Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 April 1895 — PRAYERS AND A PANIC. [ARTICLE]

PRAYERS AND A PANIC.

Awful Storm Follows Earnest Suppll* cations for Rain. The earnest supplications for rain by the great evangelist, Dwight Moody, had a remarkable and disastrous answer at Fort Worth, Texas., night, when the terrific downpour caused part of the roof of the tabernacle to collapse, causing a dreadful scare. Some of the victims are: Miss Lulu Haley, cut on head; J. V. Ingram, cut on head and chest, arm hurt, internal injuries, will die; Mrs. Morton Logan, wife of city treasurer, cut on shoulder; J. W. Manchester, prominent G. A. R. man, cut on shoulder and left arm; Mrs. Mary Murphy, cut on head and left arm: Will J. left leg crushed, back injured,' seriously hurt; Miss Serason, of Weatherford, cut on face and right arm. Forty others were slightly hurt. GOLD GOING TO NEW YORK, Bankers in the Interior Are Letting Go of Their Hoards. A week ago a number of large New York banks having numerous country correspondents began to receive small amounts of gold from the latter. This inflow of the yellow metal has steadily increased. One of the leading bank presidents, in speaking of this matter, said: “Our country correspondents are finding it necessary to increase their balances here and are shipping gold for that purpose. During the recent gold excitement these banks hoarded all the gold they could carry and in some cases more than they could handle. I don't know how general this eastward movement of gold is, but to my mind it indicates a little better business condition; an opening up of industry all over the country.’’

MAKES A GHASTLY FIND. Sheep Herder Discovers a Cave Filled with Skeletons. A sheep herder named Antonio Vincent has discovered a horrible charnel cave of human remains near the village of Quechultenango, Mexico. Over a hundred skulls were counted piled with their bones into one great heap not far from the highway leading from the City of Mexico to Acapulco on the Pacific coast. The herder’s story has been corroborated by others whom he has guided to the cave. It is supposed the remains are the ghastly souvenirs of one of the numerous attack:, made on travelers and whole caravans of freighters in past decades. As yet no clue whatever has been developed which tends to throw light upon the identity of the piles of bones.

COAL WAR CONTINUES. Cleveland Dealer Expects Retail Price to Go to $2 Per Ton, There is not the slightest indication that the Massillon coal war will be brought to an end very soon. A prominent Cleveland dealer said that he had every reason to believe that some of the coal which is now selling at $2.25 would soon sell at $2 per ton at retail. Meantime consumers are taking advantage of the low prices by storing away supplies for months ahead, with the result that the dealers are so rushed with orders that they cannot fill them promptly. So far there has been no move made by the coal men looking toward bringing the wat Jo a close. Prices Not Justified. R. G. Dun & Co.’s weekly report ol trade says: “In every speculative department business is growing, but this is really the least satisfactory feature of the situation. Cotton, oil and wheat climb above the export price, so that the marketing of products abroad must be checked, and money is absorbed which ought to be emptied in productive industry and in distribution of products to Everybody knows oil has not risen 200 per cent, because it is intrinsically more valuable, nor is wheat actually worth more than it was two or three weeks ago, but the expansive and uplifting force has fortunately taken to speculation rather than to production, and so we have higher prices in all speculative markets without a large demand for consumption. Stories of combinations between the Standard Oil Company and Russia as to partition of the oil-consuming territory by no means account for recent prices of petroleum, which appear to be entirely fictitious.” Infernal Machine by Mail. An infernal machine of the most dan gerous pattern was received at Chattanooga, Tenn., in the mail by William Marquet, a tailor. It came in a box marked “Dominoes.” This contained two ounces of some loose explosive packed around a dynamite cartridge provided with a fuse and a match head cap. The device was so contrived that the opening of the sliding lid would set off the trigger. A string slipped and prevented the explosion. The sender is suspected, and it is believed he decided to get rid of the tailor to prevent the exposure of an intimacy' the latter had discovered. Tragedy at Ida Grove, lowa. A. Schleiter, one of the wealthiest and best known business men of Ida Grove, lowa, shot his wife and then killed himself. Mrs. Schleiter cannot live. Indications show that he had been planning the tragedy for several days. Organizins Silver Clubs. Gov. Mclntyre and Senator Teller are leaders in a movement already started to push the organization of non-partisan silver clubs in the West, in accordance with Gen. Warner’s suggestion.