Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 August 1890 — THE WORLD OVER. [ARTICLE]

THE WORLD OVER.

mirhoß of the occurrences OF A WEEK. Things That Do Happen—A Complete Record of Interesting Events the World Over Shocking Accidents. Startling Crimes, and Other Topics. CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS. The Senate Agrees to Fix a Time to Take a Vote on the Tariff Bill. In the Senate the proposition offered on the previous day fixing a day for taking the vote on the tariff bill was agreed to on the 26th. The conference report on the sundry civil appropriation bill was agreed to. The tariff bill was then taken up, the question being on the lead paragraph, to which Mr. Coke had offered an amendment to make the lead extracted from silver ores free of duty, and Mr. Plumb hud offered one reducing the duty on lead ore and lead dross from one and one-half cents to threequarters of a cent. Before proceeding with that paragraph Mr. Plumb gave notice of an amendment to the bill, which he would offer at the appropriate time* The amendment was read. It Is, with some few modifications, the bill for reciprocity with Canada, introduced by Mr. Butterworfh in the House of Representatives. Senator Plumb proposes to restrict the operation of the reciprocal arrangement to manufactured articles and minerals. Iu the House the entire day was spent in wrangling over parliamentary questions. The delay wls caused by the opponents of the compound-lard bill, who resorted to dilatory tactics to keep the bill from coming to a vote IN THE BASEBALL WORLD. How the Clubs in the Different Leaguos Stand. Players’. W. L. H c.f National. W. L. c. Boston Cl 30 .6108r00k1yn....68 35 .600 8r00k1yn....03 44 .588 Boston 66 38 .634 New Y0rk...58 44 .568 Phila 03 40 .611 Chicago 50 49 .533 Cincinnati. .61 40 .603 Phila s<i 49 .533 Chicago 57 47 .548 Pittsburg... .43 53 .447 New York. ..46 58 .442 Cleveland. ...41 58 .414 Cleveland. ..31 69 .310 Buffalo 28 70 .285 Pittsburg ...19 84 .170 Western. W. L. $1 c. | American. W. L. sc. Milwaukee...<Jo 33 .645 Louisville ..62 32 .650 Minneapolis 60 37 618;St. Louis... .56 41 .577 Kansas Citys6 36 .608iToledo 51 44 .554 Denver 49 45 .521|Columbu8.. .62 46 .530 Sioux City.. 46 45 .506 Athletic 49 46 . 515 Omaha 45 52 .4631 Rochester .. .49 46 . 615 Lincoln 36 58 .382!8yrncose ... .39 56 .410 St. Paul 27 69 .28118r00k1yn....25 71 .260 WHEAT IN THE NORTHWEST. Ninety Million Bushels lu Minnesota and the Two Dakotas. The wheat estimate of 90,000,000 bushels for Minnesota and the two Dakotas has undergone little change during the past ten days. Wheat has been generally thrashed in the southern portion of Minnesota, and 9 turned about an averuge yield. The quality, however, is Inferior to that of last year. In the central part of the State the ■wheat has been generally cut and Is now In the shock. Little or no thrashing lias been done, but the crop is an average one. As to quality, No. 1 northern w<U lie the exception, while No. 2 northern will he the rule. In Northern Minnesota mid North Dakota much of the crop still remains uncut, but most of it is believed to lie sufficiently matured to withstand the effect of frost. The continuance of rainy weather for the next few days will cause great damage. Some authorities estimate that tho damage done by frost and rains amounts to 10 per cent., while others consider that no serious injury has been done.

FARMERS NEED HELP. In Many Parts of Kansas They Are In Serious Trouble. M. Mohler, Secretary of the Kansas State Board of Agriculture, lias issued a circular in regard to the appeal of the farmers of Western, Central, and Northwestern Kansas for seed wheat. Referring to these farmers, he says: They are of that class of farmers of whom there are many who because of pressing obligations were forced to sell their corn for 10 to 11 cents per bushel. Having lost their gern crop this year any many of them their wheat crop, while others have but little wheat, they are reduced to such an extremity as to make them the objects not only of charity but of the serious and generous consideration of those who are interested in the future development of that country. The condition of these men is no fault of their own, they being honest, faithful and Industrious, but they are the victims of a succession of crop failures, the like of which has never been known before and may never occur again. Their condition is further aggravated by being forced to sell the product of their lalxjr when they did not have a crop below the cost of production. • Governors of the Cotton States to Meet. A convention of the Governors of all the cotton States has been called by Gov. Gordon to meet in Atlanta Sept. 10. The convention was asked for by the Georgia State Alliance in session last week. Each Governor is to appoint six delegates, making seven representatives from each cotton State. The convention will consider the matter of direct trade with" Liverpool, also questions relating to weights, measures, freights, and handling of cotton., Killed on Her Child’s Grave. At Carboudade, Wash., Mrs. Mary Wilson and her infant were instantly killed by a falling tree. Mrs. Wilson, with her babe in her arms, was in the cemetery sitting on the grave of one of her children when the tree fell on them. Suicide of an Elder. Addiston Mixter, under mental derangement, committed suicide at Norwalk, 0.. by shooting. He was an elder in tire Milan •Presbyterian Church and delegate from the Huron Presbytery to the General Assembly this year. Hurricane in Kentucky. A terrific hurricane swept over Lexington, Ky. Hundreds of trees were uprooted and a swath half a mile wide torn through the growing crops. At the edge of the town water tanks, fences and trees fell before the wind. Production of Ply Iron. —The gross production of pig iron in the United States in the first six months of 1890 was 5,109,707, or 4,015,807 tons net. an increase of 754,050 net tons over the production of the last half 1889. tVant Grant's Remains Removed. Gen. U. S. Grant’s old command, the Twenty-first Illinois Infantry, will hold tlielc sixteenth annual reunion at Decatur Oct. 6 and 9. The members of the old Twenty-first will ask that the remains of Gen. Grant be either taken to Washington or brought to Illinois and laid to rest and a monument be erected over them. Many Deaths irom Smallpox. At a meeting of the Hygienic Committee, in Paris. Dr. Provst read a telegrum from Pernambuco stating that there are 4.000 cases of smallpox in that province and that fJmre is an average Of twenty deaths daily.

MUST GO IT ALONE. Knights of Labor and the New York Central Must ITfclit It Out. There will be no general strike ordered on the New York Central Road and the other Vanderbilt lines by the Supreme Council of the United Order of Railway Employes. Such is the decision that has been reached in Terre Haute by that body after a conference lasting several days. Sympathy' In abundance is tendered the Knights of Labor in its fight in support of organized labor, as Mr. Powderly states the case to be, but the constitution of the federation will not permit a strike to be ordered on the hypothetical case presented, The report issued by the Supreme Council disposes of federation help to the Knights by way of a sympathetic strike, and the great interest now attaches to-the probable offer of financial assistance. The whole matter regarding this contingency is left with Grand Master Sargent, and if occasion arises for financial help to come from the federation, it is he alone who has the power to order a call. Under the strong expressions made in the manifesto it is regarded as likely that financial assistance will be forthcoming if the situation requires It. Just how far tills offer of assistance, if it really comes to that, on the part of the federation will involve the federation and the New York • Central system is a question which time alone can answer, and it was probably due to that fact that the Supreme Council relegated thip matter of financial assistance to the future. It was n fact as well known to Mr. Sargent and his colleagues as it was to the general public that Mr. Arthur, the chief of the engineers, was and is hostile to the strike on the Central system, and that Arthur and I’owderly are not dwelling together in harmony. If the Federation started a-strike Mr. Sargent knew that he could not command the support of* the engineers. Since this conference has been hold members of tlie Council have not hesitated to denounce Arthur as being too friendly with the railroads.

HIGH RATES FOR MONEY. Interest of 186 Per Cent. In Wall Street. To relieve the stringency in the money market Secretary Windom has issued tho following circular: Tueasurv Department., I Washington, D. C. ) In pursuance of tlie authority contained in Secs. 3694 and 3699 of the Rovisod Statutes of the United States, public notice is hereby given that, any time before Sept. 1, 1890, the Secretary of the Treasury will receive at the Treasury Department, in tho city of Washington, D. C., or at the office of any Assistant Treasurer of the tJnlted States, und will redeem at par, 4%-por-cent.. bonds of the acts of July 14, 1870, and Jan. 20, 1871, to an amount not exceeding 820,000,000; and on or immediately after Sept. 1, 1890, will prepay to tho owners of tho bonds so received all tho interest on said bonds to and including Aug. 31, 1891, without robutd of Interest. The tircular of Aug. 19, 1890, Is horoby rescinded. William Windom, Secrotary. The remarkable stringency of money, the bear raid on stocks, which was one of its results, alarming reports as to the expected big railroad strikes, and the extreme uncertainty as to what was going to happen next—all contributed to a condition of feverish uneasiness and anxiety in Wall street. Tho price of money went away up to 180 per cent., plus the regular 0 per cent, interest—more than per cent, per day, and a higher figure than it had touched for a year.

THE WEATHER-CItOF BULLETIN. Eflocts of the Recent Halim In tlio Corn Belt. The weekly review of tho crop prospects as prepared by the Signal Service Bureau is as follows: The week has been unusually cool throughout tho central valleys, the Northwest, and the lake roglou, the mean dally temperature in tho Northwest changing from 8 degrees to 12 degrees below the normal for the week, while it was from 4 degrees to 5 degrees cooler than usual lu the lake region and Central Mississippi Valley. The temperature fell to freezing point in the extreme northern portions of Minnesota and Dakota, and light frosts occurred in Southern Dakota, Michigan, and Northern Wisconsin. There lias been more than the usual amount of rain throughout the Northern States east of Die Mississippi and In Arkansas, Missouri, Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia and the east portions of Noith Carolina aid South Carolina. Tho rainfall for the season continues in oxcess generally over tho lake region, the Ohio and Central Mississippi Valleys, in the Middle Atlantic States, and Northern New England. Less than 00 per cent, of the normal rainfall has occurred in Kansas, und less tliun 75 per cent. Is reported from Northern Missouri, Southwestern lowa, Southern Dakota, and on the east Gulf coast. The recent rains have greatly Improved the condition of crops throughout the corn belt, extending from Ohio westward to Kansas and Nebraska, and in this section tho conditions of corn and potatoes are much improved, and tho ground 1* In good condition for plowing.

DUN’S YVEEKLY REVIEW. Tho Trade Situation Generally GoodMoney Higli. R. G. Dun & Co.’s weekly review of trade says: The signs of monetary disturbance which were noticed in previous reviews wero not misleading. At Philadelphia money was tight,, at Chicago in strong demand, at St. Louis unusually scarce at 7 to 8 per cent., at New Orleans tightening, at Denver and St. Paul in good demand, and at Milwaukee more iictivu_at 7 per cent., firm at Kansas City, and rather tight at, Detroit at 7 per cent. The obvious and only sufficient relief is tho liquidation of money speculations in stocks, in wheat, corn, oats, cotton, leather, hides, coffee, wool, and especially In silver bullion, which have locked up enormous sums. In addition tlie enormous imports, intended to anticipate the pending tariff bill, have virtually locked up for an indefinite time many millions paid for goods and in duties on them. Tho volume of legitimate business throughout the country continues large, exceeding that of last year by ten per cent, outside of Now Y’ork, and tho desire to market products quickly us prices, rise causes greater demand for currency from the country than usual. During tho last week the Treasury lias paid out only 861,000 more than it has taken In.

SOME POPULATION FIGURES. The Number ol'Peop e in Washington and New Mexico. of the official count of the State of Washington has been given out by the Census Bureau. The schedules In two Supervisors’ districts, however, have not been received. The population of the State exclusive of theso is given as 343,504. The missing districts will probably increase this number to about 340,000. Tho census office announces the result of the count of tho population of a number of cities as follows: Milwaukee, 203,979, increase in ten years 55,392, or" 70.47 per cent.; Allegheny City. Pa., 104,907. increase in ten years 25,285,0 r 33.41 per cent.; Seattle, Wash., 43,914, increase 40,381: Tacoma. Wash.. 35,858, increase 35,760; Emporia, Kan., 7,550, increase 2,019, or 63.03 per cent.; Arkansas City, Kan.. 8,354, increase 7,342; Port Scott, Kan., 11,387, increase 0,465',' or 120.35 per cent. Tho census for New Mexico places the population at 152,159, a gain of 25 per cent- It Is alleged on all sidos that the work has not been efficiently performed. Prom all the prominent towns In tho Territory come, complaints of omissions. In

Santa F% County alone the returns ara fully 2,000 below what they should be, whole families having been overlooked by the enumerators. Thus it is not unreasonable to estimate that the actual population of New Mexico is 170,000. INJURED KY FROSTS. Wheat in Some,Parts of the Northwest Badly Damaged. A killing frost has fallen over the northern portion of Minnesota and part of Dakota, extending all through Manitoba. At Mlnnedosa. a temperature of 28 degrees was recorded, with 30 at St. Vincent and still lower at points through the Northwest Territory. Reports from the Saskatchewan Valley say the late wheat is badly damaged, but the extent is not known. Very little wheat is injured in Minnesota or Dakota, as all of it is cut. The wheat in stacks will not be injured. All immature crops over the territory named have undoubtedly been killed, and this will include a little corn in the northern portions. The frost line extended as far as Moorhead and Fargo, and to the westward dipped south as far as Huron, S. P., but it was a light frost known as white, and will have no effect on vegetation. As thp harvest progresses ip Minnesota the quality of the wheat crop improves, and there is no doubt the yield will reach over 40.000,000 bushels of better than average grade. Prices are 30 per cent better than last year, when the average price per bushel to the farmer was 65 cents. It is believed tills year’s average will reach 85 cents; which will make a difference of nearly 85,000,000 in the receipts of Minnesota wheat growers.

THE SECOND STATE IN THE UNION. Pennsylvania Can Still Lay Claim to That Distinction. Advices received from Washington say some compensation for the loss of the second city in the Union for Pennsylvania is the fact, now fully ascertained, that it still holds a firm grip on the second place in the sisterhood of States in population and wealth. Pennsylvania made the largest actual gain in the number of its people, increasing its population by over a million. Next comes New York, with an increase of over 900,000, and then Illinois, with a gain of between 700,000 and 800,000. Ohio only increased by 400,000. There are eight States wßqsc respective populations are over 2.000,000 —New York has over 6,000,000, Pennsylvania over 5,000,000, and Illinois and Ohio both nearly 4,000,000. There are seventeen States that have each less than 1,000,000, and the population of all those seventeen States taken together does not quite equal that of the State of New York. It is figured out that Pennsylvania will lose one Congressman in the next apportionment from present appearances, but this is very doubtfdl, as her population is so large that any roll pport ion nient scheme based upon the present membership of tho House is likely to show Pennsylvania holding herowu at least.

JOINED BY A TUNNEL. A Great Work at Fort Huron, Mich., Finished at. Last. Tho success of the great 7,000-foot railway tunnel under Bt. Clulr River at, Port Huron, Mich., has been pYac.tlealiy demonstrated. An opening has already been made. As soon as tho fact became known whistles wero blown, bells rung and all Sarnia and Port Huron turned out to rejoice over what is the practical completion of tho enterprise. Employes on both sides of the river were given a half holiday, and.hundreds of men passed through the tunnel during the day. Work has begun on the approach to bo completed Nov. 1. The lower portion of tho tunnel will be bricked up, iron ties laid, and plunk walks laid on each side of tho truck. Coke engines, which give out neither smoke nor gas, will bo used in the tunnel.

To Relieve Dakota Farmers. Edward Bach of Aberdeen, 8. D., is in Minneapolis working among the business men on a unique schetno for the relief of tho farmers of hjs State. He outlines its main features as follows: “For two years the crops in South Dakota have been poor, and practically the work of these two seasons has > bodn »'• doad lops or" dis- ■ eouragingly unprofitable. At this time, and every year in fact, thousands of tons of grass are going to waste because no attempt ia being made to utiliz.e it. Tho scheme is to provido the farmers with funds to purchase sheep by the organization of a stock company which shall include the business men of Minneapolis and St. Paul, the two cities forming the gateway to that portion of the Dakotas as well as its main supply depot.” Gold Fever in Wyoming. All Northern Wyoming is in a fever of excitement over the tevent discoveries of rich gold placer diggings and silver mines in the Big Horn Mountains. County Attorney W. J. Stover, of Sheridan County, states that a party came in from the camp with the news that pla' or claims ;\e:o being staked off all over that distiict. and the yield of gold was almost beyond the belief of those who were no! there ta see it. One man. Mr. Stover sa’d, dcanel 8250 from six loads of dirt, while etheis were steadily panning out an average of 810 per day to the n.an.

Stubbed by Italians. Constable David Stoddard, of Bingham County, Idaho, was cut to pieces with knives by Italians at Beaver Canyon. The Italians, who are employed on the railroad, were paid off Saturday and went on a spree. They quarreled among themselves, and Constable Stoddard, fearing bloodshed, tried to preserve order. The entire band turned upon him and killed him with knives, completely severing the head from the body. Six arrests have been made and lynching is soared if the guilty parties are found. Sold Negroes In Nebraska. The Hon. W. P. Birchfleld lias the distinction,of being the only man who ever sold negroes at auction in Nebraska. In the discharge of his duties as Sheriff of Otoe County, Mr. Birchfleld was called upon to sell from the block, to satisfy a debt, two negroes named Hercules and Martha, the property of Charles B. Holly. The sale took place at Nebraska City, Dec. 5, 1860, and was largely attended. The colored people were bid off to William B. Hall for 8303, and were at once taken to Missouri. A Kentucky Outlaw Captured. Green Morris, a loader of the Eversoles in the Fronch-Eversole feud in Kentucky, was captured last week. Morris had recently boen given information as to the officers’ movements by some sympathizer. Capv. Gaither of the State troops went out quietly and had the outlaw before it was generally known the trdops wore moving. “Clabo” Jones, who is credited with having killed twenty-five men, was also brought iu and placed, in jail.

Bigseat plt«h In lowa. The biggest diteli in lowa has just been completed in Calhoun County. It is twentysix miles long, over twenty feet wide, and about eight feet deep. Tho work was undertaken by the county to drain an area o< several thousand acres of swamp land, and

has accomplished the work satisfactorily. Farmers living near the ditch say that it will not only add several thousand acres of good farm land to the county wealth, but will increase the value of every acre of land In that vicinity. Caii'ornla’s Big Fruit Crop. The curing of raisins and prunes in California will shortly be in full blast, and already enough is known to be able to give a close forecast of the probable amount of the product of these fruits. The prune crop will be very close to 15,000,000 pounds, while an increase of 30 per cent, is assured over the raisin crop of last year, which, including dried grapes and raisins in sacks, was equivalent to 1,000.000 boxes. The prices for dried fruit are steadily augmenting. The season of 1800 bids fair to be remembered in the horticultural history of California as a boom year of the large st kind. 8 tor ms in New York. The storm which prevailed along the upper Hudson and interior counties of New York was the most severe that has visited that section the present season. No less than six fires were hurnfng at the same ‘time, caused by lightning. In the Hudson River fruit belt the damage will reach SIOO,000. In some places the heavy rain, accompanied by wind, completely demolished the vines. Faithless to His Trust. The New England Company of New York is said to have been robbed of 86.000 by Bookkeeper George W. Curtis, who for thiiv teen years has been employed by John F. Plurnmer, the commission merchant. Curtis attended to the furnishing of goods, and in cases where the consignee refused goods is said to have sold them elsewhere and pocketed the monoy. National Farmers’ Congress Arrangements are now complete for the entertainment of the Farmers’ National Congress, which meets in Council Bluffs, lowa, next week. The delegates will be tendered an excursion to Denver and the mountains at the conclusion of the congress. Over six hundred delegates have signified their intention of attending.

Frost* In tile North west. Heavy frosts are again reported in the Northwest Territories. Only corn and garden truck can be affected, as wheat is too far advanced to be injured. More than half the grain is harvested, and thrashing l .will begin in a few days. Farmers are satisfied with the yield and quality, and are elated over the prospects of better'prices. Courted by Abraham Lincoln. Mrs. Hannah Wilcox, who died at her home in Winterset, lowa, Aug. 19, resided in Petersburg, 111., before tho war and was a friend of Abraham Lincoln in early life. He often stopped at her house, und she thought as much of him as a brother. It is said the martyred President was a lover of the deceased. * Ask* Heavy Damage*. Leonard Matthews, formerly employed as a brakeman on the Chicago and Alton Road, has begun a suit against the road for 820,000 damages for injuries received by being knocked from a cal- by a bridge, by which misfortune he was crippled for life. He claims the car was too high. “King Calico” In a Bad Fix. The cruiser Charleston, with Admiral Borwn, has just reached Seattle and brings the startling nows from Honolulu that a revolution wus impending when ho lpft and has undoubtedly broken out by this time. The uprising was planned for Aug; 4. King Kalakaua has probably been deposed. Asiatic Cholera In London. A sensation has been claused in London by the announcement that there is a case of Asiatic cholera there. Robert Teigh, a coat-trimmer, aged 30 years, who landed Sunday from the steamer -Duke of Argyll from Calcutta, is the victim. Victory for the Striker*. The Spring Hill coal mines strike, in Nova Scotia, which has involved nearly 11,000 men, and has lasted two months, has ended in a complete victory for the men. The management has conceded all of the ,demands made. Irish Bakers Strike. The bakers at Newry, Ireland, aro on a strike. It is feared there may be trouble and the town is smarming with polico. A lioycott has been declared against “blacklegs.” Couldn’t Make Collection*. Clifton Rhoades Barrett, a privute banker of Louisville, has assigned. His assets and liabilities are about equal and amount to 860,000 pr $70,000. Inability to make collections is given as the cause. Many Horses Sink. A contagious disorder has prostrated a great many horses in Bloomington, 111., within the last few days. The animals are taken with high fever, sore throat and discharges from the eyes and nose. Railroad Losses. It Is estimated that t.he railroads of the United States lose 82,000,000 yearly by landslides, $5,000,000 by floods, $1,000,000 by fire, and $9,000,000 by collisions.