Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 July 1892 — GREAT CAREER CLOSED [ARTICLE]

GREAT CAREER CLOSED

CYRUS W. FIELD, THE WORLD’S BENEFACTOR, DEAD. Troops Will Subdne Turbulent Idaho Min* era—Repetition of the Fearful bake Pepin Disaster at Peoria—Pasteur Sick with Cholera—Bonny Kate Castleton Gone, Bos'office Statistics. Prom tho records of the Postoffice Department It appears that there were 67,105 postofflees In the United States on June 30, Which is an increase of 2,770 over the fiscal . year ending June 30, 1691. During the past year 1,128 postoffioes wore discontinued for various causes. There were 223 resignations from the service and 33 removals. DOZENS ARE DEAD. Peoria Horrified by a Fearful Catastrophe on tho River. JI& Peoria. Hi, tho pleasure steamer Frankie Folsom was sunk in the river, Tuesday night, and of the sixty passengers aboard her twenty were drowned. At Lake View, a mile above the city, a representation of Pompeii was given. The Folsom, a Pekin boat, came up with forty passengers. Two or three couples Joined the party at Peoria, and fifteen got on tho boat at the park, so that the passenger list reached fully sixty. As the boat started down to the city she was struck by tho cyclone and turned, over. She was midway in the river and sank rapidly. Owing to the howling tempest the Cries of the passengers could not be heard. The Longfellow, with seventy-five passengers, from Kingston, passed her and ran to the foot of the next street. Her passengers were driven off and the boat made preparations to go to tbe aid of the Folsom, when her wheel broke and she was left helpless. Word was conveyed to the police station and Mayor Warner ordered every man to the scene. The Kock Island Road sent a special train tc the scene of disaster and small boats were put off to the Folsom, tbe hulk of which could be seen when the lake was Illuminated by the vivid lightning. Four persons were taken off at a time. It is known that there are eighteen drowned, of whom eleven are from Pekin- At tho time es thestorm over two hundred small boats were out, and at a late hour the occupants of but ninety-six bad reported. So it Is possible the death list will rea'h 104.

j, HARRISON SENDS THE TROOPS. The President Orders Regulars to Idaho from Several Western Forts. 1 The President telegraphed from Saratoga to the Secretary of W T ar In Washington to send troops to co-operate with the civil authorities In preserving life and property In Idaha Gen. Schofield thereupon telegraphed the Governor of Idaho that troop* would be sent at once. He also telegraphed Gen. Merritt at St. Paul to send three companies of Infantry from Missoula and telegraphed Gen. Huger ut San Francisco to sond all the Infantry that could be spared from Fort Sferman. In case other are necessary tboy will be sont from Fort Custer and Fort Spokane. Tho President's order is as follows: Lp_ The Secretary of }Var, 'Washington: i The Governor of tVe Slate of Idaho has called upon me, under section 4 of the Constitution, for assistance In suppressing a domestic disturbance which tho State authorities aio unable to control You will at once send to the scene of disorder an adequate force of troops from the nearest station, under an officer of rank and discretion, with orders to co-operate with the civil authorities In preserving tho peace and protecting life and property. 1 will reach Washington to-night Benjamin Harrison. COULDN’T STAND A WHIPPING. A 19-Year-Old Girl, Discouraged and Humiliated, Commits Suicide. At New Orleans, Evlyn Margoel, a girl of 19, committed suicide by shooting herself in the head. The girl was found In the fields, where she hud gone with the plilol In the drenching rain. She was taken to the hospital, where the case was pronounced hopeleas. The girl was tho daughter of a somewhat dissipated man. and was born at Atchison, Kan. Her father went South and gave her In charge of some New Orleans people, who promised to care for and educate her. She said she was dissatisfied with life and threatened to commit suicide. For this tho woman with whom she was living whipped her severely. It made her more discontented. She found a pistol, went to the field in the roar of tho house, and shot herself In the head. CYRUS W. FII LU DEAD. The Famous Projector ol tho First Atlantic Cable Passes Awray. * Cyrus W. Field died at 9:30 o'clock Tuesday morning at Dobbs Ferry. N. Y. There were In the room at tbe time David Dudley Field, Mrs. Dudley Field, Jlra, Isabella Judson, Cyrus Field Judson, F’rank Judson and the attending physician. Mr. Field had been suffering from physical and mental exhaustion brought on by the many troubles which have overtaken him during the pa6t year. For some days his mind wandered occasionally, but bis friends say that the stories seut out about his having lost his reason were maliciously baseless. The funeral services will be held on Thursday aftefnoon at tho house The Interment will be at Stockbridge Mass., on Friday. Mr. Field died a comparatively poor man.

Deatli Kate Castletou. Kate Castleton, the actress, died Sunday of peritonitis, at Lakeside, near Providence. Kate Castleton was horn la England about thirty-four years ago, and made her first appearance In one of the London concert balls. Dr. Pasteur Has the Cholera. The distinguished French scientist, Dr. Pasteur, is suffering from the form of Cholera now prevalent In Paris. The attack is said to {)e a mild one, but the frlend9 of the patient are very anxious. Bob Ford's Slayer Guilty. The trial of Edward O’Kelly for killing Bob Ford, the slayer of Jesse James, ended at Lake City, Col. The Jury was out only a short time, returning with a verdict of murder in the second degree Gov. Lincoln's Bones Disturbed. At Augusta, Me, the grave of Gov. Lincoln was broken open, and his bones were scattered over. The police have arrested William Larrabee as the alleged deapoller. Astor Xot Dead. A later London dispatch says: William Waldorf Astor is not dead. Guilty of Embenlement Ex-County Treasurer Charles H. Paul, who has been on trial In the District Court, at Hastings, Neb., on a charge of embez*ll ng $54,003 as Treasurer of Adams County, Was found guilty after the Jury bad been out two days. He was recommended to the mercy of the court s id •' < Straight Ticket In Arkansas. For the first time in ten years, Arknnsas Republicans bare put out a straight ticket aad refused to fuse with the third party. It was a big surprise to all. especially the Democrat* The ticket Is headel by W. G. Whipple for Governor and James Oates foi

- x • - v - BEST ON THEIR ARMS. Strikers In Possession of the Town and tho Works at Homestead. Late Homestead. Pa. dispatches say the situation Is very like that of several thousand terriers watching for several thousand rats to appear. There Is slim prospect from present indications of the “rats,” or Pinkerton men, who are referred to as rodents, giving the terriers an opportunity to use their fangs again. The next enemy to combat will be the regular State militia, and the 4.000 Carnegie strikers and their 4,000 friends, who made up the resisting and victorious force, say they are ready for them, and that they will give battle to any and all opponents. The strikers now have everything their own way. A bedy of determined men surrounds the mill and challenge tho approach of overy man who ventures too close to an Imaginary “death line.” a hundred yards away from the mill fences. Three thousand-men are distributed all over the town and so carefully are these lookouts deployed that not a soul can enter or leave the town without giving an account of himself. The prolonged and desperate battle between the Pinkerton men on tho two barges and tho locked-out employes ended, after a contest of fourteen hours, In the unconditional surrender of tho Pinkerton forces. At five o'clock tn the afternoon on the day of the assault, while bombs and lighted wasto were being thrown on the barge, a Pinkertcn man appeared on the deck and waved a white handkorehlef. This was the signal for surrender, and Jack Clifford, a heater's helper, rushed on board and tried to keep tbe workmen off. He was powerless to do so, and tbe choering workmen, with guns In band, rushed on board. Then tho landing of tho vanquished commenced. It lasted over an hour. They came ashore singly and In parties, and as they roached the top of the bank they were pounced upon by the crowd, beaten by clubs and rifle butts, kicked, knocked down and trampled upon. It was a horrible sight for the noncombatants. An angry mob lined the street on both sides. As tho men passed by, each In charge of two deputies, the mill men and their friends kicked them and threw some of them down. The Pinkertons begged for merev. Some of them bad pistol shot wounds In their heuds and three were seen who had their eyes shot out. Several were shot In the shoulders, arms, and legs, and could scarcoly limp along. They were finally locked In the Opera House, and tho wounded attended to. TROOPS ORDERED OUT. The National Guurtl, Eight Thousand Strong. Ordered to If oniestead. Governor Pattison lias ordered out the entire national guarj of Pennsylvania. Tho news was receive! at Homestead at about 11:20 o’clock Sunday rfight and It created Intense excitement among the comparatively sriialt number wl}o heard Jt. The strikers were appalled. They hardly seemed to realize what was said to them. Each man who hoard it asked ia a dazed way: “Is that so?" They went to headquarters aud were gathered there in a large crowd at midnight It was announced that officers of the national guard have been in town under tho guise of reporters, planning an atlack. and tbe slrlkers become furloua All correspondents and other strangers were ordered out of town. Reporters were not allowed to telegraph to their papers. The live* of the correspondents were believed to be in actual danger. One reporter telegraphed Ids paper the following: “For God’s sake handle this thing delicately as regards headlines, for I have already receivod warning to quit town. The tone of to-morrow's paper means everything to me. I will stay here just as long as Lpossibly can and wire you situation by buljetins.” RED-HANDED PREACHER. A Georgia Minister and Two Deacons of His Cliurch Arrested lor Murder. Atlanta. Ga, special: Officers from this city have just unravelled tho mystery connected with the murder of Dr. A. N. Sloane, which occurred in McDonough, this State, several months ago. They have arrested Ben Bdvlns, a nogro preacher and BMtor , of a Methodist church in McDonougtfpfcnd Henry Harrison aud Jim Shatter, two of tho deacons of the church, for the murder. Blivins, according to the confession of one of the men, did the shooting, the other two being in his company. It is thought by tbe detectives that the murder was a conspiracy on tho part of tho members of the church. The prisoners will lie kept In jail In this city, as they would be In danger of being lynched If returned to McDonoughGUARDED BY MILITIA. Florida Troops Called Out to Defend a Jail Against a Negro Mob. Shortly before midnight Tuesday night a mob of seven hundreds negroes marched to to the Duval County. Florida, jail in squads. They were all heavily armed, and immediately took up positions about the various entrances to the prison. The negroes claimed they had received positive Information that the whttes intended lynching a negro confined In the Jail who Is charged with having murdered a man Monday. The jail officials quickly notified tbe Governor and troops were ordered to march to the jail, where they are now stationed. When the negroes saw the soldiers they scattered, taking up positions in groups in the vicinity of the prison. CARNEGIE REFUSES TO TALK. He Is Greatly Agitated Over the Events at Homestead. A London dispatch says: A correspondent found Andrew Carnegie, who has been naklng a tour of Scotland, at Braemar, in ffber-'eenshtro. He-appeared to be in excellent health, but was evidently laboring under great agitation, so much so that Mrs. Carnegie, who was present, was endeavoring to soothe him and to draw his thoughts away from the tragic affair at Homestead. Mr. Carnegie positively declined to make my statement. He has within the last day hr two sent and received numerous dispatches by cable, aud there is no doubt -hat Mr. Carnegie has been kept fully Informed of events on the Monongahela.

CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR, Over 20,000 Delegates at New York to Participate In the Convention. Thousands of delegates to the convention of the societies of Christian Endeavor huve si rived in New York. Over 20.000 have ilready been assigned to various hotels and boarding houses. In all nearly 30,300 delegates will participate In the pro:eedings of the convention. Col. King Must Hang. The Supreme Court of Tennessee met at Jackson. Tenh., to render a decision in the celel rated IL Clay King murder case. The Insanity of the defendant was held as not being, proven, and the theory of self-de-fense was not sustained. The prisoner was then remanded to the Sheriff of Shelby County “to be kept In confinement until Aug. 12, when, between 8 a. nu and 2 p. m., he should be' banged by the neck until dead.” Escaped Through a Sewer. Nine long-term prisoners escaped from the State prison at Boston. Mass, through the sewer in the middle of the yard, which is the receptacle for all the filth from the prison. They had to wallow through filth for nearly 1,030 feet before reaching the mouth of the sewer, which Bows Into the Charles River. One of the aien, Felix Gouldlng. was recaptured. Toledo Dry Goods Store Destroyed. Neuhausel’s dry goods store, one of the oldest and largest establishments of Its kind In Toledo, Ohio, waa completely deitroyed by fire Loss, $150,000; insurance, 1100,000. Portland Has a Big Fire. Sunday eveninrat « o’clock tIOO.OOO in property slool upon the block bounded by

Washington, Stark, Sixth and Serentn streets, Portland. Ore- Monday morning at 6 -o’clock only smoldering ashes remained to tell the tale. About $46,000 oi this amount will fall upon the Insurancs companies; $57,000 will come out of the owners’ pockets. It has been ten years since Portland residents witnessed a fire soremarkable fori tbe rapid spread of tbe flames and the Intensity of tho conflagration. RAVACHOL EXECUTED. The Paris Murderer and Anarchist Lose* His Head Under the Guillotine. Ravachol, the anarchist and murderer, was guillotined In Purls early Monduy morning. When tho prison van reached the scaffold Ravachol was asked If he desired to say anything. He replied that he would address the crowd, but Instead of spenkins be began to sing an Indecent song and danced., to the refrain as well as he could with his ankles strapped The officers In charge soon tired of this burlesque arid gave tbe signal to JL Deibler. The executioner's assistant* at otic* seized Ravachol. whereupon the latter's demeanor suddenly changed. Ha dropped his assumption of indifference and struggled furloissly. but was speedily Dverpowered and borne to tho fatal block. Even while being tied down on the plank he continued his futile struggles, utteriup meanwhile the foulest epithets and purses The indecent and blasphemous tirade was cut short by the swift descent of the knife, and the bead of the notorious robber, incendiary, and murderer rolled Into th< basket The crowd witnessed the horrlblr sight with the same indifference that hue characterized its conduct throughout and it was evident that no sympathy was felt for the man who hnd pretended to commit crimes in the interest of tbe people THIEF PROTECTED BY LAW. A Bookmaker’s Clerk Steals 813,000 and Cannot Re Punished. Washington special: The firm of Lynn. Hill & Heath, bookmakers, in settling thelt accounts last Tuesday found that there was a balance of 611,000 la bank, but upoc Inquiry at tbe bank It was ascertained that this sum had been withdrawn by Frank Barnard, the general manager of the firm. An investigation showed that the receipts from July 4 were missing, which makes the sum about $13,000. Barnard has been in tbe employ of the firm about seven years and the members being compelled tc be absent from the city on various occasions, the money in the banks was deposited in his name. Barnard secured the services ol an attorney, who informed blm that as the money was made in an Illegitimate business und was practically under his control, there was no law to punish him. Tbe firm will probably take no action at law upon the matter.

WAS A BLOODY BATTLE. Eighteen Men Killed and as Many More Wounded. The struggle between the union tpiners in Coeur d’Alene and tbe mine owners, which was patched up about two months ago, broke out again Monday in the town of Gem, and resulted in a savage fight between union and non-union men at the Frisco and Gem mines, in which eighteen men were klllod and as many more wounded, seventy non-union men taken prisoners and the Frisco mill blown up. Tho fight lasted several hours. The Governor has ordered out the militia. A firm In Missoula. Mont., has received an order to ship forty coffins to Wallace Immediately. A LAWYER’S MURDEROUS WORK. Two Men Shot at Atoka, I. T., by a Drunken Attorney. At Atoka, L T., R. M. Moors, a lawyer, entered tho tJnitcd States Commissioner’s Court at 9 o'clock Wednesday night and commenced shooting at Marshal Fox. Before Moore could be disarmed he had fired several times. Marshal Depew was shot once in tho leg and twice In tho abdomen. He will probably dla W. H. Mcßride was hit by two bullets and seriously wounded. Moore was arrested and looked up. It Is believed that he was drunk at the t mo. Fusion Carries In Kansas. In the State Democratic Convention for the nomination of Electors, Congrossmen-at-largo and a fall State ticket In tho State House at Topeka, Kan., the vote on the resolution to Indorse the fusion ticket resulted 222 for and 176 against, and tho motion was declared carried amid cheering. At tbe election In 1890 tho Republicans cast 115,025 votes, the People’s party 106,9T2, the Democrats, 71,367, and the Prohibition party 1,230.

Rurned Wires and Batteries. At New Orleans the other night, fire occurred In the Western Union Telograph Office, burnlngoutthoswitchboard and bat-tery-room and doing other damage, and cuuslng an entire suspension of business for over three hours. The flames were quickly subdued, but not before the entire cable an 1 telegraph system was burned out and rendered useless Religion Drove Him Crazy. Pliny Cole, a well-known resident ol Warren, Pa., has become violently Insano over the subject of religion. " He professes to be able to see and converse with angels, and claims to hear thorn play on harps. No Food for Forty Days. Mrs. Curtis, who resides In Groencastle, Ind., with her brothsr-ln-law, J. J. Curtis, In the last forty days has not taken altogether ono gill of food and water combined. She suffers from caucer. Dr. Jackson Alive and Well. Authentic Information has been received at Cincinnati that Dr. Sheldon Jackson, United States Commissioner for Alaska, reported murdered by the Yukon Indians, Is alive and well.