Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 March 1893 — WILL NOT BE REMOVED [ARTICLE]

WILL NOT BE REMOVED

CHEERING NEWS FOR PRESENT OFFICE HOLDERS. Illinois Fraternal Insurance Organizations in Imminent Danger —An Exodus of Southern Negroes to the West—Serious Political Uprising in Servia. Civil Service Reform to Rule. A Washington dispatch says: president Cleveland has definitely decided and has authorized his cabinet ministers to announce to applicants for appointments that all officials now In office against whom no charges are made will be permitted to hold till their commissions expire. This is only a continuation of his former policy and will be rigidly adhered to The system of leaving all officials undisturbed until the expiration of their commissions was first instituted by Hayes sixteen years ago and has been imitated by all succeeding presidents, though Arthur enforced It with less strictness than any of *lie others.

IT IS A VICIOUS BILL. Illinois Legislature Strikes at Fraternal Insurance. If Senate Dill No. 100, introduced in the Illinois Senate by C. Porter Johnson, of Cliicapo. ever beioaies a law, it will wipe out of existence in the State every association or fraternal organization whose excuse for existence is the life insurance of members and the paying of money to the widows and orphans. The caption of Mr. Johnson’s bill Is so comprehensive in its nature that no organization can possibly estaoe the provisions of the act This caption reads as follows: ‘•Section L That all corporations, associations, fraternities, partnerships, or indi-. viduals doing business in this State under any charter, compact, agreement or statute of this or any other State, involving an in-, surance, guarantee, contract or pledge for the payment of money or other thing of value to families or representatives of policy or certificate holders cr members, conditional upon the continuation or cessation of human life, shall, before doing any business In this State, comply with the conditions of this act” In the concluding words, “comply with the conditions of this act,” is the “little joke;*” of the bilL SHOT DOWN BY TROOPS. Ten Servian Peasants Killed and Seven Wounded In a Political Uprising. A serious conflict has occurred between the troops and peasantry at Gonashitza, Servia Thi, peasants appear to hare risen against tbe authorities on account of political agitation and troovs were summoned to suppress the disorder. The peasants seized the principal building and offered an obstinate resistance to the soldiers, who only succeeded after a desperate struggle in driving the peasantry from the building. Ten of the peasants were killed and seven wounded in the fight.

Informers Beaten by White Caps. A horrible story of white-capping corues from Cherokee County, Alabama. \Vy|ie and Will Pruitt are two respectable farmers who some time ago informed revenue officers of the whereabouts of an Illicit still- Saturday night twenty-six men went to tbeir house, dragged them out of bed, stripped them and gave them seventyeight lashes each, each of the white-cap-pers giving three strokes. The whipping was done with hickory switches and was horribly brutal. While it was progressing the women and children of their families were required to came out and visw the spectacle. The victims recognized the »flippers and have sworn out warrants for them. Will Flood the West with Negroes. A scheme looking to an exodus of tbe negroes from the South is being worked up, beaded by men prominent among the blacks, Atlanta being the headquarters of the operations. Jim Easley, one of the leading spirits, says: “Already 3,000 negroes have gone out of this country, and the aggregate will be swel el in a short while The idea does not take in any special place, but the scheme is ti have tbe negroes scattered out all over the West on Uai# farms of forty acres. One hundred thousand negroes will leave tbe South In tbe next few months. At one meeting 275 men paid down $2 each as the first installment to purchase transportation.» Cyclone Wrecks a Town. A terrific cyclone struck Marlon. Miss, a small station on tbe Mobile and Ohio Railroad, It is reported that tbe cyclone originated Just south of Marion in a funi nei-shaped cloud with a bright red light. Going northeast. It passed through the village, unroofing and demolishing bouses, and throwing freight cars from the track. Several lives are reported lost

Saoke Him Sneaked. James A. Snoko, Treasurer of Troy Township, Delaware County, Ohio, Is missing. An Investigation of his accounts shows a shortage of £2,000. Over 300 Homeless. Over three hundred families were ren■dered homeless by Friday’6 cyclone In Mississippi. The death list foots up twen-ty-nine victims. Bruce Younger In Stone. The petrified body of a man found in a cave in Northern Texas has been identified as that of Bruce Younger, the notorious outlaw. Resigns as Judge. Judge Gresham has filed his aa Judge of the Seventh Circuit, and it has been accepted. Invaded by Wolves. Stockton, Pa., has been Invaded by a herd of wolves driven from the mountains by the snow. Failure In St. Louis. The MacMurry-Judge Architectural Iron Company at Bt Louis has failed, with lia. hilities of $140,000.

Wreaked by a Quake. An earthquake at Portland, Ora, wrecked a large stone warehouse. Lawyer Lesley Shoots Dr. Terry. At Lyons? Kan., A. M. Lasley, a lawyer, ■hot and fatally wounded Dr. N. F. Terry. Four balls entered the victim’s body. The encounter took place Jn an office and was the outcome of an old feud. Both men are prominent in their professions. Gresham’s Assistant. Secretary of Btate Gresham has tendered the position of Assistant Secretary of State to Joslah Quincy, of Massachusetts, and it Is reported that the latter has accepted the place. . Death in a Cyclone. Meager details have been learned of a cyclone that passed twelve miles sonth of Natchez. Mbs. Several house; were blown down and others- badly damaged. A negro woman was killed and several other colored people were badly Injured. A boy was picked lip and lodged In a tree top 100 yards away. So far as learned the storm 41d not cover a very’ Urge area. WbMS Meningitis Epidemic at St. Louis. Dr. Bauday, one of the best- known specialists in the West, said that spinal mentogiUs is epidemic in Bt touts Four stu<lea» i» ope medical colleje hare died of

WHEAT AND FLOUR. \ ■ r* , ~r> Average Weekly Exports Since the First of January. Exports of. wheat and flour from both coasts of the United States this week aqua! 3,059,841 bushels of wheat, about the weekly average since Jan. 1, as compared with 2,596,000 bushels last week, and 2,908,000 bushels In the week a year ago, L 831,000 bushels two years ago, and 2,481,300 busheis in the like week of 1890. Stocks of available wheat in the United States, Canada, Europe, and afloat for Europe (according to Bradstreet’s) equaled 178,181.000 bushels March 1. against 178,088,000 cn Feb L Like stocks decreased 10,000,000 bushels in February, in 1592. in IS9O, and in 1889, and 6.003,000 bushels in February. 1891. Stocks of available wheat are 43.000,000 hushels larger than a year ago, and decreased only 3,019,000 tusbelc in February, against a February decrease in 1592 of 4,767,000 bushels. For two months the decrease is only 3,343.000 bushels, or one-third of the shrinkage in two months of 1892. Consumption and seed to June 30 will call for 120,000,000 bushels, to meet which we have 110,000,000 bushels in sight and nearly as much more, probably 100.000,000 bushels, still iu farmers’ hands At present rate of export we should therefore carry over 50,000,000 bushels on July 1 next. No special activity is noted in Canadian commercial circles At Halifax sales of staples are moderate and collections slow.

IN UNUSUAL DEMAND. Money in Large Sums Is Drawn West from New York. K. G Dun & Co.'s weekly review of trade says: The great feature for the last fortnight has been the unusual demand for money from the West and South, which has drawn large sums from New York. Telegraphed reports show that while money is tight at only one or two small points, there is a strong demand at Boston and Detroit, at Chicago, where the drain from the West is heavy, and at Milwaukee There is a fair demand at St Joseph. Money is fairly easy at Cleveland, in light, demand at Philadelphia and Kansas City, and also easy with light demand at Mobile and New Orleans. The large withdrawals from New York City under these circumstances are by many attributed to the distrust of speculative operations. The situation is to a large extent waiting on the action of tbe new administration, but it is evident that a tetter feeling has prevailed during the last few days, and rates In New York, after rising from 3to 6, have fallen to 5 per cent General trade is brisk.

NINE DATS OVERDUE. Shipping Circles Alarmed Over the, Non Arrival of the Steamer Naronic. There is considerable alarm In New York shipping circles over the non-arrival of the steamer Naron'c, of the White Btar Line, which is nine days overdue Her sister ship, the Bovic. arrived, bringing no news of the missing vessel, and it is feared she was blown out of her course and disabled and is drifting about helplessly, if she has not already been wrecked and lost The Bovic encountered terrific gales. If the Xarcnic is disabled, the accident was a serious one, as she has separate engines and screws, and even had one screw broken she could have worked the other. She has eleven passengers in addition to the crew. Charges of Bribery in Kansas. Topeka, Ka&, special: The Capital charged openly that a draft for 83,000, drawn by Peter Kline, of Kansas City, the lottery operator, on the American National Bank of that city, an-,1 $1,500 in cash had been paid to the Governor's private secretary, Attorney General Little and James F. Legate to secure the appointment as Police Commissioners in Kansas City, Kas., of men who would allow lotteries to continue unmolested. It also charged that the Governor acknowledged tbe receipt of the money for “legislative purposes.” Gotv. Levelling dentes tbe story.

Sucked Into imrkuess. Michael Magona, a well-digger, met a peculiar death on ■ the ranch of John J. Forshea. near Butherford, Tenn. Magona was digging a well to supply the cattle with water during the summer. At a depth of sixty feet the bottom fell out of the well and Magona plunged headlong Into an underground river and was drowned The rushing waters below acted like a suction, and the windlass and digging apparatus were drawn h* Cock Fight In a Church Steeple. Considerable excitement and indignation was caused at Lancaster, Pa, when It became known that tho steeple of one of the leading churches had been utilized as a cockpit while the pastor was holding services In the auditorium below. The pseudo worshipers smuggled the chickens into thß place beneath their coats. Two Children Born in a Hack. At Springfield, Mass., Mrs Edward Bourden gave J)lrth to twins In a hack, Just after being turned from the doors of the city hospital The incident was a striking example of the hollowness of Intricately organized charity. She finally found refuge in the private Institution of Isaac Buscall, on School street. Victims of the Cyclone. The extent of the damage done by the cyclone that swept through Georgia Friday night cannot yet be accurately given. The number of injured Is great and tho probabilities are that half has not been told. Half of the bouses in Greenville were razed to the ground. Hundreds Reported Drowned. A cable dispatch from Panama says: “Campidan Valley, Guatemala, has been flooded. Six villages have been swept away and hundreds of people are reported drowned.”