Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 October 1893 — REBEL VESSEL SUNK. [ARTICLE]

REBEL VESSEL SUNK.

MANY LIVES ARE LOST ON THE URANO. France Sorrows for the Death of MacMahon—Another Fatal Wreck on the Fort Wayne—Confidence Men Are Confidenced—lnsurance at Omaha. Insurgents Lose Heavily. The Brazilian rebel steamer Urano made an attempt Sunday to make the run out of the Bay of Rio. The guns of Fort Santa Cruz fired on the steamer and did such good execution that the vessel was sunk in a surprising!}' short time. Many persons on board the Urano were killed outright uy the fire from the fort and a large number were wounded. Nearly all of the wounded were drowned when the steamer went down. The French steamer Orenque picked up all those who succeeded In keeping afloat after the Urano had disappeared. Afterward the rebel steamer Pallas, laden with provisions, tried to enter the bay. She was fired upon by the guns of Fort Santa Cruz and her reception was so hot that she had to put about and give up the attempt to enter. She was badly crippled and came near sharing the fate of the Urano. The government has organized a fleet of six ironclads and is purchasing more vessels as fast as they can be obtained. The rebel war ships Aquldaban and Trajano have suffered grave Injuries in the last few days from the shots landed aboard of them by the forts. The Trajano Is so disabled as to be useless for the present THE TABLES TURNED. Two Chicago Confidence Men Are Very Cleverly Trapped. Officers Burke and Dwyer, of Chicago, disguised as farmers, were accosted by two well-dressed men. Each represented himself to be an agent for a New York clothing firm, and said that in order to Introduce a new cloth they were giving reputable visitors to the Fair a suit made of the new goods. The officers accompanied them to a room over the Denver saloon, where they spread a lot of samples on a table. Then they explained to the officers that each was to lay $lO on a sample and draw a card from the pack which they had, claiming that, In the 100 cards, there was only one blank and that each card represented a certain design of cloth for a suit Burke laid down 810 and drew a blank. Dwyer was rnorp lucky and drew a card calling for a blue suit, but the men objected, slating that he had cheated. One of the men seized the money and the other started to leave the room, saying that he was going for an officer. They were tremendously surprised at finding officers so handy. Later in the day they were arraigned before Justice Porter and fined SSO and costs each.

WRECKED ON THE FORT WAYNE. The New York and Chicago Limited Collides with a Freight. The second section of the New York and Chicago limited going east on the Fort Wayne Road was wrecked near Wellsville, Ohio. The engineer and fireman of the limited engine were killed and the clerk of the postal car fatally injured. The wreck was a complete one. The cars behind piled up and fell over, broken and wrecked. The engine went through the rear car of the freight, splitting It In twain, and climbed part way up the second car. The postal clerk was caught in the broken timbers of this car, and when taken out was found to be crushed and fatally Injured. The passengers were thrown from their berths by the shock, but escaped with slight bruises and a fright. DEATH OF MACMAHON. The Famous Field Marshal of France Expires at Faris of La Grippe. Field Marshal Maurice de MacMahon, Duke of Magenta, ex-President of the French Republic, and one of the most renowned soldiers of the empire, is dead. The Immediate cause of death was la grippe. Born on July 13, 1808, MacMahon was In his 86th year. His death had been expected. In May last he was attacked by la grippe and he never recovered from the effects of it. He bad been slowly but steadily failing since the beginning of autumn. The death of the old warrior and statesman has spread genuine sorrow throughout France, and will doubtless subdue somewhat the extravagance of the demonstration caused by the visit of the Russian fleet to Toulon. Omaha Fire Rates Go Up. An advance of 20 per cent on fire-insur-ance rates In Omaha and South Omaha has gone into effect 3he reasons assigned for it are the Inadequacy of fire protection and the existence of the valid policy law, which provides that a man may Insure property for nearly Its full value In many companies and collect from all In case of losa Insurance men claim that this law puts a premium on Incendiarism, and Is causing some companies to retire from the State.

Emma Goldman Sentenced* At New York Judge Martin sentenced Emma Goldman, the anarchist, to a year’s Imprisonment In the penitentiary. Sent Fake Reports. A few days after the attack by the Biffs upon the Spanish garrison at Melilla a large number of newspaper reporters started for that place. Some of the reports sent to the newspapers outside of Spain were colored, and in consequence of this fact, and for no other reason, a censorship has been established at Melilla upon all telegraphic dispatches sent from there. Gone Into Liquidation* The banking house of Barren, Forbes & Co., of the City of Mexico, founded halt a century ago, has gone into liquidation prior to reorganization. Rich Gold Mines Are Found. Rich gold discoveries have been made In the region around and above Idaho Springs and Cripple Creek, Cot The Pioneer, Melton and Gold King mines have shown a vein of 3,000 feet, and without side, foot cr hanging wall, so great is the body of ore. The ore runs from SIOO to S3OO per ton. A Gardener’s Awful Deed. Count Blucher and Countess Blucher have been murdered by their gardener In Berlin, who was angry at the dismissal from the count’s service of a pretty servant girl with whom the gardener was In love. Newspaper Wins a Libel Sult. The Michigan Supreme Court has reversed Judgment In Randall vs The Detroit Evening News Association, wherein Randall got an SII,OOO verdict against the newspaper for charging corrupt practices as a legislator In the Interests of plaintiff’s real estate ventures in Detroit. Poisoned Food Victims Die. Two of the victims of the recent poisontog at Jerico Springs. Ma. Mrs. Manning and Mrs Comstock, are dead. Mm Comstock aad her son remain In a precarious condition. Polson has been discovered in the food, and the officers are confident •toy can locate the criminal ■

GREAT SPEECH RECORD BROKEN. Allen Holds the Senate Floor Fourteen Consecntive Hours. During the all-night session of the Senate Wednesday night Senator Allen held the floor, interrupted only by an occasional 111-tempered colloquy or a roll-call which dragged the sleepy Senators to their pcsta The gray dawn found Mr. Allen, of Nebraska, holding the fort in the great struggle against unconditional repeal as he had been when darkness fell from the wings of night more than twelve hours before. He had broken all previous records The longest time a Senator had previously occupied the floor was on the occasion of the election law fight in 1891, when Senator Faulkner remained on guard fcr twelve hours. The West Virginian, however, had a two-hour:,’ breathing spell during the absence of a quorum. Senator Allen held the floor during the entire night Wednesday night, and quit the scene at 8 a. m. He was in good voice at the finish. The Nebraska Senator is a huge physical specl- w men. six feet in his stockings, with a voice like a fog-horn, that did not tire throughout the night but roared in the ears of Senators seeking to doze in the cloakrooms like a prowling night wind on the Nebraska prairies. REGARDING ALIEN PENSIONERS. Commissioner Locliren Replies to Inquiries in the Senate. The Secretary of the Interior has sent to the Senate a letter of the Commissioner of Pensions In response to an inquiry relative to the payment of pensions to pensioners whose postoffice addresses are in foreign countries, and If any pensions which accrued prior to July 1. 1893. had been suspended. The act referred to provides that from July 1. 1893, no pension shall be paid to a non-resident who is not a citizen of the United States, except for actual disabilities incurred in the service. The Commissioner says the eighteen pension agents were directed to suspend payment in every case where tije| address was known to be outside the jurisdiction of the United States and that at the end of the fiscal year. June 30, they were ordered to transfer such pensioners to the rolls of the Washington (D. C.) agency. The Washington Agent was directed to transfer the lists he had received of such non-resident pensioners to the Pension Bureau

COAL STRIKE IN PARLIAMENT. Mr. Asquith's Course May Lead to Trouble for Mr. Gladstone. According to London advices the Gladstonean ministry is likely to be face to face with a political crisis immediately upon the reassembling of Parliament. A large number of Liberal and Radical members cf the House of Commons have agreed to support a resolution condemning Home Secretary Asquith for his action in permitting police officers from London to be sent to Yorkshire, Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire, where the strikes of coal miners were In progress, for the purpose of directing and assisting the local force. The Government Is also to be attacked for the shootin : down of striking miners by the military at Featherstone a few weeks ago. It has not yet been decided whether the resolution will take the form of a vote of want of confidence, but it Is believed that the Unionists and many members on the Tory side of the House will support whatever resolution may bo presented. If only for the purpose of embarasslng the Government.

To Go Out in Glory. The last day will be the climax It will not be attended, probably, by the gayetles and festivities of the fete days at the Fair, yet it will eclipse them all—Chicago Day Included. In the history of the Exposition it will be known as Columbus Day—a final tribute to the memory of the old Admiral. On Friday afternoon the directors began preparations for Columbus Day. They were In monthly session, the last regular meeting of the board before the close of the Fair. This resolution was adopted: “That this board deems it fitting that the closing day of the exposition should be made an unusual event In Its history, and therefore recommends to the council of administration that the said day be termed Columbus Day and that arrangements for its celebration be made on a scale befitting its Importance.» The first step to make the closing of the Fair an Imposing event was taken a moment later, when a second resolution was adopted urging President Cleveland and his Cabinet to come from Washington and take part la the solemnities of Columbus Day. All Badly Scared. When the 2,800 passengers of the whaleback Christopher Columbus set their feet on the dock at Van Buien street, Chicago, Friday morning at 12:80 o’clock they were a grateful lot. For more than six hours they had been tossed about by the waves of Lake Michigan In the densest fog that has prevailed on the lake for many months and most of the time in total darkness. Not a person who was on board will ever forget that ride from Milwaukee to Chicago. Hundreds had never been off land before, and the tossing of the vessel, together with the almost frigid fog, and fears of going to the bottom produced scenes that were far from reassuring. Several times a wild rush was made for life preservers, and only the sternest orders from the ship's officers could restrain the almcst panic-stricken crowd.

Indianapolis City Election. Complete but unofficial returns from Indianapolis’ election for city officers and members of the Common Council give Denny, Republican candidate for Mayor, 16,127 votes, and Sullivan, Democrat, 12,973, making the Republican majority 3,154. Two years ago Sullivan carried the city by a majority of 2,722. Out of fifteen wards the Democrats carried but five. The candidates for minor offices on the Republican ticket are all elected, but by smaller majorities, and the Council will also be Republican, thus giving that party control of the city.

Four Were Killed. A pitched battle took place near Two Medicine creek, on the east slope of the Rockies near Kalispell, Mont., between five train robbers who held up the Northern Pacific passenger train near LivingStone’ 'and the Blackfoot Indian police under United States Marshal Jackson, in which three of the robbers and one Indian were killed and another so badly wounded that he will not live. Family Poisoned by a Neighbor. News comes of the wholesale poisoning of a farmer's family near Jericho Springs, Ma lhe poison was placed In the well. The mother died In a few hours and no hopes of recovery are entertained for three of the children and two others not members of the family, but who took dinner at the house. It is supposed the poisoning was done by a neighbor who bore the family a grudge. The Cup Will Stay. For the third time the Vigilant has passed the Valkyrie, and the American cup will stay in this country for another year. With plenty of wind, with a splendid sea. and an almost Ideal day for yachting the beautiful white boat passed the Britisher Friday, and, amid the blowing of whistles and the cheering of men, while women waved their handkerchiefs, the Vigilant won. Systematically Stole Bank Funds. Since the arrest of Cashier Jacob Arnold, of the Merchants’ Bank. Lockport. N. Y.. for forgery, District Attorney King finds that the greater portion of the money stolen by him was taken during the last year, and the shortages were covered up whenever the bank examiner put in an appearance by forged notes covering the losses. South Dakota's Loss. The main building of the South Dakota State University burned at Vermillion,

Sunday morning, entailing a loss cf SIOO,00U or more, without insurance. The building had only recently been provided wlih complete fire appliances on each floor, but the halls were so filled with smoke that they could not be reached. The secretary’s repords were all saved and those of the President The mineral cabinets and valuable books of the library were saved. A student named D. Wallace, from Elk Point, received Injuries by jumping from a window. The whole east win? seemed nearly free from fire when an explosion, caused by the escape of heated air, blew out the stone gable at the south end. Ernst Fisher was struck upon the temple and shoulder by rocks and seriously Injured. O hers were slightly hurt Nothing was saved In the museum, where there were many valuable specimens that cannot be replaced.

EIGHTEEN LIVES LOST. The Steamer Dean Richmond Goes Down in the Storm. The steamer Dean Richmond foundered off Dunkirk, N. Y., Saturday night, with all on board Three bodies were found on the beach Sunday morning mingled with a large quantity of wreckage. The bodies had life-preservers on. and the men evidently had been killed on the locks after having succeeded In reaching port after a hard fight with the sea. The beach Is strewn with timbers for miles on each side of the city, and many barrels of flour have come ashore. The identity of only one recovered body could be discovered. It was that of Andrew Dodge. whose residence is unknown. The crew of the vessel numbered eighteen It was toward the close of a most terrific storm that the Richmond went down. The entire system of great lakes was swept by it, and on Sunday morning no less than fourteen lake vessels were reported in trouble—some ashore, some waterlogged, and some stripped of spars and rigging. Many lives were lost.

LARGER IN VOLUME. Business Transacted Shows Some Increase. *■ R. G. Dun & Ca’s Weekly Review of Trade says: “The country has been waiting. While uncertainty has prevailed men have not known what to do with safety, and so have done as little as they could. Industries cannot always wait, and in them an arrest of improvement generally means some reaction. Merchants who have obligations to meet cannot always wait; and for some there has come misfortune. Speculators and traders wait because they have no substantial basis for a judgment. The volume of business transacted increases some, because the longer people go without clothing or food, or other necessaries, the more certain their demand is to revive. Govern* ment crop reports have not helped speculation because they are not in harmony with prevailing judgment.” MOB DEMANDS OFFICES. New Mayor of Indianapolis Is Besieged by Applicants for Places. A nob of fifty or sixty Impatient office seekers crowded around the door of Mayor Denny’s private office in the Indianapolis city hall, and when they found that a guard had been stationed at the door with strict orders not to admit any one their anger knew no bounds and threats of kicking the door open were frequently Indulged in. There are now 900 applications on file for places and 1,580 applications have been filed on the police and fire department forces

Blow for Minnesota Trust Companies. Attorney General Childs, of Minnesota, rendered a decision that trust companies cannot do a legal banking business This is a serious blow to the trust companies of Minnesota, more than lialt of which have been taking deposits and paying from 5 to 7 per cent, interest upon them. It is stated that the case was pushed by the banks, which were losing business rapidly because of their refusal to pay over 4 per cent on time deposits. Mining in Mexico. Considerable mystery surrounds the reported Important gold discovery in the State of Hidalgo, Mexico. Several large capitalists are interested and have experienced prospectors all through that region where gold Is said to have been found. It is generally believed that the discovery Is one of . much Importance. Gold prospecting Is going on all over the republic stimulated by the great appreciation of that metal Wesley C. Rippey Is Found Guilty. Wesley C. Rippey, the old and eccentric stock gambler, who shot and nearly killed John W. Mackay at San Francisco last February, was convicted of an assault with a deadly weapon. Rippey was recommended to the extreme mercy of the court The maximum penalty is two years’ Imprisonment and the minimum six months with a fine.

Hunting Party In a Wreck. A car attached to a Northern Pacific train, containing a hunting party from lowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin, was derailed two miles south of New Rochford, N. D., Wednesday morning and twenty persons injured, several of whom may die. Brakeman Is Responsible. The Coroner at La Porte has fixed the responsibility for the recent «reck on tho Wabash Railtoad at' K’lngsbui’y on'Thbmpson, the missing brakeman. Once Rich, Now a Thief. Michael MeGonlgle, at one time worth 8109,000, was convicted of robbing a freight car In the Blair County (Pennsylvania) court, at Hollidiysburj. Receiver for Union Pacific. 8. H. H. Clark has just been appointed receiver of the Union Pacific Road.