Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 December 1894 — BACK FROM THE DEAR [ARTICLE]

BACK FROM THE DEAR

STRANGE STORY OF A CHICAGO WOMAN. Thrifty Immigrants in North Dakota Come to Grief—Kolb Bent «n Trouble —Dynamite Does Terrible WorkFire Loss in Omaha. Romance in Real Life. By losing his liberty two weeks ago for an alleged infringement of the Lakeside Directory Company’s rights E. A. HartBig. of Chicago; gained a mother whom he had mourned as dead. But the discovery, to E. A. Hartsig, his three brothers and his two sisters, is perplexing to his father, who had married again, believing he was free to do bo, and who now resides in Chicago with his second wife and their littfe daughter. Mrs. Hartsig No. 1 was a lunatic when she disappeared nine years ago. Unable to find her, her family gave her up as dead. What seemed like positive proof of her death was' discovered a year after she was lost sight of. Then her husband remarried, her family scattered, and when she recovered her reason her mind was a blank on a portion of her life and she could remember but a portion of her name. She drifted to Evanston, where she has prospered. Reading in the daily papers that E. A. Hartsig had been indicted by the grand jury and arrested, she investigated and found her family. STOLE THE BUILDINGS. Russian Settlers Carry Of! Government Structures at Fort Lincoln. Indictments have been found against Russian farmers from Emmons County, N. D., for stealing and carrying off Government buildings at Fort Lincoln, five miles south of Mandan. Russian settlers have been stealing lumber and outbuildings for some time, making their visits mostly during the night, and all efforts to catch them have failed. During the last few weeks, however, they have grown bolder, and oil Saturday a hundred men appeared with forty-five teams. Major Gooding, who has charge of the fort, protested, but the hoodlums drove him away with bricks and stones and demolished the buildings. Even the old Custer House, which the people of tho slope have endeavored to preserve, was not spared. Deputy United States marshals arrested eight of the thieves and secured the names of forty others. Of the 117 buildings at the fort very few remain. .

BURNS EVINCES SURPRISE. Member of Parliament Amazed at the Swiftness of American Bricklayers. John .Burns, M. P., with his colleague, is making a tour of New York City. Among the comments he made were: ’‘On our way to Central Park we walked along Fifth avenue and looked at the mansions of the rich. One thing that forcibly struck me was the great number of churches there are in what I gathered to be the richest part of New York. I was astonished at the swiftness with which the American bricklayers laid their bricks. One foreman said the building in which he was working was not as strongly fixed as he would wish, but said he: ‘They want the work here run up bo quickly that we have to drive the men, and it is not as good as it should be.’ ” EXPOSITION~HALL BURNED. Omaha Has a $175,000 Fire-First Baptist Church Destroyed. At 5 o'clock Tuesday morning fire broke out in the Exposition Hall, Omaha, covering three-quarters of a block on Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets and Capitol avenue, and destroyed it, together with the First Baptist Church. The exposition building was partially occupied by the Fifteenth Street Theatre. The firemen succeeded in saving a few residences on the northeast corner of the block, but they were badly damaged, as was also the Delione Hotel. Nothing was saved from any of the stores in tho exposition building or the theatre. The total loss is estimated at $175,000, with Insurance probably about one-half., Fortune-Teller Dead. Mrs. John P. Crowe, known as Congressman Brookshire’s “fortune teller,” died at her home in Crawfordsville, Ind. She was born in Lexington, Ky., seventythree years ago, but has lived nearly half a century in Montgomery County. Her fame as . a fortune teller has spread far and wide, and was all the more interesting because of her frequently verified ability to locate lost articles, divine the future and delve into occultism generally. * Sell Babies by the Pound. Babies sSH for 50 cents a pound in St. Louis, and the supply is not equal to the demand. Mrs. Holson and Mrs. “Dr.” Smith both had “ads” in Sunday’s papers asking for someone to adopt a baby boy and a girl. When seen at their homes and asked on what terms the babies were disposed of they replied $6 for a 12-pound girl and $5 for a 10-pound boy. Motion Was Denied. In the United States District Court at San Francisco, before which Main and Cassidy, American Railway Union men, are being tried for conspiracy, their counsel moved to have both the United States District Attorney and his assistant removed from the case on the ground of biases and undue friendliness for the Southern Pacific Railroad. The motion was denied. Two Fatally Hurt by Dynamite. The second terrible dynamite explosion In less than a month happened in the Flint Creek sewer at Huntington, Ind., Tuesday morning. Two men were fatally injured, while three others were so badly hurt they will not recover for some time. Five Lives Lost. A dynamite explosion occurred in Hull, Quebec, Tuesday. Four *nen and a boy were killed and several were wounded. The men were thawing the dynamite. The woodwork near by became ignited and while extinguishing the flames the men forgot about the deadly explosive until it was surrounded by flumes. « . Probably Murdered. The body of Capt. Peter Doolev was found Friday npar Laporte, Tex. There was a cut in the head, and physicians ex-* press the belief that he had been murdered and then thrown into the water. Refineries Closed. Orders were issued Wednesday to close all the sugar refineries at Boston, New York and Philadelphia. This will make 60,000 men’idle. The trust claims to have been operating at a loss, but it is claimed the closing is intended to produce a scarcity of sugar, and thus force up the ’ retail price. Warehouse Caved In. At Tacoma, Wash., a second section of the Northern Pacific Puget Sound freight warehouse caved in. This section was 120 feet in leng th, and it leaves but 45 feet of the warehouse remaining, just north of the sectton which went when the tidal wave struck it.

BRITAIN BACKS DOWN.

Bluefielda “Incident” Will Be Settled by the Diplomates. The British lion has fled in dismay from the angry scream of the American eagle, and the Bluefields “incident” that threatened to involve England and the United States in a most serious quarrel is in process of swift and peaceful settlement upon terms which will be entirely satis factory to this country. The State Department is not yet in receipt of official information from Minister Bayard, but from the tenor of preliminary negotiation it is satisfied that the British are about to formally renounce all pretense of right to mix into Nicaraguan affairs and .raw off permanently. The electric suddenness of the protest of the United Slates against what was felt to be a dangerous and untenable claim on the part of the British Foreign Off. lie, hateful to every patriotic American instinct, startled the phlegmatic Englishmen into unusual activity. Swift denial of hostile intent ensued, followed quickly by unofficial but authoritative notice of retreat from the position sought to be occupied, and the war cloud is passing away. The details of the proceeding only remain to be arranged, a diplomatic process that will take time, but it is safe to assume that England has already abandoned hope of being able to utilize the Mosquito strip as a club to hold over the projected Nicaragua canal. The bluff was made and called, and the incident is already considered as good as closed. This most happy conclusion of the Bluefields matter has caused a smile to suffuse the face of the administration.

DOLE’S GOVERNMENT SOLID. Hawaiian Republic Formally Recognized by Eight Great Powers. The Hawaiian charge d’affaires at Washington, Frank P. Hastings, has received in his current mail information that since the establishment of the republic in Hawaii, on July 4 last, the oflicial recognition of the following governments has been received: United States, Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy, Belgium, Mexico, Guatemala, and also notice of intent from Germany and Peru. On Nov. 15, the day after President Dole’s return from a visit to the Island of Hawaii, the British commissioner at Honolulu called at the executive building and presented an autograph letter from Queen Victoria, announcing the recognition of her government. The tone of the letter was most cordial. ENVOY CALLED BACK. Japanese Premier Declines to Receive Mr. Dietering. A Yokohama dispatch says that Prime Minister Ito has decided not to receive Mr. Dietering, the envoy sent to Japan to negotiate a peace. In the meantime Mr. Dietering has been recalled to China by Li Hung Chang. Mr. Dietering had a brief interview with the chief secretary of the cabinet, who arrived from Hiroshima before the envoy took his departure for Tien-Tsin. The native press ig generally indignant that Chinn should send a foreign agent to negotiate for peace. PACKING PLANT INJURED. Fowler House at Kansas City Partially Destroyed by Fire. At Kansas City, Mo., fire broke out in the beef house of the Fowler Packing Company’s plant, and one-third of the building was completely gutted. This ! department includes the butterme, canning and tin departments, but these will not be materially interfered with in consequence of the blaze. The loss will not exceed $50,000. Fully insured. At one time it looked ns though the entire plant would go up in smoke.

More Torpedo Boats. In connection with the strong presentation by Secretary Herbert es the necessity for the procurement of a number of new torpedo boats, a proposition has been made to him whereby the navy may be made very popular in the vast interior of the United States, where it is now almost unknown, and, more important still, the navy may hold at its disposal a large force of trained sailors, particularly expert in the torpedo service, which there is now no adequate opportunity to develop. The plan iu brief is for the Government to build a large number of torpedo boats, and to lend them to the States’ naval militia to be used at any point on the river, lake, or even canal, where water may be found, to navigate them. There are very few States where the smaller boats of this kind may not find some water to navigate, and with the inducement of the free use of such craft it is not doubted that naval militiamen will be forthcoming in States where there is no other means of drilling them. Competent engineers and ordnance officers would be detailed to instruct the militia in the use of these boats, and the men would be free to avail themselves of them for drills and even for excursions, with the understanding that they should employ no outside help, but would perform every office on the boat themselves, steering, firing and running the engines. Treat Indiana Honestly. The anual report of Secretary Smith of the Interior Department deals largely with Indian affairs, and he presents some practical suggestions for the development and civilization of the Sacs. Besides giving a succinct history of the progress of the Indian Bureau during the last twelve months, the Secretary reviews the problem of effective work for the advancement of the Indians. He discusses the subject of education, and of allotment of lands in severalty, and urges that the education of the Indians should be for the purpose of fitting them to perform (the particular responsibilities most likely to fall to their after lot. He presents the possibilities of the reservation as land to be improved and developed to which the Indians could be taught to apply those modes of agriculture recognized in civilized life. Their education should fit them for this work, and they should be led on with the assurance that the Government dealing with this land will treat the Indians with perfect honesty and make no further effort to trade them out of it for the benefit of those who wish to settle upon it.

The Foot-Ball Scores. University of Michigan defeated the University of Chicago at foot-ball by a score of 6to 4, at Chicago. The Chicago Athletic Association eleven defeated Dartmouth College team by a score of 4 to 0. Eastern games resulted: Pennsylvania 18, Harvard 4;Cornell 10, Lehigh 6; University of Virginia 34, North Carolina 0. Western games: University of Illinois 10, Pastime Athletic Club, of St. Louis, 0; Illinois College 8, Illinois Normal 6; Albion College 22, Notre Dame 12; Rush Medical 18, Monmouth 6; Adelbert 24. Case 0; Purdue 28, Depauw 0; Stanford 6, University of California 0; University of Nebraska 36, University of lowa 0; University of Kansas 18, University of Missouri 12; Knox College 0, St. Albans 0; Des Moines Y. M. C. A. 6, lowa College 4; Kentucky State College 38, Central University 10. Kansas city Theater Sold. The Auditorium, the largest play house in Kansas City, was sold under foreclosure of mortgage .to the National Bank of Commerce for $75,000. The Life-Saving Service. Washington dispatch: The cost of maintenance of the life-saving service during the fiscal year was $1,258,221. The number of disasters, 594. was greater and more destructive of vessel property than

In any previous year since the tfctroduetion of the present system. Thia fact is due to the large number and extreme violence of the tempests which ravaged both the sea and lake coasts. The following is a summary of the statistics of the service from the introducti-mof the present system in 1871 to the close of the fiscal year: Number of disasters '.. 7.625 Value of vessels. ..- $ 84,922,075 Value of cargoes. $ 38,039.774 Value of property involved. .$122,961,849 Value of property saved.. ..$ 93,155,522 Value of property lost $ 29,806.327 Number of persons involved. 61,422 Number of lives lost. ...... 724 Number of persons succored 11.221 During last year the telephone lines of the service have proved more emphatically than ever before their indispensable value as an aid to prompt and efficient life-saving operations, and the lines have been extended and improved as much as possible. The sysiem continues to attract foreign attention, and during the year the details of its operation have been examined in person by the representatives of a Royal Commission of Great Britain who treats of it in his report with warm commendation and recommends its adoption in his own country. PROTECTION ON SUGAR. Spreckels Declares that American Refiners Are Hqlpless. In reference to the Associated Press interview with H. O. Havemeyer, president of the sugar refining company, Adolph Spreckels, director and secretary of the California Sugar Refinery Company, said: “I have read that Havemeyer interview and I understand the exact condition of sugar refining in the Eastern States. Havemeyer and his people control the sugar trade of all the country east of the Missouri River, and the California refinery controls pretty much all west of the river. I think Havemeyer is right when he says that closing his refineries will throw 50,000 people out or work. The reason they are to close is this: They cannot compete with foreign sugars. German granulated sugar is laid down at Nev.' York nt $3.56 the 100 pounds, and raw or crude sugar costs, laid down there, $3.50 the 100 pounds. This leaves a margin of six one-hundredths of a cent per pound on which to pay refining expenses and make profits. The thing is simply absurd. In the East they pay refinery hands $1.50 per day. In Germany the wages are but $1.13. The trade cannot stand the difference.”

LAWMAKERS ASSEMBLE. Congressional Mill Has Again Resumed Operations at Washington. Both Houses of Congress were called to order at noon Monday for the regular winter session. The Senate was ready for business, but the House had no quorum. Interviews with a large number of Senators and Representatives developed that the session would probably include little or nothing beyond the regular appropriation bills. Representatives and Senators say that while nothing is in sight on the tariff or the currency on which the majority can agree, something must be done to provide work outside of the appropriation bills. The Nicaragua Canal will receive early attention, as well as the bankruptcy and anti-option bills, besides which the free silver men wil’ have a number of measures. CHAOS RULES IN PEKIN. American Legation in Danger of Be iug Sacked—Appeal to Washington. “Chaos rules in Pekin. The American Legation in danger of being sacked. Need immediate protection.” That is the substance of a cable received Friday at Washington by Secretary Gresham from Minister Denby at Pekin. Secretary Gresham made an immediate call upon Secretary Herbert of tho Navy and the two were closeted together for an hour and a half. The result was a cable to Minister Denby that steps had been taken to afford protection. The officials of the State and Navy departments refused to discuss at any length the cable correspondence. Li Hung Chang Impeached. Shanghai dispatch: A tremendous upheaval of mandarindom is impending as a result of the disciplining of Viceroy Li Hung Chang. Young Lord Li, ex-minis-ter to Japan, is badly implicated in the Government scandal aud is likely to be the first to feel the Emperor’s displeasure. That the Viceroy will take flight and seek safety in concealment or under Japanese protection is extremely probable, as he and several members of his household have been impeached for high treason in a weighty memorial to the throne. E. St. John Resigns. E. St. John, who for a number of year.--has held the position of general manager of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad, with headquarters in Chicago, was elected vice president of the Seaboard Air line, with general offices in Baltimore, which position he has accepted. His resignation as an officer of the Rock Island Road has been forwarded to President R. R. Cable, and a special meeting of the directors will probably be held soon to take action upon its acceptance. New Minister to Washington. The bundesrath has appointed Dr. Pioda von Locarns to be Swiss minister to Washington. He is now councilor of the Swiss legation at Rome. Preacher Confesses Horse Stealing Rev. John Denny, a Springfield, Mo., preacher, pleaded guilty to horse stealing and was sentenced to two years in the penitentiary.