Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 August 1895 — LEAD MINES INACTIVE [ARTICLE]

LEAD MINES INACTIVE

LOW PRICES HAVE RESTRICTED OPERATIONS. Old Schooner and Cargo Lost in Tuesday’s Gale—Secretary Morton Will Enforce Laws Concerning Stock Transportation—Juvenile Scamp. Lead Mining in United States. In discussing the lead mining industry for 1894, the geological survey report says that the year was one of exceptionally low prices. Mining declined, and it was necessary to draw on foreign sources to supply the deficiencies. The production of refined lead in the United States has grown, from 1,500 short tons in 1525 to 219,000 in 1894. The product of 1893 was the largest on record, amounting to 229,000 short tons. The lead markets of the United States are supplied from four sources. The first is from domestic mining, divided between the soft lead ores of the Mississippi Valley and the silver lead ores of the Rocky Mountains. The second source is Mexico and British Columbia. The third is the base bullion sent from Mexico for desilverizing and refining in bond in this country, and the fourth is refined foreign lead. The following table shows by States the domestic product smelted: Tons. Colorado 50,900 Idaho 33,300 Utah 23,200 Montana 9,000 Other producing States are Nevada, New Mexico, Arizona. California, Missouri, Kansas, Wisconsin and Tennessee. The total domestic product is put at 132,700 tons and the consumption at 102,371 tons. Priges during the year ranged from 3.70 to 3.0214 cents per pound.

roads ark warned. Must Take Better Care of Live Stock in Transit. Comparatively frequent complaints have been filed at the agricultural department alleging violations of the law by railway companies in keeping live stock in transit confined in cars for over twen-ty-four continuous hours, the legal allotted limit, or failing to give the stock five continuous hours of rest when unloaded. Most of the complaints involve Western roads. Secretary Morton is determined that the laws regulating the transportation of stock shall be enforced, and lias sent to all railway companies engaged in live stock transportation a circular insisting on strict compliance with the law, in which he says: “The failure of the railway companies to conform to this Jaw eauses animals great suffering while in transit to points of destination, which it is the intention of the law to prevent. Railway companies will therefore make such arrangements as are necessary in their train service, and provide the necessary feeding and watering stations, to comply with the statutes, and any failure to do this will render them liable on conviction to the penalty provided in section 4388.”

SCHOONER REPUBLIC SINKS. Crew Rescued from the Rigging, but Boat and Cargo Are a Total Loss. During a heavy gale Tuesday morning the schooner Republic, in tow of the ateambarge Swallow, coal laden, became ' water-logged and sank in forty feet of water, two miles off Lorain, Ohio. The tug Cascade succeeded in rescuing all of the crew of eight men, who were clinging to the rigging. The cargo of the bargo was 618 tons of soft coal for Detroit. The Republic is so old and unseaworthy that it is not likely any attempt will be made to recover her. YOUTHFUL INCENDIARY. Fifteen-Year-Old Boy Admits Starting Numerous Fires. Henry G. Clark, 15 years old, was in the municipal court at Chelsea, Mass., charged with breaking and entering. His case was continued in order to permit State Fire Marshal Whitcomb to prefer more serious charges against him. By his own confession the boy is one of the most dangerous firebugs in Massachusetts. Last spring he started fires that caused a loss of more than $50,000. Clark has already servfed time for incendiarism. Refuse to Accept Salaries, Five members of the Ohio General Assembly have refused to accept salaries for the current year for the reason that there was no session of that body. The law, however, provides for their payment as if they actually performed duty. These five members are: Senators Joseph MeMaken, of Butler County, and Jay Manning, of Huron, and Representatives W. A. Reed, of Huron; D. A. Spooner, of Seneca, and W. A. Walton, of WyandotUnderground Wire a Success. The first regular trains were run ut Washington Monday over the new Ninth street electric railway, equipped with the underground system of a Chicago company. It is declared the road is a success, and the problem of the successful operation of an underground trolley system has been solved. Work will begin at once on the construction of an electric railway between Baltimore and Washington, a distance of forty miles. West Superior Bank Fails. The West Superior, Wis., Keystone National Bank, capital $200,000, ‘closed Tuesday morning by order of the bank examiner.

Denver Bank Closed. The Union National Bank of Denver, was closed Monday. It will liquidate its affairs and go out of business. p- ■ £.- Riot Ends in Death. Jim Biggars, a negro miner at Brookside, Ala., killed the mine boss in revenge for having been discharged. He fled, in company with other lawless negroes. An armed posse followed, and in the ensuing battle four of Biggars’ crowd were killed. Ten of the posse were wounded. Conrthouse Burned. The courthouse in Frensno, Cal., was burned Monday night. Only the hall of records was saved. The loss is estimated at SIOO,OOO, most of which is covered by insurance. , Firing; on the Lane.The reported firing on the Carrie E. Lane, an American schooner, by a Spanish cruiser off the Cuban coast has not yet been reported officially to the State Department, and in the absence of any definite statement of the act the officials decline to express an opinion Oklahoma People in Need. In response to an appeal from Rev. J. T. Irwin, of Pond Creek, 0. T., the secretary of the Denver Chamber of Commerce has appealed to the public to contribute generously for the people in that Territory, who are without the necessities

TALK OF GEOGRAPHY. International Congrtis Now in Session in London. " Nearly every country of Europe and America was represented Friday afternoon when the sixth international geographical congress was formally opened by the Duke of York at the Imperial Institute, in London. Delegates were present from nearly all of the American societies. The deliberations of the congress will continue for four weeks. Papers will be presented by eminent authorities bearing upon every phase of geographical investigation and exploration. There were numerous expressions of regret that Mr. Peary had not found it possible to return from Greenland in time to address the geographers upon his discoveries in the icebound regions of the north. A geographical exhibition is also being held in connection with the congress, one of the most striking features being a series of globes illustrating the progress of knowledge of the earth's surface from the remotest historical period. There are also collections of photographs, geographical instruments, explorers’ equipments and a series of maps showing the development of English cartography.

THE BALL PLAYERS. Standing of the Clubs In Their Race for the Pennant. The following is the standing of the clubs in the National League: Per P W. L. cent. Cleveland 86 52 34 .605 Pittsburg 79 47 32 .595 Baltimore 74 43 31 .581 Boston 74 42 32 .568 Cincinnati 80 45 35 .563 Chicago 85 47 38 .553 Philadelphia 74 40 34 .541 Brooklyn 76 41 35 .539 New York 75 39 36 .520 Washington 70 25 45 .357 St. Louis 82 28 54 .341 Louisville .75 16 59 .213 WESTEUX T.EAGUE. The following is the standing of the clubs in the Western League: Per P. W. L. cent. Indianapolis 74 45 29 .60S Kansas City 75 44 31 .587 Milwaukee ......79 45 34 .570 Detroit 75 38 37 .507 St. Paul 77 33 44 .429 Minneapolis 74 35 39 .476 3rand Rapids... .79 36 43 .456 Terre Haute 77 29 48 .377 IMPROVING THE MISSOURL Report of the Commission on Operations of the Last Fiscal Year. The annual report of the Missouri River Commission of the work performed duriug the last fiscal j’ear shows the expenditures to have been: Missouri River, $533,970; Gasconnde River, $2,061; Osage River, $9,993. There is still available: For the Missouri, $745,794; Gasconnde, $2,950; Osage, $52,006. The greatest "part, of the work done was from the head of Murray’s Head to the mouth of th,e river, a distance of J 55 rnjles. Upon this section the commission is carrying out a systematic and continuous improvement, revetting the shores when necessary, constructing dykes and building contraction works. A complete topographical survey of the Missouri River Valley, between Sioux City and the mouth of the river, a distance of 800 miles, was begun in October, 1894. The survey is intended to cover thoroughly nil of the vnlley within one and a half miles of the stream, and to locate the linos of all the bluffs.

FOMENTED BY CHINA. The Se-Cliucn Riots Were Intended to Scare the Foreigners. The Japanese authorities are now in possession of information from China riving a new explanation of the riots in Se-Chuen and directly implicating the Pokiug Government. Among commercial stipulations in the peace treaty with lapnn, that of opening the remote interior to foreign trade has met with the strongest objections from the court and the Tung Li Yameii, and it is alleged that Viceroy Liu was secretly instructed to foment disturbances iu order to prove that the Upper Yang Tse provinces were unsafe for strangers. By this means it was hoped that aliens might be prevented from availing themselves of the privileges, but since the outrages have been resented with a wholly unexpected spirit the Government has taken fright, and endeavors to escape responsibility by de- . grading Liu and making him the scapegoat. This is more than the deposed Viceroy is willing to endure, and his followers threaten trouble. Speculators in It. Representatives of the Louisiana sugar planters who are to appear before the Comptroller of the Treasury at the hearing upon the validity of the claims for sugar bounty, assert that most of these claims have passed out of the hands of the sugar growers and are now the property of innocent holders. Not a. few of the claims, it is said, are in the hands of manufacturers and dealers of machinery in Chicago and elsewhere. What is regarded as more probable by officers of the treasury is that the most of these claims are held by speculators, who purchased them at a discount. Comptroller Bowler informed the Louisiana Senators that his reason for holding up the claims was because of the decision by the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia, rendered iu January, 1894, dismissing a mandamus proceeding brought by the Miles Manufacturing Company to compel the Secretary of the Treasury and Commissioner of Internal Revenue to pay sugar bounty for 1894: The mandamus proceeding was dismissed by the court on the ground that the McKinley law, giving the bounty, had been repealed by the new tariff act of 1894. Subsequently Congress passed the special bounty bill under which the claims before the treasury are now pending. The Louisiana planters have engaged counsel and in case of an adverse decision from the Treasury Department, will commence a mandamus proceeding to compel the Secretary to pay the bounty.

Greatest in the World. Henry W. Martin, consular clerk at Southampton, has supplied the State Department with a full description of the new graving dock and deep-water quays at that place, which are to be opfened on Aug. 3 by the Prince of Wales and Emperor of Germany. The new graving dock, he sayaowlil be the largest in the world. It will have a floor length of 750 feet and a width of 112 feet. The cnpag-„ ity of the dock at high water will be about 14,500,000 gallons, which will be pumped out by the large engines used in from one to two hours. The new quays inclose 3,830 linear feet, with 28 feet of water alongside. To show the extent of the new works Mr. Martin gives the quantity of material used in the construction. There were 2,000,000 bricks, 10,000 loads of timber and 40,000 tons of cement, besides immense quantities of granite, chalk and filling material. Dies for Killing Two Men. Phillip Norman Nicholas was hanged at Richmond, Va. He made no confession. Nicholas murdered William J. Wilkerson and James Mills by drowning them. Depending on the Corn Crop. President Cable, of the Rock Island Road, declared his belief that the corn crop of the West was beyond danger, and that along his line, at least, it was larger,than

in any praviona year. This alone will give the Rock Island all the tannage it can handle for ten months. Corresponding reports are made by officials of all Western lines in the corn belt. When these reports and beliefs are crystallized into fact, Western roads are certain of at least a year of prosperity as great as any in their history. The corn will not begin to move much before January. WHOLE FAMILY PERISH. Terrific Work of the Wind at Three States, Mo. A terrible storm swept over the town of Three States, on the Mississippi River, forty miles below Cairo, 111., Sunday afternoon. The killed are: George McClellan, Mrs. George McClellan, three McClellan children, Mr. Thomas, at Barnes Ridge; Mrs. Thomas, at Barnes Ridge. The funnel-shaped cloud whirled through the dense timber, cutting a swath 100 yards wide, uprooting huge trees and tossing them high in the air. Just before it reached the village the cloud seemed to rise sufficiently to clear the cottage houses, but it caught the high smokestack of the Three States mill and twisted it to the ground as easily ns if it had been built of straw. The power of the wind may be imagined when it is known that this stack wds considered the strongest in the world. It was made of sheet steel, and anchored on an iron base by ten iron guy rods. NOT DEAD, BUT ALIVE. Fall River Woman, Bnpposed to Bo Drowned, Suddenly Appears. It was reported at Fall River, Mass., that Mrs. Annie Mulvey had been drowned. The body was identified by three neighbors and her son as that of the woman named, and every preparation was being made for the funeral. Next day, while the son was cleaning up the house, preparatory to the reception of the body from the undertaker’s, Mrs. Annie Mulvey wnlked into her home, loaded down with groceries. Explanations were made, but before Mrs. Mulvey could believe her souses she sent for a nephew of ex-Sena-tor Howard to have the newspaper account of her drowning read to her. The drowned woman is much like Mrs. Mulvey in appearance, but who she is has not been determined as yet.

BLOOMERS NOT POPULAR. And Then the Girl Came from Chicngo, Too. Miss E. Johnson, a typewriter in the employ of a well-known Rochester firm of lawyers, appeared in a suit of bloomers and astride a man's high-geared wheel. She was completing work in the office previous to her departure on a spin to the lake, when a senior member of the law firm entered. He was astonished to find so many of ins gentlemen clients present. He shw the girl with the bloomers and jaunty cap and ordered her to go home and not return. The young woman recently came from Chicago, where such raiment is common. She spent much time iu tears, and declures that she will demand satisfaction. Her employer says her costume was disgraceful. Settlers Not Butchered. The story of an Indian uprising at .Tackson Hole, Wyoming, told Saturday by Associated Press dispatches and published by every daily paper in America ami most of those in the civilized world, was utterly without foundation. Not a white settler had been killed; and all the bloody, hair-raising detail which accompanied the yarn was the output of the over-heated imagination of some tenderfoot correspondent at Market Lake, Idaho. Latest information is to the effect that many Bannocks, Lemhis and Utes are yet off their reservations, and that troops are in the near vicinity. Every effort will be made by United States authorities to arrest the lawless whites who murdered the party of Indian hunters. This wanton butchery was the cause of all ensuing trouble.

No Shrinkage Shown. R. G. Dun & Co.’s Weekly Review of Trade says: “It is not the season for the tide of business to rise, but there is perceived scarcely any shrinkage except that which comes naturally with midsummer heat. The volume of new business is small compared with recent months, but large enough to encourage more openings of long closed works and more advances in returns to labor. Important strikes show that the advance is not enough for some, but the strikers seem not more threatening than before.” Pilgrims Killed in a Wreck. A train crowded with pilgrims returning from the shrine of St. Dauray, was wrecked near the town of St. Bricuo, France. Twelve persons were killed and twenty-five injured. Fredericks is Hanged. William Fredericks, who murdereu Cashier William A. Herrick in an attempt to rob the San Francisco Savings Union Bauk in March, 1894, was hanged at San Quentin Friday. Troops to Be Called Out. The Secretary of the Interior has requested the Secretary of War to send troops to the scene of the ludian disturbance in Wyoming. Jealous Man Murders His Wife. George Reed, a St. Louis painter, 30 years of age, shot and killed bis wife, as the result of jealousy. The murderer was arrested.