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The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1895-01-24
A THRILLING cETECTiVE STORY.

The Czp.o.ts of Two Government Sicuta!
Io:G IA y rcb.:c Document.
The government publishes a grea,
variety of matter in the course of q
year. from presidential messages to Q
history of diseases of the gadfly, and
the variety of reading r:cttcr has beer
increased within the last few days by
the publication Of q real detective
story, with diagrams according to
Gaboriau.
This is the history of the sandbagging
and robbery of stamp clerk in the
Chicago post offioo ono dark night last
winter, when the wind was whistling
around tho corner and the siect dash.
ing against the windows Tho story ot
the crime and the win search Of the
two government slcuths for The Grim
inal .re given ut great longth and IN
the rninutcst detail. All Of this Is con-
tanned in a pamphlet of eleven pages,
accompanying claim Of the late post
master for the amount Of the robbery,
which he was compelled to nuke good.
There ore q. number Of diagrams to
illustrate the story, One Of them
shows where the body Of the clerk
was found" "the door where Miss
Jones came in," 1.-THE window where
the robber escaped" "the door where
the robber entered" and other minute
details. Another diagram shows the
postal clerk as he stood at his desk. but
fails to represent the robber and the
sandbag, although everything else,
even to Miss Jones' desk, is portrayed
wildly.
Many pages of closely-printed type
are filled with the history of the efforts
of the government sleuths.
"There were two theories to work
upon," writes one of them: First, that
Robinson had robbed himself and in
flicted upon himself the injuries to
cover up his crime, or that some one
familiar with the Office and with the
habits of Mr.. Robinson had planned
and successfully put in execution the
robbery. called to my assistance the
superintendent of the Pinkerton agen.
cy of this city. who rendered me every
assistance in his power, without cost,
to get some clew to the perpetrators OF
the bold robbery. We have worked
upon every plausible theory, but have
failed to get any cicw to lead us on a
successful trail"
The outcome of the work on these
two theories is reported as follows:
"The result of the investigation in
this case has convinced me of two
things: First, that it was bona fide
robbery; second, that it was conceived
and planned, if not perpetrated, by
some one perfectly familiar with the
workings Of that branch of the postal
department in this city, but the plan
was SO well executed that up to the
present moment we have been unable
to get single clew that would fasten
the guilty party"
So the robbery remains q mystery,
and the thrilling story of the two gov.
ernment sleuths goes on file in the an
nails of congress.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1895-01-24

Senator Thurston, recently elected
from Nebraska, talks good sense in his
speech to the Nebraska Legislature.
Among other things, he says:
/ am in favor OF the speedy enactment
of protective tariff law, modelled upon
the ground lines of the Mckinley act,
and embodying the reciprocity ideas Of
James G. Blaine. 1t is my profound
conviction that the prosperity Ct this ds
the industrial masses, depends upon the
broadest application of the American
idea, that Whatever labor is to be done
for the people OF the United States shall
be done by the people of the United
States under the Stars and Stripes, and
that the prices Of the products Of Amer.
ican labor shall be fxed by American
conditions and American competition.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1895-01-24

The Democratic Legislature of Tenn.
essee are determined to oust the newly
elected Governor of Tennessee, and re-
tain in power his defeated Democratic
opponent. Twas ever thus. Democ.
racy was never known to hesitate in
adopting the old robber axiom, "Might
makes right" The people will get at
them again one of these days, and there
will be no mistake as to the popular yer.
dict on such high handed outrages.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1895-01-24

The once. Hon. VIM. L. Wilson took
occasion to remark at the Jackson ban.
quet in Philadelphia, that: "Eithsr the
trusts or the Democracy must be the
governing influence in the United
States ?" Why not leave it as 1t was
the trusts and Democracy. The Democ.
racy rules the county, and the trusts
rule the Democracy.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1895-01-24

There is an attempt to rally the De.
moralized Democracy. The Cuckoos
are calling them "to the 'front.'" It's no
use. They feel that they have been
relegated to the rear by the voice of the
American people, and you can't drive
'em "to the 'front.'" If there was enough
sugar left they might be coaxed. But
that's the only hope.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1895-01-24

That was good precedent set by a
Huntsville, Alabama, jury which award.
ed the widow of Robert Ross $4,000
against the Western Union Telegraph
Company for failing to deliver to Ross a
telegram warning him that an attempt
would be made upon his life. Why not
q telegraph company be as responsible
for fatal consequences of its neglect, as
any other corporation?
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1895-01-24

Grover said to Queen Lii, II can, h lp
you. But I'll just call away our ships,
and turn my back, SO that you caa have
a good chance to rise up with your forces
and massacre every man who favors a
Republican form OF government. Then,
you can have your throne again" Selah
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1895-01-24

The Chicago Inter Ocean is about right
in the following prediction:
When the people get around to old.
fashioned protection and reciprocity they
will build bonfires throughout the
length and breadth OF the land and re
joice in returned prosperity. II took
but one year to get enough "tarif re-
form" and "free trade" in wild cats.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1895-01-24

The Democratic party has majority
in both houses of Congress, and it has
the President. Its representatives in
Congress can do what they please to re-
lieve the situation. York World.
No, no. Thew themselves are the sit
uation. The only relief they can afford
is by resigning or adjourning.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1895-01-24

The time draweth nigh when the
place that knoweth the present Con-,
gress shall know it no more forever.
Thank Providence aud the recarring
good sense of the American people.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1895-01-24

A child's greatest enenmy is worms.
Who can calculate the misery and suf.
fering child has to endure who is in.
tested with worms? Shriner's Indian
and vermifugc will destroy and expei
worms from both children and adults.
Only 25 cents bottle.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1895-01-24

Already it is announced that another
$50, ,0OO, 900 must be borrowed by the gov
crnment. How long. at that rate, would
II take the Democracy to pay of the
National deUt?
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1895-01-24

There was q stranger in town yester.
day. After a cautious investigation the
girls discovered that it was "only that
mean old Ching with his hair trimmed"
We judge from this that the foot ball
season is over.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1895-01-24

There is likely to be new use for the
gas meter. A Boston telegraph com.
pany has adopted a system Of charging
its patrons according to the amount of
service they have gotten out OF the
hello box,
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1895-01-24
1896
"a,

Cleveland wants "harmony in his
party" Remember Watterson's pro.
phetic utterance, and remember, too,
that the grave is great harmoniEer.
Grover will realize this in '96.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1895-01-24

Japan has an eye to business, and has
already decided to use 81 70, ,OO0, 600 OF the
indemnity she proposes to exact from
China, in the erection OF an immense
steel plant for the manufacture OF armor
nlate
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1895-01-24

What has Democracy accomplished for
the betterment OF American interests
Cipher it out of the following figures.
Reform and Retrenchment 5000, ,OOO, 900.
Tariff for Revenue 100000 900.
Free Raw Material OOOOOO,0OO.
Foreign Markets 100000, 900
Sell.out to the Trusts OOO,OOO 900.
Attempt to enthrone Lii 100000, 900.
Robbery of Pensioners 900, 900 900.
Wilson's London Banquet 900, 900 900.
Abrogation of Reciprocity 100000, 900.
Threat'nipg home industries 600, ,OOO, 900.
stagnation OF Commerce 100000
Genl Incidental Distrust 100000. 900.
Total 5000. 600 ono
Per contra, the list of injuries to
American interests are interminable and
the amounts incalculable. Hundreds of
thousands OF business failures. Calami.
tous declines in values, the hushing of
American factories, the ruin of Ameri.
can farmers and stock raisers, the des.
truction of our national revenues, the is
suance of bonds, a cowardly and unpat.
riotic foreign policy in favor of tyranny
and opposed to freedom, the creation OF
foreign antagonism to our commerce,
and the closing of the best foreign mar.
kets against us, the. contention, vascilla.
ton, weakness and corruption of the ad.
ministration-- all these and many more
counts have reduced the American peo.
pie from a condition of prosperity to one
of uncertainty and pitiable wretched.
ness. Balance up the account for your.
SELF
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1895-01-24

"Say, mister" said the Fresh Air
child as she watched the cattle enjoying
their cud, "do you have to buy gum for
all them COWS to chew?"
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1895-01-24

ton, and mild rebuke to the Prohibi-
ton brethren who are so anxious and
earnest in furnishing church members
unsolicited advice. ~
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1895-01-24

she-It takes two to make 9 bargain,
you know.
; He-Yes, but only one gets II.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1895-01-24

Hoods Pills are purely vegetable, and
do not purge, pain or gripe. 25 cents.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1895-01-24

The Exploits Of Two Government Sicutas
IoG IA q rco!.c Document.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1895-01-24
ALMOST A MIRACLE /!

Well.known Railroad Mans Experience. Life
Saved in a Way Which is Wonderful, and
Ought to be Told Everywhere Far and Wide.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1895-01-24

What has Democracy accomplished for
the betterment of American interests ?
Cipher it out of the following figures.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1895-01-24

meetings, could only be considered in
bad taste. We might illustrate by sup.
posing meeting called for the purpose
OF advancing agricultural knowledge,
and perfecting the organization of a
Farmers' Institute, and some eloquent
objector occupying much time by de-
nouncing all shook farming" and sich,
Republican orator securing the floor in
Democratic meeting, and vice versa.
But the intelligent reader will readily
supply the decorum of certain acts, or
remarks in cases such as have been
mentioned. Yet, waving all conven.
tional decornm, which should be admit.
ted to be mere matter OF taste and
training, the essence of the question
still remains, and that question is, is the
Church right now, in continuing its
same attitude towards intemperance as
it has in the years gone by, or is the
doctrine and attitude OF the Prohibition
party the essentials Of the solution?
The question yet remains to be solved.
Nor was it the intention in this article
to offer Q solution, but rather, as may
already have been gathered by the read.
er,' Z defense Of the attitude of the
Church towards the temperance qnes-
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1895-01-24
MARINES LANDED.
Sailors From Foreign Warships Protect
ConsuIates at Chez Foo.

Sailors From Foreign Warships Protect
ConsuIates at Chez Foo.
LONDON, Jan. PA dispatch from
Chez Foo says that sailors from all for
eign warships have been landed to pro-
tect the consulates of the different coun-
tries they represent.
Adyices to The Pail Mall Gazette
under date Of Dee. 81, report that a
panic existed the there then among the
inhabitants Of Chez Foo owing to the
proximity Of the Japanese troops were
said to be on the point of mutinying. 1t
is said that owing to diplomatic comph-
cations the plan was not to land any
blue jackets from foreign warships
without urgent necessity for SO doing.
But the signal men ashore and afoat
were to remain on the lookout day and
night, so long as the weather was clear
and safe. sIt was added that frequent
gales of snow and spray obscured the
signals in tow.
Continuing, The Pail Mall Gazette's
correspondent says:
"Al the male foreigners, numbering
about co. are armed and they are able
to hold the Chinese in check until help
arrives" but he adds, "God help the
outlying American missions"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1895-01-24
DUTIES GREAT EXPLOSION.
A Coroner's Jury Attempting to Locate the
Responsibility.

A Coroner's Jury Attempting to Locate the
Responsibility.
BUTTE. Mon, Jan. 24.-The inquest
ON the bodies of the men who met death
in the great explosion a week ago is now
in progress and p1 . ises to be long
and rigid investigation as to who is re-
sponEble for the terrible disaster. So
far the testimony shows that two explo-
sions caused all the fatalities, and that
they came from the Kenyon Cornell
Commercial company's warehouse.
Those in position to know testified
that there was not more than $50 pounds
Of the explosive in the warehouse, but
an expert on explosives swore that there
must have been between 10 and Is tons.
The explosion was felt IS miles distant.
In view of prospective damage suits a
number of attorneys are in attendance
at the inquest and the greatest interest
is being taken in the proceedings. The
total number of known dead is So and
three more will die. OF those injured
there are 26 still in the hospitals.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1895-01-24
RIcks cEMatsRED.


House Judiciary Committee Decides Not to
Impeach the Judge.
WASHINGTON, Jan 24-The attempt
to impeach Judge Augustus J. Kicks of
Cleveland has failed in the house judi
ciary committee by an adverse vote of 9
to Z, and instead of a resolution for i'm
parchment, which Mr.. Bailey of Texas
had prepared to report to the house, one
will be presented denouncing the fee
system, which, in the opinion of mem
bers has made the proceedings possible.
Judge Kicks gave a personal e1plana-
ton to the committee Of the accounts in
the Birdsen case, which he had handled
as clerk of the court and which fur
nished
Ground for the Investigation,
and testimony was given against him by
Martin W. Sanders, who had been his
deputy clerk and succeeded to the clerk
ship when Judge Kicks was promoted to
the bench. The days review of the
case, which was of bitter, acrimonious
character, changed the opinion of no
member, and the charges were ignored,
as it had been expected they would be
when all the members could be brought
together for vote. The case was made
largely q party question, although
Judge Kicks had four Democratic votes,
and, as the next congress is strongly Re-
publican, there is no probability that it
will be revived.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1895-01-24
HALF BILLION BONDS
Provisions of the Jones Cur
rency Bill introduced in
the Senate.
IT REDEEMS TREASURY NOTES
And Provides for Any Defi-
ciencyin Running Expenses
of Government.

WASHINGTON Jan. 24-In the Jones
financial and currency bill introduced in
the senate, authority is given the secre-
tary of the treasury to issue $500, 900, 900
Of bonds payable in coin of the present
standard value, and bearing 8 per cent
interest. The bonds are to ma
ture 80 years from date and may be
redeemed in 30 years. The proceeds Of
the bonds are to be used to defray cur
rent expenses Of the government and
for the redemption Of United States
legal tender and treasury notes, issued
under the act of July IA, 1890. The
bonds are to be of the denom-
nations of $50 AID $50 and
multiplies and will be free
from taxes. They must be paid for in
gold, or the secretary may accept
United States notes and the treasury
notes under the act of 1890.
National banks may issue circulating
notes to the amount of the bonds de-
posted with the treasury, and the tax
for such issue is reduced to one-fourth
Of one per cent.
Section 8 provides that no national
bank shall retire its circulation without
written authority from the secretary Of
the treasury.
Section 4, provides that national
banks desiring to retire the whole or
any part of their circulating notes are
required to deposit gold coin to the
amount Of the notes to be retired, and
at all times to keep on deposit with the
secretary of the treasury, sum in gold
equal to five per cent of their outstand-
ing circulating notes to be used for the
redemption of such notes.
Sections 6 and provide for the dis
placement of all national bank and
United States treasury notes of denom-
nations of less than $40 with silver GER
tiicates.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1895-01-24
A COMPLETE BLOCKADE.
Avalanche Of Snow, Rocks and Trees on
the California and Oregon.

Avalanche Of Snow, Rocks and Trees on
the California and Oregon.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 24.-There is
complete blockade Of the California and
Oregon railroad at Upper Soda Springs,
Cal, above Dunsmuir. The great ava
lanche Of snow, rocks and trees which
came down at that point on Monday
were supplemented by another big slide
Tuesday and Superintendent Fillmore
says it will take 4S hours at least and
possibly longer period to get the
Shasta route cleared
No passenger was sent north. In its
place force of 1870 additional men was
dispatched from Oakland to aid the 400
or more already on the scene of the cata-
clysm. They took with them two OF
the largest hydraulic pumps Of the Mon
arch pattern, which will be placed at
work at once on arrival. The Sacra-
mento goes rushing past and it's waters
will be utilized by the great rams to cut
away the immense amount Of earth and
rocks there. The slide of Monday ex-
tended distance of 1000 feet, and the
mass Of debris is piled up to depth of
"a feet. At the same time the Sacra-
mento was damned up by the falling
material to depth Of 80 feet.
A Second Slide.
It was herculean work for the force
Of men to clear away the mountain OF
distractions. They set about it with a
will, however, and kept up their efforts
until noon, when another immense
quantity of earth and debris came down
on the rails from the hillside, 400 feet
above, and obliterated all the work that
had been done. Fortunately the men
were at dinner at the time, or death
would probably have been their fate.
As it was the situation was considered
SO desperate that report of the condi-
ton of affairs was telegraphed to Super
intendent Fillmore, with pressing de-
mand for aid. The result was that more
men were ordered to the scene. The
company is apprehensive of other slides,
and the situation is critical
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1895-01-24
QUEER CARGO OF A SHIP.
Supposed to BE Exclusively Rice, But Wa
mostly Weevf1

Supposed to BE Exclusively Rice, But Was
Mostly Weeva.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 24.-The British
ship Mill Wall, Bremner, captain, ar
rived in port short time ago from
Rangoon, Burmah, with a cargo sup
posed to be composed exclusively of
rice. When the matches were removed,
however, vast swarm Of insects flew
out, and on examination the hold was
found to be literally alive with them.
So much so, in fact, that it was an i'm
possibility for the sailors to descend for
fear of suffocation.
Professor Davidson, of the United
States geodetic and coast survey, has
obtained specimens of the insects, and
recognizes among them two species Of
the common American weevil. But
there are several others unknown to
him, and which he has sent to the uni
versity at Berkley for classification.
They may turn out to be great pest.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1895-01-24
DR.. PAQUIN'S SURPRISE.
st. Louis Physician Will Give Results O
Tuberculosis Experiments

st. Louis Physician Will Give Results Of
Tuberculosis Experiments.
ST. LOUIS, Jan. PA local paper
states that at the meeting of the ST. Louis
Medical society next Saturday evening,
DIR. Paul Paquin, for many years mem
Der Of the state board of health, will pre-
sent a report which will attract the at
tention of the medical world But few
medical friends have been advised of the
experiments which have been in progress
for years, and which have resulted in
the discovery OF an anti-consumptiOn
serum. For many years DR.. Paquin has
worked secretly on this great problem.
1t is reported that his recent success has
decided him to make it public at an
early date.
DR.. Paul Paquin has been investigat-
ing tuberculosis in man and various
kinds of animals for several years. He
has utilized the principle underlying the
natural immunity enjoyed by the horse
against consumption, and the principle
by which anti-toxine for diphtheria is
produced, and he has obtained a serum
which, when introduced in human beings
suffering from consumption, arrests or
checks the disease.
Technical features of the preparation
OF the anti tubercule serum involve
elaborate and delicate laboratorial pro-
cesses, requiring considerable space to
explain, and degree of technical knowl-
edge to comprehend. The serum has
been used in the treatment Of many
cases and is administered in the form of
injections. The doctor believes that he
has found in this immunized blood serum
Of the horse the simple cure and pre-
ventive of the dread disease, which in
its various forms, is authoritatively
stated to cause from so to 70 per cent Of
the yearly mortality.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1895-01-24
Circulating the Queer.

ODESSA, Mimi, Jan. PA petition
has been signed by all our principal
business men and sent to United States
Marshal Campbell at St. Paul asking
an investigation Of the counterfeit s.
and SO bills which are in circulation in
and around this locality. There are a
great number of bills held by different
parties here, and all hope that an inves-
tigation will be made and the guilty
parties brought to justice.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1895-01-24
HAD THIRTY ON BOARD.
Steamer Chiora Believed to Be Lost in the
Gale.

Steamer Chiora Believed to Be Lost in the
Gale.
BENTON HARBoR, Mich, Jan. a.
The steamer Chiora, with 80 persons on
board, is tossing helplessly on the lake
or has gone to the bottom. Great alarm
is felt here and many believe that the
vessel has gone down. The Office Of
Graham & Morton has been thronged
with steamboat men discussing the big
steamers chances in the gale of Monday
night. Some think she put back to Mil
waukee and was driven north to the
straits. One passenger, Joseph Pearl, a
young business man of st. Joseph, was
aboard. kilograms have been sent to
every port on the lake. Thirty seamen
are aboard the missing boat The
strong wind has continued up to late
hour.