Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 September 1891 — FINANCIERS TREMBLE. [ARTICLE]

FINANCIERS TREMBLE.

"DEACON” WHITE CAUGHT IN A CORN CORNER. Grave Trouble Feared at Tennessee Mines —Elevating the Saloon—Serious Wreck In Georgia—Suicide of Mrs. Katlibun— Helped His Wife Die. Big Yield of Wheat. At St. Paul, Colonel Becker, of the State Grain Inspector’s office, said that wheat was beginning to pour into Duluth and Minneapolis In increased quantities. Duluth receives about 600 cars per day, and Minneapolis 400. He added: “I should not be much surprised if the crop yields 200,000,000 bushels. Of course, it’s the largest crop had, and it moans inestimable good to the Northwest and the country generally.” MINERS ALMOST SURE TO RISE. The Tennessee Legislature Refuses to Protect Them from Convict Labor. The Tennessee General Assembly has closed its extra session without taking any action either in regard to the abrogation of the present contract between the State and the lessees of the convicts or the abolition of the lease system. In the Senate a resolution providing that a settlement of the prison question be left to the Governor and State Board of Prison Inspectors was tabled. The Legislature having failed to do anything in the way of a settlement of the trouble at the Brlccvllie mines, the attention of the public is now turned to Briceville. E. B. Wade, State Superintendent of Prisons, says: “I anticipate trouble when the sixty days’ armistice expires, and at that time you may look for another uprising. ” CRASH IN WALL STREET. S. V. White & Co. Forced to Announce Tlietr Suspension. S. V. White & Co., bankers and brokers at 36 Wall street, Now York, have made an assignment Their liabilities are estimated at $2,000,000, and while it is Impossible at present to give the amountof the assets tho firm's friends declare that the creditors will lose nothing. Tho cause'of the trouble is declared to be the disastrous failure of an attempt to qerner September corn. As a matter of fact, the firm was long on 11,000,000 bushels of September corn, which Chicago operators pulled down from 68% so 53 cents in ten days. Charles W. Gould, the lawyer, Is assignee, and there are no preferences.

ROBBED A LONDON BANK. The London and Westminster Raided and No Trace of the Tlilevep. The banking world was startle.! by the announcement that the London and Westminster Bank (Limited), 41 Lotlibury street, E. C., an important establishment, having over fifteen branch houses In the metropolis, had been robbed. The money stolen consisted of a large parcel of notes romitted from the country banks, and it is currently reported that the amount stolen is not less than $750,003, and that it may amount to as much as $1,250,000. SALOONS MOVE Ul* A STORY. Atelilson Liquor-Dealers Compelled to Get Off the Ground Floor. J The Police Commissioners of Atchison, Kan., have ordered all the saloons upstairs. where the flagiant violations of the prohibitory law will not be noticed by the people on the street. It is charged it is a campaign dodge to make honest prohibitionists and religious people who have no means of learning the true condition of affairs believe the liquor traffic has been suppressed. ON THE DIAMOND. How the Clubs E; gaged in the National Game Stand. Following U a showing of the staeding of each of tho teams of the different associations: NATIONAL LEAGUE. W. L. We. I w.. L. Wo. Chicagos.. ..78 48 .019 Clevolands..sß 71 .450 Bostons 76 5J .600 Brooklyn* . .51 70 .435 New Yorks. .60 52 .550 Pittsburg*. .54 72 .429 Phil’d’lphiasOG 50 .528]Cincinnatis,49 78 .!183 V AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. W. L. Wc.j W. L. Wc. Bostons 86 3 1 .088:Coluvnbus ..61 71 4i2 St. L0ui5....83 47 .638]Milwaukeei.57 71 .445 Baltimore*.. 6-l 57 .sl4jLouisvilles. .49 79 .383 Philadelp’s..o6 63 .512]Washing’ns.41 81 .323 TO THE MEMORY OF HUDSON. New Jersey People to Erect a Monument at Atlantic Highlands. The committee having In charge the erection of a grand monument to mark the spot where Henry Hudson first landed cn Jersey soil prior to his discovery of tho Hudson River have concluded to receive plans for-a monument to bo erected and dedicated Sopt 9, 1892, that being tho anniversary of the day Hudson was driven ashore by a storm on tho beach where now stands Atlantic Highlands. Mangled 1m a Wreck. Several persons were killed or hurt in a bad wreck on the Western and Atlantic Railroad at Smyrna, Ga. Fireman Cox was killed outright and Engineer Hockney was badly hurt and two mail clerks slightly injured. No passengers were injured. Mrs. Ratlibun Is Dead. Mrs. Dell Rathbun, the wealthy widow of Buffalo, who left the house of Dr. W. 11. Buck, at Hyde Park, Chicago, committed suicide on the Canadian side of Niagara Falls by shooting herself and then plunging Into the river. Held Up the Clerk. Three masked men entered tho Pacific Hotel at St Joseph, Mo., and compelling the clerk to hold up Ills hands, robbed tho safe of SI,OOO. They also took a watch and a small sum of money from threa guests who were In the office. Assisted His Wife to Commit Suicide. A suicide’s accomplice Is a rare criminal. A Coroner’s jury at Scranton. Pa., has found that John Dawkins abetted his wife in the taking of her life with Paris green, and he has been arrested. With a Whistle in Hts Bronchial Tube. At St John, N. B. t a lad named Taylor bought a prize package of pop corn, Inclosed in which was a small whistle. In using the whistle he sucked It into his trachea, and an operation has failed to remove it The whistle has lodged In one of the bronchial tubes, and tb# lad cannot possibly survive, nor can anything be done to relieve his sufferings. May Acquire Mole St. Nicholas. It is Stated on excellent authority that Secretary Blaine expects to acquire Mole St. Nicholas, ilaytt, as a navai stall m within the next year.

FLOWER THE NOMINEE. Placed at the Head of the New York Democratic Ticket. Temporary Chairman Baines called the Democratic State Convention to order at Saratoga, N. Y., and the committee on credeniials was called upon for its report Chairman Judge McMahon, of Oneida, read the report on contested seats, and in addition submitted a preamble and resolution, which were adoptel unanimously, reciting tho Irregular action of the County Democracy and declaring tho right of Tammany Hall to nominate all the inspectors of election, poll clerks and ballot clerks to which the Democratic party may be entitled in tho city of New York. The committee on permanent organization was then'called and submitted its report The report was adopted without a dissenting voice. Chairman Baines thanked the convention fo,r the honor bestowed on him and called upon the committee on resolutions for its report. Daniel G. Griffin, of Jefferson County, ascended the platform and read the report of the committee. The following ticket was nominated: For Governor Roswell P. Flower For Lieutenant Governor W. F. Sheehan For Comptroller Frank Campbell For Secretary of State Frank Rice For Treasurer EUiattrDanforth For Attorney General...,. Simon ..Vfttfendale For Engineer and Surveyor jJMfchenek LYNCHED IN DAYLIGhV > Darlington, Wls., the Scene of a Startling Tragedy. For the murder of James Melgban, a farmer, a mob of two hundred infuriated men lynched Anton Sieboltinthe courtyaid at Darlington, Wls., in broad daylight.' Tho murder was committed just north of Darlington. It appeared that the men got into a fight, and continued it until Meighan was killed, his face being beaten into a jolly, the weapon supposed to have been used being a wagon hammer. There have been several murders in the county during tho last few years, and no adequate punishment has been meted out, which fact served to enrage the people and to nerve them to the lawless act of lynching. Public sentiment is all with the lynchers. Sleboldt was a desperate character, who is credited with having contributed to the death of one brother and made a desperate assault upon another brother.

HENDRICKS HAS IT. Appointed Collector at New York to Succeed Fasaett. President Harrison has appointed Francis Hendricks Collector of Customs for the port of New York. Mr. Hendricks has always been successful In politics, and when he was Chairman of the Onondaga County Committee in 1880 the Republican majority jumped from 3,500 to 4,400, He has been in tho Legislature since 1884, and each year his nomination has been made by acclamation. His political skill was especially conspicuous In the last olectlon of United States Senator, when he led the small contingent in the Legislature which secured the office for his fellow-townsman, Frank Hlscock, of Syracuse. Warner Miller and Levi P. Morton had "the Republican votes nearly equally divided, and Senator Hendricks, with his four or five vote*, held the balance of power REVIEW OF TRADE. Marked Improvement In Business Is Noted Generally Throughout the Country. R. G. Dun & Co.’s weekly review of trade Bays: Actual improvement is seen In nearly all tho cities from which reports are received this week. It is especially noteworthy that collections are improving at most points, and that tho money markets are on the whole comparatively easy, although the crops to be removed are enormous and the actual movement unprecedented. Wheat receipts at the West for three days of this week have averaged more than 1,500,000 bushols daily. Business failures dur ng the past seven days number for the United States 210 and for Canada 29, or a total of 239, as compared with a total of 214 last week and 217 the week previous. For the corresponding week of last year tho figures were 190, representing 164 failures in tho United Statos and 26 in the Dominion of Canada.

RESCUED BY NIHILISTS. Thrilling Story of a Jewish Refugee Who Escaped from Russia. Norll Iraovltz, who at one time was a wealthy Russian banker, says that one night while giving a party to some friends his houso was raided by a body of Russian soldiers and he was arrested on the charge of being a nihilist. His son, who was present, escaped by jumping from the window. The elder Iraovltz was tried and sentenced to flvo years’ imprisonment While he and a number of other prisoners wore on the way to the place in which they were to be confined they were met at Kakoost by a band of nihilists led by young Iraovltz, who attacked tho escort and rescued tho prisoners. Iraovltz succeeded in getting across tho border. Tho Jewish nihilists’ society will send tho elder Iraovitz, who is now in Boston, to Chicago. PUTS A PREMIUM ON CELIBACY. A Society of Old Maids Who Vowed Not to Marry. Over thirty years ago, at Milford, Conn., fifty ladles of the first church formed a society of old maids, every one of whom vowed (hat they would novery marry. Each membor paid $5 on admission, the interest on the principal thus raised to be expended in annual dinners, while the principal Itself was to go to tho member who remained unmarried the longest In the three decades which have succeeded, all but fifteen of the original fifty have married, and as the storms of sixty winters have whitened the hair of the faithful, It looks as if they would stick. It is a question who will outlive all the others and receive the reward, which no.w amounts to nearly SI,OOO. They recently held their annual banquet. HE’S A YOUNG MAN. Bay State Republican* Name C. H. Allen for Governor. The Young Republicans of Massachusetts set out some weeks ago to nominate a young man as the Republican candidate for Governor, ana nominate him they did. The State ticket chosen is as follows: Governor..... CHARLES H. ALLEN Lieutenant Governor WILLIAM H. HALE Secretary of State WILLIAM W. OLIN Treasurer... GEORGE A. MARDEN Attorney General. .. .AHBERT E. PILLSBURY Auditor JOHN W. KIMBALL

FLOOD-STRICKEN SPAIN. Many Deaths Caused by the Unsanitary Condition of the Inundated Districts. The latest news from Madrid is that In the flood-stricken districts there has been a noticeable increase of deaths, apart from the lives that were destroyed In the floods. The horrible condition of the towns and villages, where many bodies of men and animals lie unburied, is said to be the cause of the mortuary Increase, which is already causing great alarm. The Queen Regent lias instructed the authorities to pay attention especially to' the burial of bodies of all kinds and the necessary saaltary pre-

cautions before doing anything else, and there seems to be a disposition to carry out the order faithfully. BOLD MICHIGAN BANDITS. A Sheriff’s Posse in Pursuit of the Notorious Larkin Brothers. The notorious Larkin brothers attempted to hold up another man about four miles from Port Huron, Mich., on wbat is known as the “Wooden Track.” The sheriff sent several officers to try to capture them. These bandits have been a terror to the farmers of St, Clair and adjoining counties for weeks. They are armed with Winchester rifles and revolvers and are thoroughly desperate. II the officers overtake them there will be a bloody fight. They hide in the woods during the day and lie in wait for victims at night, the thick second growth of pine making a safe hiding place for them.

PANIC AT A BRUTAL SHOW. Women and Children Trampled Down at a Bear ams Bull Fight. Mexican independence was celebrated at Tia Juana by a fight between a wild bull and a Dear. The animals were tied to a stake in the middle of an arena by short ropes. In their struggles they broke the ropes and tho bear climbed out of .the arena among the spectators. A panic ensued and women and children wore trampled on and bruised. A drunken Mexican fired two shots at the bear with a revolver, but tho bullets went into the crowd, slightly wounding one man. CENSUS FUNDS ALMOST EXHAUSTED. Superintendent Porter Compelled to Call In His Special Agents. The fund of $6,400,000 appropriated by Congress for the purpose of taking the eleventh census < f the United States is practically exhausted, and as a result several special agents have been notified by Superintendent Porter to suspend all operations, dismiss all clerks, and forward to Washington all Government property In their possession. It Is fair to presume that every other special agent throughout the country In charge of any special Industry has been similarly notified. PECULIAR TRANCES. Alleged Appearance of Strange Spots on a Louisville Woman. At Louisville, Mrs Mary Stuckenberg claims to be suffering from a peculiar visitatlin which she and her family believe to be the appearance on her person of the stigmata, or the wounds of the Savior. It is said that she goes into trancos evory Friday afternoon, .when the spots appear on her bunds, feet, and side, corresponding to the wounds of Christ, and that at intervals blood oozes from the spots. The story is believed by many of the superstitious.

FI BE AT FORT WORTH. Guests at the Ellis House Narrowly Escape Death—Other Losses. At Forth Worth, Tex., fire destroyed the Ellis House and Garlington & Montgomery’s wholesale produce house. The Ellis is the largest hotel in the city. The city was crowded with guests, many among them being women. The fire burned so rapidly that very little of the effects of the guests were saved. There were many narrow escapes. The loss has not yet been estimated. BALMACEDA’S FRIENDS OUT. % Not a Single Member of the Old Chilian Government Left In Office. A Valparaiso dispatch says that not a single member of Balmaccda’s Government is now in offleo. Tho Government will return to their horpes the crews of the Imperial fend Condell, now in Callao, but declines to assist tho ex-offleers of each vessel. FIVE REPORTED KILLED. Terrific Explosion of a Boiler In a Jelly Factory at Montville, Ohio. News lias been received of the killing of three men at Montville, Ohio. Tho boiler In Vastso’s jelly factory exploded with terrific force, entirely demolishing the building and causing fatalities as above. Has Its Eye on Hawaii. Senor Golso Calsar Marc-no, a well-known Italian American residing in Washington, D. C., and acting as the agent in this country of tho national party of Hawaii, corresponding to the Chilian Congresdonalists, has laid before the President a letter lie recently received from a correspondent In Honolulu, asserting in tho most positive terms that England is now planning to take possession of tho kingdom. The writer said that some action o.i tho i art of the United Stales is necessary; that the Queen is favorable to the British interests, and ready to countenance the move when made.

How a London Paper Looks at It. Commenting upon two articles on the Behring sealing question published in its columns, the London Times calls the American claims preposterous. It says: “Their action is arbitrary and highhanded. Their arguments, as far as they can be put into intelligible shsrpe. are worthy of tire most rigid school of British game-preserv-ers. The seal is a wild animal, and there will never be any danger of its extermination by hunting on (he high sras. The danger comes from excessive slaughter when tho animals are perfectly helpless.” She Learned Her Lesson Well. Archibald Graham, a retired and wealthy brick manufacturer of Dubuque, lowa, Is the defendant In a novel suit. Some time pgo he had a woman acting as housekeeper for him, whom he undertook to teach the art of writing business forms, etc. Among other things she desired to know how to write a promissory ncte. and to please her Mr. Graham wrote a note promising to pay her $3,090. This note was saved by her and transferred to an Illinois lawyer, who brings suit for principal and interest Too Many Allens on the Great Lakes. For years American seamen have been complaining that Canadians and others not citizen; of the Uiiitel States have shipped on vessels at Buffalo, Detroit,Cleveland, and other places along the great lakea Inspector de Barry will investigate the matter. If It can be shown that a lake captain has hired a Canadian with the knowledge that ha was not a resident of the United States, the captain Is. liable to prosecution for violation of tho law. At the Risk of His Life. An engine pulllng an excursion train on the Pennsylvania Road broke a driver while running at a high rate of speed east of Columbia. The appliances for setting the air brakes were broken and the engine threatened to leave the track. Engineer Mart Winters at the risk of his lif j scrambled over the tender and by means of a monkey wrench set the pneumatic brakes. Robbed by Their Treasurer. At Kingston, N. Y„ James 0. Ostrander, Treasurer of the Ulster County Savings Institution, has been removed from office by the trustees for misappropriation of tho bank’s funds. The amount Involved is between $60,000 and SBO,OOO. Mr. Ostrander Is under arrest, and it is said the matter will be adjusted by his turning over real estate

sufficient to cover the amount He has been treasurer of the Institution for over twenty-five years. Caught Seals In Rnssian Waters. The schooner Viva has returned to Victoria, B. C., from tjie fishing grounds, with 713 seal skins, making her total catch for the season 1,001 skins. The Viva was met by the Thetis before she reached Behring Sea, and Capt Baker received a copy of the njw famous proclamation. Noti caring to return empty-handed, Capt Baker sailed for the Russian coast, where he captured his 713 skina Important Patent Salt Decided. An Important order was signed by Judge E. T. Green in the United States Court, at Trenton, N. J., which dismisses the suit brought by the Wllllmantlc Linen Company against the Clark Thread Works for infringements of patents on the process of winding thread on spools. The amount involved is $162,500. The suit has beon pending for many yoars. Tile Boodle Game. Suits against the Philadelphia Press, Inquirer, News, German Democrat, North. American, and Evening Bulletin have been begun by tho Attorney General to reeover the sums of money alleged to have been paid as rebates to the persons whp procured for the afore-mentioned papers the advertisement of the mercantile appraisers' list Knocked His Honor Down. At Ogden, Utah, Judge George Marsh, of Denver, insulted Major J. S. Witcher, paymaster of the army. J. A. B. Witcher, son of the Major, resented the insult by knocking Judge Marsh down. Both were arrested. Found a Stolen Boy. Harry Wbitbeck, the 7-year-old son of millionaire George W. Whitbeck, of Portland; Oregon, was found at Homestead, Pa., by Government Detective W. C. Negus, having been stolen from his parents when 14 months old.

Shot by a Priest. Bev. Brother Bartholomew, of St Joseph’s Provincial Seminary, is a prisoner at police headquarters in Troy, N. Y. He shot Edward Doyle, Inflicting wounds which the physicians say will terminate fatally. A Memphis Murderer to Hang. Judge Dubose overruled the motion for a new trial at Memphis, Term., in the case of H. Clay King, convicted of the murder of David H. Poston March 10, and sentenced him to be hanged Nov. C. * An Indian Kills Two Cowboys. Amos Chapman, an Indian scout, quarreled with two cattle-herders on the Cherokee strip at Keystone, and killed both men. Their names were Sharp and Mason. After Fitzsimmons’ Life. A Chinaman at Sacramento, Cal., attempted to stab Bob Fitzsimmons for having interfered with him when he was chasing some boys with a butcher knife. Suicide of a Wife Murderer. Fred Kammerer, who murdered his wif* at Cleveland, Ohio, hanged himself in jail. He used a towel and handkerchief with which to strangle himself. Beats Them All. The steamer Fuerst Bismarck arrived at Southampton 6 days 12 hours and 58 minutes from New York. This lowered the best previous record. • r' .; t,- .‘ • ' ’ - i~ ’ • ' j. One Passenger KlUed, Several Hurt. A freight train crushed into the rear of the Los Angelos expiess, just west of Girard, Cal., and one man was killed and several wounded. Damage by Wind. Wind wrecked tho Tracey Block, which is being erected at Akron, Ohio, killing William Stauffer and seriously injuring three other persons. Chopped Off Their Daughter’s Head, A settler named Westerlund, of New Stockholm, Man., chopped off the head of his 3-year-old daughter with a broadax. He was insane. What We’ve Sold, During the month of August the United States exported $28,853,510 worth of breadstuffs and $7,602,050 worth of beef and hog products.

Now It’s a Hurricane. A hurricane which visited the town of Consuegra, Spain, added to the damage done by the flood. Many houses were blown down. Bakers Strike at Findlay. At Findlay, Ohio, the forty-five bakers employed by E Smith have struck because of the employment of two non-union men. New Postmaster General. Sir James Ferguson appointed Postmaster General of Great Britain, to succeed the late Henry Cecil Ralkes. Carriage Company Assigns. The Metcalf-Mackey Carriage Company, of Cincinnati, made an assignment. Liabilities, $55,000; assets, $50,000.