Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 September 1898 — LONG AND SHOUT MEN [ARTICLE]

LONG AND SHOUT MEN

CHICAGO'S FAMOUS ROBBERS RESUME OPERATIONS. • While the Long Individual Covers the Bartender His Short Companion Deliberately Rifles the Cash Box—Soldiers Make a Row in Galveston. ( Cosh Register Robbed of S3O. The “Icing” man and his confrere, the "short” fellow, are at it again in Chicago. At 5 o’clock the other morning they went into Matthew Walsh’s saloon, 202 Clark street* and held up the bartender, pavid McNamara. They got S3O from the cash register. That done they threatened to kill him if he dared raise, an outcry and safely made their escape from the place. As they left the saloon McNamara followed them, but they drove him back inside, threatening ty shoot. McNamara watched them until j reached Jr.JhSoS bO’l’.C'vard, \vm". they halted a moment to divide their booty. They then disappeared. The robbers were the first visitors the bartender bad after he opened the saloon. They entered'as hg turning on the lights and called for drinks. McNamyra served them and they left the place. A few moments later they returned and stood near the cigar counter in the front part of the jsploon. Thinking they wanted to buy cigars McNamara went to the cigar case. He was greeted with the sight of two revolvers in the tall man’s hands. “If you say a word we will kill you,” said the ' i tnan with the weapons; “we want all your cash and want it quick. Throw up your hands!” McNamara obeyed, and the Bhort man walked behind the bar and opened the cash register. He took everything it contained, even two receipts. He then walked up to McNamara nnd sen felled the latter for weapons. Finding none, he called to his? companion anil they left the tTtloon. /' ' % SOLDIERS IN DISGRACE. Get Drunk at Galveston and Engage in Trouble. At Galveston, Texas, Edward Alexander Callaghan, a private in the First United States Volunteers (immunes), was shot to death the other night, and his companion, Jack Elliott, a civilian, was wounded in the abdomen. Harry Owens, a supernumerary policeman, surrendered himself. He says he attempted to arrest the men, who had imposed upon a little boy, and they threw him down, kicked him and began knifing him. The immunes were paid off the day before, and most of them were downtown celebrating. Standing of the Clnbs. Following is the standing of the clubs Id the National Baseball League: -F • W. L. • W. L. Boston 80 42Pittsburg ....<>3 62 Cincinnati ..79 47Philadelphia. 59 Baltimore ...73 4(sLouisville ...53 73 r Cleveland ...70 ■sl Brooklyn ~.*40 70 Chicago <K) 57 Washington. 41 82 New York.. .00 50 St. Louis 34 88 T - Following is the standing of the clubs in the Western League: W. L. W. L. Kansas City.B2 48St. Paul 72 58 Indianapolis. 80 48 Detroit 48 80 Milwaukee ..79 54 Minneapolis. 45 89 Columbus ...70 50 St. Joseph,.. .40 88 Railway Disaster in Texas. A passenger train on the Texus and Pacific Railroad, consisting of an engine and four coaches, plunged through a bridge twelve miles south of Texnrkann. Four persons are reported killed outright nnd a number of others more or less seriously wounded. The accident was due to high water. A bridge had been by the heavy rains. When the train struck the bridge the structure collapsed, precipitating the engine and four ears into the waters beneath.

Woolen Mills Burned. The entire plant of the' Wnumbcck woolen mills nt Milton, N. H., wax burned. Loss, SIOO,OOO. The mills have been Idle since 1800, but arrangements recently were completed for resuming work, and they were to start again, giving employment to 300 hands. While the origin of the fire is unknown, it is supposed to have been caused by spontaneous combustion In the picker-room. « ■ Mob Attacks Italians. Several demonstrations were made against Italians in Trieste, Austria. Crowds surged through the streets crying, “Death to Italians!” and pursued everyone of that nationality to eover. The mob sacked one Italian case and would have treated others in the same way but for the interference of the police, who arrested fifty of the uiob. Wonderful Nugget of Gold. Australian advices say an immense sensation has been created nil over Australia by the discovery near Lake Wynne of a gold nugget weighing 115 pounds and valued at $32,000. New Gun Works for Krnpp, Herr Krupp Is to purchase the Duke of ▲lteuburg's estate, Pilo, in Germany, where he will erect a large gun factory and establish practice grounds. Town Wiped Out. New Westminster, B. C., was almost literally wiped off the mnp, by fire. The loss to property is estimated at $2,500,000. Several lives were lost. * ■ i ■■ ■ New Rallwuy for Aiuhsmu. The Illinois Central Hallway Company will build a new coal line from Aberdeen, lfiss., to Winfield, Ala. Killed in a Railway Collision. The St. Louis limited passenger on the Missouri Pacific crashed into the rear end of a freight train near Independence, wrecking the caboose and killing It. ,?. Thompson, a telegraph lineman, nud seriously injuring A. Bechtel, hraketnan. None of the passengers was hurt. Republicans Win in Maine. The State election in Maine resulted in the success of the full Republican ticket. Bpenker Heed’s margin over McKinney, who ran on the Democratic ticket, wax about 4,000 less thiin that of I$M.

DOUBLE MURDER IN VIRGINIA. It la Followed Promptly by the Killing of tbe Murderer. From Scotland, on the James river, Va., comes a tale of a double murder and subsequent swift retribution for the murderer. A wealthy speculator named Smith called at the residence of a sawmill proprietor named Hoffman, a former resident of Washington city. He asked for $l5O which had been taken to his house by young Hoffman, but he, in a fit of ill temper, refused to turn, it over. Smith returned to his home, secured a Winchester rifle, a 44-caliber weapon, and hastened back to the Hoffmans’. The younger Hoffman was seated on the veranda. Smith opened fire, lodging eight bullets in the'young man’s body. The father rushed at the murderer, but another shower of lead from Smith’s Winchester brought him down. Having been shot once, the old man begged for his life, but Smith shot him until he whs dead and then left the mill. When the fa<?cs were reported at the court house a sheriff's posse went to Smith’s house, and, when he resisted arrest, fired upon him. He was instantly killed. i FIGHT OVER POLITICS. Rival Colorado Factions Engage in Battle with Revolvers and hifles. The political war between the two factions of the silver Republican party at Colorado Springs, Colo,, resulted in the death Oi Charles Harris of Denver. It Was the result of an attempt by the Broad faction to capture the opera house ; which was guarded by the Sprague faction, A rush was made by 75 or 100 of the Broad men from both front and rear of the building, and the Sprague men who held possession, in repelling the attack fired a volley into their assailants. Harris fell with a bullet through the abdomen. Several arrests were made. The man who fired "the shot which struck Harris is undoubtedly in custody.

CABINET AGREES. Members Unanimously in Favor of Revision in Case of Capt. Dreyfus. The Paris Figaro says the cabinet council unanimously agreed upon a revision of the Dreyfus case and directed the minister of justice, M. Sarrien, to take tbe necessary steps to that end. The Matin announces the of facts implicating U>e cers pf t]|e general staff, adding that Gen. Zurlinden, the new minister fQf war, reported the matter to the council and urged the necessity of reforming the intelligence department of the war office, whereupon he was directed to elaborate a project separating the duties of the general staff from those of the intelligence department. y Army and Navy Changes. Many important changes will occur in the army and navy during the remaining months of the present year. These are due to the natural course of events and are in no wise the result of the war with Spain. Two major generals of the army and four rear admirals of the navy will go on the retired list by operation of law on account of age, making vacancies which will result in promotions all along the line in both services. The two army officers who will retire are Major General William M. Graham, now in command of the Second army corps, in camp at Middletoyyp, Pty, nmj Major Genera] J. J. Coppinger, m command ,o? the Fourth armjr corps, with headquarters at Huntsville, Ala. The rear aumirais who retire this year are Admiral M. Sfctlrcl, recently president of tfih naval war board and now president of the naval board of promotions, who retires the 30th inst.; Admiral E. O. Matthews, formerly chief of the bureau of yards and docks and now president of the examining and retiring boards, who retires Oct. 24; Admiral Joseph N. Miller, the ranking officer of the navy, now in command of the Pacific station, who retires Nov. 22, and Admiral F. N. Bunce, commandant of the New York navy yard, who retires Sept. 25. The principal heroes of the Spanish war retire Jn the following order: Admiral George Dewey, commanding the Asiatic station, December, 1899; Admiral W. S. Schley, on the Porto Rican evacuation commission, October, 1901, and Admiral W. T. Sampson, on the Cuban evacuation commission, February, 1902.

Death in the Burs. The bodies of Navui Cadet Thomas 11. Wheeler, the son of Maj. Gen. Joseph Wheeler, and of Second Lieut. Newton D. Kirkpatrick of the First United States cavalry, who were drowned while bathing in the sea off Camp Wikoff, Montauk Point, L. I„ came in with the tide and wore thrown on the beach the next morning. The bodies were found lying close together, just below the life-saving station, about a quarter of a mile from where the young men were bathing. A detuil of sixty men from the Second eavnlry had been patrolling the beach with lanterns. The life-savers, who knew the coast, had predicted that the bodies would drift in where they did. Two rude biers were formed of planks taken from nenr the life-saving atation, and .the bodies placed upon them. Meantime the cavalry men had gathered from up and down the bench and followed the bodies to Gen. Wheeler's headquarters. With Gen. Wheeler were three of his daughters, who were in camp nursiug the sick. Tb? uniform of an Infantry private, with the shoes, hat and underwear, were found ou the beach a few hundred yards to the westward of where Cadet Wheeler and Lieut. Kirkpatrick were drowned. It Is Inferred that k third man was drowned. A name was on the Inside of the band of the trousers, but It was Illegible. Two Lives Crashed Out. The first gust of wind that preceded a recent thunderstorm blew down the heavy ifon superstructure of new pier 50, at the foot of West Twelfth street, New York, killing two men and injuring ten others. There were ninety men nt work on this Iron superstructure on the pier when it fell in on theta. Looks Like Murder. The body of Foster M. Payne, a telegraph operator for the Kansan City, Memphis and Birmingham Railroad, was found In a railroad yard in Memphis, Tenn., the head having been severed from the body. It is thought the young man was murdered. Plot to Kill the Cxar. A daring plot to kill the Czar by an explosion of gas in Moscow was frustrated »y the nervousness of one of the conspirators, who caused the explosion twenty minutes before the Czar arrived nt the desired position. Deadly Tornado in Pennsylvania. A tornado blew down several buildings In Springfield township, Pa., killing three men, and ruined the corn and buckwheat crops.