Democratic Sentinel, Volume 13, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 May 1889 — THE WORLD OVER. [ARTICLE]

THE WORLD OVER.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE FROM EVERT FART OF THE GLOBE. The History of a Week Gathered from the Wires, Embracing Political Doings, Personal Movements, Accidents, Criminal Affairs, Labor Notes, Etc. BUSINESS FAIRLY GOOD. An Improvement in Trade, Though Aver, age Prices Are Lower. The review of trade for last week, reported by R, G. Dun & Go., is as follows: Reports indicate a continued improvement In "trade, and even in the iron And woolen branches the signs for the present fire more favorable. Money is accumulating, and there is plenty at all interior points; collections are generally better, though no improvement is seen at Milwaukee. The iron market continues unsatistory, and Southern No. 1 is sold at §16.75, and a sale of steel rails at less than §i27 at the mill is reported. But the foeliug at Philadelphia is clearly improved. In the wool market also abetter feeling is noted. In drugs aud chemicals also, another trade which has been dull, distinct improvement is observed at Philadelphia, with collections hi better shape and prospects higher. In most of the speculative markets prices aro lower, and that fact, also gives promise of larger aud freer trade. Wheat is two cents lower at SI cents, with sales of 40,500,000 bushels for the week; corn is ll a cent lower at 4 ‘i.% cents, aud ■oats one cent lower. Coffee has not changed, but speculation in sugar has turned downward. There is no change of consequence in pork products, and oil is a fraotion stronger, but leather is again half a cent lower, butter two cents and clieose half a cent lower, and flour has declined for some grades 50 to 70 cents per barrel. Speculation in cotton is still strong, and the price is an eighth higher. Since April 1 the fall in the average prices of all commodities has been fully half of 1 per cent. The dry goods business is fairly on a level with that of last year, and prices are well maintained. It is a good sign that collections in this branch seom to be generally imjiroved. The grocery trade has also been more active. The business failures numbered 215, as compared with a total of 240 for the previous weok.

BASE-BALL BATTERS. Standing of the Clubs That Are Contending for First Place. The relativo position of the various clubs that are competing for the pennant is shown by the annexed table: National League. Won. Lost. Per ct. Philadelphia 1 o 1.000 Indlanax>olis 2 1 .666 Pittsburgh 2 1 .666 Boston 1 i .goo New York 1 i .500 Chicago 1 2 .333 Cleveland 1 2 .333 "Washington 0 1 .... Western. W. L. 1? cl American. W. L. f} c Omaha 3 1 .750 St. L0ui5....8 1 .888 Denver 3 1 .750|Athletic 0 1 .857 St. Paul 3 1 .750 Baltimore... 6 1 .857 St. Joseph.. .2 1 .666 Kansas City.s 3 .625 Milwaukee..l 3 . 250 Cincinnati... 3 0 .333 Sioux City.. 2 2 .500 Columbus... 2 5 .285 Des Moines. 1 2 .333 8r00k1yn....1 0 .142 Minneapoliso 4 .... Louisville. ..1 7 .125 Favorites of the Administration. President Harrison has made the following appointments: Dr. Daniel Dorchestor of Boston, Mass., to be Superintendent of Indian schools. Warren Truitt of Dallas, Oregon, to be Register of the land office in Luke View, Oregon. Thomas B. Baldwin of Folsom, N. M., to be Register of the land office at Folsom, N. M. James R. McGonigle of Colby, Kan., to be Receiver of public moneys at Oberlin, Kan. Benjamin H. Shulter of .Minnesota, to be agent for the Indians of the White Earth agency in Minnesota. Benjamin J. Horton of Lawrence, Kan., H. J. Aten of Hiawatha, Kan., and A. D. Walker, of Holton, Kau., to be commissioners to negotiate with the Prairie band of Pottawattomies and Kiekapoo Indians in Kansas for the sale of all or a portion of their lands in Kansas, and the allotment of the remainder in severalty under the provisions of the act of Congress approved March 2, 1889. John H. Baker, of Goshen, Ind., to be a commissioner to negotiate with the Cherokee and other Indians for the cession to the United States of certain land, as provided In section 14, act approved March 2, 1889.

f Small-Pox in Oklahoma. The muoli-dreaded disease of small-pox has broken out at Guthrie and other Oklahoma towns, nnd hundreds of unfortunate persons are returning to their homes. There is a scarcity of water in that country, provisions are worth their weight in gold, and the situation is anything except what the most sanguine boomers anticipated. The railroads are appealed to by impoverished persons to take them from that “promised” land. * Notable Passengers Aboard. "Vice President Morton, Gen. Schofield fjoi sjt&JTi, and Gov. Foraker of Ohio, wore pfn on the Baltimore and Ohio Road when with the vestibule limited train at Baltimore. Both baggage cars were shattered, but none of the passengers were injured. Baltimore Meat-Dealers Kicking. Baltimore dressed-meat dealers will ask the Interstate Commerce Commission to investigate charges made against the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company to the effect that the road lias special rates with the Armours, Swift, and Hammond, of Chicago, for carrying dressed meat. Will Go to Chicago. Walter W. Scott, D. D. t for the past live years principal of the Phillips Exeter Academy, at Exeter, Mass., has resigned to take charge of the literary interest of a Chicago publishing house. Short, but Newsy. Caesar Frazier (colored) was hanged at Charleston, S. C., for the murder of Holdenberg, a white man, Feb. 9. Joseph Barrett, who shot and killed William Burton at Elkhart, Ind., last October, hae been sentenced to three years’ imprisonment. Gov. Beaver has signed the bill making Sept. I—labor day—a legal holiday in Pennsylvania. Giuseppe Beverino, one of the three murderers of Paymaster J. B. McClure, of the Lehigh Valley Railroad, and Stable Boss Hugh Flannigan, near Wilkesbarre, Pa., on Oct- 18 last, has been arrested in Italy. Several priests and many other persons .have been arrested for participation in the riots In the state of Guanajuato. Mexico.

THE CHOSEN FEW. President Harrison Makes Known His Choice for Various Offices. The President has appointed the following Western postmasters: Indiana—Michael C. Garber. Madison: Mrs. Margaret L. Hoyve. Worthington: R. F. Rebout, Kushville. Ohio—John W. Steel. Oberlin: Samuel C. Moore, Findlay. lowa—John E. Pickering, Alta; William H. Turrell. Waverly. Nebraska—Mrs. A. A. Signor, Ludington. Kansas—Harry H. Tusk, Parsons: Henry E. Cowgill. Baldwin. Missouri—Orin D. Austin, Butler. Arizpna—George H. Cook, Flagstaff. Idaho—Edward Angel, Hailey. The President has appointed Willis Sweet, of Idaho Territory, United States Attorney for the District of Idaho. The Postmaster General has promoted W. B. Cooley from Chief Clerk of the Money-Order Bureau to Chief Cletk of the Postoffico Department He has also appointed Edward G, Carlin Assistant Superintendent of the Railway Mail Service; John A. Chapman, ot Illinois, Chief of the Inspection Division; L. H. Terry, Superintendent of Mails at Nashville, Tenn.; Frank H. Smith, Superintendent of Mails at Baltimore, and S. G. Sullivan, Superintendent of Mails at Cincinnati, James H. Wardle, of Now York, has been appointed Chief of Division to the Census Office. Ex-Governor William M. Stone, of lowa, has been appointed Assistant Commissioner of the General Land Office. Division Inspectors of the Postoffico Department have been appointed as follows: Gen. Warren P. Edgarton, of New Jersey, assigned to Philadelphia, vice Timothy O’Leary, resigned; George A. Dice, of Illinois, assigned to St. Louis, vice B. F. Guile, resigned; Geo. L. Seybolt, of California, assigned to San Francisco, vice L. A. Kirkwood, resigned; W. C. Baird, of Illinois; J. D. King, of Illinois; and J. O. Culver, of California, have been reinstated as Postofflce Inspectors on Mail Depredations, under Civil-Service Rule No. 10, they not having been separated from the service more than a year. George W. Gitt, Chief of Division in the Pension Office, has been dismissed. The Secretary has appointed Daniel A. Grosvenor, of Ohio, to bo Chief of a Division of the First Comptroller’s Office. He is a brother of Representative Grosvenor.

COUNTERFEIT »10 BILLS. A Large Number Afloat in Indianapolis, Ind. Indianapolis, Ind., is flooded Avith counterfeit $lO greenbacks. The bill is not a good imitation # of the genuine one, but it looks enough liko money to deceive. It is designed to pass for bills of the same denomination, series of 1878. The genuine is a legal tender, bearing Daniel Webster’s likeness and the Pocahontas scene. It has the small red Treasury seal on the lefthand side, with the larger lathe work seal “ten” to the right of the center. The lalse note hus these fairly well executed, but the likeness of Webster is execrable, the paper is poor and pale, and the lettering is all in a line, whereas in the genuine the capitals and first letters of words rise above the others. There is a probability that these bad bills are part of the lot printed in 1878, or that they are printed from plates whose existence became known to the Federal authorities. In that year a nest of counterfeiters was discovered on an Island in the Mississippi below St. Louis. About $32,030 in counterfeit tons, same series as tho above, was captured, but the maker escaped with his plate.

KANSAS SUGAR MAKERS. The Manufacturing Facilities to Be Greatly Increased During the Year. E. B. Cowgill, tho Kansas State Sugar Inspector, says that there will be a number of new sugar factories started in Kansas this year, and that the sugar product of the State will be many times greater than it was last year. In addition to the Ness City Institution a factory is now being built at Medicine Lodge at a cost of $75,000. The Cowley Springs factory is being rebuilt at an additional cost of $50,000, so that its capacity will be doubled. The Kansas State Sugar Company is now erecting sugar works at Attica, to cost $75,000. Bonds for sugar works have been voted at Liberal and Shirey, and Mead Center is making preparations to establish a factory. The Commissioner of Agriculture has appointed W. W. Scott, of Medicine Lodge, to be Superintendent of the government’s experimental work In sorghum sugar manufacturing. He will visit all the sugar factories in the State -Md.repprt his obseryd^u"' ll3 to the Agcieuttufal D^pttfnifent.

TRIED THE DENVER SCHEME. A Thief Attempts to Secure 1830,000 from a California Bank, but Is Arrested. A bold attempt at bank robbery was made at Ventura, Cai., by a man named McCarthy. He entered Collins & Sons’ bank while the cashier. Collins, was gone to lunch, leaving Jack Morrison alone. McCarthy entered and complained of his poverty, which had drawn him to think of suicide. He laid a package on the counter which he said Was dynamite, and drew a six-shooter and demanded $30,000. Morrison dodged behind the counter and ran out of the back door. The robber then seized a tray containing about $4,000 and walked into the street. Morrison gave the alarm aud people gathered on the street, but no one was armed. The thief had a horse hitched near the bank, and was making for that The sheriff happened to be near, but was without firearms. He stepped into a hardware store and seized a fchotgun, when the robber suddenly surrendered. The money was all recovered except S2O, which was probably lost on the street. LIVELY WORK WITH THE SWITCH. Eighteen Thousand Cases of Corporal Punishment a Year in the Boston Schools. Superintendent Seaver of the Boston, Mass., public schools, has presented his unnual report to the School Board. The strictures punishment were the features. He says that he does not advise the complete abolition of such discipline, but so far has it gone in Boston that

it has become “excessive, unreasonable, and injurious, amounting, in fact, to a gross abuse.’ There have beeu, he says, over 18.000 cases a year for the last three years. In 1887- ’BB the average number of boys belonging to grammar schools was 16,198; the number of corporal punishments during the year was 11,768. In the same year the average number of boys belonging to primary schools was 13,382; the number of corporal punishmeuts was 6.896. These rates had practically been maintained for two or three years, if not more, and once at least exceeded.

MADE "WEALTHY BY A CONVICT. Several People In Manitoba Left Large Amounts by a Former Prisoner. A man named Munro, who died recently in England, willed $250,000 to people in Manitoba, and an institution in Winnipeg, as follows: Bedson, Stony Mountain, SIOO,000; Canon Matheson, $50,000; Vivian, a lawyer, $50,000, and St. John’s College,. $50,000. Munro was an exconvict, and was released from thq penitentiary at Winnipeg a year ago. It was during his incarceration that correspondence was carried on in reference to an immense fortune, all of which passed through the warden’s hands. The will was drawn up at Winnipeg by Vivian and was signed by Munro. Ho had a wife and family in England, and upon reaching that country made a will which was never signed, and consequently is of no value. Friends of the deceased intend to contest the will made at Winnipeg.

BECOMES AN AGNOSTIC. A Missouri Episcopal Minister Deposed at His Own Bequest. In accordance with his own request, the Rev. Henry Truro Bray has been deposed from the Episcopal ministry by Bishop Tuttle. Dr. Bray’s case is celebrated in chu: ch circles. After serving several years in the ministry a spirit of disbelief took possession of him, and he became an agnostic. He was rector ot the church a; Booneville, Mo. He wiota a letter to the Bishop, in which he outlined his religious platform. In this letter he set forth that he did not believe Christ was God; nor did he believe in revealed religion or the God of the Bible. In an interview he asserted that disbelief is widespread in the pulpit, and that a Bishop told him that he did not believe iu the Bible, but thought Plato was bettor than the Bible.

STRUCK DEAD BY LIGHTNING. Several Persons in Connecticut Killed in a Furious Electrical Storm. Several persons were killed and many others injured by lightning during a terrific thunder storm near Danbury, Conn. While tho family of Levinda Adams, of Trinity Lake, was at supper the house was struck by lightning and the entire family rendered unconscious. Mrs. Adams, when regaining consciousness, was horrified to find two of tho familydead and the rest terribly injured. Tho house was also set on fire. Noah Adams, a relative, was horribly burned and instantly killed by tho bolt. A daughter of Mr. Adams was also instantly killed and her body terribly mutilated. The neighbors succeeded in dragging the unconscious people from the burning building.

ROASTED BY MASKED BURGLARS. A Pennsylvania Farmer, Who Refuses to Surrender His Money, Tortured. Three masked men forced an entrance into the residence of Lewis Patterson, a wealthy farmer living near Centerville, Butler County, Pa. Patterson refused the burglars' demands for his money, whereupon, after repeated threats of hanging and shooting without effect, the fiends held Patterson’s feet to the flro and roasted them so badly that amputation will be necessary. The robbers runsacked the house, and secured S4O and a gold watch. Important Pension Decision. Corporal Tanner, the Commissioner of Tensions at Washington, D. C., lias rendered an important decision on the application of John Webb of Indiana for an increase of pension from $24 to S3O a month. Webb is receiving the former rate for varicose veins of the left leg, and asked for the increase on the ground that toial disability in the foot now exists. In granting the increase the Commissioner says in his opintwrf that it was.nojtrThe IntpuUpn <softgteasin using the .words “total disability” to debar claimants for pension from the benefits of the act 'until the hand, foot, arm, or leg is a worthless incumbrance. Hereafter, he says, total disability shall be held to exist when the affected member, by reason of wound, injury, or disease, is useless in the performance of ordinary manual labor.

Fourth-Class Postmasters. In one day First Assistant Postmaster General Clarkson appointed one hundred and seventy-five fourth-class postmasters. Of this number about 75 per cent, were to fill vacancies caused by death or ’resignation. Mr. Clarkson said that practically no changes are beingmade in fourth - class offices, except upon sustained charges against the postmasters or to improve the locations of the offices, and where the postmasters had held office about four years. In these cases, he said, changes would continue to be made upon the recommendation of members of Congress or other competent persons in whose districts the offices are located.

Yellow Fever at Sanford, Fla. Surgeon General Hamilton, of the Marine Hospital Service at Washington, D. C., has been informed by. the President of the Board of Health of Sanford, Fla., that a case of yellow fever existed in that city. * Dr. Hamilton says every precaution has been taken to prevent the spread of the disease and no danger is apprehended. Wants 18143,350 for Doctoring Mr. Tilden. In the suit, at New York City, of Dr. C. E. Simmons for the recovery of $143,350 from the estate of the late Samuel J. Tilden for professional services, motion has been made that the case be sent to a referee. Plaintiff claims to have paid 2, aw visits at SSO each.

and also demands compensation for the time since 1878, when he had himself In readiness to devote his attention exclusively to Mr. Tilden, pursuant to an arrangement between them. Counsel for Mr. Tiiden’s executors denied any arrangement for Dr. Simmons’ exclusive services, and characterized the Doctor’s claims as most extraordinary.

They Can't Organize. The application of the Hamilton County Saloonkeepers’ Association for incorporation has been denied by Secretary of State Ryan, of Ohio, on the ground that the objects for which the associatiou was organized—i, e., the antagonism of the liquor laws of Ohio—is unlawful and not to be encouraged. The Secretary announces that he will incorporate no body proposing to subvert State government, and organized for the sole purpose of raising funds to fight the laws already on the statute books. He says it is against the best interests of the people and public policy.

Rather Die Than Face Disgrace. Fred W. Meier a few days ago became a horse thief, and took morphine to avoid the disgrace and punishment which were inevitable. The poison was taken whilo he was confined in a cell at the Four Courts, in St. Louis, Mo. The horses were stolen from Charles Schleroth, who resides near Belloville. 111.

Fled to New Mexico. T. J. Burgess, City Treasurer of Durango, Col., was arrested, charged with being a defaulter to the extent ot $12,000. He was released on turning over to the city a certificate of deposit for $3,800. He then procured a horse and started for the New Mexico line. Baltimore Meat-Dealers Kicking. Baltimore dressed-moat dealers will ask the Interstate Commerce Commission to investigate charges made against the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company to the effect that the road has special rates with the Armours, Swift, and Hammond, of Chicago, for carrying dressed meat. He Feared Insanity. Dread of insanity und business troubles caused George T. Ryder, of the firm of George T. Ryder & Co., at Mlddleboroi Mass., to commit suicide. When his family returned from church they found him hanging from a tree at the roar of the residence.

A Crooked Minister. , Andrew J. Culver, an evangelical preacher of Shannon, 111., has been arrested at Dixon, 111., for forgery. His practice was to borrow money giving prominent farmers as security. It is said that in every case the security was a forgery. Dealt in Counterfeit Money. Frank Miller has been convicted at Dubuque, lowa, of dealing in counterfeit money. He was married in the jail, after his conviction, to Mrs, Almeda Daniels, a grass widow, who was his accomplice in the crime. Prominent Deaths. Hon. E. M. Haines, ex-Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives, and a member of the Thirty-sixth General Assembly, died at his home in Waukegan, 111. Ex-Congressman E. J. Ellis of Louisiana died in Washington.

• Cars Crashed Together. A wreck was caused near "Davis’ Cottage,” Mass., by the breaking in two of a freight train, thp two parts of which crashed together. Several cars were smashed, but it is not known that anybody was hurt. An Electric Company. The Edison General Electric Company has been incorporated at Albany, N. Y., with a capital stock of $12,000,000. Among the incorporators are Henry Yillard and Thomas A. Edison. Killed by Dynamite. James Connors and Jame 3 Harris, of Homer, Mich., were instantly killed by the explosion of twenty-five pounds of dynamite, which they were to use for blowing out stumps. Destroyed by Fire. The bottling works of C. R. Williams at Bismark, Dak., have been destroyed by fire. Loss, $2,000.