Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 February 1893 — CASE OF SINK OR SWIM. [ARTICLE]

CASE OF SINK OR SWIM.

CHICAGO STREETS LIKE MAM. MOTH SEWERS. Kansas Bleeds Again -Synopsis of Gladstones’s Measure for Irish Home Rule— Chicago Hogs to Compete with Those in the East. J Chicago. When Samuel Pllrusoll, the English member of Parliament was in Chicago, some two years ago, he was loud in his praises of the city, but he declared the sky-scrapers made the streets look like open sewers Without any water in them. If he had been there on Tuesday -he would have had to omit the portion of the remark about 'the water, for there was actually enough In many of the thoroughfares to float a boat of moderate draught It was fortunate that the street and sewer departments, taking warning from the thaw some days before, were partially prepared to meet the emergency, and in the downtown district no serious damage was occasioned by the water. FOR IRISH HOME RULE. Gladstone Presents His Bill in the House of Commons. Amid scones of remarkable interast and accompanied by exhibitions of great enthusiasm on the part of his Irish supporters Mr. Gladstone in Parliament, outlined his bill granting home rulo for Ireland. The aged Premier spoke with power and with apparent-confidence in his ability to bold his followers in line for the measure which is to furnish the climax of his remarkablo career. Though England's Prime Minister Claims for h s plans the same general features of those of 1886 they possess far more coherence than when presented just before his former overthrow. The relations which are to exist between the Imperial Parliament and the Irish legislature do not wear the ghostly garments of the Impossible, as they formerly did. A hasty and Imperfect view of Mr. Gladstone’s idea leads to the opinion that it is feasible and not beset with appalling difficulties. The first thing which strikes one on this side of the ocean is the care with which Mr. Gladstone, so far as possible, has followed American models. Ireland, in fact, is to govern itself much as one of the States of the American Union Is governed by its own citizens. Still, there Is to be a viceroy, who, however, will hold office for six years without regard to changes of imperial government. There is to 1)6 an Irish legislature on College Green, consisting of a legislative council and a legislative assembly elected by the people of Ireland. but for different terms and by different constituencies. The much-discussed matter of Irish representation in tbo Imperial parliament also meets with a full solution at the hands of the Premier. He would reduce the representation from 103 to »0 to make it conform with the proportion of representation iu other parts of Great Britain, arid would limit Its power of voting strictly to Irish and imperial questions, with no voice in matters purely British. The contribution of Ireland to Imperial expenses is fixed at a net sum of £2,370,000. Matter- of religion, of commerce, of coinage, of foreign relations and others of strictly national import are kept wholly out of the hands of the Irish Legislature.

RIVAL TO ,THK FORK TRUST. Philadelphians Expect to Compete with Chicago with a Capital of 9300,000, Chicago’s mammoth pork (rust will soon have a competitor in the shape of a big syndicate in Philadelphia. Arrangements have already been made for the starting of the concern, and a contract has been closed with the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad which will give material aid to the venture. The gentlemen backing the new Industry, who are nearly all Philadelphians, have raised a capital of t 300,000 with which to begin. The concern has also made arrangements for shipping Its products directly to the continent of Europe, and expects to reap a big trade from this source, especially in view of the withdrawal of some of the foreign restrictions on the importation of American pork. HUGH O’DONNELL ON TRIAL. The Work of Impaneling a Jury Begun at Pittsburg—Court Room Crowded. At Pittsburg the case of Hugh O’Donnell, the first chairman of Homestead’s famous advisory board, was called for trial before Judge Stowe Monday morning, O'Donnell Is charged with murder during tho riot of July 0. The court-room was packod long before the officers made their appearance. O’Donnell stood while the indictment. Charging him with the murder of T. J. Connors, a Pinkerton, the same upon which Clifford and Critchlaw were charged, was read to him. In response to the u«ual question, O’Donnell replied firmly: “Not guilty. ” Kansas at a Crisis.

War Is on In real earnest between the two bouses of the Kansas Legislature and blows were exchanged. There are now open threats by the Populists of Senatorial hostilities, and at any moment there may be something more than the talk which has beep so long indulge 1 in. The Republican house ordered the arrest of the chief Populist clerk, and iu the attempt, which was unsuccessful, a lively fight occurred. Both sides are feeling very ugly. Welssert a Candidate. The Siftwaukee Journal prints a telegram from Providence, B. Instating that It developed there during the official visit of the Commjinder-ln-cbief of the U. A. R. that be Is a candidate tor re-election at Indianapolis next September. The paper verifies the repoM by interviews with local members of the order who say they have known of Colonel Weissert’s candidacy for some time. Judge Lindsay Elected. Judge William Lindsay, of Frankfort, L-'j., has been elected to succeed J. a Carlisltin the United States Senate. Death of Bruce Carr. Bruceoarr, ex-Auditor of Indiana, and a horse breeder and Secretary of the Indianapolis Driving Club, died at bis home of erysipelas. He was distinguished as the *>ungest Indiana soldier In the late war, enlisting as a private when a boy of 15. Favor Three Bonds. The Senate Finance Ow.mittee decided to report favorably Senatdvß berraan . g blu authorizing the S3cretary of\h e Treasury to iasne 3 per cent five-year keep up the supply of gold In the treaty. . Forty-four Perish. The insane asylum of the Strafford G un _ ty workhouse, about four miles from Dov> r> SL IL, was destroyed by fire ThurwtiJ night and forty-four of the Inmates were burned to death. The building was a twoatory wooden structure, 130 by 130 feet, •cd burned like tinder. , Cholera Spread* In Marseilles. Twelve deaths, from the choleraic complaint prevalent in Marseilles were reported Friday. Among the fresh cases is «ue te Yelette, a suburb not Infected bejoea . Zirar authorities continue to give rieae fclU* of her Itb to vessels leaving for

WORLD’S FAIR HEARING. Representatives of the Different Boards Before thq Appropriation Committee. The representatives of the Columbian Exposition were given a hearing Friday by the .Senate appropriation committee. There were present besides the committee President Palmer, General St Clair, John Boyd Thacber. Commissioner Harris, Mrs. Potter Palmer. Mr. Willetts, and Lieutenant Taussltr. They explained the items In their budget, as they had done before the House committee and the Senate subcommittee. General St. Clair spoke for the commissioners. Thacber for the Board of Awards, Wlllitts for the Government Board, and Traussig for the Naval Exhibit The sums asked for are: Board of Government exhibit $201,750 Extra for manning brick warship 40,000 Awards, medals. Judges, and diplomas. G 70.580 Commission 148, 000 Deficiency 27,000 Mra Palmer will ask for ninety odd thousand dollars, making the total about sl,000,030. Republican Employes Must Go. Thoro is no longer any hope among the Republican employes of the Senate, telegraphs a Washington special, that they will be able to hold their places. “Tho election of Populist Democrats in Kansas and Nebraska remove i all doubt about the ability of tho Democrats to reorganize the body. There are now of holdover and newly elected Democrats in the 6enate forty-three members There are five Populists, all of whom will undoubtedly vote with the Democrats on reorganization. The Republicans will have forty votes If the minority in Montana prefer, rather than have W. A. Clark elected as a Democrat, to allow the Governor to appoint Colonel Sanders. With the votu of Vice-President Stevenson and the assistance of the Populists the Democrats will have a working majority.”

Says His Wife Is a Drunkard. A surprise was created In Denver when it became known that Edward B. Holden, tho well-known politician and smelter owner, had filed a petition in the courts at Greeley for divorce from his wife, Mury E. Holden, on the ground of habitual drunkenness. He also asks the custody of their child. Mrs. Holden lias been in New York for several years, though tho cause of separation was never known. Mr. Holden Is u leading populist and came near receiv. jing the nomination to Congress last fall. Spectators at a Frize Flglit Under Arrest. A sensation has been caused by the arrest of seven prominent moil of Redwood Falls, Minn for witnessing the ThurberPhelps prize fight in Renville County last fall. It was thought that the matter had been dropped, but the Grand Jury has been busy getting out Indictments. Over 300 sports irdm Redwood Falls took In the affair and a great deal of anxiety prevails. Condition of Trade. 11. G. Dun & Ca's v. eekly reviow of trqde says: Two imrortantevents. the defeatof antisilver legislation in the Senate and House and tho concerted deposit of gold by the New York banks in the Treasury in exchange for legal tenders, have directly opposing but powerful influence upon tbe markets, and it is yet too early to determine what the net result may be. Aged Mrs. Shea, of Boston, Burned. Mrs. Catherine Shea, at Boston, was going down a, flight oi stairs with a lighted kerosene lamp in her hand, when she lost her balance and fell. The blazing oil flow all over her prostrate form and she perIshod. She was 76 years old and a wealthy widow.

A Mammoth Fence. St Louis detectives arrested Mr 3. Mary Mayhew, proprietress of a house, and found In it sealskins and other goods valued at over $5,000. Foity pawn tickets were found in the bosom of tho woman’s dress, which represent almost as much more. Won by Silver Men. By a vote of 152 to 143 tho House Friday declared that it would not take up and pass a bill for the repeal of the Sherman silver law. This result settles conclusively, so far as this Congress Is concerned, the fate of the proposed repeal. It will uot be carried. Texas Town Nearly Wiped Out. Belcherville, a small town about forty miles west of Gainesville, Texas, was nearly wiped off the earth on Wednesday night Vy a fire that broko out at twelve o’clock In a row of frame buildings on tbe past side of the main street Willful Jessie. Jessie Friend, a 10-year-old girl who was arrested at Fort Wayne for passing counterfeit money, was taken before tho grand jury, but refused under threats to toll tho name of the person who gave it to her. M. B. Curtis Gets Another Bate. ' At Sgn Francisco, Judge Murphy set the next trial of Maurice B. Curtis, for the murder of Police Officer Alexander Grant, to begin March 20. Tried to Poison a Rival. John Gassutt is under arrest at Guthrie, O. T., charged with administering poisoned whisky to a rival In the affections of a young lady. Masoulc Heathen. New Orleans is to have a Masonic lodge, the members of which will all be Chinamen. It is the first of the kind organized in the South. His Spouse Shot Him. Loren McCoukey, a Columbus, Ohio, barber, was shot and probably fatally wounded by his wife. The Casus Belli. George Young shot Fred Glover at West Elgin. Out. because Glover’s dogs chased his turkeys.