Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 October 1894 — A CHANGE IN RULERS. [ARTICLE]

A CHANGE IN RULERS.

ORIENTAL QUARREL MAY YET BE ARBITRATED. <ohn Bull Alarmed Over Something— Lives Lost in a Little Rock Cyclone— Mr. Foley Cashed Up—Already Dodging the Income Tax. Emperor to Step Down. Shanghai advices say that the Emperor of China will very likely be dethroned in favor of Prince Kung’s son, who will treat with the Japanese Li Hung Chang has been superseded in the supreme command by Gen. Sang Tslng of the province of Hunan, who has received full powers. LI Hung Chang retires disgusted to Pao Ting Foo, the capital of the province of Chi LL Twenty thousand Hunan soldiers are gathering around Shanhai Kwan, the terminus of the great wall where it forms the boundary between the provinces of Chi LI and Shing King. Li Hung Chang’s army Is distrusted. An imperial edict has been Issued appointing Gen. Sung, formerly in command at Port Arthur, generalissimo of the Pei Yanf army corps, now in Manchuria, and commander-in-chlef of the Manchu levies, except those of the Kirin division, the commander of which is a Tartar general. The other general officers are commanded to obey all officers of Gen. Eung under pain of death. The Japanese are moving north from Ping Yang. They report that they have not sighted the enemy, but have found a largo quantity of arms and ammunition which had been abandoned by the Chinese, many of whom had been killed by the Coreans. All the villages and farm buildings from Lusan, on the route of the troops, have been burned, and the cultivated land has been laid waste. TO COLLECT INCOME TAX. Treasury Department Already Preparing to Carry the Law Into Effect. Vigorous preparations are being made by the Internal revenue officials of the Treasury Department to enforce the Income tax law next January. Appointments for special agents’ duty are now under consideration by the Secretary and the Commissioner. It is the Intention of the administration to employ only men acquainted with the localities wherein they are at work. Those familiar with the business and property and Incomes of the leading citizens are to bo preferred. Already it has been discovered that a large number of •wealthy people have arranged to avoid the payment of the tax under the new law by dividing their property among members of their own families. In States where an inheritance tax is imposed several persons have divided their property among their children to escape the State tax. This division also works against the collection of the new Federal tax. Ono feature of the law specially drafted to meet cases like this will upset the calculations of many who now feel themselves safe from Federal interference. It is that any transfer of property or change of ownership for the purpose of avoiding the payment of income tax which has taken place within two years prior to the passage of the new tariff bill will not be recognized by the Government

PINE TIMBER CASE SETTLED Minnesota Lumberman Pays 5T,070 Rather than Stand Trial. The labors of the Minnesota pine land Investigating committee continue to bear fruit, and the school fund of the State Is richer by $7,509, which will be paid by Thomas R Foley, of Aitkin Several months ago Warner, Richardson & Lawrence, the attorneys of the investigating committee, brought suit against Mr. Foley to recovep 814,000 for timber cut and removed by him from State lands, In his answer Mr. Foley claimed that he had paid for all the timber that he had cut. The ca>e was set for trial, but was settled by stipulation, Foley paying for 1,000,000 feet of timber 87,500 and 8170.63 witness fees. This makes $37,500 recovered by thv Legislative Pine Lands Committee. BRITISH CABINET COUNCIL. Strained Relations With France the Subject to Be Considered. A special cabinet council was called at London and the members of the ministry absent from the city wore were hurriedly summoned to return. Teiejrams recalled Sir William Vernon Harcourt, who had left for Italy, and others of the ministers who were in the country. Sudden new developments regarding the relations betaeen Great Britain and France are, without doubt, the reason for hasty summoning of the ministers. Cyclone Rages in the Soutti. A terrible cyclone struck Little Rock, Ark., at 7:30 Tuesday eveniug and almost devastated the business portion of the ■ city. Several persons were killed and injured. The main portion of the business center, bounded on the south by 8d street, on the north by river front, on the west by Center street and on the east by Commerce street, is practically in ruins and the amount of damage is incalculable. The total property loss will probably approximate 81,000,009. The cyclone was accompanied by a terrific storm and the stocks of goods In those business houses which were unroofed, though not otherwise wrecked, are destroyed by water Bad Coupling Costs Two Lives. A train of the Oakland, CaL, Narrow Gauge Road lost one of its cars at a drawbridge. Fifteen passengers were in the car when it left the trs.ck and fell into the water beside the track. Two were killed and several hurt Mrs. Medill Is Dead. Mrs. Joseph Medill, wife of the editor of the Chicago Tribune, died at 10:39 o’clock Monday morning. Consumption was the cause of her death. Nine-Year-Old Girl Killed. A cyclone struck the home of John Nelson, seven miles south of Pawnee. Neb. The family of seven persons were blown into an adjoining field, and a little girl 9 years old had a stick driven through her skull and cannot live. Five others of the family were severely injured.

His Reason Dethroned; ■Webster Dixon, of Vernon, Ind,, twice Secretary of the Indiana State Senate, and twice Prosecuting Attorney of the Ninth Judicial Circuit, was taken to the asylum for insane at Indianapolis. Sentenced to Prison tor Arson. Victor Askie, the New York clothin* Merchant, who April 21, with two othei mon, conspired to burn his premises for the *14,000 Insurance, and who was canvlcted of arson In the second degree, was fenced to nine years and ten months at hard labor in the State prison. Child's Eye Put Ont. While Amos Cnther, of Tas well, Ind., was playing with his Infant child and a game cock, swinging the babe to and from the cock, the latter burled Its spurs in the Child’s face, destroying one eye. Fears are entertained that the optic nerve Is Injured and brain fever may result,

REMEDIES ARE MANY. Scores of Propositions Offered as a Sore Core for Labor Troubles. Commissioner John U Kernan, of New York, one of those appointed by the President to investigate the Pullman strike, has been engaged in making a synopsis of the remedies that had been proposed to the commission. Mr. Kernan says there were many remedies suggested during the testimony, but the main ones were the Government ownership of railroads, the licensing of railroad employes, similar to the system of licensing steamboat engineers and pilots. arbitration and the restriction of immigration Mr. Pullman suggested no remedy, as he takes the position that no outside remedy can be brought in between employer and employed. The commission is free to deal with the question of remedies outside of those suggested at the bearings, but the testimony brought out every conceivable plan and it Is not necessary to go beyond those suggested. “It will be fcr the public to say Whether the inquiry results in benefit,” added Mr. Kernan, “but it will certainly be beneficial in giving the public exhaustive information on the causes and Incidents of the great strike, and intelligent information Is the first step towards remedial legislation.” TROOPS LEAVE JAPAN. Another Large Army Dispatched to the Front—Reviewed by the Mikado. A dispatch from Tokfo says that the second Japanese army for field service, mobilized at Hiroshima, and consisting of 30,000 men, under command of Field Marshal Count Oyama. embarked amid intense enthusiasm. The Emperor, previous to their departure, reviewed the troops, and the transports, escorted by the second Japanese squadron, sailed away, their destination being unknown, nithough itis reported vaguely that the squadron Is bound for the Yellow Sea. During the absence from Japan of Field Marshal Count Oyama, who Is also Minister of War, the Minister of Marine will assume the duties of Minister of War, in addition to his other responsibilities, It is officially announced atTokio. says another dispatch from that city, that the report that an armistice has been proposed by England and Russia is unturue.

FATAL FIRE AT NANAIMO. Two Lives Lost and Property Valued at »100,000 Destroyed. Two men were burned to death, two other men and a little girl were badly Injured, and $100.009 worth of property destroyed by a fire at Nanaimo. B. C. The fire started at the corner of Wharf and Commercial streets, in the Royal Hotel, which was destroyed. Pat Mayce, bootblack. and a bartender known as “Fritz,” empT yes in the hotel, weie burned to death. Three guests were badly burned. The flames spread along Wharf street, destroying the fire nail. Nanaimo Hotel, C. E Stevenson’s dry goods store, and five small frame buildings That the newer part of the town was not completely wiped out was due to the absenceof wind and heroic work of the volunteer fire brigade. SUNK BY THE STORM. Tlio William Home and Five of Her Crew Go Down. A dispatch from Manistique, Mich., says: The schooner William Home, in tow of the steamer Buell, sprung a leak at 10 o’clock Tuesday night during a furious gale and sank off Seulchoix Point. Out of a crew of six only one remains to tell the tale of the disaster. The crow of five men and one woman entered a yawl, but this soon filled with water and capsized. The sole survivor Is Anton Mlnger, one of the sailors, of Detroit He clung to the yawl, and, although the waves ran high, he succeeded In getting ashore, where he was f jund by Llghtkeeper Fountain, at the foot of the tower. In a clump of trees.

INDIANS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Bureau Puts Into Successful Operation a Long Cherished Plan. The Indian Bureau has at last made sue cessful Its- plan to have Indian children attend the public schools In the localities where they resida This brings them In direct association with the white children In the public schools. The work of inducing the Indians to attend thess schools has been going on the past eight months or more, and the number has Increased very rapidly. There are now about seven hundred Indian children in the public schools. Collision on Lake Huron. The steamer Ohio, down hound, collided with the schooner Ironton, up bound. In tow of the steamer Kershaw, ton miles north of Presque Isle, Lake Huron, and both boats sank in half an hour. The crew of the Ohio, excepting the trst mate, sixteen In number, got into the life-boats after much difficulty, and were picked up by the schooner Moonlight, also in-tow of the Kershaw. The first mate of the Ohio was picked up by the Kershaw after clinging to a ladder for two hours. The steamer Ilebard picked up two of the crew of the Ironton. Of the remalnderof the crew, seven In number, five are lost Only two survivors were picked up by the Kershaw. The wind was blowing a gale from the south and a heavy sea was running. Just before the collision the Ironton parted her tow line, and It Is thought that this accident threw her out of her course and caused the collision. The Ohio was loaded with flour and feed, from Duluth to Ogdensburg. '1 he Ironton was light, from Cleveland to Marquette. Nebraska Democrats Indorse Populists. After a session prolonged until midnight the Democratic State convention at Omaha nominated Congressman Bryan for United States Senator, and made a ticket that Includes five of the candidates on the Populist ticket. The ticket follows: Governor... . Judge Holcomb Lieutenant Governor J. N Gaffin Secretary of State .F. R. Elliok Treasurer J. A . Linkhardt Attorney General D. B. Carey Auditor. j. c. Dahlman Commissioner Public Lands and BuildSuperintendent of Public Instruction. /" Ivent A. Jones Killed by the Smoke. While working at a fire in a basement kitchen at 254 State street. Chicago, one fireman was suffocated and two others were overcome by smoke. The basement was a large one, with but one outlet for the smoke, and the fire had evidently been smoldering a long time before It was discovered. The fireman killed was James Russel], pipeman of engine company Na 10. The fire was controlled by the department before much damage was done. By ah Irate Husband. Daniel B. Hubbard, an attorney of Dorchester, Mass., who arrive! In Chicago Thursday, shot his wife and a young man with whom she was walking. Neither of the shots will, it is thought, result fatally. Hubbard is 59 years old. The young man who accompanied Mrs. Hubbard was Frank Garsuch. He is but 19 years old. Mrs. Hubbard is 23 years old. Jealousy was the cause. Big Sult Against Mexico. Special United States Attorney John B. Lines, of Washington. D. C„ has arrived in San Francisco, CaL. to take evidence in a Suit of long standing of the La Labra Mining Company, of Durango, Mexico, against the Government of Mexico for £683,009, on which $390,000 has been paid. Lumbermen’s Union, Woodsmen will organize a large union this fall to take in employes of the Wisc >nsin. Michigan and Minnesota pineries. A preliminary organization has been made at Ashland, Wis. Loeb Had a Knife. Jesse Vermillion, cashier of the Anderson, Ind., Bank, and Isaac Loeb, one of the leading financiers of the State, met on

y | the street and had a very warm argument, | which resulted in Loeb drawing a longbladed knife and making an attack on the banker. They were soon separated, but not before Lceb had made several passes at Vermillion’s body. The knife struck in the heavy clothes, but did not pass through. There Is much excitement over the matter, as the discussion was regarding Jackson, the forger, who is now in jalL Jackson is a Hebrew and Loeb was making a heated argument on that score. Vermillion is the person who caused his arrest. The New-Yorker is still being held on the cbarga Arrests will follow. AMERICAN SAILORS DROWNED. Part of the Crew of the Lost Mary Hames Said to Have Perished. News has reached Provincetown, Mass., that the New Bedford bark Mary Hanies, Captain Amber G. Knowles, which sailed from Samarang. Java, last May, bound fcr Delagoa Bay, South Africa, was abandonel in a sinking condition June 17. The crew took to the boats, one containing Captain Knowles, bls wife and eeven of the crew. The other contained Mate John Harault and three of the crew. That night the boats were parted and nothing was seen of the mate's boat again. The Captain made the coast of Madagascar in safety, and one of the men from the mate's boat was afterward found on the island. It is supposed the others were lost The People Are Buying. R G. Dun A oa’s Weekly Review of ' Trade says: Special inquiry has been made at all commercial centers regarding the state of retail trade. Wide diversity appears in different trades. The main facts disclosed are: First, marked Improvement within the past month and a considerable excess over the business done a year ago, particularly in the necessaries of life. But second. It appears that the volume of trade at present is on the whole considerably less than in a normal year, and in the more important trades is apparently about 20 per cent; smaller than in September, 1892, Evidence of continued Improvement in wholesale trade and manufacture does not appear. ’J here Is a large distribution on orders given some time ago, but new business going to the manufacturers is everywhere slackening. The completion of orders for replenishment of stocks leaves a narrower demand, and it is yet too early for consumption to provide further orders Japanese Win a Battle. A dispatch from Shanghai says it is reported there that the Japanese have succeeded in entering the Chinese province of Manchuria, and that they are advancing upon the capital, Moukden. Itlsalsosaid that fighting has taken place between the invaders and the Chinese at a town between that, city and the frontier. The engagement is said to have ended in a decisive victory for the Japanese, who, it is added, established themselves in the position previously occupie.d by the Chinese troops No details of this reported battle are given.' '

Bringing Libel Balts by Wholesale. Charles F, Macdonald, editor and publisher of the St. Cloud (Minn.) Daily Times, was made defendant in a libel suit brought by Tyndale Palmer, a Philadelphia broker, and J. Francisco de Frletas, a hotel-keeper of Rio Janeiro. Brazil. They each want !50,009. Some time since the Times published an article In which Palmer and the Rio hotel man were accused of swindling the Auer Incandescent Light Company out of 8440,000 In Brazil. Tramps Commit Murder. Ed Burnett, a tramping barber of Grand Rapids, Mich., was shot and instantly killed on a freight train, half a mile west of Delphos, Ohio, while being held up and robbed by three tramps. The tramps got on at Van Wert, and when east of Middleport tried to rob Burnett and his partner. Barnett resisted and was shot above the heart. The three jumped from the car and escaped In the darkness. One of the men is described us of medium height, sandy hair and mustache. All wore masks.

Want Money for Debs’ DefenseDirector L. W. Rogers of the American Railway Union has written a letter to tho Federated Trades Council announcing that the defense of Debs and his associates in the contempt cases will cost over $30,009. and that thus far only $509 has been subscribed to defray this expense. 1 He asks that organized labor raise funds for tho relief of the indicted men. May End the Clan-Na-Gael. It is reported that bad blood generated at the Clan-na-Gnel convention held recently in Philadelphia, and tho dissatisfaction caused among members throughout the country by the expulsion of Camps 10 and 93 of Brooklyn has caused much discussion among persons Interested. Tho trouble, it Is said, may ultimately cause the disbandment of the Clan-na-Gael Society. Killed In a Wreck. An extra freight train on the Mobile and Ohio Railroad jumped the track near Columbus, Miss.. Friday afternoon and rolled down a high embankment Conductor James Fitzgerald and Daniel Thompson, a colored brakeman, were killed. Four other members of the train crow were seriously injured. Drunk. Jealous, and Murderous. Louis Miller, of Cincinnati, murdered his wife and then killed himself. He was drunk and jealous. and their two daughters witnessed the double tragedy. Now Alter the Owners. Forty-five indictments were returned by the grand jury at Chicago against persons leasing places for gambling purposes.