Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 August 1892 — HORDES OF PYTHIANS. [ARTICLE]

HORDES OF PYTHIANS.

KANSAS CITY CROWDED WITH THE ORDER. Cholera Within a Step of Our Shores— Narrow Escape of a Pennsylvania Train —The Sultan Is Bloodthirsty Canal Tolls Stir Up the Eion. Letter Carriers Convene. Indianapolis Is the scene of the National Letter Carriers’ Convention. Several hundred delegates will be present at the first session, which will be held In Lorraine Hall One of the most important questions to be considered is the advisability of Instituting tn the insurance feature of the association agraded assessment for the levy rate which now prevails The carriers will also urge another grade to $1,200 and the extension of the civil service rules to all postofflees having a free carrier system. PYTHIANS IN SESSION. First Meeting of the Supreme Grand Lodge at Kansas City. The seventeenth biennial meeting of the Supremo Lodge, Knights of Pythias of the World.commenced In Kansas City Tuesday morning, and will continue in session for ten days, or until all the business before it Is completed. A public reception was tendered the members of the Supreme Lodge at 0 o’clock that morning. The hour was fixed thus early on account of the necessity, imposed by the rules of the lodge, to to dispose of a certain amount of business at its first day’s session. The reception was held at the Grand Opera House, and the auditorium was appropriately decorated in honor of the occasion. In hfs report Supreme Chancellor Shaw congratulated the order upon its steadily Increasing progress and its continued prosperity and upon the harmony which universally prevails. The order enters the twenty-eighth year of its existence, says the report, with a splendid army of more than 300,000 men marching steadily forward under the trl-colored banner of Pythianism. One year ago 263,000 names were enrolled upon the roster of membership throughout the Supreme jurisdiction. Within the past twelve months this number has been Increased to 308,000, making an increase during the year of 44,000, or about one-sixth. No fraternal organisation in the twenty-seventh year of its existence has ever been able to attain such a percentage of increase. The development of the uniform rank is. a marvel The record ■hows an increase of 153 new divisions durIrut the past year, with a total membership exceeding 35,000, being an Increase during the year of 6,000 members, or over onefifth.

BAD NEWS FROM EUROPE. Cholera Is Now Epidemic at Hamburg sad Havre. A dispatch from Reshd, in the province of Ghilan. states that every day hundreds of persons are dying there from cholera. Reshd is a very unhealthy place, and sanitary methods are unknown. It lies sixteen miles from Enzellee. its pert on the Caspian Sea. and is the center of the importing trade of the province in which it is located. Most of the imports are from Rusal*. The population of the town is about 33,000. Following the report from Teheran comes information of a most alarming character from Europe. United States Consul Johnson at Hamburg reports gy be 1$ officially ty tte govern* meqt health ot city of the preaAsiatic deaths ani he h£s Eccoralngly refused to Mue "bills of health to departing vessels. Consul Williams at Havre reports an epidemic of Asiatic cholera at that place with many deaths, and advises an inspection of the fast liner La Touraine. These facta have been promptly communicated to the health officers at Staten Island, and every precaution will oe taken by them in the matter; especially In view- ot the fact that the epidemic has now reached two ot the most Important port, in Europe with which the United States has direct and rapid communication. Although no real fear that the cholera will reach the shores •f the United States is expressed by the authorities of the Treasury Department, circulars have been issued to customs officers directing the disinfection of baggage from cholera-inferred ports -*

V TIMBERS UN THS TRACK. Attempt to Wreck a Pennsylvania Express Train Near Reading. - A dastardly attempt was made to wreck an express cn the Pennsylvania railroad near Reading, Pa. After It had crossed one of the iron bridges two miles below Reading, going forty miles an hour, the engineer saw an obstruction ahead, but was unable to stop the train, which dashed into four heavy timbers placed across the track. They were ten feet long, and one man could hardly carry one of them. The rear wheels of the locomotive jumped tie rails, and it was nearly 11 o’clock before the train reached Reading. The lives of over 100 passengers were imperiled. They were badly shaken up Eight Dollars ior Gory Heads. The negotiations between the Sultan's officials and the leader of the Anghera tribesmen looking to tho submission of the latter have been broken oft by order of the Sultan. The Sultan has directed that a grand attapk be made upon the Angberas, and to stimulate his troops he has offered <4 for every prisoner they capture, wounded or unwounded, and 88 for every head they bring into their camp

Sharper Whipple Heard From. The sharper who signs himself R. J, Whipple, and who has been passing on Eastern hotel-keepers bogus checks drawn on the Atlas Bank of Chicago, has not caught any Boston banks, but a customer of the National Exchange Bank at Boston deposited one of the checks for fSOO a few days ago. The check was returned, and the customer redeemed It. Abusing President Harrison. The London Standard calls President Harrison's, action in the St Mary’s Falls canal matter “vexatious and unfriendly,” saying: “We suppose It is a pretext to pose as the exponent of a spirited foreign policy. ” Has a British Schooner In Tow. Lieutenant Commander Turner .of the Albatross reports his arrival at Sitka, Alaska, with the British schooner Winifred in tow, on the charge of illegal sealing. The papers have been turned over to the Collector of Customs. Hawkeye Democrats. The lowa Democracy held their State Convention at Davenport on Thursday, and nominated the following ticket: For Secretary of State.. .J. S. MCCONLOGUE For Auditor..... 8. P. VAN DI KB For Treasurer CHARLES REUGNITZ For Attorney General EZRA WILLARD For Railroad Commissioner WM. G. KENT lares 1 W• WILMER For Electors at large .......fa. FfiE NCH Russian Cholera Figures. Ft, Petersburg advices say the official •gures of the cholera epidemic show that Tuesday there were 7.609 cases of the divmao reported from the various places Infected by the scourge There were reported •.741 deaths resulting from the disease

SAYS HE KILLED'THE BORDENS. r ■ < Charles H. Peckham Confesses that He Committed the Murder. Charles H. Peckham, of Central Village. Westport, Mass., walked Into the Central Police Station at ' Pall River Thursday morning and said to Assistant Marshal Fleets: “Well, Mr. Marshal. I killed Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Borden, and have come from home to give myself up I went over the back fence and through the rear door of the Borden bouse two weeks ago, and I killed both of those people out of pure love for blood. I went out the rear door and over the back fence and walked over the New Bedford Road home I’m the murderer. and I want to be locked up.” The Marshal took him to the cell-room and searched him. He found a pocketbook with a few receipts in it and also unearthed some official communications from the Russian Bureau at Washington. Peckham is 65 years of age, about five feet six inches tall and his a thin gray beard. Ho sayS he leases a farm from Edmund Davis. The police hare started to bunt up his relatives or friends. HOMESTEAD MEN GIVING WAY. Leaving the Town to Secure Employment Elsewhere. A Homestead dispatch says: It is evident that many of the non-union men In the mill have come to stay. Aboutsfxteon families are now quartered in company houses, and others are prepared to come when the houses are ready. On the other hand a large number ot the locked-put men have secured work elsewhere, and are moving away from Homestead. About 15 went to Youngstown yesterday, and others are preparing to move to the now steel mill at Newcastle: Notices were thrown Inside the mill fence this morning warning the men at work to quit by tc-morrow or take the consequences. Repairs on the new Bessemer mill are progressing favorably, and the company expect io start It on Monday. Two open hearth furnaces will also be charged on that day. 'Jhe number of men yesterday was 1,801. Thirteen men were discharged and nineteen quit. It Is expected to have 2,003 men working by the end of next week.

GATLING GUNS USEDMiners Make Three Attempts to Take the Fort at Coal Creek. Gatling guns were turned ir on the miners at Coal Creek, Tenn., Thursday. How many were killed and wounded no one knows. The only fact which no one can dispute is that the fiercest battle In the history of the Coal Creek troubles began In the morning and continued during the day. It Is stated that Capt Ke'ler Anderson, In command of the Coal Creek troops, has been captured by the miners, taken to an unknown place and lynched. The battle was commenced as early as 10 o'clock. For several hours firing was not general. About 2 o'clock the miners made an organized assault on the fort and were successfully repulsed. The second assault was easily repulsed. The third attempt resulted in a regular pitched battle and Gatling guns got in their work. BUCKWHEAT TRI ST FORMED. Hecker Jones-Jewell Company Incorporated, with a Capital ot ®5,000.000. A buckwheat trust ba< been formed, with a capital stack of J 5,000.000. The incorporators, according to the papers filed in the office of the Secretary of State of New Jersey, are David Dows and Joseph A. Knox, of New York; William A. Nash, of Brooklyn, and Charles W. McCutchen, of Plainfield. The trust will be called the Hecker-Jones-Jewell Milling Company. Three millions of the stock Is preferred and Is to be entitled to 8 per cent dividends before the declaration of anything on the common stock. Bonds to the amount of 12,500,000 will also be issued. - ■ .... “ MORSE THE SIAN. Michigan Democrats at the Grand Rapids Convention Name Him lor Governor. Gov. Winans sent a letter to the Michigan Democratic Convention declining to Jjo a candidate for another gubernatorial term, aqd the following ticket chosen: Governor. sHTT7..*.7Allan B. Morse Lieutenant Governor James P. Edwards Treasuier Frederick Marvin Secretary of State Charles F. MarskeV Auditor General James A. Vannler Attorney General Adolphus A Ellis Superintendent of Public Instruction ■■■■■Ferris S. Fitch Commissioner State Land Office ~ c' •'; a George T. Shiffer Member of State Board of Equalization James A. Burr Elector-at-large, Eastern District —, ■„George H. Durand Elector-at-large, Western District . Peter White

BAKER HAS RESIGNED. H. N. Higlnbothaiu Unanimously Elected to Succeed Him. William T. Baker's resignation as President of the World's Columbian Exposition Company was presented and unanimously accepted Thursday afternoon by the Board of Directors H. N. lliginbotbam was at once elected President to succeed Mr. Baker, and Ferd W. Peck was promoted from the ranks to the First Vice Presidency, vacated by Mr. Higlnbotham. Robert A. W’aller remains Second Vice President No other changes in the executive staff were made.' Doctored the Milk. Porty milkmen in Akron were arrested Tuesday charged with adulterating milk. For some time the milk Inspector has been investigating the milk supplied to the citizens, more particularly because of the unprecedented number of deaths of Infants during the heated term. He claims to have secured evidence that salicylic acid and borax have been used to preserve the milk, and these ingredients, rendering it indigestible to Infants, are responsible for the increased mortality. Japanese Flock to Mexico. The Japanese are emigrating to Mexico in large numbers. Several latge colonies have been established in the coffee of Oaxaca and the rich sugar landv of Sinaloa during the past few months. Toshiro Fujita, the Japanese consul, has arrived at Acapulco with a commission, instructed by the Japanese government to obtain concessions from the Mexican government for lands upon which to locate 200,000 Japanese colonists. The Maverick Investigation. In the United States Senate Committee’s investigation of the Maverick National Bank failure, one of the principal witnesses was Thomas M. Mitchell, who, though 16 years old, looks about IL Ho acknowledged loaning his credit to President Potter and Cashier Work by signing notes for from <9,573 to <IB,OOO. He was paid $5 a week as a messenger boy and declared he did not know what ha signed. Glanders in London. To add to the cholera scare glanders has broken out extensively among London horses. The authorities recommend the complete Isolation of horses suspected of being Infected with the divease and the Immediate slaughter of every animal known tp.be affected. Every horse in the city is being strictly watchpl The public drinking troughs have been closed to prevent contagion A Town Burned Out. Fully three-fourths of the village of Delmar, Del., burned Tuesday. Three hundred people are homeless. One person is known to have been burned to death, three others are missing and are thought to have met the same fate. Drowned In the Hudson River. As William Merritt and John Gillan were fishing in the Hudson River, near Nyack, the boat upset and Gillan was drowned. He leaves a widow and child. Church Factions at War. Several weeks ago a s; lit was caused in the congregation cf the German Reformed

Church at New Knoxville, Ohio, through a disagreement ifffegaM to the retention of the minister. A new church is now in process of erection by the seceding faction*A bad feeling has been generated by the move, but the climax was capped when the body of Henry Schott, whodlfd last spring, was removed from the cemetery of the old church to the improvised cemetery of the new church. This action was the signal for a renewed outbreak. The entire community Is taking a hand In the affair, and indignation Is at Its height. COAXING IMMIGRANTS. Vermonters to Settle In Canadian Nerthwest Territory. A delegation of farmers from Vermont, who have been sent West to Inquire into the possibility of establishing a New Englund colony In the Canadian Northwest, have returned home. Several made homestead entiles, with the Intention of Immediately returning to their new homes. The Canadian minister In charge of Immigration said that he Intended pushing his scheme for drawing settlers into Canada from Dakota, Montana and Missouri. Arrangements have just been completed for locating a large number ot crofter families from Scotland in the Northwest Territories, in addition to those being brought out from Scotland by the British Columbian government. Minister Dewedney says that the government has decided to leave no stone unturned to Insure the populating of the Territories, and that for the future a vigorous and aggressive policy will be carried out. as he considers that the Importance of settling Manitoba and the Northwest Territories will justify the lavish but judicious expenditure of money to attain that end.

TRADE LINES ARE STRONG. Dun Find* Many Favorable Features in the Market. R. G. Dun A Company's weekly review of trade says: Late advices from the West promise rather better crops of wheat and corn, and cotton prospects are a little better, though neither yield will approach that of last year. With abundant supplies brought over, the outlook Is so good that business distinctly improves, and’ the prospect for fall trade Is everywhere considered bright The great strikes in Now York, Pennsylvania and Tennessee, which call into service troops In three great States, appear to fcave scarcely an appreciable effect upon business as yet and though interruption of traffic Is threatened on many Important railroads stocks are generally steady or strong, closing but a small fraction lower than a week ago. More gold has gone abroad, but money Is abundant and easy, and collections in almost all quarters are more satisfactory than usual SAD NEWS FOR CANADA. Tolls Levied After Sept. 1 Upon Her Vessels Passing the Soo Canal The President has proclaimed retallat'on upon Canada in accordance with the authority conferred upon him by the “act to enforce reciprocal relations with Canada,” passed last July. The proclamation suspends the free navigation of the St Mary's Falls Canal and Imposes a toll of 20 cents a ton upon all freight passing through that canul from Canadian porta. The President's proclamation (though constructively executed in Washington city) was signed at Loon Lake and forwarded for promulgation.. The step Is taken because of the persistent levying of tolls upon our vessels, passing through the Welland Canal The Dominion officials are very much nettled, and already a howl Is raised by the Canadian shippers most affected. They say they will bedrlven out of buslnes and ruined.

THEY WILL REMAIN IN JAIL. Missouri Judges Appear In Court to Pay Bonds and Are Then Remanded, Three judges of the Cass County (Missouri) Court—W. 0. Wray. F. W. George, and E. T. Lane— in tho Jackson County jail for contempt of Ccuit, /or refusing to pay judgments secured by vjyrgus railway against Cass County, upon oonas Issued by th? county. The judges Can be kept in Jail until the whole amount, $750,000, Is either paid or compromised. State Tickets Named. Ohio's People's patty has nominated this ticket: Secretary of State, 8. C. Thayer; Supreme Court Judges, E. D. Stark, J. D. Payne; Clerk Supreme Court, W. R. Bolles; Board Public Works, James Houser; Electors, John Saltz, A. J. Carpenter. Wisconsin Republican nominees: Governor, John C. Spooner; Lieutenant Governor, John' CL Koch; Secretary of State, Robert W. jackson; State Treasurer, Atley Peterson; Attorney General, James O'Neill; Superintendent Public Instruction, W. 11. Chandler; Railroad Commlsslonty, J. I> 4 Bullock; Insurance Commissioner, James E. Heg. Must Be Examined. Orders have been Issued by the ministers' of the interior, agriculture, and medical affairs of Germany declaring that, inasmuch as examination proves that many American hams and sides of bacon contain trichina*, Imports of such provisions must not be placed upon public sale unless they have been examined by the Prussian authorities. Officers Captaro a Desperado. John Fairchild, an Arkansas negro desperado, who killed a man at Pine Bluff. Ark., was arrested at Memphis, Tenn. As the officer put his hand on Fairchild he was reading a telegram sent by his mistress, saying: “Leave at once. ” Fairchild is one of the most desperate negroes lu Arkansas. Flames Still Raging, The Hotel de I’Ours and thirty houses at Grindewaid, Switzerland, have been destroyed by fire, which ts still raging fiercely.