Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 October 1885 — Page 2

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NEWS CONDENSED.

Coneise Record of the Week. EASTERN. The venerable John McCloskey, Cardinal Priest of the Roman Church, fifth Bishop and second Archbishop of New York, died at his residence in that city on the 10th inst., after a lingering illness. The Cardinal's three nieces—Mrs. John Kelly, Miss Mullen, and Mrs. Cleary, of Washington—And Catherine, the old servant who has been with the Cardinal since bo was a young man, were with him when he died. By tho death of the Cardinal Archbishop, fli. ' Corrigan, the Coadjutor Archbishop, becomes Archbishop, but not Cardinal, and there remains no American Cardinal. Cardinal McCloskey was born in Brooklyn, N. Y., March ‘JO, 1810. Ho received his early classical education at New York, and subsequently entered Mount St. Mary’s College, Emmitsburg, Md., and after graduating pursued his theological studies in tho seminary connected with the college. He was ordained priest in tho St. Patrick’s Cathedral, New York, in January, 18111. .Soon after this ho went to Home, and for two years attended the lectures in the Koinan College. (Jn his return to New York he was appointed assistant pastor, and six months later pastor, of the Church of St. Josoph. New York, which office he retained for six years, except one year (1811), during which he was President of St. John’s College, near Fordham, N. Y. In 1811 ho was consecrated coadjutor of tho Itiglit Rev. John Hughes, then Bishop, and subsequently Archbishop, of New York, and in September, 1847, on the creation of the new diocese) of Albany, was installed as its Bishop, lln the death of Archbishop Hughes, Bishop McCloskey was transferred to the vacant see, May tS, 1864. Ho was made Cardinal by Plus IX. Leo XIIL conferred the red hat ii|x>n him in IS7B. The explosion of 300,000 pounds of dynamite stored tinder Flood Hock in Now York harbor was successfully accomplished last week. The shock was felt In the lower end of New York City. As nearly ns could bo ascertained the results of the explosion were satisfactory. Tho island appeared to be literally torn in pieces, and the work of removing tho obstacle to navigation made comparatively easy. Tho estimated cost of tho Improvement is not far short of 5i,000,000. The object of all tho work is to give a clear twenty-six-foot draft of water in Hell Gate, enabling tho largest craft to enter in safety. Commodore Stephen 13. Luce, of the United Stales Navy, has been promoted to the rank of rear admiral, and Captain David B. Harmony has been elevated to the grado of commodore. David R. Waters has been appointed United States marshal l'or the Western district ol’ Michigan, and Edward Hawkins United States marshal for Indiana. Five residents of Buffalo, N. Y., most, of whom are connected with a branoli of the Standard Oil Company, have been indicted for conspiracy to burn the lubricating oil works at that eity. The performing elephant Empress, now in winter quarters at Philadelphia, killed her third man last week, striking him twice with her trunk, crushing his chest with a foot, and disemboweling him with a tusk. Tho victim was a watchman named Robert R. White.

WESTERN.

At San Francisco, a building owned by Charles Crocker, of the Central Pacific Itailway, and occupied by a wholesale stationery and printing: firm and other concerns, was burned with Its contents, tho loss exceeding $500,000. Four men were buriod in the ruins. Five white men and two Indians who were engaged in tho recont anti-Chinese riot near Seattle, Washington Territory, have been indicted for murder in the first degree. A propeller recently from Montreal was placed in quarantine at Detroit, and the crew of a dozen persons arrested and vaccinated. Hog cholera in a virulent form is prevailing in many portions of tho West. The congregation of St. Joachim Catholic Church, of Detroit, composed of French-Canadians, has determined to resist tho order of Bishop Borgess transferring their priest, Father Laporte, to Lower Canada. The case will be carried into the courts, and then, if necessary, will bo laid before the Pope. It is claimed that the Bishop seeks to replace all French priests In his dlooeso with those of other nationalities. The .ecclesiastical court which tried the Bev. H. D. Jardine, an Episcopal rector of Kansas City, on charges of immoral conduct, has found him guilty of three of the offenses specified, and recommends to Bishop Bobertson his deposition from the ministryMr. Jardlno has been temporarily inhibited from clerical functions, pending tho Bishop's action. At Chico, Cal., wheat was burned in two houses valued at $125,000. For the first nine months of 1885 there were 2,318 building permits issued in Chicago, representing an expenditure of $13,770,130. Over three-fifths wore for residence property. Gould promises the people of St. Louis a new union depot when satisfactory arrangements l'or the Iron Mountain Road shall have been made. The net earnings of the Central' Pacific for July were $875,882 — an increase of $159,294 over the corresponding month of last year. In a fight with gloves, at Leadville,

j between Burke and Clow, the latter the Colorado champion, the result was a draw. The former had agreed to knock the latter out in four rounds, and not only failed but was very severely punished. Fifteen horses belonging to A. H. Truman were killed under the direction of the State Line Stock Commission at Bushnell. 111. Four of them had the glanders, and the others had been exposed to the contagion. It is thought that the disease is now stamped out, so far as Illinois is concerned. W. M. Leeper, ex-candidate for County Treasurer, made an attack on Col. D. R. Anthony, of tho Leavenworth Times, striking him with his fist, and attempting to strike a second time with a whiffietree, but the interference of a bystander averted what might have been a fatal blow.

SOUTHERN.

The report that sixty convicts in camp near Lufkin, Tex., had escaped, and that twenty-five of the fugitives had been killed by officers iu pursuit, proves to have been greatly exaggerated. There were sixty convicts in camp, all of whom made mutinous demonstrations, but only fifteen had the courage to break through the lines and run. One of the latter was instantly killed, seven were severely wounded, and seven escaped. The cotton crop of the Memphis district, embracing portions of Tennessee, Mississippi, Arkansas, and Alabama, will exceed that of last year only to tho extent of the increase iu acreage sown, or 4*4 per cent. In a court room at Louisville, exMay or Charles 1). Jacob, of that city, assaulted Mr. P. Booker Heed, tho present Mayor, for which he was fined $3. Chris Petriaz was executed at Augusta, Ark., for the murder of Mollie Baika. Tho crime was committed a year ago, Petriaz brultiing bis victim while intoxicated. He confessed the murdor, attributing it to liquor. There were three thousand spectators. An earthquake shock was felt at Petersburg, Richmond, Staunton, and other places In Virginia. Everett J. Waring, colored, was admitted to the bar of Baltimore—tho first colored person over admitted to the practice of law in Maryland. Charles Wright and Jasper Owens fought a duol with knives in a cotton-field in Clark County, Arkansas, the latter being mortally wounded. Wright, who is well connected, gave himself into custody.

WASHINGTON.

Chief Justice Waite has derived very great benefit from his three months’ trip abroad, most of which time ho spent in England and Scotland. Do was very much run down by his official labors, and the rest and change which he has experienced have made a new man of him. Secretary Endicott has determined to allow no exceptions whatever to the operations of his recent order sending to their regiments all officers who have been absent therefrom on staff duty four years or more. A statement prepared at the Treasury Department shows that the amount of standard silver dollars put into circulation during tho mouth of September in tho regular courso of business was $27,000,000. Counterfeit 7 per cent. SI,OOO bonds of tho District of Columbia are in circulation, and some of them have been sold in Kansas City. Tho report of the naval board appointed to investigate tho construction of tho United States steamer Mohican and the organization of the Mare Island navy-yard, in California, is made public. The board finds that the Mohican was built without any legal authority. Tho vessel has cost, including repairs, $597,591, and the work and material used are pronounced satisfactory. Attorney-General Garland has written a letter to the President explaining that, three years ago, In good faith, he became interested in the Pan Electric Telephone Company, and that ho is in no way responsible for late legal action in tho matter, having taken, personally, no part in nor been informed of the details of litigation in the case. Tho Solicitor-General writes a letter announcing that he has taken such steps as will result In a discontinuation of the suit which has attracted so much attention, on the ground that tho precedent set might not be good. The items of “ginger ale,” “lemonade,” and “newspapers” were stricken from theoxponse account of the civil-service commission by the Secretary of the Treasury.

POLITICAL.

Returns from meetings in 162 Connecticut towns show that seventy-nine are Republican, fifty-five Democratic, and twen-ty-eight equally divided. The President has made the following appointments: Charles D. Jacobs, of Iventuckv, to be Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States to the United States of Colombia. Charles Foster, of Indiana, Consul General of the United States at Calcutta. D. J. Partell, of the District of Columbia, Consul of the United States to Dusssldorf. William F. Henderson, of Arkansas, to be Associate Justice of the Territory of New Mexico: Daniel W. Maratta, of Dakota, to be Marshal of the United States for the Territory of Dakota: Thomas Smith, of Virginia, to be Attorney of the United Stat s for the Territory of New Mexico; Chares Pariange, of Louisiana, to be Attorney of the United States for the Eastern District of Louisiana; Henri W. Young, of Kansas, to be Receiver of Public Moneys at Independence, Kansas; William R. Brownlee, of Kansas, to be Register of the Land Office at Larned, Kansas; John Lafavre, of Dakota, to be Receiver of Public Moneys at Deadwood, Dakota. ' The first joint debate between Gov. Hoadly und Judge Foraker, rival candidates for Governor of Ohio, occurred at Toledo on the evening of tho Bth inst., and drew an immense crowd. A Toledo dispatch says: “In. the courso of Hoadly’s remarks he said that Abraham Lincoln died a Democrat. What he intended to say was that if he had lived three months longer he would have been a Democrat. When Foraker replied he censured Hoadly for misrepresenting, and said that Lincoln, instead of dying a Democrat,

died by the hand of a Democrat. Much excitement prevailed during this part of the ’debate, but it soon quieted.” Mr. Jacobs, of Kentucky, appointed United States Minister to Colombia, is about 55 years of age. He was a member of the Common Council of Louisville, and was twice elected Mayor of that city. He was a prominent candidate for the gubernatorial nomination in 1884, and received a respectable vote in the Democratic Convention. He is a lawyer of ability and high standing. Mr. Henderson, of Arkansas, who was appointed Justice of the Supreme Court of Mexico, is about 45 years of age, and has had the office of Attorney General of Arkansas for four years. While identified with the Democratic party of his State, ho has never held any strictly political office.

MISCELLANEOUS. The race for the base-ball championship of America this year has been the most exciting within tne history of the League. After a most stubborn contest the Chicago Club wins the coveted pennant by the narrow margin of two games over her great rival, the New York Club. The’ percentage of the victors wa5.776, which has on’y been excelled twice —in 1876 and 1880—and then by themselves, and they came out of the contest as second both in batting and fielding, and with 115 more runs to their credit than any of their competitors. The following table shows the number of games won and lost during the season by the eight contesting clubs: .j 111 fi ! .-2 a §; II * CLUBS. j §'|2 •§ ■!c s «• .21* a > % £ t s ’0,55 a, pq P s.os o Chicago. !..j c'lliit'lt'isjisjiilj 87 New York 10|.. '1l i 2 13|12 is I2j! 85 Philadelphia 5, 6j..i «| 9 9 ill 9| 56 Providence 6j 4| 7|..| 7 9 12' B|S 52 Boston 2 6 7 9j.. I 810 81 j 46 Detroit. 1 4 7 c 9 .. 5; 9 41 Buffalo 0| lj 5 3 6 11 .. ;12i 38 St. Louis 2j 4j 6| 8j H : 4 4 j.. j 30 Games lost 25;27!5t .->7IC4J 67 Vult-j!! ... The St. Louis Club captures the American Association pennant, the record standing as follows: lUI Mill- 1 j • ■4-' w. I»' •51 o O CLUBS !’3 *= Sr 1 | \ ' f CLUBS. |g § H ! S pi i'sms.s St. Louis jlO 10 12i 9■ 12-12 14' 79 Cincinnati 6 1 .. 1 10 9j Slu io io 64 Pittsburg 6 7|.. 6‘lO[lOj 7jlo! 56 Athletic 4 7 9 .. 8 5 111101 54 Louisville 7 8 6 B|..| 6;lo| 9U54 Brooklyn 3 5 6 11)10!.. jBJ 9'{?»2 Metropolitan.. 4 5 8 6 6 8 ..L6j42 Baltimore 2j 6 6 6j 6! 7| 7j?. j!4O Games lost ■ ■ • 32 48:55 i>7157'59 65 fiß i The Department of Agriculture reports at Washington that the yield of wheat per aero for the area - harvested is 10 *4 bushels, and only 9 on tho area sown, which was nearly 40,000,000 , acres. The area harvested will not exceed 31,000,000 acres. Corn—The indications point to a yield of JO 54 bushels per acre, which would give a yield of 1,960,000,000 bushels. Oats— The crop exceeds 600,000,003 bushels. Cotton—Tho condition of cotton has dropped from 88 to 78 per cent. The rye averago is 10.4 bushels, nearly 2 bushels short of tho yield of 1884. Tho average yield of barley will bo about 22 bushels per acre. The condition of potatoes has seriously declined on account of the prevalence of rot in New York, Michigan, and elsewhere. The deelino from Sept. 1 was 11 points. It is stated that Gen. Grant had $200,000 worth of first-class railroad mortgage bonds which were left for safe keeping in a vault where Ward kept his valuables. After the failure it was found that the securities had disappeared, and subsequently Ward admitted he had sold them and made away with the money.

FOREIGN.

London Las been visited by the most disastrous conflagration that has occurred in that city for years. Flames broke out in the Chartor House buildings, Aldersgate street, and in loss than four hours thirteen of the eight stoiy houses comprising the property were destroyed. The buildings were occupied by stores, mostly fancy goods and toy emporiums. In one ofth e buildings destroyed was located a largo printing establishment. Another of the buildings was occupied as a bank, but through the strenuous efforts of the firemen, the structure was saved from total destruction. The firemen experienced great difficulty in throwing streams on tho upper stories because of the lack of water pressure. Many of them had narrow escapes from death by falling walls, etc. It is estimated that the loss will reach £3,000,000. Servia’s reply to the Porte’s demand for an explanation of her warlike attitude is not satisfactory to the Turkish Government, and the Ottoman Ambassador has gone to Nissa to demand a personal audience with King Milan. A band of Bulgarians has invaded Servia and plundered a village near the frontier. The Ambassadors of the Powers are urging Greece to discontinue military preparations. The Czar lias ordered all the Governors and other officers throughout the Russian provinces to use the Russian language exclusively in the transaction of public business. The National Zcitung of Berlin announces that Germany would join in the bimetallic conference if England would consent to do tho same. Later Returns from election districts in Franco show the result to bo less reactionary than at first supposed. It is claimed that tho effect will be to make tho government strongor than ever. The fact that Mr. Parnoll in his recent Wicklow speech praised Mr. Gladstone is accepted in England as evidenoe that there is an understanding between the two, and that Mr. Gladstone may support tho former in some of his plans.

LATER NEWS ITEMS.

Richard S. Dement, of Illinois, lias been appointed Surveyor General of the Territory of Utah; John B. Webb Register of the Land Office at La Crosse, Wis.; and Lloyd T. Boyd, Receiver ot' Public Moneys at Bayfield, Wis. The President has appointed the following Postmasters, the commissions of their predecessprs having expired: Daniel Stewart at Walla Walla, W. T. ; Lucius M. Thomas at Watertown, D. T.; Charles A. Burke at Malone, N. Y.; Othneil Beeson at Caldwell. Kas.; Charles Hardc stle at Marion. Kas.; Hattie P. Blair at Great Bend, Kas.; G. W. Jarres, San Diego. CaL; William H. Newcomb, Pana, IIL ; Elijah T. Fades at Knoxville. III.; George E. Blackstone, Pa ;ton. Ill.; Samuel W. Peacock at Lancaster, Ky.; W. W. Wathen at Lebanon, Ky.; William McFarlan at Dowlngton, Pa.; James E. Crossland at Aiken, S. C.; Charles J. Struck at Shakersee, Minn.; F. B. Bardon at Madison, N. J.; Christian Biievernicht at Elmhurst, Ill.; P. C. Rude at Perry, Iowa; F. E. Wilson at David City, Neb.; John T. Wrenkle at Plattsburgh, Mo.; David M. Bossert at Jefferson, Iowa; T. M. Shellton at Windsor, Mo.; H. F. Tall man at Lanark, Ill.; C. C. Gniltoux at New Iberia, La.; Thomas H. Lantry at Algona, Iowa; Andrew J. Shakespeare at Kalamazoo, Mich.; Michael D. Baker at Uniontown, Pa.; Miss Caradera Clark at Blair, Neb. The i olio wing Postmasters have also been appointed by the President: John Snoddy at Big Springs, Texas, office become Presidential; John Ryan, at Anaconda, Montana, office became Presidential; J. F. Rayen at Sandy Lake, Pa., office become Presidential; R. W. Hill at Jewell, Kan., office become Presidential; R. 8. Wagner at Bangor, Pa., office become Presidential; Jas. G. Hanson at Edensburg. Pa, vice Samuel Jame*. suspended; Patrick J. Rogers at Piedmont, W. Va„ v.ce George T. Goshorn, suspended; Henry F. Taylor at Fulton, Ky., vice John F. Hall, suspended. A special session of the Oregon Legislature has been ea led to meet Nov. 0. The principal business will be tho election of a United States Senator, the regular session having adjourned without performing that duty. At the General Assembly of the Knights of Labor, held at Hamilton, Out., the following officers were elected: Grand Master Workman, T. V. Powderly, of Scranton, Pa.; Grand Worthy Foreman, Richard Griffiths, of Chicago, 111.; General Secretary and Treasurer, Fred Turner, of Philadelphia, Pa.; General Auditor, J. G. Carllle, of Brooklyn, N. Y.; Secretary of Insurance, 11. G. McGaw, of Pittsburgh, Pa. A boat containing W. S. Neale,Beckie and Annie Neale (sisters), and Mary Neale, their cousin, sank near Millirons Dam, Pa., tho three girls, who were on their way to church, being drowned. The young man escaped, after a terrible struggle- with his sinking relatives. The Madrid newspapers pronounce the negotiations between Spain and Germany regarding tho Caroline Islands a complete failure. The outcome of Sir Henry Drummond Wolff’s mission to Constantinople is the appointment of a joint commission of twelve members, six English and six Turkish, to administer the affairs of Egypt until they are in a satisfactory condition, when the British occupation will cease. As Egyptian affairs could not possibly be any worse than they are now, it is evident that the joint commission will have a long lease of power. Several of Ralph Waldo Emerson’s letters to Carlyle have been stolen from tho late residence of tho former at Concord, Mass. The Knights of Honor have brought suit at Louisville, Ky., against Col. Robert S. Breckenridge, late Supreme Treasurer, for $33,000. The plaintiff charges that Breckenridge, as Supremo Treasurer, has failed and refused to account for $33,000 sineo tho expiration of his term of office. Last March a press association sent out an item to the effect that Dixon, tax collector of Blount County, Alabama, in attempting to rob his own house at night, had been shot and killed by his wife. The Chattanooga Times copied the paragraph from another paper, and Dixon sued for libel, the jury at Chattanooga last week returning a verdict of $5 damages, the small amount being owing to Judge Key’s favorable ruling on the Times’ construction of the law of libel. Dixon intends to prosecute every paper that published the item.

THE MARKETS.

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BOLD ROBBERY.

Four Men Intimidate and Rob the Passengers on a Pennsylvania Train. [Pittsburg dispa ten.] Altoona specials report a daring robbery on a passenger train on the branch of the Pennsylvania Road which connects Altoona with Hollidaysburg, the oonnty seat The line is only eight miles long, and the run is made in about thirty minutes, and the robbers were therefore compelled to do their work quickly. Ihe train, which was composed of the engine, combination baggage and passenger car, and the regular passenger coach, had proceeded but a short distance from Hollidaysburg when it was boarded by four hard-looking individuals, who wore handkerchiefs to conceal the lower half of their faces. The leader was distinguished by the fact that his nose was almost entirely eaten away by cancer. While his three companions, one at each end of the regular passenger-coach and another iu the center, with drawn revolvers, commanded the frightened male and fema'e passengers to keep their seats, the man without a nose took up the collection of money and valuables. The total value of money and jewelry taken is not yet ascertained, but will certainly amount to a big sum. The conductor, who was in the baggage apartment of the front coach counting his tickets, was unaware of the proceedings in the rear coach until informed by a passenger in the smoking compartment Hastening through to the rear car a fierce struggle ensued between him and one of the robbers. The former was the weaker, however, and he was laid on the broad of his back, while a cocked revolver iu close’proximity to his head prevented any further demonstration on his part. In the meanwhile the wholesale robbery was still in progress. Doling the struggle ihe conductor made an attempt to pull the bell-cord and notify the engineer, but the robbers had anticipated him and cut the rope. When the robbery in the second coach had been completed there was a hurried consultation of the four masked men over the prostrate form of the conductor, revolvers pointed in each coach preventing any demonstration on the part of the passengers who might have regained their lost courage. The train began to slacken its speed as it approached the next station, when suddenly the robbers leaped off and ran at full speed through the dense forest which surrounds the track on either side. Springing to his feet the conductor rushed through the train, dashed over ihe tender into the cab, aud ordered the astonished engineer to “pull the throttle wide open.” The order was at once complied with, and in a few minutes the train steamed at frightful speed into Altoona. Its unexpected arrival and the blanched faces of the trainmen aud passengers were the means of collecting a large ciowd. One passenger, who had evidently not given up his valuables without a struggle, exhibited a bloody hand, through which a kuife had been thrust. Parties to hunt the fugitives were at once organized. The railroad officials were notified, and special engines bearing several men each were sent back on the Hollidaysburg Branch, also both oast and west on the main line of the Pennsylvania Road. The excitement in this region is intense.

DOUBLE MURDER.

Albert Cook Slays His Mother and His Mother-in-Law, at Gampton, 111. [Elgin (Ill.) telegram.] At the town of Campton, a few miles from here, Albert Cook shot his wife and mother-in-law, Mrs. Butts, the latter d.viug instantly. She was 74 years old, and had resided with her children for over thirty years, since her husband's death. Cook has worked for William Smith, who rents the Frank Burr farm. His domestic troubles were frequent and serious. He has threatened to kill his wife at regular intervals, for which offense he was arrested and lodged in jail. His father bailed him out and took him to Chicago, and he had not been seen by his family until this morning. Cook walked into the house at five this morning. He had evidently been sleeping outdoors all night. The first words he Said startled the women out of their slumber. He said: “Get out of there, now! I’m most frozen. This is a pretty thing you’ve been doing. ” His mother-in-law answered: “And this is a pretty thing yon have been doing. ” At this he fired upon her, killing her instantly. The ball entered her forehead and lodged in her brain. His wife sprang out of bed and advanced toward him in the endeavor to wrest the revolver from him. He backed slowly away from her, all the while firing, until she reached the door leading into the sitting-room, which she closed on him. Two shots entered her abdomen, one broke her right arm, and two lodged in the fatty part of her left arm. Mrs. Cook is a young woman and has lived with her husband for ten years, bearing gently his brutality until it became necessary for her to cause his arrest, he having shot at her once before and threatened many times to kill her. Cook procured a divorce yesterday. Two children were born to the unfortunate couple. Both are boys, aged 7 and 10. When they heard the sbootiDg they ran down stairs from the bedroom and out to the barn, where B. R. McNight, a farm-hand, was at work. McNight ran to the house and found a horrible sight. “Where did he go?” asked McNight of Mrs. Cook. She told him “Up-stairs.” McNight closed the stair door, thinking he would keep Cook locked in until assistance came, but Cook was not up-stairs. As yet he has not been captured. Cook is thought to be deranged, but his Ja'her says: “He was always deranged, then. He’s just ugly.” The father is a respectable old gentleman, of German birth, and quite recently spelled his name Koch. He intended to take his son to Kansas, where a brother lives. According to a decision of the lowa Supreme Court, an hotel-keeper who receives guests while knowing that there is a contagions disease in his honse is liable for damages to any guest who may contract the disease. *