Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 March 1898 — SHOT ON THE STREET. [ARTICLE]

SHOT ON THE STREET.

BROKER KILLS A MAN ABOUT TOWN AT WASHINGTON. Trouble Grew Out of the Failure of the Firm in Which the Broker Was a Partner—Strong Coal Combine in Ohio. Thousand People saw the Deed. At Washington, I). C., Dennis J. Canty, a broker, formerly of East St. Louis, 111., shot and killed George Bye, a well-known sportsman and man about town. The shooting took place at the corner of Fourteenth and F streets, in front of the Western Union building, in the presence of perhaps a thousand men, women and children. Canty drew a revolver and deliberately fired into Rye four times. The latter reeled and fell to the street. He was carried to a drug store and died five minutes later. Canty coolly replaced his revolver in his pocket and waited for an officer to come and take him. The day before the two men had had a quarrel at the same spot and it is said Rye threatened Canty with a drawn dirk. Dennis J. Canty has borne a good reputation heretofore. He was appointed to a clerkship in the interstate commerce commission under Col. W. R. Morrison. He went into brokerage business with H. W. Van Senden, who was formerly private secretary to Secretary Carlisle. The firm failed and the members were indicted. A week or so ago the indictments were nolled. It is learned now that the shooting is the culmination of the failure of Canty's firm. Rye, who is said to have been a horseman and speculator, lost by the failure and threatened revenge.

COAL COMBINE IN OHIO. Railroads Take the Entire Output and Make All Sales. It is said that since the Senate investigating commit le» has concluded its work, coal operators openly admit that the Ohio coal railroad combine is in active operation. It is claimed that every big operator in the State is a member of the trust. “The combine,” said a leading Cleveland coal operator, “was practically completed at the meeting here a number of weeks ago. It now controls the entire output in Ohio. All coal is delivered to the railroads at a stated price, and they assume 'the responsibility of all sales. It is the strongest and promises to be the most successful coal combine this country has ever seen. It is expected that other States will be taken into the combine when the time for such a movement arrives.”

PRAIRIE FIRE IN KANSAS. Cimarron Saved from Destruction byHard Work. M ith the wind blowing at a velocity of about forty miles an hour, n prairie fire raged within sight of Cimarron, Kan., sweeping everything before it. Thousands of acres of pasture laud were burned off, and reports come of losses of live stock and buildings, but no losses of human life are reported. At one time the wind changed suddenly, driving the flames toward town, and it took hard work on the part of n large force of men with teams and water wagons to prevent the town’s destruction. Franz Josef Stirs Europe. The Austrian emperor is making great efforts to induce the European powers to present to the United States the danger to Europe of their carrying any further their interference in Cuban affairs. Emperor William is warmly seconding the efforts of Emperor Francis Joseph. The American government is aware of this situation.

Six Men Injured. The eighty-six-foot steel span being placed at the end of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad drawbridge across the Mississippi river at Winona, Minn., fell with six men on it. The span had been moved two feet out to let a train pass, and while in this position the timbers supporting it collapsed. The six men were badly shaken up and bruised. Whips the Schoolmaster. In a little brick schoolhouse, near the. town of Depew, N. Y., Schoolmaster Bowen received a terrible beating. His injuries are likely to prove fatal. The trouncing was given by George Winters of Depew. Winters alleges that Bowen twisted his daughter Minnie's ear and tore it so that it needed six stitches to repair it. Krueger Will Resist Britain. At a meeting of members of the volksraad at President Krueger’s residence in Pretoria, Transvaal, opinions were expressed against admitting the claim of British suzerainty, and it rns decided to allow tne Goverhment to take advantage of complications in which Great Britain might become involved elsewhere.

Bessemer Pie-Iron Pool. One of the biggest pools the country has ever known was formed in Cleveland. All Bessemer pig iron producers in tl»? Cleveland, Mahoning valley and Shenango iron districts, except one, are bound together by the combine. . Suicide of C. K. French. Charles E. French, formerly a prominent citizen of Redlands, Cal., committed suicide by shooting himself through the head. He was formerly wealthy, but lost most of his money in speculation on the Chicago Board of Trade. Gold Under Streets. A ledge of gold-bearing quartz has been found by men engaged in grading at Seventh street in San Francisco. This street is being cut through a bluff. Spain Wants to Know, Bernabe, the new Spanish minister, has made a formal request from the authorities at Washington for official information as to what the United State's means by buying two warships from Brazil. No satisfactory response to his demand was vouchsafed. Pacific Ship Goes Ashore. The three-masted ship New York, from Hongkong for San Francisco, ran ashore near Half-Moon Bay, a small town al>out thirty miles south of San Francisco. Not » life was lost. Moil Car Destroyed by Fire. AA hen the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern special limited mail train, westbound, arrived at La Forte, Ind., the other night the Boston and Albany car was discovered on lire. The car was nearly consumed nnd the mail destroyed. The origin of the fire is a mysttfi-y. See Sign* of a Revolution. Tranquility prevails at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, but the Government has called an extraordinary session to consider the financial situation caused by the fall in exchange and the reports, originating in the military clubs, of a coming revolution.