Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 November 1893 — OVER A SCORE LOST. [ARTICLE]

OVER A SCORE LOST.

LAKE SEAMEN FIND A WATERY GRAVE. Idepublicang Generally Successful In tht Elections—Election Riots In New Jersey— San Francisco Booming Her Midwinter Fair—Earthquakes In the Sonth. Frightful Lake Fatality. The steamer Albany, of the Western Transit Company, and the steamer Pbiladelphia. of the Anchor Line, collided on Lake Huron, off Point Aux Barques, at 2 o’clock Tuesday morning, in a dense fog. The Albany was taken in tow by the Philadelphia, but sunk in halt an hour, her crew going on board the Anchor liner. Shortly afterward the Philadelphia went down in 200 feet of water. The crews took to two lifeboats. One had twentythree persons on board and reached the shore in safety. The other boat contained twenty-four people. It was capsized and all on board were lost. The aggregate money loss Is over $300,000. The Albany was bound from Chicago to Buffalo and the Philadelphia from Erie to Duluth. Both were running under check on account of the dense fog hanging on the water. Fog signals were being exchanged regularly with their whistles as the steamers felt their way through the fog banks. Further than this, both captains declined to make any statement as to the course of the two vessels. In this they are sustained by the imperative rules of their companies and they have so far prevented their crews from making any statement. It Is expected that the inquest will bring out some of the circumstances Immediately preceding the crash. MIDWINTER FAIR. Buildings at San Francisco in a State of Forwardness. The progress thus far made by contractors on several of the main buildings of the Midwinter Fair at San Francisco Is highly satisfactory. The brick work of the Art Building is all completed. The iron roof girders are on the premises, and even If rain does set In there will he little or no delay In the work. Mechanic Arts Building may be said to be practically under roof, with only the glass for skylights to be put la, and this will be done in a few days. The roof of Horticultural Building will be of tin, painted to resemble tiles, and, as can readily be understood, It will not take long to put this in place. Another week of good weather will put Manufactures Building under cover, so there need be no fear that buildings will not be ready in time. The most notable progress made during the past week has beqp In connection with Administration Building, which has risen two stories in height during eight daya Various concessionaires are also making rapid progress on their buildings. BULLETS FOR VOTERS. Bisgraceful Election Riot at Camden New Jersey. The election for city and legislative officials at Camden, N. J., resulted in a riot, 'during which a mob of toughs collided iwlth the police As a result several persons, eight of whom are in the hospital, were shot and In two or three Instances dangerously wounded. The trouble broke out in the Fifth Ward and later In the Sixth and Ninth Wards. It was precipitated in every Instance by the special police attempting to prevent Deputy Sheriffs of tho opposing party from watching the polls and challenging votes Several deputies were arrested by the special police officers, and during a tight in the Ninth Ward a number of deputies were wounded. At noon appeals w ere made to Sheriff West to place the military in readiness, as a general riot was feared. At Gravesend, N. T, a suburb of Brooklyn, there was also a fierce fight at the polls, in which pollwatchers were assaulted and very badly used.

SHAKING UP MEXICO. Repeated Earthquakes and Colima Volcano In Violent Eruption. Severe earthquake shocks have occurred near Guadalajara, Mexico, during the past ten days, and there Is much excitement among the people. The Colima volcano Is In a violent state of eruption, and the people living In the Talley at the base of the mountain have left their homes In search of a place of safety. At the town of America t the first severe shock of earthquake did great damage to property and several persons were wounded by falling houses. The first disturbance was felt In the States of Oaxaca, Pueblo, Guerrero, Morelos, and Jalisco. ALL WENT ONE WAV. lowa, Massachusetts, and New York Lost to the Democrats. Latest returns from the elections Indicate that Jackson defeats Boies in lowa, McKinley defeats Neal in Ohio, Bussell loses to Greenhalge in Massachusetts, and the Republican ticket is umiformly successful in New York. Chicago elections also return Republican candidates with possibly one exception. South Dakota elects several Republican judges. A general feature was the lightness of the vote. Four Millions In Gold. The New York Subtreasury Monday shipped to the mint at Philadelphia $4,000,000 in gold bullion, which will be coined into eagles and half-eagles. The shipment was the balance of $10,000,000 ordered sent some time aga Six millions was sent two weeks ago Ihe bullion was packed in Boxes of various sizes, one of the packages weighing 450 pounds. The usual precautions—the presence of men armed with Winchesters—were taken, but the bullion was so heavy that very few men were required to guard it Slaughtering the Seals. According to a Victoria, B. G, dispatch, the statement of the North Pacific sealing catch, placing the total at 120,241, is not complete. Instead of 2,746 skins, San Francisco schooners took 20,000 skins, but landed nearly all at Hakodate and Yokohama. The exact figures are not known. Burned by Gas. , One person met death and two others were Badly burned by a gas explosion two miles south of St Mary’s, O. The accident happened on a lease of the Manhattan 0.l Company. Mrs. Cleveland Appears In Public. / President Cleveland accompan* ' by lira Cleveland and Secretary and M.„. Lament, occupied one of the proscenium boxes at the Academy of Music at Washington. to witness the presentation of “Borneo and Juliet” by MlsaJulia Marlowe and her company. ' Looked Up Children Burned to Death. Near Kennedy. Ala., Henry Weir and wl 1» locked their house, leaving four children inside, and started for the field to work. In some unknown manner the bouse caught fire, and three of the children were burned to death. The oldest succeeded in

THROUGH AN OPEN DRAW. Twenty-five Persons Drowned in a StreetCar Accident. At Portland, Ora, an electric car on the Oregon City Electric line containing seven passengers went through an open drawbridge at Madison street, falling into the cold rushing waters of the Willamette Kiver. They were held there, helpless, until; dftqjji suffocated them. They were all workingmen and worklngwomen on their way to their daily toil. The usual deuse and dripping fog covered the face of nature. The driver of the car, which was propelled by electricity, made all speed to reach the destination, and so certain was he that no vessels would be passing up and down the river In that atmosphere, and that consequently the drawbridge would not be open, that he did not put on the brakes as he approached the entrance. But vessels were moving on the river and the bridge was open. The shivering passengers, held like rats in a trap, were startled by a terrific jar. They beard a loud cry from tho motorman as he Jumped, felt the car falling and turning through space and then the impact of the water, and they knew that the river was flowing in upon them. That was the last sensation they experienced. AFTER UNCLE SAM’S SHIPS. Pelxoto’s Agents Want the Montgomery. Machlas, and Marblehead. The New York Times says: “It is learned that negotiations are In active progress for the acquisition by the Brazilian Government of the new warships Montgomery, Machlas, and Marblehead, which were built for tho United States navy. Two of these ships aro still In the hands of the builders. 'J he Machlas Is the only one of the three In commission, and the purchase of these ships could not be well Interfered with by the United States navy department The final acceptance of the three warships by the United States Government Is not deemed In the contracts mandatory until after the completion of the final forty-eight hours’ trial.” 'J he Herald’s Rio correspondent says: “The siege has been declared prolonged until Nov. 30 and may be continued beyond that.” Tho Herald also says the Brazilian Government has purchased for $225,000 the magnificent steamer Britannia, now at Boston, for her navy. Tho Brltanula will be fitted up as a cruiser. STOLE OVER" A MILLION. Embezzler Weeks Safely Landed on American Soil. Francis 11. Weeks, the New York embezzler. whose defalcation, flight, and battle against extradition have so excited public interest, arrived In New Orleans Wednesday morning on the steamer Foxhall from Costa Rica. The steamer’s arrival had been expected all day and night, and there were many people at tho wharf to get a view of the prisoner, but a large force of police prevented every one froip boarding the ship. Even the crew when disembarking wore submitted to a rigid examination and were compelled to prove Identity In order to avoid the possibility of Weeks' escape. Weeks’gigantic stealings place him with John G Eno aud E W. Harper among the big embezzlers of the tlmo. The embezzlements charged to Weeks aggregate $1,300,COO. Ho was arrested In San Jose Sept 14,, and the legal process necessary to get him! back to tho United States has been In operation ever since. STEAMSHIP BURNED. City of Alexandria, of the Ward Line, Destroyed—Many Lives Lost. Tho iron screw steamship City of Alexandria, belonging to the Ward Line Steamship Company, was burned off Cojlmar wnlle returning from Matanzas for Havana to load for New York. 'J he steamship carried a crew of sixty men, but no passengers. All but twenty-five members of the crow perished. The ship carried a valuable cargo. The City of-Alexandria was one of the fastest and largest of tho American ships employed In the West India trada She was an Iron screw steamship of 2,480 tons burden and was built in 1870 by John Roach & Sons, of Chester, Pa. She was 307 feet long. 38 feet 5 Inches beam and 20 feet 3 Inches depth of hold. CAPTURED BY TRAMPS. Trainmen Bound and Cars Broken Into, But Officers Arrive and Save Contents. A dozen tramps boarded a special freight train as It left the Lake Shore yards In Cleveland about midnight the other night and commenced to set the brakes When the conductor and brakemen appeared they were seized and bound. The engineer, comprehending the situation, uncoupled his engine, ran to a switch and backed Into the yards for help. A squad of officers wore loaded on the engine and sent back to tho train. On their appearance the tramps fled. Several cars filled with valuable merchandise had been broken lntb, but the thieves were unable to make away with their plunder.

Train Robbery Foiled. Attempt was made to rob the through night express train leaving Knoxville, Tenn., at 8 p m. on Friday for Louisville, over the Knoxville and Ohio Railroad. The train stopped at a water tank near Coal Creek, and two men boarded the express car. They had no sooner entered the car than several men Inside opened fire on them. One of the men, who has since been Identified as James Emlth, of Knoxville, was shot through the body and mortally wounded. The other, whose name has not been learned, was captured without Injury. There was less than SIOO In the express car safe. The Southern Express Company had been aware of a conspiracy to hold up the train for several days, and from four to sep armed men had been sent out on the express car for three nights. Sensation for Des Moines. The assignment of James G Savery, of 30 Slate street. New York, on behalf of himself and the American Emigrant Company, of New York, formerly of Hartford, Conn., of which ho Is sole proprietor, became known at Des Moines Wednesday, but accurate details are not obtainable. The papers were filed In the County Recorder’s office after the close of business. W. '\v. Wltmer, of Des Mcilnes, the chief owner of the Savery Hotel and president of the New England Loan and Trust Company, Is named as assignee. No schedule of liabilities was filed, but they are estimated at $350,000. The assets, said to amount to thd same, are scheduled but not valued, and are described rather vaguely. A Fearful Missile. A boiler in the stables of the dry dock of the East Broadway and the Battery Surfaces Railroad Company at 14th street and avenue B, New York, exploded Thursday and tore up the building, causing death and destruction. The section of iths building la which the boID’ er i was collapsed. The boiler flew across the sirset and struck the double tenement, 534 East Fourteenth street, just below the first story. The side of the building was crushed In. Three men were Instantly killed and nearly a score were injured, several of whom died later. 1 Earth's ToU Ended. Sad tidings came to Chicago from Pasadena, CaL, Thursday of the death of Jas. W. Scoville, President of the Prairie State National Bank Not only as a hanker was Mr. Scoville known to the residents of Chicago and vicinity, but as a business man of unusual talents and far-sightedness. His most intimate business friends and those who knqw him best loved to call him the “romantically honest banker. 1 ' H, Four Britain* Killed. A dispatch was received by Secretary Herbert from Captain EL F. Picking, ermmanfling the Charleston, the senior officer

, I of our fleet at Rio, itatlng that Baturdaj an explosion had occurred at Mello’s magazine, and that a large quantity ol gunpowder had been destroyed. Tht loss of this magazine may be a serious blow to Mello, as it is believed his entlrt supply of powder, except what be had In his ship’s magazine, was stored away ot the Island. The Island upon which tht magazine was situated Is in the hands ol Mello, and lies Just above thecity. It it probable ho seized it soon after the navy revolted and erected a magazine there tc hold this powder. Two British naval officers, a boatswain, and one seaman wert killed. They were on the island short taking sand for holystoning decks and cleaning up the ships when the explosion occurred. TUANKSGB ING PROCLAMATION. Nov. 30 Set Apart as a Day of Prayer and Gratitude. The President has issued the following Thanksgiving-day proclamation: By the President of the United States of America—A proclamation: While the American people should every daj remember, by praise and thanksgiving, the divine goodness and mercy which have followed them since their beginning as a nation, it it fitting that one day in each year should be especially devoted to the contemplation of th< blessings we have received from the hand ol God, and to the grateful acknowledgment o! his loving kindness. Therefore, I, Grover Cleveland, President oi the United States, do hereby designate and set apart Thursday, the 3utli day of the present month of November, as a day of thanksgivinf and praise, to be kept and observed by all th< people of our land On that day let us foregc our ordinary work and employments and assemble in our usual places of worship, when we may recall all that God has done for us anc where, from grateful hearts, our united tribute of praise and song may reach the Thront of Grace. Let the reunion of kindred and th< social meeting of friends lend cheer and enjoyment to the day and the generous gifts oi charity for the relief of the poor and ncedj prove the sincerity of our thanksgiving. Witness my hand and the seal of the Unitec States I have caused to be hereto affixed. Done at the city of Washington on the thirc day of November in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and ninety-three and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and eighteenth. Grover Cleveland. By the President: Walter Q. Gresham; Secretary of Slat . BENEFIT OF REPEAL. R. G. Dun’s Weekly Review Tells of Goou Results. li. G. Dun & Co’s Weekly Review ol Trade says: The repeal of the silver purchase act does good already. The business world In every part of the country reckons It helpful, aud the tone of tho trade Is more confident It Is hardly time as yet for the effects to be felt to any great extent In manufactures, but bankers aro more liberal In accommodations and merchants more hopeful in purchases. It 19 well to remember that tho act will do less good than If It had been passed early In the spring or without delay after Congress assembled. It cannot now prevent several thousand failures which have already occurred, nor relievo creditors from resulting embarrassments. It cannot now save from loss a multitude of manufacturing establishments which have closed because the future seemed uncertain. It will go far to restore business confidence which was much needed, but many may expect from tho measure larger results than can at this late day be realized. WITHOUT NATURAL GAS. Upper Sandusky Cnt Off by the Company It Aided with Money. , Tho Buckeyo Natural Gas and Oil Com'pany, composed of New York capitalists, and supplying Upper Sandusky, Ohio, with natural gas obtained from Hancock and Wyandot counties gas wells, has shut the city off from Its line, und given as a reason therefor that It had not gas enough. This Is the first town In Northwestern Ohio t obe thrown entirely back on wood and coal, and the action is an inconvenience to tho people who have become so much attached to natural gn9. With a debt of more than SBO,OOO incurred through going Into the natural gas business, the blow falls especially hard on the city, and those who pushed the city Into the scheme are now looking for a hole to crawl Into themselves

WRECK OF A CITY. 4 Spanish Town Almost Wiped Off the Earth. While the ship Volos was lying at the wharf at Santander, Spain, Friday evening, she caught fire. Her cargo contained many barrels of petroleum and her captain said only twenty casos of dynamite. The crewsof many vessels near by rallied to subdue the flames, and the city fire department, headed by the governor of the province, was hard at work watched by thousands of cltlzons, when suddenly there was a stupendous roar and crash, caused by the explosion of the dynamite, and the next instant bait the city was In ruins Aid flames, hundreds of people were killed, and many scores since have become insane from terror. Reserved for Broken-Down Officers. Secretary Lament has decided that the places on the limited retired list shall be kept, so far as possible, for officers who have have been physically disqualified for active service. These vacancies are created by the transfers to the unlimited retired list of the officers who have attained tho age of 64, and there are at no time more than half a dozen places on the limited list Pleaded Not Guilty. Frederick T. Day, President of the broken Planklnton Bank, at Milwaukee, appeared In court and pleaded not guilty to some new Indictments found against him In connection with the falluro. He was released In SI,OOO bonds. Bribery Law Constitutional. In a test case, involving a lino of S3OO on Peter W. Shoouover, who was candidate for Clerk of Warren County, the Indiana Supreme Court holds the election bribery law constitutional.