Democratic Sentinel, Volume 6, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 April 1882 — NEWS OF THE WEEK. [ARTICLE]

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

AMERICAN ITEMS. TT.nnt. A terrible accident is reported from Phoenixville, Pa. Five boys were digging a •tunnel, when the earth caved in and buried them. Three of them were taken out dead, the other two nearly so. During a furious storm at Beading, Pa., a number of persons sought refuge in a shed adjoining the city reservoir, the wall of which was blown over on the shed by the force of the wind, and three people were killed, one fatally wounded, and two seriously injured. A Boston dispatch says that Mrs. Julia Johnson, a colored woman, left her home at Gayhead to go to a neighbor’s, leaving three children in the house, the eldest but 6 years. The house took fire in some unknown manner and the children were all burned to death.

Cornelius J. Vanderbilt, one of the sons of the late Commodore, shot himself at the .Glenham Hotel, in New York, and died within four hours. It appears that he has suffered for years from epileptic fits, and been constantly attended by a companion. It will be remembered that he contested the will of his father, and received 81,000,000 or so from his brother William to compromise the matter. He was 51 years of age. In the suit of the Keely Motor Company against Keely, at Philadelphia, the court ordered Keely to divulge to the stockholders his secret, and, in answer to his plea that the court could not compe him to open his mouth, said he would find a way to do it. A brother of Judge Stanley Matthews was arraigned in a New York Police Court as a habitual drunkard. He was ragged and dirty, and when arrested was begging for money to buy a drink of whisky. Henry Burroughs and Peter Eager were drowned in the canal feeder at Trenton, N. J. The Harmony mills, at Cohoes, N. Y., which sustain 15,000 people, have announced a reduction of 10 per cent, in wages. A strike is possible in consequence. Weak. The Chicago small-pox hospital has been handed over to the Sisters of Mercy. A fire at Stockton, Cal., burneds2oo,000 worth of property. During the month of March the sales f Chicago real estate numbered 1,260, the aggregate value being $5,165,861, exceeding any month for the past six years. The insane asylum at Yankton, Dakota, a temporary wooden building, was burned. It contained fifty-four patients, four of whom lost their lives by running back into the flames The people of Salt Lake county, Utah, assembled and chose fifteen delegates to a Constitutional Convention, of whom two are Gentiles, two polygamists, three women and eight monogamous Mormons. At Okmulgee, Indian Territory, two murderers named Lilly and Hany were shot dead in presence of about forty other red men. Bev. Dr. Max Lilienthal, of Cincinnati, a celebrated Jewish Rabbi, has passed away, leaving an honored name. An express messenger on a Fort Wayne train heard strange noises at night from a large box billed for Philadelphia. When he pried off the top; out stepped an old man named Jerry McAuley, who had been shipped from Chicago, in the most economical manner. The Western Iron Association met at Pittsburgh, and decided to reaffirm the card rate of $2.50.

The Chicago clothing house -which engaged Sergt. Mason as a salesman has also hired “Betty,” the wife. The trial of John Bugler and Creed Chapman for participation in the Blue Cut train robbery, came to a sudden and entirely unexpected termination, at Independence, Mo. When court convened in the afternoon, and while the defense was preparing to close their case, Prosecuting Attorney Wallace stated that during his visit to St. Joe, he had learned certain facts that convinced him that Bugler, as well as* the rest of the Cracker’s Neck boys were innocent of the charges, and he would therefore ask a dismissal of the indictments. This statement was like a thunderbolt f'-om a clear sky, and for several moments the court, the jury, attorneys and everybody else were perfectly paralyzed with astonishment. After being discharged the jury took a vote upon the case, and a unanimous verdict of guilty was agreed upon, which shows how narrow was the escape of the parties. Land made a new confession, in which he said that his former statements were false. He will be proceeded against for perjury. The body of Wood Hite, one of the gang of Missouri bandits, has been found buried in a spring near Richmond, Mo., owing to revelations since the killing of Jesse James. Dick Little and Robert Ford are supposed to have been the perpetrators of the murder. A tornado at Highland, Mich., on the Flint and Pere Marquette road, blew down a residence and killed Mr. Crandall and ene child *nd Mrs. Henry Taylor, and injured a little daughter of Mr. Crandall. Flames swept away St. Xarier’s Church, Cincinnati, which cost nearly $200,000. H. H. Greime, a laborer in St. Louis, formerly a private soldier in the Sixth infantry, caused the police to arrest a poor old tramp on charge of being the infamous John Bender, of Cherryvale. The unfortunate man gives his name as Jacob Balies, and says he lived at Uniontown, Kan., for twenty years. The Ford brothers, who killed Jesse James, have been threatened with the vendetta by the banditti of Missouri and Tennessee. The anti-polygamous Mormons held a general synod at Bidependence, Mo., which was presided over by Joseph Smith, Jr., son of the . false prophet of Nauvoo, HL South. At Chatham Court House, Pittsylvania county, Va., Dock Wright was hung for the murder of Cole Arthur, in 1881. AC. Weisenger and Bill Ledlaw were hanged at Selma, Ala., for the murder of Jesse B. Weisenger in December last The prisoners made lengthy speeches, protesting innocence. The committee appointed to investigate the accounts of Churchill as Treasurer of Arkansas will report a deficit of over SIOO,OOO. Maj. Charles W. Howell, United States Engineers, died at New Orleans of consumption, aged 40 years.' He was born in Indiana, graduated at West Point in 1863, and has been for twelve years in charge of Government works in Louisiana and Texas. The late Zenus Barnum, of Baltimore, left SIOO,OOO to his brother, on condition that he renounce the novitiate at Frederick City, and do not connect himself with any office of the Catholic church. POLITICAL POINTS. The Republican Congressional Committee organized by the election of Representative Hubbell, of Michigan, n Chairman, fha

committee was enlarged to fifteen members. Hon. A. G. Curtin, Pennsylvania's war Governor, is named as the probable Democratic candidate for Governor of the Quaker State next fall. A reform in the management of the Pension Bureau has been undertaken by Commissioner Dudley. He proposes to put a stop to the practice of expediting examination and action on certain claims which are backed by Congressional influence, and to put forward no case unless its necessities are so manifestly urgent that no objection would be made by anyother claimant. As a result of the enactment of the Pond liquor law, imposing a license of S3OO upon all the saloons in tbe large cities, at the recent session of the Ohio Legislature, the Republicans were badly beaten at the municipal elections throughout the State. The Democrats carried Cincinnati, Cleveland, Toledo, Columbus, Dayton, Mount Vernon and other cities by decisive majorities. In Cincinnati the majority is about 5,000. Cleveland, which usually goes Republican by 8,000 or 4,000, gave the Democratic ticket 1,000 majority. Toledo elected the Democratic ticket by about 11,000 majority. Indianapolis, Ind., also gave a Democratic majority of 600, the German vote being generally cast against the Republicans. The House Committee on Elections by a vote of 10 to 2 decided in favor of seating Lynch, the colored contestant from the “ Shoestring ” district, Miss., in place of Chalmers, who is now in possession. The Democrats were successful in the Chicago municipal election, a majority of the Aidermen chosen being of that political persuasion. The Democratic candidates for town officers were chosen in the North Division by 4,5 ( '0 majority, in the West Division by 400, and in the South Division by 100. Minneapolis had an exciting contest on the saloon question, Ames, the representative of the liquor interest, beating Loring, Republican, for Mayor, by nearly 2,000 votes. In Milwaukee John M. Stowell, Democrat, was chosen Mayor over Ludington by about 2,300 majority. The Democrats made a clean sweep of Madison, Wis., carrying every ward and electing their Mayor by 908 majority. In Ripon, Janesville, La Crosse, Watertown and Oshkosh the Democratic municipal tickets were also elected, the Republicans carrying Berlin, Jefferson, Manitowoc, and Portage. Fort Wayne, Ind., elected a Democratic Mayor, while the Republicans were successful in Wabash, Elkhart and Madison. The Republicans made a clean sweep in the local election at Joseph, Mo., electing their Mayor by 1.036 majority. At Topeka, Lawrence, Junction City and Manhattan, Kan., tbe election resulted in the defeat of the Temperance tickets, the liquor q'ucstion being the sole issue at stake.

The municipal election in Kansas City resulted in a sweeping victory for the Republicans. Keokuk and Dubuque, lowa, elected Democratic Mayors. Leadville, Col., elected the Republican municipal ticket. In the Michigan locil elections Democratic Mayors were chosen in Niles, Marshall, Charlotte, lonia, Ypsilanti, Alpena, Ann Arbor, Ludington, East Saginaw, Saginaw City, Adrian (succeeding the Republican “kid”), Mt. Clemens and Greenville. In Lansing and Grand Rapids, the Demo-Greenback fusion tickets were elected. The Republicans carried Coldwater, Dowagiac, Flint, Hillsdale, Mason, Jackson, Poit Huron, Grand Haven, Big Rapids, Monroe and Pontiac. The Citizens’ Temperance tickets were successful in Battle Creek, Eaton Rapids, Marquette and St Clair. The Greenbackers carried Hastings. The Bepublicans of Bhode Island gave Gov. Littlefield a majority 4,583. There will be twenty-eight Republicans aqjl eight Democrats in the Senate, and sixty Bepublicans and ten Democrats in the House. Joseph S. Smith has been nominated for Governor by the- Oregon Democrats, and William D. Fenton for Congressman.

WASHINGTON NOTES. Guiteau has sold to a circus manager the suit of clothes which he wore when he shot Garfield, and a sculptor is making a bust of the assassin. Secretary Frelinghuysen has received a dispatch from Minister Lowell announcing that, in deference to the request of President Arthur, a respite of a fortnight has been granted in tne case of Dr. Lamson. Guiteau is said to be growing stout, and, it is asserted, has gained twenty pounds since the trial, and weighs heavier now than he ever weighed. He still receives visitors at the jail, and is said to be very affable when his callers treat him respectfully. Following is a statement of the public debt at the close of business March 31: Extended 6’bs 109,901,000 Extended s’s 401,50 <,900 Four and one-hair oer cent, bonds 250,000,000 Four per cents, 788,805,450 Refunding certificates 542.350 Navy pension fund 14,000,000 Total interest-bearing debt. 71,514,752,700 Matured debts 12,665,655 Legal tenders 346,740,851 Certificates of deposit... 11,140,000 Gold and silver certificates 73.522,290 Fractional currency..... 7,064,898 Total without Interest. 438,468,038 Total debt 51,965,886,354 'lotal intere5t....,,..,,, ~, 18,671,828

Cash in treasury. 253,921,761 Debt less each in treasury $1,726,266,422 Decrease during March. 16.462.946 Decrease since June 30,1881 . 114,382,389 Current liabilities— Interest due and unpaid. $ 1,313,299 Debt on which intereat has ceased 12,655,615 Interest thereon. 612,275 Gold snd silver certificates 73,522,290 UnltedrStates notes held for redemption of certificates of deposit. 11,140,000 Cash balance available April 1, ......... 155,068.281 Total $ 253,291,761 Available assets— Cash in treasury $ 253,291,761 Bonds issued to Pacific railway companies, Interest payable in lawful money, principal outstanding t 64,623.512 Interest accrued and not yet paid 969,352 Interest paid by United States. 53,405,977 Interest repaid by companies— Ev transportation service' 14,887,476 By cash payments of 5 per cent, ot net earnings 655,198 Balance of Interest paid by the United States 37,863,391 Secretary Folger has called in $15,000,000 of extended 6 per cent bonds, payable June 7. The President is waiting to hear from the Supreme Court relative to the legality of Sergt Mason’s sentence, before he interferes. Mr. Alien’s bill to establish a branch mint at St Louis has been ordered favorably reported to the House.

FOREIGN NEWS. The university boat race at London was won by the Oxfords, by six lengths, in twenty minutes and twelve seconds. The Czar, upon being apprised of the murder of Gen. Strelnikoff, ordered the two assassins who were arrested to be executed within twenty-four hours. They were promptly hanged. Smythe, a rich landlord of West Meath, Ireland, was fired upon while driving home from church, and a lady accompanying him received the bullet. A package of dynamite was exploded on the window sill of the police barracks at Limerick, destroying the adjar cent warehouse. The Spanish steamer Yrurao Bat and the English steamship Douro were sunk by colliding off Capo Finnisterre. The Hidalgo rescued seventeen persons from the latter and sixty-seven from the former, landing them at Corunna. Thirty of the crew of the Spanish vessel were drowned. In the aquatic contest at Newcastle, Hanlan beat Boyd by four lengths. The spectators numbered hundreds of thousands. Sarah Bernhardt and a Greek gentleman named Damalya were married in an Episcopal church in Wells, England. Gladstone mills, at Ashton-under-Tyne, England, containing 100,000 spindles, were destroyed by fire, the loss being .£IOO,OOO. An American company is still negotiating the concession for a railroad from Stamboul to Bagdad. The German police force are considering means for separating Socialists from Russian Nihilists. The latest anti-Jewish outrage was the murder of a family cf nine persons by the Russian soldiers. The American Board of Foreign Missions at Boston has been advised by cable from Constantinople that in a region of Turkey three times as large as Massachusetts the people are starving on account of the ravages of locusts. An urgent appeal for succor is made. A Swedish paper says that Sweden intends to invade Finland in event of a RussoGerman war.