Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 December 1893 — TWENTY-SIX PERISH. [ARTICLE]

TWENTY-SIX PERISH.

SHIP JASON WRECKED AT EASTHAM, MASS. Nothing Startling from the Islands—One of England's Great Met Dies—Fatal Locomotive Explosion The Avery Made One Trip Too Many. Ship and Crew Lost. The British ship Jason, Captain McMillan, Calcutta for Boston, went ashore Tuesday night off Eastham, near Highland Light, Mass., and but one of her crew was saved, and lie was washed from the rigging and brought ashore by the tremendous seas. At 3 o'clock in the afternoon the Jason made the land off Cape Cod, and for the rest of the afternoon she struggled valiantly to weather the point, The captain had lost his bearings in the blinding snow and when land was sighted he was so near that it soon became apparent that his ship was lost. At 10:30 p. m. one of the ship’s masts swent by the board, and she was breaking up. The life-sav-ers, after several unsuccessful attempts, succeeded in shooting a life line over the doomed ship, but the sailors in the rigging Were not able to secure it. There were twenty-seven in the Jason's crew. She was built at and hails from Greenock, Scotland, and is 1,540 tons burden. NEWS FROM HONOLULU. Proceedings Are Delayed Because of “Unexpected Contingencies. - ’ The news from Honolulu by the barkontine Klickitat, which arrived at Tort Townsend Monday, is four days later than that by the steamer Alameda. In an interview published in the Honolulu Evening Star, Minister Willis is reported to have said: “You are authorized to state that no change in the present situation will take place for several weeks. I brought with me certain instructions from the United States Government on the Hawaiian situation, but since my arrival contingencies have arisen, about which neither the United States Government nor myself were aware when I left Washington. I have thought best to submit these matters to Washington before proceeding further to j carry out my original Instructions. Noonc j weed fear trouble and no lawlessness will : be permitted. ” Mr. Wilder, the Hawaiian ' Consul in San Francisco, whep asked what j unexpected contingencies Minister Willis ! had found in Honolulu, said: “I think he i found that the men composing the Pro- I ■visional Government of Hawaii were high - i minded, law-abiding citizens, instead of filibusters, such as be had been led to beUeTe them to be. 7l - ty DEATH OF JOHN TYNDALL. The Great English Scientist Passes Away at His Home in Surrey. That great English scientist, Prof. John Tyndall, passed away at his home in Haslemere, county of "Surrey. His death was hastened by a severe cold, though he had been ailing for a long period. There was scarcely a department in physical research with which Prof. Tyndall was net familiar, though perhaps he was best known for his deep learning in the science of light and teat 3 he Professor was the son of poor parents, and was born in the village of Leighlin Bridge, County Clare, Ireland, in j the year 1820. He attended a local school and then went to work for a merchant of his town. At the age of 10 be obtained a i position as assistant to a surveyor, and j this proved his real start in life, giving an ■ Impetus to his Datural inclination to sci- j ence. Among his works are: “Light,” ! “Sound,” “Faraday f.s a Discoverer.” and ] “The Forms of Water in the Clouds and j Rivers, Ice and Glaciers.” |

„ STEAMER AVERY BURNED. Teasel and Cargo Destroyed in the Straits ! of Mackinaw. The steamer Waldo A, Avery, Chicago to Buffalo, with grain, burned in the Straits , Tuesday night. The burning boat was ■beached at McGulpin’s Point, five miles i West of Mackinaw City. . Both steamer and Cargo were totally destroyed. The crew! all escaoed in safety. The burned boat was owned by Hawgood k Avery, of Bay City, and was valued at $30,000. Her cargo consisted of 70,000 bushels of corn, which was to be held on board for winter storage au Buff ala Will Reduce the Debt. Xt is understood that the reorganization 3lan of the Western New York and Pennsylvania Railroad Company, which will shortly be published, will provide for a redaction in the outstanding funded debt of about 15,400,000 and a reduction in fixed Interest of about $400,000. The capital stock will also be reduced from $30,000,000 to $30,000,000. The stockholders will be called upon to pay an assessment of $3. 50 per share, and give up 25 per cent of their holdings in stock of a par of SIOO. Perished in the Flamefl/ At Langdon, Pa, fire swept away six dwellings Four were occupied. Jacob Gunnly’s 6-year-old child perished in the flames. In one of the houses Mrs. Joseph McGuire lost $1,500 in cash. The loss on the buildings is $30,000. Eehigh Strike Is Declared OK At 2:45 a m. Wednesday, the Lehigh /Valley strike was declared off. President Wilbur says an official statement will be made. He has not receded from his position taken early in the fight. Hornblowcr Renominated. Judge Horn blower has been renominated tor Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. This more on tho President’s part had been expected. Three Men Killed. A locomotive on the Texas and Pacific exploded shortly after noon Monday about A mile west of Eastlands, Texas The engine was running at that time at the rate of about eighteen miles an hour. Charles F. Elliott, engineer; Jesse Beaver, fireman, And Frank Spencer, were instantly killed. ' Freight Train Falls into the River. The north span of the Louisville and Hashvllle bridge, over Barren River, one mile north of Bowling Green, Ky., gave army as a long freight train was crossing. Thirteen freight cars went down, leaving the engine and caboose safe on the ends of the unbroken spans No ODe was hurt. McDonald’s Notes Protested. Two of the three notes given by Director 12. Y. McDonald to the Madison Square Bank, of New York, in payment of 1,000 shares of the capital stock of that institution, have gone to protest They were Sot 950,000 each. Took Advantage of Kindness. George Day, under sentence for two years ta the Guthrie, Q. T., penitentiary for obtaining money under false pretenses, was granted permission to go and see his fain- ' * Hy. and while en route he broke away from the guard and escaped before the oMcer could draw his revolver, which was buttoned under his overcoat Ft * . i Frustrated by a Thanksgiving Dinner, i Nearly 200 prisoners In the Columbns (Ohio) penitentiary were incapacitated for Work two days by illness, mostly the effect a Thanksgiving dinner of turkey, cranberry sauce, mince pie, and the usual side HPv;. 4V ’’

MORE CRONIN BRIBERY, Sensational Disclosures Made in the Celebrated Case. Sensational facts and still mote startling rumors marked Friday’s brief session of the Coughlin trial in Chicago. Juror F. G liehm was charged by Attorneys Wing and Donahue with having committed perjury on his examination and his dismissal was requested. He may be arrested. Foiled in their efforts to secure a jury favorable to Coughlin by means of an improper venire, the unknown men whose pow erful influence has been so remarkably exhibited in every phase of the Cronin case, aro now endeavoring to buy off the prosecution and thus secure the acquittal of the ex-detective. It was positively stated Friday morning that one of the men approached was Kickham Scanlan, the attorney called into the' case for the prosecution by state’s Attorney Kern. According to the story given out, a well-known man, an acquaintance of Mr. Scanlan and a citizen whom he had always considered above reproach, called at his house Saturday evening and intimated that if the attorney would drop out of the case or would so manipulate the conduct of the trial that the Jury would be compelled to find a verdict of not guilty, be would insure him the payment of £10,003. AFTER PEIXOTO’S LIFE. Rumor of an Attempt to Murder the Brazilian President. It was reported at tho Brazilian consulate at New York Friday that an attempt had been made on the life of President I’eixoto, of Brazil. It was said tdat no cable dispatch in reference to the matter had been received. Until the consulate was notified officially they would not give any credence* to the rumor. At the office of Charles R. Flint, who has charge of the arrangements for supplying the Brazilian government with war vessels, no news of the attempted assassination of the President of Brazil has baen received. They place no faith in the story. A dispatch from Kio Janeiro says that the insurgent admiral, Melio. has finally succeeded in forcing a passage past the forts guarding the entrance of tho Bay of Kio Janeiro and that his flagship, the Aquklaban, is now on the high seas. The passage was not effected until some desperate fighting ha.l been done.

A COLD DAY AT ST. TALL. Mercury Touches* 40 Degrees Below with No Prospect of Speedy Relief. St. Paul dispatch: The predicted colder weather seems to have arrived—at least, there has been heard no grumbling about excessive heat. 3he weather bureau’s report gave Helena, Mont,, with zero weather, as the warmest place in the Northwest and Swift Current, Canada, with 23 degrees below, as the coldest This morning the Weather Bureau’s St Paul thermometer touched 20 degrees below, while other thermometers in more exposed places about the city went down much lower, 38 and 40 below being the coldest yet reported. Such cold weather this early has not been experienced for six years and this cold spell is almost phenomenal. The mercury has hovered fondly about the zero mark for nearly ten days and weather officers can promise no speedy relief, LANGAN WAS HIS RUIN. Cashier of a Suspended Ohio Bank Indicted at the Instance of Its President. Frank Langan, Secretary of the Minneapolis Rolling Mill Company, has been int dieted by tho grand jury for embezzlement on two counts at his former home at Lima, Ohio. Langan was cashier of the Lima National Bank, which suspended about a year and a half ago Langan's indictment is said to be at the lnstanco of B. C Faurot, President of the bank, who claims that Langan conspired with others to bring about his ruin. Faurot Is said to have been a millionaire previous to the bank failure. Langan was also secretary of a epneern known as the Mexican Investment Company, of which Faurot was president., and tho latter has begnn an action to recover ?CO,OOO from Langan in this hcnnection.