Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 June 1896 — HAWAII WON'T PARDON ASHFORD [ARTICLE]

HAWAII WON'T PARDON ASHFORD

Great Britain’* Demand Worrit* the Dole Government. The steamer Australia from Honolulu bring* confirmation of the report concerning the demand made by Great Britain that Volney Ashford be permitted to return to Hawaii. The Dole Government is very much excited over the report, but the president of the little republic is pursuing a conservative course in dealing with the matter. The news of England’s demand originated iu Washington, and was forwarded in private correspondence to a Hawaiian paper and several private concerns. The situation is said to be that Great Britain has made a rather sharp demand upon this Government on behalf of CoL V. V. Ashford. The “request” is stated ns a suggestion, in diplomatic sentences, that a pardon be issued to Ashford and that be be pegmitted to return to Hawaii without conditions of any sort. The Honolulu Star says the republic declines to accept the British foreign office’s view of this case, and refuses to grant the pardon, or remove the ban. There is a likelihood of Hawaii calling upon the United States to extend its offices in the dispute. CoL V. V. Ashford was convicted by the military commission of misprision of treason. The evidence waj that he had advance knowledge of the outbreak. His sentence 'was imprisonment for a year and a fine of SI,OOO. In letters to Hawaii on British subjects mixed up in the revolution and tried, the queen’s foreign office gave the opinion that court martial was unconstitutional and that there could be no objection to any of the cases except Ashford. It was claimed the evidence against him was insufficient. It seems that CoL Ashford has followed up this point. Maryland for gold. Democrats Emphatically Declare Opposition to Free Coinage. By an overwhelming majority the Democrats of Maryland, in convention at Baltimore Wednesday, arrayed themselves against the 16 to 1 free coinage movement. The supporters of .the free silver plank, although in a decided minority, were given a fair hearing in open convention, but the sentiment for a gold standard was unalterably fixed. Major Stewart of Talbot was the spokesman of the silverites in urging the adoption of a miuority plank, but the convention, after voting it down, adopted the following by .a vjya voce vote: “Believing that the true interests of the people require that the earnings of agriculture and trade and the wages of labor should be paid in money that is intrinsically worth in all the markets of the world what it purports to be worth, we demand the maintenance of the existing gold standard of v lue, and further, that the Government shall keep all its obligations at all times redeemable and payable in money of the greatest intrinsic value and of the highest standard adopted by the civilized nations of the earth, and we therefore resolve to oppose the free and unlimited coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1.” The resolutions also favor a tariff for revenue only and indorse “the vigorous policy of President Cleveland."

FLAN A FIREWORKS TRUST. Leading American Manufacturers Arranging a Combine. The six leading manufacturers of fireworks in the United States are planning a trust —to save themselves from ruin, they say, because prices have gore below cost. Three of these are in New York — the Consolidated. Pain and Detwiner & Street. The others are the Rochester Fireworks Company, the St. Louis Fireworks Company and the Due company of Cincinnati. Great secrecy is observed concerning the combination. The secretary of one of the interested corporations said: “The negotiations so far have been entirely of an informal nature between the presidents. Even I have not been let in. But we all know that some sort of agreement must be reached. The principal question is whether an incorporated company should be formed or the companies retain their individual existence and be bound by an agreement concerning prices.” FEW FAVORS FOR THE WEST.

Only Four States Succeed in Getting New Public Bnildinga. Excepting the case of Savannah, Ga„ the Western Congressmen from the four new States—ldnho, Montana, Wyoming and Utah—are the only delegations which have succeeded iu securing public building bills from this session of Congress. The House policy has been to report no bills for new buildings, and after exhausting their efforts in that body the Western men turned their attention to the Senate. They secured amendments to the sundry civil bill, and those items were the hardest fought between the two houses and threatened to prolong the session for some days. Senator Dubois, who engineered the campaign in the Senate, was importuned to consent to drop the amendments, but the Western Senators and Representatives refused to capitulate on any conditions, and finally the House accepted them .when Mr. Wilson of Idaho made the motion to that effect.

Trade Showa No Gain. R. G. Dun & Co.’s Weekly Review of Trade says: “Speculative reaction hns not in the least changed the business outlook. The fictitious prices made for wheat and cotton meant no good except for individuals, and the change to prices more nearly in accord with actual relations of demand and supply only conforms to conditions which have been well known for months. The attack on stocks was so plainly artificial that its influence passed with the day, and neither in foreign relations nor in domestic business was there anything to justify alarm. The Government report as to wheat indicated a much smaller yield than anybody really expects, but that has become so much the rule that the report had no real influence, and the principal effect was the serious depression caused by large sales in anticipation of the report, which seemed to be tnoroughly known in advance to some speculators.” Coatly Revenge. Because he was not paid his wages an employe of Wood Bros.’ circus at Chicago,' cut one of the main guy ropes of the big tent Wednesday night. The lofty center pole swung to one hide, the tent partly collapsing. Three trapeze performers fell thirty feet aud two gasoline tank lights dropped at the same time, exploding as they struck the ground. Thieye wus a stampede among the 1,100 persons who filled the seats about' the circus ring. Charles Camm. 8 years old, of 703 West Ohio street, who was burned about the head, was the only person injured. ;• T— ~ Tv "y'j. Sullivan Doesn’t Need Sleep. John Sullivan, of Fhjlacfelphia, issued a challenge to aby mmYlif rae world to engage with him in a sleepless contest for thirty days. Sullivan works in the Swedes iron furnace, and for exactly one month he never slept. He was in perfect health and worked regularly every day. Confesses That He Killed Shottmer. John O’Meara gave himself up at Cincinnati and confessed to shooting George Shottmer Tuesday night. They were driving teams and quarreled while trying to pass each other. Shottmer hit O’Meara with a whip and O’Meara fired. Sbottmet died the next day. Deadly Work of Duelists. At Hartselle. Ala., a desperate duel took place Saturday night between Monroe

Jackson and J. W. Vest, resulting In tb« death of both men, who were prominent Populist politicians holding opposite views. Jackson and another man were drinking in Vest’s saloon and expressed view* offensive to Vest, who ordered them out.- On reaching the street Jackson and hia friend became involved in a difficulty and Vest went oat to part them. As a result he and Jackson became involved In a wordy quarreL Finally Jackson drew a knife and Vest a pistol and a terrible fight ensued. Vest was cut in the abdomen two or three times and Jackson waa shot through the lungs, in the thigh and in the kidneya Both combatants fought until they coaid stand no longer, and bled to death soon after friends had carried them home. Vest had a wife and seven children, and Jackson leaves a widow and six children.

HAVANA BESIEGED. Insurgent* Attack Water Supply and Bridge Approaches. Havana was startled Saturday eight by two explosions. It was soon found that the stone bridges of Christina and Concha and the aqueduct of Fernando Septima were the points that had suffered from the dynamite. The bridges were partially destroyed, and the pipes on the aqueduct, upon which the city is dependent for its water supply, were much damaged. It cannot yet be stated how extensive is the damage done or how long it will require lo remedy it. The dynamite was placed by agents of the insurgents. The greatest apprehension is felt on account of the secrecy and effectiveness with which the insurgents hare been able to carry out the plan. Fever and smallpox have broken out, which, in the unwholesome state of affairs, threatens to become epidemic. Many are suffering from measles, and there is much intestinal trouble among the inhabitants owing to poor and insufficient food. The failure of the water supply puller these conditions is a dire calamity.' SAY CROFTON IB UNFIT. Commander of Fort Bhewidan Physically Incapacitated. CoL R. E. A. Crofton, in command of the Fifteenth infantry at Fort Sheridan, has been pronounced physically unfitted for nctive service by the post surgeon, Major Henry Lippincott, and his assistant surgeon, Captain Charles E. Woodruff. Acting upon the report of the post surgeon, Major General Merritt, commander of the Department of the Missouri, has forwarded a recommendation to the Secretary of War that the colonel be ordered before a retiring board for examination. For a long .time matters at the post have not been running smoothly. Col, Crofton has been in several shooting scrapes wjitj his subordinates. He declares he is ns physically sound as ever, and says this latest move is the work of his enemies.

HAD A PREMONITION OF DEATH. Farmer John Tear* Dispose* of Business Affairs and Dies. John Tears, a Burlingham, N. Y., farmer, who last year rented the Halliday farm, where the triple murders were committed three years ago, died Thursday, as he had predicted. Early in the morning Mr. Tears arose from bed and startled his family by saying that he hail received a premonition of his death, to occur before the close of the day. His wife tried in vain to convince him that it was a hallucination, but the man contended he was not mistaken, and gave directions regarding his business affairs. About noon he went to bed anil soon died. Miners Lose the Strike. News from Globe, A. T., announces that the mines of the old Dominion Mining and Smelting Company have closed down, throwing 250 men out of employment. The shut-down is the result of trouble between miners and the superintendent, who reduced the wages of the carmen from $2.50 to $2.25 per day. The miners took up the grievance of the men affected and demanded $3 per day for all men, none but union men to be employed, and all Mexicans to be discharged. The superintendent was warned that if he did not accede to these demands he would be marched out of town. Under these threats he acceded to the demands. The matter was reported to the Boston office and the mine was ordered shut down. The Old Dominion is one of the best in Arizona, and waa recently purchased by Lewisohn Bros, of New York, the price being $2,000,000. Murdered Hia Brother-in-Law. Ben Dice, a rancher pear Visalia, Cal., killed his brother-in-law, Grant Smith, in a quarrel about water in an irrigation ditch. Dice surrendered. Dice’s wife is a sister of the murdered man. Bad blobd had existed between the two families on account of water. To Refund Hawaii’s Debt. P. C. Jones, a member of one of the largest banking houses in Honolulu and minister of finance under the late monarchy, is in New York to interest Eastern capitalists in the refunding of the Hawaiian Government’s indebtedness. Free Masons Are Bnrned Alive. In the Indian revolt in Oaxaca, Mexico, Free Masons were attacked, particularly at Jaqulla, where the Indians committed awful atrocities, burning prominent Masons alive.