Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 July 1894 — THE CITY TREMBLED. [ARTICLE]

THE CITY TREMBLED.

VIOLENT EARTHQUAKE AT CONSTANTINOPLE. Sensational Developments of the Strike — Mcßride Will Not Call Out the Miners— Treasury Officials Report an Increase in the Gold Reserve. Sultan’s City Rocks. Two violent earthquake shocks were felt at Constantinople Tuesday. Each shock lasted about twenty seconds. The Inhabitants were greatly alarmed, and fled from their houses In anticipation of further and more serious disturbances. The earthquake shocks did much damage to the City. All the public offices, the bank 3 and the bourse have been closed. Two disastrous fires occurred and telegraphic communication was interrupted. The disturbance was undulatory and the course followed was from east to Another shock occurred at a quarter past four and considerably more damage was done. Numerous cracks are to be seen in the walls of the Ottoman Bank and other buildings Several houses fell at StambouL In Galata the shock was severe and the near quays were reduced to a ruin. The shock was felt in its full severity In all the villages bordering on the Bosphorus and the Sea of Marmora. Most of the buildings In these places suffered damage, and a number of houses were ruined completely. The people have sought shelter In the fields outside the villages It Is believed that fifty persons have lost their lives, and that the number of Injured far exceeds that figure. The loss to property will be very large There have also been severe shocks of earthquake in Smyrna, the Island ol Scio and In the Dardanelles. TREASON ALLEGED. President Debs, of the A. K. U., indicted by the Grand Jury. Chicago and the country were treated to several sensations Tuesday, in the great strike Under instructions from Judge Grosscup, the Grand Jury, just assembled, within three hours after the matter was presented, Indicted Debs, Howard, Kellher and Rogers, respectively President, Vice President, Secretary, and a Director «f the American Railway Union, for alleged conspiracy against the laws of the United States. The respondents were all released upon SIO,OOO balL General Miles was informed I hat the Postofflce and subtreasury were to be looted and destroyed. Private detectives claim to have arrested an unknown man at the Pullman Building, who had an Infernal machine and was looking for Vice President Wlckes, of the Pullman company. News camo that Sacramento, Cal., was In the control of an armed and riotous mob, and that Federal troops and artillery had been ordered there with Instructions to Instantly quell the uprising. And, to cap the climax, orders wero Issued by labor unions to precipitate the longthreatened general strike of the National Federation of Labor, to go into effect gradually and with cumulative force.

MINERS STAY IN. President Mcßride Says lie Has No Power to Call Them Out. President John Mcßride, of the United Mine-Workers, said that he would promulgate no order calling the miners out to cc- ; operate with the American Railway Union. “I have no such power,” ha said. ‘Oily the executive board of our order has the right to order a strike. No meeting of the board has toen called, and as matters now stand none Is likely to be called. There Is little need of calling a strike of miners Where the coal roads are tied up by the American Railway Union the miners i are idle as a necessity. No coal can be shipped and so the companies are not at work mining coaL I will say this, however: Such is the feeling of the miners against ’blacklegs' that they will strike of tbelr own volition whenever a railroad : company succeeds in getting nonuniou | labor to take the places of striking union j trainmen, no matter what the cause of the •trike may be. ” GOLD RESERVE INCREASING. The Tide Seems to Have Turned aud Money Plows Into the Treasury. The net Cash balance in the treasury atJ the close of business Monday was 8121. - 1 503,222, of which £04,241,105 was gold reserve. This- is an increase in the cash balance since June 27 of nearly $7,500,000, and an lucreass in tho \ gold reserve since June 25 of nearly $2,250,- 1 000. The Treasury officials are greatly en- i couraged at the seeming cessation of the gold-export movement and the great in- I crease In internal revenue receipts, and ! are very confident that these conditions,: added to the probable early passage es ! the new tariff bill, will result in a large ! Increase of the cash balanco and the gold i res“rvq One Is Dead and the Other Injured. At Jackson, Tenn., a family horse attached to a buggy containing two children, i Rufus and J. D. Mullins, aged 10 aud 0 | years, respectively, became frightened ! while the children were out driving, and running madly up street turned a corner suddenly and threw the occupants against the stone curbing, killing the elder and Injuring tho younger about the head and body in such a manner that it will die. Russian Town Wiped Out by Fire. The town of Plunjau, Russia, has been completely destroyed by fire. Three hundred and seventy-five houses have been burned, and over 2.000 persons are without shelter, tome children and a number ol cattle perished in the flames. Alive with a Broken Neck. William Minor, of Table Grove, 111, about two weeks ago fell from a hammock to tho ground and broke his neck. Physicians were summoned, but could do nothing for him. He is yel alive, although one side of his body Is completely paralyzed. Whirled to Death on a Shaft. At Zanesville, Ohio, Walter Wortmnn, fireman at Jones’ sewer pipe factory, got caught In a belt He was drawn up,,to the ■haft, which is eighteen laches above the floor, and whirled around at the rate of 100 revolutions a minute. Nearly every bone In his body was broken. He was 25 years old and unmarried. Fatally Mangled by a Mower. Thomas Montgomery, a farmer residing west of Brazil, Ind.. was killed while mowing crass. He fell in front of the mower and was cut so badly that be died In a few minutes. Status of the Strike. The strike situation Thursday morning bad not materially changed. Federal troops were In charge at Blue Island. Trains were still running irregularly, and freight traffic In Chlcagq was completely blocked. The only hopeful feature was that the etrlke had not spread perceptibly. J»y Cooke’s Summer Bouse Robbed. Burglars broke Into the summer residence of Jay Cooke stGlbraltar. near Put-ts-Bay bland. Friday night,and stole several hundred dollars’ worth of silverware, chlaa, etc. The thieves carried the goods •way Is a boat, and are supposed to have fiooe to Canada.

NEW NATIONAL BANKS. Number Organized Since Lut Year’s Panic larger Than Expected. The number of national banks organized in the United States since the last report of the Comptroller of the Currency, on Oct 31. has been larger than was expected by the officials, in view of the financial depression. Periods of prosperity are usually marked by the rapid extension of the banking system, and the year ending Oct. 31,’90, showed 307 new banking institutions under national charters, with an aggregatd capital of $30,350,000. The number has not been so large in any year since, and was only 119, with an aggregate capital of £11.230,000, during the year ending Oct. 31, 1893 Most of these were organized before tbe breaking oat of the panic In June, aud many applications for new charters which were then on file were withdrawn, and no effort has been made to complete the organization. The past few months, however, has shown a revival in the organization of new banks, and the number authorized from Oct. 31 up to date has been thirty-four. Ten of them have been organized since June 1. Pennsylvania and Illinois show the largest number of new Institutions—four each—and Minnesota comes next with three. Most of the new banks are In the Southern and Western Statea CLOUDS NOT BREAKING. Strikes’ Grip on Chicago Grows Tighter and Alarm Is Great. The strike, up (o Friday morning, had developed new and alarming conditions, at Chicago. Thovgh it Is said the railroad men themselves, as a body, were passive, still it is true that throughout tbe city mobs were In control of the Rock Island tracks, obstructing trains and wrecking and burning railroad property. United States regulars would no sooner clear one vicinity than trouble would break out afresh at other points Re-enforcements were ordered. Governor Altgeld demanded of President Cleveland that he withdraw Federal troops, alleging that tbe State of Illinois was able to handle tbe trouble, and declaring that State troops had not been asked In any instance yet where real trouble existed, though several times they had been dispatched to points where they were not needed. President Cleveland declines to order withdrawal of troops.

ANXIOUS TO SECURE KZETA. Salvadorean Government Making an Effort to Obtain His Surrender. San Salvador dispatch: The Government has sent instructions to Washington to secure the best legal services and do all that is possible to obtain the surrenderor Antonio Ezeta bis associates on board tho 'Bennington. President Gutierrez is greatly annoyed by insulting lampoons, but especially by tho bickerings of his companions in arms, who are Jealous of one another and of him. Tlia popular rumor is that President Barrios, of Guatemala, demands his share of tbe spoils left behind by Ezeta Gutierrez is making concessions to the people and revoking many oppressive decrees of the late government. While people are not satisfied with Gutierrez, there is no sentiment lu favor of the return of Ezeta BLOWN TO ETERNITY". Henry L. Driver Killed at Cincinnati by an Explosion of Dynamite. Henry L. Driver, the'idle and good-na-tured son of an indulgent, rich mother, met with a terrible death at Cincinnati. He was literally torn to pieces by tbe explosion of something in his pocket that must have been dynamite. All the lower portion of his body was blown to atoms Tho bones were pulverized. His right hand was thrown Into a door twonty feet away. The windows and doors of Wellman’s hardware store were smashed to pieces. In Driver’s pocket was a postal card from the United States Mutual Life Insurance Company, New York, notifying him that his life insurance policy for 823,050 would expire at midnight July 4.

OUT OF THE SENATE. Tariff Bill Pazaes by a Vote of Thirty-nine to Thirty-four. The Senate tariff bill was passed at a late hour Tuesday night by a vote of 39 yeas to 34 nays. Senator Hill voted against tbe measure, as did also Messrs. Roller and Stewart, the I’opulists Tho other Populists, Messrs. Allen and Tvyle. voted with the majority. Senator Caffery, of . Louisiana, at first voted “no” as a “protest against an injustice to the people” Qf his State, and immediately chanced It to “yea ” Messrs. Irby, of South Carolina, and Murphy, of New York, voted with the majority. Tho hill will now go to a conference committee, the Senate wing of which will he made up of Messrs. Voorhees, Harris, Vest and Jones, Democrats, and Sherman, Aldrich and Allison, Republicans, MEAT ADVANCES IN PRICE. Wholesalers In Neir York City Compelled to Adv race Rates. The New Y'ork wholesalers notified the ! retailers of an lr croase in the price of fresh meat owing to the strike. The re- | tallers indlgnuntl; denounce this action, i They say Chicago find New York are both | full of meat and t tat there is plenty of it j on tbe road not ticl up by the strike. HEAVY REVENUE RECEIPTS. I Whisky Trust Hr* nks the Record at the Pco ia Office. The whisky iru t Is making hav while the sun shines Thursday's internal revenue receipts brok i ali previous records at the Peoria office, the most important in the United States, being £233,000, or £50,- | 000 more than evsr before. All the old : Republican gauger: have been pressed into I service, and extn men are going from Chicago, Cincinnat and St Louis.

Tlie National Game. The clubs of the National and Western Leagues stand us follows In the championship race: NATION .L LEAGUE. P r Per W. Ji. cen W. L. cent. Baltimore..* 1 18 .6 5 Cleveland..3o 29 .608 Boston 43 21 .6 2 Cinoinnatl.27 33 .46(1 New Y0rk..38 24 .( ;S Bt. Louts ..27 38 .415 Phirdelp'a.3s 21 .(>3 Ohlcazo... .21 41 .349 Brooklyn.. 35 25 .Ms Wa*hlncfnl9 45 . 297 Pittsburg.. 36 28 LoulsTlUe..l7 45 .214 ■WESTE !N LEAGUE. Pirj Per W. L. cer t.} W. L. cent. Bloux Clty.43 18 .7 9 Grd BapldeSO 85 . 462 Toledo 36 24 .6 oSlndlan‘pTle27 35 . 435 Kansas C'yß3 27 . 5 OiDrtrolt 24 36 .400 llinne'p’lls33 27 .M|Milwa , kee..H 39 .204 Talk of a Secret Agreement. The London Telegraph, commenting on the Corean question, says that the hidden peril of the situation Is In the allegation that Russia and, China have concluded a secret agreement, contrary to the treaty of 1885. It will. It says, cost Great Britain the price of another naval squadrou If Russia Is ever allowed, through China, to occupy Corean ports. It Is England’s plain policy, consistent alike with honor and Interest, to support Japan In the just action Bbe Is taking to guarantee Corea against the IntrUues and per.ls which threaten its security. Says War Will Occur. In an Interview, the Japanese Minister. Viscount Kawaso, Intimated that It was probable that a conflict would take place batween China and Japan In Corea. The minister said that negotiations are proceeding. but, In auy event, Japan is determined to insist upoa much needed reforms In Corea and to protect Japanese rights In every respect, as well ns to protect the Integrity of the kingdom of Corea. Indians Are Great Riders. Indian police have succeeded in overhauling and stopping the Lower Brule Bioax who left their reservation without

permission from the Indian agent The first party of Indlaus that started away headed south for Rosebud agency, ostensibly to vUlt'with tbelr friends, but in reality to strive to remain there, as many of tbe Lower Brules have always expressed the desire to take up their residence with the Rosebud Indiana Spotted Horse, chief of the Lower Brule police, and three of his men were sent in pursuit as soon as the flight of the Indians was discovered, and while engaged on thi9 duty performed, a feat of rising that entitles them to a place in the list of foremost long-distance riders of the West, and which will be the talk of the reservation for some time to come. Spotted Horse has always had the reputation of being one of tbe most tireless riders on the Sioux reservation, but on this occasion he broke bis past previous recorda To intercept and return tbe stampeding Indians it was necessary to ride but a trifle less than 150 miles, and Spotted Horse and his three comrades traveled this distance without once stopping to rest or feed their ponies. On their return to the agency with the prisoners It was learned that still another party of Lower Brules bad stampeded and were headed for the Yankton agency. After a brief rest Spotted Horse again set out with a force of his men to overhaul and capture them. This he succeeded in doing on Ponca Creel:, In the extreme southern part of the State and but a short distance north of the Nebraska line. About one hundred miles was the distance traveled while on this second expedition after wandering Indians, making a total of about two hundred and fifty miles that Spotted Horse and his companions rode In comparatively a brief space of time. This Instance shows the efficiency of the Indian policemen, and that they will perform their duties regardless of consequences or the hardships incident thereto. STRIKE STILL GROWING. Chicago Under Martial Law by Order of President Cleveland. While the of the strike in far Northwestern and Wesleru cities was alarming enough Saturday and Sunday, the situation at Chicago was the center of interest, for there it appeared to he growing in force, and the lawless element was more demonstrative. At different places troops and deputies fired ou the mobs. Three men and one woman were killed and over twentyfive hurt: from New York, Pullman had flatly declined to arbitrate: "front Washington, President Cleveland had declared the city under martial law, and representatives of trades employing over thirty thousand men had met and declared their sympathy with the Pullman strikers and Jtheir American Railway Union allies. Deputy marshals have arrested several A. 14. U. leaders, alleging interference with interstate commerce and United Staten mails. Hammond, lud., was the scene of u fatal conflict between regulars and tbe mob. Much violence had been done there.

TRADE IS DEPRESSED. Effects of the Strike Felt All Over the I Country. R. G. Dun & ctx’s Weekly Review of Trade says: The Interruption of business by the i railroad strikes has been such that the j u-ual signs, whether bright or gloomy, i have little valae. The Senate has passed j the tariff bill, but In such shape that no j one ventures to risk much on its final pas- I sage without further alteration. Specula- ! tion in products has turned largely upon temporary uncertainties, but meat products have been higher with a threatened famine and the probability that large quantities will be spoiled at Chicago, while improved crop prbspects have depressed wheat 1% cents. The crop year ends with narrow exports, though a little larger than of late, and the aggregate for the year has not been far from 105,000,000 bushels, flour Included, though at the lowest average price ever known. STEAD ATTACKS PULLMAN. Declares that the Magnate Makes Philanthropy Fay Dividends. The Westminster Gazette, London, prints an interview with W. T. Stead on the subject of the Pullman strike. Mr. Pullman, he declares, is an industrial czar, who makes his philanthropy pay dividends, lie (Mr. Stead) would not be surprised if the present struggle should show how easily an Industrial war can develop into a civil war. The railway Is the Achilles' heel of capitalism, and America depends upou the railway to an extent totally beyond conception in Groat Britain. Tho Chronicle, commenting on tho state of anarchy in Chicago, says the lesson of it ail Is that modern conditions demand some collective control over the gigantic capitalist combination. Milling Company Assigns. James W. Duguenther, President of the Midland Maze Milling Company, at Milwaukee, made an assignment. Joseph C. Hevman was named as assignee, with a bind of $10,003. This mill dealt? in the products of corn. Suicide of Ehle Allen. Ehle Allen, who a few weeks ago killed John 11. Clapp, at St Paul, Minn., in a row over a woman, and who was indicted for manslaughter in the first degree, committed suicide at Lake Minnetonka. Eight People Are Killed. Two dozen victims of patriotism and fireworks on hospital ccts and eight persons dead is the accident story of the 4th of July celebration throughout New England. Bolivia's Ex-President Killed, Advices from Bolivia report that exPresident Arco has been assassinated His body was horribly mutilated by his murderers.