Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 February 1893 — “HERE’S A HOW D’YE DO” [ARTICLE]

“HERE’S A HOW D’YE DO”

SIOUX CITY POLICEMEN SAID TO BE PICKPOCKETS. Chicago Evolves Something New Bad Wreck on the West Shore Road—America Adds Materially to the World’s Supply of Gold. Sion* City’s Thrifty Police. At Sioux City L. a Felter. John Bay* bould, Walter Pirie, Rick Falland. machinists, and Louis Wagner and Richard Fitx* gerald, merchants, filed affidavits In which they charge that when arrested by city police they had considerable sums of money, and when released they were told they had no money and were maltreated because they demanded It They say they will obtain a large number of additional affidavits to the same effect. The matter ■will be investigated. Individual suits are also being filed to recover property.

TIELD OF PRECIOCS METALS. The Lotted States Last Tear Made Sub* stantial Contributions to the Output. The Director of the Mint has transmitted to Congress a report on the production of the precious metals covering the calendar year 1892. The value of the gold product from the mines of the United States was approximately $33,000,000, about corresponding to the average product of recent years. The product ct silver from our owa urines is placed at 56,000,000 ounces, of the commercial value, at the average price of silver during the year, of $50,750,003, and of the coining ▼alee in silver dollars of $74,959,000. This is a falling off of 330.000 ounces from the product of the preceding year. The amount of silver purchased by the Government under the mandatory provisions of the act of July 14, IS9O. was 54,129,527 fine ounces, costing $47,394,291. an average of 67% cents per fine ounce. From the silver 6,333,245 silver dollars were coined during the year. The imports of gold aggregated $18,165,056 aad the exports $76,735,592, a net loss of gold of $56,570,536. The silver imports aggregated $31,450.968 and the exports $37,541,801, an excess of silver exports of $6,090,333. The stock of gold In the United States fell off during the last calendar year $39,000,000, while the stock of silver Increased $16,000,000. The amount of money In circulation (exclusive of the amount lu the treasury) was $1,611,321,753 on Jan. 1, 1893, an increase of $18,928,124 during the year. There was an increase of over $12,000,000 In the gold product of the world during the last calendar year. Of this Increase $2,500,000 was from Australia and over $0,000,000 from South Africa. The total silver product of the worlcl increased during the last calendar year about 7.650,000 ounces, occasioned chiefly by an increase of 4,600,000 ounces in the product of Mexican mines and 2,400,000 in the product of the mines of Australia.

LETTERS TO RICH SENATORS. Intimations of a Gold Combine Communicated from Chicago. A number of United States Senators learned for the first time Tuesday that Chicago had a “committee on public safety. ” Senators who are classed among the millionaires received letters of which the following Is in part a duplicate: •‘Office of Secretary Committe of Public Safety, 3248 Graves Place, Chicago, HI.—To Senator- — (Confidential)—Dear Sir: The time is now at hand to make your mark as something more than a mere Senator and rich man. Our order, through its secret agents, have oertain knowledge received by 6ur head or central Committee concerning the gold-pool conspiracy." The letter then goes on with the details of an alleged gold conspiracy. It closes with the following appeal: “Go up in the Senate and solemnly warn your associates that the sovereign people will not countenance this oombine. Already our order has spotted these men. Say to these rich conspirators, a few of whom are Senators, that this oonntrv IS able to spare both their gold and them also. Faithfully and patriotloally, “The Committee of Public Safety, “By F. L. Horton, Public Secretary.”

FIFTEEN REPORTED DEAD. Terrible Accident on the West Shore Rond at Palmyra, N. Y. Train No. 5 on the West Shore was wrecked at Palmyra, N. Y., Tuesday morning and fifteen persons are reported to be killed. The train left Now York at 8 o’clock Monday night and was due in Rochester at 10 the following morning. The train usually consists of two coaches, two sleepers and a baggage car. It is now reported that no sleeping car passengers are killed, but that the two day coaches were full of passengers. Engineer Pearsall Is badly hurt. Double Tragedy in Texas. News has been received of a double tragedy at Fulshear, ten miles from Richmond, Tex. Joe Wade had discharged a pistol in the street and Deputy Sheriff Hoffman attempted to arrest him. Wade drew a dirk and Hoffman attempted to get his guo. Wade was the quickest and put a bullet Into Hoffman’s breast Hoffman fired and broke Wade’s arm. Wade then commenced to retreat but Hoffman, who was mortally wounded, continued shooting, hitting his antagonist five times and killing him. Hoffman died in a short time denies Is the Seventh. George A. Jenks, of Brookville. Pa., has received from PresideDt-elect Cleveland the official announcement of bis appointment as United States Attorney General.

W. N. Roach Elected. 'William N. Roach. Democrat, of Grand Forks, was elected United States Senator on the sixty-first ballot at Bismarck, N. H Good Reason. Ex-Alderman Daniel C. O'Brien’s wife has sued him for divorce at Pittsburg because he Is an ex-convict. ‘ After Hustlers. Stockmen of Southwest Texas have formed an organization for mutual protection from cattle thieves Tragedy at Logangport. Beg ulus O’Keefe, formerly of Ottawa, Ont. v was cut into a hundred pieces by a train at logansport, Ind. Eno Goes to Prison. For two hours Tuesday John C. Eno was a prisoner in the custody of a New York deputy sheriff He was taken to the Tombs prison and kept there half an hour, though not In a cell. Then be was taken to the United States Court, where he was remanded In the custody of his counsel. Score of Lives Lost. An explosion at the Skalis mine, In Styrla. Austria, caused fifteen deaths, besides twenty misers more or less injured. Six persons were drowned by the flooding. Of the Rudolf mine at Carlsbad, Bohemia. One Chicago Rascal Caught. Frank M. Burleson, claiming to represent the Aldine Hofei Company, of Chicago. was arrested at Sedalia, Ha. on the charge of forgery and attempting to obtain money by fraud. Embezzled from Armour. At Mt Vernon. Ky„ Edward G. Ponton »as arrested charged with embezzlement by the Armour Packing Company of New York, for which he was auditor. Mr. Ponton said that be Is the victim of misfortune. Tit tor lit. Barney Jarretv, of-Cellna. Ohio, whipped n pony, and the pony kicked the life out of '

PANIC MAT NOT COME. Dun Says Those that Are Expected Never Appear. R, G. Duu & Ca’s weekly review of trade says: Exports of gold for the week did not reach $0,000,000, as at one time expected, but were probably no more than $2,000,000, and the Treasury reserve, over $109,000,000, not diminished. Moreover, quite large purchases of security on foreign account ace reported, which would cancel heavy adverse merchandise balances, and to that extent prevent gold shipments. The financial outlook depends largely upon the fact that exports of the principal products In January were $29,000,030 smaller than last year, while Imports at New York alone were 517,0 Q 0,000 larger than last year, which indicates a considerable excess of imports for the month, and explains the heavy outgo of g01d... In February thus far exports from New York have been but little below last year’s, though at cotton ports very much smaller, and meanwhile imports show an enormous Increase—over 30 per cent. But those who dread disaster may well remember the rule—that a panic that is expected never cornea The business failures occurring throughout the country number 233 as compared with totals of 266 last week. For the corresponding week last year the figures were 290. SEVEN PERSONS HURT. Accident on the Chicago nnd Indiana Coal Railroad. A destructive wreck occurred on the Chicago and Indiana Coal Railroad north of Brazil, Ind., In which seven persons were badly injured and considerable property damaged. IV. IX Crong, E.' Jackson, and Conductor Spriggs will die. A through freight train north bound was stalled on Rush Creek grade and was compelled to stop for assistance. Being aware that two heavy freight trains were closely following his train, the conductor sent a brakeman back to signal the coming trains. The first train was stopped, but tho engineer of the rear train failed to see the signal and dashed into the caboose of the preceding train, tearing it all to pieces and derailing several coaches. The colliding engine was also derailed and piled on the box cars, which were heavily loaded with freight. The coaches caught fire and were consumed, warping the wrecked engine so badly that It will be a total wreck.

CLARK HAS A NARROW ESCAPE. Fire Nearly Wipes Out the Little Dakota Town. At Clark, Ex D., Sunday, fire broke out In the meat market of N. J. Zander, and seven buildings and their contents were consumed. B. A. Tlbbilts & Cq., the largest hardware dealers; S. Andersoiw the largest dealer In general merchandise; Waite’s drug store; the Honest Dollar office; E. J. Jordan, cigar shop, and Mrs. M. I* Arpln, millinery, were the sufferers. The loss will amount to $90,000, with Insurance ta the amount of $17,000. It was only by tho hardest kind of work the town was saved. The block occupied by.R. A, Tlbbltts & Ca and Waite and Anderson was the finest block In town. Train Robbers In the Toils. Jim Brown, Jeff Harrison and Buck Harrison, all white men, were lodged In jail at Birmingham, Ala, charged with robbing an express train on tho East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia near Piedmont, Ala., some time last October. Commissioner Briggs required a bond of $5,000 in each case. T. V. Jackson, of the Southern Express Company, will receive übout $4,000 of the $5,000 reward for their arrest. They have confessed to several robberies and there will be no trouble In con vlcting them

Die to a Maniac with Matches. The Coroner’s Jury in the Inquest Into the cause of the fire which destroyed the Dover, N. H., Insane asylum, and cuused the loss of forty-one lives, find that the French woman, Mrs. La Fountalne, in some way obtained a match, and In her disordered state of mind set fire to her bed or chair cushion. It also appears that, whatever may have been the Immediate cause of the fire, each one connected with the institution did all within his or her power to prevent it. Preacher Wayiner an Eloper. Rev. J. J. Wuyrner, pastor of the Malaca, Minn., Methodist Church, head of an Interesting family of wife and four children, has eloped with a widow of Royaltou, Mrs. M. M. White, who was a few days ago the recipient of $5,000 insurauco on the life of a brother. The runaway pair bought tickets to San Francisco. Attorneys’ Fees of •735,000. Several members of the Choctaw council. Paris. Texas, state that the fee to be paid their attorney, Orrlck. is 25 per cent, which, on the total purchase of $2,941,000, will be $735,000. They say the fee is outrageous, but it was necessary to make (he deal to get their money.

Fell Dead iu the Street. W. H. Melville, of the geological depart ment of the State University, fell dead at Austin, Texas, of heart disease. He was a brother of Lleutepant Melville, the celebrated arctic explorer. Gave Himself Away. Bert Montague, of Cheyenne, Wya, has been arrested, charged with robbing the postoffice at Little Bear, He offered S3O In postage stamps as payment of a bet. Collier Freed from His Bonds. At Sioux Falls, S. D., a decree of divorce has just been granted to H. Price Collier, tho celebrated Brooklyn divine. There was no contest in the case. An Ohio Ex-Governor Dying. It is thought that ex-Governor R. M. Bishop, of Ohio, who has been sick at Jacksonville, Fla., for a month past, cannot live He Is failing rapidly.