Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 January 1886 — Page 2

Uljc democratic Stntinel RENSSELAER. INDIANA. J. W. McEWEN, - Fnaussn

NEWS CONDENSED.

Concise Reeord of the Week. EASTERN. The late William H. Vanderbilt left p far largei- estate than was supposed. The graine of the property is now placed at $305,©OO,OOO. The police of New, York arrested 74,372 persons last year. The amount required to maintain municipal government in New York for the new year is estimated at $35,486,320. Boston’s yearly record shows a decided improvement in business, while $8,000,000 worth of building was done. It is proposed to introduce in St. Louis Pasteur’s method of treating hydrophobia. The Hydrophobic Institute in New York is ready for patients. Three wooden dwellings erected in Boston in the early part of the eighteenth century, from whose windows a party of British officers witnessed the battle of Bunker Hill, are being demolished to give place to gasworks. William H. McNeil, President of the Lancaster National Bank, at Clifton, Mass., disappeared last week, and ho has since been shown to be a defaulter for SIOO,OOO or more. He was also one of the receivers of a savings bank, which had $60,000 on hand. He is known to have invested largo amounts in cattle companies, and is believed to have speculated recklessly. The County Penitentiary at Albany, N. Y., is a plague-stricken spot Its l,too inmates aro exposed to a deadly form of typhus fever. A great many deaths have occurred The epidemic is said to have all the characteristics of the “black plague* which decimated London years ago. Frederick Fishel, cashier and confidential bookkeeper of August, Bornheim & Bauer, Now York clothing manufacturers, has been arrested charged with having robbed his employers by means of forged checks of upwards of $75,000.

WESTERN.

The Cherokee Indians are said to be excited over the projects looking to the opening of their country to white settlement, and the allotment of lands among the Indians. They say they possess the lands in fee simple, and cannot bo deprived of them, except by legislation in the council of the Nation. A fire at Detroit destroyed $2,000,000 worth of property. The seed-house of D. M. Ferry Co. and Whita's Grand Theater were among the buildings burned Richard Filian, a fire captain, was killed by a falling wall and several firemen were injured Fire swept away Maurer’s flouring mill at Tallmadge, Ohio, the loss being $40,000. A steel steamship, 265 feet in length, is being constructed at Cleveland, and will be used in the Lake Superior trade. She will be launched about June 1 next, and will cost $150,000. An alleged infernal machine turned up the other morning at the general offices of tlie Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company in Chicago, and the theory is advanced of a plot to blow up the costly structure in which the corporation does business. “The Silver King,” one of the most intensely interesting of modern dramas, forms the attraction at McVicker’s Theater, Chicago, this week. F. C. Bangs, an actor of excellent parts, enacts the title role, and is supported by a strong company. The recent murder of the Knock family in a Detroit suburb has been followed by ’the murder of the aged mother of the head of the murdered family. Gustav and Herman Knock, eons of the last victim, have been arrested on suspicion of having committed.the awful crime. St. Louis has a hair-dresser who has applied for a patent on an invention by which passengers and freight may be received and discharged from railway trains in full motion. A Chinese laundryman in St. Lonis named Juo Jun was received into the Pilgrim Congregational Church. Five of his countrymen witnessed the ceremony. Maxwell, the alleged murderer of Preller, in St Louis, is next month to be placed on trial, when witnesses are expected from the four quarters of the earth. A woman has been summoned from Heng Kong. The people of Oregon and the contiguous territory have a/ready commenced to protest against the reductions in the mail service proposed by Postmaster General Vilas. Two masked lads robbed a house in Hie outskirts of Cincinnati, after choking an old lady to a condition bordering on insensibility.

SOUTHERN.

Mobile (Ala.) dispatch: “By the explosion of tho boilers of the Gulf City Oil "Works, ten men were killed or injured. -Morris Wallace, Willio Black, Daniel Jackson and Peter Chastein were burned to death. Israel Brassey whs fatally scald jd and has since died Archer Hicks, fireman, and J. S. Staunton ■were fatally injured, and F. P. Jones was fatally scalded Richard Hunter and William Borden were also seriously injured. Tho explosion is attributed to lack of water in the boiler. It occurred just after midnight. The whistle had just blown for lunch or the casualties might have I een greater. ” The Hon. E. A. Jones, a well-known Tennessee politician, died at Hot Springs, Ark. James E. Bailey, who succeeded Andrew Johnson as Senator from Tennessee, died at Clarksville in that State. Two organ-grinders in New Orleans,

teamed against an electric-light pole in St Charles street One was killed instantly and the other had his head burned to a crisp. Near Crawford, Miss., a mob of citizens .took Thomas Lyde and Thomas Sharp, both colored, from the jail and hanged them. They were caught setting fire to cotton. An Italian of Mount Pleasant, S. C., fatally shot a citizen who interfered to protect the Italian's wife from her husband’s brutal treatment The murderer then locked himself in his bomsfc and committed suicide rather than surrender to the Marshal and his posse. In the American towns along the Bio Grande, between Laredo and Brownsville, uprisings are said to have taken place with the object of marching upon and capturing Mier, Mexico. Maj. Kellogg proposes to disperse the filibusters or drive them across the river to Mexico. Louisiana’s sugar crop is larger by 15 per cent than the average of previous years. Baltimore received and shipped a decreased quantity of wheat last year, but there was an increase in the amount of corn handled Willi-m M. Price, who was charged with the authorship of the Morey letter, was admitted to the bar in Maryland, it having been conclusively shown that he was innocent of the charge. R. T. Cooney, of the man-of-war Manhattan, lying off City Point, Va., gave away his watch and diamond ring and then committed suicide by opening an artery in his wrist

WASHINGTON.

The estimates of the Statistician of the Department of Agriculture for the principal cereal crops of the year are computed, and the aggregate bushels are as follows in round millions: Corn, 1,936; wheat, 357; oats, 629. The area of corn .is 73,000,000 acres ; wheat, 34,0;X),000; of oats. 23,040,000. The value of corn averages nearly 33 cents per bushel, and makes an aggregate of $635,00;),000, $5,000,000 less thun the value of the last crop. The decrease in the product of wheat is 30 per cent., and only 17 per cent in valuation, which is $275,000,000. The valuation of oats is $180,000,000. The reduction in wheat is mostly in the Valley of the Ohio and in California. The States of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, and Kansas last year produced 170,000,000 bushels ; this year 80,000,000, a reduction of bushels. The production of all cereals is fifty-three bushels to each inhabitant, and the aggregate volume is larger than any former year. During the last month nearly $20,000,(100 in gold was received by the Treasury at Washington from San Francisco. President Cleveland, at his New Year reception, was assisted by his sister and the wives of Secretaries Bayard, Manning, and Wh tney, and of Postmaster General Vilas. Secretary Lamar is on a holiday visit to the South. Three nieces of Samuel J. Tilden stood beside Mrs. Manning. Miss Cleveland was robed in crimson velvet. Mrs. Logan failed to accompany the Senator. The diplomatic corps outdid i self in colors and decorations. Over six thousand persons shook hands with the President. A member of the Chilian Legation has gained notoriety in Washington by indulging in an old-sash onod drunk. After receiving a sound thrashing from a plain republican citizen he was with difficulty bundled off to his quarters. The total amount of the national debt Jan. 1 was $1,843,713,715. The debt, less cash in the Treasury, was $1,45’,544,766, there being $ 104,361,954 on hand, as shown by the Treasurer’s general account. The debt decreased $9,089,940 during December. The following is a recapitulation of the monthly state- , meat: INTEREST-BEARING DEBT. Bonds at 44j percent $250,006,090 Bonds at 4 i>er cent 137,743,250 Bonds at 3 per cent 194,190.500 Refunding certificates at 4 per cent. 221,400 Navy pension fund at 3 per cent 14,000,000 Pacific Railroad bonds at 6 per cent. 64,623,512 Principalsl,2 50,778,632 Interest 13.258,339 Total.’ ..$1,274,037,001 DEBT ON WHICH INTEREST HAS CEASED SINCE

MATURITY. Principal .. $3,447,088 Interest 292,213 T0ta1.... . ' $3,619,688 DEBT BEARING NO INTEREST. Old demand and legal-tender notes. $346,738.806 Certificates of deposit 13,790,000 Gold certificates 105, 5 >,<501 Silver certificates 99,170,465 Fractional currency (less $8,375,931, estimated as lost or destroyed).... 6,959,153 Principal 566,0 7,u25 Total debt— Principal $1,839,253,163 Interest 13,460,5 ?2 VTotal $1,843,713,715 Less cash items available for reduction of the debt 229,210,016 Less reserve held for redemption of U. S. notes 100,003,000 T0ta1.... $329,240,16 Total debt less available cash item 551,514,473,698 Net cash in the Treasury 71,318.872 Debt less cash in Treasury Jan. 1, 1886 $1,443,454,826 Debt less cash in Treasury Dec. 1, 1885 1,452,544,766 Decrease of debt during the month. $.1,089,940 CASH IN THE TREASURY AVAILABLE FOB REDUCTION OF THE DEBT. Gold held for gold certificates actually outstanding $105,359,601 Silver held for silver certificates actually outstanding. 93,179,465 U. S. notes held for certificates of deposit actually outstanding 13,790,000 Cash held for matured debt and interest unpaid 16,998,028 Fractional currency 1 2,922 Total available for reduction of the debt $229,240,016 RESERVE FUND. Held for redemption of U. S. notes, acts Jan. 14, 1875, and July 12, 188-J $109,000,000 Unavailable for reduction of tho debt— Fractional silver coin $27 796 430 Minor coin ~ Total $28,3-23,275 Certificates held as cash 61,779,790 Net cash balance on hand 71,018,872 Total cash in Treasury as shown by I the Treasurer’s general account.. $404,361,954

POLITICAL.

The Legislature of Kentucky met and elected Charles Offutt Speaker. The Civil-Service Commission, embarrassed by applicants for place, has decided

to permit no request for examination to remain on its books longer than six months. An interesting fight is promised in the United States Senate over the confirmation of Judge Powers, of Utah. Sub-Treasurer Acton, of New York, refused to turn over his office to Treasurer of the United States Jordan when requested, acting on the advice of eminent counsel Treasurer Jordan relieved Mr. Acton’s bondsmen bybreaking the seals and commencing business operations.

MISCELLANEOUS. The following is the visible supply of grain, as compded by the New York Produce Exchange: Wheat, 58,431,813 bushels; corn, 8,320,695 bushels. John N. Flippen, formerly Mayor of Memphis, is now manager of a mine in Chihuahua. While on the way to Parral with two servants, he was robbed of $5,400 in bullion and his teams and effects. John Teem er, the American oarsman, has made a contract to visit Australia next spring and row two races with Beach. The railway track laid in the United States during the year just closed aggregated 3,113 miles, Missouri leading with 282 miles. The great volcano of Colima, Mexico, has become active within the last few days, and those living in the neighborhood are alarmed at the vast overflow of lava, which continues to pour down the mountain side. Lieutenant Jones of the 4th United States artillery, having over-staid his leave of absence about a week, shot himself dead at Fort Adams rather than suffer court-martial The Dwyer Brothers are ready to match Miss Woodford against Corrigan’s Freoland for from $5,000 to $20,000 for a race of one and one-half miles, to be run anywhere in the East A vein of pure petroleum has been discovered near Park Hill, Ontario, 175 feet below the surface. Several earthquake shocks have been felt recently in Valparaiso, Serena, Arica, and Tacna, South America. Bishop Fabre, of Montreal, Canada, has issued a circular denouncing tobogganing as a sinful sport. William Dale, instructor in a gymnasium at Binghamton, N. Y., swung sevenpound Indian clubs for four hours and fifty minutes. In a bicycle contest at Minneapolis, Woodside made 266 miles in twenty-si* hours.

FOREIGN.

The creditors of the King of Bavaria have petitioned for a distrain of his good q but the General of the Army has forbidden bailiffs to take any such action. The Municipal Council of Cork w 11 try the experiment of erecting seventy-four cottages for laborers, to j>e rented for half a crown per week. The value of the crops in Ireland this year reached nearly £1,650,000. This is largely above the average for the last decide. Gen. Booth, of London, in ask ng for $30,000 for the expenses of the Salvation Army for 1886, states that ho will not publish the accounts of past years. So great has been the fall of snow throughout Scotland that a train with three engines was stalled in the County Caithness. Signor Sbarbaro, who was elected a member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies for Pavia, and who has been undergoing a sentence of seven years’ imprisonment for threatening the Ministry, has been released from prison. Germany’s trade review shows a gloomy outlook. Pope Leo has given to the College of the Propaganda the sum of £20,001’, which he obtained by selling personal presents received during several years. Latest reports from the west coast of Ireland are heartrending, and show that prompt and liberal help for the povertystricken people is sorely needed. It is reported that Lord Randolph Churchill’s scheme for Irish home rule dies not include a Parliament for Ireland, but abolishes Castle rule, substituting therefor officers elected by the people for fixed te:ms. The annexation of Burmah to the British Empire has been formally announced in India and England. Officers appointed by the Viceroy of India are to administer the Government. The Egyptian problem is again forcing itself to the front in British politics, and bids fair to prove almost as severe a tax upon the resources of British statesmanship as the Irish question itself. Great interests are at stake in Egypt, and it is becoming more evident every day that the safety of England’s Eastern possessions is largely contingent upon the result of the pending struggle in the Soudan. A portion of Upper Burmah, it has been ag -eed, will be ceded to China. Lord Randolph Churchill has submitted to the British Cabinet a proposition for the reform of the administration of tho Government in livlmd. There was a quiet observance in Berlin of the twenty-ti.th anniversary of the accession of Emperor William to the throne of Prussia, Queen Victoria is angry at the refusal of tho foreign courts to recognize the right of Prince Henry of Battenberg, the husband of Princess Beatrice, to the title of Royal Highne is. Princess of Paris, nee Eva Mackay, gave birth to a son last week. A magnific nt outfit for the infant has been received from San Francisco. The chiistening dress is entirely composed of antique point d’Alencon. Hydrophobia is raging to such an extent in Franpe taut the police have been ordered to shoot all stray dogs. The four children from Newark, N. J., who have been under Pasteur’s treatment for the disease, saiied for New York apparently cuied.

LATER NEWS ITEMS.

All doubt as to the introduction ol the promised English home-rule bill is put at rest, says a London dispatch. It is learned officially that the bill has progressed far enough to enable the Cabinet to pledge itself to bring it in early in the session, whica begins on the 21st inst The Queen's speech will dwell particularly on this important measure, which is destined to accomplish a revolution as great in its way in England as the Liberals contemplate for Ireland. The bill is to substitute the elective or partly elective system of moral self government for the present exclusive system, which is representatives only of landed interests. It is to be known as the county government bill It will transfer to the newly created authority the supreme control of local administration, revenue, and expenditure. It will do away to a large extent with the control of the local government board, and coniine the operations of the government department to purely superior functions. The bill confers power to raise money. The land bill, which the Government is also preparing, makes sprcial provision for the latter purpose, to facilitate and cheapen the transfer of lands now tied up under special laws. It is estimated that the local government bill will throw open several million acres of land for cultivation by small farmers, farm laborers, and the working classes residing in suburban districts. The Pope has sent to Bismarck an autograph letter with the decoration of the Order of Christ, set with brilliants. The Balkan conference has broken up because o the refusal of Russia to guarantee the independence of the union of Bulgaria and Roumelia. Mrs. Marie Licht, 67 years of age, died in Milwaukee from hydrophobia. The curious fact is stated that on New Year’s Day, at Prairieville, Michigan, a farmer named Fennel plowed twelve acres of land, finding frost at only one spot in the field. The Grand Jury at San Francisco found an indictment for felony against George W. Tyler, the leading counsel for Sarah Althea Hill, who claimed to be the wife of ex-Smator Sharon. Marcus M. Towle, of Hammond, Ind., claims that the bridge of the Louisville and New Albany Road swings’upon his land. Tho other morning he ran a tug and a scow into the draw and stopped a mail train. He gathered a party of several hundred men to force a settlement, and threatened to use hot water on any one daring to interfere. The railway officials caused Towle to be taken to Indianapolis by a deputy federal marshal, and tho penitentiary now stares the rioter in the face. It was determined at Detroit that Mrs. Kuoch nad died from pneu nqnia, and that the fracture on her skull was made by the County Physician in removing the top of the skull to examine tho brain. Her two sons, who had been arrested for her murder, were released. The hat works of R. L. Dunlap & Co., in Brooklyn, N. Y., were destroyed by fire, entaili g a loss of $250,000. The North Chicago Rolling Mill Company Iris purchased 1,000 acre) of land in the Connellsville, Pa., coal region. The company will erect 700 ovens and make their own coal in the fu ure. The resumption of work in the iron collieries at Pittsburgh brings out the statement that the strikers lost nearly two million dollars in wages, and the operators have suffered to a largo amount by the prolonged suspe.is’on. Fire losses in the United' States and Canada during the month of December, 1885, reached $9,200,C00, and for the past year the losses have aggregated $94,200,000 —$15,0C0,000 less than in 1884. The saloon-keepers of Chattanooga, Tenn., smarting under the rigid enforcement of the Sunday law, have taken out warrants for nearly one hundrel street-car officials, liverymen, and newspaper publishers.

THE MARKETS.

NEW YORK. Beeves..... $4.00 @ 6.50 Hogs 3.50 @ 4.50 Wheat—No. 1 White .94 @ 95 No. 2 Red 91 & .92 Corn—No. 2 48 & .49 Oats—White 37 @ .43 Pork—Mess 9.75 @10.25 CHICAGO. Beeves- Choice to Prime Steers. 5.25 @ 5.75 Good Shipping 4.25 @ 5.09 Common . 3.25 @4.01 Hogs 3.50 @ 4.25 LOUR —Extra Spring 4.75 @ 5.59 Choice Winter 4.50 @ 5.0» vVheat —No. 2 Siiring 84 @ .85 ’orn—No. 2 .36 @ IATS—No. 2 27 @ .28 itYE—No. 2 .58 @ .59 Barley—No. 2 f 2 @ .64 Butter—Choice Creamery 30 @ .33 Fine Dairy 18 @ .23 Cheese—Full Cream, new 10 @ .11 Skimmed Flats 06 @ .o 7 Eggs—Frosh 19 @ .20 Potatoes—Choice, per bu 55 @ .60 Pork—Mess 9.00 @ 9.50 MILWAUKEE. Wheat—No. 2 83 @ 84 Corn —No. 2 1)6 @ .36)£ Oats—No. ‘2 27 @ 28 Rye—No. 1..... 58 @ .59 Pork—New Mess... 9.50 (310.00 TOLEDO. Wheat—No. 2 91 3 .92 Corn—No. 2 37 @ .19 Oats—No. 2 29 @ .31 ST. LOUIS. Wnr yr—No. 2 Red 92 @ .93 Cor ♦-Mixed 33 & .3354 Oats—Mixed 25 & .‘26 Pobk—New Mess 9.75 @10.25 CINCINNATI. Wheat—No. 2 Red 92 @ .93 Corn—No. 2 35 @ .37 Oats—No. 2 29 @ .31 Pork—Moss 9.75 @10.25 Live Hogs 3.75 @ 4.25 DETROIT. Beef Cattle 4.5'9 @5.21 Hogs 325 @3.75 Sheep 2.50 @ 37.5 Wheat—No. 1 White 90 @ .91 Corn—No. 2 35 @ .36 Oats—No. 2 31 @ ..>3 INDIANAPOLIS Wheat—No. 2 Red 90 @ .91 Corn—New 33 @ .34 Oats—No. 2 27 @ .28 EAST LIBERTY. Cattle—Best 5.51 @ 6.00 Fair 4.75 @ 5.25 Common 4.00 @ 4.50 Hogs 4.00 @ 4.50 Sheep. 2.75 @ 4.00 BUFFALO. Wheat—No. 1 Hard J. 1.00 @1.02 Cohn—Yellow . 40 @ .42 Tattle '. 5.00 @» 6.50

THE RED MEN.

Conclusions of Mr. Holman’s Special Committee to Investigate Indian Affairs. Washington special. Special attention having been drawn to the Indian problem by the treatment of thesubject in Secretary Lamar’s annual report, it has become a topic of frequent conversation among national legislators, and indications are that Congress will adopt new and earnest measures for settlement of the question. Mr. Holman, of Indiana, will soon submit to Congress a report of the observations of the commission of which he is Chairman, and he says that he will recommend that the reservation system be abandoned, with a few exceptions where it is impracticable now, and that a commission be appointed by the President to apportion the lands in severalty among the members of tribes that are sufficiently advanced in civilization to justify the belief that the plan would be successful. Senator Van Wyck has taken hold of the question as he finds it in the Indian Territory, and proppses that the National Government shall assume direct authority, thereby organizing the Territory with a fulls corps of civil officers, but he does not propose to interfere with the tribal courts and local Indian authorities. Mr. Townshend, of Illinois, has also made a move in the same direction, but. would accomplish the object by different means. He says he regards the Indian problem as one of the most important questions pressing for intelligent Congressional action. All the previous plans adopted by the Government have failed to produce the desired results, but it has been demonstrated that if proper methods are adopted the Indians can be civilized and made selfsupporting. He says if they are taught, how to labor and the value of property they will not desire to go on the war-path, and may in time become useful members in society. The first step should be to make them citizens. There are many million acres of land set. apart to the Indians for which they can never have use. The proper course to pursue, he says, is to break up their tribal relation, put them under the protection of the law, and make them amenable to its penalties, allot to each of them a sufficient quantity of land to enable them by industrious habits to maintain themselves as individual members of society, and dispose of the rc mninder of the land to actual settlers, and appropriate the proceeds of the sales for their education and support. Mr. Townshend’s plan is essentially different from that of Senator Van Wyck. His bill to organize the Territory of Oklahoma provides for the consolidation of the Indian Territory under a territorial government, the establishing of a court, and the allotment of lands in severalty among the Indians. It authorizes the appointment of a Governor and Secretary by the President, the Governor to be ex-officio Superintendent of Indian Affairs in the Territory. A Legislature, to consist of a Senate of eleven members and a House of Representatives of twenty-nine members, is to be chosen at the first election to be held in the Territory by all male persons over 21 years of age, lawfully domiciled in the Territory. At subsequent elections the right of suffrage is vested in all such male persons who have resided in the territory for six months. A court is established, to be presided over by one judge. An attorney and marshal are authorized do* be appointed by the President. jurisdiction, criminal and civil, will be of a character similar to that of the Western District of Arkansas. All are competent as jurors who are bona fide male residents of the Territory and over 21 years of age, and who undeistand the English language well enough to comprehend the proceedings. All laws of the United States applicable and not in conflict with Indian treaties are to be in force in the Territory. A delegate to Congress is authorized as in other Territories. It also provides that patents shall issue to all tribes on any reservation of the United States for all lands which have been* set apart to them respectively, to be held in* trust for them by the United States for the period of twenty-five years. But the President is authorized at any time before the end of that period to allot such lands in severalty to the Indians located on the resp< ctive reservations in the following quantities: To each head of a family, 160 acres; to each single person over 18 years of age. 80 acres; to each orphan chi.ld under 18 years of age, 80 acres; to each other person under 18 years of age, 40 acres. When the lands are mainly useful for grazing purposes double the quantities named are to be given to each. It provides that patents shall issue to each allottee for the lands allotted to him, but the title is to be held in trust by the United States for the period of twentyfive years thereafter, when it shall become absolute in fee simple. All conveyances of binds allotted in severalty, made before the end of the period of twenty-five years, are to be void. The Secretary’ of the Interior is authorized to purchase from the Indian tribes all the lands not allotted to them in severalty, subject, however, to the ratification of Congress. The purchase money for the same is to be held in trust by the United States for the period of twenty-five years, and interest at the rate of 5 per cent, is to be paid in the meantime for the education and self-support of the Indians.

LIVELY HAND SHAKING.

President Cleveland Disposes of Four Hundred Callers in Exactly Sixteen Minutes. Washington dispatch. Four hundred and forty-eight persons waited patiently in the east room of the White House to-day to pay their respects to the President. The crowd was almost twice as large as at any preceding reception of this kind. The President appeared ju«t before three o’clock and entered upon his task with such expedition that the entire room was cleared in sixteen minutes. Several persons tried to engage the President's attention with private matters, but they wi re told to call agtin to-morrow. One individual sho »k hands in an agitated manner with one of tl e ushers, and passed the Presi lent without noticing him. He was reminded of h>s mistake by the laughter of the crowd, arid endeavored to return and shake the President s hand, but was borne away by tbe rapidly moving line of people behind him. Thebe are more colleg3s in Ohio than , in France and Germany combined.