Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 September 1892 — OPENLY DEFY THE LAW [ARTICLE]

OPENLY DEFY THE LAW

CHINESE RESIDENTS WILL REFUSE TO REGISTER. A of Warning Issued at flswi Francisco —Sprouted Wheat Causes •sssMs to Farmers—Train Wrecked by ss Powder Explosion. Reruse to Register. The Chinese Six Companies from all appearances intend to remain firm and are determined that no Chinese shall register, fce photographed, or obey the provisions of the Geary bill in any way. The first proclamation issued by the Six Companies appeared the dead wells In Chinatown, nays a San Francisco dispatch, only a week ago. There area no mistaking the tenor cf It Every Chinaman who wished to obey the law was Informed that If he did so he would have the Six Companies against him. This means the most complete boycott known, and no Chinaman would dare refuse the order. This original proclamation was followed by another, which was conspicuously posted In Chinatown and also mailed to all parts of the country. It declares the Geary bill to be an unjust law and urges all Cbineso to disobey it It ends by saying: “Again wo warn you not to obey this law." An appeal to the Emperor of China has also been made.

ODD FELLWS ELECT OFFICERS. Sovereign Grand Lodge Nearly Completes the Business of the Session. The Sovereign Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows in session at Portland elected officers . for the ensuing year with the following re’suJtl {j£ani|lro. G F. Campbell, Lon Jon,' Ontario; Deputy Sire, J. W. Stebbens, Roches-tir, New /fork; Grand Secretary, Theodore A Ross, Columbus, Ohio; Grand Treasurer, Isaac A. Sheppard, J ’hlladelpbia. Pa. The Sirovs report shows a net increase In active lodge membership from Jan. 1, 1891, to Jan. 1, 1892, of 48,807. This Is the largest Increase made In a single ysar In thojilstory of the order. The total loage'nioinber-’ ship Is now 721,140, and, including the 81sof Rebejtah lodges, Kxpon* flltures for relief during 1891 were 53,176,382. The aggregate revenue of lodges an<J, encampments was 87,J?26,212, an Increase of $183,090 over the previous year. The numberor cantons of Patriarchs Militant is 848; the number of choyalters, 26,090. Tho the session Is practically complated. (set •*' ■p EVIDENCE AGAINST PECK. New Fork Labor Bureau Before the Grand Jury at Albany. All of the employes cf the Labor Commissioner’s Bureau were summoraed to appear before the; Grand Jury at Albany, In ▼lew of the beginning of criminal proceedings against Charles F. Peck on the charge ®f. destroying public documents. Affidavits were also presented by E. Ellery Anderson and other members of the commission appointed by the Democratic committee to Investigate Mr. Peck’s report The em■ployes were examined us to the sending out of blanks to manufacturers, the reception of them and the present wboreubouts of the originals. On behalf of tho prosecution evidence was presented to show that Mr. Peck had destroyed at least a portion of the returns. To prove this there was presented In evidence the half-destroyed remnants of a large number of blanks printed on paper of a bluish tint and containing the written names and addresses of manufacturers in tho State. The charred remnants also showed that they were Issued under the seal of the Labor Bureau and that tho questions asked wero answered-

FOUND AN -ANCIENT CANNON. Frobable Remain* ot Wreck* of French War Vessel* Discovered Near Biloxi. While dredging lor oysters on what is known as “the Rockplle” at Biloxi Bay, on the coast of Mississippi Bound, Eugeno Tibber brought up a small Iron cannon of antique design and evidently fl'art e>f the jtrmanjent of a naval vessel. It has been a tradition along the coast that a fleet of French war vessels bound for Biloxi was caught in a hurricane near the mouth of Biloxi Bay and thatßoyeral of. them were sunk. This was during Tha dominion of the French in Louisiana at the beginning of' the eighteenth century. Touhg Tibber (communicated the news of Bis And to hi* father and his friends, and theresalt was the organization of a party to undertake a search of the locality. Tho wreck lies in twelve feet of water.

£ SPROUTED WHEAT TROUBLES. , Farmers In North Dakota Suffering Greatly ffom tlie Evil. What to do with sprouted wheat is a question that Is bothering a good many farmers in North Dakota this fall, especially In the James River Valley. There Is more or less of this grain in nearly every ;SeUt In that vicinity, and the same difficulty is reported from other portions of the State. The damage was not noticed to any great extent until after the continuous wains of last week, which thoroughly soaked the shocks. The early cut fields are reported as being in the worst shape on account of the time the bundles have had to wattle and the shocks to get thoroughly watted together. —• Gotham’s Scliool-Boy Parade. In the school parade of the Columbian celebration at New York 25,000 school boys will pass in review before President Harrison.

Burned to Death. "The house of Mr. Craven, at Ashbourne, Fa., was burned by the upsetting of a coal oil lamp, and his two children and a serv - ant girl burned to death. Cannon for Delegate. —Frank J. Cannon, son of ex-delegale and President Cannon, of the Mormon Charch, was nominated at Skit Lake, Utah, by the Republican Territorial convention tow delegate to Oongreu;. Train Wrecked by ah Explosion. ' * As a freight train was running between Fiew Hartford and Wtnsted on the New Sagland division of the Philadelphia & Baadlng Road, a car filled with powder exploded with terrific force, Injuring two brakemen and piling up twelve other cars la a wreck. Accident Near Balnda. A traction engine trailing a thrashing machine while grossing a bridge near Saluda. lad.. went through the structure, fastening the engineer, Melville Jones, under the wreck in the falL One of Jones’ legs wan pinioned under the engine. Deaoonoe the Governor. Intense indignation is expressed at Memphis over the pardoning ot convk*t sent up from that city. The clemency of the Governor is attributed mm revengeful feeling because citizens of Memphis burned him In effigy after he commuted the sentence of H. Clay King. H File In New York. Osorge Meyer’s Carriage factory, in the oner Of 225 and 227 East 36th street. New York, was destroyed by lira The flames extended to Charles Fit’s furniture factory, 822 and East 87th street, and the F Vogel & 00., both

TO TAKE NO BISKS. Every Effort Will Be Made to Keep Cholera Out of the World’s Fair City. It Chicago Is going ter have the cholera bacilli they are coming In here by very underhand means, for the Health Department Is drawing a net around the city, close meshed and specially adapted for the capture of the ring-tailed comma bacillus, otherwise the cholera germ, says a dispatch. Municipal and State authorities nave met to keep out the dread destroyer, and the very ample character of their precautions Is calculated at all events to prevent any unnecessary alarm on the part of the people of this city. A scare of course arose when the cases from New York were heard of here, but even though they are sporadic It does not follow that the wave, if such it be, is bound westward, and if medical authorities know anything about the eccentricities of the cholera germ It is not comtng here A conference was held, participated In by Health Commissioner Ware. Dr. F. W. Reilly, Secretary of the State Board of Health; Gen. Jos Torrence, and Comptroller May, ut which a dispatch was received from Detroit asking If Chicago would join jteon other cities In an attempt to effectually stop Immigrants from infected districts coming Into the country, and for that purpose petition the President to stop all Immigrants from entering the country for ninety days’ The Mayor replied that Chicago would join in the petition, not for ninety days, but until all danger of a cholera epidemic Is passed.

BATTLED WITH SMUGGLERS. Texas Cowboys Fight with Mexican Cattle Thieves—Five Men Killed. A ranchman living near Presidio. Texas brings news to Ban Antonio of a sensational conflict between cowboys and a band of Mexican smugglers, which occurred the other night fifteen miles north of Presidio. An organized gang of desperate outlaws have been making war on the stockmen for some time, and owing to the poor protection afforded them the losses of cattle have been heavy. The smugglers are led by Sollo Mendoza and their plan of operations has bdeu to make a raid upon some ranch on this side of the border at night and drive the cattle across the river Into Mexico, whore they would lie,<Jrlyea Into the mountains and later on find their way., into Mexican markets. The other night Mendoza am} ten comrades reached the ranch of Michael LeudoVor, tv.enty miles north of Presidio. They started iodriyi of about 590 head of tattle. A. Mexican norTer"gave {te'aTarm and twenty-fire cowboys started In pursuit A running fire with Winchesters was kept JU? |<fr, half an hour, during which Charles Thomas, superintendent of the ranch, and Juan Pelascos, a cowboy, were killed, "ffbtle the smugglers lost three men. The surviving smugglers retreated across the river and aro hiding in the mountains ....<* FOUR MEN KILLED.

A Train Dispatcher’* Error Causes a Fatal Wreck on tho Northwestern. Four men were killed and two injured by a collision on the Chicago & Northwestern railroad, near Marshalltown, Town. In addition fifteen freight cars were smashed, two locomotives broken Into bits, and a score of sheep killed. The wreck was caused by the colliding of a freight and an accommodation train. Following are the names of the dead: Jack Ashton, engineer of the freight; W. T. Ourlen, stockman of Powell, Mich.; Thomas Howes, engineer of the accommodation train; —— Llnebaugh. fireman of the freight train. The collision, it Is said, was duo to the carelessness of the dispatcher at Belle Plaine. Freight Nu. 21 was late und had orders to meet No. 14 at La Motile, the first station west Not 14 hud clearance to proceed to Marshalltown. After No. 21 palled out of that city her right of way was recalled, but It was too late. The two trains met on a sharp curve, u large bill preventing tho engineers beeing their danger until there was not time even to reverse the engines. Many of the trainmen jumped, but both the engineers and Fireman Llnebaugh were killed. Onnrad Tusing, fireman of No. 14, was burled thirty feet through a barb-wire feuce. Train Dispatcher Titus’ wife was on the accommodation train, but wns not injured.

ONE-THIRD ARE FOREIGNERS. Census Figures Regarding Ohio, Indiana, Ill'nols, Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota. Some Interesting figures' aro given in a census bulletin > just Issued showing the distribution of population by color, sex and general nativity for the States of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota. The number of native and foreign born and .colored residents tn the six Stales In 1890 was as tolTonTi

states. -Total .INatlte. Fo e'n. Colored i. t. ~rrtr ‘ Ohio 3,670.316 3,218,033 459,293 87,511 Indiana 2,192,404 2,046,199 146.295 45,668 aa&'-traiftsi ss as wiseonatn... 1,686,880 1,187,681 519,199 6,407 Minnesota... 1, 301.8261 834,4701 467 353 5,667 Over 42 per cent, of the aliens In Wisconsin, over 35 per cent of those in Ohio, and over 34 per cent of those in Minnesota are returned as not speaking the English language. In Minnesota, 58 per cent, of the males of voting age are foreign born. In Wisconsin 52 per cent, while in Indiana but 12 per cent are foreign born. For the six States as a whole 33 per cent of the males of voting age are foreign born. There are nearly 26,000 colored voters In 0hi0,13,000 In Indiana.lß,ooo in Illinois,and 6,000 In Michigan, but comparatively few In Wisconsin and Minnesota.

NIPPED BY JACK FROST. lowa and Nebraska Visited, bat No Great Harm Is i>ono. Reports received by the lowa weather service from various parts of the State show that frost Wednesday night was very general throughout the State. The greatest damage was done on the Missouri slope Corn Is but little affected, except on the lowlands along creeks and rivers, and there not seriously. In many pares of the State the frost was just heavy enough to help corn ripen well. Frost was general throughout the southeast section of Nebraska. The growth of corn will bs retarded. Vegetables suffered but little. May Have Gone Down. The docks of the North Atlantic Steamship Company In Boston are crowded with anxious friends and relatives of persons on board the steamship Carroll, of that line, ' which is seventy-two tyoqrs overdue and fi’otnwhich nothing has befdh heard. The Carroll left Halifax, between which and Boston she plied, with 100 passengers and a crew of forty. From the fact that she Is an old and not particularly seaworthy ship fears are entertained that she has gone down with all on board, as Incoming vessels give no report of her. Baron Fava In Disfavor. According to a dispatch Baron Fava will no longer represent Italy at Washington. The reason given for his recall is the hostile position he recently took against the Italian Consul General at New York In connection with the difference of opinion existing In the Italian colony thera Richard Mansfield Weds. Richard Mansfield, the well-known theatrical star, who Is now playing the part of Rev. Arthur Dlmmesdale In Joseph Hatton’s dramatization of Hawthorne's romance;. “The Scarlet Letter," at Daly’s Theater, New York, was quietly married to Miss Beatrice Cameron, his leading lady French Wheat Crop. An official report shows the wheat crop of France amounts-.to 194,264.121 hectoliters, and that 6,679,911 hectoliters were sown. Cut His Throat with a Razor. State Senator Samuel P. Sparks, the aui of the Sparks election law now govern-

log elections In Missouri, committed suicide at his home in Warrensburg, Mo., by catting his throat with a razor. For several weeks Senator Sparks has seemed to labor under a terrible depression. Two months ago an attack of erysipelas cost him an eye, and financial and political reverses, combined with physical ills, tended to dishearten him. He was a prominent, candidate for the Democratic nomination for Attorney General of the State, was Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, and one of the most prominent men in Missouri.

AMERICAN ROGUE IN JAPAN. A Pious Fugitive Commit* Bigamy and Embezzlement and Flee*., Advices from Kobe, Japan, give full details of the divorce granted to an American missionary, Cora Lafferty Harvey, from Conrad Harvey, whom she married two years ago. The ground was bigamy, Harvey having a wife In lowa. The proceedings show that Harvey fled to Japan four years ago. having embezzled 83,000 in lowa. Ills record did not follow him, and he made a good acquaintance. He was very devout, and through his piety he deeply Impressed a rich-. Belgian merchant, Mr. 'Dernen, of Kobe, who made him manager of his business. When Dernen returned to Europe he left a liberal deposit to Harvey’s credit In tho bank. Soon,after that Harvey married Miss Oora Lafferty, an American missionary, who was an orphan. Ho set up a fine establishment, but soon abandoned his wife and left with Dernen's money. It is thought ho returned to America Investigation showed he married Della Pierce at Yale. Guthrie County. lowa, in March, 1 1885, and that he abandoned her three : years later, Harvey came originally from New York and was gent out as a street waif to a Western farm.

TRADE NOT HURT BY CHOLERA. Business Goes On Without Regard to the Pestilence—Dun’s Review. R. G. Dun & Co.’s weekly revlaw of trade says: Cholera has landed, and tho business of New York goes on exactly as If It had not. The selling of stocks has been quite heavy, and the decline In prices has averaged about 12 a share for all the active list. Money is in ample supply, and the demand from the interior is less than usual at this season, but large amounts ace held out of the loan market by people yvlia art) [ogfeing for exceptional opportunities to DuycaJaply.'Money has bqon stq#(jy at 4 per qent. fs?r?,t£H ox- i tv Uiat experts of "fo!d aroT&tffpUtame Tha Treasury .has added $1,509,606 gold and 8609,000 SilyM , to Its stock, while putFqg opj ditlonal jajper, Hprc, t£ In ail parts of the country, Jge ™ppiy of money Is ample for legitimate needs, and the shrinkage of speculation is helpful us regards the possibility of monetary pressure later., The business failures occurring throughout the country during the last seven days. Dumber 182, ,ps compared with totals of 179 lasi week. For thfc corresponding week of’ last year the figures were 230. VISIBLE SUPPLY OF WHEAT. Large Increase In the Available Stoeks In the United States and Canada. The available stocks of wheat In the United States and Canada, oast of the Rocky Mountains, as reported to Brad- ■ treet's, last week, were, on Sept. 10, 47,261.077 bushels, as against 29,733,008 bushels during the corresponding week of 1891. In the first total the Northwestern Interior elevator stocks are omitted. Information being refused by the Northern Pacific, North Dakota, and Vanduser Elevator Companies for the reason, as said: “To gratify farmers, who think the publication depresses prices.” West of the Rockies the total stocks were 5,857.000 bushels Exports of wheat (Hnd of flour as wheat) from New York, Boston, Philadelphia. Baltimore, Newport News, New Orleans, Galveston, San Francisco, Portland, Orogr-n, Portland. Maine, Tacoma and Seattle, as reported by mall and wire to Brudstreet’s, were 3,384,241 bushels.

KNOWINGLY SPREAD THE PHST. Hamburg Officials Charged with Falsifying In Rills of Health. Tho London Pall Mall Gazette published a fac-slmile of a clean bill of health granted on Aug, 23 to a British vessel lying at Hamburg. This vessel was detained until Aug. 27 taking on board some extra cargo. During tho Interval between the duto of her clean bill of healjh and Aug. 27 two of her crew were attacked with cholera, and one of them died. Thus the owners of I the Vessel were left - to cflsiovefc that chol-' era was In port by Its actual appearance among the crew. Hamburg correspondence I of Aug. 23 announced that there had been I 128 cares of cholera In the city. Ihe Gazette asks: “Did tho Hamburg authorities allow clean bills of health to be given, knowing that cholera was present la the city?’ l .- - *. 'will CLOSE ALL CANADA. Exclusion of Persons from the United States In Serious Contemplation. Quebec special: The Quebec members of the Central Board of Health of this province have left for Montreal, where an Important meeting will be held for the purpose, It is said, of proclaiming a Canadian quarantine against the United States. At present Montreal Is not quarantined agalnct New York, although there, as elsewhere, great precautions are taken In the matter of inspection, both of Immigrants and travelers from tho Btates. The officials at Ottawa have declared against passing immigrants ticketed to United States points from Europe. No Yellow Fever tn Mobile, In reply to telegraphic Inquiry at Mobile, Ala, the health officer and Mayor have answered that there is no yellow fever there and that this summer has been the healthiest In the history of the city.