Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 December 1892 — WILD SCENES IN PAKIS. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

WILD SCENES IN PAKIS.

CLEMENCEAU TO FIGHT TWO DUELS. four Desperate Thugs Terrorize a Chicago Suburban Train—pne Matrimonial Experience Not Enough for Sirs. Blaine— Mot Times in Mississippi. France in a Turmoil. Ten more victims of the Panama scandal were thrown into the hopper of tho French mill of justice Tuesday. All are men of great prominence in the public affairs of France and the excitement throughout Paris and the country is again at fever heat, The official list includes five Senators, two of them former cabinet ministers, and five Deputies. The official announcement was made simultaneously in the Senate and Chamber of Deputies. French law forbids the criminal prosecution of a member of Parliament without the consent of a special commission of each house, and when such permission was asked the Senators and Deputies assaulted each other. The scene that followed is without parallel in any legislative Falls on earth. As a result, it is stated that Clemenceau has two duels on his hands.

MISSISSIPIANS IN TEKROIi. Members of the Tolbert Gang Trying to Wipe Out the Lynchers. A reign of terror exists in Kemper County, Mlssl, and every citizen who had anything to do with hanging old man Tolbert and bringing Tom and Walter Tolbert to justice Is now in hourly dread of his life. A week ago William Beckman was assassinated by his own fireside. Beckman was expecting to be waylaid, and had made his arrangements to leave the country next day. Saturday evening Col. Adams was fired at from ambush by two white men with their faces blackened. Adams returned the fire, but ■without effect There is great excitement and no one goes abroad without being heavily armed. Dr. Stemmls has been compelled through fearof assassination to neglect a large practice and seclude himself at home. The disguised men are supposed to be Itanse and Charlie Tolbert, who. driven to desperation by the hanging of their father, the death of their brother John and the shooting and capture of their brothers. Tom and Walter Tolbert, have determined to avenge their Cause, RAILROAD MEN PROTEST. South Carolina Corporations Are Now Under the State Commission. The bill putting The absolute control of all the railroads in the State of South Carolina into the hands of the Railroad Commission, from whose decision there shall be no appeal, has been signed by Governor Tillman. A mass-meeting of railroad employes was held in Columbia. E. C., and a committee was appointed to wait upon the Governor in regard to the bill. After bearing their mission the Governor said: “The bill 'has already beep signed and is now a law. Tho opposition of 8.030 or 10,000 railroad cmployesdoes not amount to a d compared with the 50.000 of OO.OOO.farmers demanding Sts passage.” The effect of this was rather Inflammatory. A mass-meatlug of all railroad employes in the State was called for Thursday night next, and the battle cry will then begin In earnest against the Tillman movement.

MRS. BLAINE TO WED. Report that She Will Make Another Venture Into the Bonds of Matrimony. A special from Washington says the correspondent was Informed that Mrs. James

G. Blaine, Jr., Is again to to married. The gentleman who Is said to have won her affections Is the surgeon who ded iter I through her severe illness. A reporier called at the New York Hotel to see Mrs. Blaine, but was told that she is an invalid and could not be seen.

* NOT LIKELY TO OCCUR. Report that President Harrison Will Leetare at the Stanford University. The statement Is published that President Harrison, at the expiration of bis term of office, Marc h 4 next, will become a memUw of the faculty of the Stanford Unlv«*s,ty, haring accepted a proposition to deliver a series of lectures on law, as nonresident professor. This would necessitate occasional visits to Ca ifornia from his hcate la Indianapolis, where it is understood President Harrison is to locate, and might result in h:s making California his winter residence each ysar.

Stambonl Sold at Auction. Stan.boul, the champion trotting stallion of the world, was sold at auction in New York for $41,000. The fact that Stamboul did not bring a higher price was due to twc causes: First, that the horse was offered at the beginning of the sale instead of being held until buyers had been warmed up to the occasion, and second, because there Is a feeling that a campaigner Is worth far more as a sire than a horse that has made most of his beet records against the watch. Stamboul has shown that he is game te the core, and yet buyers would hare been more ready to bid had he seen more tough vo.'k on the track in act”al races. v Terrorised a Train. Amid a fusillade of shots four desperate thieves escaped from a Chicago and Eastern Illinois suburban train at 53d street. Chicago. Tuesday night, during a reigrrul terror that had been Inaugurated by Officer Bailey attempting to ariest one of theli number. Windows were shattered ami lamps extinguished by the shower of bullets that whistled over the beads of the passengers in the smoking-car, and foi five minutes the scene rivaled a tale ol life In the wild West. It was colored eftectively by the two policemen standing at bay before the revolvers of two of the thieves while th6ir pockets were rifled. To Avenge Diaz's Death. A special from Oaxaca. Mexico, says that Nicholas Fernandez, a wealthy young Fpaniurd, who killed Aurello Diaz, a nephew of President Diaz, In a duel there recently, has been arrested and will be tried on a charge of murder. The seconds of Fernandez have also been arrested.

Charged with Murder. James (’oliiiis, a switchman, was arrested in Terre Haute for the attempted murder of Katie Dojrie. She was struck on the head with a brick. Russia’s Mortality from Cholera. Final official statistics 6t the cholera epidemic In Russia have just been issued. According to these figures there have been 1*0,417 deaths from European and 135,3« deaths from Asiatic cholera since the outbreak of the disease in the empire, making a total of 245,760 deaths. Reading's Latest Scheme. Captain John A Schweers, chief of tbs Sending Coal and Iron Company's pay-roll I department in Pottsville, has been appointed to represent that company in its eedeevor to establish a market for its coal In Germany. H« wilt shortly sail foi

LESSEPS IS IN JAIL, i Arrests at Paris in Connection with thl Panama SeandaL M. Charles Aime de Lesseps, M. Marlui Etienne Fontaine, and M. San-Leroy have been arrested In Paris, by direction of the Minister of Justice, M. Bourgeois, for their alleged connection with the Panama Canal frauds. M. Henri Louis Felix Cottu, sot whose arrest an order was also Issued, has fled to Vienna. San-Leroy Is charged with having accepted a bribe as a membet of the Chamber of Deputies. The charges against the officers of the com. pany, on which summonses were previously served andou which they have now been arrested, are that they have Jointly made use of fraudulent Imaginary credits that they have dissipated capital intrusted to them for a specific purpose, and that they have swindled others out of part or all ol their means of living on their fortunes. The offenses come within the reach ol seven articles of the penal code. The accomplice is liable to tho same penalties Besides making the arrests the authorities have searched the residences of Di Lesseps, Fontaine, Cottu and San Leroy and seized a mass of documents throwing new and important light on the Panama frauds and corruption. The arrests hav« caused great excitement and the PaDami scandal Is the only topic of conversation it political.and social circles What the outcome will bo no one is able to predict, bul it can be said that those who have the besl interests of the republic at heart are deeply grieved at the venality and selfishness displayed by mSn in high position', many ol whom were sworn to preserve the honor nl France. The papers contain little of interest to Parisians except matter bearing upon the scandal.

HOW POPULISTS WILL VOTE. Senator Kyle Intimates that They Will Act with the Democrats. Senators Gorman, Brice, and Carlisle, who went to New York to consult about the Senate contests now pending in certain Western States, have returned to Washington. With their return comes the report that the representatives of the People's party in Congress will act with the Democrats in the next Congress. A dispatch says that already steps have been taken to strengthen the friendship between the Democrats and the Populists in the House and Seaate. Senator Kyle, the recognized leader of the Populists in Congress, was asked if he intended to vote with the Democrats in the reorganization of the Senate. He said he was not prepared to commit himself irrevocably on that subject. “But,” said he. “since I have been a member of the Senate I have voted nine times out of every ten with tho Democrats. There is rtiuch in common between our people and the Democrats ” Over Fifty Victims. A fearful explosion occurred at tho Barafurlong colliery, Wigan, England, and not less than fifty lives have been lost. The men went to their work as usual in the morning after the colliery had been inspected in the usual way. They had not been at wprjf lont when a terrible explosion shook the earth and a cloud of smoke shot up through the shaft A multitude of people rushed toward the mine and the greatest excitement prevailed. It wa,s soon ascertained that a large number had perished and the walling and weeping of women and children made an indescribable scene. It is believod that the expjpslon was caused by accumulated coal gas which had escaped the notice of the official charged with the inspection of the mine. '()

New Remedy for Typhus. The terrible ravages of typhus In San Luis Potosi, Mexico, are becoming more alarming every day. There was a large increase in the death rate during the last week over that of the preceding seven days. A cure of the fever, which was pre-* scribed by Father Ortiz, is being used with remarkable success on those who can be induced to take it This remedy is a drink made of pounding spiders of a certain species into a pulp, a little water being added to the paste. Convalescence takes place within six hours, and the patient recovers rapidly. Father Ortiz obtained the remedy from the Indians. Rivals Whitechapel. Charles A. Benson, who, on March 21, 1890, murdered Mrs. Theresa Mettman on the military reservation at Fort Leavenworth, died in jail ut Leavenworth, Kan., Thursday evening from wounds inflicted by his own hands. Benson’s crime was one of the most cruel and revolting in criminal annals. His end was fitting. It came after a desperate effort to murder his guard. Fraudulent Australian Bankers. The receiver in London charged with the liquidation of the affairs of the Mercantile Bank of Australia, which recently failed, has advised the government of Victoria to prosecute the managers, directors, and auditors at Melbourne for issuing fraudulent balance sheets. Hawaii Is Shaken Up. Maunaloa, the great volcano of Hawaii, is in eruption again and threatens the destruction of the villages of Hilo and Watakea, at its eastern base, and extensive plantations of cocoanuts and cane. Congressman Goodnight 111. Isaac H. Goodnight, Representative in Congress from the Third Kentucky District, was taken violently ill at his home in Franklin, and there Is serious apprehension as to his condition. Used an Ax on Him. Henry A. Kreckman, of Philadelphia, fatally assaulted Samuel Mortis, whom he found with his wife.

MRS J. G BCAINE.JR.