Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 July 1895 — “BIKES" ARE BARRED. [ARTICLE]

“BIKES" ARE BARRED.

LANDLORDS MAY EXCLUDE THEM FROM OFFICES. The Senate-hud Appropriation BillsNational Banks Gaining in Circula-tion-Quarrel Over a Miser’s Hidden Hoard—Crops Damaged by Water. Bicycles cau be kept cut of Chicago office bildingus if the owners of the latter choose to make rules and regulations to that effect. Judge Payne so decided in denying the bill for an injunction restraining the Galena Trust and Safety Vault Company and other owners of the Fort Dearborn office building from interfering with Attorney John 11. Breckinridge while taking his cycle to his office in that building. The complainaut is a tenant of the Fort Dearborn Building, and in May was refused permision to take his wheel to the twelfth story, upon which iiis office is situated. He brought suit for $25,000 damages against the owners of the building and filed a bill for an injunction. A decision upon the latter was eagerly waited for by wheelmen throughout the city on the ground that it would furnish a test case and decide a mooted question. The Court said he was a wheelman himself, although a mere amateur, but he held that it would appear that the owners of.office buildings had the same rights over ¥heir property as the proprietors of other buildings, and could elect, in their leases, to make such rules and regulations regarding free ingress and egress and the rights of tenants as were reasonable. The bicycle, he said, was a mere vehicle used to carry a person from one place to another and was not an essential feature of either the electric light or law business that was carried on in the •omplainant's office.

OPPOSE ANY CHANGE. Old Senators Object to the Distributing of Appropriation Bills. A movement has been started to have the appropriation bills distributed among a number of committees in the Senate, as in the House. The agitation has begun much earlier than usual for the next Congress. and was in working shape when the last session adjourned. It is coupled \\ ith a general desire among the newer members to secure a more satisfactory representation on the committees generally, and includes among its promoters a sufficient number of Senators to cause the conservatives to feel apprehension over the possibilities. The older men in the Senate will oppose the innovation, and they, too, have been getting their forces into line. The opposition will be based largely on the ground that the change, if made, will have a tendency to promote extravagance in expenditure, and the experience <>f the House will be pointed to in support of this contention. The new system was bitterly attacked at the beginning of the Fifty-second Congress, and a calculation was made by the House appropriation experts. showing an increase in the appropriations under the new system of over 75 cents per capita, exclusive of pensions. This, the opponents of the distribution: plan claimed, was the legitimate result of divided responsibility. The same statement showed that up to that time the increase, figured on a per capita basis, had amounted in the aggregate to $174,693,240. Estimates made up to the present time bring these figuresuptos3oo,ooo,ooo. COMPTROLLER’S REPORT. National Bank Circulation Shows a Fair Increase. The monthly statement of the Comptroller of the Currency shows the amount of national bank notes outstanding June 30, 1895, to have been $211,(500,698, which is an increase for the year of $14,341,391, the increase for the mouth of June being $212,689.- The amount of circulation out--standing l based on United States bonds was $186,062,098, an increase for the year of $5,493,514, and for the month of $15,092,520. The amount of lawful money on deposit to secure circulation was $26,600,723, which is a decrease since June 30,1894, of $1,152,123. The amount of United States registered bonds on deposit to secure circulation was $207,680,800, of which $10,465,500 was in the 4 per cents, of 1895. The amount on deposit to secure public deposits was $15,278,000, of which $575,000 was in the new 4 per cents.

TO SUE FOR A HIDDEN FORTUNE. Ohio Heirs Allege Samuel Blizzard’s $20,000 Is Being Kept from Them. Forty years ago Samuel Blizzard died at Zanesville, Ohio, leaving, it was supposed, $20,000, but the closest search failed to reveal it. Mrs. Frazier, a granddaughter of Blizzard, who had been living on the farm, rented it to a family named Jones. One thousand dollars was recently found by Jones, and now the heirs are threatening to sue on the ground of collusion between Mrs. Frazier and her tenants to conceal the remainder of the $20,000. BIG RESERVOIR IS LOOSED. Dam Near La Junta) Colo., Gives Way, Flooding a Valley. At 5 p. m. Friday the dam gave way at the Thatcher reservoir, forty-six miles above La Junta, Colo., flooding the snrroundiiig country east and tilling the Timpas Creek and the many canons bankfnl. No loss of life is reported, and owing to the high Mesas from Thatcher east it is thought the settlers probably had time to escape the flood. Fork Packers Make Assignment. Sigmund Frietsch & Co., pork-packing firm in Cincinnati, assigned to Moses Buskin, who estimates the assets at sllO,000 and the liabilities at $58,000. Railroad Bridge Seized. Monday afternoon, at the request of County Treasurer Reed of Council Bluffs, vthe Sheriff seized the ne>y. bridge over the Missouri'River, belonging to the Omaha Bridge and Terminal Company, for $3,000 .■back taxes. Trains over the line were •topped. , , . Mortgage for $7,000,030. The Detroit Citizens’ Street Railway Company has filed a $7,000,000 blanket mortgage, covering its property, to the New York Security and Investment Company. /' • lay Last Chance to Be Worked. At Boise, Idaho, Judge Beatty;" "of the United States Court, dissolved the injunction secured by the Tyler Mining Company. The Last Chance, one of the best mines in the Coeur d’Alene, will start up immediately. It has been in litigation for four years. Woman Tie* the Knot. Rev. Ella G. Thorp, a roving preacher, and a young couple from Bentley, Kan., met by appointment at the Keystone Hotel in Wichita, Kan., and the lady performed the wedding ceremony. It is the first instance of the kind known to have

want to end 4 th£‘ Fitting. Conservatives Anxlons for Diseolntion of Parliament—Ask Election Writs. Replying to Mr. Henry Labouchere, member for Northampton, in the House of Commons Wednesday, the Rt.-Hon. Akers Douglas, the conservative whip, said his party was anxious fpr a dissolution of parliament at the earliest possible moment and hoped to be able Monday to make a statement on the subject. He then moved that new writs for election be issued in the cases of East Manchester. West Bristol, St. Georges, Hanover Square and West Birmingham, represented respectively by the Rt.-Hon. A. J. Balfour, the new first lord of the treasury; the Rt.-Hon. Sir Michael Hicks-Beacb, the new chancellor of the exchequer; the Rt.Hon. George J. GoscHen, "t I/e *cW htst lord of the admiralty, and the Rt.-Hon. Joseph Chamberlain, the new secretary of state for the colonies, all of whom have to be re-elected upon their appointment as cabinet ministers. The mention of Mr. Chamberlain's name wag greeted with cries of “Judas!” from the Irish benches. ATTACKS INDIANA LAW. Western Union Company Carries the Tax Case to the Supreme Court. The case of the Western Union Telegraph Company vs. the various county auditors and county treasurers of Indiana has been filed in the United States Supreme Court for docketing, It is takeu up from the Supreme Court of Indiana on a motion for a writ of error. The case involves the constitutionality of the State law of 1893, providing for an extra tax on telegraph, telephone, sleeping car and express companies. The Western Union Company alleges that the law did not pass the State Senate until after the expiration of the constitutional limit of the time of its session, and that the valuation of its property as a basis for State taxes as fixed by the State board is exorbitant, amounting to $357 per mile, or a total of $2,297,652 for the entire State, exclusive of real estate, machinery, etc., subject to local taxation.

PLAGUE AT FOO CHOW. Is Already Epidemic and 'Thei-e Are No Means of Checking Its Ravages. The United States cotfijjit at Foo Chow, China, reports the appedrali'ce of the Hong in that, place. He says it is already establisjeq as an epidemic, but so far is eonfijfcd to. the city proper. He adds that in a city "like Foo Chow it is impossible to instiS t ttf9'hny sort of sanitary measures to prevent We spread of ’ontagions diseases or even to mitigate the sufferings of the victims. So, unless the present epidemic dies out of its own accord, there is every prospect that misery (nd death will come to thousands of the one und a half millions of people living in the city proper and its immediate suburbs. Advices from Havana received by, the surgeon general of the marine hospital service are to the effect that there were five deaths from yellow fever in that city last week and ten new cases. FRISCO’S BIG BLAZE. Buildings in the Manufacturing District Now in Ashes. A big fire at San Francisco, Cal., was got tinder control at 9:45 o’clock Thursday night, after consuming $2,000,000 worth of property, including many large manufacturing plants and the little homes of scores of families. The fire threatened the entire city and was replete with sensational and exciting episodes, including i powder explosion which scattered embers far gnd wide. Mi's. Gilroy was killed, by tj|e explosion of a lamp in her house while she was trying to save her Household goods from destruction. Help from neighboring cities assisted in subduing the flames. The fire ate its way to the high brick wall of the Southern Pacific offices, which acted as a barrier over which the flumes could not work.

Race for the Pennant. Following is the standing of the clubs ttf the National Baseball League. Ter P. W. L. cent. Boston 50 32 18 .040 Baltimore 49 30 19 .012 Pittsburg 50 34 22 .007 Cleveland 50 33 23 .589 Chicago 00 35 25 .583 Cincinnati 53 29 24 .547 Philadelphia ... .52 28 24 .538, Brooklyn 53 28 25. .528 New York ......53 20 27 .491 Washington 53 22 31 .415 St. Louis 57 17 40 .298 Louisville 52 8 44 .154 WESTEKX LEAGUE. Following is the standing of the clubs in the Western League: Per P. W. L. cent. Indianapolis 51 32 19 .027 Milwaukee 54 29 25 .537 Kansas City 53 28 25 .528 Detroit 50 20 24 .520 St. Paul 50 20 24 .520 Minneapolis 49 24 25 • .490 Toledo 50 22 28 .440 Grand Rapids... .53 23 30 .434

Work of the Weather Bareau. The expenditures for the four years of civilian administration of the weather bureau ending June 30 are estimated at $3,198,090. The appropriations for the same period have been $3,032,953. The expenditures for the present fiscnl year will tggregate $835,000, against total apprdpriitions of $878,439. The estimated surplus for the bureau remaining in the treasury is $43,439. The average annual expense >f the service for ten years under the military organization was $924,001, and under four years of civil organization 5849,523. While the military administration had generally to applji for a deficiency on each year's disbhfsenpeftts the civilian administration dthdt an average surplus of about $58,700 eachyear. That this annual surplus is less in the earlier years of the civilian-organization is due to the fact; that the service was then uniergoing a rfc'pid growth. The military estimate of the cost of a Service, made in 1893 by Gen. Hazeu, was sl,293,930. Thus the bureau hap been carried on at a cost of $44,407 less per year than was believed possible by Gen. Hazeh and $77,956 less than the for n perfected military organization, the cost of which was put at $927,479. During these four years the work of the bureau has been greatly increased.

California Volcunes. Volcanic disturbances are again reported in the country of Lower California. George Neal, a mining man, has iust returned from that region and Bays that on Sunday he saw smoke ascending from the central peak of three mountains that rise several hundred feet above the desert. The smoke ascended high in the air and was accompanied by sounds like distant cannonading. ( Lost Cabin Mine, Found. William Murray claims to have discovered the Richest mine in the country near Redding, Cal., and says it Is the original “Lost Cabin” mine, which has been searched for during the last thirty years. He has discovered a lode 800 feet wide and 400 feet high, impregnated with iron ore, which bears gold and silver to the value of 'from $75 to $l5O per ton. Most Come to Time. The representatives of the powers are continuing their efforts to induce the Turkish Government to give an explicit

[ reply to thanote of the power* outlining the reforms demanded fur Armenia and j are Indignant at tbe delay. The Turkish minister for foreign affairs claims to be unable to furbish the envoys svithrinformation as to which points of the plans of the powers the Turkish Government is desirous of further discussing, and it is thought probable that this dilatory course may result in causing the powers to address another note to the Turkish Government, in which they will request a definite reply within a fixed time to the demands already made. The Turkish Government has received news of the defeat of two insurgent bands in Macedonia. Steps have been taken hy the porte to suppress all attempts at revolt, but it is thought the rebellion wiH spread to all parts of Macedonia and eventually cause action upon tfif-' part of the powers. ALDERMEN ARE SCARED. Denver Council Passes an Obnoxious Water Ordinance. Almost the entire police force of Denver was employed Thursday night in guarding the houses of eight aldermen who feared violence from their constituents. A bill for un ordinance granting a reduction of only 15 per cent on the schedule of water rates now in force passed the Council by a vote of 8 to 6, and this aroused the anger of the people who attended the Council meeting in force. The measure which created so much indignation has a clause which makes the rates thus fixed a burden on the people for fifteen years. Besides, it is claimed that the reduction of 15 per cent is not one-lialf what the public is entitled to under the company’s contract, which calls for a reduction rhis year to the average of the rates charged in Chicago, St. Louis and Cincinnati.

FAILED TO PASS AND DIED. Girl Takes Her Own Life Because She Fails at Examinations. Minnie Lynch, of Chicago, committed suicide at her home by taking carbolic acid. She was but 19 years of age and took her life through mortification at her failure to pass the fjnal examinations at the town of Lake .high school. Minnie Lynch was always regarded by her school companions as a bright pupil. Her parents sent her to a private academy at Washington, D. C., four years ago, and there she made for herself a very good record. When she returned to Chicago and took tip her work at the town of Lake high school her one aim was to become a school teacher: To this end she worked faithfully, but she claimed at times that she was handicapped by the partiality of some of her teachers. This so preyed on her mind that she was frequently subject to spells of despondency. SIX FIREMEN KILLED. Caught Under Falling Walla at a Minneapolia Fire. Six firemen dead and others seriously injured, with a property loss of SIOO,OOO, are the results of a fire at Minneapolis, Minn., Thursday night. The dead are: Joseph Hay, Walter Richardson, Frank Rulaine, John Horner, Bert Thomas and an unidentified man. Several others were seriously injured. The property loss consisted of the entire destruction of the building occupied by McDonald Bros., dealers in crockery, chinaware, glassware, silverware and gas fixtures. The total loss will aggregate over $100,000; insurance unknown.

Daring Freight Thieves. The Spokane, Wash., authorities liavt arrested two of the most daring car thieves operating in the West Their plan was to spot a freight car they desired to pillage, spring the doors at a station and board the train, and when it was in motion throw off what they wanted. When the train slowed up they would drop off and go back and pick up their plunder. A short time ago two men went into a sec-ond-hand store and offered to dispose of a lot of goods they had concealed a few miles east of Spokane on the line of the Northern Pacific. The second-hand dealer communicated with Chief of Police Mertz a (id he directed him to go ahead and buy the goods. They did this, and at night the thieves went to the place with a wagon and secured S3OO worth of dry goods, boots and shoes and started back to town. The officers were stationed on the road and placed them under arrest.

Asks Pay for His Crime. It has developed that Harry T. Hayward, now in jail at Minneapolis under sentence of death for the murder of Catherine Ging, has made formal application to the New York Life and Travelers’ Accident Insurance Companies for the $lO,000 insurance on the life of his victim. Hayward is supposed to have taken this action to bear out his claim to innocence. The executors of Miss Ging’s estate will bring action to have the assignment of the policies to Hayward set aside as fraudulent. China to Make Reparation. Advices from Shanghai say that persecution of foreigners in the Chinese province of Seehuen has ceased and that an imperial decree has been issued ordering that the damage done to the property of missionaries and others be.repaired. Frosts in Minnesota and Dakota. Specials from western Minnesota and North Dakota report a light frost Thursday night, damaging potatoes and garden truck in low' places to some extent.