Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 May 1894 — PEACE IS DECLARED. [ARTICLE]

PEACE IS DECLARED.

GREAT NORTHERN STRIKE NOW SETTLED. Numismatics Sadly Upset by a Connecticut Find Lawmakers Make a Nasty Muss in the House, Yet They Kick on the Ventilation. And the Wheels Go Round. Alter being tied up for eighteen days almost completely from end to end. the Great Northern Railway system has resumed work, the great strike being declared off Tuesday night. It Is practically a victory for the American Railway Union and President Debs, although the committee from the commercial bodies of St. Paul and Minneapolis was largely responsible for the result, 'lhe Governor had tried mediation, suggesting arbitration, but his action did not meet with success, and two other similar attempts to bring about arbitration failed. The union leaders finally said they were willing to have the matter submitted to the citizens' committee and would be governed by their decision. Various conferences were held by that committee with President Hill and with the labor leaders. Mr. Hill was in favor of arbitration all along, and agreed to any system of arbitration if the men would resume work. Finally the committee got them to meet Mr. Hill, and the result Is that the strike was declared off. The conference went over all details thoroughly and Mr. Hill made great concessions to the men. The strikers gained mbst of their demands, while the company secured a settlement through arbitration, as President Hill desired. The 4,500 miles of track was opened for business at once by over 5.000 employes.

106,000 HALF-CENTS DUG UP. Curious Hoard of a Connecticut FarmerCoin Collectors May Be Interested. Most of the employes in the Subtreasury were babes in arms when the government was coining the copper half-cents which were called in with lhe “red cents” In 1857. The clerks tn the redemption department were at sea last week when a consignment of $530 in the half-cents 106,000 of the coins—was received from a Connecticut bank for redemption. As the half-cent weighed 84 grains, 106,000 of them weigh 1.542 pounda It turned out that an old farmer In Connecticut hoarded $3,000 and buried it in an arbor. His executors found the treasure the other day, and United States Treasury Department is to be asked to redeem the haif-cents which formed a part of Jt. Visitors at the sub-treasury helped redeem them to the extentof a cent's worth apleck The market value of the half-cent as a curio is likely to bo decreased by the unexpectedly large visible supply. The total coinage of half-cents from 1793 to 1856. inclusive, was In value (30,926.11, or In number 7,985,222. WEARY OF THE STRUGGLE. Borne Leading Democratic Senators Want Tariff Debate Closed. Washington special: That the rank and file of the Democratic party In the Senate Is becoming Impatient at the delay In the consideration of the tariff bill was shown by the circulation of a declaration in favor of closure of debate. The paper was prepared by Senator George and was quietly circulated, being handled only to the most Influential Senators It was not signed by all to whom it was presented, some of the Senators expressing the opinion that it was too early to attempt a closure, and others declining on principle. The paper recites tjjat it has become apparent that the Republican opponents of the tariff are determined to resort to filibustering to prevent the proper consideration and passage of the bill, and commits the signers to a simple declaration in favor of cloture It makes no specification as to how the change shall be brought about, whether through the presiding officer or the committee on rules, leaving that point, as well as whether It shall be a modified or an absolute cloture, to be decided later.

FLOOR A HI GE CUSPIDOR. Condition of the House May Account for Some of the Proceedings There. An alarming condition of affairs so far as the House of Representatives is concerned is shown in a report made by experts to tbe Committee on Ventilation and Acoustics The report says that the good air which is forced through to the main floor of the House passes through gratings that are practically cuspidors and receptacles for bits of paper and other cast-off matter. There are a large number of documents on the lower floor, many of which are in a condition of decay, and the carpetsof the House flour are saturated with tilth and tobacco juice and need cleaning. The experts recommend that air be pumped in from above the hall instead of from below, as now. MERRYMAKERS PERISH. Over a Hundred Thrown Into the Water by the Collapse of a Pier. A terrible accident occurred at Brahllov, feoumanla. While the pier was crowded with people in holiday attire, ‘bound for Galltz, on the Danube, waiting for tbe steamer which was to convey them to that place, the pier gave way and threw about ISO people into the water. Many of tbe excursionists are believed to have been drowned. Hattie Blaine Weds. Miss Harriet Blaine, tbe remaining single daughter of the lata James G. Blaine, was married to Truxton Beale, ot Washington, formerly Minister to Persia and to Greece. The wedding took place at the Blaine residence on Lafayette square, in Washington, where tbe Maine statesman died, and It marked'the ending of the period of deep mourning for the fatally. ■ "T—< — Duestro w Trial Begun. Tbe trial of Arthur Duestrow. son of Millionaire Louis Duestrow, -for the murder otublsiwife sad: child wns commenced in St Lpuls before Judge Hirzel Tuesday morning. The murders were of an unusually brutal character, and tbe high standing ,ans wealth of the criminal has made the" case a veritable cause celebre. |, io _ Military Surgeons Meet. ... The annual convention of the Association of Military Surgeons opened in Washington with an attendance of over 400 delegates, representing the army, navy, State militia and marine hospital service Die on the Gallows. Thomas Crumpton was hanged In the District jail at Washington. D. G. for the murder, Jan. 11, 1891. of George Fhanklin, a teamster. In that city. Both men were colored. At Fayettevlll. Ark.. Samuel F. Vaughn was hanged. Vaughn's crime was the hiring of Thomas Hamilton to kill Andrew (Hge, a farmer in Huntsville. Failed for •1,600,000. Henry Newman 4 Co, Importers of clothtag supplies at 628-630 Broadway, New York, have made an assignmd&f to Nathaniel Myers, of 45 Wall street The firm is Ue largest In the trade ahd the failure M said to to voire U, 500,004

NATURAL GAS PRODUCTION. Consumption, Outside of Indiana, Being Confined to Domestic Uses. The growing confinement of the consumption of natural gas to domestic uses is noted In the annual report of Special Agent Joseph D. Weeks of the United States geological survey. The only State in which its use for manufacturing purpo-es increased In 1893 Is Indiana. The total value of natural gas consumed in the country in the year was $14,346,250. against $14,800,714 In 1894. Higher prices charged for the gas In 1993 was the cause of the decrease The greatest value of the gas consumed in any one year was $22,029,875, In 1888. Since that, time there has been a gradual decline, with an aggregate of about $8,300.00) less for last year than 1888. All gas States show a falling off in the value of coal or wood displaced by the use of gas. The most important gas field in any State is in Indiana, where the estimated area of productive gas territory Is about 2,500 square miles. While the supply is falling far below the demand in other large gas fields. It is declared to be well sustained in Indiana. The value of the/product consumed in the State in 1893 wds $5,718,000, against $4,716,000 in 1892. The report shows that gas Is also found in commercial quantities in New York, Illinois, Kansas. Missouri. West Virginia. Texas, Arkansas, New Mexico, Utah, Tennessee and Wisconsin. MOB HANGS FOUR MEN. Wholesale Lynching of Murderers in Madison Parish, La. Nine men have met violent deaths in Madison Parish, La., in tlie last week, and eight of these have been lynched by Infuriated citizens. The last four were hanged Thursday night. Thursday the Boyce assassins were hunted down by bloodhounds and finally located in the Buckhorn woods. Sheriff McClelland sent for volunteers to increase his posse, and a force of 200 men finally surrounded the assassins in a negro cabin. 'J he four were I‘otnp'Claxton, the leader of the assassins. Shell Claxton. Scott Harvey, and Tory McCoy, all colored. They were promptly placed under arrest and Sheriff McClelland detailed a party of twelve to take them to Tellulah, while the Sheriff and the rest of the party started out to try to capture Tom Griffin, who had separated from the others. As the deputies with the four fugitives got near Milliken’s Bend they were met by a erpttd of 200, who overpowered the guard and captured the four prisoners, 'lhe prisoners were escorted to the Crescent place, where their fiendish murder had been committed, and there strung up to the limbs of several treea

ATTEMPT TO KILL M’BRIDE. Infernal Machine Sent to the President of the Miners' tssoctatlon. President Mcßride, of the Coal Miners' Association, received by mall from Pennsylvania a suspicious package which he gave to the police. 'lhe town postmark was Illegible, but It was a short name. The stuff came to Columbns, Ohio, In a normal school catalogue so cut as to admit of a deposit inside, over which paper was pasted, lhe Idea being to operate the contrivance when the book was opened. There was evidence of gunpowder, but what the substance beneath the pasted paper was has not been decided. The police threw the package Jnto the river without examination. CHOLERA AT LISBON. Spanish Authorities Now Admit the Na4, ture of the Disease. The special sanitary inspector, sent to Lisbon by the Spanish government to Inquire Into the epidemic (classed as cholerine) which has prevailed there for Some time past, after a long investigation and consultation,,_wlth the eminent specialist. Professor Sousa, deciares that the outbreak Is one of true Asiatic cholera The sanitary Inspector also traces the source of the epidemic, saying that it was Imported to Lisbon from the Cape Verde Islanda Greece Seems Fated. At 9:25 o'clock on Friday night, during the usual Epitaphion procession in the cathedral at Athens, a violent shock occurred that seemingly shook the building to its very foundations. The duration of the shock was fifteen seconds. The cathedral was crowded with devotees, who, when the shock began, were on the verge of a panic. Every exit of the cathedral was hurriedly thrown open, and the people dispersed. M. Bouphldes. Minister of the Interior, hurried to the central telegraoh office He learned that the earthquake had been felt throughout the country. Including the islands of Syra and Zante and that Immense damage had 1 een done. The shock was felt with the greatest severity at Thebes and Atalanta. both of which places were extensively damaged by the last shocks. Both lhe cities were completely destroyed, not a single house being left standing. Incalcuable damage was also done at Lamia, Larissa, Volo, Chalcls and Patraa At Lamia the walls of the prison fell down, and many of the uninjured prisoners made their escape in the confusion. In addition to the many persons rendered homeless by the previous shocks, there are how thousands of others who will have to depend on the government for shelter and sustenance. There is little doubt that there has been great loss of life.

Tragedy in New Orleans. The St. Charles Hotel, on St Charles, Gravler, and Commerce streets, New Orleans, was destroyed by fire Saturday night It is known that several lives were lost, one report putting the number at ten, but It will be impossible to tell definitely until the ruins can be searched. There were 200 persons in the hotel at the time, and most of them escaped, as they were in the front part of the building. The fire destroyed the hotel, which occupied a block, and spread In all four directions, the Western Union Telegraph office room catching fire, 'lhe property loss on the hotel alone will be at least $500,000. The Indiana Ticket. Indiana Republicans, in convention at Indianapolis, were 1,715 strong and the proceedings were characterized by the most generous enthusiasm. Ex-President Harrison was there, and his appearance upon the rostrum and his speech to the delegates were received with cheers that made the convention hall resound as it has not since he appeared in it In 1888. The following ticket was nominated: For Secretary of 5tate.......... W. D. Owen For Auditor ~...A. C. Dailev For Treasurer. ,F. J. Scholz For Attorney General W. A. Ketchum For Supt. of Public Instruction.. D. M. Geeting One Life Lost at Gasport. N. Y. At least one life was lost in a fire at the village of Gasport. N. Y. The fire originated in a meat market connected with the hotel and spread rapidly. Within half an hour the hotel and a large number of dwellings were In ashea Tbe bartender of the hotel perished in the flames Freight Train Robbed. An extensive car biirglary was committed between Buffalo and Angola on the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad. Several boxcars were broken open and cases of clothing and general merchandise .thrown from the train and their contend stolen. Children Burn to Death. Three young children of Mr. and Mrs. Philip Schneider, who live near t!he outskirts of Ecranton, Pa, were burned to death in a fire which entirely consumed their home Mr. Schneider waanot at home and his wife was in tbe garden. Blame Themselves. The first move toward settling the great coal strike and sending 125,900 idle miners to work again, was made in Chicago Saturday morning. The step was taken by

operator* In the Illinois and Ind law fields although the men who attended the conference were In constant telegraphic communication with operator* in Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia All of the gentlemen prewst were in favor of giving such an advance in the scale of wages as would Inducn the miners to go to work again. They argue that It is belter to compromise at once on a basis that will be fair to both miners and operators than,to wait until the miners are driven to desperation by huuger and want. Singularly enough, the operators admit that the blame of the present strike rests on themselves They say all the trouble was brought on by the difficulty in adjusting what is known among the mine owners as the “relative scale” This scale varies In different parts of the country, according to the thickness of the coal vein. Where the vein is thick and a miner can bring down a large quantity of ccal, the scale is naturally lower than In sections where the coal vein is thin, and more work is necessary to get out a ton. Thus, in the Hocking Valley, where coal veins twelve feet thick are frequently found, the miners got 70 cents a ton last February, while across the way In Pennsylvania, where c_>al deposits are lighter, the miners got 79 cents a ton. The miners' strike was brought on by a persistent effort In the Pennsylvania fields to cut wages down to the Hocking Valley price. DISASTROUS FIRE. Fourteen Business Houses In Tahlequah Are Destroyed. By a fire which started Friday morning, and which Is believed to be the work of an incendiary, Tahlequah. L T., was threatened with total destruction. The fire originated In the Immense livery stable of John W. Wilson, In the heart of the city. The building was quickly consumed, together with thirty valuable horses. A brlsg wind carried the flames across Main street and the Are spread rapidly. The Uro department being equipped none too well, had an uneven fight, and for a time the whole city seemed doomed. In two hours, however, the wind died out. Soon thereafter the fire was put under control, but not until fourteen business houses and one dwelling-house were burned to the ground, causing a loss of SBO,OOO. The Insurance is light ’ ACCUSED OF ARSON. Requisition Issued for H. T. Decker, For inerly of Dorchester, Neb. >,.lthas leaked out that Governor Crounse haS issued his requisition warrant for the arrest of H. T. Decker, who owned the opera-house at Dorchester, Neb., when tbat'buildfng burned In April, 1892, and It Is the supposition of those who are familiar with tja case that Decker is now under arrest at Fort Collins. Cola The complaint on which Governor Crounse issued requisition papers was sworn out before H. Mallory, a justice of the town of Dorchester, and charges Decker with burning bls opera-house to defraud the Home Insurance Company, of Omaha An officer has gone to Colorado to arrest Decker. The investigation has been quietly prosecuted for over a year.

COMPROMISE TARIFF BILL. Senator Brice Says it Has Been Agrees On and Will Be Passed In June. Senator Brice is authority for the statement that a compromise tariff bill has been agreed upon, which is reasonably certain to be adopted by Congress early in June. It will take the form of Senate committee amendments to the pending bUI. Senator Brice would not Indicate any of the changes the amendments will affect further than that It is the alm to secure a reduction of about 30 per cent, from thr McKinley law. Not a Drop Spilled. The crisis at the Toluca, HL, mlnei passed without bloodshed, and troops, though ready at several points, were not summoned. Acting Governor Gill and several officers of the union met the strikers, and by good counsel succeeded In persuading them to abandon their project of at--tacklng the working miners and burning I the mines. However, the strikers seem id have gained their point, for the workers at the Toluca mines were bo alarmed over the demonstration that they laid down their tools. Fatally Cru-hnd Under a Freight. At Hammond. Ind., us Joseph Piels was leaving the Lakeside nail mills he was run over by the local freight on the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad and both feet near the ankles were cut off. One of bls legs were severed a second time near the hip. The freight crew Kt once unfortunate man to his home at Colehour, where he died. Piels was a mechanic In the employ of the Lakeside Company. The National Game. The clubs of the National League stand a* follows in the championship race: Per Per W. L. cent. W. L. cent. Bostons.... 6 2 .76; Pittsburg*. 4 4 .too Clevelands. « 2 .760 Louisville* 4 6 .444 St. Louis... 6 2 .750 Brooklyn*.. 8 5 .37: Pniladelp'a 6 3 .6*7 New Yorks 3 6 .876 Baltimore.. 6 3 .62; Washlugt'n 2 7 .222 Cincinnati. 4 4 .wo Chloagos.... 1 8 .111 Benjamin Armstrong Dead. Benjamin Armstrong, widely known as a St Louis sporting man, dropped dead of heart disease. He was getting off a street car when a horseman him suddenly, and the shock given and his effort »o get out of the way precipitated the fatal attack. He was 45 I years old. ,d : Odd Fellows -Celebrate. Thursday was the seventy-fifth anniversary of the establishment of Odd-Fellow-ship. and all over the Union the day was fitly celebrated.