Democratic Sentinel, Volume 21, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 June 1897 — CAUGHT BY A PAY CAR [ARTICLE]

CAUGHT BY A PAY CAR

HOW THE SANTA FE DETECTED A SWINDLE. Has Been leaning Pay Checks to Fictitious Names for Three Years Woodford, Minister to Spain, Will Keep His Mouth Shut. Santa Fe Stealings Disclosed. Although the investigation of the pay rolls of the Santa Fe has been in progress but a week, it has already revealed stealings amounting to about SBO,OOO, and officials who are in a position to know say that this figure will-be greatly exceeded. The old game of placing fictitious names on the pay roll was worked successfully. In order to locate the fictitious names the Santa Fe sent out a pay car for the first time in three years. Assistant General Superintendent. Turner and Chief of Defective's Kinney were on the car and attended personally to the work of handing out the checks. Hundreds of the cheeks were not called for and the investigation proved that the names were fictiflous.

DEFEAT OF OUR NAVY. Dry Docks Need.ed More than Additional Rattle Ships. “Congress had better stop building battle ships and begin building dry docks,” was the expression of Representative Amos Cummings during the debate Monday afternoon in the national house on the proposition to appropriate SIOO,OOO to repair the Brooklyn dry dork. Mr. Cummings etilled attention with, startling candor to the lamentable weakness of this country in facilities for the repair of our battle ships. He said that whereas in the single port of Portsmouth, England, there were twenty-one stone dry docks into which English ships could be taken for repairs, the entire equipment of the United States on the Atlantic coast was one timber dry dock, and that one so badly out of repair that it was useless, and that on the Pacific coast there was also but a single timber dry dock. Our deficiencies in- this respect are due entirely to a difference of opinion between cliques of officers in the Navy Department, whose rivalries extend into almost every feature of our naval establishment and' have so thoroughly demoralized the navy as to make it a laughing stock among nations. One of these cliques is in favor of timber dry docks and the other in favor of stone dry docks, and between the two we have practically neither. Ln the event of a war with any maritime nation, such as Japan or Sisiin, the United States would be practically helpless in its inability to repair war ships. WOODFORD WILL NOT TALK. Makes It a Rule to Keep His Mouth Shut. An interview with Gen. Stewart L. Woodford, minister to Spain, is published at New York, in which he says: “From the moment I accepted the appointment 1 have not said one word in relation to it for the press or the public, or to any unofficial person in any form, and shall not do so under any circumstances. Whatever is to be made known to the people of that which I shall have in hand will properly and necessarily come from the State Department. If there is any rumor or report in- the newspapers or elsewhere of an interview with me about Spain or Cuba touching their affairs in any degree, you may be positive, without inquiry, that so far as it concerns me it is without foundation.”

MACARTNEY ALSO ACQUITTED. Last sf Recusant Witnesses Disposed Of by Judge Bradley. At Washington, Judge Bradley sustained the motion of the defense in the case of John Macartney, broker, on trial for alleged contempt of the Senate sugar trust investigating committee, and ordered' the jury to return a verduct of acquittal. The ground of the judge’s decision was that •the questions asked were individual questions of Senator Allen and not committee questions. Mr. Macartney is the last of the alleged recusant witnesses to be tried, so that the record 1 stands: Acquittals, six; convictions, one—namely, Broker Elverton R. Chapman of New York City, who served 1 twenty-five days in jail. Athletes of the Diamond. Following is the standing of the clubs of the National Baseball League: W. L. W. L. Baltimore .. .34 12 Pittsburg ...22 24 Boston 34 13 Cleveland ...22 25 Cincinnati . .29 17 Washington. 19 26 New York.. .27 18 Louisville ...19 28 Brooklyn ...24 23 Chicago 18 30 Philadelphia 24 26 St. Louis. ...10 40

The showing of the members of the Western League is summarized below: W. L. W. L Columbus ...35 15 Detroit 23 29 Indianapolis. 33 16 G’nd Rapids. 19 34 St. Paul 36 19 Minneapolis. 19 35 Milwaukee ..29 26 Kansas City.lß 38 Shows a Deficit of $3,500,000. Deputy Attorney General Elkin has given out a statement on the condition of the Pennsylvania State finances in whidh he Shows that there is a deficit of $3,500,000 in the State treasury. Mr. Elkin says the Legislature 'has for several years appropriated more money than the net revenue received by the State, hence the present large deficiency. Gathmann Shell Not at Fault. The Navy Department has decided to give the Gathmann shell, invented by Louis Gathmann of Chicago, another test. An investigation of the cause of the explosion showed' that the shall was not at fault. Tea Below the Standard. About eighty thousand pounds of tea brought to San Francisco since May 1 has not been allowed to be lauded, because it did not come up to the standard of quality'established by the Secretary of the Treasury in April. The importers are protesting. Raddatz's Boat Is a Success. The Raddatz submarine boat was given another launch or test at Oshkosh, Wis., and with success. It is now being provisioned for an extended voyage on Lakes Michigan and Huron. < Mayor Good May Loss Office, An affidavit was filed Friday with Attorney General Monett Charging Mavor Good of Springfield, Ohio, with violating the Garfield corrupt .election practices act by using more money than allowed by law in securing his nomination and election. The penalty is ouster from office. Confesses in Court to Murder. Washington ; Craft, the Primitive Baptist m-nis-ter on trial at Paintsville, Ky, for the murder of Londell H iggins, fourteen years ago, admitted killing his uncle, Wiley Craft and William Cook fifteen •dot thaw men/ US bee “ BUel>ect '

SHRIVER IS ALSO ACQUITTED. Another Sugar Trust Contempt Case Falla to the Ground.John S. Shriver, the correspondent of the New York Mail and Express, was declared not guilty of contempt in refusing to answer questions of the Senate committee in relation to sugar trust investigation. Mr. Shriver was the fourth of the alleged recalcitrant witnesses. Messrs. Havemeyer and Searles, president and secretary of the American Sugar Re-fining Company, both having been discharged, while Broker Elverton R. Chapman was convicted and served one month in jail. Judge Bradley based his decision in the Shriver case on two jioints, first that the witness had not been legally summoned, and second that the question asked him was not pertinent. The contention of the defense that communications to newspaper men are privileged as a class the same as are communications to priests, lawyers and physicians, the court refused to sustain, but as the court, on the other hand, held that to ask the witness the name of bis informant was not a pertinent question, counsel for the defense now hold that a precedent is established which virtually brings newspaper witnesses within the privileged class.

DEATH OF FATHER KNEIPP. Originator of the Famous Water Cure Expires at Woerishofen. The Rev. Father Kneipp, known throughout the world for his water cure, who had been suffering for some time, died at Woerishofen, Bavaria. Father Sebastian Kneipp was born in the Bavarian village of Ottobeurn, about seventyfive years ago. He was the son of a weaver. He was educated at the Catholic hospital in Augustberg, where he attracted the attention of the Bishop of Augustberg, who obtained permission to educate him to the priesthood. When 16 years old he was attacked with nervous prostration and returned to the hospital. There, in an old book, he read an article on the efficacy of cold water as a cure for disease. He began experimenting in his own case and eventually effected a cure. When 25 years of age he entered the priesthood and was sent to the church of his native town, where he .remained nine years and, in addition to attending to his priestly duties, practiced the water cure. SOLDIERS SHOT BY BICYCLIST. Cheyenne Telegraph Operator Defends Himself from Assanit. Charles Erswell, a well-known telegraph operator of Cheyenne, when riding home on his bicycle late Tuesday night, was attacked by a party of ten or twelve soldiers from Fort Russell. After he had been knocked from his wheel Erswell shot one of the soldiers. He then managed to get inside his house, which the soldiers immediately bombarded with rocks and pieces of timber. They broke windows and forced in the kitchen door. As they rushed into the house Erswell shot a second time, dropping another of the soldiers. The city police arrived at this time and the soldiers retreated. The wounded men were taken to the post hospital and guards placed about Erswell's house to prevent further attacks. It was learned that both of the wounded men belong to G Company and that one of them is seriously wounded. Erswell surrendered to the authorities, but was allowed to go on his own recognizance.

Death in Its Wake. A severe tornado struck Kentucky and Indiana Friday morning and reports indicate that the damage was widespread. In Louisville trees were uprooted, houses unroofed and two persons killed. For an hour Main street was almost blockaded by roofs which were blown from wholesale houses. Near the city, on the Bardstown road, a colored woman and her little daughter were killed in their cottage, which was completely demolished. Across from Irvington, Ky„ on the Indiana side of the Ohio river, the home of a farmer named Streehis was blown down. Streehis’ son James, aged 15, was killed, and a hired girl was so badly Injured she died within an hour. The remainder of the family had a narrow escape, but were only slightly bruised. The storm hit the Monon train before it readied Bloomington, Ind. Lightning struck the rear sleeper, shocking all the jmesengers and seriously hurting Conductor Johnson. At English, Ind., the court house was badly damaged and several residences were unroofed. At Worcester two houses were blown down and two negroes killed. All over the State the damage was more or less serious, but no further loss of life is reported. As many as ten persons were shocked and one, James Elbing, ait Winchester, was killed by lightning. Joliet, 111., was in possession of a cyclone for one hour during the morning. At 9 o’clock it was dark as night, the wind blew down trees and awnings and broke plate-glass windows. Lightning struck houses in all parts of the city. One of the curious phenomena of the storm was the alternating blasts of intense heat from the northeast with arctic blasts from the west. A tornado struck Norfolk, Neb., doing some minor damage to buildings. Torture and Death. Wednesday dawned upon the Northwest with a continuation of the awful heat of the day before, and in country, villages and cities the excessive humidity and high temperatui’e combined caused many deaths and prostrations. But after noon a series of thunder showers brought relief. In Chicago heat caused three deaths and many prostrations, and lightning claimed two more victims, while twenty-one persons ‘ were severely shocked.

Sherman Favors Annexation. Secretary Sherman said to the Associated Press that as a rule he was opposed to the United States acquiring outlying territory, but he regarded the condition of the Hawaiian Islands as exceptional on account of the claim of Japan to these islands. He therefore approved the treaty making Hawaii a possession of the United States, but not entitled to admission as a State. Peace in the Levant. The Athens correspondent of the Landon Daily Telegraph says: “It is reported that the peace conference and the Porte have accepted a settlement giving Turkey either the town of Ligaria, southeast of Milouna, or Nezeros, north of Larissa.” The Athens correspondent of the Daily Chronicle says the Porte has abandoned the policy of delay and decided to accept the advice of the powers. Foster's Mission a Success. A cablegram from ex-Secretary Foster, who has been negotiating with the Russian Government for the better protection, by mutual agreement, of the seal life ui the North Pacific and Bering Sea, an 7 nouncs the success of his mission. Bicycle-Riding Jurist Injured. Judge Walter C. Ong, of the Common Pleas bench, was nearly killed at Cleveland by being caught ou his bicycle between a wagon and a motor. He was struck by the motor and crushed Hawaiian Treaty Signed. The Hawaiian annexation treaty was signed Wednesday morning at the State Department by Secretary Sherman for the United States and Messrs. Hatch, Thurston and Kinney for Hawaii. Trade Waking Up. R. G. Dun & Co.’s Weekly Review of Trade says: “The retarding influence of cold and unseasonable weather has passed. The gain in business ha® become «l«arer to all As no genuine improve-

went ever begins with an uplifting of prices before the producing force baa become fairly employed, this does not, and the buying of 7,000 bales Australian wool by one Boston house and 100,000 tons pig iron by a Wall street operator, and advancing prices for stocks, are the only proof that the actual conditions are understood by some capable men. There is evidence of gradually enlarging business in every important department, more establishments have been set at work, and more hands employed, and while prudence still binds speculative excesses, the progress toward better things is unchecked. Reports from the various cities fthow a very general progress and a continuing large distribution through retail trade. The proof is (dearer, as it should be, in the industrial than in the trading field.”

GAVE THEM A LIKE DOSE. Cubans Give the Murderous Crew of a Gunboat a Hot Reception. At the River Mayabeque, near Guinea, the Spanish gunboat Itasto landed a detachment to burn some pacifieo huts. They killed eight men who were working there, and took sixteen women off to the veosel with them. A Cuban force near by stationed themselves at a narrow part of the river, and as the vessel come down pourei in a hot fire, killing the pilot, second officer and several men on the upper decks. The vessel drifted on a sandbar in short range, where she remained till late at night. The Cubans attacked her in boats, but having only four, the vessel's crew easily repulsed them. The vessel was on fire several times, but the crew managed to save her, and she left at midnight. It is reported that six of the women threw themselves overboard. INDIA STILL SHAKING. Province of Assim Devastated by the Earthquakes. Almost the whole of the Province of Assam, India, was devastated by tha earthquake. The ruin is appalling. Tht courts, treasuries, jail and hospitals collapsed. The loss of food supplies is enormous. The (Tops are mostly mined and great scarcity of food is expected. All traffic is difficult, as numbers of the roads have been completely demolished. Earthquake shocks still continue to be felt in the province, and much alarm is felt, especially as renewed shocks have been reported from various places in Bengal. Heavy rains are immensely increasing the damage. CUTS HIS OWN PAY. Action of the Head of the Barney & Smith Car Company. Owing to the recent busines depression E. J. Barney, president of the Barney & Smith Car Manufacturing Company at Dayton, Ohio, has voluntarily cut his own salary from $25,000 to $2,500. The works have been operating a small force on short time for the last year or so, though previously over 2,000 men had been employed. The president reports a slow but substantial improvement in the prospects and anticipates au early resumption. Say It’s Idle Rumor. Discussion in Washington of the Hawaiian treaty, the incidents connected therewith and its probable effect includes a revival of the chatter about Secretary Sherman’s withdrawal from the cabinet. This new story, Which, a Washington correspondent says, is thought to be unfounded as any of those which preceded it, is ninged upon the assumption that the Secretary’s pride has been so humbled by signing a treaty which is iu direct contradiction to his settled theories about the danger of territorial acquisition, that he will retire from the premiership. Senator Sherman, during the latter days of the Fifty-fourth Congress, when Cuba was under discussion, took occasion to reiterate his previously expressed antagonism to the further addition to our territory, stating that in his opinion it would be the prudent and safe course for this country to attend strictly to its own business, and not attempt to possess itself of outlying territory, which might involve us in serious and unnecessary complications with other nations. This statement is being talked about a great deal, but very few of the Secretary’s old colleagues in the Senate believe he will withdraw from the cabinet. To the talk that Secretary Sherman will soon resign reply is made by those who know him beet that if 'he had intended to retire for the reasons suggested he would have done so beforehand, and left the signing of the treaty to his successor. Frank Butler Convicted. The trial of Frank Butler, charged with the murder of Captain Lee Weller while the two men were on a gold prospecting trip, was concluded at Sydney, N. S. W., the jury rendering a verdict of guilty. It was his practice to advertise for a prospecting partner, and having found one with means, to murder him while in the bush. Illinois* Wards Killed. Almost on the anniversary of the waterspout of 1892, Lincoln, 111., was visited by a terrible storm Friday, which took upon itself the aspect of a cyclone and caused the death of four pupils and the wounding of others at the State institute for the feeble minded. Revenue Receipts Fall Off. The monthly statement of the collections of internal revenue shows that the total receipts during May were $10,816,892, a net decrease as compared with May, 1896, of $647,598.