The Weekly Graphic du lieu suivant : Huron, Kansas • 1

1 HE EEK RAPHIC VOLUME II HURON, ATCHISON COUNTY, KANSAS, SATURDAY, AUGUST 15, 1891. NUMBER 20, A GIGANTIC SWINDLE. AS IN A FIERY FURNACE. NEWS NOTES. W.

K. MILLER; Physician -'and Surgeon, Office In W. Jones Drug Store. HURON KANSTS. A Bold Bank Robbery.

Lima, Aug, 11. One of the boldest bank robberies ever perpetrated in this section of country occurred this morning at Columbus Grove, a town of about 2,000 people, twelve miles north of here. Cashier T. J. Maple had Just opened the Exchange bank, of which his father Is proprietor, and laid out about $3,000 near the cbashier's window.

About 8 :30 a man appeared at the door with a revolver in each hand. He immediately began shooting. Cashier Maple was struck twice, once In the arm and once in the right side. As fell to the floor an old farmer, William Vandermark, aged 60, entered tho door, having come to get his money for some hogs he had just sold. The robber turned and shot him through and through.

A third man sat in the lobby of the bank, paralyzed with fear. He was not molested. The desperado then grabbed $1,200 in greenbacks, shoved it in the pockets of his sack coat and darted out the door shouting! "I'm a second Jesse James." Maple has a flesh wound in the arm and a glance wound from a rib in his side, but is in no danger unless blood poisoning sets in. Mr. Vandermark is one of the most substantial farmers.

He was struck by the bullet on the right side below the ribs and injured internally. He is vomiting blood and will probably be dead before this is printed. He cannot recover at all events. At 11 :45 o'clock to-night the bank robber was still at large and the chase has been abandoned until daylight. Almost everybody in the northern part of Allen county has been out all day looking for the desperado.

ALABAMA CRIME. Guatemala proposes to spend $120,000 fof a world's fair exhibit. Rumors are current predicting Important changes in the Mexican cabinet at an. early date. During a heavy storm in Manitoba Thursday night, two women were killed-by lightning.

The Russian banners captured by the French during the Crimean war have beea returned to Russia. An English syndicate has purchased practically all the leather board factories-in the eastern states. Proctor the well known rac horse, died Friday in his stall at Horse Haven, near Saratoga, N. Y. Nearly 4,000 Indian depredation claim have so far beers filed before the national court of claims in Washington.

Hundreds of hogs about Bellbrook, are dying of cholera. Only one farmer's drove has been untouched so far. A Wichita firm has. been awarded the contract for the iron work on the public building at Denver, at $16,073. The green glass bottle makers and factory owners split at their conference in Pittsburg and a lockout is probable.

The Morning News of Belfast, Ireland, has come out against Parnell, of whom for years it had been an ardent supporter. New York bankers say that they will assist A. Backer, the dealer in commercial paper who has failed, to his feet again, A young farmer named Edwards whiip plowing on his farm near San Antonio Texas, unearthed $17,000 in gold doubloons. Three deaths have so far occurred as the result of the excursion wreck near Champlain, N. Y.

A fourth victim is dying. Mr. Duesing, a theological student in one of the Roman Catholic colleges in Rome, was drowned Monday. His home was in St. Louis, Mo.

William Fullerton, a young American, a graduate of Harvard, replaces M. De Blowitz as the working head of the Paris-office of the London Times. President Balmaceda of Chili and the leaders of the Chilean insurgents have appealed Spanish government to aot as arbl L'ator and end the war. The Santa Fe boiler makers' strike has-ended. All differences are amicably arranged.

The discharged men and the strikers have all resumed work. Lieutenant Philip Hodges of the English navy committed suicide by jumping into the sea July 24 while being sent home from Australia for a breach of discipline. The United States treasury continues the daily shipment of small notes to the west for use in moving the crops. Tha total amount so far sent is 2 4-5 million dollars. C.

P. Huntington and associates of New York have purchased the Texas Trunk railroad, extending from Dallas to Cedar, in, Kaufman county, a distance of fifty-two miles. The People's party of Greenwood coun ty, have nominated a county ticket. Four of the nominees are former Democrats, two former Republicans and one labor man. In the Davis will case at Butte, argument on the admission of expert testimony on handwriting has closed, anA Judge McHatton has decided to exclude expert testimony.

A yachting party, consisting of four mei and five children, were cruising in Dor-cester bay, near Boston, when the boa capsized and the two men and four chil dren were drowned. The chambers of commerce of Glessoa and Greise and a majority of the member' of the central union of German wool maj ufacturers have decided not to take par'fc in the Chicago fair. Pension payments aggregating tx2 mil-. lion dollars have been made by the United: States treasury since August 1 and ha'va reduced the cash balance in the treasury from $55,783,615 to $48,177,443. Both members of the assigned banking firm of Schall Danner of York, have been arrested charged with receiving money from John B.

Walsh of New York; when on the verge of insolvency. The silver anniversary of the Missouri State Sunday School Association closed, last Sunday night at Pertle Springs, by brief addresses from the ex-presidenti of the convention, in order of their, service. William T. Croasdale, the editor of tho, Standard and chairman of the national committee of the single tax league, died at Merriwold, Sullivan county, New York, of peritonitis, after an illness of eight days. Mrs.

Nellie Webb, an aged, and wealthy-widow of Louisville. committed sui-. cide at the College Hill sanitarium last Monday evening. She was a victim of drink and had been placed in Ishe sanitaria um on the 21st of last April. Reports from the Massachusetts assessment and indorsement coaporatiooa-show that they are doing business, on very small balances.

One ccmpany is. doiag a business of $200,000 a al'ince of $750, and another a five years' ferder business of. $3,221,000 on fGttJ. The Munn. Brosv Wilkes ranch and cattle in Hwkley have bpen.

sold at Gcforado at the door of tha court hcuse under a decree from the federal court, aVl Paso. The sale embraced head of cattle, 100 saddle horses and 55,030 acres of land. Gregory, Cooley Co. of Chicago were the purchasers, paying $91,000 cash and assuming duo oa lands, ENORMOUS SUMS TAKEN FOOLISH PEOPLE. Offleers of the "National Capital Building and Loan Association" Arrested Victim from Maine to California.

A Huge Robbing Scheme. Chicago, Aug. 12. Alfred Downing, president, and J. H.

Tollman, vice president of the National Capital Savings and Building and Loan Association of North America, were arrested by Postoffloe Inspector Stuart, charged with using the mails for fraudulent purposes. It is charged that the men who have been conducting" this association have swindled thousands of people from every state in the Union, and taken in from $300,000 to 1300,000 and given nothing in return. The victims hail from Maine to California, and are numbered among rich and poor alike. From facts already known the scheme will parallel that of the great "Fund swindle, which was broken up about five years ago. There are still two men at liberty, they having disappeared several weeks ago.

These two men, it is believed, got away with most of the funds. The advertisements of the swindlers could possibly deceive only the gullible, but these they found in every state from Maine to California. An Awful Ten Days. New York, Aug. 12.

The steamship Cachemiere has arrived in this port with 160 Italian steerage passengers on board. It was learned to-day for the first time that for ten days of the voyage the vessel and all on board of her were in imminent and continuous danger of the gravest character. When the steamer was but one day out from Marseilles it was reported to the captain that the soft coal in the bunkers was on fire. He at once gave orders that the strictest secrecy should be observed as, if the news spread among the passengers, it would be impossible to avert a panic. Immediate steps were taken to quench tho fire, but it had already gained serious headway.

The pumps wero put to work and heavy streams of water were poured upon the piles of cdfil and upon the deck above it. This was kept up for day and night for ten days, and not till the end of that time was the fire entirely extinguished. The captain and crew were on almost continuous duty during thatjtime and were completely worn out. During the whole time none of the passengers had any suspicion of the danger in which they stood nor did they learn of it until port was reached. A Sirocco In South Dakota.

St. Lawrence, S. Aug. 11. The hottest weather ever experienced here has prevailed for three days past.

So intense has been the heat that men and animals have succumbed in many instances and harvest work is entirely suspended through the day. At 1 p. m. yesterday the mercury rose to 108 to 110 in shade. The wind was in a southern direction but hot and dry, possessing no refreshing qualities.

Late wheat suffered terribly and some fields will not be cut. Other wheat is all right. Unless showers come very soon or a cool wave comes, but little will survive the ordeal. Prairie grass in some places is dry enough to burn. Some prairie fires have already been reported.

Killed Hi Father. Cincinnati Aug. 12. Charles Neimann, aged 20, shot and instantly killed George Neimann, his father. George Noiman was a cobbler and lived at 18 Gorman street.

He had been divorced from his wife, but still lived in the same house with her and her children. He had frequent quarrels with his family and divorced wife, and this mornings tragedy was the culmination of one of these disputes. Distress Along the Jtlo Grande. Havana, Aug. 12.

Those who have lived twenty-iive years on the Rio-Grande have never seen such misery among tho Mexican population as this year. The staple crop of the Rio Grande valley Is corn and the Mexican frijole, but the drouth has been so terrible for the last eighteen months that scarely anything has been raised, and stock has died by thousands. Four Drowned. Milwaukee, Aug. 12.

Four young people, children of prominent Milwaukee business men, were drowned at Lake Pewaukee, twenty miles from here. They were out in a small sail boat with three other young people. A squall struck the boat, capsizing it. It was heavily ballasted and sunk almost immediately, leaving the even persons struggling in the water. Paying for Rabbit Scalps.

Midland, Aug 12. There has been a gala day in Midland. The commissioners nourt has been in session the first time since the state rabbit law went into effect. The total number of scalps turned in was 13,000 by the actual count of two men who were kept busy all day. County scrip was exchanged for scalps.

Starved to Death. Winnipeo, Manitoba, Aug. 12. The wife of Matthew Weiser, a Langenburg farmer, has been found dead in bed. The cause is a mystery, but is supposed she starved to death, her huband being absent from home.

A DREADFUL DAY IN NEW YORK WITH MANY DEATHS. The City Heated to a Degree That Made Life Unbearable The Entire Fop. ulatlonWent to the Housetops For Fresh Air. Scorching Weather In New York. New Yokk, Aug.

13. New York yesterday was a furnace seven times heated. It was the third day of the heated term in this city and the hottest of the three. By a thermometor which registers the actual degree of heat on the street 97 deg. was reached at 8:30.

In the afternoon the ambulances were busily engaged in carrying to the hospitals many human beings prostrated by the heat. Nothing like it has been recorded at this time in the year for nearly twenty years, and a continuance during the week means an enormous increase of mortality, especially in the crowded tenement districts. Several death have occurred and many more victims are in a precarious condition. The scenes east of Broadway and south of Houston street last night wero beyond description. The entfre population have deserted their tenements and have sought the housetops and tho streets, where they are lying down, walking and gasping for breath.

BLAINE WILL ACCEPT. Such Is the Conclusion Beached by A. L. Conger, the Ohio Man. Washington, Aug.

13. Enough was said for publication by Conger, touching a recent conference with Secretary Blaine, to satisfy most people that the declaration that the secretary would come out flat-footed declining a ronomination, was lure fabrication. Since Mr. Conger's interview, however, a great deal more has come to the surface as to what was said at Bar Harbor, and a man who talked with the Ohio member of the National Republican committee is authority for the statement that Mr. Blaine, health permitting, will be "in the hands of his friends" when the nominating convention meets in 1892.

A Fearful Railroad Wreck. Stracuse, Aug. 12. The St. Louis express on the West Shore railroad met with a terrible accident three miles west of Port Byron.

The train was running at a high rate of speed and at that point ran into a freight train. The wreck was an awful one and tho deaths numbered twelve. The wreck took fire and the passenger train was burned with the exception of three sleeping cars. The train was made up of two express cars, a baggage car, a smoking car, a day car and three sleeping cars. The accidont was the result of carelessness on the part of the rear brakeman of the freight train, or by negligence on the part of the freight conductor.

Twenty-three people were injured. AN ALLIANCE SENSATION. The Business Agent of the Georgia Exchange a Defaulter, Atlanta, Aug. 12. The Journal prints a sensation in Alliance circles.

J. O. Wynne, business agent of the Georgia state Alliance exchange, is over $20,000 short in his accounts. The directors appointed W. A.

Broughton, treasurer of the exchange to examine the books and the shortage was discovered. Mr. Wynne is under $50,000 bond. The exchange claims the shortage is an out and out defalcation. Mr.

Wynne makes a statement that the shortage is due to a clerical error and a loss of vouchers. A Remarkable Desperado. Tahlequah, I. Aug. 12.

The Cherokee Indians are celebrating the death of one of the most noted of Indian desperadoes that ever lived. His history was tho most remarkable in the known world. He died one year ago at the age of 96 years at peace with his people, but most of his life had been passed in warfare against mankind. To-day the Cherokee people are celebrating the anniversary of his death as a holiday. This Indian was old Tom Starr, who for a quarter of a century was a terror to the whole Cherokee nation.

A Plot Flustrated. Marshall, Aug. 12. A plot to effect a wholesale jail delivery was discovered yesterday by Sheriff Ayres at the county Jail. In the possession of Don Camerron Patterson, alias Rugar, a noted criminal and a prisoner named May, were found with several improvised saws made from steel shanks and an old knife.

They had already sawed in two one of tho iron bars at the east end of the corridor. Bulling Sentenced Again. St. Joseph, Aug. 9.

Louis Bulling, the escaped wife murderer, was brought before Judge Anthony, of Savannah, and for the third time sentenced to death. Balling's attorneys tried to stave off proceedings on the ground that Judge Anthony had no jurisdiction, but the motion was overruled and the day of excution was set for Friday, September 4, Democrats Unite. Chicago, Aug. 12. The two factions of tho Democratic party in Chicago have united after a long bitter fight which had allowed tho Republicans to win two important elections.

Should the treaty prove, binding the Democrats expect to make, clean, everlasting sweep of all the office, in sight The present city administration is Republican. ARNOLD LANG. RESTAURANT Cigars Tobacco. JAS. MAYMED Barber and Hairdresser.

A Clean Shave 10c. and A Good Hair-cut 25c. Ivlairi Street. LEWIS EDWARDS, GENERAL BLACKSMITHING and Wood Working PLOW WORK, AND HORSE-SHOEING ARE SPECIALTIES. All Work GUARANTEED First-Class Huron Creamery Co S.

L. Carpenter, Mang'r. Cream Wanted: Route Men will ath-r the cream direct from patron's door. you churning1 and marketing butter. A good price is always paid for cream.

Try it. Thore's money in it -for you. Presli Bntter For SalB. H. T.

HARRISON. Bool Shoe Maker. HAND MADE SHOES kept on hand guaranteed full stock and not to rip, at the following prices: $3.50, $3.75, $4.00 AND $4.25, The elastic in these shoes is guaranteed to last 18 months; if it should give out new will be inserted free. REPAYING NEATLY DONE. TO ALL HORSE MEN! The horse can't talk, but I can and am prepared to furnish powders, liniments restorative liquids, and all medicines suitable for all horse diseases.

I Will Gin Afliice FEEE for a sick horse. All medicines furnished at reasonable rates. Call on me a( 'Sayre's Harness shop, or direct all letters to me at 413 South 5th street Atchison, Kansas, M. J. WOODWARD.

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A Terrible State of Affairs Existing In Bibb County. Birmingham, Aug. 12. A terrible state of affairs exists in Bibb county. Some two weeks ago the dead body of Henry Smith was found in tho woods near Blockton.

He was a witness in a murder case against Jesse Miller, a rich farmer, and who is popularly supposed to be the head and front of a gang who have been terrorizing that county, and against whom the citizens have organized vigilance committees. Five men are in jail charged with complicity in tho Smith murder. Blockton is patrolled day and night by vigilants and the witnesses for tho state are kept under guard to prevent them from being murdered. Good citizens from every part of the county will gather at Centerville tomorrow fully armed to guard the criminals from a rescue. A FLUCKT WOMAN.

A Galveston Negro Breaks Into the Wrong; House and Gets KlUed. Galveston, Aug. 12. About 1 o'clock yesterday morning Jennie Armstrong, while lying on her bed reading, was startled by the appearance of a negro in her chamber. She demanded what he wanted, receiving no reply.

She snatched a revolver from a bureau drawer and in manipulating the pistol in her excitement shot herself through the fleshy part of the thigh. At the sound of the shot tho negro bolted, and tho plucky woman, regardless of her wound, went after him firing as she ran, planting one shot in his arm, and just as he was passing out of the house, lodging another near the heart. The negro ran a few yards and dropped and died on his way to the hospital. Grasshoppers In Ohio. Findlay, Aug.

13. The grasshoppers are doing more damage in this part of the state just now than they have done for many years before. They have eaten up and entirely destroyed the clover seed crop, and are devouring the pasture to such an extent as to render the feed of stock a serious problem for the farmers. They are causing a serious annoyance in the wheat fields by eating the twine that binds the sheaves, causing the shocks to fall in confusion. They are invading the cornfields and eating the leaves off the stalks and husks from the ears.

Young fruit trees are also being seriously endangered by the hoppers eating the leaves and new twigs. Four Lynched at Once. Birmingham, Aug. 9. Last Friday the residence of W.

P. Davis, a prominent farmer near Crosby, was burned and the family narrowly escaped with their lives. On Sunday Ella Williams, colored, was arrested and confessed to having saturated the house with oil and set fire to it out of revenge. In her confession she implicated Lizzie Lowe, Willis Lowe and Bill Williams. Yesterday the sheriff started from Crosby to Abbeville Jail with the prisoners, and last night he was overpowered by a mob and the prisoners taken from him and shot to death.

Their bodies were thrown in the river. Disastrous Fire. Louisburg, Aug. 13. A disastrous fire occurred Sunday evening at 7 o'clock by which one life was lost.

A boy was in the building, a feed house, at the time of the fire, and was so terribly burned that he died at 11:30 the same night. The deceased's name was Reese Hawkins, aged about 10. A Scarcity of Corn. St. Petersburg, Aug.

12. The Russian imperial council has decided to prohibit the exportation of corn from this country, owing to the bad harvest in Russia, which has caused a scarcity of this cereal..