Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 October 1895 — Page 2

Stltgemocrotif Sentinel J. W. McEWEX, Publlaher. REMSSEUER, - -« - INDIANA.

LOSES A SECOND SHIP.

WRECK OF SPANISH CRUISER CRISTOBAL COLON. Lemons Scarce and Very High Because of the Florida Failure—To Commemorate the Rout of the Hessians—China Accedes to England’s Demand. Providence Favors Cuba. Following closely upon the loss of the Spanish cruiser Barcaeztegui, which was sr.uk in collision with the Spanish merchant cruiser Mortera off Moro Castle, at the entrance of Havana harbor at midnight Sept. 18, resulting in the drowning of Admiral Delgado Parejo, Commander-in-Chief of the Spanish natal forces in Cuban waters, and forty-six men comes Cuban waters, and forty-six men. comes of the Spanish* warship Cristobal Colon, a second-class cruiser of about 1.200 tons displacement and 1,500-horse-power. All on board were saved. The Cristobal Colon formed part of the fleet,of Spanish warships detailed to watch the coast of Cuba in order to prevent the landing of filibustering expeditions from the United States and elsewhere. The cruiser was wrecked and abandoned during a cyclone. VICEROY LIU DEPOSED. Officials Held Responsible for tbe ScChuen Riots. Minister Denby cabled the State Department from Peking as follows: “Imperial decree issued. Abstract—Responsibility for Se-Chuen riots rests with officials. Viceroy Liu careless; took uo notice of the beginning of the riots. He is deprived of office, never to be employed. Other officials to be punished.” This would seem to indicate that the crisis impending in China, involving a naval demonstration by the British forces, has been a turfed, for a time at least, by a compliance with the principal demands of the British. It- cannot be learned whether the decree concedes all of the demands made, and the cablegram makes no reference to the sweeping conditions imposed by the British Minister that the guilvy officials be punished by suspension for three years oh all promotions and appointments in the civil service in the Province of Se-Chuen. Viceroy Liu, whose fall is announced, has been in trou-. ble before. The present conclusion, which has been brought about apparently by British threats, will not involve the abandonment of the independent investigation into the Ching-Too riots which has been ordered by Secretary Oluey.

A* BIG CARGO OF LEMONS. Tramp Steamer Brings Cargo of 20,000 Boxes Into New York. The British tramp steamer Sylvia, from Messina and Palermo, has just brought 2G,900 boxes of lemons to New York. Owing to the entre failure of the Florida crop, together with short production in Sicily, lemons had jumped to $10.25 a box and $12.50 a case. A box holds from 130 to 150 lemons and a case just as many, only the fruit in the latter is larger and filter. In a day or twp the steamer Victoria, from Malaga, 'Spain, is due with 22,000 boxes of lemons. Prices will then drop again. The nominal rate is from $3 to $4 a box. Not since 1883, when, owing to very small crops in Italy and Spain, lemons sold at $lO a box, have they been so high as within the last thirty days. Yet fruitmen say this year’s invoices are only about 10 per cent, less than last year’s. Last year Florida supplied New York with 150,000 bores, and tlffi total consumption in the metropolis was 2.000,000 boxes, or about 140 lemons for every man, woman and child. WHERE WASHINGTON CROSSED. Monument at Taylorsville, on the Delaware, Dedicated. An immense assemblage of Pennsylvanians and New Jerseyites took part in the exercises attending the dedication of the monument of Washington’s crossing. This monument is at Taylorsville, formerly known as MeKoney’s Ferry, and marks the spot where Washington and the patriot army crossed the Delaware River on a bleak December night and routed the British and Hessian troops at Trenton, N. J. The exercises consisted of the singing of patriotic songs, the reading of a poem and of historical papers and an oration by General William S. Stryker, adjutant general of New Jersey.

MISSOURI BANKS CLOSED. Institutions at Monett and Purdy in the Hands of Receivers.. A Jefferson City, Mo., dispatch says: The Bank of Monett and the Bank of Purdy, both Barry County institutions, have been closed by Secretary of State Lesueur upon notification by the State bank examiner of their insolvent condition, and are in the hands of receivers. This makes thirteen banks closed by the Secretary of State since the execution of the new bank examination law began on July 1, besides some half dozen others that anticipated the examination by making assignments. Western Deep-Water Conference. The informal opening of the Western States deep-water conference was inaugurated at Topeka, Kan., by serenades at the various hotel headquarters. Gov. Morrill called the first session to order. Organization was affected and an address of welcome delivered by Gen. J. C. Caldwell, one of the heroes of Gettysburg, and ex-minister to the Argentine Republic. Tobacco Crop Nipped by Frosts. 1 Central Kentucky experienced a killing frost. Much of the tobacco crop was still in the field and is almost entirely ruined. Taught by Daughters of Ham. At Lexington, Ky., there was a registration of women to vote for members of the Board of Education. Of 1,958 women 1,048 were colored. The white women did not register until they heard how numerously the colored women were putting down their names, i Gone Up in Smoke. The Red Cloud roller mill, elevator and warehouse, one of the largest plants in Nebraska, was totally destroyed by fire. The loss will amout to $40,000, with $20,000 insurance on building and machinery. Re-Elect Old Officers. The Committee on Nominations presented its recommendations at the opening of Thursday morning’s session of the deep waterways convention in Cleveland, for the re-election of the old officers and the election of seventen members of the Executive Board. The report was promptly adopted. The Franco- Russian Alliance. The Berlin Kreuz Zeitung declares that the Franco-Russian alliance has now become a political factor of the first importance. At any moment war, which up to the present time has been avoided only by a miracle, may hreak out

NEW POWER IN CHINA. Russian Influence Becoming Dominant in thk Orient. Reports to officials and to the diplomatic representatives of Eastern countries indicate that Slavonic'or Russian influence Is becoming dominant, and that the Anglo-Saxon or English influence, which has hitherto been uppermost in tbe development of the East, is being systematically and surely eliminated from the control of China and the East. This evolution is regarded as of great importance. The advance of Russian influence and the retirement of the British has come by almost imperceptible stages, none of which has been sufficient in itself to attract marked attention, but all of them combining toward complete Russian supremacy. At the close of the recent war Russia dictated the evacuation of the Liao Tung Peninsula and the great fortress of Port Arthur, which had been captured by Japan. It is now believed by those in a position to be officially informed of the situation, that it is the ultimate purpose of Russia to occupy Port Arthur, and that the formal evacuation by the Japanese will be followed before long by a Russian entry under Chinese approval. After Russia had dictated the retirement of the Japanese from Port Arthur, the Russian Government advanced the sum necessary to pay the first installment of indemnity to Japan. The amount reached $100,000,000 La gold, including the war indemnity and the payment for the release of Port Arthur. This has been followed within the last few days by reports of the establishment at Shanghai of a Russian bank which will be a medium of China’s financial dealings with Russia These are some of the principal events which are regarded by those in official positions as tending towards Chinese dependence on Russia.

CHINA’S WAR LESSON. Ilow the Late Unpleasantness In the Orient Affected Trade. The Department of State is in receipt of a report on the trade of China for 18114 prepared by the secretary of the British legation at Pekin. The most remarkable feature of this trade for the year is found iu the facts that, notwithstanding the Japanese war and many other untoward circumstances, good results were obtained and that a promising revival of commercial prosperity has set in. Both exports and imports show an advance and the customs revenue was increased by every division of trade with the oue exception of Indian opium. The receipts from the exports exceeded the maximum collected during the most prosperous days of the tea trade. In accounting for this condition the author of the report says no ports were blockaded during the war and the usual calamities of the war were almost wholly abseut. Tbe report takes tie position that the openiug of the ports of Suchou and Hangchou by the Japanese treaty will have little influence on the volume and value of foreign trade, on account of the übsenee of banking and shipping facilities at those places. Commenting upon the effect of the war, the writer of the report says: Even if, as be the case, China has learned no lesson by the war, yet it seems scarcely credible that she will lie able to avoid some measures of reorganization, if not merely in self-defense, at least by the necessity of providing money for the large indemnity which must be paid.

INCREASE IN PENSION LIST. A Thousand Names Added in Excess of Those Struck Off. A year ago Commissioner of Pensions Lochren said that the limit had probably been reached iu the number of pensions, or rather iu the amount to be yearly appropriated for pensions, but that for two or three years the payments would remain about the same. It was his opinion that there would bo a slight reduction in the number of pensioners on account of deaths, but that the allowance of new pensions with back pay and arrears would probably keep the amount about even. While the amount of money paid for pensions will not be materially different from'-that of past years, it appears that there hus been added to the pension rolls during the year about; 1,000 names in excess of those that have dropped out, so there has been an increase instead of a decrease. There have been a great many outstanding pension claims adjusted during the year, and that accounts for the large increase. Theyearlins not been very fatal to pensioners, the death rate being leßß than would be anticipated at the time of life at which the veterans of the late war have arrived.

BOLD ROBBERY. Woman Plundered in a Sleeping Car in the Heart of Chicago. A daring robbery took place in Chicago on a Wabash sleeping car Thursday night and seems to have been successful purely through the consummate nerve of its perpetrator. Mr. and Mrs.' George Mack, passengers on the train, occupied one of the compartments in the rear coach. Mr. Mack was, for a few minutes, absent in the smoker. A young man sprung upon the steps of the car as the train neared Archer avenue, pushed the porter aside without even offering him a tip, and made his way inside. He rushed into Mrs. Mack’s compartment and told her to keep still and she would not be hurt. Catching up her purse and valise he turned to go, but Mrs. Mack seized his coat. He struck her twice in the face and knocked her down. Then he picked up a wrap and a dress skirt, added them to his booty and disappeared. The trainmen, roused by the woman’s screams, came to her rescue just too late to catch the robber. League Season Finished. The National Base-Ball League fiuished the season Monday with the clubs standing in the following order: Per P. W. L. cent. Baltimore 130 87 43 .069 Cleveland 130 84 40 .046 Philadelphia... .131 78 53 .595 Chicago 130 72 58 .554 Boston 131 71 00 .542 Brooklyn 131 71 60 .542 Pittßburg 132 71 61 .538 Cincinnati 130 00 64 .508 New York 131 00 05 .504 Washington .... 128 43 85 .336 St. Louis 131 39 92 .298 Louisville 131 35 96 .267

Involves $100,00J.000. Judge J. H. Reed, of the Court of Private Land Claims, will render a decision at Santa Fe involving an enormous tract of land in New Mexico and Arizona estimated to be worth in the neighborhood of $100,000,000. The claim grows out of the old Spanish land grant and the claim is made that the documents by whicli the present owners received title were forged. Downfall of an Ohio Man. Joseph H. Kemp, manager of the Dayton, Ohio, branch of the Peck Williamson Heating and Ventilating Company,' has been discovered short in his accounts and discharged from his position. His present whereabouts is unknown. Hiccoughs Result in Death. Benjamin Reed, colqred, head waiter at Newell’s Hotel, Pittsburg, hiccoughed himself to death. He had hiccoughed incessantly for five days and nothing would check the attack. Apache Kid in Mexico. Apache Kind and his band of renegade Indians have been located thirty miles southwest of Dos Cabezas, Sonora, Mexico. in the Sierra Madres.

MAJOR ARMES ARRESTED. Order for His Seizure Signed by Schofield. Majoj Armes, retired, was arrested at his home, Armesleigh Park, Washington, Friday evening by a file of soldiers and is confined in tbe Washington barracks. The order for hit-arrest was signed by Assistant Adjutant General Vincent, “by order of the acting secretary of war.” General Schofield was the acting secretary. There has been a personal quarrel of twenty-five years’ Warding between General Schofield and Major Armes. It is reported that Major Armes was refused an interview with the general and wrote him an insulting letter. Major Armes was court-martialed for pulling the nose of Governor Beaver, of Pennsylvania, at the inauguration of President Garfield AMERICAN BEEF IN DANGER. England May Decree that Only Live Cattle Shall Enter. Dr. Wray, the representative in London of the United States Department of Agriculture, reports that the admission of cattle from the United States may be considerably affected by the question qow up as to removing all restrictions on the admission of South American cattle. He says it is the opinion of well-informed persons that if the South American governments demand unrestricted admission the British department of agriculture will be compelled to sanction a bill requiring all foreign cattle to be landed and slaughtered at the foreign cattle markets of England, whether those countries have any disease among their cattle or not.

Retirement of Schofield. Though the retirement of Lieut. Gen. Schofield did not take place officially until Sunday noon, he practically relinquished command of the nrmy at 4 o’clock Saturday afternoon when he closed his office in the War Department. The farewell order issued by the General was the one announcing his retirement, and it follows: “General Orders No. 51. Headquarters of the Army, Washington.—By operation of law, the undersigned will cease to command the army at noon Sunday. He extends to all his companions and conyades most cordial thanks for the zeal and fidelity with which they have at all times supported him in the discharge of his duties, and he assures them of his high esteem for their soldierly and patriotic devotion to the country’s service. J. M. SCHOFIELD, “Lieutenant General, U. S. A.” Up to the Average. Consul General Max Judd of Vienna has forwarded to the Department of State u report on the grain crop of the world for 1895, compiled from the report of the annual international grain fair. The abstract furnished by Mr. Judd shpws that the wheat, rye, barley and oat crops of Europe are somewhat below the average, while corn is exceedingly promising, and it is expected that the yield will be one-half as large this year as it has been on an average for ten years. It is anticipated that the loss on wheat in India and the United States will be compensated for by the grain in Canada and Russia, and that taking this crop throughout the world the result for the year will be about equal to the average season.

Used a Dog to Evade the Law. A town not far from Kokomo, Ind., has a unique method of circumventing the Nicholson temperance law. A big Newfoundland dog belonging to the village baker acts as purveyor, carrying buckets of beer from the saloon at all hours to the thirsty waiting guzzlers übout the nllnight restaurants. The law does not forbid selling liquor to dogs, and the animal does a land-ofiice business. Neither does the law provide against dogs disposing of liquor, and the traffic is carried on with impunity. Harrison Steps Out. A New York dispatch says: It is said, upon the authority of a Republican leader of national reputation, that Benjamin Harrison has withdrawn from The Presidential race, and has nametT William McKinley as his residuary legatee. He Abused His Family. Whitecaps took William Massey, of Fulton, Mo., out of his house and rawhided him within an inch of his life. Massey, while drunk, raised a row in his family and ran his wife and six children off the place. . . Many Are Badly Hurt. There was a wreck on the Baltimore and Ohio Rond near Tunnelton, W. Va., at one of the approaches of the tunnel at that place. Nine or more passengers are reported injured, some seriously. Whole Village Overwhelmed. Advices received from Hodeira, in the Arabian province of Yemen, report that 100 lives have been lost by a landslide which overwhelmed the village of Hndeya. Dr. Pasteur Passes Away. Prof. Louis Pasteur, the eminent bae■tei'iologist, died Saturday evening at 5 o’clock at Gnrehes, near St. Cloud, in the envirous of Paris. Will Send Only Veterans. The Spanish Government has decided to send hereafter only veterans to Cuba for the suppression of the insurrection there.

MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, $3.75 to $5.50; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $4.50; sheep, fair to choice, $2.50 to $3.75; wheat, No. 2 red, 60c to 61c; corn, No. 2,32 cto 33c; oats, No. 2,19 c to 20c; rye, No. 2,40 cto 42c; butter, choice creamery, 20c to 22c; eggs, fresh, 14e to 15c; potatoes, per bushel, 20c to 30c; broom corn, common growth to fine brush, 2Vie to 4c per pound. Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to ss.so;'hogs, choice light, $3.00 to $4.50; sheep, common to prime, $2.00 to $3.75; wheat, No. 2,60 cto 62c; edrn, No. 1 white, 31e to 32c; oats, No. 2 white, 22c to 24c. St. Louis —Cattle, $3.00 to $5.75; hogs, $3.50 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 60c to 62c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 27c to 28c; oats, No. 2 white, 18c to 19c; rye*. No. 2,38 c to 39c. Cincinnati—Cattle, $3.50 to $5.50; hogs, $3.00 to $4.50; sheep, $2.50 to $4.00; wheat, No. 2,67 cto 69c; corn, No. 2, mixed, 34c to 35e; oats, No. -2 mixed, 21c to 23c; rye, No. 2,43 cto 44c. Detroit—Cattle, $2.50 to $5.50; hogs, $3.00 to $4.50; sheep, $2.00 to $3.50; wheat, No. 2 red, G6c to 67c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 34c to 35c; oats, No. 2 white, 23c to 25c; rye, 44c to 45e. Toledo—Wheat, No. 2 red, 66c to 67c; com. No. 2 yellow, 33c to 35c; oats, No. 2 white, 22c to 23c; rye, No. 2,42 cto 43c. Buffalo—Cattle, $2.50 to $5.50; hogs, $3.00 to $4.75; sheep, $2.50 to $4.00; wheat, No. 2 red, 67c to 68c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 37c to 38c; oats, No. 2 white, 25c to 26c. Milwaukee—Wheat. No. 2 spring, 59c to 61c; corn, No. 3,30 cto '32c; oats, No. 2 white, 21c to 22e; barley, No. 2,40 cto 43c; rye, No. 1,41 cto 42c; pork, mess, SB.OO to $8.50. New York—Cattle, $3.00 to $5.50; hogs, $3.00 to $5.00; sheep, $2.50 to $3.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 66c to 67c; com, No. 2, 37c to 39c; oats, No. 2 white, 24c to 25c; butter, creamery, 15c to 23c; eggs, Western, 16c to 18c.

CUBA’S CRY IS HEARD

CITIZENS OF CHICAGO PROTEST AGAINST TYRANNY. Cause of the Oppressed People Warmly Championed Speeches Made and Resolutions Adopted in Keeping with Declaration of Independence. Pleas for Self-Government. The first protest of free-born Americans against' Spanish tyranny in Cuba was heard in Chicago Monday night. It was as fervid, as resolute and as defiant as ks it had been voiced by men and women who had suffer.-d iiersonally the wrongs that have kept Cuba in a state of ferment for a century. There was no sign of prearrangement in the speeches. They differed widely as to the proper

MAYOR SWIFT.

course of this government. But whether the speaker dwelt upon the necessity of conforming to international law, as Mr. Bryan did, or whether, like Mr. Hynes and Mr. Mason, he spoke out squarely for Cuban independence, the undertone was the same. The meetings cried for freedom, says a correspondent, and it was noticeable that no sentiment was received with greater applause than Governor Altgeld’s blunt declaration in a telegram to the chairman that Cuba should be annexed to the United States. The Central Music Hall meeting was the larger of the two. The other, in the

A NEW BATTERY OPENS FIRE ON SPANISH OPPRESSORS.

hall of the Yoiing Men’s Christian Association in LaSalle street, was an overflow, but enough people attended it to comfortably fill all the seats. As for the State street meeting, it was one of the most remarkable demonstrations ever seen in this city. In the first place—and that is the most important point—it was American to the core. There are not many Cubans in Chicago. Probably all the exiles of the suffering islands who have found their wny to the cigar sh&jjfe of the town would not fill the parquet circle of Central Music Hall. Most of them were there, leaning forward in their seats to take in every glowing sentence and cheering wildly the red-hot denunciations of their old masters that poured from the stage. Quesada, the secretary of the revolutionary party, was on the lloor, and so was Zayus, the propagandist of the cause, who is here trying to secure contributions of arms, ammunition and medicine for the insurgents. The big cheer of the evening went up for an excited Cuban who arose in the gallery while Mr. Hynes was speaking and yelled: "I go over and lick Spain myself alone.” Chicago’s Official Stamp,

The other big feature of the meeting was that it was presided over by the Mayor of Chicago, and that the City Council gave it official recognition by attending in a body. If this had happened over in Europe it might have been casus belli. What brought to Central Music Hall this tremendous crowd that filled the auditorium from the back of the platform to the eyries of the topmost-gallery ? In the crowd there were not fifty men who hud ever been within gunshot of Havana. There were not twenty to whom it makes a dollar’s difference whether Cuba bursts her shackles or goes on toiling, footsore under her burdens. There was neither politics nor business in it. Their motive must have been as pure as that which impelled the men who made New England ring against human slavery. It was a great demonstration. From the moment that the gavel of the chairman struck order it was a long roll of applause, shouted applause emphasized with roars that would lend grace to the greatest political meeting. It brought Cuba and the trials and struggles of the Cubans 1,000 miles nearer to Chicago. It lent a new meaning to the familiar lines of the declaration of independence which were in the mouth of every speaker. Liberty and patriotism rang with a different sound to the ears that had only heard them from the mouths of politicians who sought to use them for stepping stones to office. Every mention of the cruelty of the Spaniards was greeted with groans, every mention of the Monroe doctrine and the duty of the government to enforce it with the wildest cheers. If the responsibility of admitting Cuba to statehood had lain with the meeting and some one had put the question another star would have been added to the flag. At the mere suggestion of Cuba’s possible statehood the meeting went into the wildest applause. To the committee that had in charge the drafting of the resolutions the demands on the behalf of the struggling Cubans had at first seemed too strong, too pronounced; but in the light of the en-

thustum which prevailed when they were read they seemed weak and ineffectual. But they were adopted with a roar. Mayor Swift was c-hoeen chairman of the meeting, and addresses were given by the following gentlemen: Ilev. J>r. F. W. Gnnsaulus, Thomas B. Bryan, William J. Hynes, William E. Mason, the Rev. J. H. Barrows, Bishop Fallows, the Rev. Dr. P. 8. Henson, John Mayo Palmer and E. B. Sherman.

NO OPEN SUNDAY AT ATLANTA.

Resolution to That Effect Tabled, It Is Thought Permanently, The preachers of Atlanta are still fighting the exposition on the question of sale of liquor on the grounds. A meeting of the Methodist Ministers' Association was held, and at that meeting the special committee appointed a week ago reported that it had secured legal advice on the question, and that the lawyers were unanimous in their opinion that the right to sell liquor did not belong to the exposition people or to their concessioners legally. A long discussion as to what the ministers should do in view of their report followed. .Some of them were in favor of enjoining the exposition directors from allowing liquor to be sold on the grounds, while others favored bringing the matter to the attention of the grand jury. The matter finally-took that course. A resolution was adopted thanking the exposition directors for keeping the grounds closed on Sunday and expressing the hope that they will continue to keep them closed. At the meeting of the board of exposition directors action was taken which apparently kills for all time the project to open the exposition on Sundays. A resolution providing for Sunday opening was introduced by Director Cabaniss, but after some lively discussion was tabled. The advocates of Sunday opening have not lost hope, but it is pretty safe ti> say the chances of that resolution remaining tabled are excellent.

HAZING IN A MISSOURI COLLEGE

Student Tucker Terribly Maltreated Upon Initiation to the Sigma Nu. J. Tumor Tucker, a new-eemer at the State University at Columbia, Mo., wanted to join the Sigma Xu fraternity, and wns initiated the other night. It was a plain case of hazing. First he was bound hand and foot and blindfolded and gagged. Then he was beaten with stuffed clubs for a while and was next put into a coffin for burial. The coffin was carried

out and put in a spring wagon, and away the funeral train marched. Finally the athletic grounds were reached, and he was buried. Then he was taken out and stripped and thrown into a mud hole and then rolled in sand. Then he was kicked and induced by the plausible story of the leader to sing and dance. The hour was close to midnight, and he sang “Won't You Be My Sweetheart?” and kept step ns well as he could. Then he was hung up by the arms for a while, and was next taken to a haystack and given several sapid slides. Then he was branded with lighted cigarettes, ordered to dress, and about 2 a. m. was taken home. An investigation has been ordered by thg faculty, and it will go hard with the guilty ones.

HEAVY FROSTS.

Many Portions of the Country Visited—But Little hanmue Bone. Dispatches received by the Associated Press indicate that heavy frosts fell Sunday night throughout the greater portion of the country. Little damage was done. Warsaw, Ill.—The first frost of the season fell, killing all tendefi vegetation. No damage to corn. Centralia, Ill.—A light frost, with no damage. Elkhorn, Wis.—A heavy frost fell. All crops are beyond injury. Plainfield, Wis. —A very heavy frost fell, killing all garden stuff. East Tawas, Mich.—A sixteenth inch of ice was formed. A heavy frost fell with great damage to all kinds of vines. Indianapolis, Ind.—A killing frost fell in many Indiana counties. Louisville, Ky.—There was a killing frost which did great damage to tobacco and other vegetation in various portions of the State. Topeka, Kan.—A heavy frost throughout the State. Broom corn seriously damaged. St Louis, Mo.—Light frost over the State, with little damage. Memphis, Tenn.—Frost was found in low-lying localities at various points in West Tennessee, north Mississippi, and Eastern Arkansas. Tender vegetation was bitten, but no serious damage was done to the Irish potato crop, and cotton was not injured to any considerable extent on the uplands. Duncan, Miss.—A heavy frost in thdt part of the delta which may cut the cotton crop short by causing immature bolls to Open. Ottumwa, lowa—The frost the other morning was the heaviest of the season and all vegetation was badly damaged. Ice formed in all parts of the county. Altoona, Pa.—The first snowstorm of the season fell, accompanied by a cold wave.

Notes of Current Events.

The personal property of Minnesota is $311,553,000, as against $100,720,000 in 1894. Orian Apade,*lß years old, living near Akron, Ohio, was killed by the explosion of a gun. The entire family of N. C. Ratte at Akron, Ohio, were poisoned by eating cabbage which had been sprinkled with paris green.

TAMMANY IN CONTROL

RULES THE N£W YORK DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION. State Democracy Men Leave the Hall, an J Senator Hill and Hia Friends Have It All Their Own Way—The Platform and Ticket. Bow to the Tiger, There was an exciting scene in the New York Democratic State convention at Syracuse when the delegates of the

State Democracy rose in a body and left the hall. This action, according to a press dispatch, was caused by the adoption of the report of the Committee on Credentials. The anti-Tammany Democrats of New York City considered a fifth of a loaf worse than no bread at all. The proposi-

D. B. HILL.

— -- - -mm l tion to give one-fifth of a vote Jo each of their delegates, giving four-fifths to Tammany, was rejected by them, though indorsed by the convention. A final struggle was made by the Cleveland men in a motion to allow them one-third representation. or 35 votes to 70 for Tammany. This was Voted down aud they left the hall, taking their one-fifth representation with them. Senator Hill voted with Tammany for the report and against the motion, an early morning conference having resulted in a patching up of his differences with the tiger. The State Democracy might have accepted the one-fifth representation if it had not been coupled with the hard conditions of a recognition of Tammany Hall as the regular party organization, entitled to recognition in all future conventions. The one-fifth representation was to be accepted not as a right but as a sop to harmony, and the State Democracy promptly decided to reject it and enter a vigorous protest. Charles S. Fairshild, of New York, said when he left the convention: “The Associated Press can announce that we will have a ticket of our own on all local issues.” r lhe resolution adopted by the Committee on Credentials read as follows: “Tammany Hall is entitled to recognition in all future conventions as regular, and its delegates are to be placed upon the preliminary and'other rolls thereof, and, in the appointment of inspectors of elections, the use of the party emblem and in every other way in which the question of party organization may arise, said Tammany Hall organization shall be recognized and seated as the regular organization of the party in New York County, but in the interest of harmony at this time the committee recommends, subject to the aforesaid conditions, that the sitting delegates, as well as the delegates known as the State Democracy, be admitted to the convention with one-fifth of a vote to each State Democracy delegate and four-fifths of a vote to each Tammany Hall delegate.” The resolution was adopted by a vote .82 to li. Senator Hill voted yea and Milliam B. Kirk, of Onondaga nay. A

motion to give the State Democracy one-third of a vote each was lost by a vote of 22 to 27, the nays including Hill and Kirk. The rank and file of the State Democracy were atfirst inclined to accept the half loaf, but when Mr. Fairchild arrived he vig-

orously protested against surrendering any rights. The Graee-Fuirchild people left the hall, and as they filed out there was a repetition of the scene in the Democratic convention of 1894 at Saratoga. They were alternately cheered and hissed. When the tumult had subsided the report of the Committee on Permanent Organization was read, and the chairman appointed John Boyd Thatcher and James N. Sheppard to escort ex-Gov. Flower to the chair as permanent chairman of the convention. The platform as adopted declares for home rule in cities, economy in public expense, an orderly Sunday without blue laws, home, rule in excise, equal taxation, honest elections, good roads, opposition to trusts, Federal taxation for revenue only, “sound money,” and a vigorous enforcement of the Monroe doctrine. The administration of President Cleveland is indorsed and that of Gov. Morton denounced. The following ticket was nominated without opposition: Judge Court of Appeals. .. .Judge Teller Secretary of State Horatio C. King Comptroller John B. Judson Attorney General Norton Chase Treasurer D. C. Dow State Engineer Russell Stuart

IN AID OF COMMERCE.

Navigation Topics Carefully Considered at the Cleveland Conference. The International Deep Water Association, which met at Cleveland, proved a large success in the number of attendants. The real test of its practical importance may not come for a long time .yet. It is certainly encouraging to have this evidence of interest. The relative importance of water-ways has greatly decreased, it is true, since the days of De Witt Clinton and the Erie Canal, but from a positive point of view their importance has greatly increased. At the opening of the session a partial report of the Committee on Credentials was submitted, indicating the presence of 330 delegates from fifteen States and Provinces. President Howland said that he had received a communication from Sir Mackenzie Bowell, Premier of Canada, designating an eminent engineer, Mr. Munro, to represent the Canadian Government at the convention. Mr. Howland then invited Lieut. George P. Blow, who came to the convention as a representative of the United States Government, and Mr. Munro to take seats on the platform. He said the action of the two Governments in sending representatives to the convention did not in any way commit them to the policy of the convention. After adopting a rule limiting speeches .to ten minutes, discussion was declared in order, and Mr. Richard Ri Dobell, of Quebec, and Mr. A. L. Crocker, president of the Minneapolis Board of Trade, gave abstracts of the papers which they had prepared on “Export Lumber anil Timber Trade.” Mr. Dobell in closing cordially invited the convention to meet next year in Quebec. Alexander 11. Smith, secretary of the Executive Canal Committee of New York, read a paper upon the subject of “An Improved Erie Canal Offered to Lake Commerce as a Substitute for a Ship Canal.” Mr. Smith said thfit the people of New York were intensely interested in cheap transportation and the commerce of the great lakes. He detailed at length the proposed plans for improving the Erie Canal and expressed the belief that when the work of deepening that waterway had been completed the canal would easily accommodate the lake traffic to the sea. Prof. Emory R. Johnson, of the University of Pennsylvania read a paper on the “Effect of Deep Water Between the Great Lakes and the Sea Upon Railway Traffic and Profits.”

Which No Person Can Paaa Without the President’s Consent. When President Cleveland gets to Gray Gables, his country place on Buzzard’* Bay, he feels quite safe from annoying: visitors. The place is so situated naturally that it is impossible for anyone to get to the house without the President’s consent. Should the visitor attempt an entrance to the domain by water he wonld find at the floating dock, where alone it is possible to land, a man on guard whowould tell him that “Mr. Cleveland isengaged.” Much the same performance is gone through with by those who approach on land. They have to traverse half a mileof private road before they reach the lodge. There is no other road leading to Gray Gables, and any one o,n foot who attempted to cross the marsh near the estate would have a sorry time of it. At the lodge visitors are met by officers of the secret service. If they are personal friends of the President or are expected, they are allowed to go on. If they are there simply out of curiosity or with the hope of seeing Mr. Cleveland, they

are allowed to go to “the deadline” as It is called. Beyond that may no man pass without Mr. Cleveland’s direct permission. This “deadline" is established just west of the stables. It was placed there so that vehicles co'uld have an opportunity to turn around in the open space in front of the carriage shed. The driveway is too narrow to turn in any other place. From this outpost messages and cards are taken to the house, while visitors wait with a hope that is almost sure to be blasted. The occasion for the establishment of “the deadline” wns not so much to keep at a distance importunate office-seekers as to put a stop to the great annoyance which over-curious people subject the President’s family to. Until the “deadline” edict went forth, wagon loadß of people from all around would drive into the President’s grounds, pull up directly in front of the north piazza, the favorite gathering place of the family, and start* at the people who. happened to be sitting there in a way that was, to say the least, embarrassing, pointing out each individual and commenting audibly. After a year of that sort of thing every day, with no holiday from the ordeal of inspection, even ou Sunday, Mr. Cleveland established “the deadline.” He said he was not only willing, but felt much complimented to have his fellow citizens make trips to see his home and his grounds, but he seriously objected to having his family and himself put on exhibiti<*i like so many freaks in a museum. He thought he was entitled to a little of the domestic privacy which is accorded without question to his 00,000,000 fellow citizens.

A Militia Organization of Irish* Americans Is Advocated. The great national convention of Irish societies was opened in the Young Men’s Christian Association Hall in Chicago with a large representation of Irishuien from all parts of the country. Nearly I, delegates were in attendance. The convention lasted three days. One general object was the formation of a united open organization for the furtherance of the Irish cause. Those who issued the call for the convention claim that it is not contemplated that physical force shall be used or advised in the attainment of the independence of the Irish people ns a nation, “unless such means be deemed absolutely necessary and the object in view be probable of attainment.” Little time was lost in preliminaries and the election of permanent officers was put through at a rapid pace and with uninterupted harmony. The report of the Committee on Permanent Organization did not meet With the slightest opposition, the following officers being unanimously elected: J. F. Finerty, Chair- . man; J. P. Sutton, Secretary; J. F. Keating, T. H. McGravey and J. O. Strain, Assistant Secretaries; Vice Presidents, J. M. Kennedy, Montana; C. D. O’Brien, St. Paul; C. F. Driscoll, New Haven; P. J. Judge, Holyoke; Cornelius Harding, Pittsburg. Considerable enthusiasm was created by a motion to add O’Donovan Rossa to the list of vice presidents, but Mr. Rossa declined. Any doubts as to the earnestness of the “new movement” towards freedom for Ireland, were set at rest when Chairman John F. Fiueray, in an address to the convention, declared for an Irish-American standing army which shall be ready to do battle for Ireland whenever opportunity may present itself. The boldness of the plan as outlined’ by the ardent speaker created a sensation.

B. P. FLOWER.

Sam Jones rises to remark that “the whole manhood of America is trying to hunt up a soft job.” Sam seems to have found it. We have no desire to stir up trouble, but it does seem to us that the goldenrod poet is rather late in coming to the front this year. , A supposed case of smallpox in St. Louis has proved to be merely mosquito bites. Life in that town must be fully as pleasant as % summer pienic in sheol. An Indiana man is accused of having ten wives simultaneously. That fellow , evidently believes that “life’s grand sweet song” should be a feminine chorus. John Berger was arrested at Chicago for robbing a church contribution box by means of a piece of sticky fly paper. There are no flies on that method of raising fevenue. 1 The Michigan plan of shooting a suspected train robber to death and giving his friends a chance to prove an alibi for him afterward is rather startling, but it may prove efficacious. The grammarians are now worrying about the question whether the plural of “Blackfoot” should be “Blackfect” or “Blackfoots.” What’s the matter with “two Blackfoot Indians?” When Mrs. Langtry was over here before it wis understood th#t she was the sole support of a needy and deserving husband. If she gets a divorce now, who will care for Mr. Lily Langtry? The Buffalo Express, in describing a critical play*in a baseball game, remarks that “the fair patrons of the game wiped their eyes on the verge of hysterics.” The new woman ought not to wipe her eyes on such a thing as that.

CLEVELAND'S DEADLINE.

MAP OF MR. CLEVELAND’S OROUNDS.

CONVENTION OF IRISHMEN.

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