Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 October 1895 — LOSES A SECOND SHIP. [ARTICLE]

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.