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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-10-27
MYsTnRrous MuRpnRs

The Maneled Remains Of Four Negroes
Found within Two Weeks, but No Clew
TO the Murderer.
BrRxTNeHAn, ALA, Oct. 2i.--The people
Of Tuscaloosa, small town fifty six miles
southwest Of this city, are excited by the
mysterious murder Of four colored people
within ten days. The first victim was
John Hill, a respected mechanic, who was
supposed to have been murdered for his
money. His dead body was found on the
street one morning with his throat cut and
fifteen knife wounds on the body. Last
Monday the body Of an unknown colored
man was found In the woods few miles
from town, and ON Friday the body Of
the third victim was found In the river
near by, the throats Of both having been
cut from ear to ear. This morning tho
body Of the fourth victim was found In
the woods near town. The officers have
SO far been unable to obtain any clew to
the perpetrators Of the crime. The body
found this morning has not yet been iden-
titled. All the victims had their throats
cut. With the exception Of the first one,
the bodies showed no other marks Of vio-
lence. The colored people Of the town
have been frightened out Of their wits by
these crimes. ~
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-10-27
wHrrRoHApEI MURDERER
Sends One Of HIs Pursuers Fried Kidney
OF q Woman.

Sends One Of Ills Pursuers Fried Kidney
Of q Woman.
LONDON Oct 1s.-The mass Of absurd
theories, false clews and unlimited arrests
Of wrong men, which have almost turned
pursuit. Of tho Whltcchapel murderer into
a burlcsque, was relieved tonight by a
genuine sensation. George Lusk, a builder,
is the head Of the Whitechapel Vigilance
Committee. Late Tuesday night the parcel
post delivered and left box Mt his house.
Upon opening IL he discovered meaty
substance which smelt very strongly, and
which he judged to be half kidney he.
longing to some animal. Inclosed in ths
box was the following letters ''T send you
half the kidney took from one woman.
preserved IL for you T'other piece
/ fried and ate. Il was very nice. ]
may send you the bloody knife that TOOK
1t out IL you only wait q while longer. I"
Lusk at first regarded It as q joke but, re-
membering that the left kidney was taken
from Eddowes, the Mitre Square victim,
he took the box to London Hospital. DIR.
Orenshaw examined IL yesterday and said
1t was certainly half left kidney of a
full-grown woman, divided dlongtudinally.
To-day the box and letter were taken to
Scotland Yard. and detectives are trying
to find out what postal district parcel de.
livered it. The handwriting of the letter
In the box bore no resemblance to the
handwriting Of letters from Jack, the
Ripper, some weeks ago.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-10-27
INCIDENTS OF INTEREST.

IN tho youngest grandparent" contest
Chapel Hill, N. c., leads with negro wonl
an who had o granddaughter at the age Of
twenty-thrce
In digging well on his farm at Bis
marck, d. T., j. J. Lamn found, at the
depth of thirty-six feet, the rctrified tusk OF
mnstodon which measured over thirteen
fcct In length.
A SAN DIEGO paper says line Of por-
poises was seen in the ocean from tho Coro-
nado Hotel few days ago which was over
half milo in length. They were estimated
to number ten thousand.
Tue State Of Wisconsin some time age
ordered statue Of Father Marquette to be
placed in the Capitol at Washington. as one
of tho two Representatives of that State in
Statuary Hall. 1t is now found that under
tho law the statue is not eligible to o place
there.
A PARTY Of ten recently made success
full ascent Of Mount Tacoma, 14444 feet
above tho level of the sea, and a number
Of valuable photographic views were OBJ
tanned. Nine hours were consumed in
reaching the summit Of the main peak OF
10000 feet. e@
A YOUNG couple were married ut Glens
Falls tho other day. The groom's father is
stcpfather Of the bride, and tho brides
mother is stepmother Of tho groom. OF
course, the young people were not blood rel
ativcs, but they were technically brother
and sister all the same
The inhabitants of Leesburg, Fla, were
surprised to see meteor, ''rcsembling the
full moon IN size and luminous appear
ance," sailing through the heavens the
other afternoon. 1t finally exploded when
apparently over Yahala, the pieces in which
1t burst retaining their brightness for sew
csvl moments,
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-10-27
B. & O. WRECK.
Cannon Ball Express Goes Over Trest1e
Ono Killed and Number of Others
Injured, Some Fatally.

Cannon Ball Express Goes Over Trest1e
-One Killed and q Number of Others
Injured, Some Fatally.
PITTSBURGH. Oct. 19-The cannon ball
express on the Baltimore and Ohio, which
left Cincinnati last night, ran into an open
switch near the Washington (Pa.) depot
this morning, and was precipitated over
trestle, q distance of ten feet. The train
was running at a high rate Of speed, and
was almost completely wrecked. The
list of killed and injured is as fol-
lows: Killed. James Noonan, engi-
neer. Pittsburgh. Injured.-W
McAuliffe, fireman. Glenwood, Pa,
probably fatally. G. G. Cullin, of New
York. A. H. Clark, Rochester, N. Y.
Columbus. Stephen Collins, Pittsburgh.
Mrs. w. j. McConkey, Mercer, Pa. A.
Ford, Chillicothe, o. g. W. Mathews.
Baltimore. A. L. Brown, Chicago. A. Z.
Mosier, Chicago. Michael Stanton, Ports
mouth, o. A. Kaufman, New York. ME-.
and Mrs w. s. Greer, Dodge City, Kas.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Brockman, New York.
Henry Murray, Burgettstown, Pa. James
w. Batcheler, Pittsburgh. VIM. Fifer, AL
legheny City. Mrs. Hannah Mckinney,
New Concord o. Baggagemaster Henry,
OF Pittsburgh. - Hays, colored, of
Columbus, 0. A special train with the
passengers of the wrecked train arrived in
the city at 1915 this afternoon. Superin-
tendent Collins, of the Pittsburgh post
office, who was in the wreck, stated three
OF the injured, Fireman Brown, Baggage
master Henry and colored man named
Hays, of Columbus, o., will probably die.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-10-27
PAYMASTER AMBUSHED.
Caught In q Lonely Ravine With q
Large Sum of Money,
when the Shots of tho Assassin DO Their
Deadly work--Purauers scarch-
ing wIth Rope in Hand.

WrLKEsBARRE, PA, Oct. 10. The Lehigh
Valley railroad is building branch road
which leads near Miners Mills, and in
the construction Con tracer McMadden
has under him italian workmen Of the
toughest class, and near the Mills dou-
BILE murder has been committed. The
spot where the murder took place is in
the center Of wild and lonely district,
almost impenetrable shelter for the as
sassins J. B. Mcclure, Contractor Nc
Maddsn's paymaster, was on his way to
pay on the men when the crime was COM
mitted. Only a single narrow road, bor-
dered by overhanging trees, leads from
the little village Of Miners to the place
where tho mon were at work. Paymaster
Mcclure carried $25, 900 with him in three
bags. He was accompanied by Alexander
McQueens who acted as body. guard.
Both men were we'll armed and had
no thought of any special danger.
Just as they had turned a bend
in the road well-am shot came
whistling from an ambush among the trees
and Mcclure fell from his horse The
body guard, startled by the suddenness of
the attack, hesitated moment, and the
delay, though only momentary, was long
enough to give the concealed assassins
the advantage they needed Three more
shots completed the deadly work. One
sent poor McQueens headlong from his
plunging horse, and the others killed
the horses. The whole affair must
have been accomplished so quickly
and dexterously that the men had
no time to defend themselves. The money
is gone. Paymaster Mcclure and Nc
Queens were young Irishmen, and were
very we'll and favorably known in Wilkes
barre. Mcclure was engaged to young
lady Of this city, and was to have been
married q week from next Tuesday. The
men who are hunting the murderers are
hunting them ropa in hand.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-10-27
HOW HoLCOMB STOLE.

Auger- Holes Which Let the Golden Grain
Into His Bin-A Simple Plan That
Wrought Wealth and Ruin.
MINNEAPoLIs, MIMI, Oct. 15.-It was
learned to-day how Holcomb, the wheat-
thief who skipped over to Canada with a
big Doodle three weeks ago, acquired his
wheat. One Of the elevator men said:
"Holcomb had bin of his own in the ele-
vator. 1t is located below the other bins,
and near the railway track. The cars are
loaded through chutes connected with
wheat bins. Harry took off one of
the boards from one of these chutes,
and put on another in its stead. The board
which he put on had all auger hole in it,
and all the time during loading process
wheat continued to pour down into Harry's
bin through this auger hole. When he had
enough, SO obtained, he loaded it into cur,
and it was hauled to market. don't know
just how much Harry actually made by
his take-ofr. He had to divide up with
others in the deal, and l think he made
about $50, 900 all told"
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-10-27
To Roul Out Yellow Jack.

JACKSONVILLE, FLA, Oct. 1S.-President
Neal Mitchell has just issued the following
official bulletin for the twenty -four hours
ending six o'clock this evening: New cases,
90; deaths, L; total number of cases to
date, 3,692; total number of deaths to
date, 500. Death Eldwood B. Holiday.
Tomorrow the city council will have pre-
sented for its approval and passage an
ordinance authorizing the Government to
enter private dwellings, disinfect them
and destroy any articles of furniture. bed
ding or clothing which may have any yell
low fever infection about them. 1t is esti-
mated that about eighteen thousand peo-
pie, residents of Jacksonville, are at
present awaiting permission to return.
This wholesale entrance Of their houses in
their absence is fraught with deep mean
ing to them.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-10-27
DOUBLE TRAGEDY.
Murder OF an Aged Miser and
His Wife at Havana
Thcy Amasscd an Immense Fortune by
Living on Ono Meal OF a SIM
gle Dish n Day.

HAVANA, Oct. 17.--The particulars Of the
double tragedy here, Of which an outline
has already been furnished, are as follows:
Senior Domingo Sanudo, q well-known real
estate owner, and his wife, Sonora Micaela
Rebolto, were found dead in the back par
lor Of their residence, their bodies having
been horribly mutilated by the murderer
with little axe, which had been left on .
chair. The victims were respectively
eighty-six and sixty-eight years Of age.
They had spent their lives In amassing a
fortune, which had been made chiefly
through an excessively frugal and re-
tired mode Of living. Their wealth is
estimated at $1,000, 900 in round num-
bers- They owned eighty-six houses.
They leave only one daughter, whose
husband has been arrested on suspicion Of
being connected with the crime. The old
couple had of late become so fearful of be-
Ing robbed that they did not keep SER
want, opened their door to inmates Of the
house only, and received large sums due
them through iron bars. They seldom left
their homes, and were, so to speak, their
own jailors. They took but one meal O
day, and that was reduced to single
dish. Their house Is at 10 Inquisidor
street. The interior has the appear
ance Of a castle, If not Jail. The only
entrance or exit was by one door, and
this was securely bolted. The police
had to break open window (there
were only two in ally to get at the mu-
tilated corpses. Tho murderer is unknown
and did not leave trace Of himself; nor
did he apparently touch any thing in the
house. Excepting the quantities of money
found, amounting to thousands of dollars,
the contents of the house were very poor
and exceedingly dirty. Sonora Maria
Regla, the daughter, and her husband,
Jaun Munoz reside in a house adjoining
that in which the tragedy occurred. They
were married some twenty years ago
against the wishes of the old people.
Munoz was on bad terms with his wife's
parents, bnt there is no proof against
him. A servant Of Munoz was also ar.
rested.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-10-27

The editor of the Ackley (Ia. }
Tribune thus answers correspondent
who asked him II he ever saw bald.
headed woman: "No. we never did.
Why should wep Nor We never saw
a woman waltzing around town in her
shirt sleeves with u Cigar between her
teeth stepping into every saloon she
saw. We never saw woman go fish
ing In the mountains with a bottle in
each pocket, sit on the damp ground
all day and go home drunk ut night.
Neither have we seen a woman yanlz
of her coat, spit on her hands. and
say she could whip any man In town.
No, God bless her, she amt built that
way."
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-10-27
INITIATES A SNAKE
Singular Eject OF the Bite Of Rattlor
on n Younr (nlored HOY.

Singular Eject OF the Bite Of q Rattlor
on Young Colored Boy.
BIRMINGHAM, ALA, Oct N.-Jerry Dar-
gin, five-year- colored boy, while
playing in the yard four months ago, was
bitten by small reptile known as q
ground rattlesnake. The boy seemed se-
riously affected by the bite, but finally
improved, and was soon able to run about
tho yard. Recently he began to show
signs Of a peculiar ailment. Every time
he gets out in the yard ne lies down with
his face to the ground and crawls along,
trying to initiate the motions of a
snake. When left alone he will crawl
along on the ground until he finds some
place where he can conceal himself, and
there he will remain in hiding until his
parents find him. When angered the boy
does not cry, as he formerly did, but
makes peculiar Kissing noise similar to
the hiss Of an angry snake. Tho veins in
his neck, face and forehead swell to
enormous dimensions at such times, his
eyes assume a greenish hue, and remain
that color until he RECEIVERS from the at
tack.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-10-27
TOO HOMELY TO LIVE.
Distressing Suicide of n Kansas City Wo.
man of Twenty-Sevon.

Distressing Suicide of Kansas City wo.
man of Twenty-Sevon.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Oct. 1s.--Julia Beck,
of this city, good-looking, bright, ad.
mired by many and well-to-do, thought
that she was too homely to live, and COM
mitted suicide yesterday by taking three.
quarters Of a pound of chloroform. She
was twenty-seven years old, and ever
since she was seventeen she had imagined
herself so ugly as to cause comments
whenever she appeared in pub
lie. She rejected several offers
OF marriage on this account, telling
her admirers that she could not disgrace
any man. Recently she had begun to try
to improve her imagined ill-looks in many
ways, Land about a week ago she had all her
teeth pulled out, though they were sound
and white and not very irregular, in order
to improve her mouth. Many Of her
friends had tried to disabuse her OH the
strange idea, but each effort in that direc-
tion made her insanely angry. In letter
she left her mother she said she was tired
of her homely face, and had lost all inter-
terest in her now teeth.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-10-27
Reads Like a Fairy Tails.

ASPEN, COL, Oct. 19.-The Aspen Mine,
which has been the scene Of so many sem
sational discoveries, has como to the front
with another. Wednesday night cave
was struck thirty feet long and seventy
feet high. Lying on the wall is a bed Of
ore seven feet thick and enormously rich.
Some Of it runs as high as 1000 ounces and
it will all average several hundred ounces.
At the far end Of the cave is a crevice rum
ming across the formation. This is Of an
unknown depth. Manager Paul attempted
to get some idea of its depth by timing the
fall OF stones in it, but the stones kept ON
falling until the noise Of their striking
against the sides grew too indistinct to be
noted. The watch showed that after four.
teen seconds they were still going down.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-10-27
SpirituaIism Exposed by the Fox Sisters.

NEW York, Oct. 21.-The once celebrated
Fox Sisters who are the patentees Of me-
dunn spiritualism, appeared tonight be.
fore large audience at the Academy OF
Music to expose the frauds of spiritualism.
Both Miss Kate Fox and Mrs. Margeretta
Fox-Kane appeared on the STAGE Mrs.
Kane read lecture in a faltering voice,
almost inaudible to the audien ce. She
produced the famous rappngs so that they
were plainly audible by the movement Of
her big toe joint. Mrs. Kane said she
thanked God that she was able to expose
spiritualism.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-10-27
POINTS ON PoreNrArea

TIE reigning Prince Of Montenegro h
Nicholas l., who is forty-seven years old
and has reigned for twenty-eight years.
TEE King Of Sweden and Norway, Oscar
L., is In his sixtieth year, and has reigned
for sixteen years. He has favored some re-
forms.
THE King Of Portugal, Louis l., is fifty
years old, and Is q inan Of enterprise and
progress. He has been twenty-seven years
King.
THE Emperor Of Russia, Alexander III, II
forty-three years old, and mounted the
throne after the murder Of his father, seven
years ago.
Tns power and authority Of the King Of
Spain, Alfonso XIII, who ID net yet two
years old, Is limited by the regency OF hia
mother. He never sow his royal sire.
THE King Of Roumania, Carol l., Is forty
nine years of age, and wns proclaimed King
only seven years ago, but before that time
he had been for fourteen years the Domnul
of his subjects.
THE King Of Italy, Humberto l., is forty
four years old, and has worn the crown
since the death Of his father, ten years ago.
He is but the second OF the Kings Of United
Italy, and his throne ID in the eternal city
of Rome
THE King Of the Belg'ans, Leopold L., is
fiftv-three wears old and IL he should reign
till he reaches the age at which his father
died he viii bc King up to the year 1910 Ho
has been on the throne nearly twenty-three
years.
Iu cerrranv tbeve are three Kings and a
Grand Duke besides the Emperor Of Ger
many and the King of Prussia. who are one.
There are the King OF Bavaria, the King Of
Wurtemburg, the King of Saxony and the
reigning Grand Duke of Baden.
THE Sovereign or Sultan Of Turkey, ABB
dul Hamid H., is forty-six years old, and
succeeded to the throne twelve years ago.
when the Maicsty who preceded him was
deposed. He was the twcnty-cighth Sultan
since the conquest of Constan tinople by the
Turks
Tur K,ng NJ creece ,r King of the Hell
lenea. Georgios T ia fortv.thrce years Of
aee. and has been King for quarter Of q
century or ainca he was eighteen. at which
aDe he was elected IN the Hellenic throne.
He f,nds 4 n hard ioh IN rule the modern
Creeks or keen their favor
Tup K,r, - +ha Netber,and. William
TIT 10 tha o,des+ n,onarch in Enrone. BEING
now q, the . M a, aeventv.one. and entered
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-10-27
A BUNGLER'S DISCOVERY.
Method of Making Wood Absolutely Fire
proof.

proof
ITHACA, N. Y, Oct. 17.--In the course Of
conversation ut Cornell University Satur-
day, Edward Atkinson, tho Boston econ
omist, stated that New England genius
had recently discovered cheap method
of dissolving zinc by combining it with
hydrogen and producing solution called
zinc water. This liquid, if applied to Ger
tain woods, notably white wood, makes
it absolutely fireproof and at low cost.
Mr.. Atkinson regards this discovery ono
of the most important of the age, and one
that will surely revolutionize fire nsur-
ance as we'll as immensely decrease the
loss by fire. The invention is kept secret
for the present. Only one foreigner--Sir
Lyon Playfair, the English scientist
knows of it. He corroborates all that is
claimed for tho invention, and says that
the inventor is a bungling chemist, but
that he has the faculty Of blundering into
the choicest secrets in natures laboratory.
AS soon as patents are perfected and
capital Interested, zinc water will become
an article of commerce. -
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-10-27
THE SAVAGE WAY.
How tho Indian Treats an Injury -
Time Methods.

How tho Indian Treats an Injury - Old
Time Methods.
Tue savage is emphatically the child Of
nature. He lives close to nature, his only
edu:ation is gained in natures school.
When the Indian receives an injury, he
does not seek q cure in mineral poisons but
binds on the simple leaf, administers the
herbal tea, and, with nature's aid, comes
natural recovery.
Our rugged ancestors, who pierced the
wilderness, built their uncouth but COM
Portable Log Cabins and started the clear
ings in the woods, which In time became
tho broad, fertile fields OF the modern farm
er. found in roots and herbs that lay
close at hand natures potent remedies for
all their common ailments. It was only in
very serious cases they sent for old "sad-
dle.bags" with his physic, which quite as
often killed as cured.
Latter day society has wandered too far
away from nature, in every way, for its
own good: Our grandfathers and grand
mothers lived wholesomer, purer, better.
healthier. moro natural lives than we do.
Their minds were not filed with noxious
isms, nor their bodies saturated with pol
sonous drugs.
Is It not time TO mako change to return
to the simple vegetable preparations of our
grandmothers, which contained tho power
and potency of nature ss remedial agents.
and In oil tho ordinary ailments were
eticaclous, at least hRrinlessl
Tho proprietors Of Warmers Log Cabin
remedies have thought SO, aud have put on
the market o number OF these pure vege-
table preparations made from formulas Sc
cured after patient searching into the annals
OF the past, SO that those who want them
need not be without them.
Among these Log Cabin remedies will be
found "Iog Cabin sarsparllla," tor the
blood; clog Cabin hops and buchu reme-
dy," tonic and stomach remedy; "Loa
Cabin cough and consumption remedy,n
"LOG Cabin hair tonle,, for strengthening
and renewing the hair; y Log Cabin ex-
tract, for both external and internal sppli-
cation; "Log Cabin liver pllls;'' "ioe
Cabin rose cream" an old but effective
remedy for catarrh, and "Log Cabin plas-
ters.n All these remedies are carefully pre-
pared from recipes which were found, alter
long investigation. to have besn those most
successfully used BY our grandmothers of
'ye oldeR time" They are tho simple, veg
etsblc. ehacaclous remedies Of Log Cabin
dayA
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-10-27


JAMES HUNT shot and killed Jack Nc
Neal at Caperton, w. Va.
A coUNTY-sEAr election in Grant Couu-
ty, Kas., almost led to lynching.
c. s. REDFIELD, ex-treasurer of Nc
Vicker's Theator, Chicago, attempted to
commit suicide.
DURING the past year the number Of free
delivery offices was increased 169-making
the total number 35S.
The Prince of Wales visited Prof Pasteur
and witnessed number of operations for
the prevention Of hydrophobia.
DIR. O. w. WIGHT, health officer of Mil
waukee for four years, and afterward serv-
ing Detroit in similar capacity for five
years, died ON the 10th Of typhoid fever.
DANIEL SULLIVAN, q lake cook, and Jas.
Cline, stevedore, were drowned by tho
capsizing of boat betwoen kenosha and
Racine, Wis, during heavy gale on the
lake.
JEFF KING, colored man, who died "a
the 10th at Mamie, Ca. was 1913 years old.
He was born slave in Virginia.
BY the runaway Of u horse at Troy, Ala,
Mrs. Harris Brennan was thrown from q
buggy ami killed, and Mr.. Brennan
knocked insensible.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-10-27
Under a Snow.SIids.

TELLURIDE, COL, Oct. 19.--Yesterday
while Charles and William Weller, miners,
we're digging their way through the snow
from Lajunta Basin, snow slide came
down the mountain, carrying the men
down the side of the mountain for fifteen
hundred feet and burying them under
twenty feet of snow and rocks. William
managed, with tho aid Of a pocket-knife,
to dig himself out, and, though wounded,
made his way to town. A rescuing party
started out, and, after two hours hard
work, found the body of Charles UNDER
meath several tons Of snow and rocks
crushed to shapeless mass.