of negotiations pending for the control of large tobacco manufacturing plants by foreign capitalists hare crystallized into a definite report that a London syndicate has been formed with a capital of $600,000, and has purchased and will operate abroad the foreign patent rights of the National Cigarette and Tobacco Company. The National Company, it is alleged, is building fifty cigarette machines to be delivered in England by Jan 1. In the domestic, tobacco trade there are persistent rumors of impending startling developments of a bii|lisWharacter, iu the direction of a strong combination on Standard Oil lines.

Turk Must Pay for It. A dispatch from Rome says: The Italian government has addressed a peremptory note to the porte in reference' to a young Italian subject who was murdered in the recent massacres in Constan'inople. The note says that the young man was felled to the ground and beaten on the head by a man in Turkish uniform, until he killed him. Ihe note concludes by demanding the punishment of the guilty persons, and the payment of indemnity for the murder of an Italian subject. Bit Off His Ear. In a small riot Monday afternoon at Indianapolis a gang of negroes jumped Upon Patrolman James Cronin, rescuing one of their number named Johnson, who was in custody. In the fight that ensued one of the negroes bit off the right ear of the policeman. Another one bit nearly through the forefinger of his left hand. They left him bleeding and almost senseless, and made their escape. HeYp Uncle Sam. The attorney genera] has appointed Gen. Edward, fi, Bragg an assistant United States attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin in prosecuting-the land ease of the government against the Manufacturers’ Investment Company of Wisconsin. Losing Hie Sight. State Treasurer Lon V. Stephens, the Democratic nominee.for Governor of Missouri, is threatened with blindness. His left eye is in such condition that it is feared the sight cannot be restored. Dies Upon His Knees. While Kneeling in prayer in Hawarden Church, London, at 11:30 o’clock Sunday morning Most Rev. Edward White Benson, D. D., Archbishop of Canterbury, primate of all Jlpgland, and,metropolitan, was seized with apoplexy from which he died a few minutes afterward. Jk-- u-ia s wtu ygftd 't.rui mid jc ' ” Beglas' apßuit for $3,000,000. o. A suit wasoutnnmenc-J at San Franin ths. United States by Harman Cramer, claiming $5,000,000 fn« the Singer Sewing Machine C6mjmajLprofits alleged to have been made tejseffingmachinee infringing «e

? TRILBY’S AUTHOR 'DEAD. The End Was Painless snd Was Not Unexpected* Trilby’s author is no more. George Du Maurier died at 2:3) Thursday morning at his London home His end was painless, and he passed away surrounded by friends. The il'ness of Mr. Du Mauri?r was pathetic in the extreme. For days be has been hovering between life and death, at intervals conversing with his friends regarding ifis work. Upon one occasion a triend at the dying man’s bedside referred to the success of "Trilby” as a book and as a r-lay, whereupon Du Maurier replied: "Yes, it has been successful, but the popularity has killed me at Irfsn” One of Du Maurier’s friends, who was present at his death, said: “He died almost as tragically as Svengali. At the zenith of Trilby’s fame, Svengali became a victim of an affection of the heart, and Du Maurier has gone the same way. At the zenith of his popularity the author has succumbed to the Ireart trouble from which he always suffered, his suffering being accentuated by ’he constant succession of exciting incidents in which the closing few months of his life were spent. Checks rained in upon him ns his old heart trouble increased This, complicated by an affection of the lungs, took him off.”

MORE TO DIE. San Francisco Hichbinders Renew Their Killings. The highbinder Tongs of Chinatown are again in emeute at San Francisco, and as a result Ix’e Ah *ee and Ah Chung, two members of the 80-On-Tong, were assassinated Wednesday night, presumably by hatchet men of the 80-Long-Tong in revenge for the death of Lee Ti, a member of the latter society, who was mysteriously murdered on the night of July 18 last. Ah Nee was shot down in the hailway of a Chines- 1 lodging house, just before midnight. While the police were looking for the murderer. Ah Chung was killed on Pacific street, supposedly by Lee Loui, who was captured in the vicinity while ir. the ac. of concealing a freshly-discharged revolver. How Fook and How Tom, both members of the Bo-Long-Tong, have been arrested. A prominent Chinaman who called at the Receiving Hospital to see Ah Chung remarked. when informal that his friend was dead: “Lots more be killed; big fight now.” It is believ’d that the efforts now making to reunite the Six Companies will result in many fresh vends between the various societies, who, having once enjoyed commercial freedom, will never return to their former state of bondage. A MONSTER DEMONSTRATION. Chicago Celebrates Her Twenty-fifth Anniversary of Baptism by Fire. The following figures tel: the story of Chicago’s observance of tha twenty-fifth anniversary of the big tire: Number of men in line 100,000 Mounted , .... 2,274 Carriages 178 Political clubs 96 Bands .. 125 Tallyhos 10 Floats 11l Passing given point 5 hrs. 10 mip. Passengers carried to parade: South Side surface lines ......... 80.000 North Side surface lines 80,000 West Side surface lines 80,000 Lake street elevated vJ. . 40,000 Metropolitan elevated 20,000 Alley elevated ,30,000 Chicago & Northwestern .. 80,000 Union depot roads 40,000 Illinois Central 35,000 Dearborn station roads 18,000 Grand Central station roads 12,000 Lake Shore and Rock Island .... 13,000 Nickel Plate 6,000 Total 534,000 GAMBLERS BEATEN TO DEATH. Full Blood Osage Indians Wreak Summary Vengeance Upon Them. The third quarterly payment to the Osage Indians, of over SIOO,000, is being paid. Reports at Perry, O. T., are that hundreds of gamblers are at Pawhuska and that the few marshals are powerless to prevent depredations. Two gamblers, Jones and Evans, buncoed a gang of full-bloods Tuesday night and the men ran the gamblers out of town, and, it is reported, beat them to death on Turkey Creek. Wild Revel of Winds. By a gale which began on Monday all the buoys in Queensto-vn harbor have been shifted, some of thim being'driven a quarter of a mile from their positions. The Daunts Rock lightship, having on board a crew of eight men, has broken adrift and is believed to have foundered. The Majestic, which left Liverpool for New York, took twenty, instead of ten, hours to run from Liverpool to Queenstown. She encountered terrific weather, and reports that she sa.v nothing of the missing Daunts Rock lightship. The storm caused considerate damage along the English, Irish and Welsh coasts. A number of casualties have already been reported and numerous vessels have been sighted flying signal*! of distress. At Ilfracomb, Devonshire, the sea has washed away 100 feet of the wall fronting the Ilfracomb Hotel, the lower part of the town was flooded, and a number of houses were swamped. At Porthcawl the seas were sixty feet high and have been crashing over the breakwater. Floods are also reported in various partu of Wales. The Rhonda and Swansea Bay Railroad in many parts is under six feet of water or washed away. From all parts of the United Kingdom immense damage is reported. The South of Ireland particularly suffered badly, the town hall at Queenstown being severely damaged and the country around Cork and the low parts of the town itself being inundated. The race course nt Tramore was also much damaged. Traffic in the Mersey has been suspended. A schooner ufith five hands was lost off Holy Head, and a large ship was wrecked at Milfordhaven, in Wales, and all on board perished. Numerous small wrecks were also reported, by which the aggregate loss of life has been considerable.

Work of Fire Fiends. The great fire at Guayaquil, Ecuador, is believed to have been of incendiary orlgon. Some arrests have been made. Many people lost their lives during the Conflagration and, losses are now estimated at 80,000,060 sabres ($54,400,000). The populace is furious and is demanding the prompt punishment of the guilty. Price of Sugar Is Reduced. All grades of refined sugar were reduced % cent per pound by the American Refining Company, making a net reduction of % cent within a week. This brings the price to the retail grocer down to cents,'which is the lowest it haksokf-'at forayear. < 7 -, Prisoner in Jail Cyemobes Himself. Th# jail at Paulding, Miss.,, burned. E A. Strickland,And Mollie Daniels, a crazy negro woman, were cremated- Strickland dropped a bote but of the' windobr sffitjhi that unless opium were brought to him he would burn the jail. 3.. Died in Fire. ' According to the New York Herald’s correspondent in Guayaquil, Ecuador, fresh attempts of an incendiary nature hate been 'ton de. Several alarming fires have occurred in parts of the city not touched by the great conflagration, but the vigilance »f the Bremen prevented

them from spreading. Several more arrests have been made in connection with these fires. A large meetisg has just been held, at which a commission was appointed to procure relief funds and provide tents and other temporary shelter for homeless citizens. Churches and schools which were left standing are filled, and rough wooden sheds are being erected as fast as possible in different parts of the city. Already over 100 charred bodies have been found in the ruins, and others are being discovered wherever the debris left by the fire is disturbed. It is now known, also, that many persons were driven by the flames to the water, and were drowned.

BANDIT RUN TO DEATH. Murderer and Bank Robber Shoots Himself to Avoid Capture. After murdering Marshal Will Galvin, of Bancroft, lowa, one of the men who brought him to bay, Friday, escaping from a house surrounded by a sheriff’s posse and riding four miles on his bicycle, one of the bandits who robb-.d the Sherburne, Minn., bank and killed the assistant cashier and a traveling salesman, seeing that he was doomed, sent a bullet crashing through his own brain and fell dead at the feet of his pursuers. A punctured bicycle tire was responsible for his falling into the hands of th? men who were hungry for his blood, and whom he cheated in the hour of their victory. Nearly all the SI,OOO stolen from the bank was found in the possession of the bandit who killed himself. The other is under arrest. CRUISER REPORTED LOST. British Ship Talbot Said to Have Foundered in the Gale. A rumor is in circulation at Dcvonport, England, that the British cruiser Talbot, bound for the North American station, foundered nt set during the recent gale. The Talbot was a second-class cruiser of 5,000 tons displacement and carried a crew of 433 officers and men. She was -i new vessel, bu It last year, and had' five C-inch quick-firing guns, six 4-inch guns, eight twelve-pounders and several guns of smaller caliber., The Talbot belonged to what is known as the eclipse class of protected cruisers, which includes the Diana, Dido. Doris, Isis, Juno, Minerva, Venus and Eclipse. Her registered speed was 19.5 knots and she carried 550 tons of coal.

THE MOTHER SAID “STAB HlM.’’ Her 13-Year-Old Son Is Consequently Held for Murder. Mrs. John Meyers ant. her 13-year-old son are in jail at Atchison, Kan., the latter being charged with murdering Lester Dyke, the 12-year-old son of a neighbor, and the former with being an accessory to the crime. The trouble arose over a kitten belonging to the Meyerses, and the most reliable version of the affair indicates the mother encouraged her son to commit the crime. The boys quarreled over lhe possession of the kitten, nnd Mrs, Meyers, it ih said, incensed by seeing iier hopeful get the worst of the scuffle, told him to get a knife amt stab his adversary. He obeyed what is alleged to have been her command by stabbing young Dyke over the heart.

WORD “DEMOCRATIC” IS BARRED. Indiana Sound Money Men Must Get a New Party Title. Chairman Pickens, cf the National Democratic party of Indiana, appeared before the State Board of Election Commissioners and made an extended argument in support of the theory that the name “National Democratic Ticket” was not calculated to mislead voters and should be permitted to be put on the official ballot. The board, however, after two hours’ deliberation, finally decided that the name could no’ be used. Gov. Matthews and Senator Kern voted against it and Commissioner Hawkins, the Republican member, for it. Left a Dummy on His Cot. When the door of L-wis fifties* cell in the Aubtirfi, N. Y., prison was thrown open and n gwufd went in to arouse.the form on the rot' Friday morning, he wao dumfounded to find that the apparent sleeper was only a dummy of straw, topped off with a bunch of hair. Eight inches of the heavy iron cell door had been skillfully sawed off at the bottom, and through this small opening the convict had wriggled. Big Steamer Under One Engine. Thy Anierican Line steamship Paris, whjch, from New York Wednesday bound for Southampton, crippled her starboard engine when one day out from port. Although the accident took place when the vessel was but a short distance from harbor, Capt. Watkins decided that it was not necessary to turn back, as the port engine was working. Cooper Ties Bald. According to the figures prepared by E. C. Spooner, the national circuit bicycle follower, Eddie Bald and Tom Cooper, who last competed in Washington, are tied for championship honors, each having 65 points to his credit. Kick on Canucks. The correspondent in Rio Janeiro, Brazil, says that the press of the State of Soa Paulo strongly opposes prospective immigration from Canada.