Democratic Sentinel, Volume 13, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 August 1889 — Page 3

INDIANA HAPPENINGS.

EVENTS AND INCIDENTS THAT HAVE LATELY OCCLRKED. An Interesting Summary of the More Important Doings of Our Neighbor*—Weddings and Deaths—Crime. Casualtie* and General Now* Notefc Fort Wayne Driving Club Meeting. From present indications the Fort Wayne Driving Club will have one of -the largest field of horses in their races August 28, 29, and 30 that have ever congregated on a race track in Indiana, and as all of the railroads entering Fort Wayne will offer excursion rates, it is expected an immense crowd of visitors will be present. The following excellent program has been prepared for the occasion: WEDNESDAY, AUG. 28. I—3:00 Class. Trotting Purse 8490 3—Free for all. Pacing “ 400 i—Running; Half-mile; Two in three “ 250 THURSDAY, AUG. 29. 1—2:22 Class; Trotting Purse 8400 s—2:4oClass,0Class, Pacing..... “ 400 >—Running, One Mile Dash “ 300 FRIDAY, AUG. 30. i— 2:3B Class, Trotting Purse S4OO 3—2:27 Class, Pacing “ 400 J—2:29 Class, Trotting “ 400 10 —Running ; Half-mile; Two in three “ 250 Minor State Items. —Mrs. Mary E. Terrill, of Kokomo fell dead in her door yard. —The Goshen brush factory is said to be negotiating for a removal to Wabash. —Benoni Swearingin, a well-known citizen of Lafayette, was found dead in bed. —John Dunbar’s barn, near Greencastle,was struck by lightning and entirely consumed. —John S. Moore’s draft horse, “Scotland’s Glory, - ’ was Killed by lightning at Plainfield. —lsaac Joseph, a prominent Vincennes merchant, dropped dead from heart disease. —A new sect, called by its followers ‘the Church of Christ,” has been organized at Terre .Haute.

—The Edinburg Fair and Trotting Association will hold its fair during the first week in October. —Anderson has secured another glass factory, which is expected to be in operation by November. William Bingeman, of Logansport, escaped the fatal results of a rattlesnake’s bite by swallowing a quart of whisky. —Fire of incendiary origin destroyed the barn of Patrick Sheedy, near Hardenburg, recently. Four horses and two mules perished in the flames. —The Smith bent works at Muncie, destroyed by fire last week, will be rebuilt at once. In the meantime over 250 employes are forced into idleness. —Jo'seph Ault, a farmer living near Columbus, was pelted terribly by heavy hailstones in the storm near Columbus, and now lies in a critical condition. —Bryan Doran, a young brakeman on the 0. <t M. road, was knocked from the ear at the entrace of the long tunnel near Fort Ritner and instantly killed. —The toll-gates in Union Township, Montgomery County, have been removed, and now there are not over ten miles of toll-roads in the entire county. —The Attorney General has decided that Township Trustees are obliged to introduce into their districts such school text-books as are authorized by the new law.

—John Sass, of LaPorte County, was thrown from a mowing machine in front ■of the cutter-bar by a runaway team, receiving injuries from which he bled to death. —Luther Denny, owner of a tile factory near Octagon, was caught in the belting of an engine and mortally injured. His left arm end side were ground into pulp. —One of Lafayette’s bright young men tried the parachute act the other night, using a sheet for a parachute, and leaping from the top of the house. He is laid up for repairs. —Mrs. Martha A. Fersonette, of New Castle has brought suit against Dr. J. H. Welsh, of Middletown, for $25,000 damages. She claims to have been drugged and taken advantage of. —Charles E. Yandes, a tramp printer, fell between the cars at Shelbyville, while stealing a ride on a J., M. &I. freight train. His right leg was cut off and his left foot crushed. —William Saber, of Richmond, was seriously, if not fatally, injured by the falling of a shed roof under which he was standing at the time. A rusty nail was driven«some distance into his head. —Mrs. J. H. Hartman, aged 55, went to sleep on the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern track, near Millersburg, and was struck by a train and instantly killed. She had been insane since the death of her husband, two years ago. < —The L., N. A. & C. watchman at the Market-street crossing, in Crawfordsville, lives on 10 cents a day, and has done so for years. He has dyspepsia, and takes no nourishment except sweet milk and buttermilk.

—Charles Golliher, one of the bestknown citizens of Losantville, received injuries, which resulted in his death. He was engaged in loading hogs, when one of the porkers sprang from .the 'wagon on the backs of the horses. The team took fright and dashed forward, catching Mr. Golliher between two wagons and crushing his body. He died shortly afterward from internal injuries.

—Two boys who took refuge from rain under a tree, near Evansville, were struck by lightning and were temporarily rendered unconscious. —The Jones twin freak at Tipton has been classified by Prof. George Jackson Fisher of Sing Sing, N. Y., as belonging to what is known as the “ischiopagus,” which means, joined by the seat bones. There are but eight similar cases on record. One of the tw ins was very sick last week and it was feared fa-tally so. It has, however, recovered its usual good health.

—Patents have been granted Indiana inventors as Hollows: Eugene Bretney, Indianapolis, dust collector; James Chambers, Rochester, washing machine; James W. Cheney. Indianapolis, blacksmith’s mandrel; Henry H. Dille, Richmond, pawl and ratchet mechanism; T. H. Haberkorn, Fort Wayne, valve for steam engines; Sylvester Hoadley, Gosport, price calculating device; John E. Little, Princeton, gate; James B. Mersman, Lagrange, folding washbench. —Secretary Heron, of the State Board of Agriculture, is gradually adding to his collection of relics, which are played in one of the rooms belonging to the board at the State House. The other day he received one of the oldfashioned flails, which has been superseded by the modern thrashingmachine. It consists of nothing more than two hard sticks joined together with a strap, yet it was the only machine for thrashing wheat thirty-five years ago,

—A constable named Johnston near the white sulphur wells was sent to Leavenworth for a mariiage license. Laboring under the idea that he had the power of uniting the would-be happy couple, he returned with the license and tied the knot. The couple forthwith went to housekeeping, and not until two days later did they learn that they were not really married. To make certain they called in a minister of the gospel and had him make the knot Gordian.

—John Riley, commonly known ae “Riley, the bum,” who is wanted at Washington for murder in the first degree, has turned up in that city after an absence of nine years, and proposes to give himself up. He told several intimate friends that his life had been an unbearable burden. His crime was the killing of Richard McNally, a bartender who ejected him from a dance-room. The witnesses are nearly all dead, and it is thought it will be a difficult thing to convict the murderer. —An amateur Wild West show in Jeffersonville, terminated rather disastrously for one of the participants, Willie Cain, aged 16 years. To make the scene more realistic, one of the boys loaded his 32-calibre weapon with a leaden cartridge instead of a blank. The Cain boy took the character of an Indian, and when the order was given to fire he received the ball from the 32calibre revolver in the face. The bullet shattered the jaw-bone, knocked out several teeth and lodged in the left cheek. Dr. William Fry removed the ball, but the condition of the boy is serious. The show has disbanded.

—Hon. John W, Lovett, of Anderson, has in his possession a valuable souvenir of Lincoln’s first administration, in the shape of one of the three pieces composing a water set usedby the President during that time. It is a solid silver goblet, rather over size, very plainly engraved with the word “Lincoln” across the front. This piece was given to ex-Governor Will Cumback on account of his intimate relations with the lamented President, with the understanding that it was not to go out of the family, and by Mr. Cumback given yesterday to Mr. Lovett, his son-in-law. The relic is highly prized by the latter gentleman, and is attracting considerable attention from friends and admirers of the great war President. —A dastardly attempt was made to wreck the Richmond and Logansport accommodation, on the Pan-handle, near New Castle. After the train had gotten within three squares of the station, and was running quite slowly; the engine struck a tie which had been laid across the track, and, together with the tender, was thrown from the track. The cars were not derailed, but several of the passengers were hurt by the shock. James Mullen, a prominent business man of this city, had his shoulder broken, and received severe internal injuries. Fireman H. H. Beaulieu was severely bruised, and several others received slight injuries. There is no clew to the perpetrators of the outrage, but no SJtone will.be left unturned to ferret them out.

—The 14-year-old son of George Knott, living at Columbus, accidentally swallowed a pin about a year ago. He suffered no inconvenience, however, until nearly three months afterwards, when he began to be troubled with pains in the lower part of his body. Soon a number of small eruptions appeared in succession on his abdomen and thighs, and he went into a rapid decline. The ailment baffled the skill of the physicians, and it seemed that nothing could be done to relieve the boy’s suffering, until the other day, when the cause of the trouble was unexpectedly discovThe patient (felt a pricking sensation on the exterior of his abdomen, and, reaching his hand to the place, he found a pin protruding, which, upon being extracted, was found to be covered and badly eaten with pist. The boy is now gaining strength rapidly.

FLEECING UNCLE SAM.

IHE DUTIES ON CARPET WOOLS IMPROPERLY REDUCED. The People Robbed to Recoup Philadelphia Carpet Manufacturer* for a Big Corruption Fund Contributed to Aid in the Election of Harrison. [Washington special.] The Philadelphia manufacturers who contributed through Wanamaker to that $400,000 corruption fund on the promise of the chairman of the National Republican Committee that they should not lose anything by it are discovering that their confidence was not misplaced. Mr. Quay knows what he is about. One of the first appointments asked by him was that of Mr. Leach to be Appraiser of the Port at Philadelphia. Leach is a brother of Frank Leach, Quay’s private secretary, and, of course, a serviceable and controllable official. One of the first things Leach did after taking possession of his office was to ask the Secretary of the Treasury for permission to classify woolens and worsteds together. Leach prepared the data at the Philadelphia end of the line, and Quay says that there was no hitch at this end. The change of classification was of great help to the carpet manufacturers of Philadelphia, who were among the most liberal contributors to the $400,000 fund.

Within the last few days another scheme, still more important, has been pushed through by the efforts of Leach and Quay. At Leach’s suggestion the Treasury appraisers have decided to admit English wool waste at 10 cents per pound, instead of 30 or 60 cents. According to law, the duty on plain wool waste is 10 cents a pound; on scoured wool 20 to 30 cents a pound, and on scoured wool which has been subjected to further process of preparation, 60 cents a pound. Here was a loophole which the manufacturers on this side of the water and the exporters on the other decided to take advantage of. On account of the high rate of duty on scoured wools and noils, the latter being the short fibers, knots, broken fleeces, and tangled fibers combed from scoured wool, the expedient was devised of running this stuff through a garneting machine. Large quantities of garnet waste are now turned out in England for export to America. The machine tears and ravels out the twist in thread, thus reducing it back to the original purified wool by reason of taking out the twist which is originally given to the wool to make it yarn or thread. In the process of spinning yarn or thread from wool a percentage of this yarn becomes tangled, and is called thread waste. By running it through a garnet machine the stock is restored to the original condition of wool, all the twist being taken out of the yarn, leaving the wool which composes it in a condition of unspun wool top. It is capable of being used for any purpose for which unmanufactured scoured wool can be used. It can be either combed or carded, and can be spun into worsted or woolen yarn. To make a salable article noils and other scoured wools were run through the machines with the other waste for the purpose of disguising the mixture.

The material thus produced was a highly purified article of wool, useful to carpet manufacturers, yarnmakers and others, and yet it was brought to this country under the guise of waste. The Cleveland administration, caring more for a faithful execution of the revenue laws than, for the profits of Philadelphia carpet manufacturers, refused to let this article in under its false colors, and collected the lawful duty of 30 cents a pound. It had actually become so profitable to import this so-called waste and cheat the revenue that in England for a time the price of the article was raised above the price of scoured wool, frqm which it was made. Scoured wool could not be sent to the Unifed States because of the 30 per pound duty, while the same article, under the name of garneted waste, could be admitted at only 10 cents per pound duty. Quay and Leach have succeeded in having the old rule restored.

Again this bogus waste, made of highly purified and workable wool, conies in at a rate of duty which defrauds the revenues, and the Philadelphia J>anufacturers are in a fair way to get a return of the money which they invested in Harrison’-s election through Wanamaker. The duties on carpet wools imported during the fiscal year amounted to the snug sum of $2,377,000. The American wool grower is one of the lambs that will be plucked by this fraud. The Quay party has cheated him sadly. In the last campaign the Ohio and other Western wool growers joined hands with the manufacturers in electing Harrison under a compact which was to protect the interests of both. The manufacturers were to have the benefit of an identical classification of woolens and worsteds, and the wool-growers were to be satisfied with a ruling that would put a stop to the importation of scoured wool disguised as waste at the low rate of duty. An effort was made to carry out the terms of the compact. Secretary Windom had a decision ready that would shut out all the bogus waste, as it declared the garneted stuff scoured wool which had been subjected to a further process of preparation, and therefore subject to a duty of 60 cents per pound. At the last moment the influence of Quay was brought to bear, the bargain with the wool-growers was repu--diated, and the Philadelphia manufacturers are now in protectum clover.

They gain at both ends, securing cheaper raw material from abroad and higher f rices for their manufactured goods to be worked off the protectionloving public.

TRESCOTT IS IN CLOVER.

A Man with a Shady Record Practically in Charge of an Important Bureau. [Washington special.] The real head of the State Department during Secretary Blaineto absence is William H. Trescott, of South Carolina. Trescott holds no official position, but appears to be in the epjoyment of a comfortable income, as he lives handsomely. Probably he is paid out of the contingent fund, and since Marell 4 he has virtually done little but attend to the work for which Walker Blaine draws salary—the claim office. How well these men are qualified to work together this peculiar field may be inferred from the fact that it was Trescott and Walker Blaine who were sent as special commissioners to Peru during the brief but enterprising reign of Blaine in the Garfield administration. Blaine has stuck by Trescott ever since, and appears to be afraid to let go of him. He has made Trescott a member of the American congress which is to meet here in October, and seems anxious to take very good care of him, notwithstanding his record as a secessionist. Probably the good citizens who lifted their hands in holy horror at the appointment of Mr. Lamar to a seat on the Supremo bench will be glad to know what Mr. Trescott’s war record was. Some years ago Joe Holt, of Kentucky, who was Postmaster General under Buchanan, was in Washington. A friend asked him to go along with him to call on Mr. Trescott, who then lived in the old Wadsworth house, on H street, for a long time occupied by Mr. Blaine. “No,” said Holt, “I will not call on Trescott. The last time I saw him he met me on the steps of the State Department early in 1861, and told me our GoverTiment was to be wiped from the face of the earth, and a confederacy created in its place. ”

Bluff old Joe Holt would not shako Trescott’s hand, not because the latter was a rebel, but because he was a traitor. Trescott’s record was exposed by Hay and Nicolay in the Century of October, 1887. Letters written by himself, by Bhett, Floyd, Gist, Drayton and others show conclusively that Trescott was a member of the Washington cabal which not only tied old Buchanan’s hands but actually sent guns to South Carolina. Though Trescott was at this time Assistant Secretary of State and under oath to support the United States Government, it is conclusively shown that he was one of the spies who from the inside were watching the interests of the South, and it was through his hands that confidential communications from leading spirits in the secession movement passed. Walker Blaine says his father regards Trescott as the “most accomplished diplomatist in America,” and it is known that Trescott, the special Peruvian commissioner and agent of the secessionists, who wanted all the garrisons removed from Sumter and Moultrie, possesses the confidence of the Secretary of State to such an extent that he is now virtually at the head of the State Department, in special charge of the bureau of claims.

Iowa Republican Quarrels.

The gubernatorial fight in lowa is warming up early, and Lieutenant Governor Hull, who is one of the candidates for Governor, has lost his temper and gone into the letter-writing business. He has published an epistle claiming that the assertion that 116 offered to manipulate the Senate committees of the last Legislature, of which he had the appointment as President of the Senate, in the interest of Eastern insurance companies, to be a brazen falsehood, and charges ex-Gov-ernor Sherman with being the author of the report. Hull appears to be virtuously indignant. In spite of his protests, the evidence to convict him is said to be in existence, and should he succeed in hoodwinking the convention so far as to nominate him it will be produced. Ex-Governor Sherman has a rod in pickle for him, and swears that if Hull is nominated he will take the stump against him, and fire off his ammunition, of which he has a good supply. Old sores will be reopened, the famous case of ex-Auditor Brown will figure in the contest, and many other interesting events will be paraded before the public. This, in connection with the promised battle between Allison and Larrabee for the Senatorial seat, will bring lowa into prominence as a battle-field in the fall campaign. —Dubuque dispatch to the Chicago Herald.

Not an Interesting Administration.

Mr. Harrison’s administration lacks one element important to success. It lacks the subtle and indescribable something called interest. You can’t tell why, but it is not interesting. In his official family are men like Blaine, Wanamaker and Rusk, with personalities out of the ordinary. But even the latter’s riding on a hay-cart and his bareback riding have failed to hold the public attention for more than a xnonient. Mr. Blaine’s brilliant moves on the chess-board have received but passing notice. Proctor, Miller and Noble do nothing to get themselves talked about. Wanamaker may fairly claim to lie an exception, but he is only one out of eight, and there is a coldness about the interest in him.—Philadelphia Telegraph.

GREAT SHOE FIRM FAILS

THE LIABILITIES REPORTED AT A MILLION AND A QUARTER. Assignment of the Firm of Batcheller A Co. of Boston, Creating Consternation Among the Trade—Reasons for the Collapse—Prospects of Resumption. A Boston dispatch says: E. and A. H. Batcheller & Co., among the largest boot aud thoe firms in Boston, and doing business at 106 Summer street, have assigned. Mr. Batcheller of the firm stated that the liabilities would reach about $1,250,000, with nominal assets about the same figure. An expert accountant is now going over the books, and a report will be made to the creditors as soon as possible. The assignees are Thomas E. Proctor of Boston and R. Batcheller of North Brookfield. The larger amount of the indebtedness is said to be on paper and held by parties who are at present unknown to the firm. Four-fifths of the indebtedness is to banks and individuals. The leather trade will not suffer, as the firm paid cash for most of its leather. The company is one of long standing, and the failure creates great surprise. This was one of the ten firms in Worcester county that had a long contest with the Knights of Labor in 1887 lasting some five months, and this struggle, which resulted in favor of the manufacturers, was very expensive and has undoubtedly contributed directly or indirectly to the present embarrassment The immediate cause of the failure is large losses made by A.f H. Batcheller outside of the business, and the fact that the recent large failures in the leather trade, followed by the Lewis Brothers failure, added to the ill health of the senior member of the firm, have rendered it difficult to obtain money on the firm’s commercial paper. It is undoubtedly true that the manufacturing business of the firm has been profitable and this makes it likely that the business will be re-established under some arrangement between the firm and its creditors. The firm owns its factory and machinery, which are estimated to be worth over $200,000, and also owns the Batcheller hotel at North Brookfield. The firm carries an insurance of nearly $1,000,000 on buildings, machinery, , and stock. A. H. Batcheller, the head of the firm, lives in Boston, and is a director in the Manufacturers’- bank. His residence, which is on Commonwealth avenue, stands in his wife’s name. Francis Batcheller, the junior partner, lives at North Brookfield and has charge of the manufacturing. >

BURKE’S APPEAL DENIED.

Tho Winnipeg Suspect'* Extradition Case Settled. A Winnipeg, Manitola, dispatch says: The court room was crowded Tuesday when the three judges entered to give a decision i upon the appeal in the case of Martin Burke, the Cronin suspect. The Chief Justice was the first to render! judgment He went over the facts of the proceedings very hurriedly and then proceeded to sweep away one by one the ob-' jections raised by Burke’s lawyers whom the application for a writ of habeas corpus* was made. Constable McKinnon’s evi-i dence-was not objectionable as the question l ! asked were only such as were necessary' to tenure the information for tho police, office register. The chief justice had ex-, amined the cases quoted by Baker and) found that they fully sustained his opinion i that a man who is an accessory to a crime' may be indicted as a principal. As to the' agreement that the court should be gov- , erned only by the provisions of the treaty, l the chief justice held that the court could' only be guided by the crime intended to be committed and not by the definition of the crime m the treaty. He ’ did not consider it his duty to weigh the', evidence. All that was necessary to sea was that there was sufficient evidence, ac-) cording to the Dominion statute, to commit for trial. As the defense bad set up' that there was no evidence to convict he had been obliged to review it. He had done so and he could not help arriving at the conclusion that, taken as a whole, the'i evidence was enough to excite strong sus-j picion against the prisoner. The chief justice then reviewed the evidence at con-1 siderable length. In his opinion the ap-' peal should be dismissed and the judgment of Justice Bain extraditing Burke sustained. Judge Dubuis delivered a short judgment concurring in the principal pointsandcon-i eluding that the appeal should be dismissed.) Judge Killam, in a judgment of consider-i able length, agreed with his brother judged in dismissing the appeal and holding Burke' for extradition. The three judges spoke of the desirability of cultivating a policy of the freest exchange of criminals between the two countries, but pointed out that it was a matter for the executive department to deal with.

THE NORTHWESTERN’S REPORT.

It Shows a Decrease in Earnings of Over Two-Thir<ls of a Million. Chicago, July 31.—The annual report of the Chicago & Northwestern railway company for the fiscal year ending May, 31, 1889, has just been issued. It shows tlmt this company, in common with other? Western railroad companies, has suffered a severe decrease in earnings. The gross earningsfor the year ending May 31, 1889,i were $25,692,258.81, against $26,697,558.63 for the year previous; a decrease of $1,005,299.82. Opeiating expenses were $)5,325,650.24, against $15,915,057.23; a decrease of $589,406.98. Taxes were $701,6X7.08, against $745,741.92; $54,104.91. Net interest on bonds was' $5,540,456.12, against $5,215,155.96; in-) crease, $425,300.16. Net earuings in 1889 were $4,066,515.36, against $4,763,603.45 1 in 1888; decrease, $689,088.09.

TAR AND FEATHERS.

A Coat of That Kind Given John Emmons for Beating His Wife. Gaylord, Kan., July 31.—Saturday, night Mrs. John Emmons, against the ad-' vice of her husband, went to the depot to. see an excursion train come in. Upon her return her husband knocked her down while she had her baby in her arms and, then threatened to shoot their two small children. The city marshal arrested Emmons and locked him up. Shortly after-, ward the jail was broken into by a mob and Emmons was given a coat of tar and feathers. Emmons is a clerk in a grocery) store.