Democratic Sentinel, Volume 13, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 June 1889 — DOINGS OF THE DAY. [ARTICLE]

DOINGS OF THE DAY.

■VENTFUL, HAPPENINGS IN EVERT KNOWN HEMISPHERE. An Interesting Summary of the Latest News I>y Wire—Fires, Accidents, Crimes, Politics, Religion, Commerce and Crops, Sandwiched with Minor Affairs. A TERRIFIC CYCLONE. Ligouier, Ind., Visited by a Destructive Gale. A terrific cyclone p.issed through I.igonier, Ind., tearing down shade trees and unroofing houses along its path. The fine brick dwelling of J. M. Betts was nearly destroyed and the new residence of \V. E. Harding is a total wreck. A big foundry. Van Smith's livery stable. Abe Goldsmith's residence, the Ligouier Hotel and a number of other buildings were unroofed. The big bridge across Elkhart River was blown down and is a total wreck. Hundreds of fine shade and fruit trees wore destroyed. Several miraculous escapes fiOm death Were reported. The loss will exceed SIO,OOO. NAMED AS CONSULS. Commercial Kc pro sen in t ive s of Uncle Sam Chosen. Prosident Harrison has made the following appointments: Wakefield G. Frye, of Maine, Consul General of the United States at Halifax; Joseph A. Leonard, of Minnesota, Consul General at Shanghai; Zacliary T. Sweeney, of Indiana, Consul General at Constantinople; Oliver H. Dockery, of North Carolina, Consul General at Kio do Janeiro; O. H. Simons, of Colorado, Consul General at St. Petersburg; George W. Roosevelt, of Pennsylvania, Consul General at Brussels ; Levi W. Brown, of Ohio, Consul at Glasgow.

CIRCLING THE BASES. The Various Ball Clubs That Are Racing lor tlie Pennant. Relative standing of the base-ball teams that are working for the championship of their respective association is as follows; National. W. L. cj American. W. L. ft o Boston 28 il .750;St. L0ui5....34 15 .093 Cleveland.. .27 16 .0271 Athletic 31 17 .045 Phi1ada.....24 17 .585 Brooklyn.. ..29 18 .017 New York.. .22 10 .578 Baltimore.. .24 21 .533 Chicago 19 23 .452|Cfncinnatl.. .24 25 .481 Pittsburgh. .10 24 .40u!K’ns’s City..2l 26 .440 Indianap. ...12 27 .3u9jColuinbus...lß 20 .408 Wash’gt'u.. .10 20 .2771 Louisville... 8 40 .100 Western. W. L. f»c Inter-St. W. L. v> o St. Paul 30 8 .789 Davenport. .23 18 .500 Omaha 20 13 .000 Springfield..2o 17 .540 Sioux City. .23 13 .038 Quincy 21 19 .525 Minneapolis 18 21 .400 Peoria 18 20 473 Des Moines. 15 18 .454;Burlington. .20 24 .454 Denver 15 23 .394; Evansville ..19 23 .452 Milwauk<*)..lo 25 .285 St. Joseph... 10 26 .2771 ARRESTED AT WINNIPEG. Another Suspect In tli« Cronin Case Capture il. Martin Burke, alias Delaney, was arrested at Winnipeg for complicity in the Cronin cose, on information from Superintendent Hubbard. He was boarding the Atlantic express and had a ticket for Liverpool, England. He was taken to the station, where he gave his name as Martin Burke. G. G. Hubbard, General Superintendent of the Chicago Police, was immediately communicated with, and sent tho following reply: “Hold Martin Burke, alias Delaney, who is concerned in the Cronin murder, by all means. Will send officer immediately.” TO BUILD A BIG RAILROAD IN AFRIC A Large Subscriptions Already Secured for Opening the Congo Country. About £850,000 has been subscribed to build a railroad between tho lower falls of the Congo River and Stanley Pool. How much more money will be needed for the purpose is not known on this side of the Atlantic, but this and other information relating to plans for opening the Confeo country in a practical way will soon be in the possession of Collis P, Huntington, President of the Southern Pacific.

GUITEAU’S GHOST. It Makes Things Uncomfortable for Prisoners in the Government Jail. The prisoners in tho government jail at Washington are terribly excited over the alleged nightly appeal ance of Guiteau’s ghost, which they claim haunts the corridors aud liis iorraer cell. None of the prisoners can bo louud who are brave enough to occupy the coll in which Guiteau Wtie confined, and when forced into it make the night hideous with screams of terror. Government Crop Report. The government crop report says: "The weather has been unfavorable for crops in Minnesota and Dakota owing to the small amount ot rain. In lowa, Illinois. Missouri, Kansas and Arkansas the crop conditions were improved by the weather of the present week. Corn is reported as growing racidly, but in some sections of Illinois too much rain is reported. Wheat harvest is in progress in central Kansas. In Ohio, Indiana, and Michigan all crops have improved, but exeesslvo rains interrupted cultivation and harvest work.” Will Investigate Alien Contract Labor. Charles H. Lltchman, ox-General Secretary of tho Knights of Labor, has been appointed a special ago lit of the Treasury Department with tho understanding that he shall make special inquiry into the matter of alien contract labor and the observance of aviolatiou of tho statutes regarding the same. Acres of Blazing Oil. Bushell’s oil refinery at Montreal, Canada, was burned; also several freight-cars which were standing near. The oil spread over an area of fifteen acres, and the entire ground was ja, sea of blazing oiL The loss will be $25,003.

PRESIDENT HARRISON’S CHOICE. Prominent Offices Being Filled by Late Appointees. The President has made the following appointments: Thomas J. Morgan, of Rhode Island, to be Commissioner of Indian Affairs, vice John H. Oberly, resigned; Hoyt Sherman, Jr., of Utah, Receiver of Public Moneys at Salt Lake City, Utah, vice George W. Parks, removed; Frank 0. Hobbs, of New Hampshire, Register of the Land Office at Salt Lake City, Utah, vice David Webb, removed; Edward C. Gattry, of Pine City, Minn., Register of the Land Office at Taylor’s Falls, Minn., vice Lucas K. Stannard, term expired; William C. Wells, of Alabama, Register of the Laud Office at Huntsville, Ala., vice Frank Coleman, removed; Edward L. Chapman, of Great Bend, Kas., Receiver of Public Moneys at Larned, Has., vice Henry M. Bickel, removed; Charles D. Ford, of Colorado, Register of the Land Office at Lamar, Colo., vice Frank P. Arbuckle, removed. Charles H. Colbem, of Nevada, to be Coiner of the Mint at Carson City, Nev.; E. D. Breskie, of Nevada, to be Melter at the same mint. Donald McLean, of New York, to be General Appraiser of Merchandise at that port. Collectors of Internal Revenue—Thomas J. Penman, Twelfth Pennsylvania District; Henry Fink, First Wisconsin ; Earl W. Rogers, Second Wisconsin; John Ireland, Second Kentucky; Albert Scott, Fifth Kentucky; John L. Londram, Sixth Kentucky; A. R. Buriiam, Seventh Kentucky. Collectors of Customs—Guilford P. Bray, for the District of Salem aud Beverly, Maes.; T. J. Jarret, District of Petersburg, Va.; Robert Smalls, District of Beaufort, S: C. Mark D. Flower, of Minnesota, to be Supervising In6]>ector of Steam Vessels for the fifth District at St. Paul, Minn. TRADE REMAINS GOOD. Iron More Active and Higher, with Breadstuffs Quoted Stronger. R. G. Dun & Go's weekly review of trade so vs; The better feeling which was observed a week ago in the iron and steel and the woolen industries still continues, and improvement is now felt in prices as well as in magnitude of transactions. The news as to railroad properties is more favorable., aud earnings continue in excess of last year’s. The general average of prices has again advanced a little. Reports from other cities indicate improvement in trade at Cleveland and Pittsburgh, and in the wool and groceries trades at Philadelphia, but are otherwise but little changed. Collections show no improvement on the whole. The glass trade is fair. For anthracite coal there is a hotter demand with reduced output. The sales of southern iron continue large and prices of pig are rather lower. Brtiulstuils are stronger. Less favorable crop reports are the pretext; probably excessive speculative sales are the cause. Pork products and hogs are lower, but oil has advanced. The rise in raw sugar continues, and refined has been marked up. No disturbance results in the money market from the heavy exports of gold, in part because during the week the treasury has paid out $3,000,0.x) more chan it lias taken in. The business failures number 250 as compared with a total of 225 the week previous. Jr or the corresponding week of last year the figures w ere 232. THE SAMOAN TREATY. The Agreement Signed and the Commissioners Separate. Tin agreement between England, Germany, and the United States on Samoan affairs has been signed at Berlin. It will not be m-ide public until confirmed by the Senate. While it is called an agreement by tb • officers of the State Department. Mr. Walker Blaine says that it wilt undoubtedly require ratification by the Senate. Sts it is a matter affecting the foreign policy of the United States. The agreement was cordially approved by all the members of the conference and by their respective governments. Tho best of feeling prevailed at the termination o' tho labors of tne commissioners. The agreement guarantees an autonomous administration of the islands under the joint control of Germany and America. England acting us arbitrator in the event of differences arising. The Samoans are to elect their own King and Viceroy, and to be represented in a Senate composed of the principal chiefs and chambers elected by tho people. Samoa is to have the right of levying duties of every kind. The treaty also stipulates that the Germans shall receive a money indemnity for their losses. A special court will be appointed to deal with the land question. As the Americans made their udhesion conditional upon the ratification of the treaty by the United States Senate, the status quo will, therefore, obtain in Samoa until December.

BIG FIRE IN GKINNELL. Flames Devour Forty-three Business Houses in an lowa Town. A solid block and a half of the principal part of Grinnell, lowa, is in ashes. The fire started, no one knows how, in Treat & Co.’s grain elevator on the Rock Island Road and swept with swift fury through an entire half block on the south side of Commercial street and leaped to the square north, comprising thirty business buildings, nearly all of which were substantial briek structures. A strong south wind was blowing and the fine square was soon in a roaring conflagration. The Torrent Steam Engine Company was quickly at work and a company from Brooklyn and a hook and ladder company from Marshalltown cams by specials and rendered effective service. In the two blocks mentioned every building was burned except the Ames brick block of three stores. Nelson & Power’s double store and the Sponcer building, containing drug aud millinery stores. The losses by fire aud water aggregate forty-three buildings, worth over $150,000. It is thought the insurance will cover 40 per cent, of the fire loss, mostly held by Eastern companies. * CHANDLER NOMINATED. New Hampshire Republicans Choose Tlielr Candidate. W. E. Chandler was made the Republican Legislative caucus nominee for United Senator from New Hampshire. After the vote had been announced. Mr. Chandler appeared in the caucus and addressed it briefly, accepting the nomination. He pledged his sacred honor that he had done nothing undignified, unworthy, or dishonest in the conduct of his canvass. He had spent no money, he said, or promised no money for votes. BY SPECIAL GRAND JURY. Another Investigation of tho Cronin Murder Case. Another extensive investigation of the murder of Dr. Cronin at Chicago has been begun by a special Grand Jury. At a preliminary conference between the State’s Attorney and the grand jurors it was determined to make the inquiry a wide one; to hear, in the secrecy of the grand jury room, the testimony of a few witnesses heretofore held in reserve by the State

and to direct the search not bo much against Alexander Sullivan. Coughlin, Woodruff, and P. O’Sullivan as against five or six other men, the triends of Alexander Sullivan and members of Cam|> 30 of the United Brotherhood. The jury will take at least a week to perform its duty. The testimony will of necessity overlap that brought out by the Coroner, but It is intended to utilize a considerable part of the stenographic report of proceedings of the inquest instead of orally examining the witnesses. THE INDIANS QUIET. Exaggerated Report* Resulting from a Drunken Bpree. The reported Indian uprising in the Mille Lacs Reservation, in Northern Minnesota, in which an excited Sheriff called for government troops and an imaginative correspondent gave the names of six Swedes who had been scalped, proves to have been only a drunken spree among the redskins. Jim Chalty. chief of the Snake River band, says that the trouble with settlers was caused by whisky and there would be no general uprisinz, for the Indians desired to maintain peaceful relations between themselves and the whites. He said that the Indians would assist to bring the murderer of Magnuson, the only person known to have been killed, to justice. Tho Indians had been supplied with whisky by lawless whites, and while drunk they had made an attack.

AUOTHKK ARREST. Capture of a Man Supposed to Know About the Cronin Murder. The Chicago police have made another arrest in the Cronin case. The utmost secrecy is maintained in regard to the prisoner, and inquiries fail to elicit any satisfactory reply from the police. The man.it is claimed, is being held simply as a witness and is being kept out of harm’s way and at the came time prevented from giving the police the slip. The suspicions against the man are based on his having been seen loitering near Iceman Sulllivan’s house before the murder. The man was not in the employ of the iceman, but it is claimed that he was frequently seen about tho Carlson cottage acting in a suspicious mauner. CONDITION OF WHEAT AND BARLEY. Crop Report of the Department of Agriculture. Tho crop report issued by the Department of Agriculture for June gives the following State averages for winter wheat: New York, 90; Pennsylvania sipd Georgia, 95; Maryland, Missouri, Kansas, and California, 98; Virginia, 97: Texas. 88; Michigan and Iqdiana, 90; Kentucky, 8(5; Ohio, 88; Illinois, 92. The following averages are given for spring wheat: Wisconsin. 9(5; Minnesota, 93; Dakota, 88; Nebraska and lowa, 99. The area of barley is about the same as last year, and tho average condition 95.

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DEATH IN A PENNSYLVANIA MINE. Four Men Killed Outright—Two Others Fatally Injured. Several miners were at work in a large breast of the Gaylord mine, at Plymouth, Pa., where, without warning, the rocky roof foil in upon them. Four men were instantly killed; their names are: Reese Lloyd, Put Carley, William Williams, and Matthew Davis. Two Poles had their legs cut, and will probably die. Insufficient propping to sustain the roof was the cause of the accident. A WAY TO USE THE MONEY. Gov. Beaver Makes a Suggestion to the Donors. In an address to the public by Governor Beaver, of Pennsylvania, he suggests that a portion of the Johnstown relief fund be used to erect shanties to enable people in Johnstown to begin business. The Governor says that if persons who have already contributed desire that their contributions shall be appropriated for the purpose indicated, their request will be sufficient. SIGNED DR. CRONIN’S SENTENCE. Names of the Committee Who Found Him Guilty of “Treason.” It is asserted in London that the members of the Clan-na-Gael committee who signed the majority report finding Dr. Croning guilty of treusou to the organization and sentencing him to be “removed” were James J. Rogers, of Brooklyn, N. I’.; P. A. O’Brine, of Pittston, Pa.; Christopher F. Brynes, of Saxonvilie, Mass., and John D. McMahon, of Rome, N. Y. OUR PEOPLE’S NUMBERS. The Census Bureau’s Estimate on the Census. Preparations for the tuking of the census of 1890 are assuming shape. The appropriations provide for 175 Supervisors, which is an excess of twenty-five over the number employed in 1880. This excess of Supervisors will go to the South and West, one each going to Oklahoma and Alaska. The Bureau estimate of the population is 65,000,000 for this census. CROPS RUINED. Great Damage Caused by Excessive Rainfall in Western New York. The extensive rains that have fallen for the past two weeks have totally rulne J the crops in Western New York that were left untouched by the frost. Fruit is now seriously affected,- and is falling off in large quantities. The total loss from rain and frost will reach far into the millions of dollars. * Fatal Wreck in St. Louis. A frightful smash-up with fatal results occurred on the Poplar street tracks, just outside the Union depot, at St. Louis. The Iron Mountain passenger train was rounding the last curve before reaching the depot, when the engine jumped the track and dashed into an adjoining building, doing considerable damage and instantly killing John Gebhard, aged 27, of St. Louis. None of the passengers were hurt, but Engineer Diemert was terribly scalded. Frank

tirr, fireman, bad a leg and arm broken and James Trainer, brakeman, was severely injured. Lutheran* in Council. At the thirty-fourth biennial session of the Lutheran Chuich of the United States in Pittsburg, Rev. H. W. McKnight, D. D.. was elected President; W. S. Frees, D. D„ of York. Pa.. Secretary; and Alexander Gebhardt, D. D.. of Dayton, Ohio, Treasurer. A resolution indorsing the Drohibitory amendment, which is to be voted on in Pennsylvania ou the 18th inst., was unanimously adopted. Explosion of a Benzine Still. A benzine still at the Bear Creek Oil Refinery at Coleman's Station, Pa., boiled over, setting fire to the still-house and a small building adjoining. The Stillman, Augustus Jack, was burned to a crisp and died in a few minutes. James Kirkpatrick and Charles Dunn were terribly- burned and will probably die. The Millers’ National Association. At their meeting at Milwaukee the Millers’ National Association elected F. L. Greenleaf, of Minneapolis. President; A. R. James, of Buffalo, First Vice President; William Sanderson, of Milwaukee, Second Vice President; and George H. Plant, of St. Louis, Third Vice PresidentSix Persons Killed in a Fight. At Givens’ Store,]eighteen miles southeast of Austin. Texas, an alleged horsethief resisted arrest at the hands of a negro constable and a free fight followed. Four whites and two negroes are reported to have been killed, while a dozen other persons were wounded.

Alexander Sullivan Released.' Alexander Sullivan, who was under arrest* for complicity in the Cronin murder, has been admitted to bail by Judge Tulev in habeas corpus proceedings. Bail was fixed at $20,000, which was forthcoming, and the necessary bonds having beon signed the accused was liberated. Bob Younger Dying of Consumption. Bob Younger, the youngest of tho notorious family of bandits, is said to be dying of consumption in the penitentiary at Stillwater, Minn. He has been in prison thirteen years, and an effort will be made to have him released so that he may die outside of prison walls. The Supply of Grain. On the Bth inst. there were 18,892,181 bushels of wheat in sight aud 12,020,237 bushels of corn. This indicates a reduction of the supply of wheat since last report of 1,313,035 bushels, and an increase of corn of 412,306 bushels.

Emma Rond Secretly Married. It is stated that in October, 1888, Miss Emma Bond, victim of the outrage at Taylorville, 111., was married to C. E. Justus, a young wool merchant, of Hepler, Kan. and thtit the wedding was kept secret until recently. Attempted Train Wrecking. An attempt was made to wreck and rob a passenger train on the Louisville & Nashville Road near Falkville. Ala A freight train came along before the passenger and was wrecked. No one was hurt. A Castor-Oil Trust. Announcement is made that a castor-oil trust is forming in the West, the capital stock to be between $250,003 and $500,000. There are but sea’en castor-oil manufacturing plants in the country. Bishop’s Doctors Indict^, Drs. Irwin, Ferguson, and Hfftiee, who made the autopsy on the body of Mindreader Bishop, have been indicted at New York for violation of the sanitary law. ’>• Big Bail for a Small Theft. Thomas McCormick was held to the Chicago Criminal Court in bonds of SI,OOO for stealing 90 cents from Frank Sarnisky, a 10year old lad. _____ For an Alaskan Relief Station. The United States steamer Bear has sailed for Point Barrow, Alaska, with supplies and materials for a relief station to be established there.