Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 March 1890 — CIRCLING THE GLOBE. [ARTICLE]

CIRCLING THE GLOBE.

A WEEK’S IMPORTANT OCCURRENCES CONCISELY SUMMARIZED. Intelligence by Electric Wire from Every Quarter of the Civilized World, Embracing Foreign Affairs and Home Happenings of an Important Nature. WORK OF THE PAN-AMERICANS. Status of the Various SuljJects Considered by the International Congress. A Washington dispatch says: The work of the Tan-Ameiic in Conference has so far progressed that adjournment is confidently expected within the next thirty days. With that in view, arrangements are making for the trip through the South, which will end the official hospitalities of the United States to the delegates. Most of the work of the conference has been done in committee. The status of the subjects referred to the committees is us follows; Customs union, under discussion by the conference, two reports having been presented; the majority report, recommending the negotiation of reciprocity treaties between the several nations wherever prac.icable, it is thought will be adopted to-morrow. Communication on the Atlantic report, pending in conference. Communication on the Pacific, communication on the Gulf of Mexico and the Carribean Sea, customs regulation, port dues, and monetary convention, reports prepared and in the hands of the printer. Extradition, report being translated. Banking and general welfare, reports under consideration by the committees. Railway communication, sanitary regulations, patents and trade marks, weights and measures, and international law, reports adopted. INTERSTATE DECISION. The Ilourrt Settles the Vexed Question of Car Load Rates. The Interstate Commerce Commission has given out for publication a decision by Commissioner Schoonmaker in the cases known as “ear-lovi cases.," They decide that the classification of freight tor transportation is recognized by act of Congress. Under the official classification grocers' art cios are so classified as to discriminate unjustly between car-loads and less than car-loads In many instances. There must bo a revision in order to correct this. A iurther classification of freight for car-loads and less than car-loads, which gives a lower rate to the former than the latter, is not countenanced by the regulation of interstate commerce made by Congress. FIVE SAILORS LOSE THEIR LIVES. The Crew of a Sunken Schooner Drowned Near Baltimore. A Baltimore Md.. dispatch says: Capt. Burgess telegraphs that on passing York spit light-house he saw a yawl-boat containing five men leave a sinking schooner and pull for the light-house. The wind was blowing with terriflo force und ns the boat approached the light-house It wus thrown against the iron piles and swam pod. and ail five of the men were thrown overboard. They grasped the Iron rods or the piles In a desperate struggle for life, but the se i dashed over them with such fury that they were soon benumbed, fell off, and were drowned. THE NEW FRENCH CABINET. MM. de Fveycinet, Ribot, and Cons tans Get tlie Three Principal Portfolios. A Paris cable says: The new Cabinet has been officially announced, and is composed as lollows: President of the Council and Minister of War, M. de Freycinet; Minister of Foreign Affairs, M. Kibot; Minister of the Interior, M. Constans ; Minister of Finance, M. ltouvier; Minister of Justice, M. Fallieres ; Minister of Commerce, M. Roche; Minister of Public Instruction, M. Bourgeois ; Minister of Agriculture, M. Develle; Minister of Public Works, M. Guyot; Minister of Marine, M. Barbey; Minister of Colonies, M. Etienne. ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND STRIKERS. England’s Labor Troubles Reach a Crisis —What the Workmen Demand. A London cable says: One hundred thousand men are out on a strike. Many owners are conceding the terms proposed by the meeting of miners’ delegates at Manchester, March 13. By this compromise the men receive an advance of five per cent, in wages now and a similar advance in July next Henderson’s Militia Rill. Congressman Henderson, ot lowa, has prepared a bill for the reorganization of tho militia of the United States and to promote its efficiency and to wipe out all old and obsolete rules from the laws. Tho bill makes ample provision for the purchase of arms and provides for a national encampment, and is understood to be the most complete and comprehensive billfor the improvement of the national guard that has been reported in Congress. The New Hungarian Cabinet. The new Hungarian Cabinet has been officially announced. Count Szapary becomes Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior, and Herr Bethlen becomes Minister of Husbandry. The other Cabinet offices will be retained by the present incumbents. Several Stores Burned. Fire which started in the rear of D. BBacon & Sons’ furniture store at St. Charles. Minn., entirely consumed the store and those of M. J. Thomas and A. W. Stebbins, adjoining; also the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union parlors. The cause is unknown. Death of Two Centenarians. Mrs. James Hickman and Miss Amelia Gale, two centenarians, died near Parkersburg. W. Ya. Boomers in the Cherokee Strip. Boomers are rushing into the Cherokee strip, despite a proclamation by the President prohibiting it Russian Duties to Bo Increased. It Is annonnoed that all Russian import duties will be raised three months hence. •N

CORN AND WHEAT ON HAND. Valuable Statistics from the Agricultural Department at Washington. The statistical report of the Department of Agriculture for March relates to the distribution and consumption of corn and wheat. It makes the proportion of th 9 corn crop in the hands of growers 45.9 per cent, or 970,900,091) bushels, and of the wheat crop 31.9 per cent, or 156,009,000 bushels. The stock of corn on band is the largest ever reported in March. The average of eight annual returns is G77,00),090 bushels; that of last year 787, )99,0JJ bushels. The estimated consumption to March 1 is 1,143,003,00 j bushels, a figure exceeded only last year and in 1886. The proportion of inercnantable corn of the crop of 1887 is 85.7 percent., exceeded in recent years only by. those of 1884 and 1880. The average value of ali corn on Dec. 1 was 28.3 cents per bushel. The Average on March 1 was 27.9 cents for merchantable and 19.2 for unmerchantable, making an aggregate value of $35,uu0,00; less than the December estimate. The wheat crop of 1889 was exceeded by the crops of 188 >, 1882. and 1884. The average remainder in the bands of growers on the Ist of March for ten years has been 130,000,000 bushels. The average crop during this period is 450,000,000 bushels. Most of the whoat in farmers’ hands is in States which have no surplus overconsumption, nor in those In which much the larger portion is consumed at home. It is seen, therefore, that the available supply for exportation and for home distribution to July Is small. The depleted farm reserves have been measurably filled, except In a few States, but it will require the pressure of high prices to squeeze any considerable proportion of them into commercial distribution. s GIVEN FEDERAL POSITIONS. The President’s Choice for Several Important Place . The President has made these nominations; Lieut. Col. William Smith, Doputy Quartermaster General, to be Paymaster General, with the rank of Brigadier General; James A. Wood, of Now Hampshire, Consul at Sherbrooke; Charles B. Wilson, surveyor General of Louisiana (William Green withdrawn;; Theophilus G. Smith, of St. Paul, Supervisor of Third Census District of Minnesota, vice William H. H. Johnston, declined ; G. Bowie Patterson, United States Attorney for Southern District of Florida. Andrew Davidson, of Cooperatown, N. Y., First Deputy Commiosioner of Pensions ; Henry C. Gooding, pf Indiana, to be Chief J ustice of the Supreme Court of the Territory of Arizona; Alexander Ramsey Nininger, Marshal for the Northern District of Alabama; Robert Waugh, of lowa, Agent for the Indians of the Uintah and Ouray Agency in Utah; Pedro Sanchez, Supervisor of Census for the District of New Mexico; Franklin Sweot. Register of the Land Office at Grand Island, Neb.; Joseph H. Hughes, Receiver of Public Moneys at Spokane Falla, Wash. CONFIRMATIONS. President Harrison's Appointees Approved by tlio Senate. The following appointments have been confirmed by the Senate; Lieutenant Colonel William Smith, Paymaster General United States Army ; Peter A. Williams, Marshal Southern 1 istrict iff Florida; George O. Eaton, Surveyor General of Montana; E. F. Ferris, Register of the Laud Office, and ,J. T. Carlin, Receiver of Public Moneys, at Bozeman, Mont. Consuls—William Burgess, of New Jersey, at Tunstall; James A. Wood, of New Hampshire, at Sherbrooke. Collectors of Customs—A. C. Barwick, at Burlington, N. J.; E. C. Duman, at Beaufort, N. C. Collectors of Internal Revenue—J. D. Brady, Second District of Virginia; P. H. McCaull, Sixth District of Virginia. ARREST OF A CUBAN EDITOR. •Jailed for Advoca’ing Annexation to the United Staten. A Havana cable says: The agitation In favor of the annexation of Cuba by the United States has at lost reached a crisis. The journals which have boon openly und boldly advocating annexation, encouraged, apparently, by public sentiment and immunity from interference, have received a warning which has checked their utterances. La Tordo, which has been conspicuous for its vigorous denunciation of the government and advocacy of Independence or annexation, cap* ped the olimax last week by saying: “The Spanish Government, by its disgraceful and ruinous administration of affairs in this island, has done more than anything elso to throw Cuba into the arms of tho United States." The editor of the puper has beon arrested and is in prison. Other journals are now more cautious, but agitation among the people is stronger than ever. FREYCINET OR FLOQUET. One of These Will Construct a Cabinet to Succeed the One Just Overthrown. In consequence of the French Senate’s relusal to grant Premier Tirard’s demand for tho order of the day when the commercial treuty with Turkey was brought up the ministry lias resigned. The majority against the Premier’s demand was 98. and M. Tirard at once tendered his resignation to President Carnot. Tho latter persuaded him to hold office until after Easter, but after a Cabinet meeting the Premier hande 1 to M. Carnot tho resi’nations of the enti e Cabinot. It is believed that either M. Freycinet or M. Floquet will form a new Cabinet. WRECK OF A CHICAGO TRAIN. One Man Killed mid Many Hurt Near Black Mnmb, Ohio —Other Accidents. A fast vestibule train on the Central Ohio Division of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad rnn into a landslide a few miles east of Newark, Ohio. The engine was thrown into the river and the fireman. Thomas Boland, killed. '1 ha en. inner, John Moore, and an engineer named John Hart, who |WasiiJingon the engine as a passenger, were seriously in ,u ed. None of the passengers was hurt, but they all had a severe shake-up. ROLLING-Mil I. CLOSED. A Cleveland Concern Obliged to Shut Down aud Discharge Its Employes. A Clevelan i dispatch says; 'lhe Tro-pect Rolling-Mill Company, of Cleveland, Ohio, has failed for Si iO.O'JO. The cause of the collapse was attributed to a lack of capital to carry ou the business on as large a scale as had been mapped out by the proprietors. The owners of the mill were Albert Fuller. W. F. Loyd, and L tzars Levy. Levy was the moneyed man of the concern, and sunk a large pile in the works. A HEAVY RUN ON THE BANK. The Boeder Glue Company Failure Affects an Allegheny Institution. As a result of the failure of the Boeder Glue Company, of Pittsburgh, a heavy run set in on the lloal-Estato Loan and Trust Company’s Bank, of Allegheny. The bank promptly met all checks. The glue company failure is a very heavy oue,

but the bank officials say that but little paper was In their hands, and that they will pay every demand. , TERRIBLE CALAMITY IN A MINE. One Hundred and Sixty Lives Believed to Have Been Lost by an Explosion. A London cable says: An explosion of gas took place in the Morsa colliery, in Glamorganshire, Wales.while between three aDd four .hundred people were at work underground. Of these. 200 have been rescued alive, but it is thought that the loss of life will be about 160. Most of the men rescued were uninjured, but several were fatally hurt. TWO FREIGHT TRAINS COLLIDE. Conductor and Brakeman Killed and Eighteen Cars Wrefcked. A Harvard (Neb.) dispatch says: Conductor Grant Norton and Brakeman Canada Miller were instantly killed in a rear end collision between two freight trains on the Burlington aud Missouri Road two miles west of here. Both were extras, and the conductor and brakeman were asleep in the caboose of the first train when the accident occurred. Eighteen cars were wrecked. DESTRUCTION OF A VILLAGE. All the Bulldiugn of Excelsior, Texas, Demolished—Several Persons Injured. A Fort Smith. Ark., dispatch says: A cyclone struck the village pt Excelsior, fifteen miles south of here, demolishing every house in the pluce. No one was killed, though seven or eight were severely injured. A mother and three children were blown fifty feet and left uninjured. Two stores and a fine mill and gin were torn to pieces. OBITUARY. Judge Andrew j. Davis, a Wealthy Capitalist of Montana. Judge Andrew J. Davis, supposed to be ono of the richest men in Montana, died suddenly at Butte. He was a bachelor, and his estate is worth upward of $1,000,000. His brother, John A. Davis, of Chicago, was with him when he died. He was about 75 years of age. RAILWAY MACHINE SHOPS BURNED. Extensive Buildings and Six Locomotives Bestroyed at Columbus, Ohio. The machine shops of the Hocking Valley Bailroad. at Columbus, Ohio, valuod at $50.00J, burned, with six engines valued at $12.(900 each. One hundred men are thrown out of work. Miss Wanamaker’s Engagement.] It is rumored in the clubs and drawingrooms of Washington that the engagement of Dr. Ruth, of the navy, and Miss Minnie Wanamaker, eldest daughter of the Posjtmuster General, will soon be announced. Dr. Ruth is regarded as the handsomest man in the navy, and is the best known and probably the mo>t popular society man in Washin'ton. Ho has been very devoted in his attentions to various pretty girls for several seasons, but it is said that he has now mot his lute in the pretty and wealthy Miss Wuuumaker. A Blaze lu Columbus. The large brick building, Nos. 31 to 49 West Spring street. Columbus. Ohio, has been entirely gutted by lire. The building was ownol by A. D. Roberts. Tho occupants and losses were as follows; A. Teaohout&Co., $50,000, insured; Fumous Laundry, $1,209, Insured; Slattman & Starr, $4,500, partly insured; Columbus WireWorks, $800; Strengel’s Cigar Works, $2,000, no insurance; Doty's Overall Factory, $2,500. The loss on building and contents will amount to 560.000. The Ram’s Horn. This is the somewhat striking title of a new paper soon to be established at Indianapolis Ind.. by Elijah P. Brown, an experienced publisher and a humorous writer of national reputation. The prospectus announces that the Bam ’s Horn will lean toward religion, be humorous in spots, but never frivolous. The aim will be to got out of the beaten track and present religious matter in such shape that people will have to read it Millionaire Flagler’s < hurcli Dedicated. The new Presbyterian Church at St. Augustine. Fla., built by H. M. Flagler, of tho Standard 0.l Company, at a cost of $200,000, has been dedicated. Rev. Dr. Paxton, of the West Presbyterian Church of New York, offleiaiiag, assisted by the choir of the same church, brought from New York in a special car. Supreme Judges Allotted. In the Supreme Court the following allotments have been made for the various circuit-; J or the First Circuit, Horace Gray, Associate Justce; Second, Samuel Blatchlord, Associate Jufli o; Third, Joseili P. Bradley, Associate Jusii o; !• porta, Mellville W. Luller, Chief Justice c itli Lucius ij. 0. Lamar, Associate ; justice; Six h, David J. Biewer, Associate Jus.ice; Seventh, . onu M. Harlan, Associate Juetico; Ei;uta, Samuot F. Miller, Associate Justiio; Nmta, Stephen J..livid. Associate Justice. Death of I’reston Taulbee. Ex-Congressman W. Preston Taulbee, of Kentucky, who was shot iu tho head by Charles E. Kincaid, correspondent of the Louisville Time?, while they were descending the east stairway in the House wing ot the Capitol on the afternoon of Friday. Feb. 28, diod at tho Providence -Hospital, whither he had been removed an Hour or so after tho shooting. English Plenipotentiaries to the Labor Conference. England’s four plehipotentiaries to the Berlin Labor Conference are Sir John Gorst, Sir William Houldsworth, Mr. Dale, and Mr. Scott, British minister to Switzerland. Besides these there will be four delegates. At Washington, the "Grand Jury, after examining the witnesses who testified at the inquest, present jd Kincaid for the murder of ex-Congressman Taulbee, and the District Attorney was directed to prepare an indiotment A Child S'ent to the Penitentiary. At Philadelphia William Bolton, 13 years old, was sentenced to three years’ impris-

onment at solitary and separate confinement at hard labor in the Eastern Pennsylvania Penitentiary. The Detroit River Tunnel. The House Committee on Military Affairs has ordered a favorable report upon the resolution calling upon the Secretary, of War for a statement relative to the practicability and cost of a tunnel under the Detroit Biver. Broke a Switchmen’s Strike. The strike of the yard switchmen and brakemen in the Pittsburg and Lake Erie yards at Pittsburg has been completelybroken. Men have been shipped in from the East and have taken the strikers’ places as fast as needed. Excited Property-Owners. Property owners of Winnipeg, Manitoba, are much excited over the report that the Dominion Government had vetoed the bill legalizing land tax sales prior to 1883. Titles to land for years, it is said, will have ■ to be deckled by the courts. New York Calls a Minneapolis Blvine. The Rev. Dr. David J. Burrell, pastor or Westminster Presbyterian Church at Minneapolis. has received a call from thejAssociated Beform Church of New York City, which offers him SIO,OOO salary and a preliminary six months’ trip to Palestine. Eighty-eight Perished. It is now known that eighty-eight persons lost their lives by the explosion in the Morsa colliery, in Glamorganshire, Wales. An unlocked lamp found beside the corpse of a workman named Morris explains the explosion. Big Paper-House Fire. The Denver, CoL, branch of Carter, Rice & Co.’s paper house at Boston. Mass., has been destroyed by fire. The loss was $350,000, and the insurance only $30,000. Held for Fratricide. At Rochester, N. H., Isaac Sawtelle has been held without bail to await the action of the Grand Jury on the charge of killing his brother. A Monument /or an Italian Patriot. King Humbert has donated the sum of $290,000 for the purpose of erecting a monument to the memory of the Italian patriot, G.useppe Mazzinl. Want the Salmon Canneries. An English syndicate is reported to have secured options of purchase on all the Columbia River canneries save three, and is likely to secure control of the business. Testing the White House Fire Alarm. A test has been made of the fire-alarm apparatus in the White House, and of the efficiency of the district fire department Both were highly satisfactory. Mexican Counterfeiters of American Coin Tho Mexican police have arrested foui Mexicans charged with circulating counterfeit United htates S 5 gold pieces in Mexica. Turkey Apprehensive of Trouble. A Constantinople cable says: An imperial irade orders that the reserves be speedily equipped and held in readiness for any eventuality. Resuscitated from the Coffin. The 4-year-old son of Aaron Naus. living near Lima, Ohio, was resuscitated after having lain a long time in a coffin. He will recover. A Manufacturing Company Falls. The Beaver Valley Manufacturing Company, of West Bridgewater, Pu., has failed for $20,033, with assets of about one-half that amount. Convicted of Matricide. The jury in the Emer Sharkey matricide case at Hamilton, Ohio, hits returned a verdict of murder in the first degree. Tho deed was committed Jan. 12, 1889, at Eaton. Judge McComas Dead. Judge McComas. who, as acting Governor of Virginia, signed tho death warrant of John Biown. died at Fort Scott, Kan., aged 72. Colored Catholics to Meat. A national convention of colored Catholics has been called to meet at Cincinnati on the Bth of July next.