Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 September 1890 — NUGGETS OF GOLD [ARTICLE]

NUGGETS OF GOLD

FROM EVERY QUARTER OF THE GLOBE. The Latent Intelligence Received by Wire from Distant Lands and at Home—The Cream of the News Gathered from AU Quaiters of the World. THE SENATE ADOPTS RECIPROCITY. Mr. Aldrich's Amendment Agreed To by a Vote of 37 to 28. After a debate that has lasted practically without intermission since July 22 the tariff bill was read a third time in the Senate on the 9th Inst., and is now ready for its passage. The Senate met at 10 o'clock and resumed consideration of the tariff bill. A number of amendments were proposed and rejected, after which Mr. Aldrich moved to insert a proviso that imported merchandise deposited in any public or private bonded warehouse prior to Aug. 1, 1890. may be withdrawn for consumption at any time prior to Nov. 1,1890, on paymentof the duties in force prior to the passage of the act. Agreed to—yeas, 32; nays. 27. Mr. Aldrich's amendment authorizing the President to remit under certain conditions taxes on sugars, molasses, coffee, and tea imported from countries where duties are abolished on the principal agricultural products of the United States was adopted—yeas, 37; nays, 28. All the Democratsand two Republicans (Edmunds and Evarts) voted against the reciprocity amendment. The next vote was oa the amendment to paragraph 703, lowering the sugar standard to be admitted free of duty from No. 16 to No. IX It was agreed to—yeas, 39: nays. 24. The bill was then reported to the Senate and all the amendments that had Ireen adopted in committee of the whole were agreed to in the Senate except those on which separate votes were demanded. The first of these was Mr. Plumb's amendment for a customs commission, on which Mr. Gorman demanded a separate vote. The amendment was agreed to—yeas. 31: nays, 29. The commission is to be composed of five disinterested persons, to be appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The commissioners are to continue in office six years, but any of them may be removed by the President for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office. No more than three of them are to be appointed from the same political party. By a vote of 38 to 25—a strict party vote —the Senate ordered the tariff bill to a third reading and engrossment. The bill was ordered printed with the amendments, and the Senate went into executive session and soon after adjourned. The House wasted the day in an ineffectual attempt to call up the Virginia election case of Langston against Venable. THE NATIONAL GAME. How the Clubs in the Base-Ball Leagues Stand.

Players’. W. L. pc. Boston 72 42 .631. New Y0rk...68 48 .586 8r00k1yn....70 50 .583 Chicago 63. 55 583 Philadelphia 62 55 .529 Pittsburg. ...50 60 .454 Cleveland... 44 68 .392 Buffalo3o 81 ,270|

National. W. L. pc. Brooklyn .. .77 40 .658 Boston 72 44 .620 l‘niladephia.7o 46 .603 Chicago 66 47 .584 Cincinnati...6s 47 .580 New York...X 62 .474 Cleveland.... 33 77 .300 :Pittsburg. ...20 96 .172

Western. W. L. pc.I Milwaukee. .68 35 .660 Kansas City. 66 36 .650 Mmueap'lis.67 39 .632 Denvers2 52 .500 Sioux City..4B 56 . 461 Omaha 44 60 .423 Lincoln4o 66 ,3'.7 St. Paul 32 13 .804

| American. W. L. pc. Louisville. ..68 37 .647 St. L0ui5....63 46 .577 Columbus.. .59 48 .551 Toledos 6 49 . 533 Rochester.. .56 49 .533 Athletics 2 56 .481 Syracuse.... 44 61 .419 Baltimore.. .29 80 .266

CONFIRMED BY THE SENATE.

A Batch of Presidential Nominations Agreed To. t The Senate has confirmed the following nominations: John H. B. Amick, special examiner of drjugs at Philadelphia; George L. Dobson, of Norvel, lowa, register of land office at Buffalo, Oklahoma; W. T. Walker, of Harper, Kan., receiver of public moneys at Buffalo, Oklahoma; Thomas P. Hawley, United States judge for the district of Nevada; John W. Ross, a commissioner of the District of Columbia. Collectors of Customs—John Gottigou at Cherrystone, Va.; James Brady, Jr. Fall River, Mass.; William E. Blunt, Boston and Charlestown, Mass. Named lor Congress. Among the recent Congressional nominations are the following: For the Twenty-third Pennsylvania District. the Hon. W. A. Stone, Republican; tor the Sixtli Pennsylvania District, John B. Robinson, Republican; for the Fifth Indiana District, Major Dunbar, Union Labor; for the Sixth Wisconsin District, Charles B. Clara, Republican; for the Fourth lowa District, Walter H. Butler, Democrat; for the Third Kansas District, the H >n. B. W. Perkins, Republican; for the Eighth Michigan District, A. T. Bliss, Republican. Big Blaze at Ogdensburg, N. Y. An Ogdensburg (N. Y.) dispatch says: A fire broke out in No. 10 elevator, owned by the Ogdensburg and Lake Champlain Railroad, and was soon entirely beyond control. The elevator was full of corn and oats, about 450,000 bushels, all of which was destroyed. The loss on building and contents is estimated ■>at §500,000. On the buiidln; there was an Insurance of about §150,000 The grain was well insured. Regular Dividends Declare 1. The directors of the Manhattan EleIfcted Railroad* have declared thoregulai tpiarterly dividend of per cent. The Executive Committee of the Western Union Telegraph Company recommended that the directors declare the regular quarterly dividend of poi cent. Francis Murphy Wedded. Francis Murphy, the temperance advocate. and Mrs. Rebecca Fisher, President o: the Woman’s Christian Temperance Unlor of Council Bluffs, were married in Rod Island, IIL, at the residence of ijie bride’s lather, J. R. Johnston. Mrs. Murphy is i handsome woman, many years her husband’s junior. She will henceforth aid bin in his work. Another Failure at Boston. William Bloom & Co., dealers in woolens 51 Chauncey street, Boston, have made at assignment for the benefit of their creditors to Henry A. Gowing, of Gowing, Saw-* yer & Co. Their liabilities arc stated to b< $90,000 and assets nominally §BO,OOO. Minnesota Democratic Ticket. The Minnesota Democratic Convention a St. Paul nominated the following ticket Governor, Thomas Wilson; Lieutenant Governor. E. G. Paid; Secretary of State, A T. Lindholm; Auditor, Adolph Bierman ' Treasurer. Charles M. Foote; Attorney General. David T. Calhoun; Clerk of Supreme Court, T. F. O'Hare. Tlie Dual Sight Retained. The World's Fair Directory met at Chica ««> and on the first formal ballot untini mousiy lea (firmed its original choice of th* combined Lake Fiout-Juckaon Park site a the locution for the Espoaltkm.

FIVE KILLED* THIKTY-sEVEN HURT. Fearful Result of a Rear-End Collision in Colorado. The most serious accident which has happened on the Rio Grande Railway for years occurred four miles east of Florence, Col. Sections 1 and 2of freight 61 left Pueblo at 3 o’clock for the West. The first section had attached a passenger coach loaded with forty-seven laborers. The first section had either stopped in the cut | rear F’orc'cc or had great y red iced sp ed i when the seton I se-.ion. the mglneer of which was jre en el from se ing the head s etion I y a ?h irp tur.i in ihe cut, dashed Into th? c a h te ring i: into a thousand pie es ;.ni th-o.tinz tae deb.is and the men. wour dd a d d?ad, Into the San'a Fo track a few fee*. away. Tweve 1 aded fiei.ht-cars a'uad <f the co.ca were derate 1 and completely wr t k?d. Gs the 47 men known to have been sleeping on the car 5 were killed instantly and 37 wounded. The names of the dead are: H. L. Winters, Idaho Springs, Col.: Jonathan Falks. Pueblo; A. M. Meyer, Pueblo; James Donovan, Pueblo; C. B. Williams, -Leadville. It is not yet known who was responsible for the accident, and an investigation will be made at once. The damage to the company s property will be In the neighborhood of $100,900.

APPOINTMENTS BY THE PRESIDENT. A Surveyor <Jf Customs and Members of * Commission Announced. A dispatch from Cressen Springs, Pa., announces that the President has aent a budget to Washington containing the nomination of Mr. Charles Scoville, cf Indiana, a-Surveyor of Customs for the Port of Evansville, Ind. He has also Issued an executive frder in pursuar.c? of a section of the national api roprlatic n bill providing f< r the appointment of a commission to select a suitable site for a dry-dock cn the Pacific north of the northern boundary of California. The members of the commission are: Capt. T. O. Selfridge, United States navy, Pie-ident; Col. George H. Mendell, Corps of Engineers, United States army; the Hon. Thomas C. Platt of New York, the Hon. Richard W. Thompson of Indiana, and Lieut. Andrew R. Wyckoff, United States navy. REVIEW OF TRADE. The Situation Throughout the Country Is Good. R. G. Dun A Co.’s weekly review says: , Another large failure—that of Sawyer, Wallace & Co.—comes at a time when the effects of the Potter-Lovell failure at Boston prove more disturbing than was expected. The prospect of speedy action on tl»o tariff bill in the Senate, and considerably better sales by clothing dealers, have made the wool manufacturers more hopeful, and purchases of wool are larger, qt Boston reaching 3.109.000 pounds. The dry-goods trade Is decidedly larger than lust year. The accounts of trade from most parts of the country are encouraging tills week. At Boston the money market is pretty stiff, which affects some trades; leather is more quiet and hides firm- Chicago reports smaller receipts of grain than lust year, except of barley; a decrease of half in dressed beef, because of the Stock Yards strike; and a large decrease in butter; but an Increase of 30 per cent, in cured meats, 200 per cent, in lard, and a heavy Increase in cheese and wool, while-sales of merchandise, and especially dry goods, must exceed last year's.

THEY THREATEN MIZNER. The, Citizens of Guatemala Incensed at Our Fopresentativo. A Guatemala dispatch to the authorities at Washington says; “Death to Yankees!” was the cry of an angry and excited mob that surrounded the United States Legation to-day. Threats of stoning the building and mobbing the Inmates were freely uttered, but no overt act was committed in the face of the strong force of police that guards the premises day and night. Every visitor is closely questioned before being admitted to the offices, and is more or less under surveillance while inside. Whenever Mr. Mizner has occasion to leave the Legaticn he is surrounded by a bodyguard of armed police. Rumor has it, that those are to be superseded by blue jackets from the Thetis, who are also to form a cordon of safety about the Legation. Sympathy grows for Gen. Barrundla's daughter, who is kept a close prisoner for her attempt upon Mr. Mlzuer’s life. A SUDDEN SUMMONS. A Premature Explosion Results in the Death of Sixteou Workmen. A Spokane Falls (Wash.) dispatch says A premature blast killed sixteen men and possibly more. The full extent, of the disaster is unknown at the time of this writing. It was just before the houroC quitting work, and a largo force of men were engaged In the task of blasting out a huge rock pile in the Northern Pacific freight yards In the eastern part of that city. From fifty to seventy-five men were at work in a cut at the time. Fit eon have been taken out dead, a number arc injured, and s ill others have come out alive. One blast had been prepared, and in put'lng it in it exploded a second, the jar also lou filing off the first bla-t. Twenty-five thousand cubic feet of rock was thrown ovir up n the unsuspecting mass of humanity, wi.h terr.b e results

TO INVESTIGATE THE WIND 4. What Causes the Hot Blasts that Sweep Over Kansas. Some time ago Senator Plumb brought to the attention of the Signal Service Bureau the phenomenon of the hot winds that occasionally sweep over Kansas, destroying or damaging the vegetation. They occur irregularly, and the theories of their origin are many and diverse. This year the winds extended into lowa, Nebraska, and Dakota. Senator Plumb has been advised by Gen. | Greely, Chief of the Signal Service, that an investigation into the causes which produce the winds would be made, and an effort made to ascertain whether or not the disastrous effects of their presence can be averted. PURCHASES OF SILVER. How Secretary Windom Will Interpret the New Law. Secretary Windom and the Director of the Mint have had a consultation in regard to the new silver law, one result of which was a decision that the department will purchase 4,500.000 ounces each month, reckoning from Aug. 13, the date when the law took effect. It was suggested that the department purchase 54,000,000 ounces a year, and merely average the monthly purchases. But this plan was thought to be open to objection, and it was decided to adhere strictly to the letter of the law. SIX MORE DUELS IN PROSPECT. M. Mermiex Gains a Victory in the First of His (-even Duels. M. Mermiex. who was recently assaulted by friends of Gen. Boulanger because he ! published alleged revelations concerning | the General, has fought one of the seven duels w_hich he has on his hands. Labruyer. who was Mermiex’s adversary, was slightly wounded. TO PROTECT AMERICAN INTERESTS. A United States War Ship Ordered to Aspinwall. Orders have been issued by the Navy De- 1 part men t for the United States steamer

Kearsarge, now at New York, to proceed at once to Aspinwall. It is supposed that this action is based upon rumors of a threatened railroad strike at that place. Information to that effect has been received at the State Department from Consul General Adamson at Panama. The latter said he heard the rumors through the Consul at AspinwaU, and that he had requested the Colombian authorities to protect American interests In the event of trouble, and had been assured that it wquld be done. FATAL HURRICANE IN ITALY. Twenty-two Lives Lest in the Zolda Valley. A fatally destructive hurricane dn the north of Italy did much damage at Belluno and destroyed bridges and houses in the Zolda Valley. Twenty-two bodies have already been recovered from the debris of ruined buildings, and it is feared that the remains of other victims of the storm stiU lie burled under the ruins of dwellings. Took the Girl Away from Him. Frank Glen of Hildreth, Neb., some days ago secured the company of Miss Loerto attend a party. While on the way to the party the couple met Willis Young, who re- . quested of Glen that he be allowed a private conversation with the lady. The accommodating young fellow having given his consent, Young assisted the lady to alight and helped her into his own buggy with the request that Glen remain a few moments where he was, while Young and the lady took a few moments’ drive over the hilL Glen sat and held his horses until he became tired and then started in pursuit, only to find that Young and the girl hud skipped to Kearney and got married.

Mrs. Tourgee Goes to JalL

In the Supreme Court at Buffalo, N. Y., Judge Lewis affirmed the order for the imprisonment of Efnma K. Tourgee for contempt of court in failing to appear before a referee in Jamestown to answer us to the financial relations existing between her husband, Judge Albion W. Tourgee, the author, and herself, thus disobeying the order of Judge Butts, of Chautauqua County. Mrs. Tourgeee was sentenced to pay $35 fine and spend thirty-five days in jail. The prosecution, failing to discover any available funds, claimed that Tourgee turned over the receipts from his lectures and books to his wife. Disasters of a Day. In Phi'adelphia last week three women lost their Ilves In a fire. In Now York a workman was burned to doith at No. 227 East Fifty-sixth street, where a roofing fa tory and adjacent buildings burned at a floss of $40,000. In Brooklyn a bagging factory and wholesale grocery burned; loss, 4200,009. In HiaWathi:, Kan., the center of t tjie Imstness section was destroyed, including the'First National Ilank and its vault, , containing $50,900 in currency. In Terre ; Haute, Ind., a fire occurred in the Riverside Woolen Mills; loss, $15,000. Several stables at the race track at that city also burned. of Lillian Grubb. til l in Grab'J. actiest and sinter, d el at ! Pal imore. She had loan on the stage six or seven yeais. Mis . Grubb wi s twice marfol, her second husband being David Hayman, the theatrical n anager. who. with his brother, Albert Hayna\ is piop lator of “Tao Shenandoah.” Her last appearance on the s age was in Balt mere In •• The Gondoliers.” Af’.e • the ci moany disbanded she retired freni the stage and removed to her hoa.e. wheie she died. Annual Statement of the Wabash. Following is the annual statement of the Wabash Railway Company: Gross earnings, $13,352,872.40; operating expenses, $9,073,221.18; net earnings, $3,079,051.22; received from rent of tracks, etc., $272,434,51; total, $3,952,085.73; taxes, rentals, etc., $851,473.41; net revenue applicable to interest, $3,100,012.32. Interest on bonds (including two dividends on debenture bonds) and rental of leased lines, $2,862,820.82. Surplus, $237,791.50. Carried a Shot in His Brain for Years. A post-mortem examination of James Massey, who died at Nebraska City, Neb., a few days ago, resulted in the finding of a large Inickshot in his brain. He applied for a pension twelve years ago, alleging that ho Was shot in the head at Fort Donelson and that his mental faculties had been impaired In consequence. His application was refused because no outward sign of the wound appeared.

Wants Now Metal for Guns. Herr Krupp, son of the great German manufacturer, recently visited the Sudbury nickel and copper mines, west of Ottawa, Ont... with a view to testing the quality and quantity of ore produced and its adaptability to the manufacture of a new gun metal. Nickel is employed very largely in the manufacture of this new metal, and if Herr Krupp’s report is satisfactory it will mean a great deal for Sudbury. Explosion of a Gas Tank. One of the gas tanks at the pumping station of the Reading Railroad at Philadelphia exploded while being refilled. Charles Abling was knocked down and received a scalp wound. A wrench which he had been using was hurled a distance of two squares and crashed through the back window of a grocery stere. The concussion broke many windows in the neighborhood. A Missing Witness. It is reported that Miss Smith, of Eastwood, Ont., the principal witness in the Burchell murder case, has mysteriously disappeared, and detectives are searching for her. A cablegram announces that Col. Benwell, the father of the murdered man, is dying, and therefore will not give evidence at the trial. He was to have left England last week. War’s Expense Too Great. Receiving a deputation of Kissingen veterans while en route to Homburg, Prince Bismarck said the inventions for making warfare were becoming more and more murderous. No indemnity could compensate for the misery and expense caused by the new methods of warfare; therefore, happily, every one thought well.before beginning a war. The Result of Carelessness. At South Norwalk. Conn,, the Boston express crashed into the commuters’ train on the Danbury & Norwalk branch of the Housatonic Railroad and did considerable damage to the train, besides injuring some thirty or more of the passengers. The accident was seemingly the result of carelessness. To Help the Needy. The Oklahoma Council has passed a bill providing for the distribution of aid for those in a destitute condition. The capital question is still the all-absorbing topic. The bill for its removal has been reported back to the Council favorably and it will soon corne up for passage. A New York Failure. Three concerns in New York run by Karelson Bros, were closed by the Sheriff. Liabilities, 8100,000. Ticket Forgers Nabbed. At Chicago two men were captured by detectives.,charged with serging and counterfeiting 81,600 worth of tickets of admission to the plc.;ic given at Ogden’s Grove by

the Trada and Labor Assembly of Chicago, Sept. 1. g Severe Storm* in West Virginia. A Parkersburg (W. Va.) special says: A terrific rainstorm has visited this section, lasting forty-five hours. The streets were flooded and ran as rivers, doing great damage. Many cellars were flooded. It Ritchie County the storm was in the shape of a cloud-burst, raising small streams tc torrents in a few minutes. In Jacksot County the storm took the form of t cyclone, and along a path 400 feet wide swept everything before it. Serious Charge Against the Knights. Robert A. Pinkerton charges that the wrecking of the Montreal express on th< New York Central was done at the instigation of one high in the councils of tb< Knights of Labor. Ohio's Corn Crop A bulletin issued by the State Board o Agriculture at Columbus, Ohio, shows tha' the present condition of the corn crop ii Ohio is only 64 per cent, of an average crop and that of potatoes 45 per cent. A Price on Fifteen Lives. Damage suits aggregating $250,000 hav< been brought at Baltimore against the Baj Line and Colchester Steamboat Companie: by relatives of the fifteen victims of tt Loulse-Virglnla collision. Survived Twice Kemmler’s Dose. Herbert Burns, a San Francisco electrician, received a shock of 2,000 volts of electricity and was picked up for dead. H« gradually regained consciousness, however; and will recover. I Diamond Smuggler Captured. A young Englishman, a passenger on th< steamer Tower Hill, from London, attempted to smuggle in $20,000 worth of diamond: at New York, but was detected and th, gems seized by the customs officers. St rike of Freight Brakemen. The freight brakesen and swtchmeiii the employ of the Toledo. Columbus & Cln china i Railioid have gone out on a s.tikt for an advance in wages from $1.75 to $2. Too Much Work and Worry. Adam Amalung, of the firm of A. & W Amalung, hosiery manufacturers at Clncin nati, committed suicide by shooting. Tht cause was overwork and worry. Killed by Lightning. Near Doland, 8. D., Peter Peterson wi killed by lightning while standing on a ha; stack in which the bolt made a hole fron top to bottom. Twelve Thousand Houses Burned. Fires broke out almcst simultaneously it four different parts of Salonica, in Turkey • and destroyed 12,060 houses and most of th, 1 public buildings. American Bankers' Association. The annual convention of the Amerlcai Bankers' Association is in session at Sara 1 toga. A large number of the representativ< financial men of the country are present. National Reform Party. In St. Louis a convention composed of Labor Union men, Greenbackers and Prohibitionists, met for the purpse of organizing I National Reform party. Dock Laborers Strike. The dock laborers, coal porters, sailors firemen at Southampton. England, havt struck against the employment of nonunion men. A Kentucky Absconder Captured. Hume Clay, of Paris, Ky., who abscondec , after forging the names of his/ father anc grandfather to the extent of $75,009, ha: been captured. Nominated for Congress. John L. Mitchell (Dem.) in the First Wisconsin District: P. C. Smithson (Rep.) ir the Fifth Tennessae District at Nashville. Jews Leaving Russia. During the last ten days 750 Jewish families have left Berditschev,' Russia, for England, America and Australia. Senator Farwell's Illness. Senator Farwell has been very ill aWaukesha, Wis. Physicians pronounce hin I better, however. Forty Thousand Are Homeless. Forty thousand persons are made homeless by the overflowing of the Elbe ant Danube Rivers. A Negro Lynched. Thomas Smith, a negro, was lynched at Poplar Bluff, Mo. He had broken the skull of a white man with a stone in a quarrel. Tried to Wreck a Train. An attempt was made to wreck the Chicago and St. Louis express on the New Yorl Central near Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Railroad Offices Burned. The Pennsylvania Railroad offices at Altoona, Pa., were destroyed by fire startec by a flash of lightning. Five Italians Killed. Five Italians were killed and many Injured near Canyon City, Col., by an expres: running into the rear of a derailed train. Failed for Half a Million. Hoxie & Mellor, extensive lumber dealen in Wisconsin, have failed for over,ssoo,ooo with nominal assets of $600,000.