Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 June 1890 — NUGGETS OF GOLD. [ARTICLE]

NUGGETS OF GOLD.

IMPORTANT i HAPPENINGS IX EVERT 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 tlie World. CRUSHED BY A FALLING BRIDGE. Twenty-five Persons More or Less Seriously Injured in a Cleveland Park. A Clevelaud (Ohio) dispatch reports a serious accident at Beyerles’ Park, a summer resort in the southern part of that city. At least five thousand people had assembled to see a man jump from a cable stretched across a miniature artificial lake. "People stood all around the lako and a hundred or more wore on a rustic footbridge about ten feet above the ground and extending from a bluff across the lake. The jumper made the descent, striking the water near the shore, and the people on the bridge made a rush for the place. Nearly all of them were massed on a thirty-five-foot span adjoining the bluff. The structure fell with a crash, going down in the middle. The foot- paths under the bridge were crowded with people, and upon these the timbers fell, while those on the bridge were thrown in a heap in the center of the span where it struck the ground. At least twenty-flvo persons ware injured more or less seriously, but only eight were hurt so badly that they had to go to a hospital. Following is a list of the seriously injured: James Sanford, 52 years, 240 Lake street, right leg fractured and" internal injuries, probably fatal; Rudolph Woodrick, 28 years, 43 Louis street, right leg fractured an.d head bruised; Mrs. Rudolph Woodrick, spine and shoulder hurt; Jesse Caldwell, 17 years, ankle fractured and arm badly injured; Bertha Hunter, 15 years, 18J Clark avenue, right hip fractured and Internal injuries? Anna Thoman, 13 years, 831 Clark avenue, right anklo hrukeu; Mary Thoman, 22 years, back and head injured; unknown one-legged man, leg broken. Had the bridge broken over the lake the list of deaths would have bjen heavy.

BASE-BALL. Relative Positions of the Various Clubs In tlie Leading Organizations. National. W. L. sc. Players’. W. I;. c. Cincinnati .29 13 .690 Boston 27 16 .627 Philad’phia2B 15 .651 Brooklyn.. .26 20 .565 8r00k1yn...25 17 .595 New York. 23 20 .534 Chicago.... 23 10 .589 Chicago... .21 29 .512 Boston 20 23 .465 Philad'phia22 21 .511 New York.-. 19 25 .431iPittsburg...l9 22 .403 Cleveland..l3 26 .333 Cleveland. .16 22 .421 Pittsburg.. 9 31 .325|Buffalo ... .12 25 .321 American. W. L. f c.i Western. W. L. c. Athletic 27 14 .058 Minneapolis. 23 15 .605 Rochester...2s 17 .595|Denver 23 15 .605 louibville.. .24 17 .585'Milwaukee. .22 16 .578 St. L0ui5....22 20 .523 Sioux City.. 19 16 .542 Columbus... 19 22 .461 Kansas CitylS 17 .514 Toledo 16 23 .410 Des Moines .20 20 .509 Syracuse.... 16 23 ,410|Omaha 15 24 . 384 Brooklyn.... 13 26 .333,5 t. Paul 10 27 .270 111.-lowa. W. L. ¥ c.l Interstate. W. L. so. Ottawa 22 12 .045 Burlington. 27 11 .710 Monmouth.2l 12 .030 Evaußville.23 W .657 Dubuque.. .20 12 .625 Terre Ha'te. 19 16 .542 Ottumwa.. 22 14 .611 Peoria 13 18 .419 Aurora 17 16 .515 Quincy 15 22 .405 Cdr RapidslS 18 .454 Indiau’p'lis 8 25 ,235 -Sterling.. ..10 25 .285 Joliet 7 25 .218 MARRIED ON A EAST TRAIN. A North Dakota Jurist AVeddod on a Northern Pacific Car. A Casselton (N. D.) dispatch reports the marriage of ex-City Justice C. E. Foster to Miss M. McCormick, of Billings. Mont. The ceremony was performed on board the eastbound train on the Northern Facilic. The bride came from the West on that train, being jo'ned at Cassolton by the groom with a clergyman and a large party of friends. They were assigned a car and the clergyman proceeded at once to business, uniting the couple while the train was running at a speed of forty-five miles an hour. MURDERED AND BURNED TO ASHES. Charred Bones Reveal the Fate of a New York Farmer. What appears to have* been a horrible murder has been unearthed near Lake "Wood, Tioga County, N. Y. Protruding from beneath a log. a man’s leg incased in a boot was found. Of the remainder of the body there were only the charred bones. The boot identified the man as Isaac Doe, a well-to-do farmer. He is supposed to have been murdored and his body burned. Mrs. Burnett's Son on His Deathbed. Little Cedric Hodgson Burnett, the blueeyed, curly haired son of the authoress of “Little Lord Fauntleroy.” is slowly but surely passing away among the leafy glades and beautiful dells of picturesque Wayne, Pa. Dr. Cohen says that little Cedrio is in a slow decline. He may last for some time yet, but he is doomed beyond all the power of human skill and science.

Struck Oil in a Churchyard.

Three months ago the Forest Grove Presbyterian Church at Chartiers, Pa., was a modest little affair with a debt and a meager attendance. Some of the elders, after a hard fight, succeeded in getting a permit to drill an oil well on the premises. Oil was found in abundance, and the little church has been sold out bodily to the Standard Oil Company for $92,009 cash.

Heavy Loss by Fire at St. Louis. Fire in Mansur & Ttbbett’s farm machinery store. 515 and 517 North Main street, St, Louis, completely destroyed the buildings and their contents, causing a loss on the stock of 550,003. and on the building of $50,000; insured. The Shapleigh Hardware Company’s store adjoining on the north side was damaged by water to the extent of $50,000; fully insured. Met ,I)eatli by Drowning. Lizzie Murphy. Nellie Mahoney and John Xaboney, aged respectively 20, 17 and 11, were drowned in Rum River near Anoka. Minn. They were in bathing and the little boy got beyond his depth. In trying to save him the girls went under and they were all drowned together.

COSTLY RAILROAD WRECK. Eight Men Killed in a Collision on the Wabash. Eight persons were killed, twenty-two injured and fifteen valuable horses killed or crippled by a wreck of two Ireight trains which occurred on the Wabash Railway, one mile west of Warrenton. Mo. The west-bound train contained five cars, race horses on the way from Cincinnati and St. Louis to the Kansas City meetings. The wreck was caused by a mistake ot the telegraph operator in sending out the running time of the race train fl;ty minutes instead of five minutes. Both engines and seven palace horse cars wore completely wrecked. The loss to the company will reach $200,030. Both crews were running under orders received. The following were killed: James Kelley, of Chicago; Frank Kelley, of Chicago ; William H. Thomas, a colored bov, of Cynthiaua, Ky.; Henry Stone, trainer, of ilarrodshurg, Ky.; Ed Simons, trainer, of Lexington, Ky.; Morris Green, colored, of Frankfort, Ky.; Sam Davis, jockey, of Islington, Ky.; Frank Martin, of New York. The injured are: Thomas Mulligan, trainer, of Chicago; William Campbell, of Chicago; William Teller, colored, of Covington, trainer for Kelley; Lewis Thompson, colored, of narrodsburg, Ky.; George Woods, a colored jockey of New Orleans; Loe Parsons, Wabash fireman; P. H. Bhevelle, Wabash engineer; .T. E. Norton, brakeman; William Thomas, colored, of La Grange, Ky.; P. H. Shaw, of Harrodsburg, Ky.; Arthur Allen, of Tobia, Neb.; William Adams, of Memphis ; Louis Augustus, colored, of Harrodsburg, Ky.; Lloyd Baxter, of Frankfort, Ky.; Frank Givlnsou, of Covington, Ky.; J. H. Washington, of Spring Station, Ky.; M. Smith, colored, of Cynthiaua, Ky.; George Hurley, of Cynthiana, Ky.; Mike Jenkins, of Harrodsburg, Ky.; R. C. Colliston, colored, of Cincinnati; L. A. Brown, of Louisville, Ky.; Merritt Johnson, ot St. Louis.

TEN DEAD SO FAR. Fatalities Caused by a Kentucky Cloud Burst. During a terrific storm at Bull Creek, six miles above Maysville, Kv., two dark clouds met and burst. The creek jumped over its narrow banks and swept away like driftwood several dwelling houses and their frightened occupants. The stone culvert on the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad over Bull Creek was washed out into the river and, while the storm was at its height, a west-bound freight train ran into the washout. causing a fearlul wreck. The engine and nineteen ears were piled one upon another, almost out of sight in the creek bottom. Engineer. Roadcap, Fireman Houaker, and Brakeman Eaton were buried beneath the wreck. Conductor W. R. Watts and Brakeman W. A. Lowe jumped from the hind ear and eseapod unhurt. A fast wrecking train on its way to the scene ran over Frank Scott, a colored employe, and killed him. About a dozen persons living on the banks of Bull Creek are reported drowned. The following dead bodies have been fouud: John Buggies, a well-known fisherman; Lucy Pestler. a widow, and her two daughters, Bettie and Julia, and two sons.

MONEY FOR PENSIONERS. One Hundred ami Sixty-seven Millions Appropriated by the House. Iu the course of some remarks on the conference report and the urgent deficiency pension appropriation hill Representative Henderson, of lowa, in the House made the following statement of tho appropriations maue by the present House for the benefit of tho soldier: Regular pension bill $98,427,461 Urgent deficiency 21,613,009 Soldiers’ homes (deficiency) 81,609 Artificial limbs (deficiency) 00,000 Bay and bounty claims 1,123,629 Soldiers'homes 2,601,705 Aid for State homes 400,000 Artificial limbs 402,000 Pay and bounty claims 660,000 Expenses of Pension Office 2,439,153 Records and Pension Division, War Department 837,270 Act for total helplessness 45,000 General pension act 35,000,000 Urgent deficicmcy 3,708,838 Total $167,419,731

BOLD BANDITS IN ARKANSAS. They Wreck a Train, Boh It, and Make Their Escape—One Life Lost. A Texarkana (Ark.) dispatch says: A train on the Texas and Pacific Itoad was robbed at what is known as the “FourMile Junction.” A switch was thrown and the train wrecked. An unknown man who was stealing a ride was instantly killed. Express Messenger Nevlin resisted the robbers as they entered the express car and was fired upon, one of tho bullets piercing his right hand and another cutting his ear. The thieves then robbed the express safe and made their escape. The amount of money and valuables taken can not be ascertained. A posse of men has been organized and went in pursuit of the bandits, but as the latter had a good start it is not likely that they will be overhauled. TERRIBLE WRECK NEAR ROCKFORD A Northwestern Train Derailed by a Broken Wheel and Five Men Killed. A Rockford (III.) dispatch says: By tho breaking of a flange on the truck-whe 1 of the engine of the Northwestern passenger train from Freeport, the train was thrown from the t ack just west of here. Five persons were killed, several seriously injured, and the coaches badly wrecked. The persons killed were; E. AY, Blaisdell, engineer; August Johnson, section hand; John Gustafson, section hand; Eur'l Anderson, section hand; Nils Anderson, section hand. WillSeeor, the fireman, who lives at Freeport, was so seriously injured that it is feared he may die. Many of the passengers were 1 badly bruised and scratched, but all escaped serious injuries.

The Surfdry OiVil Hill. Chairman Cannon, from the Committee on Appropriation's, has submitted to the House the sundry civil appropriation bill. It recommends a total appropriation of 527.849.515, being 513,298,370 less than the regular and special estimates and $2,028,801 in excess of the appropriations carried by the last bill. Among the appropriations for public buildings are: Ashland, Wis., $30,000; Aurora, IIL, $30,030; Burlington, lowa, $30,000; Galesburg, 111., $15,000; Lafayette, Ind„ $25,000; Cairo, 111., $10,000; Keokuk, lowa, $7,500; Chicago. 111., $45,C00 for repairs to Custom House and SubTreasury Building, and $15,000 for completing approaches to Marine Hospital. Czechs to Honor the Martyr Huss. All over Bohemia organizations are iprmlng to do honor to the memory of John

Husb, who was burned at the stake at Constance on July 16. 1415, for heresy. It Is the intention to make the demonstration the greatest gathering of Czechs ever assembled, and 700 Czechs will be chosen from all parts of Bohemia as delegates to go to Constance and perform a solemn religious duty before the statue of the martyr. Cardinal Manning’s Jubilee. The Loudon dock laborers, in remembrance of the labors of Cardinal Manning in tbeir behalf on the occasion of the great dock strike, presented that prelate with a purse of $750 in honor of his silver jubilee. The Cardinal, in accepting the gift, announced his intention to devote the money to the endowment of a hospital bed for the benefit of tho laborers. He said he desired to live as a priest should, without money and without debts. Fighting tiie Whisky Trust. A report comes from Kansas City that distillers not in the whisky trust are forming plans to erect two immense distilleries with a combined capacity as great as all the distilleries in the trust, one of which will be located in Kansas City. The two distilleries will cost about $2,000,000 each, and have a capacity of 20,000 bushsls of grain daily. Women Can’t Study lor tlie Ministry. The Harvard College Overseers have voted not to allow women admission to the university Divinity School. The matter came up on the reception of a petition to that effect. Ihe Committee on Petitions recommended that the petitioners have leave to withdraw their documents, and tho Overseers acquiesced. One Train Robber Arrested. The Sheriff of Miller County, Ark., has arrested flvo men near Texarkana suspected of having robbed the train the other night. One of the prisoners, named Polish Howard, was identified and is now in jail. His companions wore discharged. It is thought Howard will confess. Posses are still.hunting for tho rest of the robbers. Disastrous Runaway. At Oswego, N. Y., Miss Belle Mitchell, daughter of the Mayor, and her sister-in-law, Mrs. Edward V. Mitchell, were thrown from their carriage by a runaway. Miss Mitchell, who was to have beeu married in two weeks, while her companion, who had just returned from her wedding tour, sustained serious injuries. Confirmations. The Senate has confirmed the following nominations: Frank C. Partridgo of Vermont, Examiner of Claims, State Department; Robert S. Gardner ot West Virginia, lnaian Inspector; W. H. Byars, Surveyor General ot Oregon; Nehemiah Davis, Receiver ot Public Moneys Fargo, N. D.; Charles F. Hapgood. Register of Land Ottico, Marysville, Cal.; J. F. Mcooskey of Ohio, Consul at Acapulco; J.O. Kerbey ot Pennsylvania, Consul at Para.

Tlie Cyclone Was a Small One. The reported destruction of the town of Channahon, 111., by a cyclone proves to be erroneous. A few barns and outbuildings were wrecked and a number of cattle killed, but none of the inhabitants were killed or injured. Two Men Carried Over the Falls. Two men, whose names could not be learned, were carried over the Grand Falls at St. John, N. 8.. while in a small rowboat, and perished. No trace of them could be found by searchers along the river banks at the foot of the falls. llig Providence Failure. The Oriental Mills Company, at Providence, 11. 1.. have .made an assignment to Samuel Ames, attorney at law. The firm became embarrassed a month ago. There are unsecured debts of 5335,000 and quick assets valued at $134,000. Forming an Umbrella Trust. New York patties have been in Norwalk, Ohio, in consultation with Sprague & French, extensive umbrella manufacturers, with a view of forming an umbrella trust. If the deal is consummated, a part of the goods will be manufactured at Norwalk. Portugal Accepts Arbitration. In the British House of Commons Sir Jam*s Fergusson. Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs, stated that Portugal had accepted in principle the arbitration of the Delagoa Bay railroad matter proposed by England and America. Death of tho “ Silver King.” John Penny, known as “Silver King,” a Scotchman who went to Bolivia. South America, a pauper, and accumulated great wealth, died at his home in that country, aged 58years. An adopted son inherits his fortune. Life Lost m a Fire. The Kansas City, Fort Scott and Gulf Railroad elevator, just completed at West i'emphis, Tenn,, at a cost of $40,000, has been destroyed by fire, G. C. Adams, the contractor, who slept in the building, is supposed to be lest. Mr. Holman Renominated. The Democrats of the Fourth Indiana District met at Brookvillo and unanimously renominated Congressman William S. Holman. It is the nineteenth time he has been similarly honored by his party, Stilson Hutchins Married. Miss Rose Blake Keeling, daughter of the Rev. Dr-. R. J. Keeling, of Aberdeen, S. D., and Mr. Sti'lscn Hutchins, the well-known journalist, of Washington, have been married ait Baltimore. A New Method of Robbery, James O’Dea, an insane man, drew a revolver on W. T. Tyler, of Cleveland, and compelled him to hand over a chock for SI,OOO. O’Dea was arrested while endeavoring to have the check cashed. Rrokeir Fell's Severe Sentence. Broker George H. Pell, who was concerned in the wrecking of the Bixth National Bank of New Y’ork, has been sentenced to seven years and six months at hard labor in ttie State prison. Omaha Will'Be the Place. .The commission of the Methodist Episcopal Church having in charge the location of the next General Conference have

decided that it should be held in Omaha some time in 1892. Beaten on a Johnstown Suit. Forney Tar bell, who sued the Pennsylvania Railroad for $53,000 because of thd loss or his wife and children on a train that was swept away by the Johnstown flood, has been defeated. O’Connor Sell* Hi* Paper. T. P. O’Connor’s interest in the London Star has been purchased by his partners in the enterprise, the price paid being $75,030. Mr. O'Connor agrees not to start another paper in London within three years. Ended the Columbus Strike. A compromise has been agreed upon between the Consolidated Street-Car Company. of Columbus, Ohio, and its employes, and the cars have been started again. The company are to take all the old men back. A 55.000.000 Purchase. The Scioto Valley & New England Railroad has been purchased by the Norfolk & Western Company and will become a part of that system. The purchase price is said to have been $5,000,030. Alexander Badly Scared. At St. Petersburg it is reported that the Czar and family have suddenly left Gatchina for tho Peterhof Palace without making any preparation and without taking any luggage. International Typographical Union. The International Typographical Union, in session at Atlanta. Ga., adopted resolutions indorsing tne Chace-Breckinridge International copyright bilk Pugilist Tommy Kelly Arrested. Tommy Kelly, the ex-champion lightweight pugilist who cut Tommy O’Shea’s throat in a fight over John L. Sullivan a year ago, has been arrested at Boston. Will Succeed to Carlisle’s Seat. At Carrollton. Ky.. t'ie Horn W. W. Dickerson, of. Grant County, Kentucky, was nominated for Congress to succeed John G. Carlisle, elected to the Senate. The French Tariff Bill Passed. The French Chamber of Deputies has rejected all the proposed modifications of M. Moline’s tariff bill and passed the measure by a vote of 343 to 108. Silk in Her Bustle. Twenty-five yards of fine silk was found in tho bustle of Mrs. George Kieok by customs inspectors, who examined her on her arrival in Now York from Europe. Unveiled a Confederate Monument. A monument to the Confederate dead has been unveiled in Bradford Cemetery at Petersburg, Va. Ten tUousand persons wore present. Newfoundlanders Emigrating. Many of tho English inhabitant of Newfoundland are emigrating to the Canadian northwest on account of the fishery troubles. Must Answer Census Questions. Warrants have beeu issued at New York for the arrest of sixty persons for refusal to answer the questions of census enumerators. Illinois Drainage law Constitutional. A decision has been rendered by the Illi- 1 nois Supreme Court affirming the constitutionality of the drainage law. Christians Killed in Crete. Dispatches received at London bring news of further outrages in Crete, and state that three Christians have been killed. Strike at Lyons. The eas workers at Lyons, France, have gone on strike. The military and police are taking precautions to prevent disorder. Tlie President of Nicaragua Dead. Gen. Pedro Joaquin Chamoirrie, President of Nicaragua and leader of the Conservative party, died at Granada June 7. • New York’s Flood Damage. The damage by the recent floods in Central New York will amount to several hundred thousand dollars. Stanley’s American Trip. Henry M. Stanley will sail for New York with his wife on Oct. 29.