Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 November 1895 — DEMAND FOR PENNIES [ARTICLE]

DEMAND FOR PENNIES

PHILADELPHIA TURNING OUT 150,000 DAILY. Wind, Snow, and Sleet Do Immense Damage at Chicago-Her Firemen Have One of the Most Stubborn Fights of Their Lives. Stamping Out Coppers. There are 750,000.000 one cent pieces outstanding at the present time, nud :il the Philadelphia mint the daily output has been 150,000 pieces. The government apparently derives a profit of sl.-00 a day on this coinage, the seigniorage being at the rate of nearly 80 per cent, of the face value of the coins. This profit disap]>ears. of course, when the coins are redeemed. Since August last there has been au exceedingly heavy demand for one cent pieces. Treasury officials attribute it to the growing custom in dry' goods establishments and other business houses of marking down prices from round figures, which practice naturally requires a good supply of pennies for making change. The Treasury Department has received one order for'! .000.000 pennies from a cigarette manufacturer, who proposes to put otre penny in each package of twenty cigarettes, selling the package for 5 cents, making the cigarettes cost a fifth of a cent apiece. HAVOC OF THE STORM. Chicago and Vicinity at the Mercy of the Elements. One of the most disagreeable storms in the annals of weather bureaus descended on Chicago late Monday afternoon. It rained, it snowed, and between times sleet pelted down pitilessly. Untold damage was caused by the elements. When night came the downjwur of the mixture of snow and rain and sleet came heavier and the wind, which was gusty in the afternoon, rose to a gale. The streets, the pavements and sidewalks were Hooded to a depth of three inches with slush. The storm made the pavements almost impassable; street car traffic was seriously interfered with; trolley lines were broken with the weight of the snow; telephone and telegraph wires were borne down, broken and crossed until half the wires in the city were made useless by midnight, and communication with the outside world was entirely cut off except at long intervals. Ends of broken trolley and other electrically charged wires dropped into the streets to the positive danger of passers. Numbers of accidents of this sort were reported from various parts of the city, and flic operation of trolley lines in the outskirts of the city suspended early in the evening on many streets. Then, too. the lake was lashed to a seething caldron, and it seems a miracle that many bouts were not lost at the harbor entrance, as a two days’ storm bad driven them all to that end of the lake, and snow obscured the harbor lights. i* TO BOOM THE WEST',

Transmississippl Congress Begins Its Annual Session nt Omaha. Three hundred delegates were present Monday at the opening session of the transmississippi congress at Omaha, which was presided over by ex-Delegate to Congress George Q. Cannon, of Utah, who was elected president of the congress at the St. Louis gathering last yeur. The general object of the congress is the promotion of the welfare of the West, and under this head a vast number of questions have been scheduled for discussion and action. Among those are the irrigation of arid lands, the improvement of waterways and deep-water harbors, the construction and maintenance of levees on the Mississippi and its tributaries, discriminations in transmississippi freight rates, the necessity for a national bankrupt law, the restriction of immigration, methods for the relief of agricultural depression, the project for cable communication with Honolulu and the admission of territories to Statehood. CHICAGO FIREMEN BUSY. Have Two Ugly Blazes to Fight at the Same Tipie. Fire completely burned out the interior of the five-story building at the southwest corner of Wabash avenue and Randolph street, Chicago, Monday night shortly after 11 o’clock. Eight firms occupied the building, which is owned by A. S. Trade. The loss will aggregate $150,001). Though the blaze was confined to the Trade building, the firemen had to make one of the stubborn battles for which the Chicago department is famous. The gale was blowing fifty miles an hour, and in every direction were enormous stocks of goods stored in inflammable buildings. A second lire in Hnymarket Square at the same time did several thousand dollars’ damage. He Wanted to Buy the Midway. F« A. Riley, a well-known New York stock broker, went with his wife to see the Atlanta exposition. He suddenly developed a desire to minister to the spiritual welfare of the denizens of the Midway and began preaching -religion to the couchee couchee girls. Then he wired his New York bankers for a lot of money, announcing that he was going to buy the Midway. He was placed in charge of physicians Taylor’s Bondsmen to Be Sued. J. L. Lockhart. State commissioner of public lands of South Dakota, who has been appraising the lands turned over by defaulting State Treasurer Taylor to secure the State against his thefts, has completed his work. The aggregate value of the land is $75,000, and with cash turned in by Taylor leaves $140,000 deficiency for the bondsmen to pay. They will be sued. Found No Arms on Board. In view of the statement from the deputy collector of customs at Lewes, Del., to the effect that a thorough search had failed to discover arms, ammunition or men on board the Joseph \V. Foster, the Secretary of the Treasury ordered the vessel released. Mansfield Remembers His Lines. Richard Mansfield opened his theatrical season at Philadelphia, presenting "‘Beau BrummeL” It was Mr. Mansfield's first appearance slned his long illness with typhoid fever. Rothschild Brothers Fail. Rothschild Brothers, dealers in furs and gloves, at Chicago, made an assignment for the benefit of their creditors, naming Edwgrd B. McKey. the real estate dealers, as assignee. The liabilities are about $40,000; assets are scheduled at $75,000. Real Estate Dealer SlainA report copies from the Nez Percea reservation In Washington that A. F. Hughes, a real estate dealer, has been killed in a dispute over a contested quar-ter-section. If trqe. this is the first fatality attending the opening of the reserva’dou. .-j , :

CAST UP BY THE WAVEB.

Bodies of Drowned Sailors Arc Washed Ashore. Death in the pitiless, stormy waters of Lake Michigan came to the sailors and disaster and destruction to the ships that braved the elements and set out from port in the teeth of the gale of Tuesday and Wednesday. Wreckage from a number of boats has been washed ashore at various i>oiutß on the lake, and while it is not positively known that any boats have been lost, four bodies were washed ashor# Wednesday morning on the beach near Sarnia. Nothing is known there of any boat having gone ashore and it is imssible that the bodies are those of fishermen who were lost in the gale. Battered and stormworn boats came into Chicago port bearing evidence of their struggles with the gale in disks swept clear of everything that offered any resistance to the wind and waves. Wreckage supposed to be marked “Corning” came ashore near Charlevoix, Mich., and the owners of the barge Ida Corning, Corning & Ryan, were fearful for the fate of their boat and its crew until informed by telegraph that it had tied up at Bay City all, right. Half a dozen boats were wrecked along the Michigan shore at various points, but so far as kpown may be released from their perilous positions, and no lives have been reported lost. The life-saving crews were kept busy going on perilous missions of mercy, full of danger and hardship. RAVAGE OF FLAME. Fire at Chicago Causes a Loss of Over Half a Million. Fire at Chicago Thursday destroyed two-big blocks owned by Warren Springer, ate up the plants of twenty firms, threw 700 persons out of employment and caused a loss of SOOO,OOO. The fire burned for three hours. Four hundred women and girls on a sixth floor were in danger at one time of being out off by the flames, but they were saved by the presence of mind of a policeman, and heroism of Chris Olsen, the elevator conductor. The firemen were threatened by the frequent falling of the tall walls'and by explosions of oil. They had several runs for their lives, with narrow escapes, but they luckily came through unscathed. The buildings were equipped with automatic sprinklers, but these were as helpless as garden sprinkling pots to stny the fire. There were also two fire walls, but the flumes passed these barriers as easily as though they were but lath. Chris Olson, when tine fire broke out, knew his duty and stuck to his post until every man and woman in the building had been landed safely on the ground. Five trips of the elevator to the top floor were necessary to carry all down in safety. Other means*uf escape was out off by tire and smoke. SOAKED IN oil AND BURNED. Slaughter of the Queen of Corea and Her Attendants. Chinese papers by the steamer Empress of China are bitter in their attacks on the Japanese authorities in Corea, whom they blame for tiie murder of tlidjjneen They assert that Japan is a nation pretending to be civilized, but it is the most barbarous on earth. The Queen was hung up by the hair and, after being otherwise abused, tied hand and foot, soaked in oil and burned in she rear of the palace, her remains being reduced to ashes, so that all trace might be lost. Thirty attendants of the Queen, it is alleged, were butchered, their corpses being left about the palace. When the palace was attack/ 4 ed, of some 1,500 guards on duty only six remained at their posts, and they ware quickly dispatched. According to Chinese reports, there were fifteen women of title in the court, the Queen, her mother and ISO ladies in waiting. They were nearly all soaked in oil and burned, while the men’s throats were cut.

MORE MARINES NEEDED.

Present StrcngthNot Sufficient to Meet Demands of Increased Nuvy. 001. Charles Heywood, commanding the marine corps, in his annual report to the Secretary of the Navy, makes a strong appeal for an increase in the enlisted strength of the corps to meet the additional duties imposed by the increase of the navy. Col. Heywood estimates that 1,500 marines on shore are needed for the protection of millions of dollars’ worth of Government property in their charge, a number 500 in excess of the marines now engaged in that duty. In addition to this, it is estimated that about 450 more men will be required for the new vessels now under construction. DEATH TO SIX HUNDRED. Holler and Magazine Explosion on n Troop-Ship at Kin-Cliow. The Empress of Chinn, just arrived from the Orient, reports cholera practically extinguished in Japan. All the Asiatic coast, when she sailed, was looking to Kiu Chow, whbre'n combined boiler and magazine explosion on the troop ship Rung Pai sent 000 men to death. The boilers were old and unserviceable* and ordinary caution would have prevented the catastrophe. Armenians 31 list Assist. The Armenian Catholieos has received a reply to the communication which wad recently sent to the Russian Ambassador at Constantinople, M. De Nelidoff. It.is as follows: “The Armenians of Constantinople are now reassured. They are threatened with no danger. In the provinces, however, there ure regrettable conflicts, which in most eases were caused by the Armenians, who were instigated by their revolutionary committees. The result is terrible revenge upon the part of the Turks in the shape of horrible massacres of Christians. The Sultan has sanctioned the scheme for reforms submitted by the three great powers, and. preparations are now proceeding to carry them out To this end it is necessary that the leaders of the people should persuade the latter to desist from revolutionary attempts, to abandon tue idle hope of foreij,n intervention, to put a stop to all disturbances and to co-operate in the reestablishment of universal peace, in improving the situation, and in the introduction of the new order of things.” The administration at Washington will not take part in any joint action with European nations to compel Turkey to keep its promises to institute reforms. Neither will it assist in splitting up that country in the event of the Sultan failing to keep his promises. Such was the decision reached at the Cabinet meeting Tuesday. The situation was then thoroughly discussed. Minister Terrell’s course was pronounced perfectly satisfactory and American interests will, it is believed, be competently looked after by him. Mothers and Children Put to Death. Col. Fernando Figueredo, the Cuban leader of Tampa, Fla., is in receipt of a letter from Havana giving details of atrocities said to have been committed by Spaniards in Matanzas province. Col. Melino, who commands a Spanish regiment. recently encountered the advance guard of Gomez’ army in Matanzas and was defeated. While soldiers under Melino were in retreat they met a group of women laud ..children near a little town called Cayopino. As the soldiers passed one of the women made a sneering remark about the Spaniards. The remark was overheard by the soldiers, and so enraged them that they fell upon the women and children and butchered every one of.Jhem. There were ten. women and about a dozen children in the group. The commander will likely be court-martialed and be made to pay the extreme penalty. Are Illegally Detained. Four citizens of New York, Geraldo Doiucueon, Severiono Galvez, Branlie

Pena and Anthony M. Ruiz, claim that they are illegally held on board a British man-of-war at Nassau. They are accused of planning a military expedition to (Juba and protest their innocence. The news comes in a letter written by Ruiz to a friend in Brooklyn. When, with his three friend?, he arrived at Inagua. the commander of the British warship Partridge, he writes, sent a force to take them on board and carried them to Nassau. At the time of writing they had been in Nassau more than two weeks, but their case had not come up for trial. GO WILD OVER DEBS. Thousands of Men Greet Him at Chicago. When Eugene V. Debs stepped from the train Friday night that took him from Woodstock to Chicago he faced one of the most remarkulde throngs of men ever brought together. There were 10,000 workingmen crowded into and around the big Northwestern depot. They cheered, roared, sang, laughed, cried, Hiid groaned. They stamped up and down the platform, surged against the coaches, swayed to and fro, brushed aside the policemen there to hold them in check, and, in fact, went wild with the enthusiasm they were worked up to at the sight of the man they call their hero and martyr, and who hud just been released from jail, whither he was sent by the Government of the United States for contempt of court, in disobeying strike injunctions. Debs has been placed in many strange positions, but he can never forget his reception in Chicago on his return from the Woodstock jail. For fifteen minutes after the big train readied the depot there was no sign or semblance of order in the mnss of struggling men. Finally a path was cleared for the band which came with Debs, arul it squeezed its way outside the depot and started to move south across the bridge. Then the marshals shouted aguin, and the parade was fairly under way to Battery D. wherea grand ovation was tendered the liberated leader. HEAVY GOLD EXPORTS. Last Saturday's Shipments Aggregate $3,000,000. Gold withdrawals Friday for shipment amounted to nearly $5,000,000. This reduces the reserve to approximately $82,000,000. The week's record of withdrawals from the treasury gold will nearly equal the big week last winter immediately preceding the lust bond issue, but the conditions then and now are entirely different. Last winter a panicky feeling prevailed on Recount of the uncertainties involved. The money centers were disturbed, funds were being locked up and interest rates were high. The situation was so threatening that a syndicate of bankers and moneylenders was enabled to exact extortionate terms for coming to the government's relief, the syndicate realizing a net profit of slo,i{po,poo tq $12,000,000 of the transaction, According to the calculations ofl Senator John Sherman. PORTUGAL’S MINISTER DEAD. Senhor Angusto de Seguira Thedim Passes Away at Washington. Senhor Angusto de Seguira Thedim, Portuguese minister to the United States, died at his residence in Washington of congestion of the lungs, after a short; ill ness. Senhor Thedim had been a sufferer from consumption for a number of years. He had a sudden and violent hemorrhage Sunday evening, but rallied and his physicians had hopes of his ultimate recovery, but Wednesday evening he grew suddenly worse and from that time sank steadily. His wife was at his bedside when he died.

HURI) LYNCHED BY A MOB.

Taken from His Cell at Wartburg, Tenn., anti Strung Up to u Tree. Charles Hurd, the negro who murdered Jasper I>. Kelley, a young white man, ten days ago, was taken from the jail nt AVnrtburg, Tenn., and lynched. A mob of 200 masked men gathered three miles from the jail and marched in fours to the prison. The negro was taken from his cell und a rope placed around his neck. Ho was dragged to an oak tree, 100 yards distunt where he was swung up. A Moonshine Raid. United States Marshal Kilbourn and three deputies made, an extensive raid on moonshiners in Wise County, Virginia, just over the Kentucky line, destroying a dozen illicit stills, with a capacity of 2,000 gallons. In a fight between the officers and moonshiners three of the latter were seriously wounded. Civil Service Reform League. The annual meeting of the National Civil Service Reform League will be held In Washington Dec. 12 and 13. Ex-Sec-reatry of the Interior Carl Schurz, tho president, will deliver his annual address on the opening night, and a reception will be given the next evening. Golden Gate Well Protected. The battery of dynamite guns which stretches along the bluffs south of Fort Point for nearly a mile below Sail Francisco is now ready to deal out destruction to any invading navy that may appear within three miles of the Golden Gate. Hayward Must Hang. The Minnesota Supreme Court has affirmed the decision of the lower court in the Hayward case. The date of execution will be set by the Governor later.

BREVITIES.

Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, $3.50 to $5.25; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $3.75; sheep, fair to choice, $2.50 to $3.75; wheat, No. 2 red, 55c to 56c; corn, No. 2,27 cto 28c; oats, No. 2,17 c to 18c; rye, No. 2,30 cto 37c; butter, choice creamery, 22c to 23c; eggs, fresh, 20c to 21c; potatoes, per bushel, 20c to 30c; broom corn, common growth 4b choice green hurl, 2Vie to 4c per pound. Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $5.00; hogs, choice light, $3.00 to $4.00 sheep, common to prime. $2.00 to $3.50; wheat, No. 2,63 cto 65c; corn. No. 1 white, 26c to 28c; oats, No. 2 white, 21c to 22c. St. Louis—Cattle, $3.00 to $5.00: hogs, $3.00 to $3.75; wheat, No. 2 red, 60c to 62c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 24c to 25c; oats, No. 2 white, 17c to 18c; rye, No. 2,32 c to 34c. Cincinnati—Cuttle, $3.50 to $5.00; hogs, $3.00 to $4.00; sheep, $2.50 to $3.75; wheat, No. 2, Ole to 66c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 31c to 33c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 21e to 23e; rye, No. 2,41 cto 43e. Detroit—Cattle, $2.50 to $5.25; hogs, $3.00 to $4.00; sheep, $2.00 to $3.75; wheat, No. 2 red, 63e to 64c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 29c to 30c; oats, No. 2 white, 21c to 23c; rye, 39c to 40c. Toledo—Wheat, No. 2 red, 63c to 64c; corn. No. 2 yellow, 27c to 29c; oats, No. 2 white, 20c to 21c; rye. No. 2,38 cto 40c; clover seed. $4.35 to $4.45. Buffalo —Cattle, $2.50 to $5.00; hogs, $3.00 to $4.00; sheet), $2.50 to $3.75; wheat, No. 2 red, 66c to 68e; corn, No. 2 yellow, 35c to 360; oats, No. 2 white, 23c to ‘34c. Milwaukee—Wheat, No. 2 spring, 56c to 57c; corn. No. 3,28 eto 29c; oats, No. 2 white, 19e to 20e; barley, No. 2,35 cto 36c; rye, No. 1,37 cto 39c; pork, mess, $7.75 to $8.25. New York—Cattle, $3.00 to $5.00; hogs, $3.00 to $4.25; sheep. $2.00 to $3.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 67c to 68c; corn, No. 2, 36c to 37c; oats, No. 2 white, 22c to 23c; butter, creamery, 16c to 24c; eggs, Western, 21c to 24c.