Democratic Sentinel, Volume 12, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 January 1889 — ELECTRIC FLASHES. [ARTICLE]

ELECTRIC FLASHES.

XATEST TELEGRAPHIC MEWS FROM ALE PARTS OF THE WORLD. Political Gossip, Railroad Rumblings, Personal Mention, Conflagrations, Accidents, Crimes and Criminals, Minor Occurrences and Events. KILLING TIME. flotli Houses of Congiess Succeed in Doing Nothing of Importance. Mb. Edmunds offered two resolutions ■which were agreed to by the Senate, on the sth inst., calling on the President for information as to the Venezuelan awards, and as to what steps, if any, have been taken by the United States Government to collect the monthly quotas of the Caracas customs receipts. Mr. Sherman called up the joint resolution previously reSjrted by him from the Committee on Foreign elations, declaring the sense of Congress in relation to the connection of European Governments with any interocean canal, nnd asked thai it be passed immediately. A brief but very interesting discussion ensued, and action was deferred. In the House, Mr. Peel (Ark.), from the Committee on Indian Affairs, rei>orted the bill to divido the Sioux In- | dian reservation into separate reservations. , Placed on the calendar. Mr. Heed (Maine) then called up the resolution to abolish for the remainder of the session the call of States for the introduction of bills for the first and third Mon- ! days of eacn month. On ordering the previous question the vote stood, yeas 98, nays 90'; j no quorum, and a call of the House was ordered. SUNK BY A SNAG. The Steamboat Paris C. Brown Lost with Many Lives. A New Orleans, La., telegram says; The steamboat Paris C. Brown, from New Or- j leans to Cincinnati, struck a snag at Her- ; mitago Landing, Point Coupee Parish, and eight lives are known to have been lost. The dead are: William Mitchell, of Gallipolis, Ohio; William Marshall, of Cincinnati; James Harrison, of Memphis, Tenn.; William Taylor, of Cincinnati; Samuel Gray, of Cincinnati; Abraham Mitchell, of New Orleans. The barber and porter, whoso namos are unknown, complete the list. Dr. Grayam and wife, of Pawtucket, R. 1., Messrs. Donly and Shafor, and another cabin passenger I and wife, whose numos are unknown, of Boston, and Mary and Ben Jolly, of Bayou Paul, cabin passengers, are known to have been saved. The boat and cargo are a complete loss. POSTAL MATTERS. How Appointments and Promotions in tlie Mail Service Shall Be Mifde. The civil service commission has prepared and the President approved a series of rules to govern admissions to and changes in the railway mail service. Rule I extends the rules to all persons exoept the General Superintendent and his assistant. Rule 2 provides that clerk examinations shall include not more than the following subjects; Orthography, reading, addresses, copying, penmanship, arithmetic, letter-writing, and the geography of the United States. The age limitations for examination are 18 and 35 years, exoept as to honorably discharged soldiers and sailors; there shall be at least one board in each Terri ory, and not leas than two ip each State, except Rhode Island and j Delaware; competitors must have attained a general average of not less than 70 on a basis of 100, though with soldiers and sailors 65 will be sufficient. Rule 4 provides that vacancies shall be filled by promotion; all appointments shall be made fora probationary term of six months, and at the end of the time the candidate may be absolutely appointed or discharged, according to his record. Rule 5 authorizes transfers from the classified railway mail service to any classified postoffice, and vice versa. TERRIBLE EXPLOSION IN A MILL. Five Farmers Instantly Killed and Four Injured, Two of Them Fatally. An awful catastrophe occurred near New Hope, Mercer County, W. Va. That region of the country is thinly populated and it is the custom#! the farmers to gather every Saturday at the one grist mill in the district to obtain the usual supply of flour in exchange for wheat. The mill was a total wreck, and James E. French, Thomas Carter, Levi Shields, and John Wimmer were instantly killed, their bodies being mangled almost beyond recognition by the flying and splintered timbers. Eli Shields was horribly burned and died a few hours later. Wade Shuffle barger was fatally burned, pieces of flesh falling from his bones in places. Jerome Carter and William Carter were injured, but less seriously. A DARING STAGE ROBBERY. Clever Work Done l>y a Solitary Highwayman Near Philo, Cal. A double stage robbery occurred near Philo. Cal. The down stage from Mendocino City was stopped near Philo by a masked highwayman who demanded the treasure-box and, holding a revolver in one hand, took the box from the driver with the other, He thanked the driver and ordered him to drive on. He then bade the ilrivor and the occupants a kindly good-night and was seen no more. The stage had gone but a short distance when it met tho up stago from Cloverdale, the driver which reported that ho had also been robbed, but gave no particulars. Express boxes were all that was taken. FEUD IN AN INDIANA TOWN. Street Affray at Francisville Resulting in Fatal Wounds to One Contestant. For the last six months a feud has existed between George W. Dowoll and parties living in Francisville, Ind. The trouble culminated in. a street fight. As Dr. S. I. Brown and Wood Trhasher were fgoing up street they were met by Dowell. Words and throats followed. Pistols wero drawn and 11 red almost simultaneously. Dowell’s pistol did not explode, while the shot llred by Thrasher took effect in Dowell’s breast. The wounded man was carried to a hotel and medical aid summoned. Thrasher immediately surrendered and was taken into custody. Dowell’s Injuries will prove fatal.