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The rustler., 1891-09-18
HUNTED OUTLAWS.

Texas Hangers Closing In On the Despera-
does Who Robbed the southern Pacific.
SAN ANTONIO, Tex, Sept 7.-Super-
intendent lines, of the Southern Pa.
ciiic road, has returned from the scene
of the train robbery ut Samuels' siding
and reports that five robbers have been
hemmed in by rangers and Mexican
troops in the Texas peninsula and can
not escape.
After the robbery the outlaws rode
leisurely TO the Rio Grande, having a
pack mule loaded with the mail sacks
and boxes of cigars and stolen fruit
There they opened the sacks, rified the
mail, ate the fruit and smoked the
cigars The sheriff's posse reached
there about two hours after their de-
parture, but hesitated about crossing
into Mexico until the arrival of the
rangers, six hours later Had they con-
tinued they would have captured the
robbers.
The rangers followed the trail. The
robbers made for the peninsula, fol
lowing the Rio Grande and crossing
twice into Texas. They are now in
Preside county, pursued by rangers
| Mexicans and Indian scouts
The rustler., 1891-09-18

nHuts with fantastic shadows from tns
elcctrie LIGHTS. dancing. iilusive Ahad-
owk. n~vrava.inE shadows. like the
Jack birds of which FRITZ Emmett sang.
tke music u the xoiccs uf the all-nlVift
wore=lcu laflcns the air with ca1ences
heard nowhere On the surface Of the
r.obc. save Ia the lands where the hap
aY-eo-lueiy black men dwell How
Key do sing. accompanied hy the
rythmic music II their picks. picking
the concrcted street q pieces IN little
bits 81 bits. Every stroke breaks but a
barely pcrecptible particle Of the hard
karface. but. there are ~ many uf them
that soon the hard surface Is removed.
and the plows are eoing Still the ne-
groes work away. and their voices echo
and reccho. some q them sounding
dolafully like voices FROM the toInbs, as
they dig away beneath the ground
'rhe laying oi the conduit and surmount-
iEg :. with the rails and grip groove,
cause a clinlsing and elatter peculiar TO
iron: and those Tubal-Caias toll by
night 80 that the elatter and cliuk. with
ne laughter and song. produce an anvil
chorus. the like of which words cannot
/ describe.
Now they are curving around the base
OF the hill on which the stately capitol
sits Here are several bends in the
road. along the botanical gardens, tho
Peace monument. the Garfield statue,
and the steep ascent Of u street. which
tax the skill and science Of the civil en-
ginecrs. They have already crossed
the Tibcr, but II was exceedingly difl-
cult. Let me stop right here and tel
You about the Tibcr.
In the early days, when L'Enfant WA
planning his capital city of the new re-
public, he marked "Tiber creek along
an irregular line which represented a
brook Of changcable size and aquatic
The rustler., 1891-09-18
FARM NOTES.

Pumpkins boiled and mixed with
bran make a good poultry food.
The diminutive bantam lays more
eggs by weight than any other fowl.
A little oats and barley make a good
ration for the fowls that are to be kept
for breeding and laying.
II properly managed the hens that
are molting now can be made to lay
nearly or quite all winter.
The less fruit or vegetables that are
to be stored away for for winter are
handled the better they will keep
DO not let the sorghum get too rip1
before harvesting, and arrange SO that
It will be worked up Us soon as possi-
BILE after IL is harvested.
Pullets that are expected to furnish
eggs during the winter must be reason
ably we'll maturcd by this time; late
maturing pullets will not lay until
spring.
Gather up and store the sorghum
blades without thfeshing. Picking of
the seed will help to give the fowls cx-
ercise during the winter, besides sup
plying them with good ration store,
where 1t will keep dry.
Grass seeding should be pushed along
as rapidly rs possible. 1t is very inn
portant, II grass seed is sown in the
fall, to have it done as early as prae-
ticable in order to secure good stars
before cold weather
by careful selection of the best
each fall, thoroughly drying and stor-
ing 1t away, seed corn can be secured
that can be depended upon TO germinate
under anything like favorable condi-
tions when planted In the spring.
Every farm should have an orchard
and small fruit plantation II 1T il
not intended to raise fruit for market.
the planting should be sufficiently ex-
tensive to furnish the home with an
abundant supply, not only for use while
fresh, but to can, dry and evaporate for
use out of season.
Farmers of western Nebraska who
have raised fields of sugar bcets this
year announce that they will manu-
facture sirup from them. Samples of
sirup made from the beets are found to
be excellent The beets will also be
used for feeding, and the crop will be
found profitable regardless of the fact
that there is no market for them.
The editor of the Richmond, Mo-.
Conservator has blackberry patch nj
his home in Richmond, which contains
less than one-half acre of ground, and
from it the present season he picked
2.66o quarts, or o65 gallons, OF berries.
The vines were the Snyder, the second
years growth, and averaged nearly
one gallon to the vine. The rows In
which they grew were eight feet apart
and the vines planted In the rows from
three to fcur feet apart
The rustler., 1891-09-18

rh@ G~rmna CasmMaasr 81 NAlparmise
Protests HeGaK~~.. naa llts Caur.e ls Ap-
prexea-aaAlFs ouistlaE nawa.
VALPARAISO. Chill. sept THE Ger
mAu minister 10 Chill and the German
admiral commanding the German feet
nt Valparaiso are IT odds over the die
position Of the political refugees who
are now In an asylum aboard the Ger
man cruiser sophie.
The minister notified the admiral
yesterday that he might he required TO
surrender 70 the officials representing
T the iuuta. senior Claudia Nicuna. who
was 10 have succeeded halmaceaa -
/ president. Adm Oscar We'll. late in-
tendente Of Valparaiso. and Capt Al
berto Fucntes, late captain Of the tor
I pedo Almirante Lynch.
The admiral bluntly informed the
minister that he would do no such
thing unless specially ordered 10 do "a
by the emperor OF Chancellor Won
Caprivl
As soon n the conference had ended
the admiral sent n cable dispatch %
Emperor William. explaining the situa.
ten and announcing that unless he re-
ceived orders o. the contrarythe Sophie
with the refugees on board would pro-
ceed tomorrow to Mollendo. Peru. the
nearest neutral port where the people
wanted by the junta would be landed.
Later In the day a reply was received
from Berlin approving the action of the
admiral and granting him permission
To send the refugees 10 Mollcndo. The
Sophie will sail this morning early.
The stories Of riot ut Coquimbo were
without foundation Word was re-
ceived from there that .he songression'
al officials had taken possession of that
city and Serena without any dis
turbance and that order had beer
maintained throughout before the
arrival of the new officials Col
Corvallo commanding the government
forces in that section, and the Balma
cedist intendente of Coquimbo, Senoi
Sanchez, went aboard the British war
ship Melpomene and asked Captain
Parr, her commander, for protection
II was readily granted.
The government troops at Coquimb'
( and Sc rena were disbanded as soon a
: the congressionalists took charge AM
nearly all of them have gone to thei
homes.
The junta de gobierno is busily en-
gagged in reorganizing the public ser
vice. An order was issued reiustatinl
all the judges and court employees VIII
were dismissed by Balmaeeda. His al
pointees were of course ousted.
When the papers in the desk of Bal
macedas minister of foreign affairs
Senior Godoy, were examined yesterday
II cable dispatch was found dated Bei
lin, August II, informing him that tn
a German government had decided
+ recognize the belligerent rights of tn
@ congressionnlists. This news Ministe
8 Godoy had taken care to suppress.
The rustler., 1891-09-18

volume. 1t ran through the hills ard
dalcs, the wooded wilderness immedi-
atcly west of the capitol, from the
vicinity of the soldiers home, five miles
TO the Potomac and was fed by numer-
Gus crystal springs. When IL reached
what is now the c, ossing OF Pennsyl-
wanna avenue, mt Second street west, it
was almost Il river. In rainy seasons
the Tiber ovcrnowed its banks, an
angry flood, similar TO that old Tiber of
Rome, into which Great CAESAR and
Cassius once plunged for swim; when
the master spirit of his age wcll-nigh
dissolved, by drowning beneath its
pillows. Well, as n city grew upon this
ground and Pennsylvania avenue be-
came the principal thoroughfare be-
tween the executive and legislative
houses, Tiber was bridged But, when
Shepherd builded a real city. lac encom-
PASSED Tiber with an arch of brick
and cement, and converted 1t into a
sewer. The top Of the arch Is but one
foot under ground, and right through
that space the cable l:nc must run. Tho
great difficulty, and substituted iron
! plates for the masonry, SO that the
work goes right along, and Tiber il
again incloscd, probably forever.
The cable work is progressing out on
Capitol hill, and within another fort
night it will be completed to the navy
ward. At present the horses are draw
ing the cars all the way from George
town to the treasury upon the cable
tracks, which have been completed.
The temporary sidetraclis have been
removed and the people are delighted
with the Improvement. There is no moro
jolting nor jumping the tracks, nor any
of the thousand Inconvenience which
appcrtain to badly-ballastcd surface
road
But it will be long time before tho
cables are running. The large square
was selected for the power house
where formerly was the stable whence
John Wilkes Booth hired his horse upon
that awful night of which | recently
wrote you. The ground is fully twenty
feet higher than ut the end of the
avenue where Tiber is crossed, ant
yet it is almost impossible to secure 1
rood foundation for the cight-storl
building which has been planned
Little pony engines are pulling ava,
day and night, working pile drivers
They are driving great, long TELEGRAPH
poles from twenty to fifty feet dowI
into the soft earth and thus seeking u
make safe foundation for the tire
mcndous weight of the building whicl
is to be used as power house and
home for many families of employees o
the road.
Everybody does not complain Of tn
dust, noise and other inconvcniences at
tending this great work. The smal
, boy ut the national capital appreciate
! good thing when he sees it, just n
, well us does the small boy in your ow
) ncighborhood. They play in the mut
, slide in the sand, tear their clothe:
stub their toes and throw clods q
+ dudes Ia the passing open cars
The rustler., 1891-09-18
WIFE MURDER.
Gustave Berger Kills Ills wife and Com
mits suicide Mt Topeka.

Gustave Berger Kills His Wife and Com
mits suicide Mt Topeka.
ToPEKA, Kan, Sept 9.-Gustave
Berger, a German. shot his wife, Johan-
ma, in the back as she fled TO escape his
wrath yesterday, and then, placing
the revolver to his head, killed himself
Death to both was instantaneous The
tragedy occurred between { and
o'clock in fve-room cottage in Metz
gers addition on the banks of the Shuf.
ganunga.
Berger was German count, 46 years
of age. His wife was 20. She was re-
marlSably pretty. She came to this
country ten years ago to marry the man
who murdered her this morning.
The quarrel occurred at the break
fast table, and, from the best evidence
obtainablc, grew out of request of
the wife for dollar to buy her eldest
son pair of trousers
There are three children, Richard,
aged S. Gustave, aged 6, and Paul, aged
l. Their story, with that of u neigh
Dor of whom Mrs. Berger made "A con-
fidantc. explains the mystery. The
family had Just sat down to Il break
fast of apple butter jelly, light bread
and coffee when quarrel, which be-
gan Saturday afternoon, was renewed.
Berger had been paid Sla by one of
his tenants and his wife had asked him
for some money He upbraided her for
her extravaganza and the two had a
bitter quarrel Yesterday Mrs. Berger
went to the home of Mrs. Eckerman, a
neighbor. and told her of her husbands
frenzy.
Just what was said at the breakfast
table this morning will never be known.
The children testified that the break
fast was over, but the table spoke fol-
itself The coffee had been poured
into the cups, but had not beer
touched. Not plate had beer
soiled. Berger must have arisen from
the table before any member of the
family had an opportunity to eat HI
knocked his wife down and began t,
beat her i'm the face. She escaped frou
him and ran out Mt the front door
when he ran to his bedroom, and seiz
ing bulldog 44-calibcr revolver, sho
her Just below the left shoulder. Sh
fell on the front step and the murdere
shot himself in the forehead in tn
front door
The rustler., 1891-09-18

WASHINGTON, Sept "a report is
circulated that Gen. Clarkson, of Iowa,
chairman of the republican national ex-
ecutive committee, would probably be
appointed secretary of war to succeed
Secretary Proctor.
II is not believed. however, that the
president would give the west another
cabinet portfolio in addition to those
already held by Secretaries Foster,
Rusk and Noble. 1t Is possi-
BILE, however. that, in the event
of Secretary Mobiles retirement re-
arrangement might be made by which
Gen Clarlson could enter the cabinet,
and the fact intensifies the belief that
Secretary Noble will withdraw from
the cabinet before congress convenes.
The fact will be recalled that Gen.
Clarkson was recently invited to the
Cape May cottage to have conferences
with the president
The rustler., 1891-09-18

sheep will not thrive well II fhey ar.
crowded into TOO close quarter Give
them room enough II least 10 be eom-
Portable.
Provide good racks and feed cut
straw rather than O. turn the stock In
and let them help themselves More
benefit can be derived In this way.
Hogs and cattle are the principal
stock fattened At this season; Il Is best
% push them rs rapidly as possible and
then market a. soon n they are ready
With healthy. virarous stock. when
the weather Il only moderately cool h
the most favorable time 10 fattcn. hence.
In many cases II Is . good plan 10 be-
GIN feeding early.
One advantage in having the cattle
dehorned Is that larger number can
be kept with less room than when the
horns are let alone. and in winter espe-
cially this Is quite an item.
Feeding should be done at regular
hours Animals soon learn their hours
Of feeding. and II they do not get their
meals at regular hours. even when they
are well fed, they viii fret and bs
losing TO some extent at least
While during the summer oats, bar
ley. mill-fced aud bran make the best
foods for growing pigs, during the
winter some corn should be added in
order 10 secure animal heat and corn
is one of the very best materials that
can be supplied for this purpose. lt
should not be made an exclusive but
only principal food.
The best seasons for fattening hogs
are early in the spring and in the fall
and pig that has been kept growing
from birth should be ready 10 markets
at an average Of eight or nine months
of age. To secure this, however, II II
very essential to have good breed and
then TO feed and care for them SO that
thrifty growth can be readily secured
With breed of hogs that with good
treatment n quicS growth and an early
maturity can be secured. II is generally
more profitable TO breed the SOW so n
to secure two litters Of pigs, one In the
fall that with good treatment can be
made ready for market either late In
the spring or early summer, and the
other either in February or early
spring. and that can be marketed early
In the fall
After once commencing to feed to
fatten, 1t is an item to see that the
stock are fed regularly, and that they
are given all that they will eat up clean
at each meal in order to secure the best
gain at the lowest cost To fail to feed
enough is to fail to secure the best
gain; to give more than they will en-
is to waste the extra feed. In order ts
derive the largest profit in feeding
stocl; ii is necessary to take every ad
vantage, and neglect to do this viii
lessen in proportion the profits.
The rustler., 1891-09-18

wards the treasury. The center of the
thoroughfare is brilliant with hanging
lanterns, moving lanterns, electric lights
overhead and close to the ground. while
the colored lights Of the street cars MP
pear, disappear and mingle along one
side of the street. Walking along un.
der the trees which cover the pave
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-10-01

There have been recently several instances
of Richmond and Danyile RAILROAD trains
being stoned by unknown parties and the
passengers subjected to imminent risk of
being seriously wounded. if not put in actual
peril Of their lives. Ono Of these instances
occurred not far from Hallsboro, the other in
the vicinity Of Burkeyille, and both were
wanton outrages that deserve the fullest
punishment which the law imposes for such
acts. The railroad company is deeply IN
terested in the discovery of the miscreants
who are chargeable with these crimes against
the safety and security of travellers. and we
have no doubt that the authorities who con-
troll the road will use their utmost endeayors
to bring the criminals TO justice.
Special attention is called to these outrages
in order to stimulate the authorities of the
counties in which they occurred 10 make the
most thorough search for the guilty parties.
If they have not been already caught then
every means should be turned to account to
find them and afterwards to subject them to
the process OF law.
The second instance following so close upon
the first would seem 10 show that tie crimi-
nails have deceived themselves into the belief
that stonng passenger train is not an act
that is necessarily punished but can be re
peated either at the same point by the same
party or at a different point by different
parties with comparative impunity, but from
this state of mind We trust that the authorities
of the railroad company and the counties will
very soon rudely awaken them.
1t is only recently that we had occasion to
comment on the attempt which was made in
Chesterfield county to derail passenger
train with view 10 plumber. That was an
act Of tue most heinous character, but the
promptness with which the guilty parties
were required TO answer for their conduct
will have "a wholesome influence in restrain
ing those who might hereafter desire to imi-
tate them The Burkeville and Hallsboro in
stances of stoning passenger trains cannot be
brought in the same category as an attempt to
wreck passenger trains but they are neyerthe-
less sufficiently serious 10 demand the prompt
detection of those who are guilty and their
swift punishment at the hands of the law as
protection for all who shall pass over the
Richmond and Danyille railroad hereafter.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-10-01
THE RUSSIAN FAMINE.

There has rarely occurred in the history Of
modern Europe famine as extensive or as
narrowing in its details rs that which is now
prevailing throughout thirteen of the Russian
provinces and in sections of eight others. The
account which has been received of this
famine represents a condition Of affairs which
it is difficult to grasp 80 desperate are the
means which the starving people have been
compelled to employ to preserve what re-
mains to them of existence.
Some conception Of these means may be
gotten when the material of their make-shifts
for bread is described. II is made in some
instances of the sweepings from the floors Of
the flour mills in others OF finely chopped
straw and bran mixed with small quantity
of rye; in others still of mixture Of animal
refuse. the powdered bark Of trees and
ground peas and pigweed.
As might be expected, the unfortunate
peasantry find but little nourishment
in stuff composed of such miserable
ingredients, and in consequence are
dying in. large numbers. In some of the
districts the people have nailed up the doors
of their novels and abandoned them. going
of to remote sections in search OF work
which they have been unable to find which
has forced them to take to the highways as
mendicants and Migrants. In other districts,
the frat despair Of hunger has subsidized into
apathy, which has found relief only In death.
In consequence Of the unprecedented desti.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-10-01

tut;on that prevails in this part OF Russia,
the Government has been forced 70 remit IA
taxes. it being impossible 10 collect even
small amount. In many districts IL ID ''a''1
that the whole population will be sweps away
unless the authorities shall intervene ana Iui-
nish supplies Of food.
The light which passing events are con-
stantly throwing on the condition OF the bus
sian Empire is one which is not unfavoraoie
to its prosperity. Where can there be founu
populations moro deeply sunk in poverty sno
misery? 1t is only short time ago that tno
world was shocked by the decree against
the Jews which was intended to lead to their
vbolesale expatriation. Northern Europe was
described as being overrun by Russian exiles'
who were dependent upon charity for SUI
sistance. Towns were largely depopuiated ny
the persecution which was inaugu-
rated. and whole sections of country were
seriously injured by the unnatural drain.
Close upon the heels Of sll this unhappi-
ness comes the famine which is sweeping
awav so many thousands of the peasantry
and leaving those who still survive in con-
dition that excites the commiseration OF the
civilized world.
The people of the United States have many
reasons for feeling profoundly grateful to a
kind providence They have free govern
ment and they are blessed with plenty. In
both. the people of the great empire Of Russia
are lacking, and from this fact there daily
springs countless woes that subject millions Of
of human beings in that empire to unhapi-
ness and despair From all these woes We are
now exempt, and there is every reason to be
lieYe will continue 30 indefinitely.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-10-01
Property Transfers

Cify of Richmond.- George and George l.
Rufin's heirs. TO W. T. and A. X. Yarbrougn,
67I4x24 feet on alley between Twenty fourth
and Twenty-dfth and Main and Franklin
streets, s209.25. 49,.
Orpheus p. Rufin and Margaret II. Aston
10 same. 10x2i feet on above alley, si'Vo.
Hen,-ico Co,,nt1.-Carris II. Gates trustee.
toJ.B. Myers. $50 feet on north side Lewis
street, near Wiltshire. s225. ,ooo
james S. Hall to William G.. Ellis,95 559-lOOO
acres on Creighton road, 5000.
Northside Land Company to L. q. YER
mellera. lot u in square Is. $500.
Same 10 William Ct. Stubs. 80 feet on
Third avenue. corner of Alder street. s4o0;
River View Improvement Company 70 rev
land avenue. near New York. So 500:
b. V. Roses trustee 10 i. W. Gates and
C. /. Brown. 60 feet on Wnder street. south
e.st corner IL Washington, $500.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-10-01

NoEwALK, Ohio, has for years boosted of its
Republican majority. Major Mckinley a
short time ago made speech there on which
occasion he addressed an audience of not over
1000 people. Last Monday Governor Camp
bell spoke and an enthusiastic crowd of fully
1000 were present. Although a Re-
publican stronghold. the attendance il de-
scfibed as "one OF the largest outpourings Of
the people OF Huron county since the big
Blaine meeting Of August. 1884" This is o
straw, but II shows how the political wind In
Ohio u hlowings