Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 September 1890 — THE WORLD OVER. [ARTICLE]

THE WORLD OVER.

INTELLIGENCE FROM EVERY LAND AND CLIME. Fhe History of a Week Gathered from the Wires, Embracing Political Doings, Personal Movements, Accident*, Criminal Affairs, Labor Notes, Etc. PASSED TWO IMPORTANT MEASURE'. Tne Senate Disposes of the Land-Grant Forfeiture and Anti-Lottery Bills. Vice President Morton presided in the Senate on the 16th inst. The House bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to sell certain lands and to grant the proceeds of such sale to the town of Pelican, Oneida County, Wis., for school purposes was passed, together with several other unimportant measures. The conference report on the railroad land-forfeiture bill was resumed, and after considerable debate a vote was taken and the conference report was agreed to—yeas, 30; nays. 13—a strict party vote. The House anti-l< tt?ry bill was then, on motion of Mr. Sawyer, taken from the calendar and passed without a word of discussion. On motion of Mr. Plumb the Senate proceeded to the consideration of the House bill to repeal the timber-culture laws. Mr. Plumb, who reported the bill back from the Committee on Public Lands, moved an amendment in the nature of a substitute. The substitute was amended and agree:! to and the bill passed. A conference was asked on the disagreeing votes, and Messis. Plumb, Pettigrew and Walthall were appointed conferrees on the part of the Senate. The Senate then, on motion of Mr. Edmunds, took up from the calendar the Senate bill to establish a United States land court ami to provide for the settlement of private land claims in certain States and Territories. The bill having been read was laid over and the Senate adjourned. The House spent the day debating the Enloe resolution regarding Kenm dy’s speech, which was so modified as to be an express!; n on the part of the House that it •‘disapproves and condemns” Mr. Kennedy's speech and a direction t:> the public printer to expunge it from the permanent C< nj:Mtima' Heard. By a vote of 122 to 58 the matter was refei red to the Committ?e on Judiciary. A bill was passed constituting Peoria, 111., a port of delivery. The Speaker announced the appointment of the following conferrees on the tariff bill: Messrs. McKinley, Burrows. Bayne, Dinsley, Mills, McMillin, and El »wer. The House then adjourned.

THE NATIONAL. GAME. How the Clubs in ths Base-Ball Leagues stand. National. W. L. $c. 1 Players’ W. L. sc. 8r00k1yn....79 41 .658 Boston 73 43 .629 Boston 74 47 .612 Brooklyn ...71 50 . 587 Philad’lphia73 47 .608 New York.. .68 50 . 576 Chicago7s 49 .6's!l'hila<riphiii'64 55 .538 Cincinnati.. 69 50 .581 Chicago 67 58 .535 New Y0rk...56 64 .467 Pittsburg . ..53 61 .465 Cleveland.. .35 82 .293 Cleveland... 46 71 .893 Pittsburg ...21 102 .171 Buffalol2 86 .271 Western. W. L. c. American. W. L. c. Kas. City... 70 3S .648 Louisville.. .71 40 .640 Miuuea.polis.72 40 . 641 St. Louis.. ..65 19 .57.) Milwat.kie. .71 41 .634 Columbus. ..63 48 .568 Denvers3 57 .482.Rochester...58 53 .537 Sioux Citv..so 60 . 455 Toledos 6 54 .509 Omaha 46 60 ,426 Athleticss 57 .491 Lincoln4l 69 .383 Syracuse... .45 63 .417 St. Paul3s 74 .327 Baltimore...3o 82 .258 REPUBLICAN VICTORY IN BRAZIL. Bo Monarchists and but Few Clericals bucceMMful in the Elections. A Rio Janeiro cable says: The elections have passed off in perfect order and quiet. The results of the elections show that the country Is overwhelmingly in favor of the new order of things. No Monarchists and hardly any Clericals wer* eleclei. The, success of the Republican parly in the elections is assured. The press congratulates the Government upon the result. Gave Queen Victoria a Lion, The Sultan of Sokoto, who rules oves 12,000,006 people In West Africa, has presented his fellow sovereign, Queen Victoria, with a magnificent lion. The animal has arrived at Liverpool and will probably be taken care of at the Zoo. No Money for the Bull Players. The st (Ckholdersof the Athletic Ball Club of Philadelphia have notiiied the players that there is no money t > pay their salaries, a nd that those who want their releases can have them. Sums ranging from S3OO to SSOO are due the men. Count Tolstoi Seriously 111. Count Tolstoi, the famous Russian author, is seriously ill at Yasnala, Poliana, his country seat. The Count's health has been failing for some time, lie is naw CO years of age. Cincinnati Youths Mustn't Smoke. The Chief of Police of Cincinnati has issued orders to the police tj arrest all children found un >king cigarettesand will hold them until they tell who sold the contraband goods to them. Prosperity of the Switchmen's Union. Reports have been presented to the Switchmen’s Convention at Buffalo, showing that the order is in a healthy condition. Of the year's receipts(s97,s72), $.’6,t00 was paid for deaths and injuries. Two Children Burned to J rath. At Salt Lake City the two boys of Mrs. .1. W. Savage were burned to death in their mother’s dwelling. It is supposed the fire was started by the explosion of a coal oil can I residential Nominations. The following nominations have been made: Indian Agents—Davis Wade Matthews, at Klamath Agency, Oregon; Al Husse, at Grande Rondo Agency, Oregon. Langdon Exonerated from All Blame. William Langdon, who shot J. W. Bevan, who had a moment before killed Mrs. Langdon, was exonerate I from all blame by the coroner's jury at Clinton, lowa. Poor Prospect for the Strikers. Swedes, Canadians and Germans are taking the places of the strikers in the morocco ’ trade at Lynn, Mass., and it is reported that the workmen have little chance of winning. Reston's 2OOth Anniversary. The 260th anniversary of the establishment of Boston was celebrated simply by the display of flags from the bublic buildings. Tunneled Into a Bank Vault. Bobbers tunneled into a bank building at The Dalles, Orc., blew open the vault, and secured about SIO.OOU. Ericsson’s Last Resting Placo. On the arrival of the special train bearing Ericsson's body at V'tpipstad, Sweden, the entire population of the place assembled at the depot to do ho lor to the dead. The coffin was deposited in a chapel especially constructed to'receive it. Train-Wreckers Confess. R. A. PurmentC”, counsel for the Central Hudson Railroad Company, of New York, has In his possession the written confessions of Reid. Culn. and Huett, giving all the details of the wrecking of the Montreal express wear Custlctou on Sept. 4.

A SENATORIAL PROGRAM. Order in Which Pending Measures Will Be Taken Up. A caucus of Bepublican Senators has been held for the purpose of agreeing upon an order of business for the remainder of this session of Congress. It was decided to limit the program to the following bills, to be considered in the order named after the report of the conference committee on the land-grant forfeiture bill shall have been disposed of: 1. Anti-lottery mail bill. 2. Bill to repeal the timber-culture act. 3. Bill to establish private land-claim courts. 4. Bill for the relief of the Supreme Court. 5. Bill for the adjustment. of claims of laborers, etc., under the eight-hour law. 6. Bill making eight hours a day’s work for laborers, etc., in Government employ or employed by contractors doing Government work. I. Bill to transfer the revenue marine service from the Treasury to the Navy Department. 8. The Paddock pure-food bill. 9. Bill for the settlemeat of claims arising from Indian depredations. 10. Torrey bankruptcy bill. 11. Bill to place telegraph companies under the operation of the Interstate commerce law. 12. District of Columbia bills. AWFUL FATE OF~A LINEMAN. Tortured to Death by Elect'lcity in Midair in New York City. At New York City, Electric-Light Lineman Ko<p was tortured to death by a “live” wire on the pole at Thirty-fifth street and Broadway before the eyes of the people who were streaming out of Park Theater. Many of the people saw the lineman mounting the pole. He was about to fix something about the lamps, when suddenly he became limp, and the awful sizzle of burning flesh could be heard by the crowd below. It happened that Superintendent Charles W. Fipps of the Brush Electric Light Company was a visitor at the theater. He came out and Uok in the situation at a glance. With the assistance of Manager Dunleavy he succeeded in releasing the •lineman frcThi his terrible position, but too late to save the victim’s life. A physician worked over the man for half an hour in the vain effort to resuscitate him.

HURLED DOWN AN EMBANKMENT. A Missouri Pacific Express Train Wrecked Near St. Louis. Many Passengers Being Hurt. The Kansas City express, fre m St. Louis, on the Missouri Pacific Railway, was wrecked by a defective switch at Glencoe, forty miles west of St. Louis. The forward part of the train passed the switch In safety, but one coach, the St. Joseph sleeper Osage, and the Wichita sleeper Havana left the track, and the coach and sleeper Osage rolled down a small embankment. Twenty people were injured, six seriously. Mrs. E. L. Norton, of St. Louis, Is not expected to survive her internal injuries. Mrs - . Mary Latt, of Kansas City; A. C. Daly and wife, of Lebanon, Ind.; James Cook, of Denver, and E. L. Norton, of St. Louis were badly hurt. Nearly one hundred passengers were severely shaken up and all had a narrow escape from a horrible death. DAKOTA’S DESPERATE CONDITION. Her Crops Are a Complete Failure anil Farmers Will Be Destitute. Reports received at St. Paul from Ellendale and neighboring points show almost a total crop failure through Spink County, North Dakota, and a situation far worse than that of ’B9. Mayor Lefton telegraphs that of the wheat raised 90 percent, will not thrash out half of the estimate at the time of cutting, which was very low. He reports the same to be true of the line east and west as broad as Spink County and says the general crop situation of North Dakota is worse even than recent reports. Farmers have mortgaged everything to the full value and their credit is exhausted with local merchants. It is feared it will be impossible to purchase necessary fuel this winter. TWO FREIGHT TRAINS COLLIDE. A Misplaced Switch Caines a Bad Wreck on the New York Central. A disastrous wreck occurred at Schodack, N.Y., sixteen miles below Albany, on the New York Central Railroad. The railroad authorities say that an extra freight train collided with a regular freight train, owing to a misplaced switch, and a few freight-cars left the track. It has been learned from other sources, however, that the wreck is very disastrous, two engines, ten cars, and a caboose being piled up so as to cover the passenger tracks as well as the freight tracks. A brakeman had both legs crushed and is not expected to live. No one else was hurt, WYOMING IS REPUBLICAN. Not a democrat Elected on the State Ticket. A Cheyenne (Wye.) dispatch says. The Republicans have carried Wyoming with the insistence of the Mormons. The saints gave Warren, Republican, toy Governor, the two counties wrested from tho Democracy by Delegate Carey two years ago. Uinta County, Wyoming, headquarters for the Mormons, gives Warren 400 majority, and he has the State by 1,200. The Republicans have captured the Legislature by about five of forty-nine members. They were ■well equipped with money and corporation Influence. Not a Democrat will get a State office.

RACED FOR A MAIDEN’S HAND. Pretty Polly Andrews Won by John Van leet In a Novel Manner. At Chattanooga. Tenn., a novel foot race took place for the hand of Polly Andrews, the belle of Walden's Ridge. Tom Mitchell and John Van Leet sued for her favcr, and she was unable to decide tctwom them. They proposed a duel, but the girl demurred and decided upon a foot race from the Tennessee River to Fairmount, on the summit of Walden’s Bilge, a matter of ton miles. The men staitod at 2 p. m. and at 5:10 Van Leet reached ths goal. The beaten man accepted the.situation and Miss Polly accepted the winner. A LAKGE SALARY. The Philadelphia and Reading Dine Pay Its Pies dent £40,000 a Year. The Board of Managers of ths Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company has decided to increase the salary of President and General Manager A. A. McLeod to 840,000. This amount is said to be the largest paid to a railway official in the United,State-;, with the exception of Chauncey M. Depew of the New York Central, who. It is said, gets 850.000. Several of the managers of the Reading Company, in speaking of the increase, said lh?y considered Mr. McLeod's services worth the sum to be paid hini. A REVOLUTION - !?? - SWITZERLAND. Three Members of a Cantonal Government Imprisoned and One Killed. I A revolution has broken out in the Canton of Ticino, Switzerland, owing to a difference of opinion regarding the revision of the Constitution. Three members of the Cantona] Government have been imprisoned, one has been killed with a revolver and the

others have fled. The Federal Government has sent two battalions to the scene. The Austrian Floods. A Vienna cable says: The Prater and the Freudenau race-courses, both of which were flooded, have been drained. The city is resuming its normal aspect. In the valley of the Drave the situation is again threatening. Much damage has been done by the floods at Pressburg Baah, Grau and Waitzen. At Pesth the river is very high and there is danger of serious trouble. The island of Schnett at Pressburg has been inundated. The bodies of twenty-one persons who were drowned during the flood have been found floating in the Elbe. Tile New French Tariff The preamble of the proposed. Government bill in France to temulate the general customs and tariff duties is now ready to be introduced in the Chamber of Deputies. The bill proposes to fix the terms of a general tariff, but authorizes the Government to augment the duties in proportion to the facilities which other nations grant to or withhold from French Imports, The returns received from the sections es France show that the crop this year will be 1,881,096 nectolitres less than last year.

The Latest Figures tYom Maiue. Full Representative returns from ten counties in Maine and partial returns from the remaining six indicate a Democratic gain of twelve Representatives, making the House stand 113 Republicans to 38 Democrats. The Senate stands 4 Democrats to 27 Republicans. Returns from practically the whole State foot up: Burleigh, 63,565; Thompson, 44,844; Clark, 2,848; scattering, 956. Republican plurality, 18,721. The remaining places voted in 1886: Republicans, 925; Democrats, 814; scattering, 106. Burned by Molten Slag. Four men employed in Gould & Eberhardt’s foundry at Newark, N. J., were frightfully burned by molten slag. The men were preparing to quit work and one of them tried to force Lack the bolt of the cupola. He was unable to do so and three other workmen started to assist him, when the drop door unexpectedly gave way and over a ton of molten slag rained down about the men. They ran for their lives, but were more or less burned. Named tor Congress. Among the recent Congiesslonal nominations are the following: For the Secoqd Missouri District, James Pettijohn, Republican; tor the Seventh Georgia District, R. W. Everett, Democrat; for the First Wisconsin District, Clinton Babbitt, Democrat; for the Fourth Michigan District, the Hon. J. C. Burrows, Republican; for the Tenth Indiana District, David H. Patton, Democrat; for the First Arkansas District, the Hon. L. P. Featherstone. Republican. The Minneapolis Flour Output. TheLutput of flour by Minneapolis mills for the week was 160.925 barrels, against 172,560 barrels the preceding week, and 133,580 for the corresponding week of 1889. Receipts were of wheat. 954,400 bushels; shipments, wheat, 249,020 bushels; flour, 149,569 barrels; millstuffs, 4,356 tons. Bloody Battle in Morocco. Forces of the Sultan of Morocco have had a battle with the Zemmours, in which the latter were defeated with heavy loss in killed and wounded. The Zemmours were taken by surprise and completely routed. Their famous chief, Chamlon, was captured by the Sultan’s troops. fruits Involving Millions. Suit, have been commenced in Erie, Pa., to secure possession of property in the heart of tie city valued at several millions of dollar;. The claimant is a nephew of the original settler, Welnbiddle, who secured extensive grants direct from the English crown. Decreased Cotton Exports. Cotton exports from the United States during August aggregated 02,203 bales, valued at $3,411,455, against 08,008 bales, valued at $3,517,835, in August, 1889. Cotton exports for the twelve months ended Aug. 31 aggregated 4,811,103 bales, valued at $235,038,039. Snow in Northern Montana. Snow is reported from Fort Assinabolne, Montana. It is the first snow of the season in the United States. Snow to a depth of from four to six inches fell at places in the Northwest Territory, above Montana, and about one-half inch fell over Noi th Montana. British Iron Men Coining. Tae members of the Iron and Steel Institi.tr of Great Britain who ar j preparing to visit America number 300, and will be accompanied by a large number of friends. Excursions will be made to the iron ore and copper regions of Lake Superior and to the iron districts of Alabama. Destroying the Gates in the Danube. A Vienna cable says: - The work of destroying the iron gates in the Danube has begun in the presence of the Hungarian and Servian Premiers, the Austrian Minister of Cjmmerce, and other Ministers and officials of the three countries interested, and a large concourse of people.

Innocence Seven Years Behind Bars. A young man named Roby has served seven years of a fifteen-year sentence for arson in the Georgia Penitentiary, and evidence has just been produced that proved his innocence. He will be released at once. Thinks He IDs Found Defaulter Tate. J. Mcßey, of Springfield, Mo., thinks he has located James W. Tate, the defaulting Kentucky treasurer, in Dallas County, Missouri. Mcßey has gone to Jefferson City to get an order of arrest and bring his prisoner to Kentucky. France's New Tariff SchemeOn the expiration of the French treaties of commerce a customs bill will be introduced fixing a simple general tariff and giving the government the right to increase the duties on goods from countries that refuse to grant France economic advantages. To Die by Electricity. Judge Lacombe, in the -United States Circuit Court, at New York, has refused to prant a writ of habeas corpus in the case of Shlbguia Juglao, the Japanese murderer who is now in solitary confinement at Sing Sing under sentence of death by electricity. Uneasiness in Switzerland. A Berne, Switzerland, cable says: The conservative government at Ticino has been reunited at Locarno. The situation there Is peaceful, 'but a troubled feeling prevails. Judge Schneider has opened an inquiry into the revolution. Killed by a Roller Explosion. A locomotive used on the Concord grade, about six miles below Lynchburg. Va., wiille pushing a train up the grade exploded its boiler, killing the fireman and injuring the engineer and a brakeman. Polygamy in Utah Not Dying Out. The September term of the Second District Court at Beaver, Utah, has just closed. In sentencing some of the prisoners who committed unlawful cohabitation Judge Anderson remarked that when the accused would not promise* to obey She laws It seemed strange that they were circulating

claims through the press and in Congress that polygamy is being abandoned. A large number of offenders appear at every term for sentence. Depew’s Arrival in New York. The Hon. Chauncey M. Depew arrived in New York by the steamer Teutonic. He was met by New York Central officials down the bay, and in the most positive terms expressed entire approval cf the manner in which the contest with the strikers had been conducted. A Double Tragedy in Louisiana. At a ball given near New Iberia, La., Victor Miguez and man named Roderiguez became involved in a quarrel during which Roderiguezshot Miguez through the heart, instantly killing him, whereupon a brother of Miguez shot and fatally wounded Roderiguez. Seed Wheat for Oklahoma Fanners. Arrangements have been made whereby the Kock Island Railroad will furnish seed wheat to the farmers of Oklahoma at net cost without freight, and on one year’s time without interest, taking the individual notes of the farmers for the loan. Quarantining the “Holy Carpet.” The Cairo Board of Health will impose a quarantine of fifteen days upon the escort of the holy carpet from Mecca, and a quarantine of twenty days upon pilgrims and caravans from Yembo. Deaths from Cholera in Valencia. Thirty-one new cases of cholera and twenty deaths from that disease are reported in Valencia, Spain. A number of suspicious cases have been reported in Castellon and Vallreas, near Madrid. Killed with an Umbralla. Cerlle Pearson was killed in a quarrel with a farmer named Howard, at Winnepeg, by bls antagonist shoving an umbrella into his left eye. Tailor to Build Another Opera House. IL A. W. Tabor, of Denver, has closed a deal for a piece of property in Salt Lake, Utah, on which he will build an opera house to cost $490,000. Twenty Men Imprisoned in a Mine. A Berlin cable reports an explosion in the Loederberg coal pit at Stassfurt. Twenty miners are imprisoned in the pit and their fate is doubtful. Nevada’s Governor Seriously 111. Gov. C. C. Stevenson, of Nevada, is seriously ill at Carson with typhoid pneumonia. He has been sinking some time. Physicians refuse to answer inquiries. Nez Perce* Are Restless. Nez Perce Indians on their reservation in Idaho are acting in a sullen manner, and the settlers fear that an outbreak may occur. Danced Before the Queen. The court circular mentions the fact that Miss Addie Smith, of Toronto, has, by invitation, danced before the Queen and the royal family. Dillon Will Not Visit America. Mr. John Dillon has been subpoenaed to appear as a witness in the O’Shea divorce case. This will prevent his intended visit to America. The First Fall of Snow. Snow from a quarter of an inch to several Inches in depth fell in North Dakota, Montana, Northwestern Minnesota, and Manitoba. An Old Steamboat Man Dead. Joseph Bell, who took the. first steamboat across tne Gulf of Mexico, died of apoplexy at Cincinnati. Double Asphyxatlon. iliss Annie Adams, aged 55, and her nephew, aged 8, were asphyxiated by gas from a gas-stove at Mansflil 1, Ohio. Rich Min-ral Deposits. Rich finds of copper and silver on the north shore of Lake Su erlor are reported by prospectors at Grand Marais, Minn. Laborers Killed by a Train. The mangled bodies of three laboring men were found beside the Illinois Central track near East Dubuque. A Great Cargo of Sealskins. The Alaska Commercial Company's steamer Karluk has arrived at San Francisco from Siberia with 42,000 sealskins. Chairman Goddard Resigns. J. F.-Goddar I lias asked to be relieved of his duties as Chairman of the Western Passenger Association, to take effect Sept. 30. Contributions to the Bismarck Memorial. The German residents in England have contributed SB,OOO to the proposed national memorial to Prince Bismarck, Heavy Damages by Storms. The heavy rains of the past fe.v days have caused serious damage in parts of New York State, Pennsylvania, and Ohio. Big Land Sult Decided. The Wisconsin Railway was beaten in a lawsuit over the possession of 200,000 acres of land. The Georgia Cotton Crop. The Georgia cotton crop showed a decrease of 25 per cent. It suffered from rust.