Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 January 1891 — A TURBULENT WORLD. [ARTICLE]

A TURBULENT WORLD.

IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS OP THE DAY. 1 Foreign and PomeiUr Intelligence Transmitted by Wire-A Kaleidoscope of Interesting Occurrences—Political, Criminal, Accidental, and Industrial. i " —l—The Idaho Man Takes tbe Oath of Office— An Objection. The Senate met at noon on the 29th, after a few day’s recess. The Vice-President laid before the members a communication from the Governor of Idaho transmitting credentials of the Senator-elect f ram that State —Messrs George L. Shoup and 'William J. McConnell. The credentials having been read, Mr. Hoar moved that as Mr. Shoup was present the oath of office be administered to him. Mr Vance remarked that the new State of Idado appeared to have elected more than its fair share of Senators, and he thought that the credentiali should be referred to the Committee oh Privileges and Elections Mr. Hoar said that, as he understood, there were only two Senators chosen from that State. He thought that his motion took precedence of Mr. Vance's. Mr. Hoar’s motion having been agreed to. that Senator escorted Mr. Shoup to the Clerk’s desk, where he took the oath of office and subscribed to it. DARING BANK KUIiBERY, A Chicago Bank Bobbed by Three Men in Broad Daylight, The Merchants Exchange Bank of South Chicago was the victim of one of the boldest daylight robberies committed in recent years. At noon, when everyone was out for dinner except Frank Lynn, a clerk 21 years old, three men entered the bank and’covering Jiim with their revolvers ordered Lynn to throw up his hands. Being taken by surprise the young man obeyed. The robbers then erdered him to handout the money, and to be quick about it. This he refused to do. when two of the strangers climbed over the railing, threw the boy down and kicked him Into insensibility. They then opened the vault and took therefrom $2,800, ail the money In sight. They then picked up young Lynn, threw him into the vault and closed the door upon him. Just as the three men were leav.ng the bank, , one of them carrying the bag and the other the tin box, Mr. Walter Willis, the cashier of the bank, entered, and they smilingly bade him good-day as they passed out. Then they hurriedly walked around the corner to Exchange avenue and Ninetysecond street, where they jumped into a buggy, which they had left tht&re some time before. It was a rather weather-beaten, square-topped buggy, with a bay horse attached to it. Willis soon discovered the robbery, released Lynn from the vault and gave the alarm. Then began an exciting chase. A patrol wagon filled with policemen started In pursuit of the robbers, and after a long chase succeeded In overhauling them. Several shots were fired on both sides, but in the end the robbers were caught and locked up. They gave their names as Harry Featherstone, Frank Bennett and John Corbitt.

NOT A QUESTION OF MORALS. Mr. Vincent Scully Say* the Sin of Parnell Was Only a •’ Private Vice.” Mr. Vincent Scully, who was defeated by Sir John Pope Hennessy in the contest for North Kilkenny's seat in Parliament, has ■written a letter to the Freeman’s Journal in which he says the attitude of the Irish Bishops before and during the election referred to only shows that Mr. Parnell “committed a private vice,” and allowed judgment by default to be delivered against him, and, therefore, he has been pronounced to be no longer eligible to a position of public trust. Continuing, Mr. Scully says the Irish struggle is essentially a political and not a moral one, a struggle for leave for the Irish to manage Irish affairs after their own fashion. The struggle is one of pounds, shillings, and pence, and not of the sacraments.

Took Poison and Shot Himself. Harry Atkinson, a railroad brakeman ■whose home is at Auburn, Ky., chose two routes to commit suicide, at the Globe Hotel in St, Louis. He fir3t tried morphine, which had effect on his organism. He then took a dose of laudanum, and, getting In bed, sent a bullet crashing through his brain. He left several letters, one of which was addressed to Mrs. C. F. Atkinson, Auburn, Ky. No cause is assigned except that he was heard to say that he was tired of life.

Two Justices Indicted. The Grand Jury at Des Moines, lowa, has returned indictments against Justice of the Peace J. B. Johnson for making false returns, and against Justice L. B. Callender and Constable George Cleggett for conspiracy to defraud the county. More indictments will grow out of the recent investigations into the methods of the Justices and constables who are engage! in enforcing the prohibitory law. No Pleuro-Pneumonia There. / The action of Secretary Rusk, of the Department of Agriculture at Washington, in closing certain Vermont ports for entry of Canadian cattle into the United States, owing to the alleged existence of pleuropneumonia in the Dominion, is much criticised in Canada. The Government officials assert that there is not a single case of the t.isease in existence in the Dominion. Recovered Her Speech. A remarkable case of recovery of speech has occurred in Dubuque, lowa. A year ago Miss Jkilia Morris was struck,dumb with the horror of witnessing the killing of her brother. Since then she had been unable to utter a word until the other day, when heAspeech returned to her as suddenly as it left. She is now able to converse freely. Mobbed While Aalerp in a Pullman. —A Camden man named Halliet, who had been in Boston selling horses, was robbed of $7,460 while asleep on the night Pullman train, near Bangor, Me. \

Bold Robbery in a Hotel. George Walser, a representative of the Morris Safe and Lock Company of Covington, Ky.. was gagged and robbed in a room in the Union Depot Hotel at Kansas City about 12:30 o’clock in the moruin|£®Ue was awakened at the hour mentioned by a sound in the room and saw two men searching the pockets of his trousers. When they discovered that be was awake they gagged him and afterward robbed him of SOS. As soon as they had departed Walser rang the bell and help came, but it was then too late to get any trace of the ropbers.

BUSINESS GETTING BETTER. The Holiday Trade Shows a General Improvement m Trade. R. G. Dun & Co.'s weekly review of trade' says:* ' ' -L

Business has procressed as well as could be expected in a week broken by the Christmas holiday and a great snow-s:orm. The holiday, trade was remarkably heavy in New York and at nearly all other points good, which is by no means evidence that the tightness of the money market springs from any general embarrassment of business or industry. The volume of payments through banks continues laVger, though but_ about 3 per cent, larger, than a year ago. Railroad earnings thus far reported for December also show a gain of about 4 per cent, over those of the same week last year. Foreign trade is heavy in spite of causes which were expected to insure a material decrease. The uncertainty in regard to monetary legislation and its possible effects Is still the great obstacle, but even this has less disturbing influence than It had a week or two ago, as the prospect of unwise action seems more remote, and the money markets have generally grown easier during the last week, hot only at the East but at suiue of the Western and Southern centers. The monetary situation grows more satisfactory because Treasury disbursements continue and arrivals of cold have given aid, and the enormous excess of merchandise exports over imports is felt. In three weeks of December exports from New York have been 7 per cent, greater than last year, which would indicate heavier exports than in any previous month, while the Increase in imports has been but 2 per cent. These facts point to an excess of exports as large as the $37,000,000 of last Decemeer. In November the excess of exports over Imports was more than $25,000,000.

HOPE FOR THE AMERICAN HOG. He May at I.ast Be Allowed to Get Into Italy. The Italian Government several ye&rs ago prohibited the importation of American pork and lard, and soon after extended the prohibition to all countries. It has just taken a step, however which, it is believed, will result In the removal of the restriction against the United States. The Minister of the Interior has issued a decree reciting that Germany is taking every safeguard to insure the health of Its home products. A certificate from a health officer Is to accompany each shipment. Inasmuch as the inspection laws of Germany are no more rigid than those existing in the United States, it is believed that Italy, whoso trade relations with tbe United States have been rapidly growing until now they have reached figures exceeded only by three nations, will be willing to ■ remove the embargo upon American pork and lard upon . similar assurances from the United States of thorough inspection. It Is known that the Government is highly pleased with the lncreas ng trade with the United States, which has been less affected by the new tariff than that of the other nations. It is believed that the matter has been taken up by Secretary Blaine and that negotiations are pending. The agents of a number of American shippers are now in Italy. They say that the removal of the restriction against the United States would prove of the greatest benefit and that they are satisfied a large market is awaiting such action.

TWO SALARIES AT A TIME. How Retired Army Officers Manage to Make a Living. The right of a retired officer of the army to hold a position under the civil Government and to draw pay for both positions comes up again Incidentally in connection with the case of Col. A. J. Smith, who was recently restored to the army and retired by a special act of Congress, and who has continued to perform the duties of disbursing agent for the ongineer department of the army. In the latter capacity he paid himself mileage at the rate allowed engineer officers. The Second Controller has just decided that he is entitle! only to actual expenses as allowed all other employes, and in a lengthy review of the officer's status throws out a pretty broad hint that he is illegally drawing a double salary from the Government. It has long been a question whether an officer could draw two salaries from the Government, but inasmuch as the courts have decided that the only specific law on the subject is the one that prohibits retired officers from holding positions in diplomatic service the accounting officers have not undertaken to stop the pa> of those retired officers who fill civil offices outside of the State Department, but an opportunity is rarely lost of questioning the propriety of appointing retired officers to civil positions. Gen. AV. S. Kosecrans draws pay as a Brigadier General on the retired list and as Registrar of the Treasury. It is the best piece of luck “Old Rosy” has had for many years, but no one begrudges him it

PLAYED A SHARP GAME. Ohio Robbers Handcuff* Their Victim and Then Take His Money. A daring and successful robbery occurred in the northern part of Fostoria, Ohio, about dusk one night recently. As Frank Myers, agent for the Perkins Windmill Company. Mishawaka, Ind., was coming to town from his home, three miles In the conutry, he was stopped by three men. One of them stepped up to him, saying: “We were just looking for you; consider yourself under arrest.” At the same in&tant two revolvers were stuck in his face. One of the fellows polled out a pair of‘steel handcuffs and fastened them around his wrists. The fellows then began going through his pockets. Attempting to resist he was struck below the eye and knocked senseless. The thieves secured 51,330 In currency, a gold watch, a revolver, and some notes. When Myers regained consciousness he was lying on the railroad track. Myess hastened up-town and had the handcuffs sawed off. One of the fellows had on a blue coat and bra s buttons. It Is supposed the work was done by parties who knew that Myers frequently had large sums of money on his person. There Is no clew thus far to •the robbers. A. L, Hopkins, the “Vressiah.” A. L. Hopkins, who is now posing as the Indiana messiah at the agencies out West, is well known at New Hampton, lowa. Only a year ago lie was the Democratic nominee for County Treasurer, and made a very good canvass, although it was thought by many that he was insane. He traveled through the West for years for Burley & Tyrrell, a crockery house of Chicago, and was always considered a man of more than ordinary ability. He was a soldier during the war and is n>w a pensioner. His brother, H. A. Hopkins, is now holding the office of Postmaster at Nashua, lowa.

A Burglar with a Conscience. William Newton’s conscience troubled him so that he ca,me all the way from South America to Omaha to give himself up to the police. Newton says that he is the man who burglarized the store of William Snyder at Tenth and Harney streets in March last While the proprietor by mistake shot in the arm the policeman who came to the rescue, Newton escaped and drifted to South America. But his con-

science troubled him and he finally decided to come back and go to tbs penitentiary, where he could learn a trade.’

Spain’* Severe Protective Tariff. The decree issued by the Spanish Minister of Finance declaring that Spain must follow the protection movement in America by increasing the duties on many Imports Is discussed In Madrid on all sides. There are many who approve the step taken by the Government, butt there are others who do not look upm the move with favor. The following arj two examples of the severity of the new tariff: The duty on brood mares has been increased from $6.50 a head to $27.50, while the duty on wheat flour has been increased from $4.50 to $26.50. Put Gunshot Into Hl* Heart. A young man named David F. Fee was shot and instantly killed on View street, Victoria, B. G. Fee, in company with a friend named Partridge, was walking quietly along when a man near by «a!d, “You challenged me,” and, raising a shotgun, fired at Fee, the charge entering his heart. The murderer escaped, but later a man named belk was arrested on suspicion, and when taken to jail said a man named Whelan had told him he had just shot a man. The police are now on the track of Whelan. . M * The Season’s Loises on the Lakes. . The last season has been unusually disastrous the shipping on the great lakes. Sixteen steamers, whose total tonnage was 5,915 tons, and whose value was $356,500, were lost. Twenty-seven schooners and barges, valued at $278,000, and with a tonnage of 8,585 ton's, were also lost, as well as twelve tugs, valued at $79,000 and of 520 tons burden, making the total number of vessels lost fifty-five, with art aggregate tonnage of 15,020 tons, and a financial loss of $7X3,000.

Child Labor in Minnesota. Labor Commissioner Lamb, of Minnesota, has prepared his second biennial report of the State Bureau of Labor, which contains, among other valuable information, a statement showing the alarming increase c-f child labor and a table of the average attendance In schools. The chapter on child labor shows that less than 13 per cent, are under 12 years of age; that 50 cents a day Is the average wages. The average months’ employment Is 8.6, the a.verage months of school attendance, 2.6. Big Foot and Bis Band Captured. At the headquarters of the Department of the Platte, at Omaha, a dispatch has been received from Gen. Brooke which stated that Maj. Whitesides, in command of a battalion of the Seventh Cavalry.had captured Big Foot and his entire band near the head of Porcupine Creek. About 150 bucks sur-. rendered. Gen. Brooke also telegraphed, that the hostiles In the Bad Lands had surrendered and would reach Pine Itidge Tuesday. /~N. Will Give Her a GoldeiCßose. It is reported that the I , ope~'Jntends to confer a special honor on Mme;jCarnot by sending her the golden jose which/he blessed at the last Mid-Lent Sunday.V As this honor is usually bestowed on Catholic sovereign, the presentation of the rose to the wife of the PresldentJof a European republic will be a most sbrnUL—cant Incident as indicating a change in the Pope's political attitude. Musician and Burglar. A young musician named Broesoker, in Berlin, robbed the residence of Mr. Schaefer, a merchant. The family was absent, the only person in the house at the time being a maid servant. The burglar assaulted the servant with an iron bar, knocking her senseless. Subsequently Broeseker became terrorized and surrendered to the police. *

Fifteen Thousand May Strike. The miners of the Central Pennsylvania coal regions have served notice on the coal operators demanding a change in the price of mining from 50 cents gross ton to 50 cents net ton and a new working scale of prices, which they want to go into effect Jan. 1. If the demuuds are not granted the men to the number of 15,030 will quit work. Spain Will Advance Duties. The Spanish Minister of Finance has issued a decree declaring that Spain must; follow the protection movement of America and Europe, repeal portions of the existing tariffs, and largely increase the -duties on horses, mules, cattle, preserved and salted meats, flour, rice, and cereals from Jan. 1 next. Funeral of a Belgian Sooial st. The funeral of Cesar de Paepe.the Belgian Socialist took place in Brussels. The remains were followed tq the grave by an enormous concourse of people. -In the procession were deputations'from 500 Socialistic associations. These delegates carried banners and were headed by bands of music. Driving Out the Poles. The Russian Government has ordered the expulsion of 11.000 Germans and Austrians, the latter mainly Galician Poles employed ■ by private firms in Poland.