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Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-02-05

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Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-02-05

the Presidential nomination N the convention
Of 1880, and vAs appointed Secretary of
the Treasury " President GarfeId's Cabinet,
He resigned when Vice President Arthur sue
eeeded TO the Presidency and engaged in rail
road and other financial enterprises, making hia
home principally 10 New York until he was re.
called by President Harrison to his former post,
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-02-05
Negroes Shot Down Like So Many Dogs.

Negroes Shot Down Like So Many Dogs.
A dastardly crime occurred at Carbon
Hill, in Walker County, Ala, the other
night. A mob Of white men, supposed
to be ex-strikers, surrounded negro
cabin, occupied by nine colored men,
and, without warning, burst open the
doors and opened fire on the occupants.
The mob used shotguns, Winchester
rifles, and pistols. The colored men
were taken perfectly unawares and did
not have time to defend themselves be-
fore they were shot down like so many
dogs. A perfect fusillade of leaden
balls poured into the little cabin, and
the occupants fell right and left, bleed
ing and groaning, after about sixty
shots had been fired. Their murderous
work fully accomplished, the band of
desperadoes fed, and, so far as is known,
their identy had not yet been estab-
lished, nor has any of them been ar
rested. A number of colored men were
put to work at the mines in place of the
strikers, and since then ill-feeling has
existed between the factions.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-02-05
WEEKLY NEWS BUDGET.
coWARDLv ACT OF JOHN L.
SULLIVAN. THE BRUISER.

Vine Negroes Shot Down Like So Many
Dogs-senstor Voorhees, Mother Dead
Piuehy Women.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-02-05
senator Voorhees, Bereavement.

Rachael Voorhees,, aged SO, mother OF
Senator Voorhees,, died at her home at
Veedersburg, Ind. 800 E,a
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-02-05
DOWN AN INCLINE.
A Kansas City Gable Car, Containing
Nine Persons, Dashed to Pieces.

A Kansas city Gable Car, Containing
Nine Persons, Dashed to Pieces.
Kansas City special: A runaway ca
BILE train ran down the Union Depot in
cline and it was only by the merest
chance that number Of lives were not
lost. The incline is 1000 feet long, and de-
scends at an angle of thirty degrees from
Summit street to an elevated station
east of the Union Depot At Summit
street the grip broke, the brakes failed
to work, and the train, unrestrained,l
shot down the incline at lightning
speed The passenger car contained
nine persons, among them \ l.. j..
Bricker, employed in the Burlington
ticket Office, and c. E. Davidson, Of
Neosho, Kan. The ladies in the car
rushed for the door to escape, but Mr.
Bricker and Mr.. Davidson restrained
them and saved their lives. The train
kept to the rails until it reached the
curve at the bottom of the incline, when
the grip-car jumped the track and turned
over on its side. The passenger coach
crashed into it and reduced it to
splinters. Gripman Bosley was seri-
|ousDy injured, but will recover None
of the passengers were hurt excepting
C, E. Davidson. He was cut with glass
and badly bruised.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-02-05

Thao. Suhr is sole agent for the z Domes-
tic' sewing machine. This make has stood
the test for years and ever ranks as first class.
He viii be pleased to have you call and exam
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The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-12-04
THE DEAD MARCH"
Windsor Hotel Guests Aroused
by Its Strains.

The cold wave of horror that breaks over
the unfiedged play-goer when he listens to
the mysterious knocking at the gate In
Macbeth" is sensation of gentle exhila-
ration compared with the feeling that
aroused the sleepers in the Windsor Hotel
on Market street at midnight on Wednes-
day. The guests awoke with icy chiIls
bicycling down their vertebI@. The males
blasphemed and the females shrieked in
alto and soprano voices.
They thought that they had dreamed
that the nightmare had sat upon their dia-
phragms, and that death and disaster were
lurking in the dark caves of the future,
Then tho ominous sound came again, and
they knew that ii was not dream. 1t was
hideously and horribly real-som one was
playing the dead march.
Note after note of the solemn melody was
rolling through the corridors and rafting
the easements. 1t came from below not
fearfuily and TREMENDOUSLY, but pregnant
with enthusiasm. and II a melody can be
redolent. 1t was redolent of the fumes of
beer.
An Investigating Committee, self-ap-
pointed. located, after q brief search, the
origin of the mournful strains in the saloon
under the hotel, which had been kept by
Phillip Gebhardt for several years.
deonatut eAPiaiueu tuat ne nae obtained
control of The place six years ago, and that
his success aroused the envy of James Gill
leran. Superintendent Of Streets, and pro-
prietor of the hostelry. Gilleran. he init
mated, wanted the saloon, and finally sue
ceeded in obtaining it, sorey against Geb-
hardt's will.
Wednesday night Gebhardt's lease ex-
pired, and with the assistance OF band of
musicians he summoned his friends to give
him jovial send-off. They drank beer and
made merry until midnight, when the band
began to play the dead march, and kept it
up until an early hour in the morning.
Nothing but scraps Of paper, fragments of
cigar boxes and the tantalizing odor of van
ished beer fingered in the place yesterday TO
tell OF the reyery that had reigned. Geb-
hardt had departed, and the place that once
knew him so we'll will know him no more.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-12-04

ued From September 25 1888. to June 9,
1889. | have no means OF knowing how much
money drew out, beyond kerr'S accounts.
During this time played the pool-rooms."
Have ycu ever footed up your book?"
No"
What was the amount of the receipts of
July, 1882"
Cant tell Only the daily receipts were
entered and not added up"
Turn to June 9. 1850, OF the day-book !;
what was the amount of cash on that day ?"
ut was SI0S3 90"
Are you, as the cashier of company.
accustomed to entering S10S3 30 in day
without counting the cash to see If it was
right"
81 did so on THE CALL. When l returned
in the evening / would put the cash in the
safe without counting it, trusting to the
clerks TO make the proper returns. 1t was
my custom to dump the cash in the safe with
out counting II or figuring up the tag"
Shown blank form used by clerks in
turning over cash. White said he did not
count the money, contentlng himself with
merely asking the clerks IL the sums were
correct.
During all this time" he continued.
from June 9, 1889, to February %, 1890. |
was drawing all the money | needed from
The CALL. During this time l failed to
keep an account of what took. have
said repeatedly l was civily responsible for
whatever deficit there might be through my
careleSSneSS."
during your service as cashier from
June O. 1889, to February D. 1890, did you
not use indiscriminately for your own pur-
poses the moneys of THE CALL"'
\ es; drew just as had done for many
years"
when the money was turned over every
night do you remember anything about two
tin boxes ?"
Yes; the money was sometimes put in
two tin boxes. The boxes had keys. Some
times tia hnXpS locked and atlmnS
they were not"
"When Kerr left did you not voluntarily
agree to assume the duties of cashier ?"
Yes, believe did fol. economy, after
talking with Mr.. Pickering"
The defendant also repeated his assertions
OF the former day in reference to his pc
culiar manipulations of the advertising ac-
accounts of W. j. Heney and of the Kern
and 1ulare County Land Company. He re-
peated that the land company. in which lie
owned third interest, was only to pay half
the amount shown on the face Of the bills.
BE said THE CALL lost nothing by this
because he charged double rate.
Shown his statement of February 49, 1890
White acknowledged that it was all in his
own handwriting. When it was read over
by Mr.. Hinkle the Defendant said i! was all
correct.
What did you mean bya hasty glance at
the paper account at the time Kerr left the
otfice?"
AT the time Kerr left THE CALL was
much more in arrears in the paper account
than l thought. | find that at that time the
paper account was five months behind. We
had three months credit and owed $50. 900
for paper instead of So, 600. as Kerr had
represented. Then, after making this dis
coyery, reached the conclusion that when
| exculpated Kerr l was not correct. l was
forced to the conclusion that | could not
have used all the money"
As it was then after 4 o'clock an adjourn
q mi Afatn 70 Do
the cross examination Of the defendant will
be finished.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-12-04
PURSUED BY FATE.
Death by Browning of Six of the
ScrymSer Family.

When the news was received last Sunday
from Mexico that the brig Tahiti had been
found floating eleven miles off Lizard Point,
hull up, the dreaded knowledge that all on
board must have been drowned was forced
upon the many friends of the officers and
crew in this city.
So far no one of the go on board has been
heard of as saved and no piece of wreckage
has been cast up from which the slightest
hope that any one had even made an effort
to escape the great metropolis of the deep
could lie learned.
Now that the fate of the officers and crew
is almost certainty, from which the most
hopeful hardly dare make an appeal, their
friends are exchanging whispered stories of
their lives. White all are interesting in the
sorrow of their fate, none perhaps gives as
much data for the fatalists as that of the
surgeon OF the brig, Harry Scrymser, who
Is well known in this city, New York and
on the Pacific Islands.
DIR. Harry Scrymser belongs TO a family
that sixteen years ago numbered four
daughters and three sons. OF these. Two
daughters and two sons have met common
fate. Al have died by drowning. About
seventeen years since two of the Scrymssr
sisters we're married on the same day and
together. They took wedding tour through
EtItbt, Ely pl Huu luGld. L MS LOOK Two
years, and on their return trip when but
seventeen miles from the American shore,
their snip was caught in a hurricane that
sent the vessel to the bottom. No one was
saved, and the old mother, who had hoped
to soon greet again her daughters and their
husbands, had instead to mourn their loss.
Months afterward a diary Of one of the
daughters was washed ashore and from it
few OF the events of interest to pleasure
seekers alone could be deciphered.
The family remained intact tbereafter
until about year ago. when Fred Scrymser
was drowned at Cheyenne, where he had been
bank cashier. He went fishing in boat,
which capsiZed and he sank. With this
brothers death many attempts were made
TO persuade Harry to give up sea life but
following the sea with him was as much q
part OF his nature as eating. He acce pied a
position as surgeon under his friend II. II.
Leavitt, part owner of the brig, who is also
supposed to be lost When lie went there
remained on shore the promise Of a tragedy
which has been fully enacted, but of which
Harry Scrymser never lived to know. He
was saved that pain. at least.
When he left the Golden Gate he took the
love Of a girl whom he had never regarded
seriously. The brig failed to arrive at its
destination On time, and as the time over.
due was reported-ten, twenty, thirty DAYS
the young woman entered into a hasty
decline, and less than month ago her ewes
closed forever. At that time, in all prob
ability, DIR. Harry Scrymser had been dead
fortnight more.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-12-04
STREET WORK BEGUN.
The Supervisors willing to Get Contra
Into Working Shane

The Supervisors willing to Get Contracts
Into Working Shape.
The Street Committee of the Supervisors
met yesterday and decided to instruct Su-
perintendent Gilleran to investigate q num-
Der of complaints, among which was one in
reference to alleged damage to Winthrop
street, between Lombard and Chestnut. by
blasting.
The application of J. j. Haley, on behalf
OF the Southern Pacific, for uniform grade
on Mission street. between Army and
T1enty-eighth, was referred to the CITY
Surveyor to examine and report.
The Chief Of Police was instructed to look
after the dumping of refuse by the Chinese
between kearny and Dupont streets, On
Washington.
1t was decided that nothing could be done
IN regard to the grading of Alta plaza,
which Clay-Street propriet0rS have asked to
be modified.
A bill of $3.50 of the City and County
surveyor for preparing plan of the Fell
street sewer system Objected to by Attor-
ney Ashe for local residents), was approved.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-12-04
ALMOST A HURRICANE,
California Visited by n Severe Storm o.
Wind and Rain.


Wind and Rain.
In spite of the fact that the clerk of the
weather predicted fair weather for this part
Of California the day was anything but a
fine one. as the worst storm of the season
swept over San Francisco and torrents of
rain fell. 1t began to rain about o'clock
in the afternoon and continued until night
without intermiSSion.
Light showers fell at intervals until mid
night. and indications pointed to continu
ance of the storm, but n a more moderate
manner. The rain was general over the en-
tire northern part of the State. No infor-
nation could be obtained from Eureka and
several other points, owing to the wires
being down and all communication cut off.
Eureka seemed to be the center of the
storm in this State. but Oregon, Wash
ington and many parts of British Colum bia
also felt its violence. The stor,, reached
Its height on this Coast about 81 clock in
the afternoon, when the instruments at
both Point Reyes and Point Lobos showed
q wind velocity of sixty-two miles an hour.
While no disasters to shipping had been re-
ported up to midnight, the steamers that
arrived in port reported very heavy weather
along the coast.
Reports show that ut Red Bluff 066 Of an
inch OF rain fell, at Sacramento 0.40, and in
this city $50. at Baker City, Winnemucca
and Carson City snow fell.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-12-04

suit against a man named Palmer. resid-
ing In East Oakland, to recover $126 for
alleged breach of contract
Recorder Uznay found c. Kohlmoos guilty
on two charges of selling liquor without
tence on Tuesday A second warrant has
been issued for the arrest of n. Muller ON q
similar charge.
The suit Of c. Grau against Mrs. Silva to
recover $299 damages for false imprison-
ment was decided by Justice Swasey in her
favor for 500 and costs. Grau was arrested
on charge Of cruelty to an animal and ac-
quilted. He blamed her for his arrest.
r. b. Tappan. assignee of r. c. Mont
gomery. who formerly conducted the Park
c. Montgomery, Elizabeth Roberts and
Daniel McKinnon to have certain transfers
of property made by Montgomery declared
void. He claims that the transfers were
made in contemplation Of insolvency.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-12-04

The five-mile bicycle-race at the Olympan
Skating-rink last night between S. b. Smith
and W. Carroll for purse Of 800 was de-
clared mo race" by Referee Conway, and
Will be run over Saturday evening. About
the end of the third mile Smith, who was
on the outside, turned too sharp corner
and fouled his opponent The result was
that both wheels were broken and both
racers tumbled on the floor They imme-
diatey resumed their wheels and continued
the race with renewed vigor, albeit with
disabled machines. AT the end of the race
Smith was more than length ahead, though
when the foul occurred Carroll was in the
lead.
Tonight Adolph Kahn, Moet V. Smith
and George Miett will contest for the best
record in CHI air. jumping match.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-12-04

on the 9th ult. Chicago newspaper CORE
spondent claimed to have had an interview
with her at the Auditorium in that city
On the oath inst, lady believed TO be
Miss Allen arrived at the Grand Hotel in
this city, accompanied by well-dressed
gentleman, and the couple registered as hus-
band and wife, occupying Room 16S, and
remaining at the hotel for two days. They
left without stating their destination or
leaving any address.
One of the Grand Hotel clerks said last
night that the lady. did not correspond to
the description OF Miss Allen. The lady
was apparently about IS years of age.
dressed quietly, and her demeanor was quite
unlike that OF variety actress who had
eloped with rich admirer.
Miss Ray Allen is the youngest and pretti-
est of the four Allen sisters, who were
reared in this city, and who went East
about ten years ago with the Ktralfy combi-
nation. They acquired reputation as dan
GERS, and maze great hit here three years
ago at the Grand Opera House. They have a
Tber OF friends in the city who have been
much interested in the rumOrs of Rays dis
appearance.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-12-04

Property-owners on tbs north side OF
Twenty seventh street, between Church
and Dolores. were yesterday visited by their
annual food. caused by the water flowing
down from Army street. which is above the
grade. Residents in that vicinity found
their Easements and gardens covered with
four inches and upward of mud and water.
The property-owuers have frequently COM
planned TO the city authorities, but without
obtaining any relief. They are now becom-
ing impatient and desire the nuisance
abatej before the wintsr is further ad-
vanced. otherwise serious damage will re-
suit to the health OF their families and to
their property.
Among the victims of the nuisance are
the following: Edward /. Walsh, Edmund
Clark. Fred Hoffman Michael Reynolds.
Thomas Cochran. L Anderson. G. Haskell,
Charles Howe
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-12-04
w. Il. Baird Arrested.

W. F. Baird. Presdentof the late MADEIRA
Bank OF Fresno County. was arrested last
evening by Detectives Whitaker and Sey-
more ut the Palace Hotel. and lodged In the
City Prison. The arrest was made on dis
patch from Sheriff j. NJ. Hensley of Fresno
for felony charges. growing out Of the recent
vniyab
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-12-04
A Brutal HOodlum,

oihcer Coulter arrested William FL.
Mitchell yesterday morning at % Mnna
street ON the charges of petty larceny and
ppaltery. lie had invited woman named
Maggie Anderson TO his room and rohhed
nef 9i purse containing IS cents. After
beating her he threw her out,
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-12-04
Died in n Fit.

A. Elkeles. carpet-iayer. residing at 4l6
McAllister street, was found dead in his
room yesterday morning. An autopsy
showed that death resulted from epileptic
hts. de had been under medical treatment
for years for this trouble. The deceased
was 36 years Of age and married, but sepa-
rated from his wife. He was a prominent
witness in the well-known Go)denson mur-
der
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-12-04
On Account of Innocence.

The charge of criminal libel against Fred
erick Marriott, editor of the News Letter,
has been dismissed in Judge Stacks court.
The ground WAS that the libelous statement,
which affected Judge Murphy, was pub
lished without the defendants knowledge,
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-12-04
Rubin Accused of Bure,arv.

Detectives Bee and Harper yesterday
placed charge of burglary against the
name of Emil Rubin. an inmate of the
County Jail. 1t is claimed that he entered
clearinghouse at log Steuart street on the
l5th MI. and stole quantity Of clothes from
several of the rooms
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-12-04
Pacific Cahla RnufA

Rear-Admiral Belknap. U. S. n. in COM
mand of the China station, has written a
letter advocating southern route for Pa
cific cable. He suggests route by Knrilo
Isiahds, hanlcnatka ana the Aleutian Isl
Of Russia Bay on Tanaga Island.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-12-04
A MISSING ACTRESS,
Ray Allen, the WeIl.Kn0wn Sou.
brette, Disappears.

Miss Ray Allen. the popular soubrette,
created a sensation by disappearing sud-
denly few weeks ago from the Garden
Theater. where she was filling an engage
ment. 1t was generally believed that she
had eloped with Western millionaire, and
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-12-04
Gaucing to Be Abolished

Commissioner Mason OF the Internal Reve-
nue. has prepared recommendation to Con-
gress that gauging be abolished In rectify-
lighthouses. Tbs saving will amount to
S5e0.000 annually. II this be done six local
gaugers will be deprived of their salaries.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-12-04
RING AND PATH.
The Pastime Athletic Clubs En-.
tertainment.
Sullivan Has Again Become Temperance
Manila Blanche Arrives From Salt
Lake-Coursing

Bob Fitzsimmons will leave next week
for New Orleans to second his partner
Jimmy Carroll in his fight against Billy
Meyers.
Fitzsimmons was asked by Director of
the Occidental Club few days ago if he
would fight the winner of the La Blanche
and Greggains' mill and, wi thout the least
hesitancy he said that if Greggains would
prove to be the winner he would return
and fight him. Fitz refused to meet La
Blanche because the latter had been whip
ped by Young Mitchell
1t is said that the Olympic Club will try
and devise some plan by which it hopes to
remove from the ranks of the boxing ele-
ment certain sewers Of discord, who have
been trying to induce the bona-fide amateurs
to strike for big prizes, such as gold
watches. cha ms, diamond lockets. etc. prior
to their participating in any Of the clubs
tournaments
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-12-04
A Mother Mt Thirteen Years.

A thirteen-year-oldg girl named Clementina
Nolan, who recently came here from Butte
at the City and County Hospital The girl
refuses to give the name of her betraysr,
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-12-04
Alameda.

The receipts of the Postofficee for the
month Of November were SlQ36.
George ID. Beach of this city has brought
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1891-06-12

The annual visit of the North Da-
kota railroad commissioners has
come and gone. The honorable
body came up on special Monday,
remained long enough to eat a square
meal and then stole silently away
without doing any business and very
little harm. They came early in the
morning before farmers got into town
but probably no complaints would
have been laid before the commission
even if they had remained all day.
So everything is all right. Railroad
commissioners are great benefit to
the state-they draw their salaries
regularly and have a nice time.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1891-06-12
The Usurer's Only Hope.

"In St. Louis" said the drummer, ..is
firm to whom sell goods once in q
great while. The senior partner is q.
regular shark. Not long ago he loaned
some money to church society for tha
purchase of a new organ. When pay
ment Of the loan was made he charged
the society 9 per cent. This was refused,
and the principal was not paid. Finally
one Of the deacons of the church was
sent to talk with the usurer.
"'You have acted very badly said
the pillar of the church.
'How's that?
six per cent. was enough Interest,"
Nine is fair
"'When the Lord looks down on that
Q he will put long black mark againsk
your name.'
'This staggered the old fellow for Z
moment, but suddenly recovering, he "a
piled, when the Lord looks down on
that he will think it's q 6.'"- Chicago.
Herald.