Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 September 1891 — TROOPS IN A REVOLT. [ARTICLE]

TROOPS IN A REVOLT.

THE SOLDIERS OF BALMACEDA SHOOT THEIR OFFICERS. Train Robbers in Colorado Make a BigHaul Congress Will Be Asked for 95,000,000 for the Fair Reports of Wholesale Poisoning in Hungary. BOLD COLORADO BANDITS. They Hold Up and Rob a Passenger Train Near Texas Creek. F The Denver and Bio Grande express train No. 4, bound from Salt Lake to Denver, was held up by seven masked men near Texas Creek, Colo. The robbers captured Track Walker Martin and compelled him to flag the train. Ihe express messenger showed fight and barricaded himself in his car, but the robbers compelled the engineer and fireman to break in the door with axes, knowing that the expressman would not fire upon them. Upon gaining entrance the messenger was roughly handled and the contents of the safe—about $3,000 in all—taken. The engineer and fireman were also robbed of their watches, but the robbers did not molest the passengers further than to station a man on each side of the train armed with Winchesters, who warned the passengers to stay inside. After robbing the safe in the express car the bandits mounted horses, which were held by a member of the party at the side of the track, and beat a hasty retreat.

SHOT THEIR OFFICERS. Sanguinary Act of Balmaceda’s Chilian Soldiers. Exciting news was brought to Valparaiso from the south by the Straits steamer which came up from Talcahuano, The two regiments of Government troops which were taken to that port recently from Coquimbo revolted when they heard of the defeat of the Balmacedists at Placllla. They shot to death all of their officers and disbanded. Nearly 4,000 coal miners joined them, and together they have practically taken possess!) n of thd town of Coronel, on the coast, twenty-five miles south of Concepcion. All sorts of excesses have been committed by them. As soon as the news was received the German warship Sophia and the British gunboat Daphne were ordered at once to Coronel to protect the interests of foreign residents there. KENTUCKY’S NEW EXECUTIVE. Governor Brown Inaugurated with Impressive Ceremonies. Governor Brown was Inaugurated at Frankfort, Ky., with elaborate and impressive ceremonies. His predecessor, Governor Buckner, retired amid the plaudits of an approving multitude, and the new chief executive stepped Into his shoes under tender of a grand ovation by the assembled host. The inauguration exceeded from every point of view any like event in the history of the State, and in Kentucky the Induction of a governor into office has always been observed with much pomp and ceremony. There were fully twenty thousand people present. WILL ASK FOR A LOAN. National Commissioners Decide to Request Congress for an Appropriation. Congress is to be asked to loan the World’s Columbian Exposition $5,000,000, at least, and perhaps $7,000,000. That Is the decision of the National Commissioners, and the Chicago Directors are giving them strong moral support. The juries of awards will be an expensive adjunct to the exposition. From $600,003 to $700,000 will be required to pay competent jurors. As the awards are to be made by officers of the Government, It was agreed that the Government ought to pay ! them.

ON THE DIAMOND. How the Clubs E Raged in the National Game Stand. Following is a showing of the standing of each of the teams of the different associations: NATIONAL LEAGUE. W. L. %>c. W. L. ii>o. Chicagoo7 41 .(2) Clevelands..so 59 .459 Bostons 62 44 .585 Brooklyn*!.. 47 57 .452 New Y0rk...55 44 .556 Pitteburgs..44 61 .411 Philadelp’s. 55 59 .524 Cincinnatis..43 65 . 398 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. „ W. L. se. W. L. pc. Bostons 77 3z .706 Columbus.. .51 63 .447 Bt. L0ui5....71 42 .128 Milwaukoes.47 61 435 Baltimores. .59 48 .551'\Aashingt’n.3i 67 .350 Philadelp’s. .18 52 .527 I Louiavilles. .38 72 .345 WESTERN ASSOCIATION. w. L. pc. W. L. Pc. Sioux Citys.s6 5) .528 Omahas 49 48 .505 Kansas C’ys.s7 51 52-S Denvers44 61 .419 LYNCHED THE ROBBER. One of the Corder (Mo.) Bank Raiders Reported to Have Been Killed. One of the desperadoes who robbed the Corder (Mo.) bank was captured about twenty miles from Corder and about half of the stolen money recovered. He gave his name as Andrew Murrell. It is reported that the officers who had the man in charge were met on their way to Lexington, the county seat, by a mob who overpowered them and lynched the prisoner. Poisoning by Wholesale. Three old woman have been arrested in Southern Hungary, who, it is charged, poison people for pay. Their patronage comes chiefly from wives who have got tired of their husbands. Each of the women Is said to have had at least ten victims. Tbe prisoners are charged with having practiced their trade among some prominent families of Southern Hungary. Seized an American Schooner. The Russian man-of-war Alert has seized the American schooner J. Jlamiltog Lewis, for encroaching upon Russian sealing grounds. Overpowered the Ageirt. At Nelson, B. C., an armed man entered the Canadian Pacific station, and after binding the agent opened the safe and secured $2,000. Forest Fires In Germany. Extensive forest fires are raging around Detmold, Germany. Twelve kilometres have been burned over. Six foresters have been missing since the conflagration began, and the body of one has been found burned to a crisp It is feared that the others have also met death. Blown Into the Street. Fire in the Kirby House, Denver, Col, caused the explosion of fifteen cans of gasoline, blowing a great bole in the front wall. T. E. Rowley was fatally injured.

FIVE DEAD, THIRTY HURT. Passengers Crushed and Scalded in an Indiana Wreck. Five persons were instantly killed and thirty seriously injured by the derailing of a passenger train on the Louisville, Evansville and St Louis “Air Line” Ballroad, two miles east of Troy, Ind. Train Na 51 plunged through a trestle and down a fifteen-foot embankment, and not a single person on the train escaped Injury. The passenger coach fell directly on top of the locomotive, smashing the steam chests and enveloping the victims in a scalding cloud. The coach caught fire from the ruined engine and was entirely consumed. It is feared that some of the occupants of the coach were pinioned in their seats and cremated. The list of dead is as follows: Mrs. John Cavanaugh, Troy, Ind., scalded to death; John Cavanaugh, Jr., Troy, Ind., killed outright; Miss Barbara Nelmler, Harrison Township, Percy County, Ind., killed outright; Emma Schue, St. Meinrad, Ind., scalded to death; unknown man, farmer of Hancock County, Ky., scalded to death. Twelve others were so badly scalded that their recovery is doubtful, and eighteen less seriously hurt. Nearly all were from local points. SPECULATION BROKEN. The Wheat Market Has Found Iti Natural Level. R. G. Dun & Co.’s weekly review of trade says: Tbe speculation in breadstuffs has broken down. The threatened withdrawal of the wheat crop amounts to so little that receipts were 11,400,000 bushels for the last week reported, against 4,900,000 for the corresponding week last year, while receipts of other grain slightly decreased. Crop p ospects are in all respects exceedingly bright and the reports of Injury by frost do not appear to affect any considerable proportion of the crop. There is every reason to suppose that the yield of wheat will be much larger than the 544,000,003 bushels estimated by the Agricultural Department, though a yield no greater would leave 200,000,000 bushels for export Hog products are somewhat stronger, in sympathy with cqrn, but oil is lower and also coffee. Cotton has advanced three-sixteenths. It would be a good thing for producers, in all. probability, if a considerable part of the forthcoming crop should be cut off by unfavorable weather. The business failures during the last seven days number 22G, as compared with a total of 216 last week. For the corresponding week of last year the figures were 189.

CHILIAN REBELS TRIUMPH. Balmaceda Completely Routed, His Generals Killed, Himself a Fugitive. In a desperate flvo-hours’ battle around Valparaiso the C ngresslonaltst forces under Gen. Canto completely routed Balmaceda’s army. Over 5,000 fell in the engagement, Generals Barbosa and Alzerreca. of the Government army, were killed. President-elect Vicuna sought refuge on a German warship. Balmaceda himself is a fugitive, and Valparaiso, while surrendered to the rebels, is under the protection of marines from the United States, German, French and English warships in the harbor, who landed to protect the foreigners’ interests. Confirmation of the above has been received at Washington. EIGHTEEN BAILORS DROWNED. Awftil Fate of the Sea Gun’s Crew—Eight Rescued and Lauded in New York. The steamship Arizona, which has arrived in New York, brought with her eight members of the crew of the ship Sea Gull, which was wrecked in a terrible gale on the African coast There were twenty-six all told in the Sea Gull’s crew, and of these all weredrowned save the eight men picked up by the Arizona. When the Arizona found them they were floating on a small raft In the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, and frantically waving signals of distress. All of them were terribly emaciated from hunger and exposure, and some were hardly able to stand when lifted to the Arizona’s deck. PRIVATE RAINMAKERS LN TEXAS. Individuals Will Pursue the Investigations Commenced by the Government. The rain-making experiment inaugurated by the Government, and which has been tried near Midland, Texas, is to be pushed to a final and thorough test, regardless of what results the Dyrenforth party may obtain. R. J. Kleberg, of Corpus Christi, Texas, and ex-Souator Collins, of San Diego, Texas, are Investigating to ascertain what the Dyrenforth party has done, with a view to making further investigations by means of private subscriptions. MISSOURI WOMEN CRUSADERS. They Attack a Saloon and Pour Old Bourbon Into the Street. At Seneca, Mo., after the temperance crusaders returned to their homes, one of the joints opened, expecting no further trouble. The ladles, twenty in number, marched to the s.:eno with axes and hatchets. Several marshals were present and tried to prevent the work of destruction, but with military skill the building was attacked from throe sides, the doors wore broken open and the air scented with Kentucky bourbon.

ACCIDENT AT CRESTON, lOWA. Two Women Killed by the Cars Before a Thousand People. At Croston, lowa, Mrs. C. R, Langsdale of Creston and her niece Mrs. Lizzie Ludwick of Freeport, IIL, were struck by theO., B. & Q fast mail and instantly killed. The accident happened before the eyes of a thousand people who were waiting at the platform. Both ladles were carrying umbrellas and did "not see the engine. Mrs. Langsdale leaves a husband and five sons. Mrs. Ludwick is a widow, leaving one son. GREAT TRIUMPH FOR RUSSIA. The Great Bear of the North Can Patrol the Dardanelles at Will. A Constantinople correspondent says: The Sultan has yielded to all Russia's demands respecting tno Dardanelles, which henceforth will bo opened to Russian vessels when closed to others. The Sultan has abjectly apologized for the recent detention of a Russian vessel; has dismissed the officers responsible therefor, and has promised an indemnity forthwith. LIVES LOST IN THE FLOOD. Three Person* Drowned 1 uring the I'elugo in New York. A terrific cloudburst Inflicted aggregate damage of $250,000 at different points in New York State, and resulted lu the loss ot three lives. Sand Lake, Poestenkill, Troy, Berlin, Petersburgh and Castleton were visited. Newark, N. J., also suffered severely. 810 FIRE AT DANVILLE, IND. Seven Business Houses and * Residence Burned. A special from Danville, Ind., says: “Fire destroyed almost the entire west side of the square. The men burned out are: T--0. Todd’s residence. Dr. O. R. Barnhill’s

(moat and grocery, J. B. McClelland, furniture, two rooms; Christie Brothers, harness; Parker & Crabbs, bank; Shirley & Showalter, dry goods, loss SIO,OOO worth of woot The total loss will reach SOO,OOO, with $30,000 Insurance. SEVEN KILLED AND MANY HURT. Terrific Explosion at the Malago Colliery in Somersetshire. A terrific and fatal explosion occurred at the Malago colliery at Bedminster, Somersetshire, England. Seven persons were killed outright, two are missing, and others were more or less seriously injured. So great was the fore? of the concussion that many of the houses in the vicinity were shaken, while all their windows were smashed. Dangerous State ol Mississippi Levees. The condition of the levee at'Carrollton, the upper suburb of New Orleans, is becoming more alarming. To reconstruct the levee will require the tearing down of SIIO,OOO worth of dwelling houses, and as the board has no authority to remunerate the owners, the expropriation of the property will wreak hardships on hundreds of families. Returned ths Swor<|. A touching incident occurred at the reunion of the Thirty-third Ohio Infantry at Waverly, Ohio. Among those present was Captain D. M. White, of Winnsboro, Texas, and he hud come to return to the relatives of General Sill the sword which fell from the hand of that brave officer when he was killed during the charge of Bragg’s army upon the Union lines at Stone Elver. Glass Manufacturers CombineThe Indiana window glass manufacturers formed an association and adopted the following: “Resolved, that no glass shall be made until wages, rulesand usages are settled to the satisfaction of the manufacturers’ wage committee, and until the said wage committee shall have notified each manufacturer, through the secretary, of the date of starting.” Struck for Fresh Air. At New Haven, Conn., two hundred bootmakers struck work In the big rubber factory of L. Candeo & Co. because the superintendent ordered the windows closed, claiming that the air damaged the material. The atmosphere in the shop was suffocating. The strike is virtually one for fresh air. Suing a Fickle Charmer. Jilted by a heartless searastresi, John Turner, of Minneapolis, saw Lawyer Duby, and they concocted the entirely unique idea of suing a woman for breach of promise. Tbe defendant is a dressmaker, 22 years of ago and of a respectable family. Her mime is Terwilliger. Turner asks for $5,000 damages. Plague of Fleas.

Washington is suffering from a very curious and extraordinary epidemic. It is an invasion of fleas. There must be millions upon millions of these pestiferous little insects on the jump; nearly every house in tbe city is infested, social gatherings hare been broken up by them and the lives of the inhabitants made misreablo. For Suffering Martinique. The Governor of the Island of Martinique, recently visited by a fearful hurricane which resulted in the loss of over 350 lives, the Injury of over 1,000 people, and which caused immense damage throughout the colony, has sent by telegraph' an appeal asking for help for the suffering people of Martinique, Money or Territory. It is stated that the Porte Is unable to pay the remaining £2,500,000 of the war indemnity to Russia, and that the latter has demanded the cession of the Turkish territory south of Novi Bazar In lieu of the cash. Russia’s intention, it is said, is to divide this section between Servia and Montenegro, in order to bring the borders of the two Slav countries together. Negroes Flock to Oklahoma. Fifty-two well-to-do colored men, under the leadership of R. H. Waterford, of Memphis, Tenn., left for Oklahoma, where they will await the opening of the Indian lands. Waterford says agents are at work in all Southern States, and he expects one hundred thousand members. Lynched tlia Murderer. The Georgetown (Ky.) fond has been followed by the lynching of James Dudley, colored, who killed farmer Hughes, a few days before the wholesale shooting, and the friends of Jarvis and Montgomery, the two killed in a different quarrel, threaten to lynch thetr murderers. Work of an Indiana Chloroform Fiend. At Crawfordsville, Ind., there Is a fiend who chloroformed the bedrooms of two prominent citizens Tbe last victims were Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Marsh. The deadly drug was found In a wad of cotton which had been thrown over the transom by means of a stone.

Feeding Hogs on Peaches. There is no end of peaches in Delaware, and they are still coming Into the market So many causes have tended to force the bottom out of the . peach market that hundreds of baskets of magnificent fruit are being fed to the pigs. Costly Fire In a Nevada Town. Fire broke out at Wlnnemucca.Nev., from an unknown cause, and spread with great rapidity. The waterworks failed utterly, and every building In the line of the Are except one was destroyed. The total loss is $190,-000. To Adjust Convict Labor Laws. The extra session of the Forty-seventh General Assembly of Tennessee has convened. The chief business is the settling of the questions that have ( rown out of the recent trouble between the miners and convicts. Nailed to Bls Seat. In a collision between a grip car and a wagon-load of gas-pipe, Samuel Wexler, of Chicago, was impale I on an iron pipe which passed almost through his body. Should he recover, which Is ver/ doubtful, he will be a cripple for life. Tlio YearS Cat h of Seals. W. H. Williams, Special Treasury Agent at Seal Islands. Alaska, reports that the total number of seals taken by the North American Commercial Company since August 1, 1890, is 7,234. It Is estimated that poachers have taken about 40,000. Burned 1,000 Mlles of Hay and Wheat. The northwestern p'trt of Faulk County, South Dakota, was burned over. No loss of life has been reported. Not le e than twenty townships havo been deso'.a'ed by this terrible fire—the worst for years. Carried Over the Falls in a Sailboat. James Greenwood left Navy Island In a sailboat bound for Chippewa. Canada, but was carried over Horseshoe Falls. A Texas Blaze. At Quanah, Texas, a block of half a dozen frame business houses burned. Total loss. $60,000; Insurance, $35,000. The macaroni factory of Cuneo & Rarzlo at Philadelphia

wm destroyed by firs. Lose, $30,000; Insurance, SIB,OOO. Furniture Factory Burned. At Grand Rapids, Mich., the Worden Furniture Company factory took fire and was totally destroyed, with the exception of the engine house. The loss will amount to $70,000, chiefly furniture in stock: tho insurance is 845,000. Won’t Sail on t"’-e Pensacola. At San Francisco there were twentyfour desertions from the United States steamer Pensacola, making twenty-eight since the vessel was ordered on the China station. Tho men say the Pensacola is not seaworthy. Mr*. Hot iikixs Gives 0375,000 to Yale. Mrs. H. M. Hotchkiss has presented $275,000 to the Yale preparatory school, which she founded. In addition she has donated seventy-five acres of land to the institution; $75,000 of the cash gift will be expended upon a building. A Big Hau!. Maj. William Tillman, late cashier of the broken Falls City Bank, Louisville, Ky., Sinking Fund Commissioner, and cne of the most prominent men in the city socially, has fled to Canada, and nearly SIOO,OOO of the bank’s money is missing. Fell on a Ba.onet. Hardon Davis, of Harrodsburg, Ky., a member of a militia company on its way to a regimental encampment, jumped play- 1 fully into the air for an apple, and in coming down fell on the bayonet of a comrade, which went clear through his head. Struck a Strong Flow of Gas. At Sandy Creek, Oswego County. N. Y., at a depth of 1,020 feet, the largest vein of gas ever struck in Sandy Creek was tapped. It blew thp tools in all directions. The noise of escaping gas can be heard for miles. Il heat IVa; DamagedTwo days of hot weather have developed a certainty of greater loss by frost than at first reported in North Dakota. Fields that would not l ave been ripe for ten days are now turning white and show the effects of frost plainly. An Actor’s FrigntfulFall. At Beloit, Wis., G. W. Sparks, of Baltimore, of Carter’s “Fast Mall” troupe, fell four stories in the Goodwin House elevator shaft. He is probably crippled for life.

Four Trainmen Instantly Killed. Near Brush Creek. Ma, on the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroal, two freight trains going at full speed collided, killing four men and demolishing both trains. Severe Storm in Bermuda. At Hamilton, Bermuda, a terrific storm raged, leveling stone walls, uprooting treo<, and destroying telegraph wires. It was the greatest storm since 1880. Opening of the Cherokee Lands. AtGuthrle, Oklahoma Territory, Governor Steele has received a message from Secretary Noble saying that the new lands will not be opened before the 15th. Brought 264 Sealskins. At Victoria, B. C., the sealing schooner Mary Taylor arrived from Behring Sea with 264 skins and 500 pounds of whalebone. It left the sea when order, d by the Corwin. Deadly Feud in Kentucky. At Georgetown, Ky., Milton Kennel and his four sons engaged in a fierce free-for-all fight with J. A. Montgomery and his son Jarvln, who were killed. Desper. te Russian. Levi Dowbrowloski, editor of a Polish paper in Toledo, Ohio, attempted suicide at Detroit by swallowing a dose of opium. He is an escaped nihilist from Siberia. Guillotined at Douai. A youth named Baillet, convicted of a number of murders under circumstances of exceptional atrocity, was guillo.tlned at Douai, Franca On* Killed. Two Hurt. In an accident on the new electric road at Brooklyn, N. Y., one man was killed and three seriously hurt. A train collided with a wagon full of beer kegs. K'lled by a Runaway Horse. At Tecumseh, Mich., Miss Bertha Travis, 26 years old, was riding when the horse took fright. Miss Travis was thrown out and instantly killed. Tiie Fire Record. A special from Lexington, Neb., says fire destroyed eight stores, causing a loss of $40,000. with small insurance. Fatal V reck In GeorgiaA construction train was wrecked near Savannah, .Ga. Two men were instantly killed and five wounded, probably fatally. One Killed, Three Injured. Ono man was killed and three badly, possibly fatally, injure! by a wreck on tho Bock Island Railway at Chicago. Sul ’de of an Importer. Alfred H. Hildick, an importer widely known at New York, committed suicide by taking parts green.