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ABILENE, DICKINSON COUNTY, KANSAS, DECEMBER 10, 1891.
I THE ABILENE REFLECTOR.
' Official Paper of Dickinson Countv.
NO. 15.
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DIRECTORY.
The Reflector cheerfully recommends
the following business firm? o the con
fidence and oatro.iage of the public.
33. C. IvITTIE,
ATTORISTEY AT LAW.
t&r Office upstairs, Abilene Bank
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STAE3AT7GH, HUED & DEWLT,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
:ABILENE KANSAS.
F. J. BOUTIN, M. D.,
EOPATHIST,
Fonrth and Spruce Sts , second block
north U. 1". Uipot.
S. STEELSMITH,M.D.,
Surgeon, gynecologist anil Oculist
Practice limited to Surgery, Surgical
diseases Diseases oi Women and Dis
eases of the Eve.
3?p-n ABILENE KAS
THOMAS KIRBY,
ABILENE, KANSAS.
'I'rjlf i met S Jl
GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS
Gives special attention to Collec
tion?, buys and sells Foreign
and Domestic Exchange.
Negotiates Mortgage Loans
All ImMniwe pn-mptlt ntt'iidrrt to
First pub Islied in the Abii.enb AVekkly
IlEFLF-CTOlt DeC.t.lSyl 1
SHERIFF'S SALE.
.Under and by virtue of an nnler ot sale is
sued tv ibo clerk of the district Court of
Dlckin-on cui.ty. slateo: Kunsa . in cause
pending tli rein, wherein 11 U. Ituckwa ti-r
is plaintiff and John Armstrong, ilrldgft
Armstrong. Thomas Klrin, John . Smitb
and The lierry and I'ren erg ist Land Com.
puny are defendants, I will,
On Monday, Jan. 4, A. D. 1892,
at the froit door of tho ci urt house, li. the
citvof Abilene, county of Iiickii.&on, state
ol Kama , at 10 o'clock a. m.ol Miid daj bill
toth high st bldd- r for cash, the following
real ttate to wi':
Tho soutbea-t quarter of section eighteen
(IS), in township sixteen (16) sour , of range
numb-r two (2) eatt if the sixth principal
meridian in Dickinson county, state of Kan-
EllS.
Tho said real estate will bo -old l.ur.-uant
to tbe judgment oftbecouit in sua c.iuso
recited in rtrtid orde ol sile.
Witness my haul this 1st day of Dec., -'.
D. 1S01.
D. . KMLL,
14-5 SherifTpt Dickinson County. Kiinsas.
First published in the ahilkm: Weekly
ItEKLECTOB, Dec. 3, U9I.
SHERIFF'S SALE.
Under and br vntutof an orderof sale is
a...... ,. .1... f....lr rF flic l4uf-ff.? nunit f
171CK1I1SUI1 CU Jllbjr, niflicui uoiiimh, .iiu.u
pending therein, wbeiein John Koehn-r is
plainiifT and Wi lUiu F. Hinaghan, M r
garrt UaaghKii. The Abilenu Investment
Donipnnv.lt it. Abbe, Jonn McDenuott and
John K Mulvane, William H. ltosslng-on ai.d
Joh.i Martin, trustees, a d Kdwird D. Red,
dlngton, John A. Lutz and Edward C.
UhMinbtrti.iu, trustees, are dcfcndui.ts, I
will,
On Monday. Jan. 4. A. D. 1892,
at tbe front door of the court houe, in the
city of Abilrne, county of D ckinson, r-tatu
of Kansaf.at lOo'cbieka. nu of -aid day sell
to the Highest ul der for cash, the following
described real etto. to wit:
Tb south ast quarter of S'-ctlO" number
twelve (12), In township i-ixteen (10) sou' b,
ot range numb- r one (1) -rst of tti sixth
principal u eridinn, in Dickinson county,
state of Kansas.
Tho sild real estito will b sold parsuant
to tbe juigment of the Oiurt insaldcnubo
recited in said orderof 6ale.
Wit e-s my haud t is 1st day of Dec.
A. D., If 9 1. D. W.NA1LL,
U-5 Sheriff i f Dickinson County, Kas.
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IFIrst published in the Ahilkke Weekia
BEl'LKCTOK, Dec. 3. 18UI.I
SHERIFF'S SALE.
Under and by virtueof an order of sale is
sued by th Clerk ot tho District Court of
Dickinson county, Statu of nansiis in acauso
pending tuiruin, wherein William B. Simp
son, executor ot last will and t -otanif nt oi
Arthur Little, deceased, was plaln'iff and
Jame- U. Shiefller, Jennie Sun tiler atid
Tbomas Kirby were defendante, 1 Hill,
On Monday, Jan. 4, A. D. 1892,
atthefroiitcoorof tlie court hoas-e, in the
city of Abl en , couutyoi DI klnsjii, State
of Kansas, at 10 o'cluCK a. in. ot said day, sell
to the highest bid i-r t.rcasb, tue following
describee r al estat c, to-u it :
Tbewtstha'fo tbe soutb.ast quarter ot
section twenty four 21. in t ivnsbip eleven
(I ) sunt . of range, three (3) eist of tbe sixth
principal meridian in Dickinson county,
stale ot Kansas.
Tbe said real estate -will be sold pursuant
to tbe judgment of tbe court in (aid cause
recited in said order of sale.
Witness my hand this 1st day of Dec .
A.D 1S91.
1. W. SAILL,
H-o Sheriff of Dickinson Couuty, Kas.
First Published in the Aiiilene Weekly
BEFLtcroK Dec 3, 1S1.
SHERIFF'S SALE,
Under and by virtue of an order of sale is
sued by tho clerk ot the district court ol
Dickinson county, state of Kansas, in a cause
pending therein, wherein Mis. B. v Denny
is plaintiff and Danle. L. GuiU, Ann K.
Guild, The Abilene Investment t ou.pany,
Thomas Kit by and J. B. Case are defendants.
I will,
On Monday, Jan 4, A. D., 18S2,
atthefroi tdooror the courthouse, in the
cLtT.of A,Jlbrne. count of Dictlneon, state
of Kansas, t 10 o'clock a. m. ol said daj sell
to the highest, bidder for rash, the ollowir.g
descried teal estate, to wit:
The west half ot the northwest quarter,
theeoutheaslqnarter f the nortbwes quar
ter and the touihwest qu rterof tbe north
cS?t "rter of section blxteei (16). in town
ship i sixteen (16) south of range one (1) east
of the .lxth principal meridian In Dickinson
county, t-tate of aneas.
Jr.h,'7ld,reale8tato wm sold pursuant
SS?J??S52aj?ttb? court la a cause
recited in said order of sale.
jjy band this 2nd day of Dec, A.
Ji-5 Sheriffcf DIcWason Coaarr, Eccass.
U. S. Gov't Report, Aug. 17, 1889.
TWENTY DROWNED.
Diro Accident to Barges on the
River Hudson.
THE TUG OFFICERS CARELESSNESS.
While Mirth Frcvalls in the Cabin- the
Barges Topple Over Upon Kach Other
and the Crews Fall in the
Water.
New York, Dec. 5. The Tribune's
Haverstraw dispatch says:
Twelve barges loaded with brick, in
cluding the Irene, Capt. James Kenne
dy; the Delson, Capt. Pat Hill; Louise,
Capt A. Bradbury; Lizzie and Louise,
Christie Roy, Capt Brennan; James G.
Scott and Ellen C. Mcfiuire, towed by
the Cornell Towing Ca's boat Town
send, coming down the Hudson, when
opposite Crot n Point, were upset at
about 9 p.m. and about twenty persons
drowned.
The names of the other boats are
Mary Q. Burns, Capt Dewitt; Black
stonc and Yellowstone, from Tomp
kins, whose captains names could not
be learned.
When at Croton Point the swash of
the river was so great that the tug was
compelled to round to, thus forcing the
barges to ride each other. Being loaded
and the tide washing high, they imme
diately upset
There were sixty men on the twelve
barges and only about thirty have come
ashore. The accident is attributed to
the carelessness of the tug. W. G Cur
ran, a boat hand on the Louise, who
has just arrived from his swim ashore,
says:
"We were playing the concertina in
the cabin at the time of the accident
I ran on deck only to see one scow run
on top of the other; the boats did not
sink, but toppled over. Upon each
barge were five men, making" sixty in
alL Of these only about Twenty men
have come ashore."
Tugs are out all over the river in the
hope of saving any who may have clung
to the bottom of the capsized bjirges,
but little hope is entertained as to their
safety.
Twelve men are known to bo drowned
from the different boats.
KANSAS SANITATION.
Convention at Salina Under tho ytato Hoard
or Health.
Salixa, Kan., Dec 3. The Kansas
sanitary convention, under tho auspices
of the state buard of health, began
a two days' session last night
A large number of prominent dele
gates are present, including Chancel
lor Snow, of the state university; Sec
retary of Agriculture Martin Mohler,
of Topeka; Dr. Anderson, president of
the state board of health, and Secre
tary O'Brien. Senator Mohler presided
at the opening session.
Letters to the convention were read
from Gov. Humphrey, es-.Jov. Osborne,
Morrill, Speaker Elder and many
others, all warmly indorsing the work
of the state board of health.
Chancellor Snow deliveJcd an excel
lent address, exp aiuing in detail the
work he is uccomplishingon the chinch
bugs. He is preparing his first annual
rep rt from the chinch bug experiment
station and in it he will publish
nearly 1,000 rep rts from farmers who
have used the exterminator, and S00 of
them are highly favorable. Tue farm
ers have each estimated the value of
the grain saved by Prof. SnowYo exper
iment and he says the total estimate,
at a low figure, is $200. 00D.
A Deep Harbor Keallr Xf edetL
Dnxvuit, CoL, Dec. o. T1jj standing
committee of the deep sea narbor con
gress of tho west has issued a circular
in which they declare Uiat anything
but a thirty feet deep harbor would
be of no benefit to much the
larger part of the Cranstuississippi
country. Anthing short of a harbor
for the largest ocean vt-sscls would not
direct commerce to the gulf or benefit
Arkansas, MsssotrL Iowa, Kansjs, Ne
braska, Wyomiig, Colorado, Utah
and New Mexico ir the country north
or west of them. But such a har
bor as the government has contracted
to construct at Galveston will work a
commercial revolution und save hun
dreds of millions of dollars annually
which is now paid in unnecessary rail
road transportation.
Hot. I'ranc s Und. -elded.
Washington, Dec. 5. Gov. Francis
said yesterday he did not know whether
he would call a special session of the
Missouri lcgii.ature or not; that he
did not waat to jeopardize the
electoral vote of the slate The law,
he said, via not plain on the sub
ject and ha proposed to seek the ad
vice of judicial mindn here before he
did anything. Tho governor said
there were t-everal natters at stake.
The St Ijouis barracks, the reap
portionment a:id o hTo- After he had
called upun the secretary of war and
the leading men in the party and con
sulted them on tho subject he would
reach a deeisiou.
The directors of tf le Chicago & North
western road have declared the regular
dividend of Iff per cent quarterly on
the preferred stcck and 3 per cent
semi-annual on the common stock.
The Paris Figf-ohas been fined 500
francs for raising a subscription to pay
the fi$esof thearchbishop of AIx.
THE PUBLIC DEBT.
Statement Showing Its Condition For the
Month of November.
Washington, Dec 3. Following is
a recapitulation of the debt statement:
interest nitiRiNO nr.nr
A'ov. 30, '01. Oct SI, '01.
Bonds atiMjpcrcent
continued at 2 per
cent I 2VW1500 S tt.W.V.0
Bonds at 4 per cent. 559.573 6a 559,3r3,150
Befnnding certifi
cates at 1 per cent. RJ.T23 t'JO'3
Totals t &S3.02d,s7J M,"26." 0
Increase 1
Debt on which inttr
est ceased since
maturity 5,279,770 6,209.230
Decrease 9.9.16J
Debt bearing no in
terest 387,133,316 3S9,074,0:S
Decrease 1,611.679
Aggregate of Inter
est and non-interest
bearing
debt i 077.733.9S6 J 9S3.309.978
Decrense 2,57u,139
Certificates and
treasury notes off
set by an equal
amount of cash la
the treasury 569.221,703 551,379,110
Increase B,iH,t0i
Asgn gate of debt
including certifl
tates and treas
ury notes 1.516.06I,69 J1,'4CS9,393
CAH IX THE TltEASUKT.
Gold coin J 19J,I12,6S3
Bars 78,l?.0,V)i
$ 271.S13.193
Silver doll irs $ 3;9,ld,O!0
Subsidiary coin lt)Sl
Bars ly.sni
Trade dollar bars... 23.VS1
412,393,310
I'aper legal tender
notes, old issue. ..$ 13,"tl5,706
Treasury notes 1S31. I.976,''
Gold certificates.... 39,!02,I70
Silver certificates... 3,l,09
Currency certifi
cates - 370,000
National bank not :s 4,811,731
43,103.901
Other bonds, interest
and coupons paid
a wal tl ng reim
bursement $ 38,633
Minor coin and frac
tional currency... 324,20)
Deposits In nat onal
bank depositor
ies General account 13,321,679
Disbursing o Ulcers'
balances 3.623.1S9 I0.r06.910
Aggregate 7 1S.456.750
DEMAVD LtiBILITIKS.
Gold certificates.... S 161,-5 . 39
Silver eertlfl. ates 321.274.918
Currency certificates 1.130)0
Treasury notes of i 72.9i9,i9
559,221,709
Fund of redemption
of uncurrent nar
tlonHl bank notca.l 5,563 510
Outstanding checks
and drafts 3.717,625
' Disbursing ofllvors'
I balances 21,631,877
: Agency accountable 6.01 ..109 40,039,123
Gold reserve t luo.uoo.'ioo
Net cash balanco.... 339,1:6,917 139.12t.917
A?i;rcgatc
Cash balanoa in
treasury October
31. 1631 t H9.671920
Cash balance in
treasury Novem
ber a, 1831... 139.t2917
Decrease during the
month
743,80,7)
B15.002
THE 'FRISCO ROBBERY.
Skillfully 1'lanned Uuge Amount Secured
Suspicious Incidents Robbers In Total
Obscurity
St. Louis, Dec 3. Facts in regard
to the express robbery make it appear
that the robbers were evidently in
formed as to the value of the contents
' of the express safe before the train
, left the St Louis station. The through
i train to San Francisco, which carries
I the bulk of the money to the coast, is
the one which robbers, generally in
formed on the subject, would naturally
select rather than the slow train which
was robbed.
Another peculiar incident in connec
tion with the robbery is that the ex
press messenger was in possession of a
key which unlocked the through ex
press safe. The 'Frisco is the only
road running west that has not pro
vided its express cars with stationary
safes which have special combination
locks and are opened only at the termi
nus of the road, the messenger having
no key to them and having no occasion
to open them. These facts were
probably well known to the robbers,
who selected the 'Frisco of all roads on
which to work their scheme.
The officials of the road are endeavor
ing to discover why the train, a through
one, left the station thirty minutes
late.
The safe of the express company
was completely rifled and although
yesterday Superintendent Damsel!
placed the loss in the neighborhood of
S'20,000, it is now known that the safe
contained far more 'than that amount
Superintendent Damsell refuses to con
firm or deny the story that the total
loss reaches 75,000, but admits that it
exceeded the amount he first gave out
as the company's loss.
With the booty now known to have
been secured by the robbers reaching
up toward 5100,000, the unsatisfactory
fact is also developing that the daring
I band of six men seems to have gotten
; entirely away. The only positive de
velopment is that the robbery was
skillfully planned and coolly executed,
and that the robbers had evidently
prepared some plan of escape by which
they speedily and surely fled from the
scene of their great haul.
The Champion Unni.
San Fbancisco, Dec 3. After near
ly total abstinence of twenty weeks,
John L. Sullivan has commenced drink
ing again and last night appeared at
the Bush Street theater under the in
fluence of liquor, Much disappoint
ment is felt by sporting men here "at
his relapse to his old habits, as it was
hoped that he would keep himself in
good condition until next fall when, as
he has announced, he would again en
ter the prize ring for the last time.
Four Deaths In a Drrallment-
New York, Dec 3. Last evening the
rear car of a passenger train on the
Harlem railroad which left the Grand
Central depot was thrown from the
track at a switch and three employes
of the road and an unknown man vere
killed and two b-akemen injured.
Chancellor of toe Exchequer Goschen,
of England, Las made public his
scheme to increase the stock of fold in
Uie-Eaak of EaglisuL , . , r
THE MANIAC.
Terrible Deed of an Escaped
Lunatic.
RUSSELL SAGE'S LIFE SOUGHT.
The Crank Demands a Million Dollars and
on Being Hefued Explodes Dynamite,
Killing Himself and Others
Great Excitement.
New York, Dec 5. Shortly after 12
o'clock yesterday a stranger entered the
office of Russell Sage, on lower Broad
way. He demanded that he be given
51,000,000. ne opened a satchel which
he was carrying and seizing a bottle
threw it at the head of Mr. Sage. The
latter dodged and the bottle struck
the office wall, exploding with a fear
ful crash and injuring, perhaps fatally,
three clerks. Mr. Sage was badly hut
not seriously hurt The bottle was
evidently loaded with dynamite.
, Russell Sage was taken from his of
fice and carried across the street to a
drug store. He is badly burned about
thn face and shoulders, but his injuries
are not serious. He gives the follow
ing account of the affair:
"Shortly after 12 o'clock a man whom
I had never seen before entered my
office. He carried a large satchel and
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ltUSSELL SAOI-
gave the name of W. II. Wilson. He
inquired for me and demanded that
I givo him 51,000,000. I tried to talk ,
with him, but he becai e excited and
opening the valise he took from-it a
long bottle and threw it at my head. I
dodged tbe mi sile and it struck the
opposite wall and instantly e'xploded
There waS1 a fearful crash and 1 was
thrown out of my chair. I do not re- j
member much more about the affair." ,
The explosion completely vrecked
the interior of the office and several of
the clerks were severely if not fatally
injured
The man who threw the bomb was
instantly killed by the explosion.
Mr. Washington Connor, the well
known broker, as in the office at the
time, but was not injured.
The stranger was blown to shreds
except his head and it is thought he can
be identified.
Those besides Mr. Sage who were in
jured are being treated preparatory to
being removed in ambulances.
MR. SAOE'S STATEMENT.
"A man who said his name was II.
D. Wilson came to my office just now.
I have never seen him before. He had
a carpet bag in his hand and said: 'If
you will not give me $1,250,000 I will
blow you all to pieces.'
"I know nothing further except
hearing a great explosion, falling on
the floor and regaining consciousness
here
"The man lying on the iloor of this
drug store is, I believe, the same one
who asked me for the money."
When Mr. Sage's wounds were
dressed he was taken in a cab to his
home
Outside on the street everything was
confusion. Men lost their heads and
rumors of the wildest kind filled the
air. . Twenty were said to have been
killed and injured, and from the build
ing firemen led or carried the dead and
injured. Ambulances were summoned
from three hospitals, and soon the
streets around were solidly filled with
a struggling mass of persons, all eager
to get to the scene of the disaster.
When the police arrived in force the
building was quickly cleared of all per
sons and a search was made in the
wrecked offices. Just inside the door
of the general office was found the
trunk of a man in a state that rendered
recognition nearly impossible, the head
having been severed from the body. A
pointed, reddish beard gave the appear
ance of an educated man, which was
enhanced by the brown curls of the
hair and the heavy mustache that
adorned the upper lip of the dead one.
When the body was taken, up it was
found to have been torn into shreds by .
the explosion.
The interior of the offices plainly
showed that the force of the explosion
was something terrific All the parti
tion walls were blown down and the
sash and window frames forced out
ward. -Tho ceiling had been blown
down and the floor forced downward,
rendering it unsafe to walk upon.
Desks and chairs were overturned and
hurled into an indescribable mass, and j
every piece of glass in the big air shaft
that ran to the roof was shivered into
thousands of particles. A search quick
ly showed that the body of the man
with the pointed beard was the only
one among the debris.
In the meantime the crowds in the
street grew larger, the elevated trains
from up town bringing thousands to
the scene, all impelled by curiosity.
For an hour confusion reigned. Then
the police found their heads and some
thing like a correct list of the killed
and injured was had. But one person
was killed outright, the man with th
pointed beard. He is supposed to be
IL D. Wilson, the man that made the
demand for money from Mr. Sage, and
the one who threw the bomb.
Benjamin F. Morton, who was
blo'vn through the window, a clerk in
the office of Me. Safe, was ramored tc-
fe
iS&Z'M J ' eSJTZ- .. 5-
Vl?i zzs
Chambers' Street hospital, where he
died at 1 p. m., while under operation
for fracture of the skulL The deceased
was a resident of Far Rockaway, L. L !
THE VICTIMS.
The following injured were taken to
the hospital:
Frank Robertson, 20 years old, living
at Bergen Point, and employed as a
clerk for Imbre & Co., brokers. Hej
was in Sage's office at the time of tho I
explosion. II is skull was fractured
and he will probablv die.
Charles W. Osborne (Russell Sago's
cashier), 199 Berkley Place, Brooklyn,
fractured skull; will probably die.
Samuel J. Calhoun, clerk, of 165
Deane slreet Brooklyn, lacerated
wound on head.
Mr. William R. Laidlow, who was in
building at the time, received a frac
tcre on the left leg. He was taken to
St Vincent's hospital. i
CoL J. J. Slocuin, a brother-in-law of
Mr. Sage and his chief cleric, was badly
cut about the head and face and when
his wounds were dressed, returned to
the scene declaring he had left the
door of the safe open and was fearful
the securities in it had been blown out
and lost Quickly gathering together
what ho found, he placed them in a
small safe and had it removed to the
office of the Manhattan Railway Co., in
the same building.
Late in the afternoon the firemen
found among the debris a leg which
was thought to be that of a woman.
Whether it is or not has not been dis
covered Sage never employed a woman
typewriter, and, as this fact is well es
tablished, the supposition is that if the
leg is that of a woman it is all that is
left of one of his "put and call" cus
tomers who was in the office at the
time.
Mr. Charles James, a railroad man
and a resident of Chattanooga, Tcnn.,
had an appointment with Mr. Sago at
12 o'clock and had an experience that
he will not soon forget
The coroner made an examination of
the mangled remains of the man found
in Sage's office, and from tho mangled
mass of flesh and clothing took a seven
chamber build g revolver. This was
all that could be found by which an
identification could be made. What
was left by the explosion of the mad
man's body, at least it was so labeled
and accepted by police and coroner,
was laid out in Undertaker Duff's office
at 82 Greenwich street It was not
much. The head was there, blackened,
but not badly disfigured.
It was cut off at the top of the neck,
and looked for all the world like the
mask of a man 35 or 40 years old, with
a full beard, that might have been
long, but was now burned close to the
chin and cheek. Then there was a leg
the right The left foot, one hand
and that was all. Ihe body proper
was gone; of neither chest nor abdo
men was a trace found. The leg that
was there was broken and twisted.
Such shreds of clothing as were found
showed the man had worn trousers
of a blue-blai k plain, with black over-coat-and
long black stockings. That
might have started the story that a
woman's leg was found.
He had been careful to rid himself of
everything that might disclose his
identity. His name had been written
in the lining of his black hat, but he
had cut it out with a knife. There was
a hole in the lining where it been.
Crowds came and went, looking at the
face, but no one knew it When dark
ness fell the undertaker, tired of the
sight, threw a cloth over it and shut
his door. Russell Sage made the fol
lowing statement to Inspector Byrne:
"I came out of my office, having been
sent for. I found there was a man
with a satchel. He handed me a card
bearing the name of II. D. Wilson. He
said he came from John D. Rockefeller
and at the same time handed me a
typewritten letter in a scaled envelope.
It was addressed to me. I opened it
and found that it was a demand upon
me for the payment of Sl.250,000. The
letter stated that if the money was not
given up at once to the presenter of
the letter that he would blow me, him
self and the entire office up with dyna
mite I read the letter and placing it
in the envelope han'led it back to him
and turned to go into my private office
when the explosion occurred."
STOItY OF THE TLOT.
The story of the plot on Mr. Sage's
life goes far back. Russell Sage Jr.,
talked freely about it He said that of
late Mr. Sage had received three or
fou threatening letters signed by
one James Walsh. In one of them the
writer demanded S!,200,000.
Why that sum Mr. Sage could not
say. The recent troubles between
President Andrews, of the New York
Steam Heating Co., and the Standard
Gaslight Co. now came into play in the
case A large part of the stock in dis
pute belonged to the Widows Spinola
and Manheim. These women, Walsh
said in his letters, he was about to mar
ry. He therefore demanded money to
put him on their financial level. Mr.
Sage paid no attention to him. Mr.
Jay Gould was also attacked in the let
ters and denounced in abusive terms.
Tbe writer threatened Mr. Sage's life,
but no attention was paid to it, as "all
who knew about the letters believed
him to be a harmless crank," to quote
Russell Sage's own words. The result
is known and Mr. Sage has been made
an object of the dynamite fiend.
THE GORY HEAD. ,
Russell Sage saw the head of H. D.
Wilson, the man who threw the bomb,
and identified it as belonging to the
man who had come to his office and
demanded the money. Inspector Byrnes
took the ghastly, gory head in a basket
to Mr. Sage's house, and together with
Dr. Mnnn, carried it to Mr. Sage's bed
room on the second floor. The instant
the magnate, who was lying in bed,
saw the countenance he said: "That's
the head of the man." The identifica
tion was complete. Inspector Byrnes
sent the head to the morgue.
WHO THE MAS WAS.
Albany, N. Y Dec 5. The dynamite
crank is thought to be Hiram D. Wil
son, aged 45, an escaped lunatic and
native of Glenn's Falls, Warren county.
Wilaon had escaped previously from
Middleton and Utica asylums. He was
very strong and of, light complexion, j
FALLING WALL.
i
Horrible Accident to Laborers
Clearing Away Debris.
1
THE RECENT ST. PAUL FIRE,
A Wall of the Kulns Suddenly Collapses
upon the workmen, crushing Many
or Them to ueatii a. Sad
Sight
St. Paul, Minn., Dec 5. The most
horrible accident that ever occurred in
St Paul took place shortly ofter one
o'clock, when the center wall of tho
west section of the Shepard building,
recently occupied by Farwell, Ozmun
& Kirk, fell in, burying the workmen
beneath the ruins. All the patrol
wagons in tho city were at once sum
moned and Chief Clark with the As
sistant Chief Martin attempted to
organize the laborers who were not
under the wall to get them to work re
moving the dead and injured.
The men were wild with excitement,
however, and it was a long time before
more than half a dozen could be in
duced to go to work. The others ran
back and forth near the building shout
ing to each other and uttering impreca
tions against the contractors, or stood
gazing blankly at the ruins. The
group that finally went to work, in
less than an hour had taken out ten
men, five of whom were killed and five
injured, one so severely that the physi
cians said he would not live until he
reached the hospital
By this time a large gang had been
put to work and the work of removing
the debris went on rapidly.
Contractor Wilcox was taken out
dead and mangled beyond recognition.
His head was mashed to a pulp.
The wounded were taken to the city
hospital in the patrol wagon, and the
dead, with the exception of one man,
were laid out in the Great Northern
freight house.
The cause of the accident as near as
can be learned was that the wall,
which was much weakened by the fire,
became too heavy from the large
amount of debris removed from the
bottom and fell over of its own weight
The wall had appeared firm and gave
no signs of weakening up to tho time
of the fall, when it came down in a
heap without a second's warning.
It was a sight never to be forgotten
as the dead aud injured were taken out,
some of them crushed almost to a pulp.
One of them, supposed to have been a
sub-foreman, wb. taken out in his fur
coat, nothing bnt his feet and limbs be
ing visible His head and body ap
peared to be crashed out of all shape.
There were men with all their limbs
broken, faces bruised and crushed out
of all semblance of humanity.
Others were too badly mangled, and
had evidently been instantly killed by
the falling wall on their heads. Of
those who were wounded and taken to
the hospital, two were able to sit up in
the wagon on the way. These arc the
only ones who will recover.
There were no groans or cries from
the injured as the poor fellows were
extricated from the ruins by their fel
low workmen. Not one had retained
consciousness. The majority of the
men were under the south side of the
wall and here the heaviest part of the
wall felL Only two were taken out
from the north side The identified
dead are: Edward S. Wilcox, contract
or; Hans Hanson, Swede laborer;
Charles Katrinski, Pole laborer; George
Shapinski, laborer; Charles Larson;
John Adamski, 35 years of age; Frank
Marcia.
The injured are John Warren, Thomas
Somatra, Frank D. Lethcr, Samuel
Peters and an unknown man.
These are now lying at the city hos
pital and at 5:30 were alive It is not
thought that Somatra, Peters and the
unknown man can recover. Workmen
spent all the afternoon searching for
more victims of the disaster.
THE RIVER CONVENTION.
Illinois Delegates Appointed Gov. Thayer
to lie ''regent
Kansas City, Ma, Dec 5. Gov. Jo
seph W. Fifer, of Illinois, has appointed
ten delegates at large to attend tbe
river improvement convention week
after next In a letter to Secretary
Miller he writes that while un
able to be present himself, he
wishes the committee success in
the undertaking. The delegation
from Illinois is as follows: Isaac
Taylor, Peoria; William Cullen, Ottawa;
Robert Moir, Oquawka; James Handiey
and H. & Brown, Quincy; W. H. Gest,
Rock Island; T. W. Halliday, Cairo; U.
C Hull, Prophetstown, and C. B. Car
roll. East St Louis.
Gov. Thayer, of Nebraska, has al
ready expresred his intention to be
present He has been invited to ad
dress the convention and will probably
accept
Farmers' Insurance.
TorEKA, Kan-, Dec 5. Superintend
ent of Insurance McBride continues to
round up the bucolic insurance men.
The number of insurance concerns
which have been run by farmers regard
less of the requirement of law is some
thing surprising. So far most of those
notified have come under the prescrip
tion of the statutes. Yesterday a fire
insurance company in Atchison county
signified its willingness to take oat a
charter and regard all forms of law.
Identity Cleared Up.
Ottawa. Ivan., Dec 5. The young
woman who al temp ted suicide at Olathe
is Cretia Long. She worked two years
in the Marsh house at Ottawa. The
landlady says abe is of good character
and is suffering from dyspepsia, and
threatened suicide last week if she did
not get relief. She left here Tuesday
for home at CabooL Ma Her clothes
were marked "M. H." for Marsh house.
The Atchison "Champion" for Sale.
Atchison, Kan., Dec 5. Owing to
the necessity of -settling tbe late Gov.
John A. Martin's estate, the Atchison
Champion's present managers will, in
editorial to-day, announce the paper
for sale Tha price fixed i $23,000.
DOM PEDRC DEAD.
' Career of the Kt-lmperor of Brazil
1'uded.
Paris, Dec 5, I a. m. Ex-Emperor
Dom Pedro, of Brazil, has just died
from congestion of the lungs.
Dom Pedro IL was born December 3,
1825. His reign over Brazil was noted
for his universal kindness and benevo
lence, and for the emancipation of the
slaves.
bnrSnff 1RSO. ,, rostlpyssnirifc T-vaild
th0 people, and on the evening of July
DOM PEDRO.
IS an attempt was mado on the emper
or's life by an assassin who fired a shot
at him as he was leaving the theater.
On the morning of November 15, of
that year, a manifesto was issued by
Marshal da Fonscca calling upon the
emperor to at once abdicate the throne
and depart from the country.
The emperor complied and went to
Lisbon. He has sine resided in Europe
at the different capitals.
DUN'S WEEKLY KEVIEW.
Gradual But Sure Improvement in Bajl
nens Noted.
New York, Dec 5. R. G. Dun &
Ca's Weekly Review of Trade says:
The only change observable in the
condition of business is a gradual im
provement Many branches of trade
are a little more lively and in some the
Improvement is quite satisfactory.
The only sign of unfavorable
character is that the collections
at some points aro slower and harder
than usual, particularly where the low
price of cotton leads holders to defer
selling as long as possible But at the
principal western points, Chicago, St
Louis, Cincinnati and St Paul, collec
tions are very satisfactory. The larger
trade centers report most favorably in
that respect and there is less difficulty
in eastern cities.
Though nt the south some embar
rassment continues, money is not par
ticularly stringent anywhere, though
rather closo at Nashville and Mont
gomery. The official reports show
that the volume of all kinds of cur
rency in actual circulation was S1.577,
000,000 December 1, against Sl,504,000,
000 November 1 and St.505,000,000 a.
year aga The increase both for tho
month and lor the year has been
mainly in tho form of gold certificates
and new treasury notes.
The speculative markets have tended
downward on the whole, although
wheat is unchanged in price, with sales
of 28,000,000 here during the past week,
and the receipts continue at the rate of
over 7,000,000 for tho week, with ex
ports unabated and at the rate of near
3,000,000 for the week from Atlantic
ports alone.
KANSAS REPUBLICAN LEAGUE.
Address to Voters Concerning the Recent
Election in Kansas.
Topeka, Kan., Dec 3. An address
was issued by the state republican
league yesterday, of which the opening
is: "The returns received at league
headquarters show that out of the four
principal county offices voted for at
the election in November the repub
licans elected 277, tbe people's party
127 and tho democrats 20 out of
the 424. In 1890 the people's
party elected SZi and the repub
licans 71 out of the 424 coun
ty officers voted for. In other words
the people's party suffered a netloss of
197 offices out of 424, while the repub
licans made a gain of 20C These facts
are conclusive as to the character of
the republican victory. The republic
ans have great reason to be proud of
the victory won and to rejoice over the
defeat of those who have used their po
sitions to traduce and slander our
state."
The league urges that the party or
ganization be kept np and strengthened
and states that it will keep its head
quarters open all winter.
The following advice is given: "When
you have read your republican paper
j or ether periodical document circulate
it among your neighbors. Invite them
to attend your club meetings, which
should be made interesting with music
and other entertainments, and the so
cial feature should be kept especially
prominent Give everybody something
to do and their interest in the party
will be increased and the latent
strength of the party will be utilized."
In closing the manifesto says: "The
state league is not disposed to take
unto itself any undue credit for the
victory won in November. There can
be no question but the state convention
of the league gave direction, force and
life to the campaign. The officers and
executive committee have, since the
convention, done tbe best they could
with the rocars at their command, but
no one regrets more than they their
inability to do more"
lt-ir.K-4 3JiHl"iir.
Omaha, Neb, Dec 3. The charges
that the Missouri Pjcific and B. & M.
railroads hail violated the inter-state
commerce law, which were to be
investigated by the federal grand
jury, seem to have fallen short
of the mark on account pf the
failure or inability of the officials con
nected with the United States court
and the com erce commission to pro
duce the necessary witnesses, and it
has been decided bv District Attorney
Baker and Mr. Kretschmer, special
agent for the com cerce commission, to
Indefinitely postpone the hearing of
I tie evidenc-