Democratic Sentinel, Volume 13, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 October 1889 — ELECTRIC FLASHES. [ARTICLE]

ELECTRIC FLASHES.

LATEST TELEGRAPHIC NEWS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD. Political Gossip, Railroad Rumblings, Personal Mention, Conflagrations, Accidents, Crimes and Criminals, Minor Occurrences and Events. A TOWN IN ASHES. Serpent River, Ontario, Almost Wiped Out by a Conflagration. Fire broke out in Cook’s lumber yard' at Serpent "River, Ont., while a heavy northwest wind was blowing, which extended the flames to the docks and warehouses of this extensive firm, and soon the whole town was aiire. There were forty buildings in the town, general stores and dwelling houses. Fifty million feet of lumber, this year's cut, was consumed. The loss is eslimated atf3oo.ooo. The vicinity is.strewn with household goods and homeless families for acres. The steamer Africa and schooner Marquis, which were loading at the docks, pulle I out into the lake and are safe. When the fire was extinguished there were a few buildings and the sawmill saved bnt no lumber. Cook Brothers, proprietors , of the industries, had the finest flie protection on their premises of any firm in that section, but the strong wind spread the fire rapidly. The stock was insured for about half the loss. I here are about 200 neople homeless, and temporary structures are being erected to house them.

GOVERNMENT HOSPITALS. What Has Been Done in Them During the Past Year. The annual report of Supervising Surgeon General Hamilton of the Marine Hospital Service for the year ended June 30, 1889. has been made public. It says that during the year nearly fllty thousand seamen have been treated by the officers of the service at the different hospitals and relief stations throughout the United States, a number exceeding by more than a thousand the work of any previous year since the establishment of the -service nearly a century ago. A great deal of space in the report is devoted to the subject of yellow fever, and many interesting papers are printed from officers of the service who were in charge of the various stations in the South during the epidemic of last winter. “L'ANGELUS” IN AMERICA. Millet’s Famous Fainting Reaches New York. A New York dispatch says: Millet’s worldfamous masterpiece, L’Angelas, bought at the Secretan sale in Paris by the American Art Association for the highest price ever paid at auction or elsewhere for a work, of modern art, has arrived in America from France on board of the steamer La Bourgogne. The “Angelus,” after exhibition in New York will be shown in Boston and Chicago and possibly elsewhere. There is every prospect that the display of which it will form part in this city, will be one of the most notable ever held of modern art. A WORTHLESS NAVY. That of the Argentine Republic in a Badly Crippled Condition. An official report to the Secretary of War discloses the fact that 35 per cent, of the’ Argentine naval armaments are quite useless.. The report also recommends the abandonment of the Remington rifle for army use. This state of things, unfortunately for the republic, forces the administration to go before Congress asking authority for an enormous expenditure, thereby made necessary, at a time most inopportune, when the entire press of the country is aflame with articles demanding official retrenchment and reform.

PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTMENTS. Plums Given Out from the President’s Office. The President has made the following appointments: Andrew W. Smythe, of Louisiana, to be Superintendent of the Mint at New Orleans; Chas. A. Cook, of North Carolina, to be United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina ; Simon S. Mathews, of Mississippi, to be United States Marshal for the Southern District of Mississippi; Benjamin W. Walker, of Alabama, to be United States Marshal for the Middle and Southern District of Alabama. THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. The Brooklyn Club Leads In the Race for the Pennant. Per Won. Lost. cent. Brooklyn b-. 44 .676 St. Louis 88 44 .666 Cincinnati 75 61 .551 Athletic 71 59 .546 Baltimore 70 63 .526 Columbus 61 77 .441 Kansas City 54 76 .415 Louisville 26 110 .191 Gen. Clayton Dead. Gen. H. D. Clayton, President of the University of Alabama, died at Tuscaloosa, Ala., aged 62 years. During the late war he was a major general in the Confederate army. Overflow of the River Drave. A Vienna dispatch says Carinthia is inundated by an overflow of the Drave.- A number of bridges have been destroyed and much other damage done. Death of an Ex-Consul General. Gen. Thomas B. Van Buren, Consul General to Japan from 1874 to 1885, died at San Francisco. He was a brother-in-law of William Walter Phelps. Foreign Notes. Cholera is raging in Bagdad and the surrounding country. New evidence is being received daily of Turkish atrocities in Crete. Gladstone scored a victory in the Buckinghamshire contest.

GOVERNMENT APPOINTEES. Late Changes in the Several Department Official*. The following appointments have been announced: Edward O. Leech, director of the mint; M. Hummel, gauger, and William H. H. Carry, storekeeper for the First Ohio District, and Henry Siebers, gauger for the First Wisconsin District. Edwar» O. Leech, who has been appointed director of the mint, was born in Washington in 1850, graduated from Columbia College in 1869, taking the second honor in his class. He also graduated in law from the National University of the District and was admitted to the bar in 1886. Upon the death of his father he was appointed in the Treasury Department. He entered at the lowest grade of clerkship in 1869, and was transferred to the mint bureau in 1873, where he has served continuously, passing through all the grades of clerkship up to his late position, Computer of Bullion, the salary of which was increased by Congress on account of his efficiency. Besides possessing a thorough knowledge of the business of the mints, Mr. Leech has had especial charge of the preparation of the money statistics which have emanated from that bureau, and is considered the best posted man in the United States on the coinage systems of this and foreign countries. His appointment meets with general favor in the Treasury Department, being regarded as in the true line of civil service reform, “promotion for merit," and in general one of the best appointments made by the present administration. Cyrus Anderson of Kansas, to be Register of the Land Office at Oberlin, Kan.; Alfred Lundvall of Nebraska, to be Receiver of Public Moneys at Neligh, Neb.; Charles R. Drake of Arizona, to be Receiver of Public Moneys at Tucson, A. T.; John S. Murphy of Dakota, to be agent for the Indians of the Fort Berthold agency in Dakota. FEARS OF MONETARY PRESSURE. Loss of Gold by the Great Foreign Banks— Crops Large and Business Heavy. R. G. Dun & Co.'s weekly review of trade says: 'The Government crop report was encouraging. but the loss of gold by the great foreign bunks—over $1,100,000 by England, 5*1,000,000 by Germany, and $4,210,000 by France—was large enough to increase apprehension of monetary pressure. 1-arge shipments went from London to Brazil and Egypt. These two opposing influences ruled the markets during the week. Crops are large and business heavy, and the commercial outlook most favorable, but money is comparatively close, aud there is a possibility that it nitty bo closer yet. Reports do not indicate ’ increasing pressure in the interior money markets, and the demand is active at all cities reporting. The volume of trade is increasing at nearly all interior points reporting, aud this involves a larger demand for money. This demand indicates a greater volume of legitimate business than has ever been recorded at this stasou in any previous year, and the heavy railroad earnings—lo per cent, above last y. ar for September—tell the same story. The government crop report was rather a surprise, as it shifted wheat estimates from “a fraction over 12" to 12.8 bushels per acre, making the probable yield not much below uOJ.uoo.OjO bushels. The corn report indicates the largest crop ever raised, aud the came may be said of cotton. With heavy cropn business in all departments will be stimulated and at the same time the demand for money will be increased. Pork products are not much changed, coffee and sugar a little weaker, oil and the minor metals substantially unchanged. Another indication of the general prosperity is seen in the large sales of boots and shoes, though prices were never so low at any previous time, and leather, just now ■quoted firm, is as low as at any time in thirtyfive years. The business failures during the last seven 'ays number -214, as compared with 206 last week, and 192 the week previous to the lust. For the corresponding week last year the figures were 227.

TOOLE IS ELECTED IN MONTANA. The Legislature Democratic—Republicans Allege Fraud. The eleetian of Joseph K. Toole (Dem.) to the Governorship of Montana by a majority of from 300 to 600 is now conceded. Carter (Rep.) is elected to Congress by 1,000 majority. The Democrats claim the Legislature by seven majority on joint ballot. The Republicans will not concede as much, but admit that on the face of the return it is Democratic. They allege fraud in Silver Bow and Deer Lodge counties. The general opinion is that there will be no contest, and that the Democrats will have the Governor and Legislature, while the Republicans’ elect the Congressman and a large majority of the State ticket. The Independent (Dem.) claims that the State Senate is a tie, and the House Democratic by seven majority. NO PROHIBITION IN CONNECTICUT. The Constitutional Amendment Defeated by an Emphatic Majority. Returns from Connecticut, which voted on the question of prohibition, indicate that the vote on the prohibitory amendment is about 3to 1 against it, the majority being about 30,000 in a total vote of 60,000. The new secret ballot law received its first trial. There was no excitement at the polls, and in a general way the plan worked exceedingly well. One hundred and three townships and the cities of Waterbury and New Haven give a majority of 24,000 against the prohibitory constitutional amendment Norwich cast 679 for the amendment and 1,864 against, while license received 1,909 votes to €94 against. New Haven polled 6.681 votes, 5,068 being against prohibition, which carried but one of the fifteen wards.

IN MEMORY OF SUNSET COX. Ex-President Cleveland and Proctor Knott Eulogize the Departed Congressman. There was a very large audience at Cooper Institute, New York City, the other night, to pay tribute to the memory of the late S. 8. Cox. Ex-President Cleveland, Mayor Grant, General Sherman, A. S. Hewitt, ex-Governdr Hoadly, Charles A. Dana, and Roger A. Pryor were among the many well-known citizens on the platform. Ex-President Cleveland and Proctor Knott were among the principal speakers. Mr. Cleveland dwelt upon the purity and unselfishness of Mr. Cox’s public life, and said it was well to inquire whether the times were such as to make these qualities in themselves a cause of distinction; and if so, whether such a state of affairs boded well for the public welfare. Mr. Knott’s speech was the warm tribute of a personal friend. AXTELL SOLD, A Chicago Syndicate Buys the RecordBreaker for $105,000. Col. Conley, of Chicago, has completed the purchase of the great trotter Axtell for $105,000. This is* the highest price ever paid ih the world for a horse of any description. The syndicate which purchased Axtell is composed of the following gentlemen: W. P. Ijams, Terre Haute, Ind.; A. E. Brush, Detroit; Col. J. W. Conley, Chicago; and Mr. F. T. Moran, of Detroit These gentlemen were satisfied that the

mile made in Terra Haute in 2:12. beating all 3-year-old records by 1% seconds, was done easily and within Axtell’s limit, and that his future promised greater events. These men are the shrewdest of gentlemen horsemen, and the fact that they were offered $15,000 advance for their bargain testifies to their good judgment.

knights elect officers. J. P. S. Gobin, of Pennsylvania, Chosen Grand Master. The Grand Encampment Knights Templars of the United States in secret session at Washington elected ihe following officers to serve during the next three years: Very Eminent Sir J. P. 8. Gobin of PennsyL vania. Ven- Eminent Grand Master; Very Eminent Sir Hugh McCurdy of Michigan, Deputy Grand Master; Very Eminent Sir Warren La Rue of Kenluckv, Grand Generalissimo; Very Eminent Sir Reuben Hedley Lloyd of California, Grand Captain-General; Very Eminent Sir Henry Bates Stoddard of Texas, Grand Senior Warden ; Very Eminent Sir Nicholas Van Slyck of Rhode Island, Grand Junior Warden ; Very Eminent Sir H. Wales Linas of Connecticut, Grand Treasurer; Very Eminent Sir William B. Isaacs of Virginia, Gra id Recorder. PICKPOCKETS MAKE A HAUL. Light-Angered Passengers on a Train Obtain Nearly 5i,700. Pickpockets went through the passengers on Panhandle passenger train No. 3, a few miles east of Newark, Ohio, obtaining almost $1,700. The losers are Ed Lemert, of Frazeysburg, $1,050; Janies Lake, Samuel Dunn, Mrs. Irwin, $110; unknown woman, $300; and an unknown man, §2lO. The bank officials were notified by Mr. Lemert not to cash his drafts. At the time the train was crowded. The thieves jumped off the train and skipped with their booty. PLANS FOR A BIG BRIDGE. An Engineer’s Model for a Structure to Connect New York and Jersey Cfty. Gustav Lindenthal, an engineer of Pittsburg, Pa., is preparing a model of a bridge to span the Hudson from Jersey City to New York. The structure is to be a suspension bridge, 7,000 feet in length. The river span will be 2,850 feet, and the other two spans over 2.000 feet. The height of the bridge from the floor to the river will be 140 feet, and the roadway 85 feet wide, sufficient to accommodate six railroad tracks. It is estimated that the cost of the structure will be £40,000,000.

WESTERN UNION MEETING. The Board of Directors Selected—Financial Statement. At a recent meeting at New York of the Western Union Telegraph Company the Board of Directors was re-elected. Owing to Mr. Gould’s absence from the city his 204,000 shares did not vote, only 393,000 having voted for the board. The annual report for the year ended Juno 30 shows the outstanding capital to be §89,199,852, of which §26,050 is in the treasury of the company. The bonded debt is §12,443,192. FELL on A PIC KET FENCE. An Ohio Judge Meets with a Fatal Accident While Picking Apples. Judge Robert Raley, of the Common Pleas Court of Carroilton, 0., while picking apples fell from the tree, a distance of fifteen feet, and alighted on the top of a picket fence. Three ot his ribs were fractured, one of them being driven into his lungs, from the effects of which he died. , A Palatial Home in Ruins. The mansion of Mr. Clement Studebaker at South Bend, Ind., has been destroyed by fire, entailing a Joss of 5300.000, with but $25,000 insurance. Mrs. Studebpker saved her little grandson at the risk of her own life, and sustained burns and wounds of a dangerous character. Mr. Studebaker, who is with the Pan-American excursionists, received news of the disaster at Worcester, Mass., and at once started homeward. It was his intention to give the distinguished travelers a dinner in the house that has just bean ruined by the flames. Official Returns of the Indianapolis Election. Official returns of the Indianapolis election give Sullivan (Dem.) 1,795 majority over Coburn (Rep.) for Mayor. Swift (Dem.) for City Clerk, has a majority over Taffe (Rep.) of 1,253. The Board ot Aiderman comprises five Republicans and five Democrats and the Council ten Republicans and fifteen Democrats.

He Sent the Poisoned Candy. William McDonald, a clerk in the wholesale drug establishment of T. B. Barker & Sons, at St. John, N. 8., has been arrested, charged with being the person who sent poisoned candy through the mail -which caused the death of Mrs. Mcßae. McDonald is a brother of Mrs. Barker, widow of the late Mayor of St. John. He was once an inmate of an insane asylum. The Woman’s Congress. The Woman s Congress, at Denver, Col., elected Julia Ward Howe, of Rhode Island, President; Isabel Howland, of New York, Secretary; Henrietta Wolcott, of Massachusetts, Treasurer: Sophia Hoffman, of New York, and Charlotte Pierce, of Pennsylvania, Auditors. Vice Presidents from every State in the Union were elected. Indianapolis Is Democratic. The Indianapolis city election has been carried by the Democrats for the first time since 1873, the Republicans being defeated by majorities of 500 to 1,200. The Democrats elect the Mayor. City Clerk and a majority of the Common Council, giving them complete control on joint ballot and securing the election of all incumbents of city offices. Persecution of Christians. The London, Daily News prints a letter from Crete which confirms the report that Chakir Pasha, the Governor, allowed the Turkish troopS to pillage and persecute the Christians after gaining their confidence by promises of protection. The letter gives a list of the killed, banished and imprisoned and describes the atrocities in detail. Woman’s Rights Congress at Denver. The seventeenth annual congress for the advancement of women met at Denver, Col. The opening address was delivered by the President, Mrs. Julia Ward Howe,

and papers were read by many delegates. About fifty delegates were present, representing almost every section of the United States. Sudden Death of a Judge. At Ottawa. Ont., Judge Oliver delivered the address at the unveiling of the Tabaret statue, and in the evening attended a banquet given by the Senate and. the faculty of the University of Ottawa. Upon returning home he complained of having caught cold, and died in a few hours. Outrages at Crete. Mail advices from Crete bring fresh accounts daily of the wanton cruelty practiced by the Turks upon the Christian population of the island. Turkish officials connive at the outrages, and all complaints on the part of the victims are met with derisive laughter. The Grain Supply. The visible supply of grain as reported by the New York Produce Exchange is: Wheat, 18,849,813 bushels, an increase of 996,609 bushels; corn. 11,511,974 bushels, a decrease of 1,421,624 bushels; oats, 5.645,516 bushels, a decrease of 94,096 bushels. Unearthed Lord Howe's Remains. Laborers at Ticonderoga, N. Y., unearthed a coffin, bearing, according to the inscription, the remains of Lord Howe, who was killed in the battle of Ticonderoga July 8,1758. The skull was found to be intact, but the other bones were considerably decayed.

A Wife Beater’s Sentence. John Eisenberg, a Baltimore wife beater, was given thirteen lashes at the jail whip-ping-post. His back was a livid mass when the whipping ended, the blood running from the places where the ends of the cat had broken the skin. 'r Revenue Collectors Named. The President has made these nominations: George H. Large, Collector of Internal Revenue for the Fifth District of New Jersey; Calvin G. Brewster, Collector of Customs for the District of Corpus Christi, Tex. Poisoned a PriestThe Rev. James Kelly, of Oneida, N. Y., while celebrating mass, partook of anout two teaspoonfuls of wine. He was taken seriously ill, and sent to a drug store for an antidote. Arsenic was found scattered on the table a the altar. The Brooklyn Navy Yard. It is said that Secretary Tracy, in his annual report, will recommend the enlargement and improvement of the Brooklyn Navy Yard. The estimated expense will be §8,000,000, the outlay to be made at the rate of §500,000 a year. Dakota’s Wheat Yield. A careful estimate madj by Commissioner of Immigration Hagerty shows that the yield of wheat in Dakota this year is 44,009,092 bushels. Thirty Irish Fanners Arrested. Thirty farmers, tenants on. the Smith Barry estatb in Tipperary, Ireland, have been arrested for refusing to pay market tolls to their landlord. Nebraska and Michigan Must Wait. In the Episcopal Convention at New York, a committee has reported adversely to the erection of new dioceses in Nebraska and Michigan. 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. Agricultural Implements Burned. Ihe agricultural implement warehouse of Church ll Parker, at Omaha, Neb., has been destroyed by lire. Loss §20,000; fully insured. Columbia College’s New President. The Trustees of Columbia College, at a meeting, elected the Hon. Seth Low, of Brooklyn, President of the College. Ex-Gov. Perry Said to Be Dying. A Washington dispatch says information is received that ex-Gov. Perry, of Florida, is believed to be dying at Bandera. Tex. Samuel J. Randall Is Better. Congressman Samuel J. Randall, who last week was not so well as usual, is now better.