Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 February 1891 — SINKING OF A S’TEAMER [ARTICLE]

SINKING OF A S’TEAMER

REBELS REPORTED VICTORIOUS IN CHILI. Water* Biding fn the East—A Mob Takes Possession of the World’s Fair site— Rurid of Admiral Porter—A Pay ’s Work F 1 in Congress— Mail Robberies. TO IMPEACH A U. S. JUDGE. Resolution t:> Take That Action Toward Judge Boerman, of Louisiana. Tn the Ssnate, on the 17th. the credentials of William A. Peffer, Senator-elect from the State of Kansas for the term beginning March 4 next (replacing Mr. Ingalls), were presented by Mr. Ingalls and placed on file. Also by Mr. Turpie the credentials of Mr. Voorhee-. Mr. Morrill from the finance committee, reported back adversely Mr. Stanford's bill to “provide the government with means sufficient to supply the national want of a sound circulating medium,” and it was placed on the calendar. The conference reportonthe bill granting rishtof way to the Junction City& Fort Riley S treet RuilwayCompany through the Fort Kiley military reservation in Kansas was presented and agreed to. In the House Mr. Thompson reported a resolution for the impeachment of Alex. Boermau, Judge of the United States District Court for the western district of Louisiana, for high crimes and misdemeanors. Ordered printed and recommitted. The diplomatic and consular appropriation bill was then taken up. the pending question being on Mr. Dolph’s amendment to increase the salary of the Minister to Portugal from $5,000 to SIO,OOO. SUNK IN THE OHIO. The Steamer Sherlock Strikes a Eridge Pier and G e* to the Bottom. The steamer Sherlock bound to New Orleans struck a Kentucky pier of the Chesapeake and Ohio bridge, near Cincinnati. She had on board thirty passengers and a crew of sixty. The boat went to pieces and flouted down to Fifth street, where she sank. The cabin floated down the river and at Riverside some of the crew got ashore in a skiff. Some were rescued at Fifth street. 'J he harbor steamer A. L. Martin was hastily sent after the floating cabin and caught ft at Riverside, several miles below the city. Several are known to nave been iost. An In ane Murderer. At Bald Knob Junction. Ark., just as the St. Louis express on the ’Frisco road was pullingout a passenger named J. W. Graeter, of Vincennes. Ind., walked from the ladies’ coach into the sleeper next, in the rear, and deliberately shot Isidor Meyer, a drummer. Then he turned his weapon on E. W. Leach, the Pullman conductor. Both men were instantly killed. Graeter then threw his weapon out of the car window and was promptly arrested. The cir was full of people, and the greatest excitement prevailed. The shooting was wholly unprovoked, and it is quite evident that the fellow is crazy.

The Chilian War. Recent advices from Chili represent that the rebels are rapidly increasing in numbers and thus far successful in their encounters with the Government troops. President Balmaceda is intrenched at Santiago de Chili, and hopes to repel the insurgents who are moving on that city. Water Still Rising. The Allegheny and Monongahela rivers are both near the high-water mark at Pittsburgh, and still rising. Reports from different points in .Western Pennsylvania show very high water and much damage from the flood. Successful Series of Robberies. At Wheeling. W. Va., Willie Zinn, aged 16, and his father were arrested for a long series of mail robberies. The boy has a very small hand, which enabled him to abstract letters at will. After the Italians. A mob has taken possession of Jackson Park, Chicago. They loudly denounce the employment of Italian labor in preparing the site of the World’s Fair for the buildings. Collided on a Bridge. Two freight trains collided on a bridge at Erie, Pa., and an engine and sixteen cars were precipitated into the water causing a loss of $40,000. Three trainmen were hurt. After Theatrical Posters. Women in Ohio have begun a crusade again d obscene theatrical posters. In Springfield, .Ohio, white paper was pasted over pictures of burlesquers. The Mafia Case. Nineteen Italians were arraigned at New Orleans for the murder of Chief of Police Hennessy recently. Three hundred witnesses have been summoned.

Confession of Faith Revised. After an eleven days’ session, the committee on the revision of the Presbyterian confession of faith completed its work at Washington. Snow in tlie Northwest. A heavy fall of snow occurred at Brainerd, Minn., apparently extending over the whole southern half of the State. It is the heaviest fall of the winter. Two Hundred Perished. Australian papers state that by the burning of the steamor Rained at Wuhu 200 Chinese perished. A Treasonable Conspiracy. A conspiracy to assassinate the principal officers of the republic is said to have been discovered In Bdenos Ayres. A Millionaire Weds. John Jaccb Astor, the young New York millionairet was married tj Miss Ava Lawle Willing in Philadelphia. Charged with the Murder S. B. Cowles, a banker of Clarks. Neb., has b ?en arrerted, charged with the murder of h s wife. Laid to Rest. The funeral of Admiral Porter took place at Washington. He was buried at Arlington. Powderly I rostrated. Just as Master Workman Powderly was concluding his speech to the Knights of Labor at Hall at Topeka, Kan., he fell prostrate in his chair from an attack of heart disease. He recovered, however, and was able to walk to his hotel. An Old Murdey Recalled. George Gillespie and it map named Money were arrested at Bridgeport. Ind., for the murder of Charles Anderson, who disappeared five years ago. Money was the father of Anderson's betrothed, and Giileeple was a rival.

HIS LAST MftKCH COMPLETED. The O:d War Hero Painlessly Breathes His L ist. General William Tecumseh Sherman, after a brave struggle for life, is dead. He passed peacefully and painlessly away in the presence of his family and a few close friends. The change which marked the approach of the end was so slight that at first even the physicians failed to grasp its meaning. The General was unconscious for some time before his death. He did not suffer any pain. His respirations grew weaker until they ceased entirely. The end came so easily that tor a moment it was not possible to realize that he was dead. Dispatches were sent by Secretary Barrett to President Harrison, General Schofield, Secretary Proctor, Mrs. Senator Sherman, and other relatives. In compliance with a desire previously expressed by the General, his remains will be Interred in St. Louis. ADMIRAL PORTER DEAD. The Nation's First Naval Officer Expires at His Home in Washington. Admiral David D. Porter died suddenly at his home in Washington City, of fatty degeneration of the heart. His death was calm and peaceful. It, came almost entirely without warning. He sat bolt upright, with his son Richard holding one hand and his daughter, Mrs. L. C. L< gan, the other. There were also at his bedside his son, Lieutenant Theodore Porter, United States navy, and his son-in-law. Lieutenant L. C. Logan, United States navvi his nurse, Jas, McDonald, and his faithful man-servant, William Wilkes. Admiral David I). Porter was born in Pennsylvania, June 1813. He was the youngest son of David Porter, the distinguished commodore of the war of 1812. He entered the navy in 1829, became a lieutenant in 1841. and a commander in 1861. He commanded the mortar fleet at the reduction of New Orleans in 1862, was the same year given the command of the Upper Mississippi squadron, and in 1863 contributed materially to the capture of VL’ksburg. For this service he was jjroinoted to the rank of Rear Admiral. He reduced Fort Fisher after a severe bombardment in 1865, and was made a Vice Admiral in 1866 and an Admiral in 1870. As Admiral he was commander-ln-chief. under the President, of the entire navy of the United States. COLLIDED AT A CROSSING. A Dense Fog Causes au Accident In Which Many Are Hui t. A dense fog prevented the engineer of the south-bound Columbus. Hocking Valley & Toledo passenger train seeing the target lights, and he da*l)ed at full speed intia freight train standing across the track at the Scioto Valley (Ohio) crossing. Tlie passenger engine struck the cab of the Scioto Valley train, which bad the right of way. Engineer Charles Bothwell, of Portsmouth, and two brothers named Johnson, of Columbus, were injured probably fatally, and Mrs. Robert McClure, of Reynoldsburg, Ohio, Whs badly cut, but will recover. HESITATING AND WEAK. In the West Trade Is Unsettled, but All Right East. The weekly trade review by Dun & Co. says: There is some improvement in business at the East and a more confident feeling, and at Chicago the tone is very hopeful, but at most of the other Western and nearly all Southern points business snows no increase in volume and is rather hesitating. The business failures occurring throughout the country during the last seven days number 297 as compared witii a total of 306 last week. For the corresp mdlng week of last year the figures were 3J2.

BIG STRIKE OF GOl’». Excitement Over a Rich Find at Florissant, Colorad o. Florissant, a small town in Colorado, is the scene of much excitement. Prospectors with picks, stakes, shovels, and pans are running wildly about and the hill Is already staked out and hundreds of dollars have been paid tor a hole in the ground. Samples of the dust have been sent into town and most carefully scrutinized Ty exports. Those competent to judge say the dirt taken from blastings is great, and the sund will yield $10,006 to the ton. TWO KILLED. Natural Gas in Lafayette Kills Two and Maims Others. At Lafayette, Ind., Thomas Northcut got up and lighted a match, when a natural gas explosion occurred, blowing out the whole side of the house, setting fire to the building and burning it and the adjoining one to the ground. Northcut. and Levi Brown were badly burned by exploding gas. but the most serious injury was to Mrs. Ruth A. Jenners, and her son. who are horribly burned over the wholo body. They can not recover. BY HIS OWN SON. An Upright Kentucky Judge the Object ot an Outlaw’s Revenge Judge Wilson Lewis?, Wh'6 has been active in the prosecution of the desperadoes who have been carrying on bloody feuds in the region of Pineville, Ky., was shot and killed by his own son. Sidney Lewis. The Judge bad put his son under bo id as one of the unlawful gang. The son visited the father, a quarrel resulted, and Sidney fired five balls into his father's body.

SHOT BY AN OFFICER. A San Francisco Policeman Kills a Workman for Refusing to Halt. At San Francisco, Police Officer James B. Cavanaugh shot and killed James May. May and two other men came from a doorway in a suspicious manner and on seeing the officer separated. They refused when called upon to stop and the officer fired. Two of the men escaped but May fell dead. He leaves a wife and two children. The officer has been arrested. FRIGHTFUL FATALITY. A Quebec (Can.} Factory Blown Up and Twenty Lives Lost. The boiler in the Quebec Worsted Company's factory, near Quebec. Canada, exploded, partly demolishing the works. At least twenty-two persons were killed and more than a score wounded. It is feared that many bodies will yet be found in the debris. In a Burning Hospital. A watchman at St. Mary’s Hospital, Rochester, N. Y.. discovered that the east wing of the hospital was on fire. A general alarm was sent in, and the firemen responded promptly. The east wing was totally destroyed and the entire building was practically ruined before the firemen gained control of the flames. There were , 250 patients, nineteen nuns, and a large number of employes Ihxthe building,- bjjt so far as is known all were taken out unharmed. ■ ' Picking Cotton by Machinery. The second trial this season of the Todd cotton-picker was made near Memphis, Tenn., in the presence©! a number of prominent cotton factors of Memphis, lhe inventor, Mr. G. N. Todd,of Chicago, andrepre-

sen tat Ives of the local and tho Chicago press. The machine picked the staple tight along, Respite unfavorable cond!tlo'ffii.*and does not Injure growing bolls It is the general i pinion that Mr. Todd's invention wljl revolutionize the cotton-growing Industry. Six Hundred and Fifty Men Out. The array of strikers in the Connellsville coke region scored an important point when they induced 650 men at the Fort HUI and Paul plants of W. J. Rainey to quit work. Mr. Rainey is the most independent producer in the coke iegiop. He conducts his business regardless of labor unions or rival operators, and is a thorn in the flesh of both. It was not without much difficulty, which almost led to a riot, that the Rainey men were induced to quitch le fa at Carlisle. The forty-two Sioux chiefs, interpreters, etc., who were taken to Washington for the purpose of making personal explanations to the President, Secretary of the Interior and Commissioner of Indian Affairs as to their understanding of the cause of the late outbreak, were allowed to go to the Indian School at Carlisle, Pa., to visit their children, some of whom are students this school. Soldiers Want the Strip Opened. In answer to a call issued by the Southwest Soldiers’ Association fully 1,000 old soldiers and five times as many citizens gathered at Kansas City, Kan., to urge Congress to open the Cherokee Strip and other Indian lands at once for settlement. Resolutions were adopted calling upon Congress to act at once and give the people homes and to treat with the whites as well as the reds.

Riotous Ice-Cutters. An Omaha special says: A gang of icecutters became involved in a dispute concerning wages. Tom Wallace was stabbed through the heart with a butcher knife. Dick Cushing and Tom Flemming received numerous stabs, and are in a critical condition. A number received injuries. A squad of police prevented further casualties. So Particular Out West Tlie entire edition of the Steamboat Springs (Col.) Inter Mountain was excluded from the mails because it contained an item pertaining to an entertainment to be given by school children in which’ a watch was to be given to the person bolding the lucky number. The objectionable item was cut out and the papers were mailed. A Plav-House Closed. The Harris Theater has closed its doors at St. Paul, Minn., after losing nearly $6,000 in less than six months. The theater has not prospered since the death of Pat Harris. A stock company may he organized to occupy the theater, but nothing is yet settled except the closing. Bad Wrecks. Two brakemen were killed, a fireman and conductor seriously injured, and an engineer, brakeman, and two tramps were slightly hurt by a collision on the Wabash Road at Ingleside. Mo. A Union Pacific engine jumped the track at Omaha, Neb., and an engineer and two switchmen were badly wounded.

Slandered Too Olton. Minnie Taylor, a young girl living at Buena Vista, Ohio, took her life by hanging. She adjusted a rope round the limb of a tree, and fixing the noose about her neck stepped from a stone-car. She hud made several attempts pieviously to kill herself, and alleged as the reason that she was talked about. “ Kmart or Work." At Toronto, Ont., the unemployed of the city marched to the City Hall bearing a flag witii the motto, “Bread or Work.” At the City Hail lhe gathering numbered about 2.500, and delegates were sent to the Mayor asking him to say what tlie city would do to relieve the distressed. Vague threats of violence were made. Murdered by Mexicans. A special from Marfa. Tex., says: A band of Mexicans visited the ranch of Victorian Hernandez. They asked for his son, and when told that he was not at home, they opened fire and killed Oscar Duke, an 11-year-old boy, and wounded Victorian Hernandez, who is 75 years old. Half a Million in Aslibs. A New Westminster, B. C.. special says: “This city was yesterday visited by a disastrous conflagration, which destroyed in the neighborhood of $500,000 worth of property and caused the death of John McCannon, a member of the volunteer fire brigade.”

Assumed the Black Veil. In the Chapel of Mercy Convent, at Pittsburg, Miss Kats Drexel, who will be known in future as Sister Catherine, assumed the black veil of the new Catholic Order of the Blessed Sacrament. Archbishop Ryan '|ind Bishop Phelan assisted at the ceremony. The Italian Policy. The new Italian Premier. Marquis di Rudini. outlined the policy of the Government in a speech before the Chamber of Deputies. The existing alliances of the kingdom will be maintained, and the expenditures of the government cut down. Sensational Suicide at Winona. Mrs. William Hayes Laird, wife of one of the most prominent business men of Winona, Minn., committed suicide by taking chloral. Mrs. Laird was an exceptionally beautiful woman, 21 years of age, and extremely popular in society. He Danced'with a Gun. At Kansas City. Mo., during a ball at Turn Hall Henry Notham’srevolver dropped from his pocket to the floor. The weapon was discharged, and the bull it struck William Benjamin in the head, killing him instantly. Presidential Election in BruziL At Rio Janeiro, the election for President of the Republic will be held immediately. The leading candidates for the Presidency are General Da Fonseca, Chief of the Provisional Government, and Senor Morales, Governor of the Province of San Paula Did They Kill Hennessey ? The case of The State versus Nineteen Italians for the murder of Chief of Police D. C. Hennessey has been called in the Criminal District *Court of New Orleans. The trial promises to be a long one, 300 witnesses having been summoned in the case. Murderer Padlewski's Body Found. A Bulgarian newspaper says that the body of Padlewski. charged with the murder of General Seliverstoif in Paris, has been found, half devoured by wolves, between PhilippoppHs Razantlk. A Big Spit. E, M. McGillen. of Cleveland, has sued the H. B. Claflin Company, of New York, for $364,000 damages for a failure of the Claflin Company to fulfill a contract. Eu'ogize Shcrni n. The obituaries of General Sherman in London newspapers are highly eulogistic. President o! the Chautauqua. Miss Clara Barton, of Red (r jss fame, has accepted the Presidency and become

the active head of the Executive Commit- . tee of the National Chautauqua of Glen Echo at Washington. By • Big Boulder. Near Pittsburg. Pa., a boulder rolled from Du Quesne Heights and crashed into a Panhandle express train, breaking one car. Miss Clara Fleming, aged 19, was killed, and three other persons seriously injured. Hail Planned a Robbery. At Leavenworth, Kan., the police ar- : rested Tim Fitzgerald, George Newson, Tim Bryn, Charles Bryn. Ed Marsh and L. Maloney. They had planned to rob the First National Bank of that city. City Attorney Warder Released on BalL At Chattanooga. Tenn., City Attorney Warder, who killed his daughter’s husband Jan. 28, was admitted to bail in the sum of SIO,OOO. He has been declared hopelessly insane by attending physicians. Got a Patent on Artificial Eggs. James Storey, Parsons, Kan., has just received letters patent for his invention of an artificial egg. The artificial is said to resemble the natural product in all particulars. New Jersey Biot. At Kearney, N. J., non-union employes of Clark’s thread mill were attacked by a crowd of men. women and children. Nearly every window in the mill’ was smashed by stones thrown by the mob. Sam’l Morey Dead. Samuel Morey, who came into prominence during the Presidential campaign of 1880, and who was arrested in connection with 'the “Morey Chinese letter,” died at Nashua, N. H. Minneapolis Bobbery. A single man held up the assistant cashier and a clerk at the Citizens’ Bank of Minneapolis, Minn., and swept the cash into a bag, but he was captured as he was leaving the building.

A Livery Stibie Burned. The livery stables of McFee & McDaniels, at Kokomo, Ind., were entirely consumed. Zeni, an imported stallion worth $2,000, and other valuable horses were burned to death. Female Suffrage in Kansas. The House in committee of the whole, at Topeka, Kan., recommended for passage the bill conferring on women the right to vote and hold office. Met a Tragic Fate at Last. At Wilkesbarre, Pa., David Fox, the only survivor of the Nottingham mine explosion of a year ago, was killed by a premature blast. Is He Jack the Ripper? Another man has been arrested in Whitechapel on suspicion of being the murderer of “Carroty Nell.'” When taken into custody blood was-found upon his clothes. Tired ot Prohibition. Resubmission has carried in both branches of the Dakota Legislature. Tlie vote in tlie Senate was 14 to 15. Every inch of the ground was stubbornly contested.

Dying of Hydrophobia. William H. Humphrey, a farmer living near New Goshen, InXJ., is suffering terribly from hydrpphobia, and his death is expected hourly. Obedient Employe. Wm. Langelieim of New York, a bartender, was ordered by his employer to shoot a man, and did so, killing Jacob Goldschmidt. Only 890,000 Short. The shortage of J. Eldridge Pierce, the absconding Secretary of the City Loan Association of Wilmington, Del., is figured at $90,000. 'Graff’s Refinement of Cruelty. Henry Graff, of Pittsburg, stole his wife’s false teeth. She couldn’t chew, and nearly starved to death. Fires in Minnesota. A special from St. Cloud, Minn., says the Searle-McClure block was destroyed by fire. The total loss is $75,000. Colorado Collapse. Daniel Sheehan’s store at Red Mountain, Col., was closed on attachments. His liabilities are $40,000.

Jay Gould Sick. Jay Gould, who is making a Southern tour, was taken suddenly ill at St. Augustine, Fla., and started for New York. High Water. The Tennessee River is very high and still rising. The boom at Loudon was carried away, causixg a loss of $40,000. Think He’s tlie Rjpper. The London police think they have the true JSck the Ripper this time. Five Workman Injured. • An explosion of gas in the Belt Line tunnel in Boston injured five workmen. Delaware Hanging. Jesse H. Proctor and Frederick Young were hanged at Dover. Del.