Democratic Sentinel, Volume 13, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 August 1889 — MRS. MAYBRICK SAVED. [ARTICLE]

MRS. MAYBRICK SAVED.

Her Sentence Has Been Commuted to Else Imprisonment. The work of erecting the scaffold for the execution of Mrs, Maybrick, at Liverpool, had already begun when it was announced officially that Home Secretary Matthews had commuted the sentence of the condemned woman to penal servitude for life. The decision was based on the conflict of medical testimony as to whether the iJoison found in Mr. Maybrick’s stomach

was sufficient to produce death. After a prolonged consultation between eminent lawyers and Mr. Matthews the unanimous opinion was arrived at that Mrs. Maybrick had administered poison to her husband with Intent to kill. No further appeal, either for a release from pri -on or for mitigation oi the sentence to life imprisonment. will be entertained. This decision is in accord with public sentiment and the liveliest satisfaction is manifested on all sides. THBEE TRAINS IN A SMASH-UP. Two Freights and a Passenger Badly Damaged on the Erie. A Lehigh Valley freight tra n was backing into a switch at Big Flats, N. Y., when the Erie express, with the rightof way. crashed into the caboose, tearing through it and two other cars, the whole mass of wreckage toppling over and rolling down the embankment. Andrew Wallace, a passenger, was buried under the wreck and scalded, besides sustaining other injuries, from which he will die. Charles Kimball's arm was broken. The express car, which followed its engine down the track, was also wrecked, and both messengers were injured. The wreck took tire, burning freight and passenger cars, but most of the baggage was saved by the passengers. GOOD FOR THE ORCHARDMEN. A Remedy Discovered for Pear-Leaf Blight and Apple Mildew. Prof. T. B. Galloway, chief of the section of vegetable pathology. Department of Agriculture, has recently succeeded as the result of practical experiments in producing a remedy for the disease called pear-leaf blight and apple mildew, which annually causes great destruction to these trees. As a result of practical experiments he feels justified in recommending it to the farmers and fruit-prowers as both efficacious and economical. The remedy consists of the application of a fungicide, with an appliance by which 50,000 plants were sprayed in a day and a half at a cost, not including labor, of $4.75 for each application, five being required to secure good results.

TO OPEN RED LAKE RESERVATION. Probability That 3,000,000 Acres of Good Land Will Soon Be Open. The outlook for the opening of the great Red Lake reservation in Minnesota is better. Up io the 17th inst. no signatures had been obtained and the Indians were plotting a massacre. The ringloader of the opposition was arrested and placed in jail, and his followers practically surrendered. Commissioner Rice explained at a council that the whites only wanted to treat by peaceful methods, and the Leech Lake red men began signing The commissioners assert that they will have sufficient signatures in another week to secure the opening of the 3.000,000 acies. BUSSEY OVERRULES BLACK. Dishonorably Discharged Soldiers Entitled to Pensions. Assistant Secretary Bussey, in a decision in the appeal of Daniel B. Kaufman, a pension claimant, has rescinded rule 135. made by Commissioner Black, and has overruled the opinion of ex-Assistant Secretary Hawkins in the same case, that a “dishonorable discharge” from the service operates as' a “bar to pension.” The opinion re-estab-lishes the ruling of the Department which prevailed through all administrations antedating the issuance of rule No. 135 by Gen. Black.

TWO MORE SEALERS CAPTURED. The Schooners Pathfinder and Minnie Taken In Behring Sea by the Rush. At Victoria, B. C., news has been received ■of the capture of two more Victoria sealing schooners in Behring Sea. The vessels are the Pathfinder and the Minnie. At the time of the capture by the Rush the Pathfinder had BJO skins. The American schooners Ariel and Tetjsa Are also reported to have been boarded but allowed to proceed, although they had seals on board, on condition that they at once leave Behring Sea.

TANNER’S LATEST ORDER. He Makes an Easier Rule In Regard to Proving Pension Claims. Pension Commissioner Tanner has issued the following order: To Chiefs of Divisions : The rule which has hitherto maintained in this office regarding proof of origin of disability, under which the evidence of one commissioned officer or one orderly sergeant was accepted, while, in the absence of that evidence the testimony of two private soldiers has been required, is hereby se far modified that, in the absence of the evidence of the commissioned officer or the orderly sergeant, the origin shall be -held to lie proved on the evidence of the claimant and one private soldier; provided always, that said claimant and said private be men of character. A National Chrysanthemum Society. At the session of the American Society of Florists at Buffalo, N. ¥., a National Chrysanthemum society was organized with the following officers: President, John Thorpe, Pearl River, N. Y.; Treasurer. John Lane, Chicago: Executive Committee, W. J. Bettermann, Indianapolis; J. T. Anthony, Chicago; Robert Craig, Philadelphia; Alex Murdox, Pittsburg; B. 1. Critchel, Cincinnati.

North Dakota’s Cattle Plague. Territorial Veterinarian Collins has completed his investigation of the cattle plague which is decimating the herds in Yankton County, Dakota. Mr. Collins claims that the epidemic is splenic apoplexy caused by drinking impure water. About 300 cattle have died so far, besides a large number of hogs that were fed on the carcasses of the cattle. A Chicago Blaze. The old Post and Mail Building. Nos. 84 to 88 Dearborn street, Chicago, has been badly damaged by fire. The damage to the structure is estimated at from §lo,ooojto $12,000, and to the stocks of the several tenants the loss is thought to be about SIOO,OOO, only partially covered by insurance. Geo. E. Cole & Co., printers, are the heaviest losers. Mexican Mine-Owners Make a Move. Mexican mine-owners have resolved to erect a smelter as a protection against the

increased duty on ores imposed by the United States Government. A prominent buyer of ore says that his business has been damaged to the extent of 35 per cent, since the order for the collection of the increased duty was issued.

Father an<l Daughter Fatally Burned. At Tecumseh, Ont., a fire broke out in Rector Robinet's house and destroyed it and two adjoining buildings. Mrs. Robinet and her father were hemmed in by the flames and fatally burned. Mr. Robinet threw his three children from an up-stairs window, but they were caught by the crowd aud escaped serious injury. Bogus Money Shovers in Missouri. J. D. Robinson has been arrested at Union Star, Mo., on the charge of passing counterfeit money, a considerable amount of which was found on his person. The bogus money is the bill known as the $lO “Webster head,” manufactured by the Dayton, Ohio, gang, which was broken up some time ago. A British Bark Lost at Sea. The British bark Onaway, which sailed from Philadelphia June 5 for Bilboa, with a crew of fifteen men and 124,234 gallons of crude petroleum, valued at $8,956, is believed to have been lost, as nothing has been heard of her since she passed out the Delaware Bay. The captain’s wife and two children accompanied him. Axtell Beats His Record. At the racing meeting of the Northwestern Breeders’ Association, at Washington Park. Chicago, Axtell, in a stallion race, lowered the world’s three-year-old record of 2:14% by making a mile in 2:14. Allerton also made a mile in 2:18%, which is very fast for a three-year-old. Special Census Agents. Superintendent of Census Porter has appointed Dr. William C. Day a special agent to collect the statistics relating to structural materials. The Superintendent has also appointed John W. Collins and Charles W. Smiley as special; agents to collect the fishery statistics.

The Behring Sea Controversy Sir James Fergusson, British Under Foreign S cretary, Informed Mr. Courier in the House of Commons the other day that communications are passing between the British and United States Governments in regard to the seizure of sealers in Behring Sea. Linked Missouri and Kanias. The pontoon bridge aeross the Missouri River at Leavenworth, Kan., built at a cost of $85,000, has been completed. The bridge connects the Kansas and Missouri shores, and already land on the Missouri side has found quick sale, and a village of saloons is predicted. Spain Doesn’t Want the Pope. The Spanish Government has sent a circular note to the governors of provinces throughout Spain instructing them nbt to take part in the movement to induce the Pope to reside in Spain, and to do everything possible to discourage the project. Boiler-Shops Burned. The boiler-shops of the Bigelow Company at New Haven, Conn., manuacturers of boilers, engines and plate-iron were totally destroyed by fire. Loss, $75,000; partially insured. Determined to Kill the Jute Trust. The State Farmers’ Alliance of Alabama has consolidated with the Farmers’ Wheel. Both orders have united against the jute bagging trust and will fight it to the death.

Proposed Northern Pacific Extension. A Winnipeg. Man., dispatch says: The Northern Pacific Railroad has decided to build into the Souris district at once. About foity-five miles will be built this year. Threatened Famine in Montenegro. A dispatch from Montenegro says that a famine is threatened, owing to the failure of the crops, and that endemic disease is now extensively prevalent. Eloped with a Priest. The wife of “Mike” McDonald, the millionaire politician and ex-gambler, of Chicago, has eloped with a Catholic priest.