Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 September 1898 — FINDS A HERMIT'S FORTUNE. [ARTICLE]

FINDS A HERMIT'S FORTUNE.

Missouri Man H Ciurg*d with Appropriate Ing a Dead *Hrt*s WsaMh. Benjamin Hardin of Amity, Ma.-, a section hand, found a fortune ib a htit where had lived and died a lifermit. This is alleged in a warrant which caused his arrest. The hermit was Louis Bermond, and, so far as known, he had no relatives nr Ueirs, and it is alleged that shortly after his death Hardin began a search about the hovel for money and was rewarded. He said nothibg about fails fifad, but considered the money as his. It is claimed by the prosecuting attorney that Hardin is not entitled to the money; that he has no legal right to it, and that it belongs to the State. Hardin denies that he has Bermond’s money and says the money he has been spending and inventing was left him by a Virginia relative, cyclone’s Path is deadly. These Men Killed and Many Houses and Barns Sown Dewi. A eyefone swept over Springfield township, Pg., killing three men, Bit horses, fourteen cows and destroying a number of barns afid outbuildings. When the storm struck Springfield Center William Bray, aged 24 years, was In his barn. The building was completely demolished and Bray instantly killed. Fourteen cows that were in the stable were also killed, tl. M. Comfort and Frederick A. Voorhis of Mansfield, who were touring the country with an advertising wagon, sought shelter in the barn of Schuyler Gates. The building was blown down and both men killed. Orchards were ruined and corn and buckwheat were ruined in the path of the storm, which was about a quarter of a mile in width. VESSEL AND CREW CO DOWN, Nothing Know.i as to ths Identity cf the Sh'p or Whence Bhs Cams, An unknown schooner, believed to be a fishing vessel, has been lost with all her crew at a place called Enst Lake, a mile north of East Point reef, Prince Edward’s Island. Men on shore saw the two top* masts of a vessel sticking out of the Wat* er only a short distance from the beach. They row*ed out and discovered that a schooner had foundered and was lying upright on the bottom in five fathoms of water. Two days before a heavy thunderstorm and fierce gale raged at East Point and persons living near the shore state that while the tempest prevailed they heard the cries of people in distress, but nothing was learned of the disaster Until next day. PROTECTED AMERICANS. Brit'ih Gunboat Leandir Took Care of Our Interests at Cocos. The United States ship Albatross has arrived in San Francisco twelve days from Acapulco. She left San Francisco a short time ago bound for Cocos, where Capt. Curtis w’as ordered to protect the interests of American citizens. A few days after the Albatross sailed the British gunboat Leander had reached Cocos and by prompt action her captain not only adjusted the rights of both British and American citizens, but practically wound up the revolution. The Albatross put in to Acapulco for coal and there found orders to return to San Francisco without delay. HUSBAND SHOOTS TO KILL. Wealthy Man cf Warrensburg, Mo., Slain by One He Wronged, W. H. Hartman, senior member of the firm of Hartman & Markward, proprietors of the Magnolia mills, and one of the wealthiest citizens of Johnson County, was shot and instantly killed by Adolph Lubrick at the home of the latter in War* rensburg, Mo. Lubrick forced his way into a room occupied by Hartman and Mrs. Lubrick and opened fire on the pair. Three shots took effect in Hartman’s body, killing him instantly. Mrs. Lubrick was uninjured. Lubrick was arrested. Field far American lidus'.ry. Irving M. Scott of San Francisco, vicepresident and general manager of the Union Iron Works, at which the Oregon was built, arrived in New York from Europe on the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse. Mr. Scott said he went to Russia to further American interests on the eastern coast of Siberia and incidentally to crack up the performances of Ameri-can-built ships of war. “Our naval victory at Santiago was an eye-opener to all Europe. There had been a great deal of skepticism before the war about our navy, and the experts were inclined to consider our shipbuilding in the experimental stage. The cruise of the Oregon was an object lesson to all the world in what a battleship can do, and now everyone recognizes that our warships are of the best. No such performance had been dreamed of abroad, and the prestige of our navy rose to the highest point. There w r as a keen interest taken in everything we did, going even to details. The destruction of the torpedo boats was the cause of a revision of all foreign naval programs. The battleship was elevated to the place and importance it deserves, and much Joubt was thrown on the utility of the torpedo boats. In consequence all the powers have curtailed their outlay for these craft and are doing more for heavily armed and armored vessels. Prince Miehael Hilkoff, who was in this country a year or so ago, has taken a deeper interest in things American than almost anyone else in Russia. When I was in Russia he was superintending the construction of a branch road to Archangel.”

The Element* Work Havoc. A tornado struck South St. Joseph, Mo., the stock yards suburb, at 5:30 o’clock the other afternoon, and the damage is variously estimated at $25,000 and $50,000. Nearly every house in the town was more or less damaged. Roofs were blown off, corners were torn out and a number of buildings in course of construction were completely destroyed. The damage by water was also heavy, as the wind was followed by a perfect deluge. Much damage resulted to manufacturers and railroad shops in the south part of the city proper. Sewers were washed out and railroad washouts were numerous in all directions. Uprising cf ths Muisu'ma-.s. Candia, Island of Crete, is in a state of anarchy. A collision between the Mussulmans, who were demonstrating against European control, and the British authorities, who have been installing Christians as revenue officials, culminated in bloody fighting between the Mussulmans and the British troops. Riots took place in various parts of the city and many have been killed. Burglars Kill a Mm. Arthur Middleton, proprietor of a tea store in West Seventh street, in St. Paul, died from a bullet wound in the left breast, which, he says, he received at the hands of one or two burglars who tried to break into his place. There is no clew to the murderer. Minor Planat Is D.scovered. A cable message from the European Union of Astronomers to Messrs. Chandler and Ritchie of Boston announces the discovery of a minor planet with a remarkable orbit, which overlaps, to some extent, that of the planet Mars. Tws Ch cago M*n Drow.i. Carl Smith and Louis Sass of the Chicago Record were drowned while trying to shoot the rapids of the Grande Discharge in the St. Lawrence River, at Quebec. Two guides who accompanied them were also drowned. Conspiracy to Assassinate N'cholas. A daring plot to kill the Czar by an explosion of gas in Moscow was frustrated by the nervousness of one of the conspirators, who caused the explosion twenty minutes before the Czar arrived at the desired position. Growing Pension Evi'. An appendix to the annual report of the Commissioner of Pensions has been made publA. It contains statistics in regard to the work of the office. Reports from the various divisions of the bureau are falsq incorporated. Jt i® stated that thq

pawning Pt pledging of pensiofa tateS ife a growing evil, and isomg Stringent iftcafeures should be ailoptefajo reach lhe offense and, if possible, to effectually Stop it. It has been developed by investigations., made in several cases of this nature that unscrupulous persons have accepted as security for money Toaned td needy pensioners their p'ensiofa certificates and vouchers, charging tbeni interest on the hmouhth sb loaned ranging from 5 to 50 pet cent per niohth. This practice is hot confined to any one place, but ib indulged in to a greater or less extent ifi most, if not all, of the principal cities throughout the country. The, present law governing the psAwfiing or pledging of pension certificates is inadequate so reach the Offenders. The bum of $4,221.52, improperly Obtained uhder penSidn tVaiins, was recovered by special examined, and judgments Uete rendered in four civil suits aggregating $11,416.22, though they have not yet been realized upon. This only represents a portion of the money recovered as reclamation oh forged checks ihade through the treasury department. EAtTIES WAGED BV ESKIMOS. They Ovsrtfie Salss cf Reindeer to the United States. John Kelly and Conrad Siem had a thrilling experience last winter with Siberian Eskimos, among whom they were sent by Dr. Sheldon Jackson to purchase reindeer for the government station in Northwest Alaska. The government bought a large number of reindeer from these tribes in 1896 and shipped them to Alaska. The deer, It seems, belonged to w'hole families and combinations Of fam* Hies, but wei*e sold Withoiit the fciiowi l edge of many Eskimob felttimihg ah inter; eat in them. Aftet the Oeet were shipped h teign Of bloodshed ensued and entire families were slain. Over thirty werd killed. The native® were hostile to Kelly and Siem. Kelly was first notified Secretly by a native git) that the hdad meh Of tt dozen Villages had debated whlethef Kelly and Siem should die-. They con l tinned buying deeri BeVeirdl dozen na l fives who gathered to defend Kelly and Siem f&iight battles Dec, 29 and April 7 with Eskimos who demanded their IfreS; Several were killed in each melee; July 6 the Hawaiian whaling steamer Alexander arrived hi Lawrence Bay, and Kelly ahd Siem rushed aboard het and were saved-. Driving out the negrozs. Whitecipi Ara Opirating Ex’.ens’valy in North Texas. Texarkana, Ark., is in a state of alarm over the large number of idle negroes who throng the town, and the citizens are organizing vigilance committees for the protection of their property. The unusual influx of negroes recently is due to the operations of bands of whitecaps in Titus, Cass, Red River, Hopkins and other counties in the cotton districts of North Texas, whence thousands of negroes have fled on account of notices being posted and in some cases violence being used td ritn them out. These people, forced ottt of the cotton fields, have sought refuge in the tow’ns, and Texarkana has been the refuge of a large number. A trustworthy colored man from Titus County says that while a number of his tacd were fit work in a field a mob of whitecaps concealed id a fence cOriief opened fire On them; Thd negroes fled, leaving three of their number behind wounded and perhaps killed. They had been warned to leave the country and had paid no attention td the warning ; Other similar incidents are repotted by incoming hegroes; C.-Jihad in Arc: c Ici. Beehiihg confirmation of the reported loss in the Arctic during the breaking up of the ice last spring was brought to Seattle by the steamship Al-Ki from Juneau. It came in a letter from Captain J. C. Downing of the steamer Wolcott to Austin Claibourne, San Francisco agent of the Pacific Steam Whaling Company. Mr. Claibourne believes that only the whaling vessels originally caught in the ice about 1 Point Barrow were destroyed. These included the Wanderer, the Jessie H. Freeman, the Belvidere, the Orca, the Rosario, the Newport, the Fearless apd the Jeannie. The Pacific Steam Whaling Company owned all the whalers of the arctic fleet save the Belvidere, which was the property of William Lewis of Nets’ Bedford, Mass., and the Rosario and Fearless. owned by James McKenna, pf San Francisco. Mr. Claibourne said tliyit vessels with whaling outfits were valued at $109,000 each. It is known that the overland contingent of the revenue cilttef Bear relief expedition reached Point Bar* row, and no doubt Lieut. Jarvis, the leader, and his tnen are caring for the wrecked crew's, and possibly leading them buck to the Bear, which was last heard of in the vicinity of Kotzebue Sound, ot it may be that they were rescued by the Thrasher and are being brought to San Francisco. Dates for tHs Piadi Jubilee. The dates of the national peace jubilee at Chicago, ns finally set, are Oct. 18 and 19. President McKinley and the leading members of his cabinet have accepted the invitation to be present on both the dates mentioned. fuccssior to 0.-. Andrews. At a meeting of the corporation of Brown University, Providence, R. 1., the resignation of President E. Benjamin Andrews was accepted. Benjamin Clark was chosen to succeed Dr. Andrews. Mrs. Y irnell Accused cf Murdsr. Mrs. Ardilla Yarnell of St. Paul, Minn., was arrested, charged with the murder of Arthur Middleton, a tea broker. Mrs. Yarnell is 41 years of age, and has lived in St. Paul ten years. Wall’s Murderer May Be Slain. R. D. Cole, a farmer in Henry County, Tennessee, shot and killed a man w’ho he believes was Otto Matties, the murderer of State Senator Wall of Staunton, 111., a few weeks ago. Revision of Dreyfus Casa. The French cabinet has agreed to a revision in the case of Captain Dreyfus.