Democratic Sentinel, Volume 12, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 August 1888 — A NEWSY MELANGE. [ARTICLE]

A NEWSY MELANGE.

Events of Interest and Importance in Every Quarter of the Habit* able Globe. News Relating to Politics, Religion, Commerce, Industry, Labor, and Other Topics. THE TREATY WITH CHINA. The Senate Restriction Bill Reported to the House. In the House Mr. McCreary, of Kentucky, from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, reported for immediate consideration, the 18th, the Senate biU to prevent the coming of Chinese laborers into the United States, with an amendment repealing the acts of May 6,1882, and July 5, 1881, the repeal to take effect on the ratification of the pending treaty. Mr. McCreary stated that owing to the fact that the Senate had amended the treaty it had to be returned to China for the ratificat : on of that Government, and that it would probably be the first of next year before the treaty could be agreed upon. The object of the bill, he said, was to carry out the provisions of the treaty as spon as it was ratified by both countries. He briefly reviewed the provisions of previous treaties between the United States and China and of the laws founded thereon, in order to emphasize the necessity for the adoption of a new treat y and the passage of the pending measures. Pending the debate which followed, the House adjourned. The Senate was not in session. PURSUING THE ROBBERS. The Posse Close After the Men Who Tried to Rob the Union Pacific Train. "When the east-bound passenger train on the Union Pacific stopped to take water at Dana Station, near Rawlings, W. T., three masked men, with drawn revolvers, appeared and demanded that the engineer and fireman throw up' their hands, A scuffle ensued in which several shots were fired, the brakeman wounded, and the engineer, who sought to push ahead with the train, was checked by a revolver thrust in his face. The express messenger and postal clerk made a brave stand with Winchesters, and one of the highwaymen was badly wounded. A wild fusillade from the passengers caused the bandits to retreat toward Medicine Bow River, heading for Shirley where their capture by the pursuing sheriff and posse will be almost impossible. Several persons were wounded. A reward of SI,OOO has been offered by the Union Pacific Railroad Company and the Governor for each robber, dead or alive. The probabilities are that if they are caught they will be either lynched or shot.

WANT FIRST PLACE. Base-Ball Batters After the Pennant— Standing of the Clubs. The official standing of the various ball clubs now competing for the championship is given below: League. Won. Lost. New York 59 31 Chicago 52 37 Detroit 47 41 Philadelphia 47 42 Boston. 45 45 Pittsburgh. 38 40 Washington 36 54 Indianapolis 32 59 Western. Won. Lost. American. Wou. Lost St Paul 61 20 St Louis 61 28 Des Moines 47 24 Athletic 50 31 Omaha 43 33 Brooklyn 58 37 Milwaukee 37 45 Cincinnati 49 82 Sioux City 16 21 Baltimore 40 53 Chicago 32 48 Cleveland 31 48 Kansas City 37 35 Louis vide 30 52 Minneapolis 21 44 Kansas City 29 Cl JUDGE WIL SHI RE DEAD. The Ex-Cliief Justice of Arkansas Dies in Washington. JudgC William W. Wilshire died at his home in Washington recently from congestion of the brain. During the war he served in the Union army as a major of volunteers. He was appointed Chief Justice of Arkansas in 1868, which office he resigned three years later. He was given the certificate of election to the Forty-third Congress, but his seat was contested and his competitor ■was declared elected. In 1874 ho was elected to the Forty-fourth Congress. KILLED FOR 94. A Virginia Man Shot for Refusing to Pay a Small Bill. A. C. Pyne and Golden Elam, who had heen bosom friends, living near Churchroad Crossing, in Dinwiddie County, Va., had a fight over a bill of $4. Elam shot Pyne, killing him almost instantly. Elam owed a storekeeper the bill, for which Pyne had become security. When Pyne asked Elam to pay the bill he refused, and this led to the murder. GEN. BOULANGER ELECTED. He Receives a Majority of 34,723 in the Department of Somme, A Paris special states that Gen. Boulanger has been elected to the Chamber of Deputies in the Department of Somme by a majority of 34,723. He also headed the polls in the Charente and Nord departments. The announcement of the llgures caused great excitement in Paris. Nominated for Congress. The Democrats of the Fifth Missouri District have nominated John C. Tarsney, of Kansas City, for Congress. Phil C Coghlau, Jr., has been nominated lor Congress by the Union Labor party in the Eighth Missouri District, and Michael Bathford in the Tenth Missouri District. Killed by His Rival. James Pedro was shot and instantly killed at Indianapolis, Ind.. by Edward Huffman. Both men had been paying attentions to a young woman,and jealousy is supposed to have inspired the crime. Pedro and the girl were to have been married. Huffman was captured after a long chase and lodged in jail. He claims the killing was accidental. , Plenty of Snakes. Rattlesnakes abound in Crawford and Venango Counties, Pennsylvania.

NAMED FOR CONGRESS. Thom Willing to Do Sorvioo at the Nation'* Capital. The Prohibitionists of the First lowa Congressional District, at Des Moines, nominated Rev. J. A. Nash, of that city, as their candidate for Congress. Tlte Republicans of the Sixteenth Illinois District met at Greenup and nominated Edward Harland of Marshall for Congress. The Democrats of the Eighth Illinois District, in convention at Ottawa, nominated L. W. Brewer of Ottawa for Congress. The Republicans of the Fifth Indiana Congressional District nominated Hon. Henry W. Duncan of Bloomington for Congress at Columbus. Ind. The Republicans of the First Missouri District nominated Mayor 8. G. Brock oi Macon for Congress at Edina. T. W. Grimes has been renominated for Congress in the Fourth Georgia District, pnd Allen D. Candler in the Ninth Georgia District. The Republicans of the Thirteenth Indiana District, in convention at Plymouth, nominated Prof. William Hoyne, Professor of Law at Notre Dame University, South Bend, for Congress. The Republican Congressional convention of the Eighth District of lowa nominated J. P. Flick, of Taylor County. The Republicans of the Eleventh Congressional District of Indiana, in session at Portland, renominated Maj. Geo. W. Steejg. At Charleston, S. C., Congressman Hemphill has been renominated by the Democrats of the Fifth District

Col. Theodore F. Long has been nominated for Congress by the Republicans of the Second District of Maryland, in session at Baltimore, The Republican Convention of the Ninth Ohio Congressional District renominated Col. M. C. Cooper at Mount Gilead. Congressman I. S. Struble has been nominated for the fourth term by the Republicans of the Eleventh District of lowa, at Cherokee. Maj. J. A. Connolly has been nominated for Congress by the Republicans of the Thirteenth District of Illinois. The Republican Convention of the Eleventh Missouri Congressional District held in Lebanon, nominated Thomas C. Music of Harteville. The Republicans of the Fourth Missouri District have nominated Major H. W. R. Hartwig for Congress. M. L. Srnyser, of Wooster, Ohio, was nominated for Congress at Cleveland by the Republicans of the Twentieth Ohio District. INCREASED CONFIDENCE. The Business Situation of the Country Improved. Bradstre.et'B, in its review of last week, says: , Special telegrams furnish evidence of increased confidence East and West as to the prospect for the autumn's trade. There has been a moderate improvement in distribution at New York and Philadelphia in dry goods and in wool, at Pittsburg, St. Louis, New Orleans, Chicago, St, Paul, and at Burlington, lowa. At Kansas City orders received by jo bers for staples “exceed expectations,” which is saying a great deal. Reports concerning the wheat crop at the Northwest are less favorable, as are wheat advices from England and France. It is more than likely that United States, Russian, and Indian reserve stocks of wheat will be drawn upon to the extent of 65,000,000 to 75,000,000 bushels this year. The Texas cotton crop needs rain, and trade at Texas Cities feels it. Mercantile collections are irregular, being fairly satisfactory at Pittsburg, Chicago, St. Louis and Burlington, but disappointing at Kansas City, St. Joseph, St. Paul and Detroit. The New YCck stock market is unsettled and lower on less favorable wheat prospects, though early in the week a rise in the coal stocks partially maintained the bullish feeling. Mileage earnings of ninety-six railroads for Juno and for six months during four years show a decrease of 4.8 per cent, during the first half of 1888 as against 1887, but compared with 1886 and 1885 there are increases of 4 and 7. „ The reports of failures number 151 in the United States this week, against 186 last week and 144 this week last year. Canada has 34 this week, against 40 last week. The total of failures in the United States from Jan. 1 to date is 6,4‘28, against 6,132 in 1887. PATAU RAILWAY WRECK. Several Persons Lose Tlielr Lives and Others Are Injured. An East-bound Erie freight was wrecked near Schohola, N. Y., by rbeks washed down on the track, and a West-bound express train dashed into the wreck before it could be flagged, and the engine, baggage-car, a car loaded with horses, the smoker, and a day car were thrown down an embankment eighty feet from the track. Fireman Alexander Newman, of the express, was caught in the wreck and burned to death, Engineer John Kinsella was fatally scalded, and Thomas Deckor, a passenger, was mortally injured internally. The train men and mail clerks of the express and the crew of tho freight, eight in all, were seriously but not fatally hurt, and twelve running horses, mainly the property of Frederick Gebhard and Mrs. Langtry, and including Eole, were burned. They were valued at SIOO,OOO. Matt Storms, who was in the car, was fatally hurt, and his horse Scandinavian was killed. THE LABOR MEN. Tho Democratic - Greenback Ticket Indorsed in Michigan. The Union Labor State Convention of Michigan met at Detroit Trouble arose over the report of the Committoe on Credentials. Bartley Breen, candidate for Auditor on the Democratic State ticket, declared that he was authorized to cast the vote of Menominee County, and being denied that priviogo he withdrew, followed by nearly one hundred and eighty delegates who held a separate convention and indorsed the Democratic - Greenback ticket. The antifusionists remained and put in the field a ticket headed by Wildmaa Mills for Governor. SMASHED AT A CROSSING. South Lawn, Illinois, Strewed with Wreckage of Freight and Passenger Cars. The little town of South Lawn, located at the junction of the Illinois Central and Grand Trunk Railroads, twenty-three and a half miles south of Chicago, was the scene of a bad railroad wreck. The colliding trains were an Illinois'Central passenger express and a Grand Trunk freight of twentyfive box cars, all loaded. Nine people on the passenger train were Injured, none, it is

believed, fatally. That there was no loss of life was considered miraculous. Four loaded freight cars, five passenger coaches, and one engine wero completely demolished, and their wreckage scattered in confusion about the crossing. The injured were taken to Chicago. A COLD-W ATER TICKET. Nebraska Prohibitionist* Nominate a Ticket—Their Platform. The Nebraska State Prohibition Convention was held in Omaha, and the following nominations made: For Governor—George A. Bigelow. For Lieutenant Governor —John Dali. For Secretary of Suite—John E. Hopper. For Auditor— John F. Helm. For Treasurer— J. H. Stewart. For Superintendent ol Instruction—'The Rev. Horatio Hilton. For. Attorney General—John J. Barad. For Commissioner of Public Lands—A Roberts. For United States Senator—William F. Ollinger. A platform was adopted which demands the repeal of liquor-license laws; assails the old parties; favors the repeal of the inter-nal-revenue tax on liquors and a speedy and thorough reform of the tariff; demands the elective franchise for women, and the regulation of railway and telegraph companies by commissioners, and favors the restriction of .labor contracts. An effort is being made to form an old-soldiers' annex of the party.

RICHMOND AND ALLEGHANY ROAD. 11 Becomes a Part of the Chesapeake and Ohio System. Official announcement of tho agreement by which the Richmond and Alleghany Railroad becomes a part of tho Chespeake and Ohio has been made public. An arrangement for an exchange of traffic will go into effect on Sept 1, which will be amply sufficient to place the property on an interest-paying basis. The reorganization committee of the Richmond and Alleghany fully indorses the scheme for the practical union of the two roads. POLITICS IN CONNECTICUT. The Republicans in Convention at Hartford Nominate a State Ticket. The Republican State Convention of Connecticut met at Hartford and nominated the following ticket: For Governor—Morgan G. Bulkley, of Hartford. For Lieutenant Governor—Gen. S. E. Merwln. of New Haven. For Secretary of State—R. J. Walsh, of Greenwich. For Treasurer—E. S. Henry. For Comptroller—John B. Wright. A platform was adopted ■which indorses the Chicago nominees and platform, lavoring compulsory secrecy of the ballot and liberal pensions, indorsing the State liquor laws, and pledging tho party to further legislation to restrain intemperance. WHOLESALE MASSACRE. The Abyssinlans Destroy 350 Auxiliary Troops. A Rome special says: An official dispatch received from Massowali contains the startling intelligence that 350 auxiliary oopstr under the command of Italian officers have been destroyed by Abyssinians. The killed included all the officers. An attack was being made by the auxiliaries upon Saganeti. The catastrophe was due to treachery on the part of native allies who joined the enemy during the fighting. BOSTON GETTING RICHE it" AND BIGGER. Real Estate Increased 915,800,000; Polls, 4,986, and Female Voters, 186. The real estate valuation of Boston increased the past year $15,842,100; personal property valuation, $963,800. Total increase, $16,805,900. Increase in number of polls, 4,926. In the Eleventh Ward (Back Bay) the gain in real estate valuation was $2,838,900. The gain in female voters was 126, making the total of female voters 451. THE LONE STAR STATE. Democrats Place a State Ticket In the Field. The Democratic State Convention at Dallas, Texas, renominated L. S. Ross for Governor and T. B. Wheeler for Lieutenant Governor. J. W. Stayton, R. R. Gaines and J. L. Henry were nominated for Supreme Judges, the last being a new man. Stayton was made Chief Justice. Tho proposition for a constitutional convention was defeated by a majority of 90 in a total vote of 769. REVOLUTION IN HAYTI. The Government Overthrown and the President Flies. A London telegram states that a dispatch from Port-au-Prince says that the revolution has been successful, and that the Government has been overthrown. The President has taken refuge in an English frigate. Booicon has formed a now Government. Campaign Pointers. The New York Democratic State Convention will be held at Buffalo Sept. 12. The Wisconsin Anti-Prohibition Association, in convention at Madison, adopted strong resolutions against prohibition and high license and for personal liberty. Judge Barclay has been nominated by the State Judicial Convention at Springfield, Mo. The Virginia Democrats have nominated A. Brooks Fleming, of Marion County, for Governor, and Pat E. Duffy for Auditor. Foreign News Notes. Rebels in Morocco ambuscaded Prince Muley and 200 cavalry, tho whole force being massacred. The insurgents thus revenged the killing of the delegates whom they had sent to the Emperor. In the Philloxera Congress held at Funfllerchen, Austria, the majority of the delegates favored the employment of carbonate of soda, and deprecated as useles the planting of American vines. A Wife Murderer Hanged. Alexander Wood was hanged atßlackfoot, Idaho, for the murder of his wife in March, . 1887. He was sentenced to be hanged July 31, but, with Williams, who was hanged on that day, broke jail and was not recaptured until the time had gone by. Retirement of Count von Moltke. A Berlin special states that Count von Moltke has been retired from active duty In

the army and has been nominated by the Emperor as President-of National Defense. The office was held by the late Emperor Frederick until he ascended the throne and has since been vacant. Count von Moltke continues on the active Ist. General von Waldersee succeeds to Count von Moltke*s place in the army. Property Destroyed. A recent storm did considerable damage east and west of Pittsburg by blowing down telegraph poles and wires-; barns to the value of $30,000 in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, were set on fire by lightning and burned, and considerable damage was done to streets aDd sewers of Providence. B. I, and Cleveland, Ohio, by the heavy rain. A new building was undermined and fellnt Providence at a loss of $61,000. Scourged by Yellow Fever. Jacksonville, Fla., is the scene of wild disorder, caused by yellow fever. Fully two-thirds of the population have left the city. Many deaths have occurred, and a number of people are iIL This is the place where the epidemics of 1857 and 1887 started. Every precaution has been taken to prevent the disease from spreading.

Prince Ferdinand Will Stick. The Vienna Tagblatt says that at the recent family council, held to consider the position of Prince Ferdinand, the members, with the exception of Ferdinand’s mother! agreed to request Ferdinand to resign the Bulgarian throne, To this request Ferdinand replied: “Never.” A Wife Degerter. Investigation has resulted in the discovery that Charles J. Coy, the music teacher who deserted his wife and children at Belvidere, N. J., leaving them destitute, had a few years before deserted a wife and family in Vermont. He married both women for their money. A Bad Policeman. At South Norwalk. Conn.. Chief of Police John Lockwood clubbed Patrick Cahill, dragged him to the lock-up half a mile away with his head beating on the stones of the pavement, and set a bull-dog on him in his celL Lockwood was suspended, and there was almost a riot. Two Tramps Killed. Near Nichols, S. C., a freight train on the Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta Road ran into the rear end of a passenger, killing two tramps that were on tho freight, and seriously injuring another and two train hands and a passenger. Wanted to Die. Laura Dennis, a colored girl aged 18, of Orange, N. J., seeing a funeral pass the house, became possessed of a desire to die, and tried to throw herself from a high trestle in front of an approaching train below, but was followed and saved. An - Arizona Lynching. James Stott, James Scott, and Jeff Wilson were lynched by a party of outlaws in the southwestern part of Apache County, A. T. The affair grew out of the recent war in the Fonto Basin between the sheep and cattle raisers. Don Morrison Dead. Col. James D- D. Morrison, better known as Don Morrison, a noted Democratic politician, died at St. Louis. He represented the Eighteenth Illinois District in the Thir-ty-fourth Congress. Sentenced Under the Crimes Act. A Dublin special says Councillors Finlay and Mora, of Roscommon, have been sentenced to four months’ imprisonment respectively for conspiracy in connection with the plan of campaign, A Queer Accident. James Purvios, a printer, 19 years of age, was found dead hanging by one heel from the lower poroh of the Quincy (ll® Herald building. It is supposed that he fell from the third story. At the Head of the Army. The President has issued an order placing Major General Schofield in command of the army, with headquarters at Washington.