Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 July 1890 — AROUND THE WORLD. [ARTICLE]

AROUND THE WORLD.

INTELLIGENCE FROM EVERY PART OF THE GLOBE. News from Foreign Shores—Domestic Hap. penings—Personal Pointers—Labor Notes 1 Political Occurrences Fires, Acci. | dents, Crimes, Etc. TERRIBLE EXPLOSION OF POWDER. Seven Children Injured. Five Fata'.ly, While Playing with Firecrackers. A keg containing fifty pounds of powder exploded In August Smith’s grocery store at Industry, near Scott Haven, Pa., completely wrecking the building and injuring seven children., five of them fatally. The explosion was caused by sparks from a Jackson cracker, which exploded prematurely in the hands of August Smith, Jr., aged 14 years. Tile store was a resort for children, and at the time of the accident a large number were present firing crackers. The powder exploded with terrifle force, lifting the building, which was a two-story structure, from its foundations, and wrecking it completely. Younn Smith’s body was burned to a erisp and he was otherwise terribly mangled. John Branner, aged 10 years, had the soles of his feet torn off, .was frightfully burned about the boay. and botn eyes were blown out. George Kohler, aged 8 years, was badly burned about the body, and the flesh was torn from his limbs. Willie Kohler, 6 years old, was burned about the head, breast and stomach. Mary Smith, aged 19 months, was fatally burned. Emma Smith, aged 9 years, and Charlie Shoul, 8 years, were badly burned, but will recover. The first five named are dead. The ruins took fire, but were extinguished before the flames had -gained much headway. Several kegs of powder were stored in the cellar, and a more horrible calamity was averted by the prompt and heroic work of the neighbors in extinguishing the fire.

THE BALL PLAYERS. Standing of the Clubs in the Six Leading Organizations. Players’. W. L. i?ct.l National. W. L. $ ct. Boston 37 24 .607;CincinnatL..41 29 .072 Chicago3s 24 .600 8r00k1yn....38 24 .612 8r0‘0k1vn....34 31 .523 Philad'phia.3B 25 .603 Philad’lphia 32 31 .508 Boston 36 27 .571 New Y0rk...33 30 . 503 Chicago3l 23 .525 Pittsburg.... 29 30 .491 New York. . .26 37 .413 Cleveland... .24 31 .436 Cleveland... .19 39 .328 Buffalol7 37 .315 Pittsburg.... 16 45 .262 American. W. L. pc. Western. W. L. sc. Athletic 39 22 .639 Minneapolis 37 20 .649 Louisville.. .34 25 .576 Milwaukee.. 34 21 .618 St. Louis... .34 27 .557 Kansas City3l 22 .581 Rochester ...33 28 . 540 Sioux City.’.3l 25 .553 Columbus.. .32 28 .533 Denver 29 27 .517 Toledo 26 31 ..555 Des Moines .23 35 . 479 Syracuse.... 26 31 .433 Omaha2l 35 .375 Brooklyn ...15 44 .254 St. Paullß 37 .387 111.-lowa. W. L. c.| Interstate. W. L. sc. Monmouth.. 32 19 .627|Evansville..36 17 .679 Ottumwa....3l 2) .607 Burlington.. 36 19 .654 Ottawa3o 21 ,596iPeoiia24 24 .SJO Dubuque.. ..28 22 . 560:Terre Ha’te.2s 26 .490 Aurora 26 25 .509 Quincy2s 31 .446 C’drßapids.2s 25 .500 Indian’pTis 11 40 .215 Jolietl7 33 .310 Sterlingl4 38 .2691 Bad Blaze at East Tawas, Mich. An East Tawas (Mich.) dispatch says: The steambarge Sea Gull was discovered on fire. No means yrere at hand to extinguish the flames. The cook, Maggie Cornett, was unable to get ashore and was burned to death. The Sea Gull’s lines were burned off, and she drifted across the slip, setting Are to the steambarge Calvin, which, however, was saved. Farther on the burning vessel set Emory's dock and mills on fire, and these were destroyed, the loss being $90,000, The Lock & Stevens’ dock and Sibley & L’earinger’s docks and lumber were also burned. The loss cannot be ascertained. Sixteen million feet of lumber was burned. The Sea Gull is a total wrecX

Bold Bobbers Captured. A North Yakima (Wash.) dispatch says: The east-bound Northern Pacific freight train was boarded near here by two men. When the conductor asked them for their tickets they drew revolvers and compelled the conductor and brakeman to hand over $123. The robbers then jumped from the train and escaped. A posse went in pursuit of the thieves and soon captured them. Drowned by the Capsizing of a Boat. At Holly, Mich., while three young men. Will Lapham and Bert Ryan of Holly, and Warnie Hallock of Ann Arbor, were put sailing on Bush Lake, the boat capsized and Hallock was drowned. The other two hung to the capsized boat until assistance reached them. The Czar’s Friendship for France. The Czar has remitted the stamp duties, amounting to $10,003, on the lease of the new French embassy at St. Petersburg. This is looked upon as a unique mark of his iriendship toward France.

Awful Besults of a Runaway. A team carrying Henry Henderson and family, of Huron. Mich., took fright and a daughter and son were instantly killed. Mr. Henderson injured, and Mrs. Henderson so badly that she will die. Broke the World’s Record. The world’s record was broken at Ridgewood Park, N. Y., by George 11. Gray, of the New York Athletic Club, in putting 16pound shot 46 feet 1 inch, or one inch over any previous record. Shortage In the East arn Apple Crop. The crop reports show corn progressing favorably, but a shortage is reported in the Eastern apple crop. A New Spanish Cabinet. A new Spanish ministry has been formed with Senor Caaotas del Castillo as Prime Minister.

DVXBAB'S ENTOMBED MINERS DEAD. Tkirty-ene Men Swppene-i te Have Been Burned te Death. A Dunbar (Pa.) dispatch says: Entrance into the Farm JLill mine has been effected, and it has been found that the twenty-nine men imprisoned in the. workings been! burned to death. The search was made almost impossible by the dense smoke that filled the mine. The fans were keot at work for some time, and the air partially cleared. The last exploring party entered the mine at 2 o'clock in the afternoon. They did not come out until 7 o’clock at night. Three of their number entered to within a few hundred feet of the subterranean fire and found the dinner buckets and blouses of two of the men. The explorers suffered from the intense heat and black damp, and scarcely escaped with their lives. They visited the places where the men were known to have been at work. Their picks ana shovels were found lying where they had been dropped. Otherwise no trace of the men could be found. The explorers then voted to abandon the work of recovery. The company will now attempt to save as much of the mine property as they can.

DEATH OF THREE FIREMEN. Roasted io the Flames at the Burning of the Iren King. An Ashland (Wis.) dispatch says: Throe firemen met death in the burning of the 2,009-ton steamer Iron King and a portion of the Columbus and Hocking Coal Company’s dock. Four others were injured, ■one probably fatally. The dead are: Geo. Tanton. a merchant tailor and Secretary of the city fire department. Elias Bouohoeltz, an unknown man, jumped thirty-five feet down into a sea of flame, and was cremated in sight of 500 people, who were powerless to help him, Jack Prothero cannot live, and J. J. Moore is badly burned and may die. The fire started in the Iron King while discharging coat All the upper works and machinery were destroyed. Half a dozen firemen were holding a stream on the burning boat from a place on top of the coal dock, when the flames leaped from the boat to an Immense mass of blacksmiths' coal directly under the firemen, and a terrible explosion of coal gas followed. The men. blinded by flame, ran through it and jumped to the dock forty feet below. The money loss is about $50,000. The coal dock is still burning.

EYRAUD ARTIVES IN PARIS. The Strangler Safely Landed in Prison After the Long Voyage. A s Paris cable says: Michael Eyraud, the murderer of M. Gouffe, who was recently arrested in Havana and brought from that city to St. Lazare by French detectives, on the steamer Lafayette, has arrived in Paris and been placed in prison. Upon his arrival, Eyraud was hastily thrust into a small railway omnibus, into which he was followed by five policemen. The prisoner appea- ed to be greatly dejected. He looked aged and thin, and his clothing was ragged and dirty. The crowd that had gathered at the station showed great eagerness to catch a glimpse of the murderer as he was hurried to the van. Eyraud was driven first to the prefecture of police, where certain formalities were gone through, after which ho was taken away to prison. FOUR PERISH IN THE RIVER. A Rotten Rowboat Collapses in the Voughiogheny with Ratal Results. A Pittsburg dispatch says: While Mr. and Mrs. John Thompson, Eliza Thompson, 2 years old. Baby Thompson, Mr. and Mrs. Bichard Smith, their little daughter-Pris-cilla, and Robert Smith. 15 years of age. were rowing in a small flatboat on the Youghiogheny River, near McKeesport, the boat upset throwing all the occupants into the river. Thompson swam to shore with his wife and baby. He then returned to save his 2-year-old daughter Eliza, but both were drowned. Richard Smith saved his wife, but drowned with his daughter Priscilla. Robert Smith, the 15-year-old boy, swam to shore. A DOUBLE SITE CHOSEN. The National Commissioners Decide the World’s Eair Location. The site of the World’s Columbian Exposition has been definitely established. The National Commission alter a session of over five hours, accepted the report of the Board of Directors favoring Jackson Park and the Lake Front The vote stood 78 to 11. Three hours of speeches, motions, and points of order preceded the vote. The opposition presented its full strength. It made nearly all the speeches and motions.

DROWNED IN MINNESOTA RIVER. Two Prominent Mankato Men Lose Their Lives While Bathing. The Hon. P. A. Foster and Robert Lind were drowned in the Minnesota River nt Mankato, Minn., while bathing. Neither could swim, and it is thought one not into a treacherous hoi 3 In the river and the other went to save him. Foster was one of the most prominent attorneys in Southern Minnesota and a former member of the State Senate. Lind was a young business man. DESTRUCTION IN WEST VIRGINIA. Floods In the Valleys Cause a Loss of Half a Million. A Parkersburg (W. Ya.) special says:< The fourth destructive storm of the week passed over this part of the county, doing much damage to streets, flooding cellars, and sweeping away crops. The Kunawha Valley and Muskingum Valley were deluged. The loss from the floods of the week is estimated in the Muskingum Valley at $500,000. DEATH OF BEVERLY TUCKER. The Well-Known Old-Time Politician Passes Away at Richmond. The Hon. Beverly Tucker died at Richmond, Va. He was born at Winchester, Va., June 8, 1820. He was, perhaps, as well known personally to leading politicians throughout the counjtry as any man of his time. He was a nephew of John Randolph

of Roanoke. He was the editor of the Washington Sentinel from 1853 to 1856 and Cbnsul to Liverpool under President Buchanan. He visitea England and Canathe war on a special mission for the’Confe derate Since 1870 following nominations: General Apprai provisions ol advereengress approved June 10, 1890 : George C. 'lichenor. of Jhe, Diatrict*/>f Columbia; Geordi lArkY Jfnfes Walter*, Assistant Treasurer, of the-United States at Philadelphia; Hilaries Wilmert isip*veyor of Customs at Burlington, lowa';'Andrew Pauldixon, Agent tor the Indians kdthe flsmCreek and Lower Brule Agency in Sontb Dakota. Army and Navy—Second -Lieutenant Frank F. Eastman, Fourteenth Infantry, First Lieutenant: Second Lieutenant James Q. (Green,, Twenty-fifth Infantry, First Lieutenant;' Assistant Engineer Frank W. Bartlett, Passed Assistant Engineer; Second Lieutenant Herfry C. Haines, Marine Corps, First Lieutenant; Second Lieutenant James E. Mahoney, Marine Corps, First Lieutenant. More Funds for the Pensloi) Office. The Secretary of the Interior has transmitted to the House an estimate of an additional appropriation of $931,000 to carry out the provisions of the disability pension bill, signed by the President recently. Of this amount SBOO,OOO is for surgeon’s fees, SIOO,OOO fdr clerk hire, and tne rest for incidental expenses.

Railway Consolidation. - The consolidation of the Pittsburg. Cincinnati and St. Louis, the Chicago, St. Louis and Pittsburg, the Cincinnati, Richmond and Jefferson, and the Madison and Indianapolis Railroads has been advertised at Wheeling, W. Ya.. The capital, is $75,000,0C0. The combine will be controlled by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. A Woman Burned to Death. Mrs. John Rother, accompanied by three children, was on her way to the fair grounds at Washington, Mo., when she discovered her dress to be on fire. Crazed by fright she ran back and forth in the street, and before relief came was burned almost to a crisp. An American Bunkoed in Europe. Alexander Miller, an official of the State Asylum at Denver, Col., was fleeced out of £409 while at Brad’ord, England, He reported his loss to the United States Consul, but said that he did not know where or how he had been robbed.

A New Use for Tramps. The owners of a traveling show which included among its animals a number of bears, have been arrested at Trenshein, Hungary, on the charge of murdering a tramp and throwing his body to the bears, which devoured it Formed a Powder Trust It is given out that the High Explosive Company, of (Bradford, Pa., has bought out the Rock Glycerene Company, thus gaining control of the nitro-glycerine product and sale in the United States. A Louisville Distillery Burned. The immense plant of the Allen-Bradley Distillery Company, at Southall and Thorn streets. Louisville, Ky.," has been completely destroyed by fire, entailing a loss of not less than $150,000, fully insured. Colorado's New Capitol. ' The corner-stone of the new Capitol of Colorado was lard at Denver by the Masonic fraternity. Aliens Cannot Inherit lowa Ltuid. Judge Kavanaugh, of the District Court. Bitting at Des Moines, lowa, has decided that aliens can not inherit land in lowa. A Pennsylvania Firin Fails. A. &T. Lee. wools and shoddies. West Manayunk, Pa., have failed. Debts, $75,000 to SIOO,OOO. A Canadian Engineer Dead. Engineer of Government Canals of Canada John Page is dead in Ottawa. Shipping the Cherokee Strip Cattle. Cattle shipments from the Cherokee Strip have commenced. A Carpet Dealer Fails. Nathan Benzinger, carpet dealer, of Louisville, Ky., has failed.