Democratic Sentinel, Volume 13, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 March 1889 — KENNA AGAIN HONORED. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

KENNA AGAIN HONORED.

The West Virginia Senator Is Re-elected After a Weary Struggle. Trie weary dead-lock Iq-The Legislature at Charleston, W. Ya., has been broken by the re-election to tho United States Senate of

John E. Kenna, Democrat, by a strict party vote, he receiving for-ty-six votes. John E. Kenna is 41 years old and was born at Valcoulon. Va..ona farm. He served through the I war in the Confederate army, afterward graduated at St. Vincent’s College,Wheeling, and studied law. He served as Prosecuting Attor-

ney of Kanawha County from 1872 to 1877; was elected to the XLYth. XLVIth, XLVlIth, and XLVIIIth Congresses, and then was promoted to the Senate, taking his seat in 1883. THIRTY-FIVE PERISH. A Boiler in tlie Park Central Hotel, Hartford, Conn., Explodes with Awtul Results. A terrible catastrophe occurred at Hartford. Conn., caused by the explosion of the large boiler in the basement of the Park Central Hotel, one of the most popular hotels in that city. The large building was completely wrecked, the great walls going down with a tremendous crash, burying in the ruins all but a few of the guests in the house. A special telegram says: Almost simultaneously with tho falling walls was a tremendous explosion that shook the whole city and wrecked ,ho fronts of all buildings near by. Nothing remained of the handsome hotel but a mass of ruins, which barely filled tho deep cellar, and a scanty twenty feet of the rear end of the building, five stories in height, and showing the interior of the last row oi rooms on each floor. The ruined part had been sliced away as neatly as though with a giant knife. From the ruins arose groans and cries, and from the part still standing were heard the shrieks of the servants, who lived in an annex. A cold, half-frozen rain from a lowering sky, with the spectacle of wreck and ruin, and the FUickei nvoloping clouds of steam which for hourß hid from the surging crowds of people around the policemen’s coi'don the occasional awful revelations made by the workmen in unearthing dead bodies or living sufferers, combiued to make a scene which no beholder will be likely to lorget. Held close to the top of the wreck ago were a man, his wife, and a child. I lames ha.l burst iorth from near the boiler, and thebe came licking toward the group. The child cried aloud for nelp, but no help could reach it. The man and woman loosed death in the face with clasped bauds, and a moment later all were beyond suffering. The flames at first prevented any attempt to rescue auy one, and the ruins were flooded with water beforo any work could be prosecuted. A few dead or dying persons wero taken from tho edge of the debris, however, within an hour after the explosion. Tho force of tho explosion throw a bed with a sleeping woman upon it far into the street, while one of the heavy doors landed a block away. The special telegram, sent out a few hours after the explosion, continues: The magnitude of tho calamity cannot bo realized. Tne register of the hotel is lost, and Night Clerk Perry is buried in the ruins. But from the best estimates that can be procured from tho landlord and others it is probable that there were not fur lrom fifty people in the hotel proper. Of these perhaps live escaped uninjured, leaving forty-five to beaccounted for. Ten are in the hospital; sixteen dead bodies have been taken from the ruins, leaving nineteen missing. Andrew F. Whiting, actuary of ttie Hartford Life and Annuity Insurance Company ; tho Rev. Dr. Lavellette Herrin, agent of the Memorial Hall Association, and wife, and Edward Terry, the night clerk, are in the ruins. It is believed that Mtb. Wesson, of Springfield, Mass., the widow of Frank Wesson, who was kiiled at the White River Junction Railroad accident, was in the hotel, togother with all of her family, five children, and probably a servant or two. The complete list of the bodies taken out is as follows: Dwight H. Bnoll, of Hartford; George Gaines, porter of hotel; J. Georgo Engler, of Hartford; John W. Housman, of Boston; J. C. Hill, of Buffalo, N. Y.; Louis H. Bronson, of Hartford, his wife and child; George Ketchum, brother of landlord: Eddie Ketchum, son of landlord; George W. Root of Brockpori, N. Y. ; Maximilian Gatody, proprietor of the Hartoford Herold, and Mrs. Andrew F. Whiting, whose body was burned to a crisp; two unknown persons. The victims at the nosphal are: Helen Leport, of New Britain; Rachel Cramer, of Avon; Jacob B. Turpin, a colored barber; Walter M. Gay, of Bayonne, N. J.; Henry Steffel, of Thiladelphia; Wellington Ketchum. proprietor of hotel; Mrs. Georgie Ketchum, wife of proprietor; Jennie Decker, of Unionvillo; Michael Coirigau, of Unionville; Enos James.

WILL SOON HE STATES. North Dakota, South Dakota. Montana and Washington May Now Prepare for Their Admission. Tho conference report on the Territorial bill has passed both houses of Conaress. As agreed to the bill provides as follows: For tho admission of North and South Dakota, Montana, and Washington. Jjako a is to- be divided in the 47th standard parallel, and the two constitutional governments ace to meet at Bismarck and Sioux Falls. Delegates to the conventions in each of tho pri posed States are to be elected on tho first Monday In May, and are to meet on July 4. It is provided that at the electiou for delegates in South Dukotaiho electors shad vote for or against the Sioux Fails constitution. If a majority of the votes shall be for the constitution tho convention shall resubmit to tho people of Sout i Dakota for ratification or rejection the constitution framed at Sioux F’alls, and also the ai tides and propositions separately submitted, including the question of locating tho temp.rary seat of government, and if a majority of the votes cast on tho ratification shall be for the constitution, irrespective of the articles separately submitted, the State of South Dakota % shall be admitted under said constitution, but the archives, records, and books of the Teriitory of Dakota shall remain at Bismarck, the capiial of North Dakota, until an agreement in roference thereto is reached by said States. But if at the election for delegates a majority of all the votes cast shall be against the Sioux Falls constitution, it shall be the duty of the couvention to form a constitution as if that question had not been submitted to the people. It is made the duty of the President to admit the four new States by proclamation if the constitutions formed are ratified’at the'election to be held on the first Tuesday in October. Each of the new States shall be entitled to one Representative in Congress, oxcept South Dakota, which shall be entitled to two Kepresentatives. All lands granted for school purposes are exempted from entry under any of the land laws and can only be sold at public sale at not less than $lO an acre, tho proceeds to constitute a permanent school fund, tue interest of which only can used. Such lands may, however, be leased under legislative restrictions. All mineral lands are exomptod from tbe grants made by the act. The two Dakotas are to be added to Justice Miller's circuit (the Bth) and Washington and Montana to Justice Field’s tthe 9th). POLITICAL POINTERS. Interesting Happenings of More or Less Importance In the World of Politics. According to unofficial returns from the six counties comprising the Fourth Congressional District of Missouri. R. P. C. Wilson, of Platte County, and Charles F. Booker, of Andrew, Democratic nominees for the long and short term respectively to succeed Congressman James N. Burnes, are elected by a small majority. The Indiana Senate has killed the Hays

high license bill, the Democrats voting solidly against it and the Republicans Bolidly for it.

Up to date all but fifteen of tha certificates of members -elect of the next House have been received at Washington, D. C., by Gen. Clark, the Clerk of the House. Among those lacking are the certificates of two Representatives from West Virginia and one from Tennessee. Assuming that Evans (Rep.) will receive the certificate from the Tennessee district, the Clerk figures that the Republicans will have 164 and the Democrats 159 members at the organization of the next House, not counting the West Virginia members. Should these two seats go to the Democrats it will leave tho Republicans a majority of three, but the admission of the Dakotas, Washington and Montana will increase the majority. The National Tariff Reform Convention met in Chicago, over 300 delegates being present. The proceedings lasted for three days. President Cleveland has returned to the House with a veto message the bill for the relief of tho settlers on the Des Moines (Iowa) river lands.

TIRARD FORMS A CABINET. De Freycinet Takes tho War Portfolio—M. Eouvier Minister of Finance. A Paris special says: President Carnot has signed a decree appointing the following Ministry: M. Tirard, Premier and Minister of Commerce. M. Constans, Minister of the Interior. M. Rouvier, Minister of Finance. M. Thenevot, Minister of Justice. M. Fallieres, Minister of Education. M. Faye, Minister of Agriculture. M. Gues Guvot, Minister of Public Works. M de Freycinet, Minis.er of War. Admiral Jaures, Minister of Marine. M. de Courcel, Minister of Foreign Affairs. The cabinet is a coalition of Opportunists and Radicals. Tho National asserts that if tho Tirard cabinet fails President Carnot will summon M. Ferry to form a cabinet. Gen. Boulanger says that if President Carnot could not obtain a better c ibinet he should have resigned to prevent his being overthrown. Personally the General says he is satisfied, the President and M. Tirard working unconsciously in the interests of the Boulangists. MONSTER NATURAL-GAS WELL. A Flow of Between 15,000,000 an l 20,000,000 Cubic Feet a Day. The gas well owned by Theodore Mithoff Sr., at Lancaster, Ohio, has been drilled seven feet further into the gas rock, which more than doubled its capacity. In an attempt to measure it the mercury was blown out of a three-pound Igauge placed in the five and five-eighths inch opening. A tenpound gauge was afterward tried and the mercury shot up to four pounds, although tho gauge was imperfectly held and the force too great to allow a more perfect test. As near as can be ascertained the flow is between 15,000,000 and 20,000,000 cubic feet per da) - . An excited multitude thronged to tho well. The drillers, Mossrs. Stretton and Kee, pronounco it the greatest well in tho country. The well is located in the heart of Lancaster.

GERMAN SHIPS FOR SAMOA. Uisinarck Said t:> Be Preparing to Resist American Demands. Tho London Times correspondent, referring to the fact that tho German squadron had been ordered to Port Said, says: “I hoar on good authority that this step is connected not so much with East Africa as with the Samoan questior. The squadron will remain at Port Said pending development in tho latter question, and sail for the Pacific in event of the American Government proving too exacting or unreasonable. But this explanation had best be received with caution.” Four German iron-clads at Genoa have been ordered to sail for Samoa immediately. PENNSYLVANIA PROHIBITIONISTS. They Indorse the Stand Taken by Master Workman Powderly. The Pennsylvania State Prohibition Convention met at Harrisburg, with 774 delegates in attendance. The convention adopted a resolution indorsing Master Workman Powderly’s stand on the Prohibition question, aud'-defeatud by a vote of 17G nays to 162 yeas a motion for a committee to prepare a plan of campaign, the opponents of a third party opposing it. Resolutions pledging the organization to the support of the constitutional amendment wore adopted. IT BURNED LIKE TINDER. A Twenty-second Street Block Destroyed , ill Chicago. The three-story business block on Twen-ty-second street, Chicago, was completely destroyed by fire, involving a total loss of about $60,000 to tho building and the stock and personal property of the numerous tenants. The structure was the property of the Wood & Bliss estate, of Philadelphia. It was a brick veneer front, the remainder of tho building being frame back to the alley in the rear. It was erected in 1869, and, as the timber was as dry as powder, there was no stopping the flames once fairly started, and it burned like tinder. The loss to occupants was heavy. An Inter-State Case Dismissed. —The Inter-state Commerce Commission has dismissed the case of tho Milwaukee Chamber of Commerce agAinst the Flint and Perc Marquette and the Detroit, Grand Huven and Milwaukee Railroads, on the ground that the rate of Feb. 1, 1888, on wheat, flour and mill stuffs from Minneapolis to Eastern points was a through rate. Washington’s Natal Day. The one hundred and lifty-seventh anniversary of the birthday of George Washington was celebrated throughout the country with fitting observances, on the 22d inst., showing that the memory of the Father pf his Country is still kept fresh in the hearts of the patriotic Americans as the years go on. Har«l Struggle for Life. In York county, S. C„ the Rev. James Gibson, a prominent Baptist minister, was

drowned in Sugar creek. For eight hours he clung to overhanging branches, while a large number of persons stood on the bank watching his struggle for life, but none of them attempted hfs rescue.

Attempted the Life of a Mayor. An attempt was mado to blow up the office of the Hon. J. D. Alsop, Mayor of Dyersville, lowa. A hole was bored ip a stick of wood and filled with powder. When Mr. Alsop put the wood in his stove an explosion took place which wrecked the office, but which failed to kill the Mayor.

Railroad Matters. At Cincinnati the Chamber of Commerce voted against tho Mack bill authorizing an indefinite extension of the present lease of the Cincinnati Southern Road at a minimum annual rental of $1,250,000, while the Board of Trade unanimously reported in favor of the scheme. Large Issue of Bonds. The stockholders of the Chicago and Western Indiana Railroad have decided to issue $1,000,000 worth of 6 per cent, bonds for the purpose of enlarging, improving and operating the road, for the purpose of additional right of way and for the erection of buildings. Froze to Death While Intoxicated. Mrs. Margaret Ford was found dead and frozen on the floor in her house at Clinton, lowa, while her husband was found in a drunken sleep in bed. The husband is suspected of kicking his wife to death while both were intoxicated. Disastrous Fire at Cincinnati. The machine-shops, car-shops, and lo-comotive-house of the Cincinnati, Indianapolis, St. Louis and Chicago Railway, at Cincinnati, have been entirely destroyed by fire, causing a loss to the company of $200.000, which was partially covered by insurance. An low* Man In Trouble. JohnH. O’Keefe, who disappeared from Northern lowa last fall with some cattle which he had bought | on time from L. M. Hartley, turned.up at Windsor, Ont. O’Keefe was enticed into Detroit, and was immediately arrested. Folicenien in Trouble. Sergeant Gano, of the San Francisco Chinatown police squad, and three policemen under his command have been arrested nn indictments charging them with receiving bribes from keepers of Chinese gambling dens. A Prize for Cleanliness. John G. Borden, of New York, who spends his winters in Florida, has offered a premium of SI,(XX) to tho Florida city which shall present tlie most cleanly appearance on July 1. Tho State Board of Health are to act as judges. Adverse to Contract Labor. A verdict has been renderod in favor of tho government in its suit to recover SI,OOO penalty against James Lees & Son, of Bridgeport, Pa., tor'the alleged importation of contract labor at their mills. ' Shipping Money to Washington. Twenty millions of silver dollars, which have been stored on an upper floor of the Philadelphia Postofflce, have been shipped to Washington at the rate of a million a day. A Terrible Death. Mrs. Max Schwartz, and her baby wero suffocated and then burned to death in a small Are at Philadelphia. Pa. Mr. Schwartz escaped by jumping from a window. Law and Order League. At the seventh annual session of the Citizens’ Law and Order League of the United States, held at Boston, the Hon. C. C. Bonney, of Chicago, was re-elected President of the organization. Indiana Justice. James Robbins, of Franklin, Ind., has been sentenced to two years in the penitentiary for stealing two chickens valued at 30 cents. Railway Slieds Burned. Three hundred feet of the Boston & Lowell Railway freight sheds at Boston were burned, causing a loss of $30,000.

SENATOR KENNA.