Democratic Sentinel, Volume 12, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 June 1888 — A NEWSY MELANGE. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

A NEWSY MELANGE.

Events of Interest and Importance in Every Quarter of the Habitable Globe. News Relating to Politics, Religion, Commerce, Industry, Labor, and Other Topics. THE HOUSE PASSES THE ARMY BI EE. The Houk passed the army appropriation bill onThe IGthjinst., after adopting an amendment appropriating 3300,000 for a military post near Chicago. Mr. Randall reported the sundry civil appropriation bill. The total of the bill is $23,714,798, being $5,027,897 less than the regular estimates, and $7,881,278 less than the regular and special estimates. The amount appropriated for the same purposes for the current fiscal year was 822,505,540. The apparent excess of 81,208,257 over the present appropriation is nearly accounted for in two features of the''bill alone—for the Congressional library $514,200, and for expenses of United States courts an increase of $658,600. Among the increases in the bill over the present appropriation are $275,000 for the Rock Island dam and $50,000 for the Rock Island bridge. GERMANY. The Death of Kaiser Friedrich Announced to the Army in a Spirited General Order. Emperor William 11. of Germany has issued the following general order to the army: While the army has only just discarded the outward signs of mourning for the Emperor, "William 1., iny deeply revered grandfather, whoso memory will overlive in all hearts, it has suffered a fresh and heavy blow by the death of my dear and warmly beloved father. This is indeed a serious and sorrowful time, in which pod’s d< crqe places me at tho head of the army. It is from a deeply moved heart I address my first -Words to my army, but the confidence with which I step into tho place to which God calls me is immovably strong; for I know what sense of honor and duty my glorious ancestors have implanted in the army, and I know in how great a measure this feeling has at all times been manifesteddu the army. A firm and inviolable attachment to the war lord is an inheritance handed down from father to son, from generation to generation, and in the same way I refer you to my grandfather, who stands fresh in all your memories as tho personification of the glorious and venerable war lord, such as could not be more finely conceived, or in form more speaking to the heart. I refer you to my beloved father, who as Crown Prince already won a place of honor in the annals of the army, and to a long line of glorious ancestors whose names shine brightly in history, and whose hearts beat warmly for the army. Thus we belong to each other—l and the army. Thus we were born for one another and thus we will stand together in an indissoluble bond in peace or storm, as God may will it. You will now take to me the oath of fidelity and obedience, and I swear ever to remember that the eyes of uny ancestors look down upon me from the other world, and that I shall one day have to render an account to them of the glory and honor of tho army.

TRAIN ROBBERY. A Missouri, Kansas and Texas Express Held Up by Robbers. Dispatches from Muscogee, Indian Territory, give the following particulars of a bold train robbery near that point: The south-bound Missouri, Kansas & Texas express was stopped at the verdigris bridge to put off some baggage, and had just started to I'ullo ut again when the engineer was covered by a revolver and the express cur was entered. The express messenger was taken by surprise, as, it being u very warm night, t he side door was open. Before he could close it two men entered the car and robbed him of about #8 and a valuable package. One shot was fired into the mail car, the bullet passing through the left arm of Charles Colton, the mail agent. Two shots were fired in the front of the smoking car, one going through the right forearm of Harry Ryan. The other struck u passenger named Ben C. Tarver in the left cheek, and passing backward broke his nock, causing instant death. The dead man’s home was in Rosebud, Texas. He is a single man, and was going home from a trip to Chicago. The leader of the robbers gave his name uh Captain Jack. Some of them were masked. They secured but little booty. ROBBED BY MASKED BRIGANDS. The Northern Pacific Express Held Up by Bohl Road Agents. The west-bound express on the Northern Pacific Hoad was held up and robbed between Big Horn and Myers’ stations. When the train was in the vicinity of Junction City the engineer noticed a bright light ahead, which was being moved to and fro. Knowing there had been a heavy storm the night before, and fearing a bridge was gone, he .slowed up, Scarcely had the train stopped before a masked man appeared at the steps of the engine. An instant later three shots were fired in rapid succession. About SI,OOO was secured by the robbers, who escaped. Several persons were injured by the shooting.

ED STOKES SUED FOR DAMAGES. Broker Trumbridge Asks #IO,OOO as a Salve for His Wounds. Brewster Kissam, counsel for Captain Trumbridge, who came to fisticuffs with Ed Stokes in New York City, has begun suit in the Supreme Court of Kings County for SIO,OOO damages against the proprietor of the Hoffman House. Captain Trumbridge was nfueh more severely injured than at first reported, and was confined to his room several days. Base-Ball. ' The following table shows the relative standing of the elubs composing the four principal associations in their race for championship honors: League. Won. Lost.] Western. Won. Lost. Chicago ‘-9 12(Milwaukee 19 13 Detroit '.26 17 [St. Paul 20 14 Boston 26 18 Des Moines 18 13 New York 24 19|Kansas City 20 16 Philadelphia... .22 19 Omaha 18 18 Indianapolis ... .15 28|Chicago 14 18 Pittsburgh 14 27 St. Louis 14 22 Washington 13 29| Minneapolis 15 24 American. Won. Lost. llnterstate. Won. Lost. Brooklyn 34 13 Peoria. .24 6 St. Louis 28 13 Davenport 23 8 Athletic 25 18 Dubuque 17 12 Cincinnati 26 19 Crawfordsville. .15 16 Baltimore 21 22 Bloomington... .11 13 Cleveland 17 25 Danville 10 19 Kansas City 13 30 Rockford 9 20 Louisville 12 34 Decatur Withdrawn Fears for Stanley. The fears that trouble has befallen the Stanley expedition have been confirmbd by letters from the Congo.

JOY FOR FOUR HEARTS. The Eate President’s Son and Daughter Wedded to Miss Belle Mason and J. Stanley Brown. The Garfield home at Mentor. Ohip. presented a fascinating and happy scene last week. A courtship that began eight years ago. when one of the parties was a young man just approaching his majority and the other a girl barely in her teens, ended in the marriage of Miss Mollie Garfield, daughter of the late President, to J. Stanley Brown, formerly private secretary of the bride’s father. At the same time Harry A. Garfield, eldest

son of the late President, wedded Miss Belle Mason, daughter of the late James Mason, for years chief counsel of the Lake Shore Railroad and a prominent attorney. The double ceremony took place in the library of the Garfield mansion, made famous during the memorable campaign of 1880. Rev. W. V. W. Davis, of Worcester, Mass., formerly pastor of the Euclid Avenue Presbyterian Church of Mentor, where Mrs. Garfield and family attended, was the officiating clergyman, having come on from Massachusetts expressly for that purpose. Mr. Brown and Miss Garfield were first made man and wife, and service over, Harry Garfield and Miss M'ason were united in marriage. The ritual was the simple one of the Presbyterian church. There were two bridesmaids for each bride. Many prominent people were" present.

HOW HE DIED. Germany’s Beloved Emperor Passed Away Without a Struggle—The Death-Bed Scene. The last hours of Emperor Frederick of Germany were absolutely painless, and the end came without a struggle. A Berlin dispatch thus describes the final scene: Bqiween 2 and 3 o’clock his breathing became terribly labored, and some moments of struggle would occur, alternating with spasms aud great distress as the hard fight with approaching death progressed. As soon as it became evident that the end was near, the Empress caused the royal family to be summoned. All gathered around the bedside. During the administering of the sacrament, and . indeed, even to within fifteen minutes before his death, the Emperor appeared to be quite conscious. A touching scene occurred at the bedside while the Emperor's life was passing away. Bismarck was called to bid his dying master a last farewell. Tlie Emperor was thoroughly conscious, and, taking the hand of the Chancellor in his own feeble grasp, and motioning to the Empress to draw nearer, he took her hand and joined it with that of Bismarck, thus giving a silent and pathetic token of his desire for a reconciliation of all differences between his wife and the Prime Minister. The Emperor’s head was raised on large pillows; his wan hands rested on the coverlet. The Crown Prince stood opposite him. Tne Empress was seated at the foot of the bed. But later she knelt at the bedside and remained in this position during the last hours, watching her dying husliand’s faint gasps for breath. Every five minutes the doctors felt the pulse. The expression on Dr. Mackenzie’s face showed that it was weakening. At times the pulse was suspended and the doctor was obliged to place his ear close to the Emperor’s lips to detect his breathing. At 11 o’clock Dr. Mackenzie made a sign to the Empress, who fervently kissed the hand of the Emperor. At 11:12 the doctor drew his watch and declared that all was over.

PARDONED BY THE PRESIDENT. Executive Clemency Shown to a Number of Condemned Men Whose Cases Had Been Considered by Mi - . Cleveland. The President has grant.ed a pardon to George L. Weber, of Montana, convicted of murder in the second degree and sentenced Nov. 3. 1883, to twenty years’ imprisonment. Pardons have also been granted to George Smith, Western District of Arkansas, convicted of larceny and introducing spirituous liquor in Indian Territory, and sentenced to one year’s imprisonment on each charge and to pay SSO fine; John Bishop, of Minnesota, selling whisky to Indians, sentenced Oct. 7,1887, to thirty days’ imprisonment and a fine of $300; John R. Barnes, of Utah, for unlawful cohabitation, sentenced April 30, 1888, to three months’ imprisonment and S3OO fine; John Sevier, a Cherokee Indian, Western district of Arkansas. for manslaughter, sentence suspended; Zial Riggs, of Utah, for bigamy; Barney C. Shirley, of Arkansas, for destroying letters by burning a postoffice of which-Wie was postmaster, sentenced Nov. 6,1887, to one year; W. r. McConnell, of Montana, for counterfeiting, sentenced in May, 1886, to twoa nd one-half years; and R. D. Jones, of Utah, for bigamy. In the case of John Q. Adams, of Missouri, selling whisky to Indians, sentenced in March, 1888, to six months' imprisonment, the President commutes the sentence to four months.

THE TRADE REVIEW. R. G. Dun & Co.’s Statement for the Past Week—A Hopeful Feeling Prevails. R. G. Dun & Co.’s review of trade for the past week says: The moderate improvement in trade noticed a week ago does not yet seem to be more than the slight reaction which occasionally breaks a period of uncertainty and comparative inactivity. The signs of a lasting improvement in trade do not yet appear. Uncertainty still prevails and buyers are conservative, confining their transactions to immediate wants in most branches of business. In some, moreover, the cold and wet spring has so far curtailed trade that retailers are carrying over stocks larger than usual. Crop prospects have not changed for the worse, but the extent of loss in winter wheat is more definitely realized, while the prospect as to spring wheat and other crops is necessarily vague. With favorable weather the general results wotfid probably be fair, and in some quarters a decidedly hopeful feeling begins to prevail. This cannot be attributed to financial influences, for money is overabundant and quoted at 1 per cent, notwithstanding the renewal of gold exports. The Treasury has raised its prices paid for bonds, taking a large amount one day, but the only considerable offers since have been $2,000,000 at )» above its new limit for 4s, and a like amount % above its limit for 4)68. LOCUSTS HAVE COME AGAIN. After Nineteen Years’ Absence the Devastators Resume Work. A Dubuque (Iowa) dispatch says that locusts have appeared there in vast numbers in the last two days. They are popularly supposed to be the seventeen-year locusts, but the cal-

culation is two years off this time. Their last appearance was in 1869, just nineteen /ears ago. They come up from the ground, leaving holes about one-half inch in diameter. They come up as a grub, and soon after shed their skins and cling to the nearest shrub for awhile and then fly away. A Wheaton (Ill.) dispatch says the seventeen year locusts have appeared there in vast numbers, and literally cover all kinds of bushes, hedges, trees, and even perch on the fences while they pick their teeth. Their favorite food appears to be the leaves of currant bushes and maple trees. They also eat potato vines and arbor vitae. Great apprehension is felt over their general devastation, and it is feared the shade and fruit trees will be ruined.

POLITICAL CONVENTIONS. Various Pointers, Nominations and Resolutions of Moment. The Maine Union Labor party met in delegate convention at Waterville and nominated W. H. Simmons for Governor. The platform favors greenbacks, postal banks, government telegraph and railroads, service pensions, an income tax, a secret ballot, and homestead laws. The Maine Republican State Convention, held at Portland, nominated Edwin C. Burleigh for Governor on the first ballot. He is a warm friend of Blaine's. The resolutions denounce the President's message, the Mills bill, and free trade, and censure the Government for its course in the fisheries dispute. President Cleveland is charged with hypocrisy in the enforcement of the civil-service law; and prohibition is indorsed. The mention of Mr. Blaine evoked great enthusiasm. The Prohibitionists of Vermont, in session at Montpelier, nominated a full fJtute ticket, headed Henry M. Seeley for Governor, and adopted a radical prohibition platform.

MRS. SHERIDAN DEAD. Gen. Phil Sheridan’s Mother Passes Away at Somerset, 0., at the Age of"8~. Mrs. Mary Sheridan, mother of Gen. Philip Sheridan, died at her home in Somerset, Ohio, the 12th. Mrs. Sheridan’s death was due as much to extreme oid age as to a slight cold she had contracted. She retained all her faculties, except that of speech, to the last. Mrs. Sheridan was born in Ireland in March, 1801, her maiden name being Mary Moinah. She was married to John Sheridan at an early aye, and came with him and their one child to the United States in 1829. After two years’ residence in Albany, N. Y., they went to Somerset, where Mrs. Sheridan's home has been ever since. John Sheridan, the father, died in February, 1873; Patrick, the oldest son, in 1849, and Mary, the only daughter, in 1867 or 1868. three of the family are now alive—Gen. Philip H. Sheridan, Col. Michael V. Sheridan, aid on the General’s staff, and Col. John L. Sheridan, of Indian Territory. The last-named was with his mother at her death.

A MURDERER REPRIEVED. An I ndiau Widow Lays Open the Scalp of Her Husband’s Slayer. Piute Willie Dunn killed Charlie Winnemucca, grandson of old Winnemucca, of the Pyramid reservation, near Winnemucca, Nevada, by stabbing him in the throat. Dunn was tried by Indian judges, who sentenced him to be hanged. Agent Gibson telegraphed the result to the Indian Department at Washington. The department stopped the execution and the United States Marshal took the prisoner to Carson. There was almost a fight on the reservation, as the dead man’s relatives wanted him hanged at once, but Chief Natches decided for the white man’s law. The widow, however, got some satisfaction by laying open the murderer’s scalp with a club.

SHOT HIMSELF BEFORE HIS WIFE. Poor Health Drives Jacob Doll to Suicide —Mrs. Doll’s Attempt. Jacob Doll, who has successfully conducted a grocery business in Louisville, Ky., for fifteen years, shot himself dead in the presence of his wife. Both had been in failing health for some time. Doll asked his Wife how she was, and she said she felt much worse. He said he was feeling very badly, too, and did not want to live. He procured a pistol, and seating himself by his wife’s bed. placed the weapon to his temple and fired. The shot produced instant death. Mrs. Doll later tried to kill herself with the same pistol. Doll was worth $15,000.

AMELIA RIVES MARRIED. The Virginia Authoress, Weds J. A. Chanler, of New York, at Her Home. Miss Amelia Rives, the authoress, and John A. Chanler, of New York, were mar-

ried at Castle Hill, near Charlottesville, Va,, in the presence of the family and four or five intimate friends. It was originally intended that the marriage should take place in September, but the day was ‘changed in order to 'relieve Miss Rives from the annoyance of newspaper comment. The bride and groom will spend the

honeymoon at Castle Hill, and later they will take a trip to Europe. AN ANARCHIST’S TOOL. A Bomb Found in a Barrel of Fish, Shipped from Cleveland. A barrel of fish, in which was a dynamite bomb, was a part of the cargo in the hold of the steamship City of Cleveland, on her trip from Cleveland to Detroit. The barrel was one of a number of others consigned by John Kingsborough, a wholesale fish dealer at Cleveland, to Ryan & Bourke, of Detroit. The bomb was discovered when the barrel was opened the following day, and was thrown into the river. From the appearance of the barrel, it had been opened and the bomb placed in it after the barrel had left the warehouse in Cleveland. LYNCHED A FLORIDA NEGRO. Dennis Williams Hanged by a Mob for Wounding a White Man. Dennis Williams, the colored man who shot Superintendent McCormick at Ellaville. Fla., a lumber depot some thirty miles east of Tallahassee, was lynched and his body

found in the Suwanee River. The guards who were left in charge of the negro were bound hand and foot by the lynchers. The shooting was caused by an attempt of the superintendent of the mills tv make Williams deliver up a loaded gun which he had and held in a threatening manner in a crowd of people. Williams refused to do so. and then McCormick attempted to take the gun. and Williams fired a charge into McCormick’s shoulder, shattering the bone. McCormick is very popular, and the shooting created immense excitement. Since the finding of Williams’ body, it is rumored that the negroes have banded together for revenge.

A RICH GOED FINO. Two Prospectors in the Cascade Range Show a Forty-two-Pouud Gold Nugget They Picked Up. Two prospectors have arrived at Ottawa, Ontario, from the Cascade range of mountains in 'British Columbia with a lump of almost pure gold weighing forty-two pounds. They had it tested until satisfied of its value, and then shipped it to Montreal to be melted up. A speculator offered them $5,000 for their find, but the offer was refused. The men are silent as to where the lump was found. They are looking up the subject of mining rights, and will go west again immediately. Nominated for Congress. Tho Rev. J. H. Wilson has been nominated for Congress by the Prohibitionists of the Tenth Indiana District. Solomon G. Comstock has been nominated for Congress by the Republicans of the Fifth District of Minnesota., and if elected will succeed Knute Nelson. ' Walter I. Hayes, Democratic member of Congress for the Second lowa District, has been renominated. Charles C. Townsend has been nominated for Congress by the Republicans of the Twenty-fifth Pennsylvania District. Abner Taylor has been nominated for Congress by the Republicans of the First Illinois District. Married Three Sisters. Near Jeffersonville, Ind., the Rev. F. A. Andrews officiated at the funeral of a Mrs. Wascoin. In the evening he was asked to marry a couple, and was surprised to find that the mourning widower was to be the groom; that tho bride was a sister of the woman interred a few hours previously, and that the ages of the pair were respectively 73 and 71. He also learned that this was Wascom’s third matrimonial venture; that his three wives were sisters, and that the second wedding was as unceremonious as the third.

Attorney-General Garland's Illness. Washington dispatches state that "At-torney-General Garland has been more seriously ill than was reported in the newspapers. He has had rheumatism, “shingles,” and general debility. President Cleveland has called upon him two or three times during the last week, and while at his house on Wednesday advised the Attorney-General to leave his office, go down to Hominy Hill in Arkansas, and stay there until he recuperates. Mr. Garland will take the President's advice, and will leave the city very shortly.” Millers’ National Convention. The Millers’ National Convention was in session at Buffalo last week. They adjourned to meet in Milwaukee in 1889. 0. H. Seybt was elected President. A resolution looking toward the control of the output of the country was adopted without dissent. The convention adopted the following: “Resolved, That it is the sense of this convention that the present duty on wheat should be removed, and that a copy of this resolution be transmitted to the Chairman of the Committee on Tariff Revision of the House of Representatives.” Breaking Booms. The lumber booms at Cloquet, Minn., broke recently, setting free 80,000,000 feet of logs, causing a loss estimated at $500,000. Alarm prevails along the river, and the Minneapolis lumbermen have begun to run their logs into Coon Creek as a precautionary measure. ~

MR. AND MRS. J. STANLEY BROWN.