Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 October 1885 — WESTERN. [ARTICLE]

WESTERN.

A dispatch from Omaha says the Knights of Labor have served their ultimatum upon tho Union Pacific Railroad Company, demanding, among other things tho dismissal of B. O. Clark, Superintendent of tho Coal Department, and tlio discharge of all Chinese employes. r lhe dispatch status that tho officials of tho company do not believe that these demands will bo pressed. Quiet prevails at Hock Springs, and the working force at the mines is increasing. The troops will not bo withdrawn for the present.

A St. Louis policeman who had been ’ whipped Bevortil times by peoplo who objected to being arrested, killed himself while insane from injuries and fear. According to an enumeration just taken, the population of Des Moines, lowu, is 32,400, an increase of 10,061 since 1880. Strong opposition to the proposed Bale of tho lands known as the “Oklahoma and Cherokee strips” has developed among tho Seminolo, Creek, and Cherokee Indians. Joseph Fisher and his three children were burned to death in their farm dwelling near Waubeck, lowa, A dispatch from Anamosa, lowa, gives the following particulars -of the shocking affair: About midnight Mr. Fisher was aroused by the crackling and glare of tiames, which were eating their way through the lower portion of the house and enveloping the stairway. Taking an infant child from his wife’s arms he attempted to descend the stairway with it, but was driven back by the lire and smoke. A second effort also failed; then he attempted to cross a small corridor and enter the room where the other two children slept, to rouse them, but was suddenly overpowered by the smoke, and fell to the floor with the child in his arms and utterly unconscious. His wife endeavored to wake him from this deadly stupor, but it was iu vin. With the energy of despair the wife burst into the room where the children were sleeping, intending to throw a feather bed out upon tne ground and drop the children upon it. Bhe was also overcome by the heat and smoke, and when her senses returned she found herself lying upon the ground near the smoldering ruins of her homo, bereft of husband and children. The charred remains of Mr. Fisher and the Infant child were found in the ruins, but no traoe of the bodies of the other two children has been discovered. A special from Fargo (Dakota) says: “Prairie Arcs arc still spreading over a vast scope of country between the lied and James Itivers, as well as farther west. Tho past fevy days’ losses have been heavy in Barnes and Stutsman Counties, and the flros are going south into Lamouro and Dickey. Only a a heavy rain, apparently, will 6top them. It is impossible to give total losses, but they must be a good many hundred thousand dollars In North Dakota.” Mitchell (Ind.) dispatch: “The bond swindles of R. B. Pollard and his gang involve nearly 51,000,000. This amount, in Indiana township bonds is known to be on tho market, and how much more may be involved is only a matter of guesswork, and tho full extent of tho swindle will probably never be known. Eleven township trustees are involved, and their Issues of bonds will average over $50,000 each.”

A locomotive spark ignited a pile of lumber In the heart of the lumber district at Chicago, and started a conflagration which lasted for six hours and destroyed over SIOO,000 worth of property. The mare Adelaide, record 2:18, has been purchased by Mr. Schwartz, of Chicago for $12,000. Eight thousand people attended the Sam Jones camp-meeting at St. Joseph, Mo.; Sunday. James C. Pusey, the defaulting Chief Clerk of the Kansas penitentiary, has been sentenced to eight years’ imprisonment.

At Cottonwood Point, Mo., two farmers quarreled. They clasped their left hands and exchanged seven shots with revolvers held in their right. Both were killed. The Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad Company has declared a quarterly dividend of 9Ki per cent, on its preferred stock and of 2% per cent, on its common stock. Judge Powers, of Provo, Utah, instructed the Grand Jury that a separate In-

dictment could be found for each day during which a polygamist had lived with more than one wife since the passage of the Edmunds act.

A serious riot occurred between rioters and non-union nands employed In Laughlln's mill, near Martin's Ferry, Ohio. A large party of men armed with shotguns attacked the mill hands, and some hundreds of shots were exchanged between the forces. A number of the hands were wounded. The rioters retired after the conflict, and their losses, if any, are not reported.

Near Xenia, Ohio, Mrs. Parsons missed ber four-year-old daughter, after having seen her playing in the yard. Making search, she found the child’s dead body beneath a bulldog, that had killed her and was eating her flesh. The dog had to be killed before the child’s body could be recovered. The brute belonged to a neighbor.

A citizens’ meeting at Seattle, in Washington Territory, adopted strong resolutions in favor of the vigorous enforcement of the Chinese restriction act, deploring the presence of the Mongolians, and urging tbo use of all lawful means for their removal.