Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 July 1895 — FIVE WERE DROWNED [ARTICLE]

FIVE WERE DROWNED

BRITISH SCHOONER EAGLE SUNK IN COLLISON. Train Robbers Make a Big Haul in Ohio Two Notable Conviction* Spain Alarmed at Growth of Caban Insurrection. In Watery Graves. The Norwegian steamer Terrier arrived in New York from Demerara. Capt. Berg reports that at 8:30 p. m. on July 12 a schooner was sighted close on Ihe starboard bow. Capt. Berg watched the schooner’s movements closely and at the same time hauled his steamer’s wheel to port, expecting that the schooner would keep on her course. The schooner did so for a time and then suddenly changed her course, running directly across the Terrier's bow. Before the steamer could be stopped or her headway checked she struck the schooner in the port side, sinking her almost instantly. She proved to be the British schooner Engle, of and from Barbadoes, for Demerara. with passengers and crew numbering twenty-nine. Twenty-four persons were saved, twn women and one child being drowned. FIGHTING WITH FIRE. Cuban Villages Burnel by the Insurgent Forces. The situation in Cuba is causing a sensation in Madrid. The newspapers are blaming Capt. Gen. Martinez de Campus for advocating the sending of Gen. Weyler and Gen. Polaviejn, famous for their severity during former Cuban insurrections, to assist in the work of suppressing the present rebellion. A dispatch from Havana says that Cant. Gen. Martinez de Campos, after his recent engagement with the insurgents, entered the town of Bayaiuo on foot. According to the same advices the insurgents intend to occupy Bayamo, which, is sixty miles northwest of Santiago, near the Canto River, and has a population of about 7,000 persons. The insurgent chief Coulet has been killed in battle. On July 13 the insurgents under the commaud of Mendieta burned the village of Guamo and the farm of Guimatio, in the district of Manzanillo. The insurgents have also burned the village of Habanero, in the Province of Puerto Principe. RC-en-forcements of 3,000 troops having arrived at Manzanillo, this body of men. with batteries of artillery from the city of Santiago de Cuba and 2.000 more troops, left immediately- for Bayamo. There is no denying the fact that the situation is very grave. The insurgents have received re-enforcements from different parts of the Province of Santiago de Cuba, and it is reported that Maximo Gomez has arrived at the front and taken command of the insurgent forces as general-in-chief.

TALK OF SHORT SESSION. , Hi r Public Men Discussing Plans for the Next Congress. Public men in Washington are beginning to discuss the probability as to the length of the next session of Congress. Opinion is generally favorable to a short session and is based largely on the belief that both parties will be desirous of getting away for the campaign at ns early a date as possible. It is now believed by some that Mr. Reed, feeling practically certain that he will be elected to the Speakership, has already virtually completed the House committee list and that at any rate he will be able to annouijce his appointments Very soon after the convening of the two houses on the 2d ot December. Should the House committees be announced soon after the beginning of the session and that body gets its work well under way before the Christmas holidays, it would be a decided innovation. Few Congresses in recent years have begun the session without this plan as a part of their program and few have succeeded in putting it into execution. ANXIOUS TO VOTE. Interesting Complication May Arise • in Utah in November. The Utah Constitution provides for female suffrage, and the Democratic leaders have taken the position that under this provision the women should be allowed to vote at the election in November, especially in view of the fact that officials are to be elected. The Republicans, on the other hand, edhtend that Utah is still a Territory, and that' this election must be held in accordance with the forms provided by Congress which do not permit of the exercise of the elective franchise by women. A general effort on the part of the women to vote might, in view of the conflicting Haims, produce important complications > . the future.

Penitentiary Yawns. George A. Holzer will serve, four years and Frederick Storms two years in the penitentiary for aiding and abetting a conspiracy to deprive voters of their rights at the polls. This is the outcome of the West Pullman, 111., election fraud case, and the verdict is a complete victory for the Civic Federation, which, prosecuted tie case. Treaty Concluded. A treaty has been concluded between Greece and Russia by., which a fixed import duty has been determined upon for Russian cereals, and by which Russia is givqn the monopoly of the kerosene trade in Greece. It is expected that this will have the effect of driving American petroleum from the Greek market. May Soot) Be Settled. It is believed that the celebrated Mora claim of $1,500,000 will be settled and the incident closed in a few weeks. Britain Claims Trinidad. A correspondent in Rio Janeiro telegraphs that advices to the English Legation there declare that England claims the Island of Trinidad as her own. Brazil's Cabinet protests and a message to that effect was at once sent to Brazil’* Minister in London. Escaped in a Box. It has been learned that Frank L. Hart, a notorious bunko-steerer. who broke jail last March at Seattle, Wash., made his escape by being sent in a box to Pasco, on the Northern Pacific. ArtistJtpthermel Is Dying. P. F. RothemieT, the famous artist, Is dying at his home at Linfield, just outside Philadelphia. ‘, He is over 80 years old and is suffering with cancer. RbthermeJ’s most celebrated painting is "Gettysburg,” for which the State of Pennsylvania paid him s2s,ooo;’Tt was exhibited at the gentennial in jgfS. ■Vredded to a German Count. News has been received at Hamilton, Ofcto, of the marriage at Dresden, Germsy, of Miss Grace Campbell, daughter mt the late Lewis D. Campbell, of HamilUm,*to Count Benno von Rittberg. The Wf Mag took place June 20.

SETTLEHB ARE IN DANO9&. Indiana Threaten ta.Mske an Attack on Jackson’* Hole* There is much uneasiness felt In Ladder, Wyo., over the condition of affairs in Jackson’s Hole. The Indians, it is »aid, have'’ sent across the range to .the head of Green River for re-enforcements. There is a considerable body holding a sun dance at that point. It is understood they have threatened to destroy the property of the settlers and to teach them a lesson for daring to interfere' with their hunting. Indian runners have come from the vicinity of the late conflict between the settlers and the Indians south of the Yellowstone Park and report the situation as critical. The Indians are concentrating their forces in the neighborhood and it is feared that trouble is brewing. The Green River settlers are in a state of considerable excitement, ns the ranches in that vicinity are isolated and far apart. The Indians would have no trouble if they chose to exterminate the ranchers. The mountains in that vicinity are full of Indian hunting parties, and watch-fires have been seen burning at intervals along the range. Scouts have been sent out. THE BALL PLAYERS. Standing of the Clnbs in Their Race for the Pennant. The following is the standing of the clubs in the National League: Per P. W. „ L. cent. Cleveland 79 47 32 .595 Baltimore 69 41 28 .594 Pittsburg 74 43 31 .581 Boston 68 39 29 .574 Cincinnati 74 42 32 .568 Philadelphia 70 38 32 .543 Brooklyn 72 39 33 .542 Chicago 80 43 37 .538 New York 71 37 34 .521 Washington 64 24 40 .375 St Louis 76 28 48 .368 Louisville 71 14 57 .197 WESTERN* LEAGUE. The following is the standing of the clubs in the Western League: Per r. W. L. cent. Indianapolis . ... .69 43 26 .623 Kansas City 70 40 30 .571 Milwaukee 74 41 33 .551 Detroit 71 38 33 .535 St. Paul 70 37 33 .520 Grand Rapids. ...73 36 37 .493 Minneapolis 69 31 38 .449 Terre Haute.... .70 27 43 .386

FRUIT CONDITION LOWER. Unfavorable Returns Reduce the Prospects of a Good Yield. The fruit crop report of the Agricul-, tural Department for July shows a material decline in condition. The report is summarized as follows; . ,Th*-, condition of apples has been materially lowered since the report for June. Looses have been especially marked in important States having already low Auditions, viz., the New England States” Ne*(V York, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin Snd Minnesota. In the Piedmont region the outlook is decidedly more favorable. In Missouri and contiguous States the decline has been light. On the Pacific coast conditions fell about 11 per cent., but the prospects there are still good. The peach crop returns are also unfavorable. Georgia and Connecticut alone of the leading commercial States have now a high percentage, the former having moved up to 106, a gain of 1 point, tile latter declining to 90 from 94. NO CAMPAIGN THIS YEAR. Democratic Committee Will Not Send Orutors Into the Northwest. Senator Faulkner, chairman of the National. Congressional Committee,' denies that any party of Democratic nratorß is to be sent to the Northwest under the asupices of the committee 'dttfing tte pregeut summer and approaching fall for the purpose of discussing the currency question in a series of meetings. “I have written Mr. Hazzard, who was to have initiated the movement for the tour,” said the Senntor, “telling him that the Congressional Committee could have nothing to do with the scheme. There is no campaign on this year and the committee does not feel called on at this time to send orators through t’.i; country to discuss any question” PORT ARTHUR WAS BETRAYED. Chinese Commander Was a Japanese, Who Committed Suicide. The ease with which the Japanese captured Port Arthur during the second war with China is explained to some extent by an article in the Japan Gazette. According to the Gazette the commander of the Chinese forts was a native of Japan, who had acquired favor in Chinese councils through a long residence in the flowery kingdom, and intentionally , aused the shots from the guns to be misdirected s 6 they would fall short of the Japanese warships, having betrayed his adopted land for the land of his birth. The disgraced commander appeared before the victorious. Japanese generals, acknowledged his treason and committed suicide in their presence.

Did He Murder Them? Prompted by the finding of the children's bodies in Toronto, the police of Chicago began a systematic search Friday of the building in Englewood built by H. H. Holmes, the insurance swindler, and once occupied by him. Neither digging in the cellar nor tearing down of walls will disclose the bodies of the Williams sisters if the suspicions of C. E. Davis, who afterward occupied a room in the building, shall prove true. Mr. Davis says that the emptying of a stove which had been Holmes’ property showed that a body or bodies had probably been burned in it. Remnants of what looked like human bones rattled out on the floor, together with a gold watch chain, which he identified as having been worn by Minnie Williams, hooks, and eyes and other incidents of a woman’s apparel. The stove was amply large enough to have contained a body. Holmes had been a doctor, and was a chemist of some ability. To dispose of the bodies was no difficult matter for him. The motive for the murder of the sisters was to secure control of property in Fort Worth. Texas, which had been left to Minnie Williams by hpr father. Holmes beard of the property and the girls while he was in Englewo^oij. Preferred Suicide to Beimfßecaptured H. D. Smith, a condemned" murderer confined in the county jail at Spokane, Wash., made an ineffectual attempt to escape, and, being overtaken, committed suicide in sight of his pursuers. Murder in the Second Decree. At Trenton, N. J., the jury in the case of the negro Collins, accused of the murder of Frederick P. Qhl, the Princeton student, came in with a verdict of murder in the second degree. Meet in Baltimore. The fifth international convention of the Baptist Young People’s Union of America was begun in Baltimore. It was sweltering hot within the enclosure of the great tent. Another Cashier Gone Wrong:. Cashier John L. Walden, of the Dime Savings Bank at Willimantic, Conn., has disappeared, and there Is barely SSOO in cash to meet demands. The discovery

was mad* by Receive* Dooley, of the National Bank, and the incorporators of the bank Sunday afternoon. The total number of depositors Is more than 3,200, and standing to their credit aggregate about $650,000. The trustees have decided to close the bank and apply for a receiver. Walden has made way with about $30,000. The books are missing. Walden has a wife and one child. No one knows where the man has been since he left home on a bicycle Thursday night. SINK IN GENOA BAY. Steamer Marla P. Goes Down with 148 Passengers. The Italian steamers Urtegia and Maria P. collided off Isoia del Pint at the en--trance of the Gulf of Genoa Sunday. The latter sank and 148 people were drowned. The Maria P. was entering the Gulf of Genoa at 1:30 o’clock in the morning when she met the Ortegia, outbound. They only noticed each other when a collision was inevitable. The bow of the Ortegia crashed into the starboard side of the Maria P., penetrating six yards, and ripping up the Maria P. like matchwood. The water rushed in through the hole, and the Maria P. sank in three minutes. The majority of the passengers were asleep at the time and had no time to escape after the alarm was given. They were engulfed with the vessel. The Ortegia remained on the spot until 6 o’clock, in order to pick up the survivors. She rescued fourteen of the crew and twenty-eight of the passengers. .

CANNING HORSE MEAT. Western Packing Company Begins Operations at Llnnton, Oregon. The horse-canning plant of the Western Packing Company, located at Linnton, ten miles from Portland, Oregon, has begun operations. The establishment has all the facilities for sinugKteriijg, packing and preparing horse meat for'shipment, and it is the only one of its kino on the Pacific coast. Several carloads of horses have been shipped there to be slaughtered within the next few days. It is expected that a good market fvr horse meat will be worked ap in foreign countries. To Be Called Marion. The third daughter of President and Mrs. Grover Cleveland was Friday formally named Marion, the name selected by Mrs. Cleveland in honor of the town where she and the President spent the first summer vacation after their marriage. It was on the shores of Marion, across Buzzard’s Bay, that Mrs. Cleveland spent what must have been one of the happiest summers in her life, and she has always been more than fond of its sands, its pretty cottages, its rocks and beautifully shaded drives. So tUqjt the selection of the name will not cause surprise, and will undoubtedly tend to make Mrs. Cleveland the more popular, if that is possible, among the permanent inhabitants of Cape ,Cod. As in the case of Itutl} and Esther, the new little one has no middle name, and in this fact is again seen a demonstration of the simplicity and old-fashioned beliefs of Mrs. Cleveland in her treatment of her children.

Trade Is Not So Good. U. G. Dun & Co.’s weekly review of business says: “Ihe week’s news is not entirely encournging, but is all the more natural because there are signs of midsummer dullness. Wheut prospects are not quite so good as last week. The exports of gold and the iehs favorable treasury returns for July are riot unexpected and mean nothing as to coming business. There is a perceptible decrease in the demand for most manufactured products, and’* the actual distribution to consumers naturally lessens in midsummer. Much of the recent buying was to anticipate a rise in prices, and such purchases fall off when prices have risen. There are still numerous advances in wages, but strikes grow more numerous and important.” Saves a Life at Small Cost. Alexander J. Fithian, of Bridgeton, N. J., was going to Millville Friday afternoon on a trolley car. The tracks run around Union Lake as they approach Millville. As the car was spinning around the lake there were cries of” boy overboard.” Fithian saw a hat.floating in the water, and hastily throwing off his coat Bprang into the lake. He found the boy at the bottom, pulled him up and swam ashore with him. The boy was resuscitated arid Fithian, catching the ear again, continued his ride. Heavy Fall of Rain. The just and the unjust were soaked in many States Thursday. Rain fell plentifully in some places where it was badly needed, but was overeonscientious iu its work in others and flattened the crops with its weight. This was the case very generally in Minnesota, South Dakota nnd Central Illinois, where the downpour was violent enough to wash out railroad tracks. Killed Hie Wife. At Los Angeles, Cal., Alonzo Myers shot nnd instantly killed his wife, and attempted to kill his sister-in-law, Mrs. Irving Linson, and her husband. Afterward he shot himself and inUicted a fatal wound. Memphis Tax Cases. The Memphis tax cases were fled in •the United States Supreme Court on an assignment of error in the decision of the Supreme Court of Tennessee.