Democratic Sentinel, Volume 13, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 October 1889 — NUGGETS OF GOLD. [ARTICLE]

NUGGETS OF GOLD.

Important happenings in every QUARTER OF THE GLOBE. The Latest Intelligence Received by Wire from Distant Lands and at Home—The Cream of the News Gathered from All Quarters of the World. BOULANGISTS BEATEN. The Re-balloting in France Disastrous to tlie Little General. The result of the reballots taken in France in the districts in which th « recent elections formembers of the Chamber of Deputies were without definite result, show that the Boulangists have obtained nearly halt of the repiesentation of Pa-is, and many of the anti-llcpublicans elected aie pledged to the revision policy. M. Jacques. Opportunist, who was defeated by Boulanger in January, has row beaten the Boulangist candidate by a small majority. JI. Debelival. Revisionist, who was dismissed from the Council of State for publishing otbook entitled “Homines en une Bepublique," is elected by a large majority. Returns from 170 districts in which reballots were taken show the election of 122 Republicans and 48 anti-Hepubllcans. In Neuilly, M. Laur, Boulangist, received 10,724, and Manoine, Republican, 8,352. In Toulouse. Minister Constans received 8.394, and M. Susini 6,883. In Bordeaux, ex-Minister Raynal received 11,570, and M. Princelan, Conservative, 11,243. Boulogne returns a Conservative and a Republican. It is reported that a split has occurred between Boulanger and Count Dillon because of the former’s assertion that the bargain wilh the Conservatives had caused a loss of scats to the Roulangists.

FOLK MEN MEET DEATH IN FLAMES. Terrible Result of :ui Early Morning Fire at "Winona Miss. At Winona. Miss., R. E. Lotts’ two-story restaurant building was burned, and four out of the nine men who occupied sleeping apartments in the upper story were burned to death. The dead are: A. Thomas, merchant, of Cumberland, Miss.; J. Lawthry, merchant, of Hohenlinden, Miss.; Lon Crouch, merchant, of Hohenlinden. Miss.; Paul Williams, farmer, of Sun Creek, Miss. They were all prominent citizens in their respective communities, and were on their way home from Memphis, where they had been purchasing goods. The other five occupants of the upper story escaped.by climbing, down the awning or jumping. A. J. Cook and W. L. Alford, who jumped, were badly injured. The pecuniary loss is not large. NEW YOKE’S VICTORY. The Giants Win the league Pennant Standing of the Other Clubs. The base-ball season of the National League has closed. New York winning the pennant. The following tables show the standing of the other clubs: National. W. L. pc American. W. L. Pc New\ork...B3 411 .63!) Brooklyn. ...88 42 .676 Boston 83 45 .648 St. Louis.. ..85 44 .658 Chicago 67 65 .508 Athletic 69 55 .556 Philad'u ... .63 64 .496 Baltimore.. .69 58 .543 Pittsburg....6l 71 .462 Cincinnati... 72 61 .537 Cleveland... 62 72 .462 Columbus... 56 76 .424 Indianap 5.,59 75 .449 K’ns’s City..s3 72 .424 Washingt’n.4l 84 .218 Louisville... 26 105 .192

DELICATE WOKE EOK DIPLOMATES. An Alleged Ceding to Russia to Be Investigated by Austria. Considerable excitement is caused in Vienna by the report that the Prince of Montenegro has ceded a portion of the Bay of Antivari to Russia, and that the Czar has already given orders for the establishment of a naval depot there and the building of a fort. The Austrian Foreign Office has addressed inquiries on the subject to St Petersburg, and the matter promises to furnish delicate work for the diplomates.

BISHOP VAIL’S DEATH. The Venerable Prelate of the Diocese of Kansas Dies at Bryn Mawr, Pa. A Bryn Mawr (Pa.) dispatch says: The Right Rev. Thomas Hubbard Vail, D. D., LL. D.. Bishop of the diocese of Kansas, has died here, after an illness of two weeks. Bishop Vail was taken seriously ill while en route from Kansas to New York to atattend the general convention of the Episcopal Church. He was brought to the residence of Mr. Andrew Wheeler, where he died. CUT HIS THKOAT WHILE INSANE. Suicide of Sir William Tindal Robertson, a Member of Parliament. Sir William Tindal Robertson committed suicide at Brighton, England, by cutting his throat. The deceased represented Brighton in the House of Commons. In politics he was a Conservative. He was blind and served on the royal commission for inquiring into the condition of the blind. He took his life in a fit of insanity. THIRTY PERSONS KILLED. The Island of Sardinia Visited by a Terrible Hurricane. A terrible hurricane has visited the Island of Sardinia, Italy, One hundred persons were buried in th e debris of buildings shattered by the storm and thirty persons were killed. Negroes to Invade Kansas. An immigration society which has been recently established in Topeka, Kan., in connection with the late exodus of negroes to Oklahoma, has received letters from Tennessee. Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana, and the Carolinas saying that there will be 20,000 negro emigrants from those States as soon as they can gather their crops and get ready to leave. I

UNCLE SAM’S LIABILITIES. The Public Debt Has Decreased Over 813,000,000 During September. The following is a recapitulation of the debt statement issued Oct. 1: INTEREST-BEARING DEBT. Bonds at 4J4 per cent.....'s 128,821,800 Bonds at 4 per cent 655,385,050 Refunding certificates at 4 per cent.. 118,140 Navy pension fund at 3 per cent.... 14,000,000 Pacific Railroad bonds at 6 per cent. 64,623,512 Principals 862,948,502 Interest 9,553,759 Totals 872,502,261 DEBT ON WHICH INTEREST HAS CEASED SINCE MATURITY. Principals 1,897,425 Interest 152,968 Totals 2,050,394 DEBT BEARING NO INTEREST. Old demand and legal-tender notes.. $ 346,737,458 Certificates of deposit 15,275,000 Gold certificates 116,675,349 Silver certificates 276,619,715 Fractional currency (less $8,375,934, estimated as lost'or destroyed).... 6,915,690 Principals 762,223,212 TOTAL DEBT. Principa151,627,069,140 Interest 9,706,728 T0ta151,636,775,868 Less cash items available for reduction of the debts 420,175,909 Less reserve held for redemption of United States notes 100,000,000 $ 520,175,909 Total debt less available cash items $1,116,599,959 Net cash in the Treasury 46,554,428 Debt less cash in Treasury Oct. 1, 1889 1,070,055,530 Debt less cash in Treasury. Sept. 1, 1889 ....$1,083,740,625 Decrease of debt during the months 13,685,094 Decrease of debt since June 30, 1889 . 6,591,090 CASH IN TREASURY AVAILABLE FOB REDUCTION OP THE PUBLIC DEBT. Gold held for gold certificates actually outstandings 116,675,349 Silver held for silver certificates actually outstanding 276,619,715 U. S. notes held for certificates of deposit actually outstanding 15,275,000 Cash held for matured debt and interest unpaid 11,604,153 Fractional currency.... 1,691 Total available for reduction of the debt...s 420,175,909 RESERVE FUND. Heid for redemption of U. S. notes, acts June 14, 1875, and July 12, 1882.$ 100,000,000 Unavailable for reduction of the debt: Fractional silver coin 22,864,840 Minor coin 233,497 Totals 24,098,337 Certificates held as cash 46,721,855 Net cash balance on hand 46,544,428 Total cash in the Treasury, as shown by Treasurer’s general account $637,540,530

A CLOSER MONEY MARKET. It Cheeked Business for the Last Week to Some Extent. R. G. Dun & Co.'s weekly review of trade says: A eloser money market has checked operations to some extent. October disbursements and moderate purchases of bonds have made the money market easier for the present, but the rate on call, after rising from sJ<j to 8 per cent, and even to 30 per cent for a short time, is yet about 7 per cent., with no improvement in the commercial loan market. The reports of business from all parts of the country show increased activity on the whole, though in some branches trade is not up to the September level. Chicago finds business larger than a year ago, with heavy country orders showing a large demand and easy financial condition throughout the West. The year's receipts of cereals fall off a little, but of provisions are nearly doubled. Cleveland finds all branches improving, and factories full of orders. Pittsburgh notes higher prices for iron and steel, glass business active, with works all operating, and the coal trade dull, waiting water for the river movement. Throughout the West excellent crops are the basis of large buying by the farming districts and confident hopes as to the trade for the rest of the year. The wool market shows a better tone, because concessions in price have induced larger transactions. Raw sugar is lower, the demand for consumption being slack, and meanwhile heavy sales of sugar trust stock have depressed the price. Wheat has weakened, and the price is 1% cents lower. Corn is 1 cent and oats % cent lower, and pork steady. The general level of prices is nevertheless a shade higher than Oct. 1, and has advanced 1)6 per cent, since Sept. I—a result rather due to partial failure of some crops than to increase of momentary supply. The volume of money in circulation is $15,300,000 larger than Sept. 1, and the increase in three months has been $28,000,000, but the aggregate is scarcely larger now than it was last December. The business failures in the United States for the quarter ending with September were 2,276, showing a decrease of 85, or 3.7 per cent, from last year, but for nine months the number has been 7,879, showing an increase of 329, or 4 per cent. The liabilities for the past quarter have been swelled by a few large failures to $39,227,045, or 40 per cent, more than for the same quarter last year, but for nine months the aggregate has been $105,055,890, an increase of 16’j per cent. For last week the failures reported number 172 for the United States and thirtyfour for Canada, against 192 the previous week, and 221 for the corresponding week last year.

GOVERNMENT APPOINTEES. Late Changes in the Several Department Officials. The following appointments have been announced: Internal Revenue Officials in the First Illinois (Chicago) District—Henry M. Deal and J. O’Donnell, as Storekeepers ; M. B. Keene and John D. Taylor, as Gaugers. To be Registers of Land Offices—George A. Boyce, of Michigan, at Marquette, Mich.; L. M. Lange, of Minnesota, at Marshall, Minn.; Charles B. Kingsley, of Idaho Territory, at Boise City, Idaho ; Lee Monroe, of Kansas, at Wakeeney, Kan.; James R. Hudson, of Arkansas, at Camden, Ark.; M. Green, of Arkansas, at Harrison, Ark.; Horace R. Mann, of Wyoming Territory, at Buffalo, Wy. T.; Alexander L. Morrison, of New Mexico, at Santa Fe, N. M. To be Receivers of Public Moneys—Charles W. Banks, of Kansas, at Salina, Kan.; W. F. Griffin, of Nevada, at Eureka, Nev.; Alfred A. Tufts, of Arkansas, at Harrison, Ark.; Joseph Perrault, of Idaho, at Boise City, Idaho. Henry E. Tarbley. of Salem, Ore., to be a Commissioner of Land for the District of Alaska, at Ounalaska. Elisha E. Applegate, of Oregon, to be Agent for the Indians of the Klamath Agency Oregon. Collector of Internal Revenue—Henry W. Byington for the Fourth District of California, Samuel M. Friday for the Ninth District of Pennsylvania, and James Freeman for Colorado; Stephen Moffitt, Collector of Customs at Champlain, N. Y.; Lewis A. Dodge, Assistant Appraiser at Boston ; Roswell Farnham, of Bradford, Vt., an Examiner of National Banks, vice John H. Senter, resigned. THE CATHOLIC CHURCH. Growth of That Denomination in Tills Country. The pastoral letter of Cardinal Gibbons on the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the Catholic hierarchy in the United States congratulates the Catholics of the country upon the wonderful growth of the church during the century. He estimates the Catholic population of the country at 9,009,000, and says there are thirteen archbishops, seventy-one bishops, 8,000 priests, 10,500 churches and chapels, twenty-seven seminaries exclusively devoted to the training of candidates for the sacred ministry, 650 colleges ahd academies for the higher education of youth of

both sexes. 3,100 parish schools, and 520 hospitals and orphan asylums. LOTS OF WHEAT. Minnesota and Dakota Show an Increase of 2,000,000 Bushels. The following estimate of the wheat supply in Minnesota and Dakota has been prepared by Col. Rogers, of the Minneapolis Market Record: • There were in country elevators along the lines of the railroads in Minnesota and Dakota Oct. 1 4,066,000 bushels of wheat in the houses of elevator companies having ten or more houses each. There are several smaller companies whose houses contain in the aggregate 200,000 bushels. There are in addition several hundred small warehouses and independent elevators carrying small quantities each, but in the aggregate put by careful estimate at 300,000 bushels, making in store in country houses 4,566,000 bushels Oct. 1 this year, against 2,759,000 bushels the same date last year. There were in transit between shippers’ houses and Minneapolis and Duluth what was estimated as three days’ shipments, and one day’s business on track in the yards, making 2,842 cars of wheat, or approximately 1,500,000 bushels altogether in transit, which, added to the stocks in country elevators Oct. 1, gives a total wheat supply of 6,066,000 bushels in country elevators and in railroad transit Oct. 1, against a total in transit and in country elevators October last year of 6,912,849 bushels.

LIVES LOST IN A COLLISION. A Large Number of People Believed to Have Perished Off Newfoundland. A Montreal dispatch says: The transatlantic steamer Geographic, of the Bo§siere line, Capt. Pausset commanding, bound from Montreal to Southampton with cattle, sheep, and a cargo of general merchandise, which left Sydney. C. 8., Tuesday, collided with the Nova Scotian sailing vessel Minnie Swift forty miles off St. Pierre. The Minnie Swift sunk within two minutes, drowning, as nearly as ean be ascertained, two women, three children and ten men. The others, with part of the crew of a Norwegian vessel who had previously been picked up. got on board the steamer,which, despite all efforts, also sunk. Two boats, containing about thirty-five persons, which put off from the steamer, are still missing. The third boat, with the Captain and fifteen others, was picked up by tne schooner Sister Bell, and brought to St. Pierre. THE “Q” MAKES A GOOD SHOWING. Big Increase In Net Earnings and Reduced Operating Expenses. The August statement of the Chicago Burlington & Quincy shows a marked improvement as compared with August. 1888. Gross earnings were $2,580,805, an increase of $307,103; operating expenses, $1,441,735, a decrease of $150,077; net earnings, $1,139,070, an increase of •457,180. For the eight months ending Aug. 31.1889, the gross earnngs were $16,631,732, an increase of $2,518,564 over the corresponding period of 1888 In the same period operating expenses amounted to $10,766,953, a decrease of sl,017,588. For the same time net earnings amounted to $5,864,779, a gain of $3,536,152 over 1888.

THE GERMAN NAVY. Two New Gunboats and Several Cruisers to Be Built. The German Government has placed to the credit of the Navy Department the sum of 32,000,000 marks to be expended on new men-of-war. Of this amount 14,000,000 marks is on account of vessels now in course of construction, being the second appropriation for that purpose. The remaining 18,000,000 forms the first appropriation toward the building of two iron-clads, three cruiser corvettes, one cruiser, and three dispatch boats. It was; rumored on the bourse lately that the Government would ask a credit of 300,000,000 marks for bronze guns for the smokeless powder. IN THE INTEREST OF REFORM. Meeting of the National Civil-Service League at Philadelphia. At Philadelphia, Pa., the National Civil-Service Reform League met and elected George William Curtis President, without opposition. The report of the Treasurer showed receipts during the year of $976.08 and disbursements $716.62. leaving a balance in the treasury of $259.46. Buffalo, N. will be the next place of meeting. » FOUR OFFICIALS KILLED. A Fatal Collision Between Passenger Trains in Germany. A collision occurred between a passenger and a freight train at in Posen. Four railway officials, who were on the passenger train, were killed, and many of the passengers were injured, Political Gatherings. The following nominations have been made by the respective conventions named: New York Democrats—For Secretary of State, Frank Rice of Ontario; Comptroller, Edward Wemple; Treasurer, Elliott Danforth; Attorney General, Charles F. Tabor ; (Engineer, John Bogart; Judge Court of Appeals, Denuis O’Brien. Maryland Republicans—For State Comptroller, Louis E. McComas. Massachusetts Democrats —Governor. Wm. E. Russell, of Cambridge; Lieutenant Governor, John W. Corcoran of Clinton; Secretary of State, William M. Osgood of Boston ; Treasurer, Gen. E. B. Mann of Holyoke ; Auditor, D. T. Trefry of Marblehead; Attorney General, Elisha B. Maynard of Springfield. Postal Appointment. Postmaster General Wanamakerhas appointed David P. Liebhardt. of Indiana, Superintendent of the Dead Letter Office, vice George B. Hall, of Minnesota, resigned. Captain Liebhardt is aoout 45 years oldjis highly esteemed in the Grand Army, and is indorsed as an able business man. Terrible Wreck on an Italian Railroad. Two express trains running in opposite directions belween Naples and Foggia, Italy, came into a collision while running at a high rate of speed through a tunnel. Twenty carriages were smashed and fifty persons killed and injured. Angry Dartmouth Students. Thirty of fifty-three students in Dartmouth College junior class have asked honorable discharge, and will leave if one of their number is not reinstated, having been expelled for smashing the door of a freshman’s room. Eloped with the Husband’s Prisoner. Mrs. J. P. Sand, wife of the Deputy Sheriff at Little Fails, Minn., stole her husband's revolver, keys, and SSO. and. liberating a

prisoner named John Mitchell, they boarded a train and eloped. Mitchell is 20 years old and the woman 40. The husband and a posse have started after the fugitives. Revenue Officials Appointed. The Secretary of the Treasury has made the following appointments in the internalrevenue service:

Illinois —Fifth District, J. W. Crum, storekeeper. Nebraska—Charles B. Coon, gauger. Michigan First District, W. J. McMichael gauger. Kentucky—Second District, John A, Morrison, storekeeper; Fifth District, William Man by, storekeeper, and T. N. Edwards and R. C. Todd, gaugers. West Virginia—G. K. Gay, gauger. Heavy Damages for a Hero. J. Ryilay Peyton has been awarded a verdict for $25,000 against the Texas and Pacific Railroad Company at Shreveport, La., for injuries received while saving a man from being killed by an excursion train. Counterfeiters Caught. Two gangs of counterfeiters were surrounded near Paoli, Orange County. Ind., by United States officers, and eight men were captured and taken to Indianapolis. There are fifteen men engaged in making counterfeit money in that locality. Earthquake Shocks in Mexico. Shocks of earthquake lasting thirty seconds are reported in the City of Mexico and vicinity. There was some alarm, but no damage to person or property. Similar shocks are reported in Guerrero. An Ohio Treasurer Missing. Owing to a shortage of over $4,000 Jacob Zintsmaster, Treasurer of Bethlehem Township, Stark County, Ohio, has disappeared, but his relatives have met all his obligations. It is also alleged that he is a forger. Ran Down a Fishing Schooner. —A small fishing schooner, bound from St. John’s for Bonavista, N. F„ was run down off Black Head by the steamer Falcon. William Carroll, the captain, and James Powell, a seaman, were drowned. Odd Provisions of a Will. The will of the late Wright Duryea, the Glen Cove (L. 1.) starch manufacturer, leaves $1,500,000 to be divided between his two sons, and directs that his tombstone be a 4,000-pound boulder suitably inscribed. Death of William P. Dole. William P. Dole, Commissioner of Indian Affairs under President Lincoln, died at his residence in Washington. D. C., aged 78. He was formerly a resident of Indiana, and Edgar County, Illinois.

Heavy Clothing Failure. Jacob Levi, one of the largest clothiers of Topeka, Kan., has assigned for the benefit of his creditors. Liabilities, $90,000; assets unknown. Chicago, New York, and Rochester firms are the heaviest creditors. Two Killed by an Express Train. Two unknown men were run down and killed by the Washington and New York express train near Wilmington, Del. Papers on one of them indicate that he was Patrick Ryan, of Burlington, N. J. The Lead Trust Absorbs Another Company. The Maryland White Lead Company, at Baltimore, has at last been absorbed by the National Lead Trust, and its stock turned over to the trust. Fast Racing at Westchester. In an exciting race at Westchester. N. ¥., Fordham defeated Pearl Set and others, doing the five-eighths of a mile in 59 seconds, the record for that distance. Proposed Northern Pacific Extension. A Winnipeg. Man., dispatch says: The Northern Pacific Railroad has decided to build into the Souris district at once. foity-flve miles will be built this year. Gored to Death by a Bull. Near Faribault, Minn., William Emery was gored to death by a bull. The animal's horn entered Emery’s right eye and passed through the top of his head. Placed on the Retired List. The following army officers have been placed on the retired list: Maj. Charles H. Hoyt, Quartermaster, and Capt. Harrison S. Weeks, Eighth Cavalry.