davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-06-28
A MAD DAao's FREAK.
Jumps Into n Passing Cart nud Mnke
Preparations to Hang HIMSELF, ant

Jumps Into n Passing Cart nud Mnkes
Preparations to Hang Himself, ana
When Prevented Assaults Pedestrians.
A strange man tried to commit suicide
in broad daylight in New York City, in
crowded thoroughfare AS he walked
he glanced around in q nervous way at
Leonard street and Broadway, ran
from the crowd on the sidewalk,
jumped upon crowded truck, picked
up rope which lay on the truck,
tied 1t in knot around his neck,
tied the other end securely to the cart
rung and attempted to hang himself
from the moving cart. The driver jump.
ed from his seat and made a dash for
the strange man just as the latter was
about to swing from the earth as from q
scaffold. He seized the unknown, and
after severe struggle took the rope
from the mans neck. The crowd
looked on in dazed way. No sooner
had the stranger been released from the
knotted rope than he picked up the cart
rung, jumped from the truck, and with
rung raised in the air made dash at u
man who happened to be standing near
est the cart. The madman was almost
upon his intended victim when the lat
ter tnrned lodged into doorway, and
ran up stairs. The madman, waving
the cart rung, turned quickly
and darted down Leonard street. Every
one made way to let him pass. He
rushed into Leonard street and brand
ished the cart rung, uttering, at the
same time, blood-curdling cries. Mid
way of the block he mot two young la
dies. He shook the club at them as If
he were going to kill them on the spot,
and then let it drop. A moment later a
policeman seized him by the arm. From
papers found in his possession it was
learned that he was from Italy, and had
been only three weeks in this country.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-06-28
HOW IS THIsq
Newfoundland OHacials Refuse to Lot nr
American Vessel Buy Bait Unless IL
ccpse Va Tolteu

Newfoundland Omcials Refuse to Lot m
American Vessel Buy Bait Unless n LIZ
cense Is Taken Out.
The American fishing schooner Mat
tie Evlyn, Of Gloucester, Mass, put in
at Bay St George, N. f., to buy herring
for bait to use in cod fishing on the
Grand banks. Collector of the Port
Hirst boarded the vessel and demand-
ed lighthouse dues of sixteen dol
lars. AS all seven of the light
houses on the coast are erected and
maintained by the Canadian Govern
ment, and the Newfoundland authorities
have never put single lighthouse on
the French shore, Captain Geo. Mclean,
master Of the schooner, refused to pay.
The Collector threatened to seize the
vessel, and the dues were then paid af-
tor formal protest. The Collector next
notified Captain Mclean not to buy bait
until he had procured license under
the new bait act. This would cost sos.
He threatened seizure if Captain Nc
Lean tried to evade the law. Mclean
claimed the right, under the treaty Of
1918, to get bait on the
French shore, and denied the power
of the local Government of Newfound-
land to obstruct the operation of the
treaty made between Great Britain and
the United States. He reminded the
Collector that the entire fleet of Amer
lean vessels got their bait here without
obstruction four weeks ago. The Col
lector was still obdurate, and the cap
tain sent the following telegram to Sir
William Whiteway, the Premier, at ST.
Johns: II am master of the American
schooner Hattie Evelyn, and put in here
for bait. The Collector demands light
money, which l have paid under
protest. The Collector now de-
mands a license for bait, under
penalty. AS an American citizen claim
the privilege of procuring bait under the
treaty of 1918. Do you support tho Col
lector in his demands? Please answer
Immediately The answer, which
came after a long delay from the Attor-
ney-General, at st. Johns, said briefly:
"You can not purchase bait without Ii
cense." Captain Mclean would not
yield what he believed to be his rights
as an American citizen, and sailed away
after much loss of time to try and pro-.
cure bait elsewhere.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-06-28
CONDITIONAL FREE TRADE
With Other American Nations RECON-
mended by Secretary blaine.

Win otner american
mended by Secretary Blaine.
In letter to the President in relation
to the recommendations of the Pan
American Congress, Secretary Blaine
sugge SITS an amendment to the tariff bill
authorizing the President to declare the
ports of the United States free to the
products of any American Nation
upon which no export dues are
charged, SO long as such Nation
shall admit free to its ports the man.
ufactures and products of the United
States The President, in transmitting
the matter to Congress, says that we
have already given freely, and suggests
that further action wait on the demon
stration of the effects of the pending
new tariff legislation, and other facili-
ties of trade with our South American
neighbors now in process of develop
ment.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-06-28
THE MINNEAPOLIS CENSUS.

Ugly Charges Against the Enumerators-
Every Thing Goes, Including Names
From Tombstones and Tramps' Lodging
Houses.
1t is settled that the Minneapolis
census must be taken over. In making
the seven arrests for making fictitious
entries several sackfuls of the returns
were taken from Minneapolis to st. Paul
and locked up for use as evidence. VIM.
Pitt Murray, the ST. Paul attorney, who
made the afiidavits on which the arrests
were made, says the disclosures are
astounding and that $4,000 or more
fictitious names have been entered
upon the lists. One of the detectives
who made the search for crooked work
said: "Lists of names were preferred
in the foreign languages most likely to
be met with, the surnames in another.
With the sheets it was.a matter of ease
to shift Christian names from one sur
name to another, and thus create fic-
titious parsonage, supply him with
wife and If desirable, with whole FAM
lily. With list of vacant houses with
unoccupied rooms, it was matter of
trifling moment to furnish him with
parts of the State were obtained
from tho pay rolls Of lumbermen
and from the records of employ
ment agencies. These were located in
vacant houses, and names were
also copied from directories in
other cities and from tombstones in
cemeteries. From one employment
agency 1000 names of men who had APP
piled for work within six or eight
months were obtained, and, to cap the
climax, 500 cognomens were obtained
from q tramps' lodging house where
sleepers were required to register, and
500 were provided with wives and chill
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-06-28
ms~ Mex,co's Export Trade.

The official report of the Secretary of
State of the Republic of Mexico for the
fiscal year just ended contains some in
teresting compilations to people of the
United States The total exports from
Mexico were valued at over $50, 900, 600.
OF this amount more than $4,000, 900
went to the United States, S12, 900, 900 to
England, Ss,O0O,O0o to Germany, and
IS, 900, 900 to France. OF the thirty-five
custom-houses El Paso stands first,
Vera Cruz second, Progresso third and
Laredo fourth. Ell Paso did 25 per cent.
of the entire business.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-06-28
News Items.

THE Archduchess Valerie on the 10th
renowned all her rights to the Austrian
throne in order that she might marry
as she choose. Her remuneration was
made in the presence of the Emperor,
the members of the Court, Count Kali
noky and the Archbishop of Vienna.
AT the Catholic University, near
Washington, Lena Caldwell, one of the
sisters who so munificently endowed
the institution, was married to Baron
Zedtwitz.
JUDGE j. L. LOWE, of Guthrie, was
elected member of the National Dem
ocratic Committee for Indian Territory.
SOME planters calculate that the de-
crease in this years Cuban sugar crop
on account of fire amounts to fifty thou
sand tons.
A SPECIAL to the Standard Union of
Brooklyn, from Washington, says that
President Harrison has made up his
mind not to be q candidate for renomi-
nation, and has so expressed himself.
BENJAMIN NEwGAss, of London, has
offered Sl,250, 900 for the Louisiana Lot
terry privilege.
THE boarding house of d. Kennedy,
near Osceola Junction, Mich, DESTROYED
by fire and the twelve-year-old son OF
the proprietor burned to death. The
mother of the child was badly burned.
REpoRTs from Pope County, Illinois,
say that the country is overrun with
rats. They have been especially de-
structive of grain and poultry.
THE Farmers Alliance, of Minnesota,
has decided to contest the State Con-
gressional elections this fall.
REPREsENTATIvE BUTTERwoRTH has
introduced bill in the House for eel.
ebration by Congress, on tho Fourth Of
July, OF the promulgation of tho Declare
tion OF Independence.
THE House Committee on Post-oflices
has authorized Il favorable report on the
bill fixing eight hours as days
work Tor clerks and employees in all first
class post-oilices whose salaries do not
exceed $1,000.
DEATHS from cholera are reported
from Albaida, Castillo, Carcajcnto and
Jatiya. Four deaths have occurred at
Malaga.
AT the c., ii. & ID. stockholders meet.
ing on the nth board of directors was
chosen, which in turn elected Nj. ID.
Woodford president and Eugene Zim.
norman vice president.
IT is reported that yellow fevcr has
broken out in Malaga, the germs of the
disease having been brought in cargo
of cotton by New Orleans steamer.
The cargo and tho boys home where the
cases occurred were ordered isolated.
SAMUEL N. INMAN. Of Atlanta, has
declined to be Worlds Fair Commits.
siOner-at-L Large.
The u. ). Marine Hospital has been
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-06-28

Lizzie Ackerman, who created such a
sensation by shooting her husband, Jake
Alderman, in the police court at Men,
phis, Tenn, on April so, was found
guilty of murder in tho second degree,
and was sentenced to ten years in the
penitentiary. The killing attracted
wide attention at the time, because of
the national notoriety of Jake Acker.
man, the murdered man, in police cir
cles. lie was noted thief, highway
man and burglar.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-06-28
Many Buildings Wrecked.

A terrible tornado passed through the
southern part of Lee County, Ill. 1t
passed through the village of Sublette,
tearing down all the prominent build
ings, killing four persons and wounding
several others. A strip of farms SOUTH
east of the Village was also desolated
and many persons hurt. A school-house
in Brooklyn Township, containing
twenty-four children, was entirely
wrecked and eighteen children injured
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-06-28
Young Ladies Injured.

Fifteen young ladies from the Schuyl-
kill Seminary at Fredericksburg, Pa,
were on their way to the railroad sta
tion at Jamestown in coach drawn by
four horses. When near Jamestown the
harness of the horses broke, and the
horses becoming unmanageable sudden
ly plunged down twenty-foot embank-
ment, the coach and its occupants fall
ing on top of the animals. The widest
confusion followed, and the ladies were
all more or less severely injured.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-06-28

The President has vetoed the bill
changing the boundaries OF the Uncom-
pahgre Ute Reservation so as to trans
fer valuable asphaltum lake to the
public domain, the present illegal own
ers being made privileged to purchase
1T for $780, The bill was championcd in
the Senate by Mr.. Teller. A company
of Akron, o., offered to pay $4,000 for
tho loka
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-06-28
The Lake Front Site Selected.

Tho directors OF the WOrld's Fair
have formally declared preference for
the lake front site. There was only one
vote. A resolution was then
adopted instructing the c ommittee on
Grounds to enter into negotiations with
the city of Chicago, the Illinois Central
railroad and all other interested parties
to secure an area on the lake front of
not less than $50 acres.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-06-28
The Mine Calamity.

Mining engineers Sunday afternoon
completed another survey of the Mahon-
ing mines at Dunbar, Pa. They say that
rescuers are on the right track, and it
was believed the entombed miners
would be reached within twelve hours.
The delay was caused by an immense
rock Immediately on the line. Beyond
this line it is believed that passage
way of seventy feet in length will be
found, and it will require but a short
time to work through this passage.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-06-28
MAY BE LIVING,
Though the Imprisoned Miners Signals
Have Ceased.

Have Ceased.
At Dunbar on the Goth it was the ex-
pectation of most of the miners who are
working for the rescue of their i'm
prisoned comrades that the entry within
which they are will be reached Satur-
day morning. The impression was still
though no more rappings had been
reported. All preparations have been
made to take care of the men if they
are brought out alive, and three physi-
clans are on the grounds ready for SER
vice at moments notice. The failure
TO reach the men Friday caused general
disappointment, and hope once more
gave way to despair.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-06-28
WIN smite smlter with a shock

Harris A. Smiter, who was last week
convicted of murder in the first degree,
in Now York, was on the 18th sentenced
by Judge Fitzgerald to suffer tho death
penalty some day during the week be-
ginning August 4 and to spend the in
tervening time in solitary confinement
at Sing Sing prison.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-06-28
Man and Wife Hanged.

Josiah Potts and Elizabeth, his wife,
were hanged at Elko, New, for the mul.
der of Miles Fawcett in January, 1888.
The conduct OF Mrs. Potts for the past
five days had been an alienation of
hysterical crying, screaming and swear.
ing at her husband, who had spent his
time in his own cell at solitaire.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-06-28
Fatal Lightning Bolt.

Near Strassburg, Chiffon County, Ala,
Morris Price, farmer sixty years old,
was killed by lightning. Price and a
negro laborer ran into barn during a
shower. Lightning struck the barn. in
stantly killing Price, and knocking the
negro senseless. A mule and COW were
also killed and the barn set on fire by
the lightning.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-06-28
Missed a Kiss and suicided,

During their married life of twenty
four years Thos. Butler of Taylorville,
Pa, never failed TO kiss his wife before
going to work in the morning. Because
he would not kiss her on the morning
of the 18th Mrs. Butler committed sui
eide by taking paris green. She leaves
nine children.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-06-28
TWO Tragedies in birmingham, Ala

Charles Cato, white, shot his mulatto
mistress and then blew his brains out,
at Birmingham, Ala. William Tahune
was among the persons who visited the
scene of the double tragedy. He went
to the room of Mary Barnett, with whom
he had been living, shot her through
the body and sent bullet into / is own
brain.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-06-28
A Guess at chioago'a Numbers.

A Chicago afternoon paper on the Goth
stated that Census Superintendent Gil
bert unwittingly gaveits reporter an ap-
proximate estimate of the number of
people in the city, and puts the number
at !, $50, 600.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-06-28

The strike of the through brakemen
on the Monongahela division of the
Pennsylvania railroad was settled on
the goth, the men accepting the propo-
sition of the officials for slight ad-
vance.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-06-28
Lightning's Victims.

Mrs. Cart Brown, the wife of promi-
nent merchant of Williamsburg, Tenn,
accompanied by her two small boys
were ON the river bank when storm
came upon them. They were struck by
lightning. Mrs. Brown and one boy
were instantly killed. Tho other boy Is
badly injured, and his recovery is doubt
ful
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-06-28
wealthy Merchant murdered.

At Guntersville, Ala, j. L. Sheffield,
chief clerk in the Office of the State Su.
perintendent of Education, shot and
killed Buck May, wealthy merchant
An old family affair is said to have been
the cause of the shooting. Sheffield is
sixty years old and has large family.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-06-28
Down the Mountain Side.

A coal train OF twelve loaded cars got
beyond control in descending Saluda
Mountain, N. c., owing to wet tracks.
A wreck followed, in which three train
men were killed and five injured. The
loss is S75, 900.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-06-28
The Census Incomnlate.

Superintendent Porter of the census
bureau, is loaded with complaints from
every quarter of the Union against the
present work of the census enumerators.
1t is feared that another enumeration
may have to be made to satisfy the pub
lie mind.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-06-28
Cotton in Turkey.

The Minister of Works has inaugu-
rated the first cotton factory in Con-
stantinople, which has secured a monop-
oily for twenty years. 1t is expected
that this factory will produce cotton and
woolen yarn at Is per cent below the
cost in the English factories.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-06-28
opposition to the Whisky Trust,

The Wholesale liquor dealers Of New
York have agreed to subscribe half Q
million dollars to build distillery to
supply their own trade, and in opposi
tion 70 lhe Whisky Trust
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-06-28
Killed by Lightning Under Tree.

During heavy storm near Moreland,
Wayne County, O., William Kimber, aged
thirty was killed by lightning. He
leaves wife and small child. He was
found under small hickory tree that
had been badly shattered.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-06-28
Franco-Russian Alliance.

The Berlin correspondent of the Lon.
don Chronicle says that a Franco Russian
alliance has assumed concrete form
since the African agreement between
England and Germany,
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-06-28
St. Louis Demands a New Count.

At meeting of q committee appoint
ed by the Mercantile Club of st. Louis,
it was decided to ask Superintendent
Porter for new count. A strong dele
cation has been selected to go to Wash.
ington and present the argument for a
second enumeration.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-06-28
Injured by a Storm.

A large number of visitors to Fair
view Park, near Indianapolis, sought
shelter from storm under car-shed.
The structure was wrecked by the wind,
and five persons were seriously hurt, ono
fatally
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-06-28
Dlsinfe otion at Philadelphia.

The British ship Algoma arrived at
the Delaware breakwater, Philadelphia,
forty-four days from Rio Janeiro. Sew
eral of the crew were reported to have
had yellow fever at Rio, and she is now
undergoing disinfection at the brealswa-
ter.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-06-28
A B. and o. Wreck.

A bad accident happened near Childs,
Nd, on the Philadelphia division of the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad, by which
two men were killed and several persons
were more or less injured.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-06-28
Jubilating,

Montgomery, Ala, was ablaze on the
night of the 18th over the opening of
the Midland railroad from that city to
Bainbridge, Ca, distance of 175 miles.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-06-28
Mrs. Parnell,a Pension.

The President has signed the bill
granting pension to Della T.. S. Par
nell, the mother of Charles Stewart
Parnoll
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-06-28
Killed ana Injured bv Lightning

Mrs. Patrick Stanton, of Upper Pros
pect, Pa, was killed by lightning. The
same stroke fatally injured her husband
and son. 1t occurred during the prevail
ence of severe storm.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-06-28
Dsath for Tying a swimmers clothes.

While out swimming at Blandinyille,
Ill, Otis Tenningtos shot and killed his
companion, Elmer Hamilton, because
thu latter tied his clothes in knots
bennington fled the country
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-06-28

Surgeon General Hamilton says that
the cholera in Spain appears to be
the real Asiatic article, but he thinks it
will not get into the United States.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-06-28
Brazil,s const,tution sirued.

President Da Fonscca signed the new
constitution at Il Ministerial dinner.
The text OF the constitution was ap-
proved at Cabinet Council.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-06-28
To Check obisctional Immlgration.

Paul Wolf, Washington correspond,
ent of the New York Stats Zeitung,
advocates an educational qualification
as best calculated to check Objectionable
immigration.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-06-28
cincinnat,,a Formulation

An unofficial but careful estimate Of
the census returns for Cincinnati place
the population at about 296,OOO An es-
innate for New York City is 1000, 900.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-06-28

Jay Gould has been fined S1O0 by
Judge Fitzgerald in Part ii. General
Sessions, New York, for not answering
. summons to act as petit juror.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-06-28
Cashier Missing.

Morris Daley, cashier of the Chicago
water-worlfs, is missing, and SO are $34,
600 from the treasury.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-06-28
Bloody Murderer Hanged.

Fritz Dubois was hanged in the jail
yard at Quebec, on the Goth for the mar.
der of his wife, two children and mother
in-law, whom he hacked to pieces with
an axe.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-06-28
Defrauded Pensioners,

Samuel Bennett, alias DR.. Norris is
in Jail at Parkersburg, w. Va, charged
with defrauding pensioners and person.
ating an United States officer.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-06-28
Another Ksroaaas xlo.,m.

Miss Lille Allnut, aged sixteen, WAS
burned TO death at Jcifeggonyille, )Ind.,
while attempting to start fire with
kerosene.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-06-28
millionaire Scott Again.

The Crawford County, Pa, Democratic
county convention nominated Hon. w.
L. Scott, of Erie, for Congress.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-06-28

Mr.. Rose, the chief of the Census
Bureau thinks the present population Of
Baltimore is between 437, 600 and 1885,.
OO0
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-10-30
believe these the sentiments of all the parish.
A scansOn Church ifo

believe these the sentiments of all the parish.
Ascension Church Life.
Dear friends. come to you in all humble.
ness of spirit smiling our face many times upon
the earth at thy feet, begging thee in the name Of
our sore necessities to fork over that dollar you
owe on last years subscription. You can't hum
bug yourself into the notion that you have forgot
ten that little bill we sent you over month ago.
We do not wish to resort TO desperate means of
bringing you to time but are thinking seri
ously Of placing your ef1igies, clothed in stripes,
into our vacant cells with your name in large let
tiers over the door Just think how embarrassing
it would be to your poor effigy to have an old
friend come along with the usher. look up and is
cover your name, and-"What! can it be! Why
hello Doctor. what in the world have you been
doing to bring you to ths?'' Then that friend
whose good opinion you value your honor, will
go out and will say to every one OF your friends
he meets: Say whom do you suppose found in
a cell when went through the prison at Still
water the other day?' And when they have been
informed of how you sulking in your CELL they
will rush off and tell all their friends about it and
all will agree that there is nothing strange about
the affair except that they had not heard the news
before