Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 July 1895 — HETALKED TOO MUCH [ARTICLE]

HETALKED TOO MUCH

LOQUACITY OF4 CHICAGO MAN DISPLEASES UNCLE SAM. Dilatory Action May Ruin Nicaragua Canal Project Nails Manipulated by a Pool—Horse Thieves Hide Behind Petticoats. Captain Porter’s Dilemma. It is reported from Washington that William P. Hazen, chief of the secret service, is going to take a peep into the way Chicago representatives of Uncle Sam do business. Capt. Porter has been doing some queer work in the Western city, and it was given out Tuesday that the Captain has not shown the discretion of a trained detective. He has been talking too much about what he proposed doing, with the result that the important conspirators in a counterfeiting case have been warned and have escaped. The case in which Capt. Porter is said to have thrown his acuteness to the winds is the one in which five arrests were made Tuesday. Bad money is said to have been found in the possession of all. The leaders of the gang, however, have eluded the Captain, and it is said a private detective agency has taken up the case where Mr. Porter failed. The indiscretions charged probably refer to confidences the Captain offered to a number of Chicagoans. Not long ago the Captain showed the same trustfulness in treating a prisoner. He got into a mess on account of it and had a narrow escape.

CANAL, IS IN DANGER. Nicaraguan Government Threatens to Annul Concession Made. A letter from Managua, Nicaragua, contains the following, which is given with every degree of authority: “The concession granted several years ago to the Maritime Canal Company by the Nicaraguan Government for the construction of the Nicaraguan Canal is for the second time in great danger of being cancelled, and if annulled will be otherwise disiwsed of. This second trouble is caused by the promise to build a canal at a a point called Tipitapn, which would connect Lake Nicaragua with Lake Managua. When the concession was granted it was agreed that in return for the concession a canal would be built at thispoint within three years after the beginning of the work on the main line of the Nicaraguan Canal. The time limit placed upon the completion of this waterway expired in October, 1892. As the company had made no steps toward carrying out its contract the Nicaraguan Government threatens to annul the concession, and the threats come in the form of a resolution on the part of the President and his Cabinet, which to all appearance is final.”

USED WOMEN AS SHIELDS. Desperadoes in Indian Territory Make a Clever Escape. The posse of farmers organized at Sheridan, Okla., to capture Yeeger’s gang of horse theives found the trail twenty-five miles west of Waukomis and ran part of the gang to cover in a log house. They surrounded the house, captured the desperadoes’ horses and saddles and some arms. After twenty hours’ seige the outlaws, five in number, forced two v-omen living there to walk ahead of them as shields to keep the posse from shooting, and, each drawing a. brace of revolvers, made their escape to the heavy timber, firing a number of shots to keep the posse from pressing them too closely. They released the women after making them walk over a mile, and, stealing horses from farmers, made their escape. IS THERE A NAIL TRUST? Advance of lOOper Cent, in Sixty Days Said to Be Due to a Combine. There has been an advance in the price of nails in the last sixty days of nearly 100 per cent. This is said to be due .to a strong agreement which includes all the manufacturers in the country. One thing is certain, and that is that all the manufacturers, agents and dealers in '.mils in New York are now selling nails at the same prices It was also learned that there is a strong probability that the prices will go from 30 to 50 cents per 100 pounds on the average higher than they are at the present. This advance is checked only by the fear that too much greed may promote foreign competition.

NICHOLS LAW SUSTAINED Telephone, Telegraph and Express Companies Must Pay Taxes. At Cincinnati Judges Lurton and Taft held the Nichols State law valid and sustained the State Auditor, Treasurer and Attorney General, the State Board of Appraisers, in the assessment for taxes made under the act on telegraph, telephone and express companies. This law has been contested in the State and lower courts, and is now settled by this decision of the United States Court of Appeals. It involves large assessments from the companies to the,Stare of Ohio. No Pay for Sunday Labor. Secretary Hoke Smith declined to ap- . prove a request for pay for work done on Sunday by Government employes. Three examiners, who were busied in the Helena (Mont.) land office Sunday, asked that they be allowed their regular per diem allowance for the same, but the Secretary holds that Sunday is not a day for Libor and that he is not authorized to pay for work done on that day. Objected to the Wheel. Capt. J. M. Trayor, Lieut. Reesgo, and Lient. David Hughes, of ‘he National Guard of Arizona, are being tried by general court-martial charged with insubordination because they refused to march behind a company of bicyclists in the Fourth of July procession.

Charged with Meyers’ Murder. Warrants were' issued at Anderson, Ind., for Dr. and Mrs. Cox, charging them with the murder of Joseph Meyers at Gem, Ind. Meyers was heavily insured in Cox’s name. To Inspect Mexican Cattle. The Colorado State Board of Cattle Inspection, has decided, in view of the fact that a movement of 25,000 cattle is expected from bld Mexico within a short time, that all such cattle must be inspected before they can be admitted into the State. Minister Burns $45,000 Cash. It was developed in court at Cincinnati that W. D. Bender, who is in a sanitarium, had some weeks ago actually burned up $45,000 in cash and $13,250 in United States, bonds. Some weeks ago Bender became ill and is now partially insane.

-- FROM THE CZAR. Altered to the United States to Bring Up the Reservf. Recent discission in press of the gold reserve in the •’reasaqr nnd the action past and probable of thd”Morgan-, Rothschild bond syndicate recalled to a Washington man familiar-with most of the inside history of the Cleveland administration the fact that Czar Alexander 111. of Russia once offered to loan the United States all the gold necessary to maintain the reserve at any figure desired. The friendly tender was declined by the President, because, after several weeks of consideratici' and deliberation, and telegraphic correspondence, back and forth between Washington and St. Petersburg, it was decided that the President had not the authority to issue bonds or otherwise incur indebtedness on behalf of the government. Since then the power of the President and the Secretary of the Treasury to issm bonds has been letsrmined, and if the offer were repeated by the present Russian ruler it might be accepted. The story of the proposition made by the Czar and the way it was received by the President and his advisers was one of the best-kept secrets of the White House. Although the incident occurred some two years agi no hint of it reached ihe public until now. THE BALL PLAYERS. Standing of tbc Clubs in Their Race for the Pennant. Following is the standing of the clubs of the National Base-ball League: Per P W. L. cent. Baltimore 59 37 22 .627 Boston6l 36 25 .590 Pittsburg6B • 40 28 .588 Chicago 73 41 32 .562 Cincinnr.ti66 37 29 .561 Cleveland 70 39 31 .557 Brooklyn t .66 36 30 .545 Philadelphia ....63 34 29 .540 New York 64 32 32 .500 Washington6o 24 36 .400 St. Louis7o 24 46 .343 Louisville 64 12 52 .188

WESTERN LEAGUE. In the Western League the clubs close the week in the following order: Per P. W. L. cent. Indianapolis ....63 40 23 .635 Kansas City..... 64 36 28 .563 Detroit 64 35 29 n .547 Milwaukee .67 36 31 T *\s37 Grand Rapids.... 66 35 31 .530 St. Paul. 63 33 30 ~524 Minneapolis 63 . 35 .444 Terre Haute64 26 38 ~,406 WILL STRENGTHEN HER NAVY. Japan to Use Chinese Indemnity'in Building Warships. It is the belief among officials in Washington that Japan will use a large part of the war indemnity which China is to pay her for the purpose of materially increasing her navy. The financial .’esourees of Japan will be very abundant during the coming year, as she will receive over $100,000,000 before next May and thereafter about $20,000,000 a year for five years. This will be drawn entirely from China and will be in addition to Japan's usual receipts from customs and internal revenues. The customs receipts promise to be very large, as the new treaties which Japan has effected with leading nations will bring about a readjustment of tariff duties, so that much greater returns will be realized. It is owing to the assurance of an ample treasury that .American ship-building firms have turned their attention toward Japan. PLAN FOR A BULLFIGHT. Amphitheater to Seat 10,000 People Being Constructed at Gillette. Arrangements are being made at Gillette, Col., for the holding of a carnival of sports, of which a genuine bullfight is to be the principal feature. It will be held early in the fall. The bullfight will be conducted in the same way as in the City of Mexico, and two of the most famous toreadors of the Mexican capital have been engaged to conduct the affair. A pen 140 feet in diameter has been constructeJ. and seats for 10,000 people are now being erected. This wHI be the first real bullfight ever witnessed in the United States. The authorities say that ’hey will prevent the affair.

May Cause a Fight. Lima advices say: Peru has answered Bolivia’s ultimatum, refusing to accede to the latter’s demand for satisfaction. Bolivia’s Minister to Peru is said to have asked for passports. Bolivia wishes to obtain the Peruvian provinces of Tacna and Arica, her natural coast. She counts on active help from Ecuador, and the moral, if not the physical, support of Chile. Ecuador, being on the north of Peru, and Bolivia on the southeast, might, if strong enough, crush Peru as between the upper and nether millstones. The coveted provinces of Tacna and Arica belong to Peru, but are held by Chile under the treaty of peace after Chile had whipped Peru. Under the treaty Chile was to hold the provinces for a term of ten years and then their ownership was to be settled by a vote of their inhabitants. If the people voted in favor of Chile that country was to pay Peru $10,000,000 and own the provinces; if the vote was the other way Peru was to pay Chile $10,000,000 and retake possession. The ten years’ period is up and more, but when the time came for a vote Peru had a revolution on hand, and has scarcely recovered from it, so Chile still occupies the provinces. It was during that revolution that Peru is said to have offended Bolivia by “violating her territory.” The latter demands an apology and the dipping of Peru’s flag to Bolivia’s standard on Bolivian soil. The ultimatum, which has angered the Peruvian people, was a demand that Peru, which has been temporizing, answer within twenty-four hours whether she would apologize or not.

Pilgrims Off for Europe. The Red Star Lin<j steamer Westerland sailed for Antwerp Wednesday from New York with the second American national pilgrimage, under the auspices of the Fathers of Mercy,' to the European shrines. The first pilgrimage took place last year and the present one was organized at the request of the Pope. \ Spofford’s Accounts UnsatiefactSrjr. Ainsworth R. Spofford, for over thirty years librarian of Congress, has .iot rendered satisfactory accounts to the Treasury Department for the last two quarters of the fiscal year just ended, and as a consequence his accounts are being investigated. Chopped to Pieces in Bed. Near'Kaysville, Utah, Thomas Boynton, a well-to-do farmer, was literally chopped to pieces while in bed, by Nephi Blamiers, his stepson. The two men had a slight jangle the previous evening. Will Spend $5,000,000. ~ x The Pennsylvania Railroad Company this year will spend in the neighborhood of $5,000,000 in the way of improvements, alterations and extension to its property east and west of Pittsburg.

To Release Mrs. Maybrick. The friends of Mrs. Floreuee Maybrick are once more renewing their efforts to obtain her release from prison. . Good Volume of Commerce. pu» & Co.’s weekly review pf trad® “A business flp.od sb strong and rapid that the conservative Lua it

may do harm is out of season In July. But the seasons this year lap over and crowd each other. May frosts and frights, it is now evident, kept back much business that would naturally have been finished before midsummer, and the delayed accumulation of one season gets in the way of efforts to begin another on time. But the volume of business, however, it may be assured, is remarkably large for the month, even for a’good year. The exaggerated fears about crops have passed, the syndicate jp believed both able and determined to protect the treasury, and the time draws near when the marketing of new crops will turn into a national balance if speculation does not hinder. The week has been notable for a sensational fall in wheat of 8 cents in two days, followed by recovery of 5 cents, though neither affords any interpretation of the quite disregarded Government report. The sudden drop in prices was the result of speculative rather than Commercial influences, though exports not half ns large as last year, 2,097,645 bushels (flour included) from Atlantic ports for two weeks of July, against 4,227.915 last year, had their effect, as well as Western recipts of 1,937,474 bushels, against 2,156,918 last year.” LAST SUNDAY FOR MANY. Death Comes to Seven of Chicago’s Residents. There was an unusual number of fatalities and serious accidents in and near Chicago Sunday. Seven people were killed in a variety of accidents and several of the nine injured will die as a result of injuries received. The deadly trolley got in its work as usual and helped swell the list of killed nnd injured. There were one or two suicides and several accidental drownings. Probably the most pathetic of the fatalities was tne drowning of two brothers, John and Andrew Lipner, aged 17 and 15 respectively, in Lake Calumet. They went there to catch fish, but, growing tired of the sport, decided to take a swim. While in the water a short distance from their boat one of the boys was taken with a cramp. He called for help and his brother tried to save him. An hour afterward both bodies were recovered tightly clasped in each other's embrace. The boys’ mother is prostrated with grief.

PLANS A NEW RAILWAY SYSTEM. Brice’s Purchase of the Akron and Western Explained. Railway men now declare they know why Calvin 8. Brice bought the Pittsburg, Akron and Western Road a short time ago. They claim to know with certainty that he is forming a great railroad system, which will be the shortest route between Chicago and New York and have ramifications to many of the great business centers. The line will be between the Vanderbilt system on the north nnd the Pennsylvania on the south, nnd will cross the Erie in several places. Assemblage of Blacks. Not a white face was to be seen in the negro convention which met in Columbia, 8. C., and not a white man was allowed to enter the hall during the hours it was in session. Twenty-three of the thirtyfive counties of the State had representatives present and there were over 200 negroes in the hall, all of whom earnestly considered what they should do. The result was an address “to the people of the United States.” The address sets forth that the negroes are a constituent part of the national government and as such appeal to the mass of citizens of the United States to see that the rights and privileges granted them under the Constitution of the United States are preserved to them since “a small but desperate minority of the people of the State has declared its purpose to trample under foot nil the rights and franchises granted us by the Constitution of the United States.” They say that they have made every effort that a law-abiding people can and that every effort has failed. Seriowr Trouble Feared. War between the settlers of Jackson Hole, Fremont County, in Wyoming, and the Bannock Indians is imminent. The dispute has already reached the stage whose one of the Indians has been killed and several others imprisoned, and their friends are threatening revenge. The trouble was occasioned by the Indians from Idaho, who, finding game scarce in their own country, organized a marauding expedition into Wyoming.

Wheat Acreage Decreased. The London Times publishes the first report of the British crops for this season, which shows that the wheat acreage is 20 per cent, smaller than in 181)4. The drought has damaged all the food crops. Wheat and oats make an even lower percentage of condition than in the dry season of 1893, wheat being 3 per cent, and oats 4 per cent, worse. Germany Will Enforce Payment. German war ships have arrived at Tangier with orders to insist upon the payment by the government of Morocco of an Indemnity of 8,000 marks for the murder of a German citizen 'lamed Rockstrop, near Saffi. Two Hundred Killed. Seven hundred Chinese attacked Hsinchu, Island of Formosa. Two hundred of them were killed and many were captured. On the Japanese side the loss was eleven men. Kurd Depredations Continue. The condition of the Armenians at Van shows no signs of improvement. The Kurds are continuing their depredations.