Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 April 1892 — TIS A SAD AFFLICTION. [ARTICLE]

TIS A SAD AFFLICTION.

PROFESSOR CAMPBELL, OF ANN ARBOR, BLINDED. Kha Pope Countenances the Faribault School-Queer Freak of the Blind Goddess In Milwaukee—lndian Territory Has • Cyclone. «s. • The Lawmakers. On the 12th, on motion of Mr. Hayes, of Jo* a. a bill was passed authorizing the Illinois and Ohio Railway and Terminal Company to construct a Iridge across the Mississippi River at Moline, HL Representative Cooper, of Indiana, made a •tatemeit before the House Pension Office Investigating Committee in denial and In explanation of the charges made against him by Commissioner Raum. In the SAiate Mr. Cullom introduced a bill to authorize a National Bank of Illinois to establish a branch on the grounds of the Columbian Exposition; and it was referred to the Committee on Finance. Representative Lane. of Illinois. from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported to the House a bill authorizing the Secretary of War, upon the application of the Governor of a State or Territory, to Issue for the sole use of the National Guard of such State or Territory any three and one-half inch muzzle-loading rifle field guns, wrought iron, or three and two-tenths inch breech-loading rifle field guns, steel or machine (Hotchkiss or Gatling) or rapid fire guns, with Implements and harness for the same which may be on hand and not needed immediately for the service of the regular forces. In the Senate the sliver question was the subject of extended debate.

INSULT ON INJURY. The Proposed Return of Mexican Flags Is In Very Bad Taste. f A Washington dispatch says: The proposition to return to Medco the twenty-one battle flag; captured by our troops in the war of 1846 and 1847 and now preserved at West Point is not a popular measure with army officers, and its passage by tha House will be vigorously opposed by many of the old veterans of the regular army. Nor do the Mexicans take kindly to the Idea, judging from the tone of a large number of newspaper clippings received here by an army officer fr >m a correspondent now on a ■visit to the City of Mexico. The general sentiment expressed in these is that the United States is adding insult to injury by the return of the flags which, the Mexicans •ay, were stolen from them, together with their territory. FARIBAULT SCHOOL WILL STAND, Archbishop Ireland's Experiment Will Not Be Interfered With by the Pope. A special dispatch received at New York from Rome give; an authentic denial to the report that the Pope, by letter to Archbishop Ireland. has disapproved the Clvita Cattolica’s criticism of the Faribault affair. The Faribault affair ts this: Archbishop leased • parochial school in Faribault. Minn., to the public school authorities and children of all denominations are received into it. No religious Instructions are given in school hoars. The archbishop has the right to peas oa all text books used in the school. After school hours the Catholic children receive religious instruction. The teachers in the school are s’s'ers of charity. £ WRECKED BY A CYCLONE. Nearly Every House at Caddo, I. T., Destroyed—Crops Damaged. A terrible cyclone passed over Caddo, I. T., Sunday night, sweeping house; and batldtngs from their foundations, but luckily no one was killed. Nearly every Lulld- *■» la the town was destroyed. Three ) er•oae are seriously injured. Reparis from the surrounding country say that the cyclone did considerable damage, but no casualties are reported. ’1 he cyclone wrecked a number of houses in Brookston, Tex. The path of the storm was atout a mile wide and the wind was followed by a hailstorm which did great damage to vegetation and the fruit crop.

I THIEF FREE, VICTIM IN JAIL. Peculiar C»<e Brought to Light In a MilI waukee Court. The trial of Nichol a; Fechtel. a M 1 waukee cab-driver, charg.-d with having •tolen $175 from a farmer named Josiah HUI. was begun in Judge Wallber’s coart The case has attracted attention from the fact that tha crime wa< c >maaltted last October, and since that time Fechtel has been out An ball, while Hill. 74 years old. has been locked up in the county Jail to insure his presence as a witness. A Joey could not be secured out of the panel and the Judge ordered the Jury Commissioner to draw another panel of thirty Jurors.

Big Break In Wheat. The latter part of Monday's scss'on on the Chicago Board of Trade saw some of the wildest times witnessed on the floor In many months. There was a break of nearly 6 cents in May wheat, and instead of Pardrtdge getting squeezed he pu-hed the crowd hard and comes out more than half a million dollars 1 etter off than when wheat was at the high notch (85%) of the eeaslon. Just before the close the price had touched 80%, making a slump of 4% cent*. Blinded While Experimenting. Dr. Edward Caiup'tell. professor of chemMry at the State University, Ann Arbor, ' Mich., while making some investigations Tuesdav afternoon In quantitive analysis, had both eyes put out by the exp'oslon of two bottles filled with gas. It was necessary to remove one eye. an 1 the other Is despaired ot Dr. Campbell is one of the greatest scientists in the university, and it is feared that the loss of his eyes will blast his career. , Fined for Allowing Aliens to Escape. B. J. Cortis, the general agent in New York of the Hamburg-American Hue of atea'mers, was sentenced to pay a fine ot gWfi for allowing aliens to escape from one of the vessels of his company. The aliens were brought over here under contract to work at mining, and were permitted to go from the vessel contrary to orders to hold them. Awful Crime at Pittsburg. • At Pittsburg the body of a girl, apparently 11 old.' was found in a lonely spot on a hillsidb In Sclienly Park. The body was terribly mutilated, the head being entirely severed. The remains were brought to the morgue and have not yet been Identified. Handy's Chromo* Burned. The Winters Printing and Lithographing Company's plant at Springfield, Ohi-, was destroyed by fire, and >40,000 worth of finished lithographs were burned. The total lees is about $60,000; iusurance, $50,000, Age Not a Bar to Gallantry. At Wheeling, MA Sarah Ann Shoemaker, aged 75. is suing for divorce from her husband. who is 80, and a prominent minister If Bomney. She charges cruelty and neglect. and says that another woman has infatuated her lißiban I. Mr. and Mrs. Shoemaker have lived together fifty years and MW great grandparents. £>. ■ w Matthews a Candidate. The Fort Wayne Sentinel announces upon (fas authority of a do <e i olitical fi lend ot Ctaado Matt’ e vs. the i re ent Secretary of Ctats. that the latter gentleman v ill positively he a candidate f w Governor before the couslaf State cr-n reation.

ASBABSINSJEO ORDER. Polish Anarchists Organized to Commit Murder. An anarchist outrage is reported in Prussian Poland which shows that they are thoroughly organized for murder. One of the leading residents in the vicinity of Inowrazlaw is Deacon Von Ponlnskl. During the night four men dressed in respectable attire, with their features concealed by masks, entered the residence of PonlnekL Ponlnskl was aroused by the noise of their entrance and sat up terror-stricken in bed. Before the Deacon could speak the three men leveled their weapons at him and fired. The shots took effect, inflicting dangerous wounds, roninski sank back in the bed, the bio xl st a - tin? from his wounds. Frau Poninski, al hough not herself injutod, fainted on the body of her husbantL. The sho s had arou-ed the neighbors and servants, and as soon ; s Frau Poninski was testored she told the story of the assassination. The assassins were tracked to a forest, whc.e they refused to surrender. As the attacking party rusl.el forward the outlaws firel. but without effect, while a fusillade from the assailants killed two of the assassins. The other two did not watt for capture. Turning their weapons on themselves they shot themselves, and died almost instantly. When the bodies of the dead were examined a startling discovery was mode. Liters Of instruction were found signed with tl.e words: “Executive Committee of the Polish Anarchists," and the signature was accompanied by a seal inscribed with the same words. These letters containel Instructions to murder Dcaccn Von P. ni.nski, and also instructions to commit other outrages, regarding which the authorities have not yet given any information, as they probably wish to use the revelations for the detection and capture of other anarchists.

SUGAR TRUST ALARMED. A Determined War Waged Upon It by the Wholesale Grocers. From informal! in received by the Philadelphia firms which handle and distribute large quantities of refined sugar, it appears that tl>e sugar trust is beginning to fear the results ’of the threatened warfare which has been inaugurated against. It by wholesale grocers all over the country. The grocers are said to be hotly interested in the proposed new refineries there and on Staten Island. The big corporation has so far condescended to notice the movement as to offer the importing grocers of Philadelphia a table of rebates, by which they will be able, if accepted, to get a small profit on the sugar they handle. A meeting with closed doors was lu-ld by a number of importing grocers for the purpose of considering the advisability of accepting or rejecting the proposition. No definite conclusion was rca died. THAT lOWA CALF CASE AGAIN. The Litigation Has Cost Over 830,000 and the End I* ( Not Yet. Attorneys Wheeler & Moffat, of Tip'on. lowa, are about to reopen the celebrated “Jones County Caif Case." the most noted in all history, except that of a certain golden calf which brought such dire disaster upon its worshippers. For twenty years four calvesZliave, kept alrncst the entire county_by the ears, h*ave influenced political thought, changed the membership of churches, burned houses and barns. Incited riots, ruined at leas', eight prosperous farmers, and piled up more than 83J.000 costs in the courts. If the golden calf before mentioned did any better, it must have teen high-priced veal for a wandering tribe.

MAY REDUCE IMMIGRATION. Passenger Agents Advance the Steerage Passenger Rate S 3. The disaffection among the agents of the transatlantic steamship companies on account of the alleged poor treatment they have received from the immigration authorities has led to the raising of passenger rates. The agents of the companies formed a pool some time ugo. At a recent meeting it was decided to advance the rate of steerage passage from the continent by $3. It was said that the advance in rates would do more to restrict immigration than any of the laws passed by Congress, especially among the Italians. Some of the agents said there an immense multitude of immigrants waiting to come ove¥ soon. DEMAND THE LIFE OF A BRUTE. Newark Citizens Attempt the Lynching of George Stottsburg. A dispatch from Newark, Ohio, says a howling mob of a thousand indignant citizens surrounded the county jail there demanding the surrender of George Stottsburg, who assaulted Edna Alvard, aged 7. a pupil at one of the city schools. The villain was finally captured and placed In the city prison, but them were such manifestations of excitement and indignation that the authorities removed him immediately to the county jail. An attempt to lynch Stottsbnrg was made, but the mob lacked leadership. There'are fears tljat the effort will be repeated with better success.

Vessels Ordered to Behring Sea. The sailing instructions of the United States vessels that will cruise in Behring Sea this year have been practically comp'eted. Orders were issued at once from the Navy Department directing the Yorktown and the Adams to proceed from San Francisco to Puget Sound. The ultimate destination of the vessels is Behring Sea. Sir Julian Pauncefote bad another interview with Secretary Blaine at the State Department. Around the department, while no one will talk directly upon the subject, the Impression prevails that the modus vlveudl Is perfected and will be announced in a few days; '

Investigating Customs Frauds. Appraiser Leavy. whose official head was chopped off by telegraph from Washington, was befora the San Francisco grand jury, and It is understood he “squealed” ot. all his associates In the custom-house ftauds. In dry goods'and tobacco gross frauds have been perpetrated for many months, and if all concerned are prosecuted there will be a big sensation. O.ie of the curious featwrex of the case is that the discovery of these custom-house frauds was made by a local reporter. Investigation was made on the facts he discovered, yet when he applied for the Informer's share of the money he was refused. Frightful Flood*. A dispatch from G. F. Sherrod, for the Boar Jof Supervisors of Lowndes County, Mississippi, dated Columbus, says: Hundreds of people have been drowned and thousands rendered homeless, w ithout food or raiment All live stock is drowned, ft is impossible for us to render the necessary aid. In the name of the 'people of the county we appeal to you for Government assistance. Prohibition Constitutional. The South Dakota Supreme 'Court has declared the prohibition law copstltutionaL This will cose ths trenty-one Saloons at Yankton that have been running under a local license law during the last yeslr. Arizona's National Delegates Elected. The Arizona Territr.rial Republican Convention nominate 1 N. O. Murphy and Ma lison W. Stewart delegates to the Minneapolis convention. 30,000 Barrels of Flour per Day. The Minneapolis mills in the six days ended Wednesday ground 183,540 buries, averaging 30,660 barrels daily. , Both Doubly Mated. Del s Barden, who married Lyman K. Barden at Albany. N. Y., July 14. iB6O. is suing at Mitchell, 6. D., for divorce on the ground of extreme cruelty, and a motion

made for alimony disclosed that if all Fixations !n the case are true she/ has two living husbands and Barden haq two living wives. Mrs. Barden married Lewis Osborne in New York in 1877. They lived together six months, when Osborn<| left her. and. she claims, has never since teen found. She asserts that he is dead. Mr. Barden claims that Osborne is living it) New York. Since this action for divorce was begun Barden, assuming that his marriage with the plaintiff was void, has mart tied again. Reds Still Rampant. Another dynamite outrage is reported nt Angers, a flourishing manufacturing city ia the department of Malne-ct- Loire, about one hundred and ninety miles from Paris. A bomb was exploded outside of the police office, and the buidling was badly shattered-. Two policemen were severely injured, and all their companions more or less shaken up. Anarchists have been spreading their principles among the factory people of Angers, as in other towns and it is supposed that the activity of the police in attempting to check this propaganda incited the anarchists to revenge. Wyoming Fight Assured. Buffalo, Wyo., dispatch: The telegraph people have just got a wire through, but ft is liable to go down any time. The situation in the cattle faction fight is very serious. Jack Flagg came In confirming the report of a fight and gave authentic intelligence that a large party of stockmen had reached Twenty-eight Rauch, on the north fork of Crazy Woman's Creek, and are camped at T. A. Ranch, thirteen mile? from here. The rustlers are in force here, and allow no one to pass on the roads. A party of thirty-five or forty men left in the direction of T. A. Ranch.

Kicked to Death by His Son. At Charlestown. Mass., Daniel Donovan, an aged, hard-working man of 77. while trying to ludnce his drunken son. John; to desist front abusing his mother and sister, was kicked in the ablomen by the brute on Saturday He died of his injuries at the city hospital. His son. who committed the brutal assault, was arrested for drunkenness and disorderly-conduct soon afterward, but will now have a more serious charge to answer. The deceased leaves a widow and five adult children. Latest Move of the Reading Trust. Loclsnien along the line of the Lehigh canal have received notice not to let any empty boats return to Mauch Chunk. It is thought that the canal will be closed so as not to affect the Reading combination coal tonnage. The canal was carrying thousands of tons to places along the Lehigh River, and many dealers were arranging to get their tonna re in that way. A very prosperous summer was anticipated by the boatmen.

Nine Persons Drowned. An Instructor and ten boys connected with the Bx.ston Farm School at Thompson's Island were capsize 1 in a sailboat and the instructor and eight of the boys drowned. The party were returning to the island from City Point, and bad reached a point between Spectacle Island and Thompson's Island, when their boat was struck by a squall and capsize L This is the only drowning accident that has happened to the school since 1842. Will Try the Mississippi. The Cunord, now in the West Indies, has been ordered to proceed, if practicable, up the Mississippi River to Memphis, Tenn., to be present at the opening of the bridge spanning, the Mississippi. River at that point, which is announced for May 12. The Baltimore and Charleston, at San Francisco, base been orderjd to Astoria. Oregon. to participate in the centennial cele - bration of the discovery of the Columbia River on May 12. Work Resumed by 4,000 jten. As a result of the settlement between the Pelham Hod Hoisting Company and the board of walking delegates of the building trades, about four thousand mechanics have resumed work in New York. The strike was owing to the company’s employment of non-union tqen. The company las suspended t ie non-union men for an Indefinite period. r Mayor Grant Pa-ses the Hat. The corner-stone of the tomb and monument to be erecte I in New York to the memory of General Grunt will be laid on the 27th Inst. Mayor Grant has Issued a proclamation calling the attention of tl e citizens to the fact that the present time is n fitting one f,or the completion of the fund necessary to carry out the undertaking- • Loyal Bettie Fleischman. Miss Bettie Fleischman, daughter of the millionaire yeast manufacturer and distiller, Charles. Fleischman, of Cincinnati has broken her engagement with Count Logothetti because he refuses to become an American' citizen.

Killed by*Hlghbln<lers. Removed by the Highbinders—this is the explanation given of the mysterious end of Lung Hing, whose death occurred In New York. Lung Hing was one of the wealthiest Chinamen in the city. Flanlng-Mlll Burned. Fire totally destroyed the planl.ig-mlll of R. K. Allen & Son, of St Jose, h. Mo. Loss $31,000; Insurance, 810,000. Seven Burned to Death. At Fort Madison, lowa, a party of seven were burned to death in their rooms above a store, Wednesday. Smallpox In Neu- York. In New York eight cases of smallpox have been reported at the Bureau of Vital Statistic* since Saturday.