Democratic Sentinel, Volume 12, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 September 1888 — PREPARING FOR BATTLE. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

PREPARING FOR BATTLE.

A List of Those Willing to Be Burdened with Congressional Honors. The Republicans of Washington Territory have nominated Hon. John B. Allen, of Seattle, for delegate to Congress. In the Fifth Wisconsin District the Republicans have nominated Gustave Kusteman for Congress. The Democrats of the Seventh Wisconsin District have nominated Frank Coburn for Congress, and the Republicans of the same district nominated O. B. Howes. Gen. W. H. Early has been nominated for Congress by the Democrats of the Ninth Wisconsin District. The Republicans of the Tenth Massachusetts District have nominated for Congress Joseph H. Walker.

The Third Arkansas District Democrats have renominated Congressman T. C. McRae. Congressman W. G. Hunter has been renominated by the Republicans of the Third Kentucky District. Hon. Joseph E. Washington has been renominated for Congress by the Democrats of the Sixth Tennessee District. The Democrats of the Eighteenth Ohio District have nominated Dr. G. P. Ikert for Congress. Henry Kornaghanhas been nominated for Congress by the Republicans of the Seventh Mississippi District. Congressman R. M. Lafolletto has been renominated by the Republicans of the Third Wisconsin District. The Democratic Congressional Convention of the Eighth Wisconsin District nominated Dr. Samuel C. Judson, the Union Labor candidate. Jonn W. Candler has been nominated for Congress by tho Republicans of the Ninth Massachusetts District.

AMES AT THE HEAD. The Republicans of Massachusetts Nominate a Ticket. The Republican State Convention of Massachusetts met at Boston and nominated the following ticket: Governor, Oliver Ames ; Lieutenant Governor,

J. Q. A. Brackett; Secretary of State, Henry B. Fierce; Auditor of State, Charles R. Ladd; Attorney General, A. J. Waterman ; Treasurer of State, Goorge A. Marden ; Electors at Large, George D. . Robinsen, William F. Draper. 11l i q-ief the platform is as follows: Declares for protection of American industries and demands as a cure for undervaluation of irn-

ports a return to specific duties wherever practical and enactment of laws to correct the evil; indorses the liquor legislation of the last Legislature; favors the submission to the jieople of u prohibitory constitutional amendment; contrasts the foreign policies of the Republican and Democratic parties ; denounces the fisheries treaty; pledges the party to a wise expenditure for public schools ; denounces trusts; favors a reform of immigration laws, an honest ballot, payment of national debts, a just pension hiw, and tho exemption of the civil service from ) artisan spoliation. The Chicago platform and candidates are indorsed.

TRADE REPORTS. Encouraging News from Interior Points — Collections Good. In their review of trade for the last week, R. G. Dun & Co. say: The passing of a dividend by the St. Paul caused a fall in stock, and the Government crop report a fall in wheat, while the export trade, though improving, continues smalt But the volume of legitimate business is large and increasing, and there is improvement in the productive industries. The crop report was so much less gloomy than o her recent accounts that it caused a fall of cents in wheat and 3J4 in oats, with corn % cent lower. The monthly statement of furnaces in blast shows an output of 125,936 tons of pig-iron weekly; an increase of 6,577 tons for the month. Once more the reports from Interior points are uniformly encouraging, both as to the volume of business and as to the money market. Collections are either fair or improving a little. At New Orb ans it is thought that the injury to cotton has been exaggerated; at Kansas City recent rains are held to Lave dispelled all fears of the corn crop of that region, and Omaha reports very good crops. The volume of business measured by bank exchanges is larger than last year by 10 per cent, outside of New York, though smaller by 4 l j per cent hero. The passing of a dividend by St. Paul has not been unexpected, but it convinced the public that the losses of Western roads because of the interstate oct have been far heavier than the speculators have represented or investors believed. The business failures number 217, as compared with a total of 234 last week and 226 the week previous to the last. The figures for the corresponding week of 1887 were 188.

THE EMPIRE STATE. New York Democrats Renominate Hill and Jones. The Democratic State Convention of New York, in session at Buffalo, nominated this ticket: Governor, David B. Hill: Lieutenant Governor, Edward B. Jones; Court of Appeals Judge, Clinton Gray. c Summarized, the platform is as follows: Indorses the St. Louis platform and candidates ; commends tho President’s letter of acceptance; approves of the fisheries policy; recommends a revision of the laws so as to exclude foreign paupers and criminals; indorses the anti-Chinese bill; condemns the United States Senate for its host lity to labor legislation ; denounces trusts, demands legislation to suppress them, and condemns the last Republican Legislature for defeating such legislation; condemns recent high-license legislation in the State as “hypocritical," "not honestly designed to aid temperance,” and intended “for polilical effect;” favors pure elections, condemns the Saxton bill vetoed by Gov. Hill; demands a re-enumeration in the State; urges a constitutional convention; advocates home rule for cities and legislation to prevent the adulteration of food; demands franchise for inmates of soldiers’ homes : favors the maintenance of the canals and the employment of convicts without competition with free labor; sympathizes with the Irish home-rulers, and indorses Gov. Hill’s administration.

DEATH IN A COLLISION. An Express Dashes Into a Freight at Ankeny town, 0., The Baltimore & Ohio north-bound passenger train was derailed by a misplaced switch at Ankenytown siding, twenty-five miles south of Mansfield. The mail car, followed by the express car and two day coaches, struck the engine of the colliding freight?train and rolled over on their sides, burying passengers beneath, The boiler of the freight engine exploded. In the coaches were 110 passengers. Many an old soldier returning home from the Columbus encampment faced dangers as grave as those encountered in battle, and the marvel is so many were left to tell the tale. Nine members of the Defiance, 0., Grand Army Post were on board. Seven of them were bruised

and scalded almost beyond recognition. Four members of the Dupont, 0., Post were nearly killed. Altogether forty-one persons, including Mr. and Mrs. Edward Valentine, of Chicago, were frightfully mangled and scalded, and two were killed outright, and William Grimsley, a brakeman, died of his injuries. COLD - WATER MEN. Massachusetts Prohibitionists Nominate a Complete Ticket. The Massachusetts Prohibitionists met in State convention at Worcester and nominated the following ticket: Governor, William H. Earle; Lieutenant Governor, Jonn Bascom; Seer .-tar yof State, Henry S. Smith; Treasurer ot State, John N. Fisher; Attorney General, Alien Cofliti; Auditor of State, Edmond M. Stowe; 1-residential Electors, James H. Robertson, John Black. The platform summarized is as follows: It denounces the liquor traffic—arraigning tho old parties for neglecting prohibition; demanding that district attorneys be appointed by the Supreme Court; d< minding the abandonment of government revenue from liquor licenses ; favoring duties adequate to the needs of the government ; demanding the preservation of free public schools, reform of civil service, the suppression of po ygamy, uniform marriage and divorce laws, a more just distribution of the products of labor, arbitration in international strife and labor difficulties, the preservation of one day in seven as a day of worship, the improvement and better enforcement of immigration laws, liberal pensions, disfranchisement tor selling votes, the reservation of public lands for actual settlers, fulfillment of treat*' stipulations with Indians, and prohibition of trusts. Independent suffrage ot women is favored.

THE GRAND ARMY. The Most Magnificent Parade Since the War. The parade of veterans of the Grand Army of the Republic at Columbus, Ohio, was the grandest military pageant since the review at Washington at the close of the war. There were between 65,000 and 70,000 men in line, and the procession took four hours and forty minutes in passing a given point. There were 250,000 visitors at Columbus, and the twen-ty-second annual National Encampment was the greatest in point of numbers and success in the history of the G. A. R. The evenings were given up to camp-fires and reunions, at which speeches were made by many prominent men.

WESTERN DEMOCRATS. They Nominate a State Ticket in Colorado. The Democratic State Convention of Colorado was held at Denver, and this ticket nominated: T. M. Patterson, Governor; J. A. Porter, Lieutenant Governor; Amos G. Henderson, Treasurer of State; William R. Erhardt, Secretary of State; Leopold Meyers, Auditor of Sta e; J. M. Abbott, Attorney General; M. B. Gerry, A. J. Rising, Judges Supreme Court; Thomas Macon, Congressman; C. J. Hughes, Jr., J. M. S. Eagan, L. Harm, Presidential Electors. The platform, after indorsing Cleveland's administration and the St. Louis nominations and platform, demands the free coinage of silver and the prohibition of Chinese and pauper labor, favors tariff reduction and liberal pensions, denounces trusts, and indorses the deep-water harbor movement. A FRIGHT! UL DISASTER. Nine Men Blown to Pieces in a Montana Tunnel. The premature explosion of a-blast in the south face of the Wickes tunnel of the Montana Central Railway, south of Helena, M. T., killed nine men and seriously wounded five. The accident was caused by the concussion of the giant cap fired as a warning in the north face, the headings being close together. This is the first casualty recorded in the tunnel, which is over a mile in length. The dead are: William Vale. Thomas Patterson, Dan Walker, James Miller. George Irving, Mike Walsh, Frank Anderson, Thomas Pearson, and John Sunbery.

CAUSED BY FLOODS. Terrible Loss of Life and Destruction of Property. A City of Mexico special says: “Advices from Orizaba show that the loss of life by the floods numbers forty-four persons and that the .damage to property amounts to more than $200,000. Many cattle have been lost. In the City of Mexico rains were constant for several days. In the State of Vera Cruz dead bodies are being found. The corn, rice, and bean crops are complete failures, and much of the land formerly fertile and fenced in is now sandy waste. There are no signs of the floods abating.” THE MAINE RETURNS. The Republican Plurality Placed at 18,495. The following dispatch has been received at the National Democratic headquarters in New York City: “Portland, Me., Sept. 13.—Calvin S. Brice, Chairman : Dingley’s paper, the Lewiston Journal, Claims to have returns from the whole State showing a Republican plurality of 18,495, or 1,253 less than in 1881. Republicans increased their vote 004 ; Democrats, 2,154, making straight Democratic vote 685 larger than ever before thrown. Total Republican vote, 79,603. “M. M. Briggs, Secretary.” DIE ON THE OCEAN. The Collision of Steamers Causes Great Loss of Life. The steamer Laurance, when entering the port of Luz, in the Canary Islands, ran into the Italian steamer Lud America, from Montevideo. The latter vessel, which was lying at anchor, sunk in a few minutes in ten fathoms of water. The Lud America carried 216 passengers and had a crew of sixty-seven men. Of these 180 passengers and sixty-three of the crew reached tho shore safely. The others were drowned.

BRUTAL WIFE-BE ATER. A Jealous Husband Maltreats His Spouse and Tries to Kill a Policeman. R. C. McCann has been arrested at Nebraska City, Neb., for wife-beating. He knocked his wife down several times, bruising her in a terrible manner. When the officers arrived ho resisted arrest, cutting Policeman Winton’s hand badly. McCann has been jealous of his wife, and this is the alleged reason of the assault. lost their lives. Five Persons Drowned by the Capsizing of a Boat. By the capsizing of a boat in the Hudson River opposite Hastings-on-the-Hudson, the following persons were drowned: Sil-

vester Maugl«:n, aged 4; Miss Elizabeth Butler, aged 20; Miss Nettie Voorhees, aged 22, of Peekskill; John Demorest, aged 26; and Mr. Derringer, an artist, of Peekskill. Buckeye Laborers. The Ohio State Convention of the Union Labor party met at Columbus, and indorsed the national platform of the party and nominated the following ticket: Secretary of State—George Ebner of Franklin County. Supreme Judge—J. H. Tattle of. Lake County. Member of Board of Public Works— W. J. Drumniface of Wood County. Electors-at-Large—J. T. Croger of Clark County and J. J. Scribner of Knox County. Vermont and Arkansas. Returns from all but three towns in Vermont give Dillingham (Rep.) for Governor a majority of 26,570. Returns from all but nine counties in Arkansas give the Democratic State ticket a majority of 16,500. The other counties will not materially change this vote. The Legislature is Democratic.

Yellow Fever Nurses. The headquarters of the American National Red Cross Society has been established at Washington, with Miss Clara Barton, President, in charge. By her direction Col. Fred R. Southmayd, member for Louisiana, has left New Orleans with eighteen trained yellow fever nurses. A Fiendish Deed. In New York James Fogarty, a peddler, received a mortal wound from an unknown man, who plunged an umbrella tip through his eye into the brain, the shaft breaking off and remaining in tho wound. Fogarty died but there is not the slightest clew to his assailant. Disappointed in Politics. John Edwards, a prominent attorney of Maryville, Mo., shot himself, it is believed, because of his disappointment at not receiving the Democratic nomination for Judge of the Court of Appeals. Western Missouri District, at a recent convention. Kilted His Father. At New York John Flynn, aged 19, in a drunken quarrel with his father, Mike Flynn, aged 62, stabbed him in the arm. severing an artery, death resulting from the loss of blood.

Turbulent Spanish Waters. The rivers Xenit, Guadelfso, and Granada, in Spain, have overflowed their banks and destroyed many villages, driving the inhabitants to the mountains for refuge. Great loss of life is reported. A Foolish Girl. Minnie J. Brown, aged 14, committed suicide, at Providence, R. L, by shooting herself, it is believed, because her mother had refused to allow her to make a visit In a neighboring town. A Generous Unknown. About $14,400 has been subscribed at New York City for the yellow fever sufferers at Jacksonville, Fla, Of this amount $12,000 was given by one man who refused to give his name. Betrayed and Shot. Major Bartellott, leader of the expedition in search of Henry M. Stanley, was betrayed and shot by his African followers, and it is feared that Stanley has met a like fate. Redmond Convicted. William Redmond, member of Parliament for the County of Fermanagh, Ireland, has been convicted under tho crimes act and sentenced to three months’ imprisonment. Killed by an Explosion. A thrashing-machine explosion at Ciron, France, killed eight persons and injured five others. Senator Beck 111. Senator Beck is in poor health and will not return to the Senate during the present session. Hotel Burned. The Fort George Hotel, E. L. Seelye proprietor, at Lake George. N. Y., has burned, at a loss of $80,000; insurance. $30,000. Have Assigned. An assignment has been made by Thorne, Carroll & Co., hosiery dealers at New York. They gave preferences for $26,498.

GOV. OLIVER AMES.