Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 September 1896 — END DID NOT COME. [ARTICLE]

END DID NOT COME.

EARTH WAS TO HAVE BEEN DESTROYED WEDNESDAY. Apostolic Christian Congregation of Mew York Had Everything in Keadi■eos to Ascend to Heaven—Fire and Flood to Have Rone the Work. Didn't Go to Glory. According to the faith of the Apostolic Christian Congregation, of New York, the world was to have yojjje to an end at •unrise Wednesday and the Savior, they •aid, appear with the orb of day to gather into paradise the 3,600 people there and in Germany who'believed that He was coming. This was the absolute faith; of the congregation, members of which held all day and night seasons; ami d’fa.ver meeting in its' hall qt,_js4 East 54th street. New York, in preparation to the end. This curious sect of Christians, in belief resembling the Millerites and Latter D;ty Saints, was founded’ thirty-three years •go by Julius Stangnowski. who (•laitiied to have a vision in Koenigsbnrg Sept. 2. 1863. In that vision, so claimed the seer. Christ appeared to him and told him that the second-coming was fixed for exactly thirty-three years from date —that day. The sect never had much growth. )>ut its members made up for paucity by enthusiasm and fervency. A mob of the uiiregeneratC, wholaughed'at the idea that anyone was to go to heaven Wednesday, filled the street in front of Leader Stutzke’s house during Tuesday evening and assailed it. The police dispersed the crowd ami a patrolman was stationed at the prophet's gate. CHINA IN THE COAL TRADE. Expected that United Staten Producers May Be Undersold. China has thrown down the gauntlet to the big coal miners of the United States. The American bark Colorado, which has arrived at San Francisco, brought a mixed.sample cargo of anthracite and manufactured coal, mined and made in the Tonquin district. It was consigned to a San Francisco coal-dealing firm, which promises to push the Oiiinese fuel on the coast market at prices greatly below those which Pennsylvania and Welsh coal of the same character is now bringing. Examining experts have pronounced the Tonquin coal beds almost inexhaustible. The Chinese article is in the market to stay, it is said. Tonquin. since the Tonquin war. has been under the control of the French, and it is French capital that is now developing the mines, but the land is still populated by Chinese as before, ami it is the cheap Chinese labor that is employed in the mines; hence the extremely low cost of production which enables the French owners of the Tonquin mines to undersell the coal producers of other countries where labor is better paid. The etial from the Orient is ■aid to be of the finest quality, fully equal to the best Pennsylvania or Welsh coal.

FAST TRAIN RECORD BEATEN. The Union Pacific Overland Limited Proves Itself a Flyer. ' The fast train service record In the , West.,yas broken by the Union Pacific Overland I,imijed Monday jiight. The regular schedule "time of ifi'e’lraJii is over fifty nfjlss An h<svr, i'm ihdini stops' - the YAsteSP’ri'giila? train'aerhs's \:ie eohtineht.! TddS w.is imptiivnd upon/ The train wit* delayed'dlie Hour When Grand Island; Neb.. wits-rineßed.‘lso miles- from Omaha. With sixteen coaches, the, timewas fully made-up before the train I’eayhed Omaha. The officials are now figuring just what time the train can make tu-ros. the continent. Ftsndinc of National Lensrue. Following is the'sftinding of the clubs of the National Baseball League: W. L. W. L. Baltimore ...75 34Philadelphia .54 57 Cincinnati .. .69 41 Brooklyn . . . 57 Cleveland ...66 di'New York . . .53 60 Chicago 65 IDWaslhingtoii .44 65 Boston <SO stlXt. Louis .. . .35 75 Pittsburg .. ...59 sOLouisville ...28 80 tiybiio? c u ‘ t'Western League Standing. Following- i-. tlife standing of the clubs in the Western League: .; W. L. W. L. Minneapolis .7.3 39Kansas City .<ll 53 Indianapolis .66 44Milwaukee .. .53 GG St. Paul .. r .-.<17 oOColumbus ... .41 77 Detryit^' r ■ QI. s<)Gr’d Rapids .40 7i' >•. Fava Not in Favor. A well-known Italian of Washington received a letter from Route stating that Baron Fava, ambassador from Italy to the United States, had been recalled. The letter was written by a clerk in the Italian foreign office. The cause, the writer stated, was a general dissatisfaction with the Baron's actions on the part of the Italians in the United St::tVs as well as in Italy. Union of Railway Men. At a meeting of representatives of different railroad brotherhoods held in Indianapolis, a federation of the five brotherboods of railroad men was advocated. J?. M, Arthur, P. 11. Morrissey. Frank P. Sargent, E. E. Clarke. J. R. T. Austin and G. W. L. Brown attended the conferdhee.

2 ,500 1 rained Voices. At Denver the national eistoddfod opened in rhe Arlington Park pavilion Tuesday. Over 2,500 trained voices and fifty soloists took part in the entertainnents. High Hats Doomed* The New Orleans law regulating the •tyie of hats to be worn by women at theaters went into effect Sunday night, and it promises to give general satisfaction. Indians Are Starving. Fathers -Goyer and Laepste, Roman Catholic missionaries, who have arrived ta Quebec from Labrador, state that disease and hunger are rapidly exterminating the scattered Indian tribes' of that country. Hovernlhent aid will be absolately necessary The British bißtlealiips Rainiiies and Trafalgar. flagships of the British MedItertafowi'h squadrons, and twelve other British warship?'liave started for the levant. Wholesale Shoe Firm palls. William (J. and John H. Brooks, wholesale dealers dqing business as Brooks Brothers a| Chicago, made an assignment. The assets are scheduled at $45,000, with liabilities $5,000 less. The members of the concern Attribute their failure to their Inability to make collections. .. . Turk Must Try Again.., * The .United States Minister. Alex. W. mactds of 1 the t?tttW ft>r iuflritffy« •« » of the'b M r«<W cm missions as KSatiJut and Marash is Mt satisfactory.

COUNTERFEITERS CAPTURED. Garg «ad Confederates All Over the Continent. Developments of the most startling character followed the arrest at Waco, Texas, of three*'men for counterfeiting. The accused are Edward Daniel Ennis, charged with passing counterfeit money; John Mitchell and 11. S. Shanner, charged With making molds for molding counterfeit money and with passing counterfeit money. AH three are in jail. Ennis, by his own confession, is the leader of the gang, and by bis statements which sire now on record in the United States Commissioner's office, the details of a gigantic counterfeiting scheme are disclosed. The prisoners are only a small section of the band of spurious money makers, according to the statements of Ennis, although he will not call any names other than those under arrest. They have <*onfederntes in Toronto, Canada. San Francisco. Chicago. New York and the City of Mexico. The most peculiar feature altont the discovery, of the counterfeiting opera?, tions is that Ennis disclosed his cquitey,-, tion with it in giving bis experience at a. camp meeting after being converted. He. created a sensation by announcing to Evangelist Terry, who was conducting the meeting, that he was a couterfeiter. He named nobody else, but made a clean breast of it so far as he was concerned. The matter was reported to the Deputy United States Marshal, and by placing Ennis under a close watch, the den was located in a deep hollow, where the only shelter for the workers was a big campers' tent. Ennis' confederates were found at the tent and back of it, tinder a huge bowlder, were found the tools and the material used for the alloy, he outfit was complete.

WELCOME TO LI HUNG. Faipons Statesman of China Arrived in New York E’riday. Li Hung Chang, ambassador and envoy extraordinary of China, reached New York Friday and was given a royal welcome to the United States. The American Line StAamship St. Louis, on which the distingttfsh'eil traveler was a passenger, was boarded by Government officers from the ci'uftibr 'Dolphin, who extended to the Chinese statesman, on behalf of President Cleveland, a welcome to the United States. The St. Louis slowly moved up the bay, surrounded by all kinds of gaily decorated craft, and with the Dolphin quite near her, to the music of a tremendous chorus oc steam whistles and a continual fusillade of giant firecrackers, etc. As the St. Louis neared the American fleet the salute in honor of the Chinese visitor was fired from the flagship New York, gun by gun, until twenty-one shots had been fired. The New York was the only warship to fire a salute, but the other ships dipped their colors as the St.Louis passed. HAWAII MAY BE ANNEXED. Willis Said to Be Empowered to Enter Into Negotiations. The steamer Alameda, from Honolulu brings advices that Minister Willis has resumed his duties. It is rumored his rerent visit to the United States was for the purpose of conferring with President Cleveland on an annexation policy. As a result of the conference, it is said, ‘Willis was empowered to enter into negotiations for either annexation, a monarchical form of government, with Ixaiuhuji ou the throne, or an American protectorate, the choice ui form, of gpvernmeut to be left to a ,vot,e of thie.peqplo. Minister Willis, made a formal call on the soon alter bis return to the city. Nothing definite wijl be, known Regarding Mr.' Willis' instructions until the return of President Dole, who is o,n,.the Island of Mapi at present.'

THREE STATE CONVENTION?. Gold Democrats of Wisconsin, lowa, and Michigan Meet, Gold Democrats off Michigan met in State convent'ion Wednesday at Grand Rapids, nnd decided to make a fight all along the line. Their State ticket is headed by Rufus T. Sprague, and a fuHndeleigation to Indianapolis chosen, in lowa and Wisconsin no action was taken further than to declare against 16 to 1, select. Indianapolis delegates and choose presidential electors. Commission to Investigate. The Spanish Minister at Constantinople reports that the Mussulmans killed hosts of Armenians during the rioting of Wednesday and dragged their bodies through the streets. The Ministry of Police has appointed a commission consisting of eight Christians and Mussulmans to inquire into the 'revoltitioiitiry rioting. Travelers say that the state of anarchy continues at the Turkish capital, and that the number of persons massacred in the streets reaches into the thousands. A dispatch from Constantinople says that there was a general fusillade and massacre. At the conclusion of the riot many hundred dead bodies were lying at Pasamathia. at the head of the Stamboul bridge. The Turkish mob, armed with knives and sticks, invaded the quarters of the Armenians, attacking the Armenian houses, and tossed their butchered victims out of the windows. The police and militia stood idly by in the streets where wagonloads of human bodies were lying scattered iu all directions. All the English subjects now residing in Constantinople escaped without injury during the riots.

Forced to the Wall. The New York dry goods firm of Hilton, Hughes A- Co. (once A. T. Stewart A Co.) have made an assignment to G. M. Wright. The assignment is without preferences, Eljhu Root is attorney for the assignee. Among the banks in Wall street the failure of Hilton, Hughes & Co. is regarded as due to a gradual decline in business. The firm's credit for the last five years has Deen badly impaired, and it is understood that very little if any of the firm’s single-name paper is out. The firm has been taking stock for several weeks past and recently was understood to have received about $750,000, which has been used in reducing the liabilities of the firm. The assignment was made by Albert G. Hilton, who comprises the firm. No statement has as yet been made as to the amount of liabilities and assets. Canada Wirts by J a Scratch. ' 1 At Toledo. Ohio, the Canadian yWttt the'Cahdda defeated the challenger' the Veiicedor Wednesday and iron the inter- 1 national race. The defender won by twenty-six seconds, time allowance, after as pretty a yacht raee as was ever sailed on Lake Erie/ It was a hard race for the Yankee yacht to- lose, for the Vencedor had the race wetl ! -won had<Bhc not lost three minutes in a vain effort to select the righCstake boat. Brazil to Make Reparation. The correspondent in Rio Brazil. sends word that Senor Olivefu. Brazilian Minister to Italy, has had a conference with the MiiijiitdV of Fpibjgd'.Affairs tn Ropie, In which' be fnat fiififzil wist mAke full reparation for the insults $ fhM, Itifiiin tike. " 1 ,i v-Jji a* ' se; .ovfy a usvj, mw tovoi. ' Dun & tq,’*a ’ { " ' r "“? '“Clearifig-lioifse. .certificate Have, nos ,£een issued, btit instep,ci>mijjg • |fclther largely on the swiftest stea fibers, jabont $10,000,000 being already received. [Higher lending rates bring it, notwith-

stauding foreign events which disturb Ixmdou markets and growing confidence In the monetary future of the country help. Inabilities in failures for three weeks were $20.932.'2K5, against $6,519.3GG last year and $8,214,470 in 1894. The stoppage of Hilton, Hughes & Co. is not 1 included in these figures. The stoppage I of works also continues. including among other iron works the Illinois Steel plant :'t Hammond, Ind., and the Kikeside nail I works there. Disruption of the tinplate i association results from inability,of many concerns to go on paying wqges demand- ! ed. pnd will presumably be' followed by the stoppage of sonic others. Iron, works are .getting light new business, many contracts having bden deferred ‘initjl after the' election,’ and there is so little doing that quotations are plmost nominal.” SEAMEN MUST BE PAID IN GOLD. Law Passed by Congress In IS7o fb'r 1 heir Protection. Concerning the report that the United JRati-s shipping commissioner at Port 'j'owitsend is inserting iu the shipping articles of American vessels bound foreign a ehinse- that 'wages 6f seamen may .be paid in silver. Navigation Commissioner Chamberlain says: "The rejiort is doubt-' less a mistake, for such action would be clearly illegal. In 187.3 Congress took care to protect the wages of American seamen in foreign trade against reduction through a depreciated money standard foreign or domestic, by providing that such wages in a foreign port ‘shall be paid in gold-or its equivalent, without any deduction whatever, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding.’ The law is section 4,548 of the revised statutes.” THREE MEET DEATH. Fatal Fire in a Minneapolis Saloon Thursday Morning. Throe persons lost their lives in a fire that broke out at an early hour Thursday morning in John Lundin's saloon at Minneapolis. They were sleeping on the third floor of the Lundin Building, which was a brick veneered structure. They had no opportunity to escape, as the flames had gained too great a headway when the alarm was given, and it is probable they were suffocated in bed. The occupants of the second floor escaped with great difficulty. The saloon and the clothing establishment of A. G. Peterson were completely destroyed, entailing a loss of SII,OOO. to cover which there is insurance amounting to $7,000. "JACK THE SLASHER.” Ohio Police Think They Have the Man Who Destroys Dresses. The East Liverpool, Ohio, police think they have “Jack the Slasher,” the mysterious individual who has cut the dresses of dozens of women on the streets the last two years. Elmer Flowers, aged 24, and a prominent ehurch man. was arrested for the offense. The slashing has always been done in the same way, elegant dresses being cut when the wearers were canght in crowds. Little Edna Marsh wait tile last victim. Her skirt was hacked in broad daylight, and Flowers was arrested. " 11

Monster Lockout Is Planned. The federated shipbuilders of Carlisle, Scotland, have issued; a. notice .th® effect that all members of trades unions will be dismissed from their employ unless the Strike of Dunsmuir & Jiekson's engineers is ended and the men return. The Belfast master shipbuilders will indorse the lockout, which will affect all the engineers employed at the Clyde, at Belfast, and on the northeast coast, including 19,000 of the Armstrong Company's men. Shoxving for July, The staeutent of the business of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company for the month of July. IS9G, coinpared with the same month of 1595. is as follows: 1896. profit for the month. SSO4,481.19; total charges, $794,927.49; surplus. $9.55,3.70; 1895. profit for the month. ?895,410.f1”; total charges, $810,236.18; sitiplus, $88,173,84. Big of Gold, , Heavy engagemeiits import to this country were uiiiiouuccd by various New York fiatikjng houses Thursday. lut luding the amounts previously reported, the gold on shipboard an«,l engaged fott,the United States aggregates $9,4iX),000. In addition L. Von Hoffman Ims a consignment the amount of which is uot definitely known. ‘ Sligh Wins in MicliigJiu, , At Bay City, Mich., Wednesday, the silver Democrats, People's party ami Union Silver conventions met jointly and nominated a full State ticket, headed by Chas. It. Sligh, of Grand Rapids. Powder House Blows Up. The dry house at the Miami powder works, five miles north of Xenia, Ohio, blew up Wednesday morning, shaking the country for miles around. Two men were killed. Advices from Crete. A dispatch from Athens giving an account of the recent troubles in Crete says that the Moslems plundereil the offices of the British vice consulate at Heraklion. Killed from Ambush, John T. 'Thomson, a traveling salesman front Chicago, was ambushed and killed pear Bramlet, Tenn.