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THE AKGUS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEM13E11 Ss, 1892. Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report. mm u ..Id r i v ii i m l J MSI 1 a. ABSOLUTELY PURE TUB AUGLS. Wednesday, November 2. 1893. NORTHEN ON LYNCH He Doesn't Think Weljj of the Popular Judge.; GEOBGIA'S GOVERNOR ON MOB LAW. "Best Citizens" Who Ignore the Law Claused m "Mope Than Murderers" Satrsestlons as to How to Stop the Law lessness Kecent Doing In the Criminal .World A Pretty Widow's Sharp Came Kansas Hank Kobbed A Wife's Attempt at Kereng. Atlanta, Ga., Nov. a In his animal message to the legislature on the subject of lynch law Governor Northen has this o Bay: "I regret that the necessity exists for recommending the passage of more Btrin f!ent laws for the protection of human life, I would not intimate, nor do I believe, that the communities of Georgia are less law abiding than those of other states. All over the country, in the north as well as in the south, there is a lawlessness which is a reproach to American civilization. Within the past year in this state persons charged with crimes have been arrested and lodged in jail, and while thus in the custody of the law bodies of lawless men have compelled the surrender of the prisoners and sum marly executed vengeance against them. Rather Kongh On the "Itest Citizens." "These self -constituted judges and execu tioners are more than murderers. They have not only taken human life without authority or excuse, but they have put before their fellow citizens an example which if followed to any extent would speedily end in the dissolution of society Itself. It becomes the general assembly to consider and provide a proper remedy for this evil by legislation. I would respect fully suggest, first, that the powers of the sheriff be more clearly defined and that his duties be emphasized by projier pen alties for neglect to discharge them. When a person is under arrest in the custody of the sherifl it is the duty of the latter to protect him absolutely from molestation or bodily harm. Holding the Sheriff Responsible. "For this purpose the sheriff isauthorized to summon to his assistance every able bodied man in the vicinity, if need be, to preserve the peace and protect life. Should ' he fail to discharge his duty, and personal damage or loss of life result, let his sure ties respond in damages to the prisoner, or . if the pi isoner be slain, to his heirs. The sherifl himself should be punished by fine and imprisonment and suspension or dis ' missal from office. Before making this heavy demand upon the sheriff, let us see ' to it that he is provided with a real and not merely an imaginary force. As before said, that officer now has authority to summon to his aid every able bodied man in the county, but I have not seen the statute that imposes a definite penalty for refusing to respond to such summons. I therefore re spectfully suggest, second, the enactment of a law compelling by adequate penalties the citizens to obey the sheriff. Will Freely Use the Militia. "If these should fail there yet remains the military power, and so long as I hold the executive office it shall be used on proper occasions to preserve the peace and maintain the supremacy of the law. Should these views meet with your concurrence, and should acts be framed and passed in accordance therewith, I respectfully rec ommend that the judges of the superior courts be required to lay the matter before ! the grand juries when cases of outrage and violence occur in their counties, to investi gate the conduct of the sheriff and citizens in relation thereto, with the view of a subse quent trial for neglect of duty if such should be found to be the f;ict." DONE" BY A PRETTY WIDOW. She Plays a Mean Trick on Old Friends and Then Skips. St. Cloud. Minn.. Nov. a What is said to be a successf u 1 forgery that has been worked on two of the city banks recently just came to light yesterday. About two weeks ago Mrs. Anna M. Murphy, of Tacoma, Wash., arrived in this city and registered at the Grand Central House. She soon found some of her old friends and schoolmates, and to them said that while out west she w.is married to a man named Murphy at Tacoma, who had died and left her consid erable property. Among her valuables she held two drafts purporting to have been is sued by the National liank of Commerce of Tacoma on -he Hyst- National bank of New York for S0 iftitl 4700 respectively. Fifteen Hundred as atarter. Dr. F. A. lloyt, a "friend and classmate of the lady, whose former name was Mc Crae, indorsed the fSX) draft and the Ger man American National bank cashed it. The other check for $700 was cashed at the first National bank upon the recognition f Charles .1. Metzroth, a clerk. . Mrs. Mur phy is a rather pretty young widow and it required very little effort on her part to accomplish her purpose. She is a step laughter of ex -Senator McCrae, of Otter. Tail county, a good talker and only 25 fears old. Mrs. Murphy is supposed to have gone east. Yoani Gotham Barbarians. Newark, N. J., Nov. 2. Ixuis Bern heim, 12 years old, was found in the road -ay with a noose around his neck. His Songue was hanging out and his face black. He was taken home and his life is despaired Df. His mother complained at the Fourth precinct police station that Helmel Sam uels, 11 years old, and other boys had las soed her child and then tried to hang him. Passed a Con fed Note on Ah Sin. AsnLAN'D, Ky., Nov.- 2. Woo Tong, our Chinese laundryman, accepted a Confed erate $i0 note in payment for a 40 cent laun 3ry bill, planking down the change m hard 5ash. His banker enlightened him and he now greets each patron with a searching smile of increased suspicion. OF INTEREST TO HORSEMEN. GROUND GLASS IN SANDWICHES A Race Track Decision by Judge Collins, of Chicago. Chicago, Nov. 2. According to a decis ion rendered by Judge Collins yesterday the Garfield Park club has no chance for existence. The opinion was given in the bill brought bv the Garfield Park club to restrain the mayor and chief of police from in any manner interfering with its racing. It was contended that the club was legally jreanized to conduct racing and therefore had the right to lookmaking and pool celling, without which it could not succeed in business. Charges were made that the maj'or and chief of police had conspired to destroy the Garfield Park club and thus advance the interests of the Hawthorne race track. The Ieelion Cover Kverj thlns;. In substance the court held that betting on a horse race was gambling; that pool selling in an enclosure was punishable under section 137 of the' criminal code on gaming; that complainant had no redress in a court of equity; that an enterprise such as involved in this case was against all the decisions of our courts and the settled policy of all civilized nations; and that if the law of 1887 permits pool selling and bookmaking to the complainant it regulates the same and is unconstitutional, being in violation of three sections of the constitution. ' Will Appeal the Case. ; This decision was a great surprise to ibo attorneys of the club, and they prayed an appeal. It is said that the decision' will affect the other race tracks in the kjAti, j such as the Hawthorne track, the EasO't. Liouis track and the track at Madison, 1 lis, The Washington clnb guaranteed stakes of $291,000 for fixed events next suason which must be paid, even' if there is no racing. This is all the consolatior the Garfield club derived from the decisions The Method Adopted by a Woman to Kill Her Husband. Elizabeth, N. J., Nov. 2. William Root, who works in the shuttle room at the Singer Sewing Machine works here, was attacked with a violent fit of coughing after eating a sandwich in the shop, which he took from his lunch basket. For several minutes it was feared the man would choke, as he could scarcely get his breath. An emetic was given, which caused him to vomit freely, and he soon was out of dan ger. On examining the sandwiches remain ing in the basket they were found to be plentifully sprinkled with crushed glass. Koot said they were prepared by his wife, and he declared at once tiiat she meant to kill him. He Waltzes and She Doesn't. The couple live at 116 Price street and have three children. For some years they ' have led an unhappy life. Only a few nights ago Koot beat the woman unmerci fully with a club, and in revenge for this she declared she would put an end to him. He left the shop declaring that he would have her arrested. Koot is a fine waltzer, but his wife cannot dance, and this is what first caused the the trouble, it is said, between them. He took her to a picnic just after they were manied and left her side to dance with an other woman. When the dance was over Mrs. Koot in a fit of jealousy walked up to her husband's partner and hit the wom an in the eye. BOLD ROBBERY OF A BANK. Three With Masked Men Get Away S1,000 In Cash. Dodge City, Kas.. Nov. 2. Yesterday afternoon three masked men robbed the bank at Spearville, a few miles east of bem. They entered the bank, covered the cashier with their revolvers and took the money that was in sight about tl.000. Retreat ing from the bank they fled in a south westerly direction. Armed men were quickly mounted and on their track. It is though that they are making for the Ar kansas river and that they will be overtaken. THE W. C. T. U. CONVENTION. A Little Breeze Caused by a Political Mat ter New Office. i Denver, Colo., Nov. 2. The proceidings of the W. C. T. TJ. convention were en livened by a little row which originated over the report on "The Temple" ,1y Mrs. Matilda B. Carse, president of the Temple association. And it all came aliput be cause rooms in the temple at Chicago had j been rented to the Republicans for head quarters. The southern delegates were of the opinion that the TempU could be put to better use tuan to be turned into a re cruiting place for a political party, and especially the Republican party, and they made some very cutting remarks. Some Republican Women on Hand. There were a few women in the conven tion, however, who were Republicans and they resented the imputation cast on the party. Peace finally reigned and the re port was proceeded with. It was shown by the books of the Temple company that the rents for six months aggregated 4150,000 and would probably exceed that amount hereafter. There was no doubt, Mrs. Carse said, that the company would be able to se cure and hold the building. They expected before long to come into possession of the Btnck held by Marshall Field, amounting to $250,000. Election of Officers. During the morning session Lady Henry Somerset took the chair, and after brief de votional exercises the seats were cleared of all but voters and the convention proceeded to the election of officers. The vote for president resulted in 833 votes for Frances K. Willard, who was taken to the platform amid the greatest enthusiasm and the wav ing of handkerchiefs. Mrs. Buell was elected corresponding secretary, Miss Pugh treasurer, and Mrs. Woodbridge, recording secretary. :Mias Mary Mosby, daughter of Mayor Mosby, of Cincinnati, will break the bap tismal bottle of wine on the new cruiser Cincinnate, next Tuesday when it is launched at, the pew York yards. SANK IN THE STORM An Unknown Vessel Founders in Lake Michigan. STEAMER W. H. GIL0HEE MISSING And Grave Fears That She Has Foundered With Her Crew of TWenty-Two Men The Sister Ship of the Ill-Fated Western Reserve- La rg-e Quantities of Wreckage Seen Nea Manlton Island A Schooner Bottom Vp On the Island. Chicago, Nov. 2. The great gale of last Friday and Saturday wrecked a large steamer and a schooner near South Mani tou island at the foot of Lake Michigan; and it is almost certain that the crews of both boats were lost. The steamer foun dered near the island, while the schooner was cast almost bottom side up on the beach. The name of neither boat can yet be learned, as the gale, followed so closely by another, this time from the east, has de moralized shipping, and it is too soon as yet to determine what boats are missing. Was It the W. H. Gilcher? The steel steamer W. H. Gilcher, with coal from Buffalo to Milwaukee, passed through the straits of Mackinaw at 2:20 p. m. last Friday and put out into Lake Michigan. An hour afterward the storm was at its height. Since that time nothing has been heard of the Gilcher, and it was feared last night that she was the unfor tunate steamer. The Gilcher was a sister boat of the steamer Western Reserve, lost on Lake Superior Aug. 30 last with all on board save one. She had powerful ma chinery, and until the Western Reserve was lost the pair were supposed to be capable of living through any storm. Hud a Crew f Twenty-two Men. She is owned by J. C. Gilchrist and oth ers, of Cleveland, is valued at - (O.ooo, and is douhtcss fully insured. She was built by the Cleveland Ship Building company in lS'.tl, and for a time held the banner for big gniiu cargoes, having taken 110,000 bushels of wheat out of Chicago the first season. The Gilcher left Buffalo Oct. 25, and after unloading her coal at Mil waukee was to go to Escanaba and load iron ore for Ashtabula. From there, so a Buffalo dispatch last night states, she was to go to Toledo and load soft coal for Ijike Superior. She carries a crew of some twenty-two men. Several Days Overdue." A Cleveland dispatch this morning states that the Gilcher is several days overdue. Her owners have heard nothing from her since she entered Lake Michigan last Fri day, and they have grave fears for her safety. She ought to have been in Milwau kee last Saturday. A dispatch from Frank fort, Mich., says that Captain Redich, of the steamer Columbia, reports a wreck at South Manitou island. No name can le found except the word "Ostrich," which is worked in red on a pillow slip. The main beam bears the official number, 18,.X)7, tonnage 2W5 and a fraction. Passed Throngh a Lot of Wreckage. The schooner John 7haw, in tow of the steamer John F. Eddy, reached Chi cago yesterday afternoon. "When off the South Manitou, on our way to Chicago," Captain George Dennis, of the Shaw, said last night, "We passed through a large quantity of wreckage. Doors, stools, win dow sash, and part of a steamer's bridge with the bell still upon it, were floating in the lake. The stanchions to the bridge, which were painted white, were of stripped oak. The bridge was about five feet wide fore and aft, but I do not know how long it was. The doors had sash in the top pan els. The glass, of course, was broken out. No Doubt of a Wreck. "We could see not hing which would give any indication of what the name of the un fortunate craft was. There is not a par ticle of doubt but the wreckage was from some steamer which had foundered not far from there." The finding of the wreckage by the Shaw, taken in connection with the discoveries of the steamer Pawnee when cruising around trie Manitous .Monday, leaves no doubt that the wreckage is from some boat that went to the bottom. EXCITING RUNAWAY INCIDENT. "Q" Locomotive Takes a Trip All By Itself. Alton, 111., Nov. 2. A singular occur ence, which might have resulted in a fear ful wreck, took place on the Big Four be tween Alton and St. Louis. A Chicago, Burlington and Quincy engine was com ing off that road at Wann to the main line of the Big Four when an engine of the lat ter road ran out on the track in front of it. The "Q" engineer, believing that a collision was inevitable, jumped and abandoned his engine to its fate. The Big Four ran on to a siding and let the "Q" en gine pass it. Then tne latter ran away with no one on it at a lively rate. This made it necessary to clear the track all the way to East St. Louis and every train was at once sidetracked. The runaway "died" at Nameoki, however, and was captured and returned by train No. 7, which arrived here over an hour late. Streator's Opinion of lams. Phtladklphia.Nov. 2. Both Lieutenant Colonel Slreator and Colonel Hawkins took the stand yesterday in the lams case to testify in their own behalf. Lieutenant Colonel Streator recounted the hanging up by the thumbs, and said that it was neces sary in order to prevent a recurrence of such a breach of discipline as lams had been guilty of. Colonel Hawkins said the punishment was not too severe. lams' offense was mutiny, and he had seen men shot for that. Streator also said that lams was a bad soldier; he slept on his post, and deserted the same, and had lied about it when accused and been punished by carry ing a heavy log. Charleston's Earthquake Week. Charleston, S. C, Nov. 2. The second day of the Charleston earthquake gala week brought 10,000 visitors to the city. A leading feature in the programme of amusements was an intensely exciting game of la crosse by a band of civilized Cherokee Indians from the government reservation in North Carolina. Last night there was a genuine South Carolina cake walk in which twenty of the Afro-American elite of the state competed. It was witnessed by 15,000 spectators and was a great suooess. Killed by a Switch Engine. Hastings, Neb., Nov. 2. H. M. Titus, of the firm of W. H. Ferguson & Co., grain buyers of this city, was killed in the Bur lington yards yesterday by a switch en gine. He stepped trombone tracK to anotner to avoid wrecking train and the switch engine struck him from behind. The body was severed at the hips and horribly man-' gled. ENGINE JUMPED THE TRACK. And Resulted in a Terrible Death, to Two Men. Atchison, Kan., Nov. 3. A frightful railway accident on the Central branch oc curred at Farmington, twelve miles west of Atchison, at about 9 o'clock last evening. The westbound extra freight was due to meet the eastbound freight at Farmington. The engine of the westbound, for some un accountable reason, jumped the track at on the ties and topped over against the eastbound engine, crushing to instant death Hale Wheeler, the engineer. The fireman. M. B. Graves, had both legs and his right arm , crushed to a pumice. Wheeler's remains and Mr. Graves were brought to Atchison. Graves is dying. Wheeler was a single man. Graves'leaves a family. Both were highly esteemed by the Missouri Pacific. ABBREVIATED TELEGRAMS. Obituary: At Buffalo, N. Y., Angustin A. Kendall. At Muskegan, Mich., Land lord Nathaniel A. Barney, of the Occidental hotel, aged 05. At Marshall, Ills., Mrs. Lucinda Harlan, Widow of Judge Justin Harlan, aged 80. At Atlanta, Ga., State Senator Reuben Jones; Elbert Head, who bought his own freedom and was one of Grant's 306. At New Lisbon, O., ex-Congressman Jonathan A. Wallace, aged 68. Daily reports of suspected cases of cholera in Hamburg willtTno longer be issued, on account of the rapidly disappearing plague. Only genuine cases will be reported in the future. Captain C. J. Iredell, a prominent Co lumbia (S. C.) business man, is accused of embezzling $25,0(i) from the Commercial bank, of which he was until lately presi dent. The supreme military council of Mexico has confirmed the death sentence passed upon Colonel Nieves Hernandez, charged with treason in failing to capture Garza, the revolutionist. M. Deveaux, director of the Ottoman bank at Constantinople, has committed suicide by drowning himself at Corfu. The United States coast survey steamer Gedney is ashore on Canoe island, British Columbia. Ed Murtin, a cigar-maker 33 years old, committed suicide at Sioux Falls, S. D., by taking laudanum. Disgusted with life. Two brothers named Burgess, who were in jail at lclanon, Va., charged with mur der, were taken from their cells by friends of their victim and hanged. Vessels on the Mediterranean coast are prevented from entering the harbors of Marseilles or Toulon on account of the prevailing gales. Board ot Trade mscipltne. Chicago, Nov. 2. Edward Pardridge, Charles R. Barrett and William E. Mc Henry filed bills in the circuit court yes terday to restrain the board of directors of the Chicago board of trade ' n expelling them as memlers. The tro. j grows out of a resolution passed by the Ixmrd in 1888 prohibiting members from trading in so called privileges, or puts and calls, in vio lation of the criminal code, and the penalty was expulsion. The accused men say they have violated no rule, as they were not acting as members when they traded in puts and calls. Natural Gas Tanks Failing. Colcmbus, O., Nov. 2. The people "of northwestern Ohio are now realizing what they have been afraid of for some time. J'he natural gas fields are playing out. At Lima the Natural Gas company announced hs inability to make any more connections than those already made and warned the people that a stock of coal and wood had better be in before winter sets in. Serious Kailway Accident. Birmingham, Ala., Nov. 2. At Wads worth, Ala., yesterday a train on the Log ging railroad jumped the track at a water tank, knocking the tank down into a car sontaining forty laborers. Fifteen men were hurt, two of whom have since died from their injuries. A Valuable Remedy. Hon. Edmund L Pitts, tbe late presi dent of tbe New Yoik State senate, writes: "State of New York. Senste Chamber, Albany. March 11. 1886. I have used Allcock's Porous Plasters in my family for the ptst five years, and can truth-, fully say tbey are a valuab'e remedy and effect great cures. I would not be with out them. 1 have in several instances given some to frieDds suffering with weak and lame backs, and they have invaria bly sffoid d certsin and epeedy relief. They cannot be too highly commended." The people at the World's Dispensary of Buffalo, N. Y.t have a stock-taking time once a year and what do you think they do ? Count the number of bottles that've been re turned by the men and women who say that Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery or Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescrip tion didn't do what they said it would do. And how many do you think they have to count. One in ten ? Not one in five hundred Here are two remedies one the Golden Medical Dis cover', for regulating and in vigorating the liver and purify ing the blood; the other, the hope of weakly womanhood, and they've been sold for years, sold by the million bot tles; sold under a positive guarantee, and not one in five hundred can say: "It was not the medicine for me!" And is there any reason why you should be the one? And supposing you are what do you lose i Absolutely nothing Bedroom Suites, Bedroom suites. Bedroom Suites, At never before heard of prices AT G. O. HUCKSTAEDT'S, 1809 and 1811 Second Avenue. Driffill & Gleim, 1822 Second Avenue. Sole Agents for J. EL Flickenger's CALIFORNIA FRUITS! -0 o- Now is the time to place your order with us for future delivery. These goods are the finest in the market. They have no equal. Sold in any quantity. When Finished, We will occupy our new store, cor. of Fifth avenue and Twenty-third St., and will be known as the Fifth Avenue Pharmacy. HOKST VON KOECKRITZ, Pharmacist. CLOAK It is an acknowledged fact that our Cloak Depart ment is the most com plete in the city; that we show more pretty and original styles than any other three houses, and that our prices are 25 per cent below all competition. I I4W. Second Street, DAVENPORT, IOWA. 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