Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 June 1898 — IN NIAGARA RAPIDS. [ARTICLE]

IN NIAGARA RAPIDS.

VENTURESOME MAN TEMPTS FATE IN A BARREL. Robert Leach, of Watertown, N. Y.» Makes a Perilous Trip-Lea pa Into the Mi**i**ippi Hirer at St. Paul and Escapes Uninjured. Goes Through Niagara Alive. Robert Leach of Watertown, N. Y., attempted to do what Carlisle D. Graham did on July 11, 1886, but only half succeeded. Leach has built a barrel on which to go over the Horseshoe Falls at Niagara, and tested it by going through the rapids. It was close to 3 o'clock when he appeared in the gorge dressed in blue tights trimmed with red. His barrel and a boat were in waiting, and after a short delay Leach entered the barrel. The manhole cover was placed in position, and the boat started out from the shore toward midstream with the barrel in tow. When well out the boat threw the tow rope off and the two men In the boat pulled back to shore. Slowly the barrel drifted down stream, but it was not caught by the main current and it swung in towards shore. The boat put off and again towed the barrel out in the river. This time it was caught by the down current. The barrel rode the waves nicely. Only a few times did the crests of some of tho largor waves bury the craft out Of sight, but its reappearance was so quick as to not leave many anxious moments for the onlookers. Straight down stream it went and as it approached the whirlpool all thought that it was going right into it. However, the barrel was caught in the current of the eddy on the Canadian side just above the whirlpool, and there it floated until Leach’s friends rescued him.

FOOTPAD IB DROWNED. Desperate Battle on a Bridge Over the Missouri at St. Joseph. Joseph Holland, an engineer, was crossing a bridge over the Missouri river at St. Joseph, Mo., when he was attacked by two robbers. One of them hit him with a club and the other cut bis throat with a knife. Holland grappled with the man with the knife, and they struggled on the edge of the bridge. Blood whs gushing from Holland’s throat and it blinded the robber. With a chorus of shrieks they went over the side of the bridge together and fell into the swift current below, where the water was forty feet deep. As they fell the men loosened their grasp of each other and the robber was drowned. Holland caught hold of a floating log, and although he was badly wounded held to it until he floated ashore half a mile down the stream. The robber sank before his eyes and Holland was unable to make any effort to save him. The other robber escaped. MINERS FEAR PIRATES. Klondikers Afraid to Trust Their Gold on Unescorted Steamers. The first boat from Dawson is expected at San Francisco about July 4. But it is not likely that many miners will trust their gold on a vessel unless she is escorted by a government steamer. There is a very general impression ar'Bund Dawson that pirates have banded together to attack a gold-carrying vessel on the high seas and loot her. Mr. Stanley, of Seattle, has two sons at Dawson who have $600,000 in gold dust and they are firm in their statements that they will not trust their gold on any unescorted vessel. The pirates are supposed to be from sound country. Ship captains from sound ports have heard nothing definite regarding the existence of pirates, but they say miners nre sure of a plot and that, unless vessels are protected no gold will be brought down from Yukon. Standing of the Club*. Following is the standing of the clubs in the National Baseball League: W. L. W. L. Cincinnati ..31 14 Pittsburg ... .24 24 Cleveland ...30 16 Philadelphia .18 24 Boston 30 16 Brooklyn ....16 26 Baltimore ...25 15 St. Louis ... .16 28 New Y0rk...24 21 Washington .16 29 Chicago ....23 22 Louisville ...15 88 Following is the standing of the club* in the Western League: W. L. W. L. Indianapolis .31 12 Milwaukee .. .26 20 Columbus .. .25 16 Detroit 17 29 St. Paul ....27 20 Minneapolis .15 29 Kansas City.2s 19Omaha 11 80 Reverses for Leiter. Joseph Leiter, of Chicago, whose gigantic operations in wheat have made his name famous throughout the commercial world, and whose winnings in the pit have been estimated at $5,000,000 in assured profits, has in all probability met with reverses which will fall little short of a Waterloo. Big Fire in Detroit. Fire destroyed the Case Power building, in Congress street west, Detroit, Mich., with aH its contents, and threatened and in some cases damaged some of the finest business structures in the city. The total damage will be upward of $200,000. Six firemen were severely burned nnd cut by glass. Pennsylvania Town Burns. The town of Spartansburg, fifteen miles north of Titusville, Pa., suffered a severe scorching. The business portion of the town is in ruins. New Argentine President. Gen. Ropa has been elected president of the Argentine Republic for a term of six years by the representatives of the fourteen provinces. Tornado in Texas. A tornado descended on Riddleville, Texas, and three people were killed outright. A boy’s skull was crushed and he fatally injured. Several other people were injured by the tornado, many limbs beings broken. Much damage is reported and small houses were demolished.

Kills Her Husband’s Adversary. At Perry, O. T., during a fight between William Warnholz and Fred Frank, two German farmers, the young wife of Warnholz seized a shotgun and killed her husband’s adversary. Evangelina Cisneros Married. Miss Evangelina Cisneros, whose romantic escape from a Spanish prison in Havana several months ago is recalled, was married'Xt Baltimore to Carlos F. Carbone!, who Assisted in her rescue. The ceremony took place at the Hotel Rennest at noon. Factory Fire at Springfield. Fire broke out in the factory of the Orange (Mass.) Furniture Company and the entire plant was destroyed. The loss on the furniture factory, largely owned by the manager, Fred Lord, is estimated to be fully $50,000. National Bank of Delhi, N. Y., Fails. The Comptroller of the Currency has received a telegram announcing the failure of the Delaware National Bank of Delhi, N. Y. In its last report the bank had a capital of SIOO,OOO.

Missouri Murderer to Hang. At St. Louis, Mo., George Thompson, who was condemned to die a week ago for the murder of Joseph Cunningham, has been given a respite until June 24. Yellow Fever in Mississippi. Seven cases of yellow fever have been discovered at McHenry, Miss., and the State Board of Health has placed the town under quarantine.

FARMER SHOOTS RIOTERS. Men Who Attack Harry P. Jacoba Are Greeted with Bullet*. Twenty unmasked men went to the Jome of Harry P. Jacobs, a farmer living two miles north of Washington Court House, Ohio, and ordered him out, telling him to move away immediately. He refused to comply, and kept the doors locked. They then battered down the doors. Jacobs stood Inside with a shotgun in his bands, and he fired as the men rushed in. Dean Hidy, a wealthy fanner, was shot In the abdomen, and he lies in a critical condition. Jesse Everhardt’s arm was broken and Ote Hidy was scalped. Jacobs was finally overpowered and threatened with death if he did not swear he would refuse to betray the rioters. He was brought by the mob to a hut in Washington Court House more dead than alive, and bound to a straw bed, where he was found by the sheriff. Five persons have been arrested.

CAPTURE A FREIGHT TRAIN. Men Looking for Work in Kansas Capture Fanta Fe Cars. Two hundred men, who claim they are not tramps, went through Newton, Kan., in absolute charge of a regular Santa Fe freight train. They had captured the cars east of there, and while they did not attempt to run or man the train they directed its movements. The men claimed to be seeking work in the western Kansas harvest fields. They declared they were in such a condition that they had to have work, and the only resource was to capture the train. They took it and forced the trainmen to do their bidding. The men say they are from Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Pennsylvania, and were attracted by the reports in the East that there is a scarcity of harvest labor in Kansas. The crowd has a captain, W. B. Sterling of Kansas City, and H. A. Harding of the same place as lieutenant. TORNADO KILLS FOUR. DeKalb County, Missouri, Is Visited by a Destructive Storm, Reports have been received of great damage done by a tornado which tore across a section of DeKalb County, Missouri, causing the loss of four lives. The dead are the wife and three children of Calvin Smith, living eight miles northwest of Maysville. Their house was destroyed and every one of its occupants killed. In the vicinity of Maysville and Union Star the' tornado destroyed the houses of at least twenty farmers, uprooted valuable orchards and damaged growing crops. The property loss has been estimated at fully $150,000. Isaac Henry and his family of four, living near Union Star, were all painfully hurt and many others were more or less seriously injured, but no one fatally. ESCAPES FROM MEXICO. Texan Reaches the Frontier After Long Imprisonment. E. C. Congdon, at one time postmaster at Pearsall, Texas, has reached El Paso, after escaping from prison at Chihuahua, Mexico, and evading the soldiers sent in pursuit of him. Nine years ago Congdon was sentenced to be shot for killing a Mexican policeman, but on the day set for his execution the governor commuted his sentence to life imprisonment, In the filthy penitentiary he managed to win the confidence of his guards, ana was recently made a “trusty.” While so employed he found an opportunity to escape. He made his way to the northern frontier, crossed the border and arrived at El Paso completely worn out. Affairs in the Orient. The steamer Empress of Japan brings the following advices from the orient: Fifteen deaths occurred at Hong Kong from plague before the Empress left. Among the victims was a son of Mr. Lane of Lane, Crawford & Co., millionaire merchants. Coal is selling in Hong Kong at S3O (Mexican) per ton to arrive at $lB (Mexican). The secretary of the Japanese treasury, in a conversation in Yokohama, admitted that Japan’s financial condition was straitened. The Wei-Hal-Wei indemnity will be expended in increasing her armament. The Chinese Government has agreed to the French claims, that 80,000 yen be distributed among the families of murdered missionaries and that a church at Peh Hai port, Canton province, be erected. Li Ching Fong, late Chinese minister to Japan, is said to be going to Europe on a special mission to induce the powers to guarantee the independence of China. Late advices from Shashi, the scene of the recent antiforeign riots, state that ten of the rioters have been arrested. Two hundred soldiers and two Chinese warships had arrived to preserve order. The feeling against foreigners was still very bitter. The report concerning the disturbance at Shashi has thrown the Chinese Government into a state of serious consternation, and the ministers are greatly troubled to know what measures ought properly to be taken at this juncture. The Chugai hears from''certain Chinese at Yokohama that the rising of the mob at Shashi is supposed to be due to the institution of the Karokwai, a powerful secret society, which aims at overthrowing the present Chinese Government.

Senator Kenney Is Indicted. At Wilmington, Del., the grand jury in the United States Court returned indictments against United States Senator R. R. Kenney and other prominent men. They are charged with aiding and abetting the defaulting teller, William N. Boggs, to misapply funds of the National Bank of Dover. The amount charged in the indictment against Senator Kenney is $28,461.91. Klondike Steamer Lost. The new stern-wheel steamer Iskoot, belonging to the Klondike Mining, Trading and Transportation Company, has been wrecked on a rock in the West inlet, British Columbia. Her back is broken and she will be a total loss. The Iskoot was one of the finest equipped river vessels on the Pacific coast. She was insured for $20,000. Owens Is Not Guilty. J. P. Owens, indicted jointly with Mrs. Atkinson, wife of Gov. Atkinson of West Virginia, on the charge of complicity in alleged forgery, has been found not guilty at Wheeling. A demurrer was entered to the second indictment against Mrs. Atkinson and argument begun. Prison Makes Him Insane. Advices received by friends of J. H. Edwards, secretary of the Young Men’s Christian Association of Beading, Pa., who went to Cuba last March, say that he has been arrested as a spy and has gone insane. No other details have been received. To Explore in Arizona, A party of scientists, headed by David Starr Jordan of Stanford, has left San Francisco for Flagstaff, A. T. This place will their base of supplies and trips will be taken into the surrounding country for archaelogical investigation. Rescued Five Sailors. Five American sailors in a water-laden tender were rescued off Cape Lookout by the steamer William Lawrence and taken to Baltimore. They had been afloat for twenty-four hours. Two Men Burned to Death. A building at the corner of Poydras and Franklin streets, New Orleans, was destroyed by fire, and two negroes, John Wilson and Walter Sanders, were burned to death. Harrity’s Successor Is Named. J. M. Guffey has been made the representative of the State of Pennsylvania on the national Democratic committee to succeed 'William F. Harrity. For Governor of Kansas. • W. E. Stanley of Wichita was nominated for Governor on the third ballot by the Republican State convention in Kansas. International Cootp' :aHous Possible. Suspected of l aving urnished the United Stales wit n*.n t' io’ the mining of San Juan ...:rl.r, .’< ,o IGco, Walter

Bett, secretary of the British consulate at that port, has received his passports and been banished from Porto Rico by order of Governor General Macias. .Mr. Bett was imprisoned in a dungeon for fifty-six hours, and during that time was subjected to gross maltreatment. British Consul General Crawford has made formal protest to his Government and serious international complications are imminent. The day after the bombardment of San Juan by the ships of Admiral Sampson, Gen. Macias caused an extensive system of mines to be instilled in the outer harbor, in anticipation of a return of the ships and a subsequent bombardment. Although the greatest care and secrecy was observed by the Spanish in mining the harbor, the details of the work were conveyed to Con-* sul General Hanna. . In some way Gen. Macias learned of this, and, as the British consulate has been guarding American interests in Porto Rico since the withdrawal of Mr. Hanna, he at once suspected that Englishmen had conveyed the news to the United States official. He peremptorily summoned thirty British subjects before him and put them through a searching examination, after which several of them were cast into prison for twenty-four hours. Upon Secretary Bett Gen. Macias visited most of his wrath. The British official was practically accused of having revealed the military preparations and he was dragged off to a dungeon, where he was kept fifty-six hours, in face of the protests of Cousul General Crawford. The military plans were not disclosed by British officials or subjects, but by trusted officers attached to Gen. Macias’ staff. IN FACE OF DEATH. Jersey Man Eat* Breakfast Beside the Body of Hi* Wife. The dead body of Mrs. Andrew Hunt of Jersey City was found hanging to the transon of a door by her husband. He cut the body down and placed it in bed. Then he prepared breakfast for himself and three children, and after eating the morning meal took the children to a neighbor, telling the latter that his wife had killed herself. He did not report the suicide to the police, but went to his place of employment. Subsequently he was called to police headquarters to make an explanation. It is reported that Mrs. Hunt hanged herself because of domestic unhappiness. DIRECT WIRE TO VICTORIA. New Telegraph Line Into British Co» Injnbia Is Completed. A few days ago was Celebrated the opening of direct telegraph communications from the United States with British Columbia. The occasion was the completion by the Western Union Telegraph Company of a system of wires and cables extending from Seattle via Port Townsend, cabling across Admiralty inlet, thence to Port Angelus, cabling across the Strait of Juan de Fuca and thence by land line to Victoria. This is the first extension of telegraph lines from the United States into British Columbia.

B. & O. Train Derailed. An east-bound passenger train on the Baltimore and Ohio road was derailed a quarter of a mile west of Cairo, W. Va. Engineer Hanway was fatally injured, Fireman Griffith slightly and two tramps, Dan Reardon and Thomas Peters, had broken legs. No passengers were hurt. The derailment was caused by a rock being placed on the track. Big Rolling Mill Bnrned.' The entire plant, rolling mill and steel plant of the Burgess Steel and Iron Company at Portsmouth, Ohio, was totally destroyed by fire. The loss will aggregate $400,000, and the insurance is about $200,000. Eight hundred employes are thrown out of work. The plant is a complete wreck, only the stacks being left standing. Attempt to Enter a Magazine. An attempt was made by two men to enter the magazine at Fort St. Philip on the Mississippi, sixty-five miles below New Orleans. In endeavoring to apprehend the two miscreants the sentinel who challenged them was struck on the head by a bar of iron in the hands of a hidden ally and seriously injured. The men escaped. Changes in Ontario Tariff. Two important changes in the Canadian tariff have been made. The preferential tariff giving a 25 per cent reduction on the general tariff, instead of being confined to raw sugar from the West Indies, will apply now to all sugars for British possessions. On rubber belting the duty has been reduced from 30 to 25 per cent. Killed at a Pigeon Shoot. A. S. Van Wyckle, the millionaire coal operator and philanthropist of Hazleton, Pa., was accidentally killed while participating in a clay pigeon shoot. Mr. Van Wyckle leaned over his gun with the barrel pointing to his body. In some manner the trigger was touched, discharging the weapon. Bartley Must Serve His Sentence. Ex-State Treasurer Joseph Bartley of Omaha, Neb., must serve his sentence of twenty years and pay $300,000 fine. The Suprdtae Court has so decided. The embezzlement took place three years ago. Bartley spent the money in speculation and among political friends. Thorn’s Sentence Confirmed. The New York Court of Appeals confirmed the conviction of murder in the first degree in the case of Martin Thorn, whom the Queens County criminal court found guilty of the killing of William Guldensuppe, a bath rubber, in Woodside, L. 1., in July last. Chinese Capital to Be Changed. The London Globe says it learns from a reliable source that the Tsung-Li-Ya-men (Chinese foreign office) has decided to make Siun Fu (capital of the province of Shen Si) the capital of the Chinese empire in place of Pekin. Big Endowment for Trinity. President Kilgo of Trinity college, Durham, N. C., has announced the gift of SIOO,OOO to the endowment fund of the college by Walkington Duke.