Syracuse Standard (Newspaper) - April 26, 1896, Syracuse, New York SYRACUSE N T SUNDAY APRIL 1896 PRICE FIVE CENTS fire in Cold Bloed in An Indiana Town TWO SMALL CHILDREN FIRST The Maniac Then Deliberately Shoots the Mother Through the Brain SHERIFF AND CONSTABLE Officers Shot Down in Their Bracks While Endeavoring to Lunatic BROUGHT TO BAY AT LAST When All Hope Is Gone the derer Adds a Finishing Touch to the Tragedy HE FINALLY KILLS HIMSELF TW Sister from Shock In- By Her Awful IS to a Fewer of ment Over lad April Ing at 7 o'clock Peter a young man 21 years of agp shot killed Mrs Herman Hascke and her two dren Herman and Aggie Sheriff W O Matt md Constable William M Sweetn He then killed himself and his sister Florence who lying very III of typhoid fever died shortly after tragedy of shock About T was sent Into the bark yard to saw some wood Shortly Mrs wus out milking her cow Egbert secured a double-barreled loading shot gun and going Intn Hascke house which was next door to Ma home shot the daughter A Of 19 years dead and wounded the two younger who ran out on the porch where Egbert shot him again killing him Instantly Tha murderer then went out Into the alley and leveled his gun at Mrs Hascke who seeing his Intention at- tempted lo escape Ho shot her the charge taking effect in the top of head removing part of her skull Mrs lingered In an unconscious for about two hours when death aa end lo ker sufferings Having completed this work ot ery shouldered his gun nnd de- walked up Into the business part of the town Sheriff Mull and Constable Sweem were planning a means of capturing the murderer was across the north side of the square holding his gun In position with both barrels cocked when he saw Mull and crossing the street towards him He called out lo them not to any nearer The two officers then retired Into a stairway In the National bunk for a moment's tion when turned and coming upon them suddenly shot and Instantly kilted both men The murderer then Marled to run taking a westward course fair grounds a number of In close pursuit He ran like deer until while crossing an open Held just west ot the town a shot from Ma punters took effect tn his heet him and though he managed to enclosure of the fair he shot himself In the right The fire from his gun Ignited Ms clothing which was partially burned he was found Business to suspended The dead are prepared for burial but no ar- nta for their funerals beea was at OM lino CORNELL LITIGATION ENDED WH Kirn Ithaca April three yean litigation concerning tbe final counting of the estate of Eira Cornell was to-day amicably settled by all the parties concerned The judgment which was entered against Franklin U Cornell aa administrator on March last for was to-day paid In full to the executors of Mary Ann Cornell Oov Mary Cornell and Van Cleef and satisfied of record executors of Mary Ann have settled with the legatees her will and to-day paid lo them and to each of them the share of her estate to which they and each of them were entitled Thus both estates were to-day settled Under settlement the amount paid to each legatee en- titled thereto Including advances made Is The settlement made by the IN substantially for the amount he conceded due to the heirs at the Inception of the litigation At the out- set the helm claimed as due to them from both estates In round figures about Tbe result of the gutlon determine the faut that Cov Cornell hud been overpaid about UOU and O P Cornell some and that Miss Mary Cornell was still en- titled from her father's estate to Mrs Blair had previously upon u former accounting In given to thv administrator a general release to her share of her father's estate though the validity of that wus by Mrs Hlair and him en one of the matters lu controversy In the litigation now disposed of out of court it was found by Referee Teller that Mrs Blair was indebted to tier father's estate about The amount paid by County Treasurer In- as Inheritance tax hi tl 629 IT upon tho personal property of the Cor- nell estate This tux did not exist when Cornell died In December and does not apply to realty Mrs Cornell died In September The only real estate transferred by the ad- ministrator V C Cornell In this Is the transfer lo Mrs Blair of certain property at an agreed valuation of VICTORIA VERY FEEBLE Will Any London April the official reports from that the Is en- joying her usual health the cial circle hears that her feebleness IUH so Increased that she will be unable ID out her Intention to hold a ing room In May Shu will It Is delegate the duty lo the Princess of who will not go to Moscow to coronation of her nephew win at any during present season Hence there will be DO garden parties held at ingham palace Even on the occasion of the marriage of her to Prince Charles of Denmark only two concerts and state bulls will be given The bereavement nf Princess Beatrice may have thing to do with the abandoning ot the customary starte DOESNT MIND WAR Ho NM In London April Lord commander In chief of thv army waa a guest to-night lit u dinner given by the Press club Lord a speech In the course of which he he did not be- lieve In the happiness of a nation that had no history tie did not to say he did not believe In universal peace The man who believed thv time wus coming when there would wars was u dangerous dreamer especially dangerous If he happened to hold a public He hoped that no such man would ever he In the fore- most place in public life in Great Britain KNAPP SURRENDERED III Washington April Secretary ney has received a cablegram from Mr Riddle States charge faires at Constantinople saying that Hev Mr Knapp the American held by the Turks for alleged complicity In Armenian plots at was this morning delivered by the Turkish authorities to the American consular agent at Mr will sent to Constantinople nnd will remain there technically In the of the United States tion until the return of Minister rell from the United Mr rell will give the charges consideration and take accordingly BURNED Bongor Me April Yesterday In Mrs Helen Pipe waa burned to death Her daughter-in-law Mrs Mildred Pipe was severely and Seavy a prominent of Troy Me was probably fatally burned by a brush lire which spread while they were endeavoring to save the farm PROTECTORATE IMMINENT April The Observer a Had dispatch to n news agency that a proclamation a protectorate ever IK regarded as Imminent and that tho British has Hal to watch he doings of the Mass April Morning Call of which W J Is editor and aad which was 17 last announced Its suspension thin morn I UK on ot haril ami Morning Call received the service of the Chicago associated press Albany April Hupl of the department of public work an- to-day that Oswego and Cayuga and canals would opra May I as well as Erie and canals London April bark German Officials Refuse to Take Any Action Against Dueling THE CUSTOM IS CONDONED Believed That the Chiefs of t lie Government Are in Com- plete Accord ENGLAND AND VENEZUELA Berlin Claim that Cleveland Is Losing Thereby En- Britain Berlin April futility ot tho debate on the of dueling which took place In the this week and resulted in the passage of a lution condemning the practice la be- coming generally The tional has given color to the reported difference on the question of dueling which had arisen between tlie emperor and some of his ministers by announcing that the ot the Imperial chancellor Prince von lohe und Gun von dorf minister of war arc Imminent but opinion based upon better tion credits the assertion that the chiefs of the government are in com- plete accord on the subject The sum uf the matter that highest In the country refuse to take measures to check and by condone the continuance of tho tont The in on subject tno from that in and aristocratic circles Tlin the paper serts could not make a defense of a which id in direct with tbe public could It sume the tone by the extremists of totally condemning the of Still article adds there might be of mental utterance against the practice bo with the of I lie public The of the ministers has nobody ami all Germany now that the government does not In- tend to take any action as a result of the resolution passed by the The position of the dispute between Great Britain and Venezuela has reawakened German Interest in the matter The in to the situation expresses the opinion English diplomacy has token fresh courage through the weakened attitude of United States ment both upon this and tho Cuban The President Cleveland is logins his for- mer decisive grip and In now commit to allow the resolutions parsed by the American senate and house of to remain at they arc Tho Berlin In an ar- ticle on the reported refusal of the government at Washington to cept a ot arbitration If report Is true the ment to secure a permanent tional court has come to an absolute standstill The eldest son of the Duke of berland Prince George William Is dangerously 111 at Gmunden and his life Is despaired of He is In his yeai MURDER CONFESSED THREE SHIPS OVERDUE Arn San Francisco April British ship bound from Newcastle N d W to San Francisco with a cargo of coal in out and not a few ping and Insurance men she has been lost or burned at The ships and Prince James from Newcastle are also causing H good at The Is now over days ram and the James out over 100 for South America All carry CartUR coal MEN KILLED In a Sow Mill Altoona Pa April after noon to-day the boiler In thn mill operated by J B Burgoon at Cambria county exploded men Including the proprietor were killed Ther McGough a Mawyer 8 8 Gates a helper and J B Burgoon proprietor of mill Several employes were bauly Injured The mill was completely destroyed by the explosion It believed that some of thv Injured will die DERVISHES DEFEATED a n V AU April Advices have received here saying that pan of Italian garrison at conjointly with a detachment of the Italian forces from made at- tack upon a force of whom they defeated and sued to The Italians killed 500 of the dervishes and lost 100 of their own men Hit London April musical comedy entitled The was produced at Daly's and scored a de- nil The is lively anil Convict Hint Killed Buffalo April was received here to-day a woman confined In the Wisconsin state prison at Win has confessed to the murder of Montgomery Glbbs the young lawyer of this city for which crime Clarence nnd Sadie Robinson are now serving sentences in Auburn prison Ex-Judge counsel for the Robinsons to-day received two letters on tho subject The first was from Hev Horatio Yates chaplain of burn state prison It read as J 1 enclose you a copy of a letter received by Warden of tills prison The warden referred tlie letter to me and 1 copied It llm original YATES The letter by Warden Stout from thu Wisconsin chaplain was ulosod ami James C Warden Auburn 1 will now to you the reason of iny to KOt name and address ol he oC There is a woman In this prison who a confession that she shot and j In in Buffalo N V in April for which the Clarence 1 Robinson his wife ore now prisoned Shu says slm makes I his for sake ot having liberated Sho has but one more year lo serve hero and i desire address of tlie father for tho ol informing him lie taku stops toward Investigating tho tcr 1 would you ask Robinson lo name or attorney who will a W W Stale Prison Judge stated that he to investigate the matter fully will lay the confession before tho courts shot on the night of April IS while on his way homo about o'clock Nearly a tho worn In crime Sadie It They were brought here tor trial and wore convicted ot murder in the second degree arid Sadie in the A from Chaplain Bancroft which is a-s Minnie Allen now serving a two years Ln this prison nays she shot and killed Gibbs in Delaware avenue Buffalo N Y In April She nays traveling In the West betrayed her and re- turned East She followed him to falo on the in question she met him on the street and asked him if hv to marry her I think she at the hotel under an- other name Can Bet more particulars later if desired She made con- voluntarily in mind other parties were fering unjustly fur the crime The politic hero think the woman la with a Minnie who at a hotel here at the time of the She was a crook ami a morphine fiend She left here amd went to Intl where sho told the police a somewhat similar story to that related by Chaplain croft The police Investigated her story and found that there was absolutely In It District Attorney Kenefick places no credence in the alleged confession of the Wisconsin prisoner and thinks also that she and Minnie Campbell are one and the same IS The Massachusetts Surpasses tbe Hopes of WONDERFUL BURST OF SPEED Our Latest Naval Acquisition Averages Knots for a Four Hours Kim SHE BEATS THE INDIANA Conceded That the Great Vessel Is the Most Powerful of III Kind Afloat Koston April her official trial trip to-day the battleship setts tho 62 knots of the of- government course In three hours SO minutes and El tho magnificent average speed for the four hours of Hi lj speed which places her In tho very front of ships of class of all the navies of the world The speed of the Massachusetts over a half a knot creator than that of her sister ship the Indiana which made 15.01 on trial trip The contract of the with government for a bo- nus of for every quarter knot made by the ship above 15 and by her groat performance- to-day the ship earned for her builders u premium of The manner in which the machinery worked was us satisfactory ax the speed developed The way shortly before MAY BE MURDER of Woman round Krle April mutilated body of Mrs Anna Burner a maimed and feeble minded woman who had been or nix clays was found to-day in a ravine on the outskirts of the city by school children who were gathering Tho surroundings the clothing and her bruised body showed that she been outraged and had from the effects of her In- or was murdered outright A little cloK which hail been a faithful companion In lifu wan keeping vigil over the body The authorities are Investigating LYNCHING THREATENED Cocklnv of Having m La Plata Md April murderer who took lives of Mrs Joseph Ins her Daisy Miller on Thursday night Is believed by the of the vicinity to be none other than husband and Joseph who won found bound In the cellar after the tragedy apparently half unconscious This belief has become so strong In the minds of neighbors and the of the surrounding towns that threats lynching freely made A DUAL MURDER Tonne Ctrl Mill Chattanooga Tenn April Johnson a negro contortionist to-day took a girl named Zena Holt to a wood about four from the city nnd kilted her then returned to the city and shot through tho head NATIONAL harbor Two filled members of the trial board and Invited met the vessel about S o'clock those on board thu were Uov Wolcott several of his start and Henry W Cramp treasurer of the Cramp company After receiving the trial board and guests aboard the came about ami steamed at three quarters speed down the harbor The course was from Cape Ann to Boon if kind olT the main coast The distance is 111 knots and was marked off in periods by six buoys At buoy stationed a sel In the following cutter Dallas rain New York navy yard Nina the Boston navy yard tug the revenue cutter Woodbury anil the lighthouse tender Kern The ship passed the first buoy at As rushed by the Dallas with a great bone teeth the cutter lowered her Has In salute and blew frood luck with her whistle Steam Just at time too precious to waste sea With scarcity a vibration of her decks from her throbbing engines the racer eel up Hie course The other boats were passed in the No 2 No 3 Nd 4 No 5 No 6 The speed m knots between tho various was 16.4 16.1 which made the average for the up run 16.04 knots The tide wan running the ship but what little she may have gained from this wits counterbalanced by the wind which anead On the run from Cape Ann to Boon island the In- diana but 10.24 knots and her maximum speod Tho Massachusetts passed the Fern on tho run to Ami at The run was full of excitement as it seemed that the would exceed her contract speed by fully a knot The anxiety ol aboard was directed towards the room If any mishap or break clown occurred there It meant the loas of thousands of dollars Chief Engineers Towne Patterson amd Johnson watched the engines with the closest attention and streams ol water and oil poured over anil journals Twenty minutes be- fore the finish line was crossed word was sent to the engine room that the trial nearly over and that the ship was to be driven for all she was worth The steam pressure increased as the tolling men shoveled coul teito the and the ship Jumped and ered from end to end under the tions of the screws The finish line was crossed at The emitted one long triumphant bellow from her whistle and cheer ter cheer went up from her decks On the run back she averaged knots which brought up her average for four hours to the burst at 16.15 The total lime consumed for the up and down runs was 1 hours M minutes and 23 seconds The maximum revolu tions of the screw to-day were 135 and the steam pressure varied from ISO to 165 pounds The horse power developed can hardly be given even approximately but enough is known to Justify the statement that It wai over Lewis Nixon the designer of the boat was particularly with tha result as it fully the merit of his design and he Is confident that under similar condl now that her bottom la cleaned the Indiana do aa well aa the Massachusetts did to-day already conceded that her Ivs and were to all others and It only needed his trial to prove that can carry heso powers into at a speed greater than that of any of her rivals After the trial the Massachusetts to the lighthouse she came to anchor As the and engineers were exhausted their five hours of confinement in he engine room they were given a rest and ship will sail for Sunday morning WELLS COLLEGE Junior From In by Dispatch to The Auburn April college at Aurora on Cayuga lake was ablaze lights last evening It was or prom night when the fair jers of tho class of 97 received their riends from far and near ushered hem through the classic halls and presented them to seniors mores and freshmen The halls brary and reading rooms had under- gone a transformation scene Books papers tables and chairs had shed in their places were cozy window rests low divans rugs and sofa pillows In oceans of abundance white fragrant flowers adorned the tables and mantles in all beauty and glory The hosts of tho received In tho large open hall ot north wing They were Misses Casey Joslin roati Miles Soule and Van Miss Smith the dean Mrs Witters the wife and several of the ulty assisted An orchestra from An burn situated just off the main hall furnished music for a promenade of 14 numbers and refreshments served In the college dining hall upon the ond floor The resounding ominous tones of the college gong sounded the hour of 12 all too soon tho great building was deserted by its guests who were present from New York Buffalo Auburn Chicago New Haven bridge Ithaca Rochester Syracuse Clinton and Williamstown The prom of 97 will be handed down aa a social success in the history of Wells college NEWS FROM OSWEGO Oil to Onr Special Dispatch to The April will be a gas and oil company organized in Oswego within n week Tim In tho of who organised thu company tost Thomas II King of in Tor a little more than which will subscribed before May I As soon this the com- pany will organised The who are prime ers In I ho company not yet as to where the will take place but if Is oil good authority thai tint well will tx on tb west Hide of the By the of this these gentlemen have shown that they have faith in tin productiveness of strata in and The well sunk las year said tn bo the only well in wego county that has given any of oil The promoters of the that oil will be struck In Oswego county in commercial in the Oswego and those who havn held positions ther wortl from Washington stating that court of claims had lowrd their claims for for working over hours a amount of claims Is They vary in amounts somu o them being as high us KILLED AT of mi Ainu Upon Special Dispatch to April will doubtless If be the body ot all watf found on the West Shure rail about mile east uf Castle by the pushing engine about o'clock tills morning As the push online KOing to Vernon the of a man aKed about were discovered beside the tracks jus turnpike The body wus badly cut up by the cart but it could easily tw that uros were those of a lie was about live teet six inches in weighing KA pounds with face and sandy The body was in a black derby hat Print Albert black cheviot vest black trousers blue striped shirt ani heavy now A prayer book In th Polish language was found in the man which contained the name Fran ciska and in an old book was the No street Chicago A few little trinket were found in the pockets How the man met his death Is not pre known but It is suspected that Iv walking on the tracks and rur down The remains were put in and taken to Vernon There were taken In charge by coroner who a jury which will Up to tills evening the body had not been Identified MATABELES REPULSED by n Hnl April 35 A large number o attacked a British column on the ot the town this morning but were repulsed with heavy Th natives made a stubborn stand and fough with grout desperation but finally brok and lied in great disorder under a ing and well directed tire from the Maxim and rapid fire guna with the were equipped The Mala lont a large number In killed un wounded while the British of one killed and several NEW FRENCH CABINET What In Do t Paris April President con suited with MM Barboy Corhery an this morning In regard to thr construction of a new cabinet receiving Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria who now In Paris it in that the president will summon a Moderate an a Radical leader with the object of en to obtain the formation of a composite cabinet will ti the pacification of the various parties mt Detroit April Police Justice J Blal baa been on trial MILLIOM Cripple Creek Destroyed fcj tin Greatest Fire IB Its History USE DESPERATE MEASURES Dynamite Is Employed to the Town from struct ion EVERYTHING BURNED OUT After a Long Struggle the Finally Contrive to Get the Upper Hand Cripple Creek Col April main ot the business of the crity is in ashes and crumbling mark tho Kites of what were UM business blocks of the town million dollars la considered by to bo estimate of while others place the load aa As nearly M can ut a late hour UM will not exceed At 1 o'clock this afternoon iii Carey's second hand store quickly and tlw wua not to be but a sudden In the the to quickly spread to adjoining Then It waa conceded that half on tin corner of Meyer and would be UM made tor the removal ot their cooda to of Every moment added fury to the flumes and aa they from to house the real lie that an enormous tlon waa about to take place Kvery vehicle In town wms Intn service by the merchants to save the contents of their stores and existed during which a number of casualties occurred from away teams The merchants were in removing their goods flames with such rapidity that not more than of their wares was saved When the caught lire it became evident that measures be adopted to stop the spread of the flames and tha water supply poor decided to resort to the use of dynamite and a number of buildings were thua before had reached them During the progress of the ex- plosions a fireman whose name cannot be learned was probably fatally Injured by having one of his legs blown off Late thin evening thv lire waa finally gotten under control having destroyed tho entire district surrounded by ren Eaton Third and Fourth streets comprising four entire blocks The buildings included in the district are First national bank the sold ami stock exchange the the Topic and Central theaters the city Jail several large rooming houses and hotels All the In the were destroyed Great excitement prevailed at the city Jail and as the prisoners could not be cared for elsewhere Marshal Jim Marshall threw open the doors and released the convicts Telegraph and telephone service for a time completely suspended but communication Is partially restored Those who are not affected have offered shelter lo the homeless of whom there are many DYGERT Key West Fla April Grant the American who imprisoned In Guinea since February 23 and was the 23rd Inst was a passenger on the steamer He stateM that he will claim damages from the Spanish government all of the reports sent out about him In sympathy with the Insurgents been manufactured by officers He claims that when put In prison everything of he had upon his person was taken from him and nothing returned He bad a few lars when arrested that detection but which he waa to to have word sent to friends that he had been Night before last when about to bt the officials endeavored u have a paper the writing of which was Spanish which he refused to do and they then turned him after midnight without a cent and without friends He will stop over al Tampa for a few days I Providence n I April Thompson of tho bent known yers In the stale U He sel for Mrs Kitti Chawi In divorce suit with her band William V Chattanooga April Pan nle V a known writer anil newspaper to-day at her home In Ala Angeles Cal April na Jordan a anil newspaper writer day evening Mrs Jordan waa a ot William Hooper Howells tlM Nl J
