Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 May 1896 — SIXTY FALL TO DEATH [ARTICLE]

SIXTY FALL TO DEATH

AWFUL PLUNGE OF A VICTORIA, B. C., STREET CAR. Dives to the River 100 Feet Below Through a Rotten Bridge—Big Cotton Btatea Show Fails Through Apathy of Those to Be Benefited. Horror at Victoria. A terrible accident occurred at Victoria, B. C., Tuesday. A sham tight and review was to take place at Macaulay Point, near Esquimault, and crowds were making their way there by every route. All the tram cars were [Kicked. Two cars left Government street with more than 100 people. The first got safely over Point Ellice bridge, which crosses Victoria arm. When the other was abotlt half way over the middle span of the bridge, about 150 feet in length, gave way and the car plunged into the water 100 feet below. The car was completely submerged. and all on board were drowned with the exception of some of those who were standing on the platform and who, esc-aping'injury frofn she falling timbers, managed to save themselves by using the floating ruins of the bridge and thus got ashore. Sixty bodies had been recovered at 10 o'clock at night. Only a few of them, however, have been identified. t EXTOSITION POSTPONED. Cotton States Fail to Do Their Part for the Big Show. The proprietors of the Cotton States i exposition, which was to have Ixs-ii held in Chicago this full, have decided to give up the scheme for the present. This action was decided upon at an executive session of those in charge. The proposed fair grew out of the visit of many prominent Chicagoans to Atlanta last November. The leaders of the movement for the Chicago Cotton States exposition have been confident of success. Fur a long time it has been apparent to the Chicago committee that the South would eventually fail to come to time and the exhibition would fall through. The Chicago committee has done all that it agreed to —it has raised the necessary SIOO,OOO successfully to carry on the project; it has facilitated railroad eommunieations between the North and South, but after repeatedly advising the Southern committee that it was ready to carry out its port, a communication was received asking the committee to postpone the date, no time being set. This, it is thought, amounts to an eventual abandonment of the scheme on the part of the South. The directors say that the exposition has not. been entirely abandoned, hut that 1 SDH or some other year may be selected as the time to hold it.

A. C. MELLETTE DEAD. Ex-Governor of Sontli Dakota Succumbs to Heart Failure. A. C. Mellette. ex-Governor of South Dakota, died Monday morning at his home ih Pittsburg. Kan., of heart failure, after nn illness of altout five weeks. Death was, however, brought on by a complication of diseases of four or live years’ standing. He was ft prominent Knight Templar. Standing of National League. Following is the standing of the clubs in the National Baseball League: W. L. \V. L. Cincinnati ..21 11 Chicago 17 15 Cleveland ...18 10 Washington. 14 1(S Boston 18 12 Brooklyn ... .13 17 Pittsburg . . .10 11 New York.. . .12 19 Baltimore .. .18 13 St. L0ui5....11 20 Philadelphia 17 14 Louisville ... 7 24 Western League standing. Following is the standing of the clubs in the Western League: W. L. W. L. Detroit 19 8 Minneapolis. 15 14 St. Paul 1(5 lo Indianapolis. 12 12 Kansas City.ls 11 Columbus ... 9 20 Milwaukee ..17 14 Grand Rapids 7 22 Gives Her Estate to a Convict. Mrs. Martha Calloway, a large property owner of Fort Scott, Kan., died Tuesday, leaving a will bequeathing to her non, Clark Bedell, who is a. life convict in the New York State prison at Auburn, half of her valuable estate and precluding her husband from any share in it. The convict son was for many years a prominent man of Fort Scott, and bis parents have succeeded in keeping his disgrace a profound secret until the mother died and the step-father retained counsel to contest the will. The nature of " Bedell’s offense is not known at home. Hermit C. H. Thomas Has an Heir. An official search of the effects of Charles H. Thomas, the aged hermit who died at the Cincinnati hospital, disclosed that he has a son, Henry, who is, or was, noting sheriff at Glenwood Springs, Colo. The old man was miserly and physicians say he died of starvation. He lived mainly on what he gathered from garbage barrels. He owned a farm in Kentucky, an orange grove in Florida and had several hundred dollars in bank. He lived in a dingy hovel in McFarland street, where he kept a junkshop. Devoted to Reports. The second day’s session of the Presbyterian general assembly at Saratoga, N. Y., was opened with devotional exercises led by Rev. George D. Lindsay, of Galena, 111. The business of the day consisted principally in the reception of the reports of the special committees appointed in 1895. Some standing committees were announced by the moderator, Dr. John L. Withrow. Gov. Bradley Indicted. Gov. Bradley has been indicted at London. Ky„ by the grand jury for failing to file a description of his lunds in that county under the recent tax law. It is believed that the lands are not very valuable and the Governor overlooked the fact that the lauds were in his name. Colonel Moabv Critically 111. Col. John S. Mosby, the ex-Confederate soldier, recently consul to Hong Kong, is lying critically ill at his home in San Francisco. He is suffering from appendicitis. To Inhabit Arnold’s Cottage. At a meeting of the Philadelphia Park Commission a proposition was made <by *x-Mayor Stokele.v that the city renovate 1 Ihe residence in the [Jark that was occupied by Benedict Arnold when he resided ftodt make it the; official summer iwdeoce of the Mayor. —- Horror at Buffalo, N. Y. M Buffalo, N- Y.,the Seneca street side stf Brown building, formerly occupied &W Western Union Telegraph Comjmej'.'oolla.psed Thursday and a score or HMBejMMpI* were buried in the ruins. Two outright, two are missing, and

SENT TO THE BOTTOM. Bchooner Satirise Rnn Down by the Whaleback Barge 133. The schooner Sunrise was ent in two by whaleback barge 133, in tow of the steamer W. H. Gratwick, some sixty miles northeast of Chicago harbor, Thursday morning. The schooner went to the bottom so quickly that the crew had barely time to launch the lifeboat and get clear of the wreck. They were taken on board the whaleback and were then transferred to the Gratwick, which arrived at Chicago the next morning. The Sunrise left Chicago Wednesday night, bonnd for Cockburn island, Lake Huron, for a cargo of cedar. She, was in command of Cnpt. Duncan Buchanan, one of the old-time navigators of the lakes. Just after daybreak Thursday morning, when a dense fog hung on, the lake, the three blasts of a steamer's whistle were heard. The Sunrise was then running before the south wind. Capt. Buchanan had taken in all the light canvas, and the schooner, one of the fastest on fresh water, was jogging p.long some five miles an hour. By the sound of the whistle blasts, Capt. Buchanan found he was clear of the steamer. He heard no bell or anything to indicate that she had another boat in tow. The next thing he realized was that his boat was struck by the whaleback barge on the starboard bow. The crash was terrific. The whole bow of the schooner was cut off clean, twelve or fifteen feet back from the stem. TALES OF SPANISH BRUTALITY. A Missionary Relates • Them to a Benatc Committee. Rev. Albert J. Diaz, the American citizen and Baptist missionary whb.xvith his family and brother, was expelled from Cuba after having been arrested and incarcerated in prison there, has been given a hearing before a sub-committee of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, consisting of Senators Morgan and Davis. Mr. Diaz made a statement under oath. Many of the statements made by Mr. Diaz have already appeared in print. One case just furnished the State Department wag at Guntao, where the Spanish soldiers killed six or seven men (non-com--batants). Then the Spaniards went into different houses and gathered seventeen men. They tied these together, two by two, among them being Ladislo Quintero, of Key West, an American 21 years old, who was found sick in bod. The men were taken to the street and commanded to kneel down. The soldiers fired at them, killing all except the American. This occurred Feb. 22 in the immediate presence of the wives and children of the unfortunate men. Dr. Diaz’s statement gives accounts of cases where he alleges explosive bullets were used by the Spaniards and of the shooting of two children in the arms of their mothers by the Spaniards. March 15, in Havana, he saw a man who hud been killed by the soldiers and who had seventy-one bayonet wounds. Dr. Diaz mentioned several instances where the Spaniards bombarded insurgenj hospitals,, killing fthe inmates.

MILLIONS FOR COAST DEFENSES. Fortifications Bill Carries an Appropriation of $lO 703,888. The fortifications bill which passed the Senate appropriates the liliernl sum of $10,703,888. The House Committee on Appropriations appropriated $5,845,837 for coast defenses, but the Senate increased the amount by $4,918,051. The main question of the importance of having this large appropriation made was conceded without objections in the Senate, so that the fortifications bill passed unanimously. Coming Here to Study. The Chinese Government has awakened to the fact that the recent defeat by their smaller but more highly educated neighbor, Japan, was due entiWtiy to the inculcation in the latter nation of western methods. In view of possible future complications the Chinese Government has decided to recognize the superiority of foreign training. As a result twenty Chinese boys, ranging in age from 10 to 12 years, will soon nuike their appearance in this country. Unlike their predecessors, these visitors come as children to become skilled in mechanical arts. The youngsters will come over in care of the Rev. Hui Kin, superintendent of the Presbyterian mission, who is a graduate of an American college and the third Chinaman to be ordained in this country. Mr. Kin saw what the Chinese officials baa}, not seen—that to properly educate the oriental in western methods he must be brought here while very young. Finally as an experiment it was decided to permit the minister to bring back with him to America twenty boys. He selected the sons of farmers as being better fitted physically to enter into mechanical training. The expenses of the pupils are paid by their fathers. Mr. Kin’s.plans are not yet known to the people in charge of the mission, but it is understood the lads are to remain here for some years, and return to China with a liberal mechanical and scientific education. China, it is believed, will also apply soon to this Government for the privilege of sending one or more of its youths to West Point and Annapolis. The twenty youngsters who will arrive soon will remain here under bonds to return to their native country, and every precaution will be taken against the violation of our anti-Chinese laws.

“Czar” la Still Mum. A Washington correspondent says: Tom Reed is being strongly urged to accept the Republican nomination for Vice-Presi-dent. Some of his most intimute friends are among the urgers. A week ago they ’scoffed at the suggestion of their favorite for second place on the ticket. But since then, for some reason which they decline to explain, a change has come over the spirit of their dreams, and they are now becoming quite enthusiastic in their efforts to laud him in the place now occupied by Stevenson. Their efforts thus far have not been successful. The urgers are sufficiently encouraged, however, to warrant them iu continuing their course. They have been unable to get the speaker to say he would accept the ndminntihn, but they have so accustomed him to the idea that he listens to their suggestions now without a prompt apd stern rebuff which their first advances met. The viee-presidancy is a good deal of a comedown from the presidency; but it is, nevertheless, a very big office in point of honor, and, though the latitude is not so great as that enjoyed by the speaker of the House when it comes to the duties' df presiding officer, there are'many thifigk which go to make up the Shortcoming' its that direction. The people back of the movement hope to get an early answer from the speaker warranting them in informing the powers, that wilLapparently be at the St, Louis eonvep-tiqn shat Reed will accept second place. 1

Humane Bequest of SIOO,OOO. The will of Edwaffl Hv Tvennedy was admitted to probateat Philadelphia. He bequeathed his entire fortune of $160,000 in trust for the benefit of the woman’s branch of the Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Great Lobs of Life Feared. Violent gales have prevailed along all the British coasts and the shipping at Hull has suffered considerably. A large Vessel was driven ashore near Port Patrick, Scotland u Death and Destruction in lowa. Meager reports Monday morning state that a cyclone struck' lowa, fifteen jniles north of. Des Moines, killing Bine people and 'injuring' a number! At

midnight a cloudburst occurred at LaMoille, and flooded the county as if • river had been turned loose suddenly from some commanding point of vantage. Streams that were but rivulets and ertn s little “njns” were swollen to enormous pretensions. Creeks became broad, surging rive A ca the instant and the dire work of. laying waste began. Railroad | tracks were washed -away, seefiobS of | roadbed half a mile in length were car--1 ried off on the turbulent waters like the toy boat in the hillside brook. Trestles succumbed to the flood, bridges disappeared, crops were laid waste, and havoc '. wrought in every conceivable form. BRITISHERS CAUGHT NAPPING. Americans Cornered the Bicycle Tube Market tn .Advance. United States Consul Parker, at Birmingham. England, has contributed to the State Department a special report on .the remarkable development of the business of making steel tubing at that place, ca used by the great increase in the use of tile bicycle. Incidentally he tells of a shrewd Y'ankee business trausaetiofi which has placed the British bicycle makers in a bad plight. The American manufacturers, foreseeing a great demand for wheels, not only purchased nil of the stock of steel tubing on hand in England, but gave orders that engaged the. output of many of the factories for a long lime to come, and so it happened when the “craze” struck England the British bicycle makers found they had been caught napping and were short of material. Immediately there was a rush to start up new steel tube plants, and so many have been projected that overproduction is-feared in the end, but meanwhile there is a stringency. To show the extent of the increased export of this tubing to the United States, the consul says that, while the entire export for 1594 was $85,899, that for the first quarter of this year amounts already to $231,200.

trade fairly brisk. Short Crop Stories Have Little Effect on the Market, R. G. Dun Hi Co.’s Weekly Review of Trade says: “The waiting condition, which seems to some people nothing better than stagnation, still continues. But there is a difference. Thousands of orders and contracts are merely deferred because they can be more safely given a little later. There is nothing exciting in the speculative market for ex|>ortable products, and the stories about damage to ‘wheat have been numerous, but the general belief regarding the future supply is fairly reflected in the decline of 1.92 cents per btishei. The western receipts continue larger—for three weeks 0,818,025 bushels, against 4,302.537 !:isl year, while A'tjatifie exports, flour included, have been wily 3,198,803 bushels for the same weeks, against 4,749,074 last year. The home market fails entirely to respond K> short crop stories, for it is known that western reports indicate a crop exceeding last year's.” PRISONERS HIGH IN MIDAIR. Big Wheel Stops Rumjing, to tho Great Discomfort of Passengers, At Earl's court, London, there is a great wheel.'l larger than the famous Ferris wheel of Chicago, carrying forty big cars. Thursday evening the wheel started with quite a number of people on board, but suddenly ceased to revolve. A number of people were compelled to remain aloft untif next morning. Murder Mystery Clearing. At Salt Lake City, Utah, Henrietta Clausen and Sumuelson disappeared, and a few days afterward in the basement of the First Scandinavian M. E. Church were found traces of a bloody crime. DoVOWtpnients have resulted in the arrest of the pastor. In his. trunk were found many articles of personal property belonging, to the girls. There is every evidence tllat the bodies of the girls were cremated in the church fyri^icp. Czar Reaches Moscow. The czar and czarina made their triumphal entry into Moscow ainid the thunder of batteries of artillery, the clanging of countless bells and the cheers of a vast multitude of loyal Russians and equally enthusiastic visitors from all parts of the world. Probably never in the history of nntious lias there been such an assemblage of peoples. Possibly the gorgeous scene may never be repented in its grand entirety. Company Grants nn Advance. One thousand men in Cleveland, Ohio, who have been idle for the past ten days as a result of the strike at the ship yards of the Globe Iron Company, have returned to work. The company submitted a proposition offering a substantial advance in wages and after a long and heated discussion the men voted by n small majority to return to work on condition that all hands be taken back. Arkansas Firm Ships 15,300 Frogs. A firm at Stuttgart, Ark., shipped by express Friday 15,390 frogs to northern markets. They were captured in the swamps of Arkansas County. Missouri Is on the Rampage. The Missouri river is on a boom, and all streams on both sides of the river for 100 miles north are bank full and flood damage is imminent.