Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 August 1893 — HATS OFF TO A RAJAH [ARTICLE]

HATS OFF TO A RAJAH

'HE DIVIDES HONORS WITH CITIZEN TRAIN. Uncle Sam Loses the Behring Sea CaseNo Compromise Bill Will Suit Cleveland —Train Held Up—Chair Pushers Strike at the Fair. Big Event at the Fair. The Maharajah of Kapurthala was the attraction at the Fair T uesday. George Francis Train was the side-show, aud no two attractions under one tent ever dre w euch a crowd on this earth or any other. The one was robed as some Imperial Cmsar or as a well-tailored Solomon, and the other was loud In a raiment of spotted white, with a plnned-up rent in his trousers which all but spanned the circumference of his rounded thigh. From a dais decked with slashes of royal purple and voluptuous with a reckless abundance of rich oriental stuffs the Indian country king smiled upon 100,000 upturned faces. When ho had done his rival arose, and from an eave of the Administration Building swore literally and figuratively ho had snatched the Exposition from everlasting ruin, and 10,000 men yelled bravo at the citlzon.

WILL USE THE VETO. President Won't Approve a Compromise Silver Bill. Washington dispatch: A close political and personal friend of the President, one whose duty brings him Into dally communication with him on financial matters, and who may therefore be understood te fairly represent tho President’s position, was asked wbat he thought the President would do should Congress pass a compromise bill instead of unconditionally repealing the Sherman purchase clause, lie promptly and very earnestly replied; “Veto it. Tho country peed have no doubt of that. He believes that unconditional repeal is the only thing to euro the country of its financial ills. But, lot me tellyou, the President has no idea of being compelled to use his veto, lie believes, every one who is not frightened by the cry the free-silver men believes, that the clause will he unconditionally repealed.” liOBBED THE PASSENGERS.

Masked Men Go Through a New Orleans Pacific Express Train. The south-bound passenger train on the New Orleans Pacific Railroad was held up by eight masked men three milos south of Munsfleld. La., at S o'clock at night. Tho men boardod the train at Mansfield Junction, and when It had pulled out somo distance they began holding up the passengers. Only a small amount of cash was secured. No attempt was made to rob the express or mail cars. It Is thought the bandits wore frightened off before finishing the job. They jumpod from the train and escaped In tho darknoss.

England Is Victorious. The decision of tho Behring Sea tribunal of arbitration has been handed down. Tho first four points of article 6 are docided against the United States. A close senson is established, to begin May 1, and to continue until July 21. This close season shall be observed both in the North Pacific Ocean aud In Behring Sea. A protected zone is established, extending for sixty miles around the islands. Pelagic sealing is allowed outsldo the zone in Behring So a from Aug. l. t The use of firearms in sealing Is prohibited. Uncle Sam Is practically knocked out by tho de dslon, and John Bull gots almost everyth! ig ho sought.

Guests All Escaped. T6e Tubbs Hotel at East Oakland, Cal., was burned. • There were 110 guests In the hotel, ail of whom escaped safe'y, but with only such property as could be easily carried in the hands. Perhaps $390 worth of furniture was saved. The building was a four-story frame structure, erected about 1870, and was one of Oakland’s oldest landmarks. Its original cost Is said to have been 8110,000, and the furniture was probably worth 8100,000 more, bath fairly covered by insurance

Chair Boys Strike. Between four and five hundred college boys In the employ of the Columbia Wheel Chair Company at tho World's Fair struck Tuesday. The strike is tho result of the company’s attempt to reduce tho pay of the boys. In violation of the expressed conditions upon which they were hired, and unless the claims of the chair-pushers are recognized the difficulty is likely to be taken into court for settlement.

Quiet Restored in Bombay. The religious riots that prevailed with greater cr less Intensity In Bombay tor three days past have ended. The Mohammedans and Hindoos, whose smolderine animosity was kindled into flame through religious holidays of both sects falling upon the same day, have been awed by the display of force made by the authorities and order provalls everywhere. Mr. Buchanan Sentenced. Dr. Robert W. Buchanan was sentenced at New York Monday to die In the electric chair In the week beginning Oct a Buchanan was convicted of killing his second wife by slow poison In order to obtain her fortuao. Ho afterward remarried his first wife, who had obtained “ divorce from him.

Printing Bank Notes. Employes of the Buroau of Printing at Washington are working overtlmo In order to supply the Increased demand for national bank notea Burglars Wanted Time. Burglars pried opened the front door of Hartlngton’s jewelry store on the principal street of Columbus, Ohio, and carried away fifteen gold watches. Blaze at Jamestown, N, D, Fire at Jamestown, N. D , destroyed the Capital Hotel and nearly a dozen adjoining buildings. The loss is $15,001. Secures a Divorce and Gives a Banquet. William Moore, 80 year 3 old, a millionaire knit goods manufacturer, of Cohoes, N. Y., has secured-a divorce at Sioux Falls, 8. D., on the ground of desertion. Ills wife fought the case, and when the result was known Moore gave a banquet at the Commercial Hotel. Insult to Uncle Sam. At Niagara Falls, Ont, It has been ascertained that in addition to destroying American flags during the recent demonstration by the Odd Fellows, the coat-of-arms was torn from the office door pf the United States Consol and cannot be found. More Banks Go Under. At Nashville the American National Bank has suspended payment, and the Safe Deposit and Banking Company has taken advantage of the sixty-day notice. The Cald«H County Bank at Kingston. Ma, and he Exchange Bauk, of Polo, have closed heir dcora A Yellow Fever Scare. Upon the official announcement of two deaths front “pronounced yellow fever,” In Pensacola, Fla., at least 1,500 people left the city, and quarantine being at once declared by Got, Jones of Alabama, no Penaacola passengers wore allowed to stop In

WAITB FOR CONGRESS. Expected Business Improvement Haa Not Yet Come. R. G. Dun & Co's Weekly Review of Trade says: The long desired mooting of Congress, a President's message which fully answered expectations, and the arrival of $13,280,000 in gold from Europe, with {10,000,000 more on the way, have not brought the improvement many anticipated. 6tocks are stronger, but failures continue; so does the closing of industrial establishments; idle hands multiply and silent shops, and the disorganization of domestic exchanges Is even greater than a week ago. There has been no startling crash, but the formal failures of banks are becoming more com mon. The machinery of exchanges has almost stopped. The root of the trouble Is that over $131,000,000 of deposits had been withdrawn within two months from part of the national banks and probably 8177,000,OQQ , frpro all, .besides unknown sums from savings, State, and private banka A premium oT I to. 2 per cent. Is paid for gold and 3 to 4 per cent, for currency. The Government Is printing {1,250,000 bank notes dally. The clearing-house has issued 85,000,000 more certificates and the hope is that confidence may bo revived and hoardings unlocked.

OUTLAWS ARE SHOT DEAD. Bloody Battle Reported Between the Meachims and Alabama Citizens. Information concerning a battle in Clark County, Ala., between citizens and the Meachim gang, who murdered Ernst McCorquedale last Christmas, is that thirteen of the Meachim gang were killed outright, and six citizens wounded. Among the slain is Jim Burkett, the murderer of McCorquedale. The Meachim gang has been put to flight, but the citizens are pursuing them and swear they will exterminate them. There are 150 men in the Meachim gang who are outlaws and have long terrorized the country, being part of the old Sims gang. The fight took place near Coffeyville, between the citizens of Coffeyville, Thomasville, Whitley. Jackson and other near-by towns. The trouble originated from the killing last December of Ernst McCorquedale, a prominent citizen and merchant of Coffeyville.

DOG SAVES HIS MASTER'S MONEY, Outwits Three Masked Highwaymen Who Had Waylaid George Rohen. George Rohen, of Chemung County. New York, had an exciting encounter with three masked highwaymen sevoral miles from Bhamokin, Pa. Itol.ea had a small spaniel with him. Two of the highwaymen threatened to shoot unless their victim delivered up his cash. Rohen threw the wallet containing $2,000 to the other side of the rpad aud before the footpads could reach it the spaniel took the treasure between his teeth and ran Into tho bushou skirting the highway. The footpads started in pursuit of the dog, firing their revolvers as they ran, and Rohon was soon left alone. At the expiration of two hours the dog came back with the money. NO MORE SOUVENIR POSTALS. Sale of the Cards Stopped by Government Officials—Cause of the Action. One thousand or more World’s Fair souvenir postal cards were stopped at the Exposition postoffleo Friday and thrown out of the mails Inspector Fleming, of tho l’ostofiflco Department, lnfonnod tho Exposition officials that tho sale of the cards would have to be stopped or somebody would go to jalL The postals are sold from the nickel-in-the-slot machines, and two of them go for a nlclceL The cards are also under size, and people who sell them are liable to prosecution on two charges, mutilation of the cards and selling them for more than tho regulation price.

Hornets at a Funeral At Plainfield, N. J., a funeral train was thrown into the wildest kind of disorder by a nest of hornets. The hornets swarmed out, and in an instant they had fastened on the horses and their driver, stinging them viciously. With a howl of pain the driver threw away the reins, jumped to the road, and dashed into the woods. The horses, mad with pain and blinded by the terrible stings, made a dash and collided with the carriage in front. The hornets clung to them until their fury had been spent, and then men who had jumped from their carriages got near enough to hold the maddened animals. First Geary Act Victim. The first Chinaman deported by the Geary act was shipped away from San Francisco Thursday on the steamer Rio de Janeiro in accordance with the recent decision of Judge Ross, of the Southern District Court Surveyor of the Port Kilbourne made out a passage voucher for $35, payable by the United States. Killed by a Vicious Bull. Near Bath Gate, N. D., Samuel Hillis. was killed by a vicious bull while leading the animal with a stick and ring attachment The stick broke, when the brute turned upon him striking him over the heart, tossing him in the air and killing him instantly. Buried Treasure. Ed Barker, of Taney County, Missouri, found near his home a lot of buried treasure, gold and silver, amounting to $1,500 The dates on the coins ranged from 1858 to 1863. It is supposed that the money was buried during the war. Chinese Stopped at Niagara. At Niagara Falls, Ont, the Canadian customs authorities stopped a Chinese named Bert C. Lee, wife, a white woman, and two children from entering the counFire at Milwaukee. Fire at Milwaukee destroved v L. J. Peti v & Co. 's salt sheds and damaged the plant of the Northwestern Sleigh and Carriage Company. The t< tal loss Is SIOO,OOO.