Democratic Sentinel, Volume 12, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 April 1888 — THE NEWS RECORD. [ARTICLE]

THE NEWS RECORD.

A Summary of the Eventful Happen* ings of a Week, as Reported by Telegraph. Political, Commercial, and Industrial News, Fires, Accidents, Crimes, ' Suicides, Etc., Etc. THE VERY LATEST BY TELEGRAPH. DEATH OF A FAMOUS TROTTER. Dexter, Once King of the Turf, Dies of Old Age and Exhaustion. Dexter, the (famous trotter, died at the stable of Mr. Robert Bonner, in New York City, last week. He died of old age and exhaustion. The body was buried at Mr. Bonner’s farm, at Tarrytown, N. Y. For years the glory of the best trotting record fell to tho honor of Flora Temple, arid she hold it until Dobletook it from her with Dexter in 2:17%. That was the best time until Doblo beat it with tho same horse, whoso record ho finally worked down to - 2:17. Subsequently he lowered that record with Goldsmith Maid, who went the mile in 2:14. She remained the quoen of tho turf until tho advent of St Julien, who in turn went down before Maud S., who has the present and best trotting record over made, 2:08%. Dexter was 30 years old when ho died. Except as an advertisement he was never of much use to Mr. Bonnor, who seldom ventured to drive him. The proprietor of the Ledger paid $35,000 for the horse, but very soon afterward his record was beaten. In temper Dexter was always eccentric and vicious. DETAILS OF THE CHINESE EARTHQUAKE. Terrible Loss of Life and Property in tho Province of Yunnan. By the arrival at San Francisco of tho steamer City of New York from China, we get details of the earthquake in Yunnan. Tho Prefect of Lin An, with Chi Miens of Shih Ping and tho Kien Shui under him, has reported to the Governor of Yunnan as follows; From tho second day of the twelfth month of the last Chinese year till the third day of this year there wore over ten shocks of earthquake, accompanied with a noise like thunder. Yarnens, in the City of Shih Ting, and Kien Shui were either knocked down or split right down and tho temples likewise. On Shih Ping eight or uiuo-tonths of the houses in the south fell down and half those in the east; in the northwest about 1,000 were cracked or bent out of the perpendicular. Over 200 people, men and women, old and young, were crushed to death and over 300 wounded and injured. At Tunc Hiang over 800 were crushed to death and about 700 or 800 wounded. At Nan Hiaug over 200 are dead, and over 400 injured. At Si Hiang over 200 were killed and over 500 injured. At Peh Hiaug about 100 were killed and the same number injured. iTho above four places are suburbs.) In the town and suburbs over 4,000 people were either killed or wounded. Eight or nine tenths of the houses have fallen down, and the rest are cracked and leaning over. In the northwest suburb 80? to 400 houses were overturned, killing 249 people, and wounding 150 to 160. The Emperor Hotter. The doctors attending tho German Emperor declare the published descriptions of tho Emperor’s sufferings, with the exception of tho difficulty in breathing, are exaggerated. He suffers from no local pain whatever. Absolute rest is still imperative. It is impossible to predict whether or not the present improvement will continue. The favorable turn in his condition, however, has awakened but slight hopes of recovery. Tate, the Defaulter. The amount of ex-Treasurer Tate’s defalcat on, with all credits made, is now placed at $150,000. It is learned that just before leaving Louisville, Tute sent tho negro porter to the bank for a largo sum, saying he wanted to pay a school claim. As no such school claims were duo this is evidence that ho took with him $75,000 to SIOO,OOO. Minister Pendleton Recovering. United States Minister Pendleton is rapidly recovering. He is attended by his daughter, who hurried to his bedside at Berlin from Italy, where she was on a tour for her health. Mr. Pendleton’s physician advises him to abstain from work for a long time.

Telegrams in Brief. The dry-goods firm of Marks & Hyman, of Tyler, Texas, has failed for #50,000. Augustin Daly’s theatrical troupe has Bailed from New York, on the Scrvia, for England. Hotel men at Springfield, Ohio, wore fined and imprisoned for passing oft oleomargerino as pure butter. Henry E. Abrey has released M. Damala, Sarah Bernhard’s hue bind, from his contract for a tour in America. AT Austin, Texas, the new State House has been opened. Thousands of people were present at the dedicatory exorcises. Robert de Fauconnet and Comte de Kelman fought a duel at Meudon, near Paris. The Comte was wounded. The duel arose from a dispute about Gen. Boulanger.