The Hennessey Press. (Hennessey, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 16, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 10, 1894 Page: 7 of 8
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THE STAPP OP LIPB.
japanese victories causes
great alarm in china.
safety deposit vaults sys-
tematically robbed.
GRAVE FEARS FOR PEKIff'S SAFET1.
I h« Downfall of tlie Capi' al him! Mouk-
'leu A! in oh t Certain 11© fo e the Win-
ter Shall Put an Kntl to the Hos-
tilities—( hina Making Des-
perate CfTorts to Hepalr
Her DUaiten.
pOL
low
Just How Much Will Not Bo Know*
Until the Investigation Has lleen
Completed — Not the Slightest
Clue as to How the Robbery
Was Accomplished — Au-
thorities lu the Dark.
V
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Shanghai, Oct. 30.—The two de-
feats of the Chinese forces in North-
ern China bv the Japanese—especial-
ly that which preceded the fall of
Kiulen castle -have created con-
sternation iii all parts of China, and
it is the general feeling that the
downfall not only of Moukden. where
the vast treasures of the Munchoo
dynasty are kept, but also probably
of l'ekin, will follow "before the win-
ter shall put an end to active hostili-
ties. The cfhperor and the imperial
authorities in l'ekin are much alarmed
and, if the two Japanese armies now
in China unite and defeat the Chinese
once more, it is regarded as highly
probable that the emperor and court
will leave Pekin for the South.
lu the meantime, China is making
desperate efforts to repair the recent
disasters. Troops are beinp hurried
toward Port Arthur and Moukden as
fast as possible and the Chinese fleet,
which has been under repairs sines
the Yalu river conflict, has been
ordered to sail at once to Port Arthur
to raise the siege of that place at all
hazards. News is awaited with the
greatest anxiety in all parts of China.
MR. CRESHAM PROTESTS.
The Secretary of 8tate Mhjoets to (ier-
miny'8 An ti- Cattle Order.
Washington-, Oct. 30. — Secretary
Gresham has made a strong represent-
ation to the German government in
regard to the injustice to the United
states of the order prohibiting the
importation of American cattle and
fresh meat into Germany. He has '
protested that the action was takem
without sufficient evidence of the ex-
istence of disease among the cattle
exported from the United States or
its contagious character or harmful
effects.
The secretary and the German am-
bassador were in conference at the ,
state department to-day on the sub- j
jeet and the minister transmitted the
protest to his home government,
promising that it should receive care-
ful consideration. There is some
reason to hope that this government
may be able to secure a suspension of
the order for a time at least to per-
mit of an opportunity for further in-
vestigation and proper consideration
of such representation as may be
made to support the case.
THE CZAR UNCHANGED.
Latest Iiullntlu from I.ivadia—Prepar-
ing Princes* Alix.
London, Oct. 30.—The following
bulletin signed by the physicians in
attendance was issued at 11 o'clock
this morning: "The czar slept less
last night. Ilis appetite is unchanged.
The oedema does not decrease."
A dispatch to the Pall Mall Gazette
from Yalta says that the metropolitan
of St. Petersburg has arrived there to
anoint Princess Alix preparatory to
her wedding, which is to take place
soon. During the next four days, it
is added, the princess will attend re-
ligious services in the national church
and it is not expected that her mar-
riage will occur before Friday.
A Crusade Inaugurated In * Number ot
Cities for Cheaper Bread.
Washington, Oct. 30.—In view of
the crusade for cheaper bread in-
augurated in a number of cities, in-
cluding Washington, where the price
has been reduced from five to four
cents per loaf, as a result of the cru-
sade. the agricultural department lias
given out a bulletin on "the cost of
bread," taken from the forthcoming LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY STOLEN.
report of Professor W. O. Atwater on
the nutritive value of food. It says: j ____
"In practice 100 pounds of flour will
make from 133 to 137 pounds of bread,
an average being about 13t pounds.
"Flour, such as is used by bakers,
is now purchased in the Eastern
states at not over S4 per barrel. This
would make the cost of flour in a
und of bread about 1>£ cents. Al-
owing one-half cent for the shorten-
ing and salt, which is certainly very
liberal, the materials for a pound of
bread would cost not more than two
cents. Of course there should be
added to this the cost of labor, rent,
interest on investment, expense of
selling, etc.. to make the aetual cost
to the baker. Very few accurate
weighings and analysis of baker's
bread have been made in
this country, so far as
I am aware, but the above statement
represents the facts as nearly as I
have been able to obtain them. The
average weight of a number of speci-
! mens of ten cent loaves purchased in
Middletown, Conn., was one and one-
fourth pounds. This makes the
prices to the consumer eight cents
per pound. The price of bread and
the size of the loaf are practically the
same now as when flour cost twice as
much.
"The cost of bakers' bread is a com-
paratively small matter to the person
who buys only a loaf now and then,
but in the Eastern states and in the
larger towns throughout the country,
many people, and especially those
with moderate incomes, and the poor,
buy their bread of the baker. Six
cents per pound or even half that
amount for the manufacture and dis-
tribution seems a very large amount.
In the larger cities competition has
made bread much cheaper, but even
there the difference between the cost
of bread to the well-to-do family who
bake it themselves and the family of
the poor man who buys it of ' the
baker, is unfortuuately large."
The report also goes into the
chemistry and scientific features of
bread-making. The nutriments in
bakers' bread are: Protean, 9 per
cent; fats, 2 per cent; carbohydrates,
56 per cent; mineral matter, 1 per
cent. Total, 68 per cent nutriment,
and 32 per cent of water. In wheat
flower the total nutriments are 88
per cent and water 12 per cent, show-
ing that the nutriments are largely
reduced by baking. The potential
energy in a pound of flour is 2,000 per
cent; in a pound of bakers' bread,
1,300 per cent. With the increase in
the proportion of water in the bread
as compared with the flour, the pro-
portion of nutriments is diminished,
but the addition of shortening
and salt brings up the fat and
minerals in the bread so that the pro-
portions are larger than in flour. "
Earthquakes in California.
San Diego, Cal., Oct. 30.—Th<? ser-
ies of earthquakes which began last
Tuesday afternoon continued during
the week and reached an end with a
very perceptible shock felt through-
out the region between Lakeside and
Alpine. A spring of water which had
been obliterated by the earthquake
two years ago again sprang into ex-
istence. There are reports of other
similar occurrences in the mountain
country.
BBPORB THE K1NETOSCOPE.
An 00>r of •SO.OOO for the Corbett-
lit zs I m iii out Contest.
New Yohk, Oct. 29.—A letter was
| forwarded yesterday by Gray Lat-
ham, vice president of the Kineto-
scope exhibition company, to James
J. Corbett and Bob Fitzsimmons, of-
fering them a purse of $50,000 for tha
i fight, which they want to take place
in Mexico, where there will be no
danger of official interference. The
letter was as follows:
"While we have no desire to inter-
fere in any way with the plans of the
Florida Athletic club, before which
institution you have agreed to fight
for a purse of S41.000, we are advised
that many obstacles may be placed
in the way of holding a tight of such
importance in the Peninsula state.
''There is no definite information to
this effect, but in case the Florida
club should conclude to withdraw its
Omaha, Neb., Oct. 29.—The fact bid we propose to make you an offer
horrible hotel fire at
seattle, wash.
BURNED TO DEATH WHILE SLEEPING
The Explosion of a Lamp Starts a Con-
flagration Which Sweeps Through
the Structure at a Terrible Spaed
The Victims Unrecognlzahlo
—Men, Women and Chil-
dren Jump for Life.
A St. Lnnis Variety Theater H timed.
St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 30.—An early
morning fire at the Garden variety
theater result mI in the death of Pert
Shaw and the destruction of the
building. Several persons cm[/l<yed
in the theater as actors a id servants
had narrow escapes. Walter Wise and
his wife, Ruth, William Stewart and
his wife, Laura, jumped from second
story windows and were caught by
police officers and spectators and es-
caped injury. The loss was ST,000.
More Murines Urgently Dim I red.
Washington', Oct. 30. — Colonel
Charles Heywood, commandant of the
United States marine corps, in his an-
nual report to the secretary of the
navy, asks for an increase of the
corps. The commandant strongly
recommends an appropriation for
barracks at Sitka, Alaska. lie speaks
with pride of the service rendered by
his corps as guards at the world's
fair, and particularly in California
during tlie strike.
jftui'rterer *Vfreti!cs .Jail.
West I'i.aixs, Mo., Oct. 20. —Bart
Carter, under sentence at Mountain
Home, Ark., to b; hung December 21
for the murder of Hunter Wilson,
was released from jail Monday night.
Nine or ten of his friends rode into
Mountain Home, and one of them
wearing a mask went to the sheriff's
house and asked his wife for the jail
ley. She gave it to them, and the
crowd then liberated Carter and
spirited ?. !ui away.
Kutlierford 11. Hayes, Jr., Married.
Coi.UiiBUS, Ohio, Oct 20.—Ruther-
ford I!. Ilayes, son of tne cx-president,
and Miss Lucy II. Plat*, of this city-
were married yesterday in Trinity
Episcopal church by Rev. I)r. Jones
gf Kenyon college
liaised Tlielr Wages.
Indianapolis. Ind., Oct. 30.—Henry
j W. Bennett, treasurer of the Repub-
lican county central committee and
president of the Indianapolis Stove
company, employing several hundred
, hands, in an interview says he has
within the past week advanced the
| wages of all his employes five, per
j cent in justice to the men. The ad-
vance has been caused by the revival
of busines^
Itan Amuck With a Knife.
Omaha, Neb., Oct. 30. — Charles
Sherman, a local tough, ran amuck
1 with a knife at Douglass and Fif-
teenth streets at 2:10 yesterday after-
noon and slashed a number of peo-
ple. He then jumped into a hack and
escaped. He became enraged at a
hack driver.
STOCKHOLDERS DISAGREE.
.\u Adverse Report on the i i: II man Club
Ciuses Trouble at iiia\r;ith .
Hiawatha, Kan., Oct. 24. — George
II. Adams and Samuel Ilierer who vis-
ited Pullman by direction of the citi-
zens to investigate the Pullman club,
reported at a meeting of the stock-
holders last night the scheme of oper-
ating a co-operative manufactory in
Hiawatha was impracticable.
The stockholders vot d to reject the
committee's report, but the division
in sentiment has caused some of the
stockholders to give notice that they
will not pay stock assessments.
An Old I'eud Ends In Murder.
Manhattan, Kan., Oct. 25.—In a
street fight in front of George Deal's
restaurant at St. George, a small
town six miles east of here, about 0
o'clock last night, Clarence Neal
stabbed George Hill in the neck with
a knife, killing him almost instantly.
It was the result of an old feud.
The Illinois state superintendent of
insurance announces that the Susque-
hanna and Aurora insurance com-
panies of Harrisburg, Pa., will be
prosecuted on charges of doing an
unlawful business in Illinois.
tvas made public yesterday afternoon
that the safety deposit vault section
of the Omaha National bank had been
robbed, and so dexterously that no
clue to the manner in which the work
was done is obtainable. Large sums
of money have been taken from boxes
in the vaults and the exact amount of
losses cannot be known until all have
been examined. The discovery was
made more than two weeks ago and
i every precaution has been taken by
the bank officials to keep the matter
a close secret.
The vaults are under the manage-
ment of a very estimable lady, who
is in every way fitted for the respon-
sibility of the position she occupies.
No shadow of suspicion exists that
the losses have occurred through her
knowledge or connivance. The safe-
ty vaults are constructed in the base-
ment of the Omaha National bank
building, near the corner of Sixteenth
and Douglass streets. They are mod-
eled after the best system in the
country and the private boxes are
surrounded with every safeguard the
ingenuity of science can devise. The
lessee of a private box is first required
to write his signature in a book, and
also upon a card, together with his
residence, etc. He is then given a
private password and no two individ-
uals have the same password.
It is suggested that a person not
entitled to open any given box may
secure possession of the keys sur-
reptitiously. But the possession of the
key alone will not enable a stranger
to open a box. He must, upon pre-
senting himself at the safety vault,
present at the same time a written
order, signed by the owner of the
box, and he must also give the pri-
vate password. The bank officials or
detectives offer no explanation, other
than the declaration that it is not
due to carelessness of the bank em-
ployes. All deposits are guaranteed
by the bank.
SERIES OF FAMILY TRAGEDIES.
A Youiij- Woman Commits Suicide Af-
ter f utally Injuring Her Father.
Trenton', Mo., Oct. 20.—Informa-
tion reached this city yesterday of the
suicide of Miss Ollie Sproutt, who lives
fifteen miles northeast of this city.
On Tuesday evening Mr. Sproutt was
chastising his son Oliver, which en-
raged Miss Ollie, twin sister to the
boy. The girl was a large, well-de-
veloped young lady and she savagely
attacKed her father, breakinir three
of his ribs and injuring him so severe-
ly internally that his life is despaired j
of. After her fit of anger had passed [
away the girl was strckcn with re- i
morse and on Wednesday morning [
secured a small shotgun and placing j
the muzzle against her left breast she '
sent the load through her body, just
above the heart. She lingered in
great agony until (i o'clock Thursday
morning, when death resulted. The i
father is not expected to live and j
Mrs. Sproutt is crazed with grief over
the series of terrible tragedies.
OUTLAW COOK'S SISTER.
She Storms Fort (iilMou and 'terrorizes
the CitiZBin With a Gun.
Tahlequah, Ind. Ter., Oct. 29.—A !
courier has iust, arrived with informa- j
tion that Sheriff Proctor and a posse
of Cherokees are hot on the trail of j
Cook and his gang of robbers, only be- |
ing half an hour behind the bandits.
Last night Miss Eliza Cook, a sister
of the leader of the notorious gang,
rode into Fort Gibson and terrorized j
the people of that place by shootiug j
into houses and defying arrest. She !
filled the depot full of lead from her '
pistol. After driving the frightened
citizens off the street she galloped |
through a squad of deputy marshals |
and out of town in true bandit queen
style.
The Luoiinln'H New Record.
New York Oct. 29.—The Cunard line j
steamer Lueania arrived last evening
from Liverpool from Queenstown,
having broken her previous and fast-
est passage on record by twenty-five
minutes. She made the run from j
Queenstown in five days, seven hours
and twenty-three minutes, covering
a distance of 3,779 knots at an aver-
age speed of 21.81 knots an hour.
An Operator Causes a llad Wreete.
Sav Antonio, Texas, Oct. 24. — A
head end collision occurred on the
Southern Pacific near Walker Station,
just west of here last night at 1
o'clock between a passenger and
freight train, resulting in the killing
of Conductor Hess and Braketnan
Soonbug and the injuring of four
other persons. Both engines, the
baggage and mail car and three
freight cars were wrccked. The ac-
cident is said to have been due to
negligence of the telegraph operator
at Stafford.
which will certainly demand consid-
eration.
"Our offer is a plain one. The
fight must be held iu the morning,
and in case the date selected should
prove a cloudy day, we will ask for a
postponement until a clear dav.
However, we will be able to name a
date during the dry season which
will answer our purpose, for in this
j season the odds are .10 to 1 that any
day will be suitable.
"We want the fight before Novem-
| ber 1, 1895, and will give $.">0,000 for
it. The entire amount will be de-
! posited in any bank agreed upon by
you two months before the date set
for the contest, or earlier if neces-
i sary
purse iu the hands of Mr. Philip
Dwyer instead of placing it in the
i bank, if that should be agreeable.
"We are enabled to offer this
amount of money without depending
i upon the gate receipts, because while
a good many tickets of admission will
be sold, that is entirely an after con-
sideration with us. Further tliun
this, we are assurred that a gcodly
amount of money will be subscribed
by merchants near the spot which we
have selected as the battle ground.
"Giiav Latham, vice President"
W hat Corbett lias to Say.
Kansas Citv, Mo., Oct. 2 9.—Cham-
Dion Corbett, on reading the above
j proposition, said that while the offer
of the Kiuetoseope company was a
very good one it could not bo consid-
ered at this tiin?, as Fitzsimmons and
he were under contract to the Florida
Athletic club to fight in its arena and
until it was demonstrated that the
fight could not be pulled off success-
fully in Florida it would be unbusi-
ness-like to figure on a match else-
where.
KANSAS INSURANCE.
Latest Combine Scheme and Its Kffect
—The Reciprocal Tax Compromise.
Topkka, Kan., Oct. 29.—J. E. Moore,
representing the Symns Grocery com-
pany of Atchison, complained to the
state superintendent of insurance
this morning of extortionate rates
exacted by tlis fire insurance agencies
of that city. The house carries about
$200,000 insurance, upon which the
rate has been niuety per cent on the
$100. Last week the agents gave
notice that the rate would hereafter
be $1.05 because the house had em-
ployed brokers, and given some of its
insurance to "non-board" comnanies.
Moore denies that the house has in- j
sured in any other than "board" com- I
panies.
Assistant Superintendent of In- )
surance Taylor says that even if the I
house had gone outside of such com-
panies it would be no excuse for them
to punish the insured, although he
confesses that the companies have so
intrenched themselves that he is
afraid they cannot be reached by the
"anti-combine" law as it now exists.
The attorney general has compro-
mised for $12,500 the suit against the
seventeen New York fire insurance
companies to recovcr the reciprocal
tax due to cities of Kansas which
maintain paid fire departments. The
case was brought for something over
$100,000.
indicted for corruption.
A fire
twelve
Seattle, Wash, Oct.
which resulted certainly
deaths and the injury of three other
persons broke out in the West street
house, a hotel at Columbia and West
street, about 1 o clock this morniug,
and all the dead were burned beyond
recognition. Tlie flames broke out so
suddenly and spread so fiercely that
the occupants were taken by surprise,
anil there was a wild panic, men and
women jumping from the windows in
all manner of attire.
A sharp explosion of a keroseue
lamp was heard in the kitchen in the
rear of the second story by S. F. But-
'er' a son of the proprietor, and im-
y, or wo are willinir to put the mediately the flames began to spread
se in the hands of Mr. Philip J. through the dry inner timber of the
Police Captain Schmittberger and Ward-
man Gannon in the Toils.
New York, Oct. 29.—Late yesterday
afternoon the grand jury brought in
indictments against Captain Sell mitt-
berger of the Tenderloin precinct
and ex-Wardman Gannon, now of the
Twenty-fourth precinct. Uoth are
charged in the indictment with re-
ceiving bribes in connection with
their official capacity as members of
the police force, the specification in
the case of Sclimittberger being in
the acceptance of $500, which Mr.
Forgel, the New York agent of the
French steamship line, testified to
having paid to him personally De-
cember 31, 1891. Gannon is in Ireland.
the czar doing well.
His Weakness Disappears and Ills Appo-
tlte Continues Cood.
St. Petersburg, Oct. 29.—The fol-
lowing bulletin, signed by physicians
in attendance on the czar, was issued of Jonkawa was blow
at 10 o'clock this morning: "The czar *nd_h^ Z<.>°'!f__sea.Ue_''e^ fo!
passed a fairly good night and his
appetite this morning is good. Yes-
terday's weakness has disappeared.
Ilis condition is otherwise un-
changed."
It enmlns of Justice i'itmar Reintcrred
Oxkohd, Miss., Oct 20.—The re-
mains of the late L. Q. C. Lamar, as-
sociate justice of the United States
supremo court, arrived from Macon,
Ga., last night and were reinterred
here to-day. The funeral services were
neld in the Methodist church ana
were conducted by the Be v. J. E.
Thomas.
corrugated iron building, which is
one of a block of two-story structures
owned by J. M. Coleman on the east
side of West street. Butler raised
! a cry of fire, which aroused the guests
with whom the house was crowded,
and a rush for life followed.
In the meantime Officer F. Ii
Bryant had discovered the flames and
! turned in an alarm, which brought
the fire department to the scene.
Then he turned his attention to sav-
ing the terrified people, who peered
from every window, with the flames
fast creoping up behind them. He
j found Mrs. Susie Allen and her 2-
year-old child at a window on the
West street side, tlie woman crying
for someone to save the child. "Drop
the child!" shouted the officer. She
did so, and lie caught it safely in his
arms. Depositing it 011 the ground
he snatched a plank und set it against
a window. The woman slid down it
u nharined.
D. B. Glass jumped out of a win-
; dow, but not till his hair was burned.
lie struck on his back and lay strug-
| gling on the ground, lie was picked
up and carried to the Northern Pa-
cific passenger station and with two
others was taken to a hospital.
The first dead man was taken out
from a room over the Hill Syrup com-
pany's store, and was found with one
leg in his trousers and l-.is shoes half
laced. The body was discovered with
his head covered with the bed
clothes, under the bed, having ap-
parently hidden from tlie flames.
brutalities in brazil.
Rebels lUirned Alive and Women Set on
l ire—A Correspondent's Fate.
Montevideo, Oct. 20.—An American
newspaper correspondent who has
just arrived here overland from Bio
de Janeiro, having passed through
the entire intervening country, re-
ports that he saw the bodies of four-
teen men who had been buried alive
in a standing position by orders of
Brazilian commanders, but with their
heads exposed and who had perished
either from starvation or from at-
tacks of vultures, which had eaten
out their eyes and picked the skulls
bare of flesh.
At Santa Mateo the clothing of
women suspected of sympathizing
with the revolution was saturated
with oil and s-'t on fire. While the
women were burning the soldiers
were ordered to shoot and wound, but
not to kill them.
The correspondent says some of his
fingers were torn off, after he had
been subjected to torture by the ex-
traction of the nails. Though now
under a doctor's care, he expects to
start for New York soon.
Appointments y tlie rrexldtnt.
Washington, Oct. 2 0.—The presi-
dent has made the following appoint-
ments of postmasters among others:
In Kansas, at We is, John W. Kirk; in
Missouri, at Seneca, J. M. lioyd, and
at Mountain Grove, William C. Ellis.
Fourth-class postmasters whose offices
have been made presidential were re-
appointed as sollows: In Missouri, at
Greenfield, William B. Bowles, and at
Sarcoxie, Diocletinn A. Smith; in Ok-
lahoma, at Perry, Charles 1'. Drace.
A loruiulo in Oklahoma.
Perry, Ok., Oct. 2 9.—A tornado
struck Tonkawa, a small town north
of here, night before last The lteed
store building was leveled and the
dry goods scattered around general-
ly. Other places were badly dam-
aged, Dan Lawhead's store north-
blown down
miles.
Several dwellings were torn to pieces
| but no lives were lost.
Destructive l ire In Pensacola.
Pensacola, Fla., Oct. 29.—Muscogee
wharf, the property of the Louisville
and Nashville railway company, upon
which is located all tlio warehouses
J and the coal chute of the Export coal
j company, is burning with no hope of
| the fire being controlled by tl>e fire
department. Several sailing' vessels
moored alongside of the wharves have
j caught fire and are now burning.
The exact loss cannot be ascertained,
I but it will not fall short of $300,000.
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