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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-08-21

1t is said there is tract Of forest trees
in Southern Oregon embracing about
10000 square miles, which, cut and sold
1t SO per 1000 feet, would pay our ma
tional debt twice over. 1t is estimated
that the amount of mcrchantablc timber
standing will reach 100000, 900, 900
fnnf
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-08-21
A speech in favor of cremation was
made iu the Mexican congress the other
lay.

General Greedy, Of polar fame, thinks
that it is safer to make en- Arctic ex-
pcndition than to undertake trans
,urican journey like Mr.. SANKEY'S.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-08-21
MODERN SAMSONS.
n'EN WHO ARE STRONGER THAN
GIANTS OF OLD.
Fcats of Strength That Would As
'onish the Heroes OF a nj EQUITY
where the Trickery
Comes In.

There are thirty strong men Mt least
now prominently before the public.
Louis Cyr, Samson, Sandow, Cyclops.
Kennedy, Ajax, Hermann, Sebastian
Miller, Milo, Marks. Hercules, Dodnetti,
Andrew Hull, Wilson, Ayres. Mont
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-08-21

The Chinese Government is strictly
opposed to obscene literature. A law
was recently promulgated to the fol-
lowing effect: GAIL Government officials
who allow immoral books tobe publish
ed within their respective jurisdictions
shall be discharged. Every private
person publishing such book shall
receive 100 blows and be banished from
his place of residence to a
distance Of 5000 lees. The seller of an
obscene book shall get 100 blows.
Within 30 days from the issue of this
law all the obscene books of the en-
pire shall be destroyed, beginning with
those now in print"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-08-21

Toothpicle Charley-"Wcli, Spider,
how goes it"a
Spider Fine; why when l first went
on the road ha;lp't rag on my bnck.
Now look at me. I'm all rags. "-,Nun-
sey's Weakly.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-08-21

There is an unpretentious shop
keeper in New York whose business is
mending umbrellas and canes, and he
has sign outside which has brought
many smile from those who pass by
the place. The sign reads "Umbrella
Hospital" The words suggest to you
at once that you have some ''sick" UNI
brellas at home which might be made
quite respectable by little doctor
ing" So you take them to the 'hospi-
tel" you save the price OF a new UNI
brella, and the shopkeepcr grows pros
peSeus. -.--
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-08-21

Forty thousand California salmon
have been placed il the river Seine.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-08-21

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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-07-11
.CAHENSLY'S BREAK.
Silence of Some Catholic Papers
EXDlained.


ST. LOUIS, July 1O.-It has been no.
ticed that during the agitation brought
about by the Cahensly letter to Leo
XIII. no information on the subject was
printed in the Catholic papers. The
reason for this is explained by the fact
that when the first wave of dissatisfac-
ton, caused by the cabled announce
ment Of the memorial and Its projects,
had subsidized, an order emanating from
the American Catholic Press asSocia-
ton was sent to their Roman CORE
spondent bidding him to drop the Ca
henslv matter entirely, and write moth
ing about the movement to appoint ma
tional bishops in the American church.
A prominent churchman. who draws
his information from most reliable
sources, is authority for the statement
that the promoters of the scheme, fear
ing that the Outspoken disapproval of
the American people would reach the
ears of the pontitf and prejudice their
case. tried to hush things up until they
put the matter through at Rome. The
interest iaken in the matter by the daily
papers and the few religious papers
outside of the association frustrated
their design. The order was conveyed
in letter written by the editor of the
press association, Conde 3. PalIen, of
this city. His reasons for writing the
order are not plain. He is not a Ger
man, nor is he supposed to be under
German influence.
Several of the local clergy thought
that the order had been issued at the
request of the Germans, who were
heartily ashamed of the whole matter
and anxious to have it die out The
letter, however, was written at the very
outset of the movement and before the
dissatisfaction had become widespread.
AS MIR. Pal!en, who wrote the letter, is
not in the city at present, his views ON
the matter could not be learned.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-07-11
Father, Mother and Four Chill
dren Found Dead in
Their Home.
Mother and Children Were
Shot to Death While
Slumbering.
The Husband and Father is
Blamed for the Awful
Slaughter.
Remarkable Story Of a Dia-
mond Robbery and Its
Results.

ELLIS, Neb., Jnly 10.-Some time dur
ing last night the most horrible tragedy
ever enacted in Gage county or this sec
tion of Nebraska occurred. About 4
O'Clock this afternoon Mrs. DR.. Allen,
of Beatrice, came to Ellis on a visit to
her brother. John Ii. Puterbaugh, who
lived mile and half south of town.
She was driven to the farm by Louis
Perling, and knocked at the door,
but, receiving no response, entered,
the door not being locked. AS she ell
tered she saw her brother lying on the
floor near the door, and suppOsing that
he was asleep, she spoke to him, but
there being no response looked more
closely and saw blood on her brothers.
CHASTITY face. Mrs. Allen called Perling
in. who made an investigation and found
horrible state of affairs. In bed in
a room which the husband and father
lay was the mother with
Bullet in Her Head.
In a bed with her was twO-year-old
baby, also shot through the head. In
the room above was another bed Occu-
pied by two young girls, one thirteen
and one fifteen. both dead, with bullet
holes in their heads. The dead were
John Puterbaugh, his wife and four
children. How they met their ter
rible fate is as yet unknown.
The general belief is that the
terrible deed was the work of the
husband and father. The motive is un-
known. as he was a peaceable man in
comfortable circumstances, and 1t is be-
NIOF II Al,,.
family.
Coroner Wells, of Beatrice, arrived OH
the scene shortly after o'clock, and at
progress. 1t seems certain that terri
bic crime was committed by Puter-
baugh. By his side, under his arm, lay
32-caliber siX-chamber revolver, with
all the chambers empty. The scene in
the house was horrible one, and made
the StrOngest-hearted turn away. The
Faces of the Dead,
although covered with blood, were as
calm as though sleeping. No signs of
fear were portrayed on any of them and
there were no evidences OF a struggle.
All seemed to have been killed while
sleeping and were shot directly through
the skull. In every case the pistol was
placed so close to their heads that the
powder stains were visible on pillows or
bed clothing. Puterbaugh was not a
drinking man and had a reputa-
ton of being an honest man
and good citizen. He suffered
from the grip last spring and since then
has not been in the best of health, sub
sequently complaining of pain in his
head. He was man between thirty
eight and forty years of age. His wife
was year or two younger. The mur-
dered children were aged as follows:
Carrie fifteen years, Mabel thirteen,
Charlie ten, Ralph two years. One son
survives. Allen, seventeen years of age.
The survivor was away from home at
work, having left Wednesday last.
Puterbaugh was in Beatrice on Wednes-
day, and it is said he then purchased
the revolver with which the deed was
committed.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-07-11
BANKS ON THE ROCKS.
Three Monetary Institutions Have
Hard Luck.


LOUISVILLE, KY, July 10.-Financial
circles received a shock this morning
when it was officially announced that
the Falls City bank had closed its doors.
1t was private corporation and has
been in shaky condition since last fall,
when run was made on it by its de-
positors. The liabilities are supposed
to be about 100000. Assets, 100000.
Its capital stock was placed at 100000.
The bank officers state that their assets
will be 81, 100000 and liabilities little
more than half that amount. The de-
pOsitOrs will be paid in full, and it is
expected that there will be something
left for the stockholders. The banks
money was tied up in loans, and this
together with the depositors' with
drawaIs, brought about the collapse.
NEVADA, Mo-, July 1O.-The Citi-
Zens' bank of Nevada closed its doors
this morning, and with it three Otner
banks in the county. The Bank Of
Sheldon, Bank of Walker and Bank of
Bronaugh, all under its control, passed
into the hands of Receiver A. +. Ford
ham. The capital stock of the Citizens
bank is 100000, but with all four there
was only paid up stock of SOS, 400. No
statement of assets and liabilities has
been made. depreciation of values and
withdrawal of deposits are given as the
causes.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla, July 10-The
Lake City bank failure is more serious
than was supposed, and the general i'm
preston is that it is a complete wreck,
though the president says he will pay
out. There are many more depositors
than was supposed. The best business
men are badly hit. The county funds
are said to be secured. There is still no
definite statement of the liabilities.
The Individual and firm losses range
from $1,000 to a few dollars.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-07-11
AFTER MANY YEARS.
Pathetic Meeting Of a Father and
Daughter.

CHAMBERLAIN, S. D., July 1O.-A
daughter of B. F. Balch arrived in the
county day or two ago to visit with
her father at his home on the Crow
Creek reservation. There is history
in connection with this meeting between
father and daughter that reads like
leaf from some romance. Fifteen years
ago Mr. Balch resided i'll Missouri. A
six-year-old daughter was stolen from
him at that time, and although detec-
tives were at once employed to
trace her, continuing their search for
many years, no clue to the whereabouts
of the lost one could be found. Mr..
Balch. who is badly crippled veteran
of the civil war. removed to Fargo,
n. D., some years ago, and while
there made application by letter
to President Cleveland, asking for
an increase of pension. The letter to
the president was rather unique one,
and, coming under the observation of a
Washington newspaper correspondent,
it was telegraphed to all sections of the
country. The daughter, now grown to
young wOmanhood, had been taken to
Texas by her abductors, and was in
that state when the Washington cor
respondent telegraphed Mr.. Balch's let
ter to the newspapers throughout the
land. The item met the daughters eye,
and she Immediately wrote her father.
telling him of her whereabouts. The
father was completely overcome by the
glad news that his long-lost daughter
was still alive. The daughter estab-
lished her identity by sending her father
a pair of earrings, once the property of
her mother, but given to the daughter
when the mother died. The daughter,
wishing to complete her education, was
unable to reach here until this time,
and the meeting between father and
child after the long years of separation
can be better imagined than described.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-07-11
READS LIKE ROMANCE.
A Heavy Diamond Robbery and
Its Ending.

NEW YORK, July 1O.-W. T. Colbron,
banker of New street and a member
of the firm of Colbron, Chauncey
& Co., was visitor at the
district attorneys office to-day,
where he told a remarkable story.
His visit to the brown stone building
to-day was for the purpose of seeing
William c. duncan. alias Harry ValdeS,
the young thief, who, while salesman
in the store of LewisOhn & Co.. i'll
Maiden lane, stole $4,000 worth of dia-
mondS. for which he was arraigned in
in the court of general sessions lastIweek
and pleaded guilty.
Mr.. COlbron's story is as follows: 81
left New York in the spring for Lisbon,
Portugal, with Charles g. Davis, a
friend from Boston. On the way over
we met William G. Duncan, alias Valdes,
who was known to us and all the
passengers by the latter name.
After spending some time in
Spain and Portugal we travelled
to Italy where we parted with Duncan.
lie went to Tangier. Before leaving
to us, gave my friend, Charles q. Davis,
the receipt signed by the clerk in the
Astor house for $4,000 worth of dia-
monds he had in safe keeping, ana
asked him when he reached New
York to go to the hotel, get the
box of diamonds and keep them for him.
AS is well known, the Utopia collided
with another steamship and was sunk
off Gibraltar. Hundreds of people were
drowned, and among them my friend
Charles q. Davis.
IL hired a diver to secure my
friends body, and when l had found
that. tried to secure his trunks.in which
/ was also successful. When | got the
trunks to shore and opened them l
found the receipt for the diamonds
which Valdes had given to Mr.. Davis.
l was at loss to know what to do in the
matter, but l finally sat down and
wrote to Valdes, who was then in Tan
gier, and told him of the loss of my
friend Davis. l also inclosed him the
receipt. ] then came home and thought
no more about it until the other day,
when | saw the arrest of Valdes in the
Astor house." Mr., Coloron added that
had his friend Davis not been drowned,
but had presented the receipt at the
Astor house for the $50, ,0o0 worth of dia-
monds, he might have been arrested,
and it would have been difficult to ex-
plain matters.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-07-11
A FEUDAL FIGHT.
Four Families Mixed Up in n
Bloody Battle.

ERIE, Pa, July 10.-Edinboro is the
scene of great excitement tonight.
News has just been received of bloody
battle between the Sweet and Cobb
families on one side and the Andersons
and McGahans Oh the other. Officers
have been out to-day serving warrants,
and it is thought the vendetta may not
be carried further unless the friends of
the families meet. A few months ago
Frank Anderson was arrested at the
instance of Charles F. Sweet and
tried for the larceny of some
articles, but the prosecution failed.
Since then an open warfare has pre-
vailed between the Sweets and Ander-
sons, and Sweets sheep and cattle have
been indiscrimInately shot and manned.
Warrants we're sworn out, and Erie Off
GERS started to arrest the AndersonS.
Meanwhile Frank Sweet and Charles
Willis Cobb moved across the Anderson
domain last night, and the Andersons,
Frank, DeIos and Resell, and Ransom
McGahan and a neighbor opened fire.
The fire was returned, and the contest
was carried on at long range. The An
dersons charged, and Frank fell, shot in
the breast. After the ammunition was
eXpended fists, knives and clubs
were brought into requisition. When
the Erie officers reached the sanguin-
airy battlefield, they found Cobb with
his throat slashed from ear to ear, but
not deep enough to reach the jugular.
All the parties were injured, but Frank
Anderson was the only one whose re-
cOvery is in doubt. All the parties to
the feud are under arrest and will be
arraigned on:charges of shooting Within
tent to kill tomorrow evening in Edin-
boro. 1t is feared bloodshed will result
from the meeting in Edinboro, as
friends are ranging ON either side. All
the parties engaged are from good FAM
lilies, but the battle of last night is the
elimination of feud of long standing.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-07-11
SHIELDED HIS MOTHER.
An Old Crime Revived by a Death
bed Confession.

An Old Crime Revived by Death
bed Confession.
LANCASTER, Wis. July 10.-Lancas-
ter people were startled this morning
when they learned that the aged mother
of Lonls Sicely, on her deathbed, con-
fessed to the murder of her sons wife
nine years ago. In 1882 Louis Sicely
was married to Miss Beckford. The
second night after the wedding the dead
body of the young bride, perforated
with bullet holes, was found lying in a
pool of blood in wheat field near the
house. The murdered woman'S huS-
band was arrested and held for trial,
but after an examination lasting twenty
eight days the case was never brought
to trial.
For some time oldMrs. .Sicely has been
very i'll and the doctor told her she was
likely to die, but this statement was
rejected by her She ordered three
more doctors sent. They came and sus-
tanned the verdict of the other confrere.
When finally she became convinced that
death was near, she confessed to the
doctors that she herself had committed
the crime of which her son had been for
so long accused. The killing, she said,
had occurred In a quarrel over some
matter that angered her. She siezed
her sons revolver and emptied the
chambers into her daughter-in-law's
body. When the murderous work was
done she carried the body out in the
field and placed the pistol by it to give
the idea of suicide. She said her son,
who was accused of the murder, was
aware of her guilt, but shielded her by
remaining silent. He refused to live
with her. however.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-07-11
LAY 1T TO MIR. KELLER.
Capser and Linnemann Think He
Asked for an Investigation.

n
Asked for an Investigation.
Special to the Globe.
ST.. CLOUD, Mimi, July 10.-The COM
mission appointed to investigate into
the official acts of Judge Bruener, in re-
lation to the Schapps case, met at the
court house at II o'clock this morning.
The principal witnesses were the COM
plainant, Peter Joseph Schapps, and his
wife. Their testimony was wholly I'M
material to the charges. The only SEN
sational part was that Mrs. SchappS
testified that her name signed to an
order of the probate court discharging
her as the guardian of her then insane
husband was forgery. Her testimony
upon this question was, however, not
substantiated. She could not say he
committed the forgery. At its previ-
Gus meeting the commission decided to
ask the governor, who, besides Schapps,
urged the investigation, and if possible
learn from those parties what they knew
about the affair. In reply the governor
stated that he had been strongly urged
to appoint the commission by Henry
Keller and Joseph Capser, of Sank
Centre, and Joseph Linnemann, of st.
Joseph. Subppnas were placed in the
honds of an officer for these gentlemed.
and Linneman and Capser appeared
this afternoon before the commission.
Keller, however. could not be found.
Capser and Linneman in their testi-
mony both denied that they urged the
investigation. They thought Schapps
had been wrongfully committed to the
insane asylum and wanted it deter
mined for certainty whether he was
demented or not. Though they did not
positively say so, they admitted that
Keller said something about an investi-
CATION
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-07-11
THIS SOUNDS BAD.
Powderly Descends From Argus
ment to Abuse.

IOWucfly DcSCcHuS ffOIn argue
ment to Abuse.
PHILADELPHIA, July 10. - Master
Workman T. V. Powderly has written
an open letter to Secretary of Treasury
Foster, of about five columns in length,
in regard to the discharge of the
seven Knights of Labor from
the bureau of engraving, and
printing. The first column is devoted
almost entirely to personal vitupera-
tion of the secretary, in which he is re-
ferred 10 as san artificer to political
trickery," "a statesman who did not
feel too small to squeeze through the
narrow crevice of deception and treach-
cry" and speaks of 1.-The demagogue
appeals to YOU"
1t was charged that inferior foreign
ink was used, and that some one was re-
ceiving commission on its purchase.
The master workman had before him,
when he wrote, sworn statements of
plate printers on the irregularities of
the bureau, but what he had detailed
would show they had cause for complaint
as American citizens and taxpayers.
if not as Knights of Labor. He refers
in guarded way to charges of cOrrup-
ti0n against Chief Meredith in cOnnec-
ton with the use of steam presses. He
goes on to accuse Secretary Foster with
refusing to investigate the charges and
with sending out garbled and malicious
reports to the newspapers after meet
ings between the knights and himself.
He denies that threats were ever made
by the knights to defeat Maj. Mckinley.
Some more violent personal abuse fol-
lowed, in which the most insulting and
ipdonnnt lanUuaOa ic ncQ6 aUaincf tho
secretary. He then devotes little of
his vituperation to Mr.. Gompers, and ac-
cuses him of pledging the political sup
port of his organization to Mr.. Foster, in
Ohio. The master workman quotes an
other long letter of his to Mr.. Foster,
and concludes with another torrent Of
abuse.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-07-11
BURNED TO A CRISP.
The Terrible Fate of a FOun-
dpyman in a Fire at
Chaska.
A Preacher Also Badly Burned
THE Property Loss
About $4,000.
South Dakota Editors Form
a State Reform Press
Association.
Touching Meeting of a Father
and Daughter on a West
epn Ranch.
Special to the Globe.

Special to the Globe.
CHAsKA, Minn., July 10-The Name
less brick machine works. foundry and
wagon factory, owned by Bierlire Bros,
was consumed by fire at 5 o'clock D. m.
to-day. Jerry Ehman. one of the factory
hands, was terribly burned and his re-
cOvery is doubtful. His flesh is burned
to crisp. Rev. G. A. Haahnle, who
was near by, was also badly burned
while trying to tear and eXtinguish the
burning clothing from Jerry Ehman.
Several barns and house near by were
also burned, and the total loss will
reach $4,000. with only $1,000 insur-
ance. The fire spread so rapidly that
nothing could be saved. The fire de-
partment did excellent work, and saved
the city from big cOnflagation, as the
fire was in the heart of the city.
The citizens reception and ball at the
opera house tonight was most brill
liant affair. The field, staff and line
officers of the First regiment and artil-
lery attended and cOmplimented the
managers. Lake City's social stars and
business men were there and showed
the good feeling that exists toward the
First,