Rensselaer Republican, Volume 12, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 June 1880 — FELEGBAPHIC. [ARTICLE]

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leap into the Kentucky river, yesterday jumped from Us mid die of the suspension bridge at Cincinnati into the Ohio river, a distance of feet. Little publicity whs given to the feat, and not more than thirty peopU were on the bridge, sod a wail crowd xm the shore saw him. lie tamed twice in the air and struck the water with bis head and shoulders. He was picked up by a skiff unhurt, though bis skirt, where it struck the water, was badly tom. WoosTiß, 0-, May 23 —The residence of John Hall, a wealthy - - nglare . where he kept his money, was most unmercifully beaten. HU sister was frightened, into telling the burglars where the money was, and about S4O was token »#Spsw*M Urm Ba*dcsxt, Q , May 23.—A horse race occurred yesterday. -between John Snyder's Sleepy ■ Jake and Laasdon's Duff Green. About half way round the track Snyder’s horse bolted, running s pftst into his side over-a foot, cutting a hole that would measure 12 inches in diameter.- The rider was .thrown to „ the earth and had one leg broken; The horse continued ou his course, his entrails dragging on tho ground and ho steping upon them. Not uatil he attempted to jump a fence and the animals entire smmach was tom trom his body, by catching ou a rail, did he slanen Bis speed. Hs was immediately shot. The boy is dangerously hurt and his leg may have to be amputated.

Ba* Fra*cisco May 24.- -A Santa Cruz dispatch says; A local train on the South Pacific Coast tailroad, which ran yesterday between hero aud Big Tree switch, carrying passengers to the Indejiendent Rifle pic-nic at that place, met with a terrible accident at 3:30. Three opea cars, with high railings outside, and loaded - with about 125 persons, left that place for this city. The tram was pulled by No. 3 engine, one Elliott being engineer. On me way down all went well till No. 7 tunnel was passed, said tunnel being located just above and overlooking the powder works. As the cars passed through the tunnel the ■peed of the engine was increased, it being down grade. Just aS tbh curving of tbc road was reached the first car jumped tbe track to the V*\ and the second to the right, the third car remaining on the track. The people on the first two cars were thrown into a heap inside, toward the bank, in a confused mass, tbe can passing over those who were across the track. Those on the third car were uninjured, .merely being knocked ofl their feet. Tbot»c not hurt immediately set to v'ork to assist the wounded and look altar tbe dying and dead, and word was immediately sent to this place asking for assistance which was promptly rendered.

A gloom of sadness to night is cast over our cit ', every hotel being turned into a hospital to receive the wounded, who will number upwards bf -forty Already thirteen are reported dead and others will die before morning. A number of San-Fran-cisco people were on the train at the time of the accident It will be impossible to give a full list of the wounded to-night, as they are being cared for by all partita and are spread in various parts of the towh. Some of the dead have not been identified. Physicians are heroically working to relieve the sufferings of the wounded, assisted by sisters of charity. No service is being held at the churches on account of tbe disaster.

Ban Francisco, May 24.—A train from Santa Cruz arrived early this morning bringing a number of killed and wounded by yesterday’s accident. A crowd awaited the arrival anxious for the tale of friends, and many touching scenes occurred whenthe ferry boat reached the slip. Two more of the dead have been identified : Clayton F. Merrill, of Soquel, and J. Orphita, of Ban Francisco. There remain still unknown fourteen in all. Those most seriously injured remain at Santa Cruz, the mayor of which city has requested the basin ess houses to bn closed to-day; The wounded are comfortably provided for atthe Ocean house, and with two exceptions are doing well.

Washington, D. C., May 24.—There is nc longer any doubt that Courtney deliberately cold out the 1 sfo rope here, "The evidence is such as cannot la disbelieved. It how appear* that the matter waft so well understood by some of his mend* who did not come on that they telegraphed the facta for the purpose . of directing, bets which they dcsireu to place. A prominent hanker exhibited a letter from a friend in New York, in which the statement is made that it is authentically stated in that city that the most made cut of the race was by the donomef the prjgg; that they arranged with Courtney To act the part he did, and, relying upon bins

in that respect, sent agents to the New York pool rooms to invest largely in Hanlan’s stock. Another story Is circulated hy Professor H. Daniels, an old citizen, whose word there is no occasion to doubt. He states that on the day before the boat race he picked up on Louisiana avenue a telegraphic dispatch, dated New York, to a well known sporting man here, signed “Chalmers,** containing this message: “Bet all you can even to SSOO on llanlan, rViUrtney has been fixed here.’’ Professor Daniels states that the telegram was written upon the usual receiving blank and had every appearance of being genuine. Lociavru.x. May 24.—First race. % mile heats; Knight Templar, LI; Florence 8., 5,2; Hattie 3,3. Thne-1 *5, 1:17. Second race, Clark stakes, for tkree-vear-olds, 2 miles, Kinkade won; Aurora’s Baby 3d, 3d. Tiaae—3«s7*g. Tnird race, Tennessee stake, for two-Cr-olds, jK mile. Hindoo tepn; Brametta 2d, Rtppfo 3d. Time-*1.:16. - Last race, for all ages, milodash; Montreal and Auder ran a dead heat; John and Happy Joe ran off; Montreal beat Audex four lengths. Time—l:44s£, 1:44*

TnoryN. Y., May 24.—During a fight between roughs this evening, John Wall, an ex-convict recently released from the Clinton prison, shot and killed’Bupervlkbr Philip Caaey, of the Eleventh ward, who was attempting to quell the disturbance, and fled, pureued by an Infuriated mob. During the chase a duel took place between Wall and the pursuing officers, and officer Owen Duff* wtas shot in the hea.l and side, but not fatally. A man named Browley waa also snot and injured slightly, and a child was shot in the hand. The wildest excitement prevailed. Wall,-when captured, had a narrow escape charge do‘affairs at Constantinople, In a. dispatch dated April 6th; reports that the following letter has been received by telegraph at the legation of the United Slates: Masoctl, April s.—The terrible famine, in which wa exist, is killing*!! of the inhabitants ot this town, and neighboring

villages who are assembling here in masses. Their luflerings arffiniftscHh*. ble. Finding no cereals at all, some are eatiqg corpses and have become ill. In consequence their lamentations are heartrending. Most of them are dying, as they have nothing to eat. Those of the inhabitants who nave lived until now, between life and death, pray you to give them' such assistance as will enable them to life. They take the liberty to present their prayers, with tears of expectation whichare flowing troya their eyes, covered withtAoqd. f )> .h

these people are la deeeribably greater than Fargo, II 5y May f*-£che estimates of moat reliable peraqns as to the increase in acreage io-ihaaeqreahrAis year, coatpared with lfiet,b4age from SO to 45 per cent. From the cap! and moderately wet weather of thow*|frV weeks the wheat has taken very root, and show* everywhere vigorous greuajh. Tower Crer,. D. .TY lay 24.—Small grain looks'wfelT, ahfrtiiere is a promising prospect of an average cram An increase of acreage ovM %ttjem of about 100 per cent, there befbg Oow SDofit 10,000 acres into crop in this vicinity* sad lb a probaICHMI »TO eiD * broken

Sahdcbkt, G_MM»2s.£sJeing informed that John T. lsni%JsC|eiecuve, was in Carey, about twelve mi£es north ofthia state of liuMise excitement MDetective Norris there fortyeight hours, endeavoring to unearth a matter that is envelopedingihe most mysterious darkness, and U J is hourly expected that the moat anroding revelation, will be made of'tmader of .as foul an inscription as ever (Hfigraced the annals of this portion of Ohio. The particulars, as aear as could be as follows: About six yean ago Usapfti zens of fills county,'Albert HmfMfjmti James Kjre, hhng Dear the vlllagboi Carey, disappeared from their home!, with money m their pockets, and hive-no t returned to account sor ■' their untimely departure. Theic respective fiupHjes watched and.waitad4or tbc return fiKeir loved oqes, and made every effoitpbssible to obtain the slightest informJttjpn that would enable them to ascertaioSge fate of their friends, bat throughodt ail these intervening yearvjvot onC . tfOT of Ultelli tence of the absent ones lidjrT sent to strengthen the hope (hat has been entertained , that'" they ..wore yet living,’ ‘ somewhere*’ among .the children of men, and would Return, bv-and-

by, to account for their strange taking off. On the contrary theic friends had despairingly accepted the prevailing opinion that darkest mysteries are unraveled, as time passes by, and this OajjfjF is gradually disappearing, under the influence brought to bear upon U.by John T. Norris. Norris received a telegram some time ago from the superintendent of the Sandusky county infirmary, that one of tbe inmates of that institution was daily telling his fellow inmales of a murder he had participated in over in Wyandotte county, near the town of Carey, some years ago, Thq fellow was not bright and no credence was given to his story, for awhile, but continuing to narrate the same circumstances with the same particulars induced tbe superintendent to notify the detective. Ncrris interviewed the self-confessed murderer, and readily concluded that the fellow* was speaking tbe truth. He immediately telegraphed some of the prominent citizens of Carey to know whether any person or persons were misting, five or six years ago, from that community. He received an affirmative answer sod immediately started for that point, taking with him the yonng man who bad beeen horrifying the bandusky county people with lm tales of murder. Arriving there Norris proceeded with his man to the Gault House, Carey, telegraphing the prosecuting attorney to be upon the spot to take immediate charge of the case. Allen Bmally, a prominent attorney of this place, was dispatched in place ol the prosecutor,.to look after the interest of the state. The young man was lead to the station at Carey, and immediately identified the buildings around, aad this is the story.hj tells; About six years ago, sometipia this simmer, I was in tbisplace with a rikn from Toledo. We were in t V bank, , thdM, '(meaning Straw A Co) when a man came in and drew S4OO. Tbe man went out and my partner said to me, “We will follow that farmer and take his money and divide it between U 6." ; The fanner gtartid ndrlla dow* tht Cincinnati, Sandusky & Cleveland rhilrb*! ma we fcxjn ovfrujok him, ana walked along leisurely until we had got out of town, probably two miles, or until we got to a dark wood on the right of the rauroad. When that place was reached tbe farmer said he would cut

acrosslom.he believed, and proceeded b clffcb the board fence. ..After he had Xkitered the wood!, my partner-skipped vrver the fence and fired two shots, afia the fkrmevfelL I guest ho was I saw his pockets rifled and he did not stir. It was -a dark,- lonely, marshy place; rite weeds were thick, and being afraid I hurried along the road north. Soon my partner overtook me, and gave me $lO, promising thtet I would receive more at the next towraAdrian. He then hurried on telling «nte*M* would wait for me at the town ahead. When I got to town I could not find him, and. hare never seen- him since. The simplicity that charaderlfted L, the fellow’s story stamped the conviction upon the minds of Norris, Smalley and others present, that the yonng man was telling the truth. Fearing that an excited crowd would tend to onbalance the mind of the criminal, Norris commanded the excited throng to remain behind, while he and the guilty party proceeded down the road to the scene of death. The murderer lad the way—walked straight to the point down the road, two miles, and stopped in front ot the centre of the dismal wood, and pointed out the place the farmer had climbed the fence, and also the scene of the shooting. It is a black T *odg, wUh an undergrowth or underbrush, 'in which a man- might He until the tesutrcction tnorning without being discovered. They failed to find any trace ot trskeleton, but returned with theTlrm conviction that that particular locality was the scene of a tragedy which mbbed Wyandotte county of one of her best citizen*. Norris la yet there. The Woods a refilled with parties rooking for some trace of the murdered man. f

Gideon Close, an Old resTdehYof - Carey, and other reliable citizens, now recall the, fact that threejdr four yean ago * couple of hoys, who were hunting in that dismal wood, returned to town pitti the story dT having seen the’ strangest lot of bon as they had ever beheld, and they believed they were the bones of a human being. The boys were laughed at so heartily, however, that they were ashamed, to refer to the stran gc sight they had beheld. All are convinced, now of the certainty of a tragedy occurring at that point, six years ago. Our citizens are confident that time alone Is required to bring the felon to judgment who conspired with the demented man to kit) xnd rob Albert Hunter m J Junes Nye, within sight of the toem or Carey, and in the bosom of fhe*vnld *wood lot whose abundant

and Inxurtant vegetation concealed the corpse from view and delayed the vengeance which will surely overtake and destroy. that villain-upon. Whose brew is the brand of a murder. r 3 Pnrsßuxck, Pa., May 2d—The Reformed Presbyterian By nod re-assembled this mpfuiag- The Rev. McDowell presented the report of the Northern Presbytery, giving police .to the sypod of the‘trial end saapenston of the Rev. Wood side by the New York Presbytery. ! . The. clerk then read the pom plaint-of R*r. WoodSide against the Rev. Alford and th* Pittsburg Presbytery, * and their illegal act*; dating since last November. The Rev. .Alford presented a resolution censuring Rev. Wood*ide for his actions last week in threatening to clear the. church, call-.

beta jsMi» imffl— i threat, ohebws; sMU SOT»°ibt e LEartorwohTH, Kas , May 26 —Thos. C. rn* was Scquittotf about a month agonTit IX,R« Anthony, editor of the Times, on Delaware street, tbw afternoon, and, after passing bim, turned and fired two shots at him, neither ot which took effsot. One of them, however, struck John P. Douglas, a young man employed in the Times office, making a severe scalp wound, and the other struck Lucian Baker, a lawyer, standing On the sidewalk, about 600 feet away, in the left aide, about two inehesbelow the nfpple, and passed through the body, indicting what was at first thought to be a mortal wound, lint hie physicians now think he may recover. Mr,. Baker is a prominent attorney,' aid defended

Thurston and cleared him, when he was tried for murdering Embry. The aflaberrated great exfellement, and the' offleefs were, obliged to secrete Thurston, to prevent the-people froip iofljbcting summary punishment Upon him. - 1 Wasßikotov, DfC.-, May ®5 —The fol lowing letter wan mmled thin evening ? ;: Treasury Department, May 26., '* Bir lam not satisfied with the prices the department, has been compelled .to pay for bonds recently purchased, and am disposed to extend a call for bids for '4s ana which, at market rates, will pay the government a better interest. L have no fear bat "that Congress will proyiue means for the payment; of 'bonds as 4 they mature, and am qaite sure the, hope of holder* of bonds,that they will ruu longer than maturity <U tmtournl. Tdu' wultherefore,. please give notice that next Wednesday, and every Wednesday hereafter v until farthernotibe, thfe’department will receive.bidg tor 4 and- 4 % pec cent bongls of the United States, as well as lor thereof the fifscriptioa Hbrtofdre ptrrchased.. Very respectfully,? John Shermazi. Gk*. Thomas Hill House, Assistant Treasurer of the United Btales, New York. .Baltimore, May 26 First race, mile dash, won by scottls; Judge Murray second. Bounce third. Time, 1. The Keunel sweepstakes, one-mile, were, captured by Wanderer Filly; Ed. Lewis second, Judge Murray tnird. Time, Third race, one mile, all ages, was won by Hattie F.; Virgille second, Boardman third. Time, 1:44W. The Perion handicap, mile heats, was won by Gabriel; Waiter second, rest ruled out. Time, ter won the first heat. The trial steeple chase was won by Day Star; Faustina second. Time, 2:10. . Columbus, 0., May 26.—Governor Foster, today, granted a reprieve of six weeks to George Price, of Cincinnati, who was sentenced to be hung for the murder of Villie Black. The reprieve was granted after an examination made by tifo prominent physicians, who state that they have decided that Price is of unsound mind, caused by injuries to his head that he his epileptic fits. The convulsions a*e caused, it is probable, from these injuries. The reprieve is granted to allow a fuller examination to be made.

Washington. May 27.—The bill agreed upon by the senate committee, granting the extension of six years to the Northern Pacific railroad irom the 4th day of July, 1880. allows actual settlers to purchase a half section of land -from the company.instead ot a quarter section, as originally provided. The Texas Pacific measure was finally referred to a sub-com-mittee. The senate in executive session oonflrmin Benjamin F. Thacker, census supervisor for the third district of Iowa; and Leonard Love, agent for the Indians at the Cheyenne agency, Dakota; John A. Rea, register of the land office, at Bismarck, Dakota; D. M. Key, of Tennessee, United States district judge for the eastern and middle district of Tennessee; N. Goff, of Clarksburg, Va., to be United States attorney for the district of West Virginia. - The senate rejected the nominations of S. New tin Pettis, of Penn., to be associate justice of the supreme court for the territory of New Mexico and B. McSkinner, of Pomeroy, Ohio, to be postmaster at Pomeroy.

Nrw fiBoRK, May 27.—The right worthy grand lodge of Good Templars adopted the following to-day: lUooloed, That the right werthy grand ledge, I. O. G. T., representing the civilized world, desire, with pride and hearty approval, to make mention ot the noble act ot the president- of the United States of America and his most excellent wife, in prohibiting the use ot wine at their receptions, and trust this worthy example will not only be followed hereafter at the white house, but the practice will be adopted by the rulers of all laads. Madison, Wis , May 27.—1 u the general assembly to-day the appeal of the Rev. Van Dyke from the decision of the presbyteir of New Jersey, was reported by the fodiciSl committee, with a recommendation that the parties be allowed to

withdraw the complaint, which was "MSA. were strongly] :3i£g»>ieE» Philadelphia, was elected president. Baltoiokr, May 27.—Selling race, 1% piUpg tylttfWff l MI Seojmd stakes, won hy M < Janet was Won by Clyde Hampton; Edwin A. Sd;- Mill fttwin fti luii, »-.**s»re»^ Pittsburg, May 27.—The Reformed Presbyterian Synod took np and passed judgment upon the prtfiekt and Appeal of Rev. Woodside which Characterizes the action of the Pittsburg Presbytery since October last, and the action of the NorthSpeeches were ’ffiinutrV, and at the conclusion the record of the vote was eighteen to five in favor of sustaining the appeal. , • Nxw Y6rk, May 27.—The beat cOntin ues intense, the thermometer marking 95 has nearly doubled the* past three day*! Along the Jersey coast and up the Sound, the thermometer reached 100 degrees. All crop* are blasting.

London, May 27.—At the annual meetd\°f auspices of the association, the match to 'ttasgSSSS&fiix 15 shots to each mktt. ' . T mwk iW

May'sistl aad fowTasenMl Aauging £*m '£ ffifiSs, IrefificMkmt ra Harryi Whittakerimd ihettefafiMiMimii iM>HitfiiiafntkMgtlli ; fhfc man. In t subseaueot conversation in mh^keTWre vzaaUe to ssy tf'they were his psnts or Mi account for ikeirpresence in his room, i. Recorder Scare summed ud the lestimchy fn a speech of considerable length, te whwfi he cbsrgM WbittaMre wiM fiisguisiag his handin writing slips fog the experts. He finally charged that Whitta. ker had failed to dear himself, but, on -the contrary, the circumstantial evidence was so strong against him.as to jostily the recorder in demanding that Whittaker be tried by a court martial foe conduct unbecoming a cadet and a gentleman, and for perjury. ' Lieutenant Knight, counsel for Whittaker, then said the recorder had given his interpretations, but that was ho reason why tha oourl should accept them. No evidence had been produced to reflect on Whittaker’s ; character,' frOm boyhood. Tbs counsel- claimed that the noth of warning, was a forgery of Whittaker’s writing, and that the paper was stolen from his worn with the object of fastening suspicion upon him- There was every possibility 6f" doing this, 'is .Whittaker’s , imom was ea?y of access. Lieutenant ~ Knight . .then took tin the Writing of the experts, and in a most sarcastically, amusing way, showed how repeatedly contradicted themselves and each other. In conclusion he pronounced it as monstrous, to say a young man,, just entering on manhood, should be thonghf guilty of such a crime, with everything to nope foX-with bright prospect* *gcJ,opthio*.to g#u by the cumin ission of such a deed. At the conclusion ©T KnWbt**speedh the Afiutt ‘Mjoufned ~ jamt XWkitWhera inquiry ® CmdikjT Mly &8.-~tfie PiftisWre, iF'o’A Wayne A Chicago raliroatf fconfpfifiyWilf; neat Sunday, add a new fast line,express train to their )ine. The new train leaves Chioage at I- p. tn:,i daily, arriving at Pittsburg at 9:45 a. m,; Baltimore, 6:45 p. m.; Washington, 8:17 p. m.; Philadelphia, 6:45 p. m., and New York, 9:80p. m. Chicago, May 28.— Tliere was a considerable Influx of delegates and’ friends of the various candidates to-day.' Among the most notable arrivals were O. H. Booth, Judge Hunt, H- C. Hedges, Attorney General Nash, J. C. Donaldson, Col. Wood, all of Ohio; Marshal Jewejl, _ Connecticut, P. D Pinchbeck, I. H. Fitzhugh, Ex-Governor Warmouth, W. W. Phelps, and Governor Z. K. Pangburn, New Jersey. The. special train bearing the New Hampshire and Maine delegations will arrive to-morrow morning. It is announced that a Grant mass mretlng Is to 1« held in the exposition building next Monday. It is understood that John Russell Young started to Galena last night to visit General Grant It is not known whether the visit has any political significance or is purely friendly. Hartford, Cohn., May 38.— Henry Hamlin, the convict who, while attempting to escape from the stale prison shot Watchman Shipman, was hanged to-day. He attended special mass this morning and his spiritual director says he died repentant. Hamlin slept but little last night, spending the time principally In writing letters and conversing with his death wate’j. He partook of a light break last and received his friends' until the hour of the execution. The scaffold Was ifi the jail corridor and Hamlin walked to it from his cell with a firm step. He made a short speech, saying, substantially, that he never had any intention of harming his victim, and that he forgave all those who had doqe. anything against him! - Tfien until* the drop fell, be kept his eyes tamed uparfivd aad l his fall was nearly six feet, but the noose not being adjusted properly slipped around to the back of the tieck, and fourteen minutes elapsed before the ptflse ceased to beat, and ten minutes later the body was cut down and delivered to Father Hughes, who had it inferred one hoax afterwards. Hamlin had a sister in Toiedp, and she yesterday telegraphed him her farewell. Hamlin was not hts real name, which the priest will not make poblio.