Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 March 1893 — WINTER WHEAT CROP. [ARTICLE]

WINTER WHEAT CROP.

ITS CONDITION IN MANY WESTERN STATES-Ap;>ca-anees Decidedly Against a Foil Crop in Illinois—The Outlook in Ohio Better than in Illinois or Indiana—Reported Good in Michigan. Condition ot me Wheat Crop. Reports from the principal wheatgrowing States in the West, as gathered by the Farmers’ Review, show that the crop is at that stage when not niu< h can be told by appearances, but a lew weeks will show the true situation. In Illinois the appearances are decidedly against a full crop, but it is pro: able that a few weeks will improve the outloo.it. At present on many fields the tops of the wheat plants have been killed, but the roots seem to be all right. In Indiana the general condition is reported as fair, which means a little below an average. In Ohio the present condition is much ahead of that in Illinois and Indiana. More than half of the correspondents report the outlook as good and that the crop appears to have come through the winter In line shape. Most oi' the others report fair. In Michigan the condition is similar to that in Ohio, half .of the counties reporting the outlook a? good. In some localities the wheat is still covered with snow. In a few localities it is believed that the wheat has. been greatly injured, but there is he certainty of ihis, as the ice still remains. In other localities the snow ir. rapidly disappearing and wheat looks quite as well as it did last fall. . In a lew counties it is small from the effects of the liy and drouth. On low ground some wheat is known to have been smothered out by ice. In Kentucky the general condition is fair. It has been damaged in some counties by frees ng and thawing, and has been lifted out of the ground, but is again taking root and promising a fair crop. In Missouri the condition is hardly fair. Only one-fourth report the condition as a full average. Some correspondents report the wheat frozen out in places and that the fields will have to be plowed up. In some of the Helds the crop cannot be over one-half the average. Gen-, erally speaking the early sown fields are good. Late sown fields are of doubtful condition. In Kansas and Nebraska the condition is fair to good. The plant in some counties is starting to grow and has a good color at the, roo'.s. In lowa the condition is nearly' an average. Snow is going rapidly. In Wisconsin the snow came early and kept the plant covered all winter. In some places where the snow has melted the condition appears to be fair.

THE MISSOURI BOND TRAGEDY. A Deplorable State of Affoirs the Outcome of Voting R. R. Bonds. Another chapter of misery is opened up in the history of the bond cases in Missouri, says a dispatch. One of the St. Clair County Judges, who had been in prison for several months for contempt of the Federal Court, was released on parole to-attend the funeral of his daughter, who had died at a lunatic asylum, to which she had been driven by the imprisonment of her father. Before he could arrange for the removal of the body he was called to the bedside of his wife, who was not expected to recover from the shock caused by the death of the daughter under such cruel circumstances. And the husband is so much prostrated that, it is feared he may not long survive the death of his wife, and may not even live long enough to be taken back to jail. The people voted bonds for the construction of a railroad which was expected to benefit them. The corporation to which the bonds were delivered 'did not complete the line, and the counties repudiated the debt, interest on which had been piling up over since about 1870. The bondholders obtained judgments In the United States Circuit Court, and the County Judges have steadily refused to order a tax levy for the purpose of paying the debt. Judges were elected only to go to jail. Two months ago the people of Cass County agreed to a compromise of 70 per cent, which was acceptable to the bondholders, the fines of the Judges were remitted, and they were freed irom imprisonment, one of them going direct from the jail to be sworn In as a member of -the General Assembly. It is probable that the wave of sympathy aroused by the affliction of Judge Copenhaver will cause the people of St. Clair County to demand a similar compromise. It is said that both of the Judges are in favor or submitting the question to a vote of the people. But such a vote may not be ordered for some months to come, aud during that time one or both of the Judges will have to lie in jail. The situation is not a pleasant one to be contemplated by the fell .ws who misapplied the proceeds of the bonds.

ASSAULTED AN EDITOR. B presentative Sheridan Uses His Fists in the Nebraska Capitol. Lincoln, Neb., special: The Nebrasha Legislature has given evidence of its ability to furnish sensations and many a hostile meeting, but the first actual knock-down and drag-out of the session occurred Thursday, when Representative Snerdian, of Red Willow County, took it upon himself to ohastise Editor E. Rosewater, of the Omaha Bee. The Bee has been criticising Sherdian, who is a Populist member. The two men met in the corridor just outside Representative Hall and the editor was taken to task by the lawmaker. Following a heated argument Sheridan struck Rosewater in the breast and followed it up with a vigorous shaking. E. P. Boggen, ex-Secretary of State, an employe of Rosewater in the Bee office, who was in the corridor, ran up to the combattants and struck Sheridan a stinging blow on the forehead. It brought blood, but. apparently did not feazo the belligerent lawmaker, for his right hand went out like a flash, caught Roggen full on the jaw and he went down in a heap. Not satisfied with this, Sheridan pounced on him and began belaboring him vigorously in the face. News of the conflict reached the home and the members rushed out pellmell, without the formality of an adjournment. Half a dozen pulled Sheridan off his foe and helped Roggen to his feet. The latter, the* blood streaming from his nose and mouth, jerked away from the men holding him and reached for his hip pocket Sheridan, divining that he was searching for a weapon, again sprang toward him, but was held back, and the two men were taken to separate rooms and locked up. The men are well matched physicially, both weighing over 200 pounds. BOY FIRE-BUG CAUGHT. Lewis A. Wright Confesses to Starting the Boston Blazes. Lewis A. Wright, a 17-vear-old youth, ,was arrested by Pinkerton authorities for lighting five successive fires in the business district of Boston. Although young in years, he has shown himself a master-hand in hiding the evidences of his guilty work. On being confronted with the evidence he broke down and made a full confession. Within two months there have been more than a dozen fires in the business distriot, ono entailing a loss of one life and $3,000,000, another the loss of five lives and $1,500,000 of property. In each case there was a suspicion of incendiarism.

MORE TROUBLE WITH TURKEY. Missionaries Claim that Official Correspondence Is Tampered With. Beveral representatives of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions visited Washington last week. They came from the Boston headquarters of the body, with which they are connected, t and had several interviews w.thMr. Josiah Quincy, the First Assistant Secretary of State. The visitors were Dr. S. Judson Smith, Jr., secretary for' foreign missions; Dr. Edwin Webb of the prudential committee, the governing body of the board, and the Rev. C. C. Tracey, a missionary, whose station is at Marsovan, Turkey. They told Mr. Quincy that Turkish officials interfered with the correspondence of the American mis3'onaries in t.hat country; that the missionaries were subject to much ill-treat-ment by the natives who were not restra ned by the authorities, and that messages irom United States Minister Thompson to the State department in Wash ngton had never reached their destination, from which he (Thompson) inferred that his mail was tampered with. Their statements were so positive that investigation of the records of the department was ordered to determine Whether or not the correspondence on file substantiated the assertions. This investigation is nor yet completed, but it is understood that the allegations of Messrs. Smith, Tracey and Webb will be fully sustained. This question of deuling with the relations growing out of the presence of missionaries in Turkey has always been a vexing and perplexing one to the officials of the State Department. The missionaries have a right of domicile in the Ottoman empire, but it is evident they are unwelcome guests. Their relations with the Armenians, who are more or less engaged in political movements against existing authority, do not tend to commend them to the good graces of the Turks. The consequence is that the correspondence between the governments of the two countries is to a great extent devoted to a discussion of complaints by missionaries of assault and other ill-treatment.

HOME FOR RED CROSS SOCIETY Prasident Clara Barton Gratefully Accepts Dr. Gardner’s OU’er. Miss Clara Barton, President of the American National Red Cross Society, has sent the following letter to Dr. Joseph Gardner, of Bedford, Ind., in accepting the gift of land tendered by himself and wife: This land, as the property of the American National Red Cross, will be the one piece of neutral ground on the western hemisphere protected by international treaty against the tread of hostile feet. It is a perpetual sanctuary against invading armies, and will bo so respected and be!d sacred by the military powers of the world. Foity nations are pledged to hold all material and stores of the Red Cross, aud all its followers, neutral in war, and free to go and come as their duties require. While its business headquarters will remain, as before, at the capital of the nation, this gift still forms a realization of the hope so long cherished—that the National Red Cross may have a place to accumulate and produce material and stores for sudden emergencies and great calamities: and if war should come upon our land, which may God avert, we may be ready to fulfill the mission that our adhesion to the Geneva, treaty has mado binding upon us. I wii direct that monuments be erected defining the boundaries of this domain, dedicated to eternal peace and humanity, upon which shall be inscribed the insignia of the treaty of Geneva, which insignia all the nations of the earth are bound by solemn covenant to respect. Not only qur own people but the peoples of all civilized nations will have published to their knowledge that the American National Red Cross lias a home and a recognized abiding place through all generations. For this I have striven for years, mainly misunderztood, often misinterpreted, and it is through your clear intuition and humane thought that the clouds have been swept away and my hopes have been realized. In accordance with views expressed by you in your letter of gift, I appoint an adviser, which I insist shall be yourself, leaving you free to appoint another to work jointly with you. knowing that in the future, as in the past, yoftr heart will be in the work. KANSAS HAS A WHISKY WAR. Destruction of a Car Load of Liquor at Osage City Begins the Hattie. A great whisky war is on in Osage County, Kansas. The people are up in arms rgainst the Kansas City houses that are running joints in several towns. Rev. D. C. Milner. President of the State Temper, ncu Union, was called to Osage County two weeks ago, and has lectured at several towns. The people are dividod and bid blood is shown on all sides. At Osage City a car load of liquors was seize ! and destroyed in the presence of a great ihrong. The liquors were hauled out of town lo an abandoned coal shat, where the bottles and demijohns were broken by the hundted and the contents poured into the hole in the ground. Beer kegs and whisky barrels were piled on a bonfire and thousands of gallons of red liquor were lapped up by the flames. Mr. Milner stood by and glorified over the proceedings, assisting in smashing the bottles containing the “liquid damnation.” The State Temperance Union will wage a vigorous war on “joints” all over the Sta e. Feeling is running high and a genuine whisky war is imminent.

CONSULSHIPS ARE IN DEMAND Many Applicants for the Highly Lucrative Posts in Great Britain. There is said to be an unprecedented rush of appli ants for the various consulships, especially those which are reported to be desirable from a financial point of view. The best of these are are in Great Britain, where, under the operations of a peculiar law governing the administration of oaths, the consuls are enabled to retain the greatest part of the fees received on that account. That is what makes London, Liverpool, Manchester, Bradford. Birmingham, Belfast, Glasgow and'several others such highly attractive posts. On the continent, and indeed in all other countries, these fees are part of the official receipts of the office and almost wholly go to the government. Paris, for this reason, is said to pay not more than SIO,OOO or $12,000 per year, and it is the best consulate on the continent, while London is credited with being worth four or five times as much. Brieflets. The bill appropriating $2,000,000 fora new capital passed the Minnesota Assembly. A story that the new war ship Monterey is a failure is vigorously denied in naval circles. The Cleveland Cliff Company will build a furnace at Presque Isle, Mich., to cost $250,000. David Hill will visit Tacoma,Wash., In the fall, and address the Democratic Society of Washington. B. F. Tracy,ex-Secretary of the Navy, was elected president of the Brooklyn Club, succeeding Gen. Slocum. Mr. Gladstone has recovered from his recent indisposition and is again giving his attention to government affairs. A movement Is on foot,with the sanction of Private Secretary Thurber, to uniform the attendants at the White House. Father James T. Coffee has been appointed vicar-general of the Catholic Diocese of St. Louis.vice Father Brady, deceased. Nels Nelson, of Huntington, Neb., was found dead on a railway track at Sioux City, la. He had "apparently beon killed by falling off a train.