Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 October 1893 — BIMETALLISTS MEET. [ARTICLE]

BIMETALLISTS MEET.

PAN - AMERICAN CONVENTION ASSEMBLES IN ST. LOUIS. Welcomed by Gov. Stone—Spanish Garrison Attacked by Moors —Eighteen Soldiers Killed—Bill to Protect Railway Einployes—Big Catch of Seals. Bimetallic Convention. The pan-American bimetallic convention assembled at Armory Hall In St. Louis, Mo. Ex-Congressman Nathan Frank delivered the address of welcome on behalf of the city. Gov. W. J. Stone, of Missouri, performed a like service on behalf of the State. & S. Kin.;, of Kansas, responded for the convention, expressing thanks for the welcome, Turning to the question of sectionalism and silver he declared, first, that this country was able to get along without the economic aid of any foreign nation; second, as regards silver, their was no sectionalism other than that conceived by those endeavoring to debase It, citing, as he presented this, the solid votes of the northeast? ern Atlantic Stales As to commerce, he quoted statistics showing that the internal commerce from the Mississippi Valley was greater than the combined foreign commerce of all the world. He, Inclosing, called upon the Mississippi Valley, that groat empire of the West, to wake up and take its place In the economics of the country. Gov. G. P. Tillman of South Carolina was chosen temporary chairman.

BESIEGED BY MOORS. Spanish Garrison at Melilla Attacked by the Natives. The Spanish garrison at Melilla, on the northern coast of Morocco, Is besieged by thousands of natives and the situation is critical. The I'panlsh authorities recently decided to add to the strength of their fortifications at Mellila, the state of the country, and the acts of the natives, in their opinion, warranting such a course. The work of constructing additional fortifications was begun and pushed forward as rapidly as possible This incensed the Moors, and a force of more than 6,030 natives made an attack upon the Spanish garrison, that numbered all told not more than four hundred souls. During the battle eighteen oi the Spaniards were killed and thirty-five wounded, including three officers, whose Injuries are serious The Spanish artillery did great execution. The gunners at one time directed their fire upon a mtfsque and almost completely destroyed it Other buildings In the range of their fire were also destroyed. TO PROTECT RAILWAY EMPLOYES. Proposed National Commission to Regulate Hours, Work and Pay. The question of protecting railroad employes is brought before Congress In a new shape by the bill introduced by Representative John Davis, of Kansas, -to establish a commission to compel the use of safety appliances on all railroads engaged In interstate commerce. and protect railroad employes from overwork and underpay."' The bill establishes an eight-hour day and makes It the duty cf the commission to see that Incompetent met. are not employed in responsible- positions, and that men shall not be rendered in competent by reason of oververi or loss cf sleep In the arrangement of labor and the payment of employes the right* ©f the men and the safety of persons shall be deemed paramount, and the profits of railroad companies but secondary.

REVENUE LEGISLATION HANGING. House W»J« and Means Committee Has Taken No Decisive Action. It was reported In Washington that the majority of the Committee on Ways and Means had decided to formally report bills doubling the internal revenue tax on beer and to impose a tax on legacies, etc. Chairman Wilson is authority for the statement that any report Imputing to the majority of the committee decisive action upon these matters or any others within the next two weeks have no foundation in fact Mr. Wilson, in answer to a question as to whether or not tho tariff bill would be reported to the House by Nov. 1, recalled the fact that in the Fifty-first Congress the Committee on Ways and Means, which was appointed early In December, did not reach the McKinley bill until the middle of April, a period of four months. Large Catch of Seals. The Kusslan steamer Kotlck has arrived In Ban Francisco with this season's catch of the Russian Sealskin Company, owners of the Copper Island rookery privileges. It is the most valuable cargo from the north that has ever entered that port On the manifest are 33,830 seal skins, valged at 815 per skin; 134 sea otter skins at SIOO each; 480 bear skins and 800 sable, making a total valuation of over five hundred thousand dollars.

Many Lives Lost Out of a population of 300 at Bayou Cook, La., but thirty escaped the terrible Southern storm. Many lives are also reported lost by the storm at Mobile, Ala., and the damage will reach millions. Tornado Knocks a Town to Pieces. A tornado knocked the little town of Hogan, Ga., all to pieces, killed a boy, and injured seven other persona Hogan is in Tatnall County, fifty-five miles from Savannah. Killed His Playmate. At Columbus, 0., Ralph Smith, aged 14. Bon of H L Smith, traveling passenger agent of the Pan-Handle Road, shot and killed a playmate. A Thousand Marriages Annulled. One thousand marriages are annulled by the decision of a Texas judge holding the the filing of licenses in blank is void. 1 Missionaries Slain in Alaska. There has been a recent and sudden uprising among the natives of Alaska, who have looked upon missionaries as intruders. Many whites have been killed, among them being several missionaries who were seat out by the American Board. Many Houses in Danger. Ihere has been au alarming subsidence of. land under the village of Saltwood, near Bandgate. Kent, where the subsidence of 1892 took place. The ground has fallen several feet and many houses have already been damaged by the landfall Perished In the Flames. A prairie fire has been raging in the extreme western part of the Cherokee strip for two daya John Baker, Henry Thomas and family, two children named Harrison and Mra Thompson and two children perished in the flames. Fire or six others were so badly burned that they may die. . P'oreet Fires Raging in Ohio. Focest fires raged to an alarming extent War Winchester, Ohio, and in Jefferson Township people fled from their homes, ea DO water to fight the fiamea gwwipfifi lam of