Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 September 1895 — LAUGH IS ON ST. PAUL [ARTICLE]

LAUGH IS ON ST. PAUL

MINNEAPOLIS HAS THE LARGER POPULATION. Pacific Coast Health Officials AlertHeavy Deficit in National Finances for August New York Excursion Train Wrecked. Rivalry Between Twin Cities. The rivalry between the thriving twin cities, Minneapolis and St. Paul, is never quite so intense as it is during the years ending.in oor the national or the State census is being taken. The State census for St. Paul is given as 140,292. The figures for Minneapolis will show a population of 190,000. While there have been fewer charges of padding than in previous census periods, both towns have had citizens’ committees at work to see that a full count was made, and each has to keep a close eye on the other. It is a certainty that neither has allowed the other to pad to any appreciable extent, while at the same time each has received the benefit of an approximately complete count The population race between Minneapolis and St. Paul has attracted wide attention since 1880. In that year the Federal census gave Minneapolis something over 46,000 people and St. Paul 41,000 plus.

STATEMENT OF THE TREASURY. Expenditures for August Exceed Receipts by $3,635,488. The comparative statement of the receipts and expenditures of the United States for the month of August shows receipts as follows: Customs, $15,639,047; increase for the month, $1,562,063. Internal revenue, $12,172,104; decrease for the month, $726,391. Miscellaneous, sl,141,544; decrease, $952,844. The total receipts for the month of August, therefore, were $28,952,696, against $40,41?,605 for August, 1894, when the whisky .withdrawals were immense on account of the new tariff law. The loss in receipts in August as compared with July was $117,001. The expenditures during August amounted to $23,588,184, against $38,548,063 for July. The excess of expenditures over receipts during August was $3,635,488, and for the two months Of the present fiscal year, $13,113,854. TWENTY MAY DIE. Train Load of New York Excursionists in a Wreck. One hundred persons were injured by an appalling disaster on the New York Sea Beach Railroad at 3:40 o’clock Monday afternoon. Twenty of the injured are expected to die. A train of seventeen cars on its way to Coney Island had stopped at Woodlawn Station. The cars were packed almost to suffocation. Up the track there came thundering a wild engitle, with no one at the throttle. The locomotive crashed into the rear car, which was broken into splinters. Its human freight was buried in the wreckage. No one was killed, but Brooklyn hospitals are filled with maimed and dying, and hardly a person on the train escaped a terrible shaking up.

SCARED BY CHOLERA. Health Officials of Portland Taking Every Precaution. The prevalence of cholera in Honolulu and in the Orient has created a scare at Portland, Ore. The local Board of Health is already adopting stringent measures to repel its invasion. City Physician Wheeler says that at no time have Pacific coast cities been so seriously menaced by scourge as noy. Winter is' no protection against the disease, as the germs flourish in all temperatures. He says the situation is alarming; people must not be deceived; the health ordinances must be rigorously enforced. All vessels will be carefully examined and quarantined if necessary? ENGLISH-IRISH-AMERICAN’S. Formation of a Paternal Organization on New Lines. fc , A remarkable movement was inaugurated in Lawrence, Mass., at a meeting held in Spinners’ Hall. Its object is to organize into a compact body all the residents of Lawrence who formerly lived in England who are of Irish parentage and who have since, become can citizens. The motive of the new organization is to combine its members for social,an<t ■fraternal purposes and, incidentally, to make their influence as citizens felt in local and general politics. OLD SOLDIER SWINDLED. Bogus Government Detectives Get $35 from an Ohio Veteran by Threats. At Green Brier, Ohio, J. P. Johnson, an old soldier, was swindled out of $35 and gave his note for sllß, payable to the United States. Two men drove to his house in a carriage drawn by two white horses. They represented themselves as United States detectives and threatened to take him to Cincinnati and put him in jail because, as they said, he had obtained his pension by fraud, unless he paid Xvhat was demanded. Outrages Renewed in Armenia. News from Tiflis is that 5,000 soldiers and 10,000 Kurds under Sako Pasha attacked the Armenian town of Kemakh and several villages. They plundered the churches and monasteries and burned the houses.

Lively Blaze in Rochester. At Rochester, N. Y., the wholesale clothing store of Sheil, Rosenbaum & Steefel was burned. The total loss is estimated at $113,00. Twenty-five Horses Burned. Fire broke out in Fleming's livery stable , at Petersburg, Ind., and jt was soon completely destroyed. Twenty-five horses were cremated and many vehicles burned. The opera house building and the Read Hotel and contents were also turned into ashes. Losses aggregate $50,000. r ■ — Rebels Are Deported. A company of Cubans under sentence of imprisonment in the fortress of Ceuta, Morocco, for rebellion, were deported from Havana on board the steamer Cataluna. Caught by Uncle Sam. United States Marshal Tannan and deputies swooped down upon a camp of Cuban filibusters at Penn’s Grove, nefr Wilmington, Del., and captured twenty men, together with twenty-eight cases of arms and ammunition, which had been taken for shipment to Cuba by steamer. Sharp Advance in Silver. Twelve of the largest silverware manufacturers in the country, it is announced, representing millions of dollfirs in the aggregate annual production of silverware, have increased the price of sterling silver, flat ware 10 cents an ounce, tile advance to go into effect at once.

SIX COMPANIES DISRUPTED. Chinese Minister at Washington Takes a Hand in the Trouble. The factional fight that ha* been going -on for some time in Chinatown, San Francisco, between the See Yup and the Sam Tup families has culminated in the disruption of the Six Companies, the most powerful organization ever instituted by the Chinese in this country. All the efforts of Consul General Li Yung Yew and other prominent Chinamen to bring about a settlement of the differences have resulted in failure, and the Chinese Minister at Washington ha* announced his intention of going to San Francisco and trying his powers as a peacemaker. The secession of the See Yups from the Six Companies leaves the latter with the small end of the organization and a depleted treasury. The boycott started by the See Yups has nearly ruined the Sam Yup merchant*, and if not ended soon it will cause the retirement from business of a large number of firm*. The boycott is not confined to San Francisco, but is being extended to every place in the United States whare^hineee-reside Jo-any.num-ber. THE BALL PLAYERS. Standing of the Clnbs In Tbeir Race for the Pennant. The following is the standing of the elubs in the National League: Per P. W. L. cent. Baltimore 104 67 37 .644 Cleveland 114 71 43 .623 Philadelphia ...106 61 45 .575 Boston 106 60 46 .566 Brooklyn 108 61 47 .565 Pittsburg 109 59 50 .541 New York 107 57 50 .533 Chicago 109 57 52 .523 Cincinnati 106 55 51 .519 Washington ....101 33 68 .327 St. Louis 109 35 74 .821 Louisville 107 27 80 .252 WESTERN LEAGUE. The following is the standing of the clubs in the Western League: Per P. W. L. cent. Indianapolis ....107 70 37 .654 Kansas City.. . .110 64 46 .582 St. Paul 107 61 46 .570 Milwaukee 110 53 57 .482 Terre Haute... .11l 50 61 .450 Minneapolis ... .11l 49 62 .438 Detroit 117 50 67 .427 Grand Rapids. ..11l 36 75 .324

STOCKYARDS INSPECTION. Texas Fever at Mt. Sterling Brought by Cattle from Southern Missouri. The Illinois State Board of Live Stock Commissioners issued the following, report of cattle inspection at the Union Stock Yards, Chicago, during thg last week: Number cattle inspected. .Y 1 . .175 Pas'sed in the yards .....‘.....102 field for post-mortem examination. . 73 Passed on post-mortem examination. 26 Condemned as being unfit for food and ordered tanked 47 The board reports that an. official inspection of the outbreak of Texas. fever at Mount Sterling, Brown County, sliows the disease to have been brought into Illinois by cattle shipped from the stockcards at St. Louis, the cattle coming from the southern portion of Missouri. Those sent to Chicago were thoroughly examined apd five head of cattle were cou-tiemned-.with the fever upon them. The diseaseJs under control at Brown County and no further fear is felt.

emigration increasing. British Wageworker* Flocking to the tTnited States in Large Numbers. The official reports of emigration of the English Government for the month and the seven months ending Aug. 1 show that the movement of wage-workers toward the United States is on the increase. For the mpnth of July departures for the new world from England, Ireland and Scotland aggregated 9,500, tin increase of 3,000 over the same month of last year, while 6,600 emigrants from continental countries embarked at English ports. The total British emigration during the last seven months to the United States was 71,314, as against 49,791 for last year's corresponding period. To Canada during July, the total British emigration amounted to 1,557, of which only one-tenth were Scotch and Irish. HOLMES WILL BE INDICTED. No Attempt Will Be Made to Take Him to Indianapolis. An Indianapolis dispatch says: Coroner Castor, of Marion County, is in pos-' session of the premises on which the bones" of young Howard Pitzel were found at Irvington. An examination of the bones by the coroner showed that the large -bones' which could not at first be classified are parts of the pelvis. Holmes will be indicted in this county for murder, but no effort will be made to bring him here, as evidence against him elsewhere is thought to be sufficient to convict him;

Annexation Talk. Annexation will be a burning question in the next Congress, but the pivot upon which it will turn will be Cuba instead of Hawaii. Private advices received at the State Department indicate that the independence of Cuba is but a question of a short time. The news has none of the features of a surprise to our diplomatists. The inability of Spain to quell the revolution has been apparent for some time and the reason was as plainly to be seen in the fact that Gen. Campos, the Spanish military leader, lacked the support of the conservative elements of the island. The commercial interests of Cuba have not been in full sympathy with the insurrectionists for the very good reason tha t t. the character of the latter rendered their* triumph and consequent rule undesirable to property-owners and the conservative and respectable element. But while witholding their sympathy from the insurrectionists the conservative residents of the island have given no support to Spain, hoping that by such non-action the Spanish Government might in time be forced by. the incorrigibility of the insurgents to grant important concessions I<j the Cubans. These' concessions were promised at the plostvof the las', Cuban revolution, but were never carh'ed out by Spain. They consist chiefly of a dema ml for a more equitable and humane system of taxation and a fair representation for Cuba in the Spanish Cpj;t?^. ( , r 'lt isinot surprising that the Cuban view of ’ the should enlist American sympathy in certain quarters, for it in only a reiteration of the old colonial doctrine: “No taxation without representation.” The next move, it is believed, will be an appeal to the United States for

Lives Lost by Storm. Wednesdify afternoon terrific storms, accompanied by tremendous rainfall, swept over a wide area. At Bloomington, 111., a buggy was caught in a ravine, during a cloudburst, and two children drowned. Pawnee Bill’s Wild West tent collapsed, and 6.000 people were panicstricken. On the St. Clair River, off Port Huron, Mich., four young people were drowned. Through'Wisconsin and lowa lightning caused many fires; and much damage was sustained by crops by wind and rain. Syracuse, N. Y., was also swept. Great Boom in Iron. Bessemer pig iron was worth Friday sl7 a tow. The quotation marks a clear advance of nearly $8 a ton over the lowest figure reached during the recent depression. It is an advance of $3 within ai«rbt days. The gradual upward move-

meet In Iron and ateel price* the last «!x month* ha* developed into a boom of the first water. Iron and steel circles of Pittaburg are excited over the condition* and prospect*. The largest concern* have orders booked covering their capac ity beyond Jan. 1, and there has been no abatement in the rush of orders and inquiries for material. A* things are now no combination will be necessary among the steel people to maintain prices. The demand is such that it is likely to continue drawing prices upward. DUN A CO’B REPORT. Warning Against Too Raoid Expansion In Trade. R. G. Dun & Co.’« weekly review of trade says: Improvement in markets and prices continues, and whereas a few months ago everybody was nursing the faintest hopes of recovery, it has now come to be the only question in what branches, if any, the rise in prices and the increase of business may go too far. A strong conservative- feeling is finding expression. not yet 'ebtittplljng .tlje ,i®arkets or Industrie “"but warning against too rapid expansion and rise. In some directions the advance in prices clearly checks future busineqs,,but encouraging features have great pMrer. Exports of but are met by syndicate dapoaiis and' hre expected to cease soon. Anxieties about the monetary future no longer hinder. Crop prospects, except for cotton, have somewhat improved. Important steps towards the reorganization of great railroads give hope to investors. Labor troubles are for the moment less threatening, and some of importance have been definitely settled. The industrials are not only doing better than anybody had expected, but are counting upon a great business for the rest of the year.

DEATH DUE TO GREED. Colorado Miner* Drown Like Rats In a Trap. Thirteen miners in the Sleepy Hollow mine, Central City, Colo., were working Thursday afternoon in the drifts, when suddenly a torrent of water came streaming down the shaft, and, sweeping debris befoTe it, choked up the entries and passageways, intombing the workmen. Two Italians working above were caught in the mighty rush of the flood, and, they, too were sacrificed. The season has been unprecedented In the amount of rainfall. The hills have been soaked to repletion, and the giant pumps of the big mines have had a difficult task to perform in beating down the waters. The disaster is due solely to greed of the operators. The danger was not unforeseen, but the mine is in litigation, and the operators would not spend money enough to properly equip the plant with pumping apparatus. ACADEMY AN OLD LANDMARK. Buffalo Theater, Burned Saturday Night, Was a. Historic Pile. The Academy of Music at Buffalo, N. Y,, burned Saturday night, was erected in 1852 by Henry T. Meeeh, who died in 1870, since which time it has been managed by his sons, John H. and Henry L. Meech. It was .originally known as the Metropolitan. It was remodeled in 1882. The’ sons owned the property until a year ago, when it was sold under foreclosure proceedings to a syndicate Of creditors. The seflson had just opened. The property is worth about $250,000 and was heavily mortgaged and but half insured. It is.-unlikely the building will be rebuilt as a theater.

A Frightful Death. The wife of Josiah Gess, a farmer living north of Columbus, Ohio, committed suicide. Soon after her husband arose she secured a can of coal oil, thoroughly saturated the bedding and her clothing, got into bed and set fire to it. She was so badly burned when found that she lived only a few hours. She was evidently insane. Gess was afraid of banks and had SSOO in bills sewed up in the bed, which was burned. . ,_ : Gives an Advance to 20,000 Men. The window glass wage scale for the year, beginning Sept. 1, was settled at a conference of manufacturers and workmen at Pittsburg, Pa., the manufacturers conceding an advance over last year’s scale of 7*A per cent. The settlement, which is a compromise, affects about 20,000 men. ■ - 1 Atlanta Will Hear the Bell. Tli<e city of Philadelphia received judicial consent to send the old Liberty Bell to the Atlanta Exposition. President Judge Thayer, of Common Pleas Court, nieliyered a decision dismissing the bill in equity recently tiled by a number of prominent citizens. s Kills His Wife and Himself. Hezekiah Roberts, a young farmer at Butler, Ky., cut his wife's throat and then cut hie own. He died instantly. His wife is fatally hurt. He is supposed to have been insane. The bloody deed was witnessed by their three children, aged from 1 to 4. Abducted‘Little Girls. Albert Dean, 29 years old, has been landed in jail at Hudson, Ky. He was arrested at Canaan, Conn., charged with being instrumental in attempting to abduct little girls. Indian Agent Murdered. It is reported that Capt. Baldwin* U. S. A., acting agent at the Kiowa, Commanche and Apache agency at Anadarko, O. T., was murdered by Indians.