Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 October 1896 — STEAMER SCUTTLED. [ARTICLE]

STEAMER SCUTTLED.

PALATIAL STEAMER SINKS AT A DULUTH DOCK. Deliberate Act of Some Vandal—Famous Pugilists to Come Together— The Bridegroom Tarried at LimaMexican Outrage Upon Americans. Northland Goes Down. The steamship Northland, which completed her season in the Great Northern Line between Duluth and Buffalo a fortnight ago and was laid up at Duluth, Minn., for the winter, sank at her dock Monday night. The big steamer was raised Tuesday night, when it was found that the seacock hrnf been opened by some one and the boat deliberately scuttled. As she went down in but twenty feet of water, the damage to her expensive fittings will not be heavy, but everything up to the machinery deck has been soaked through, and the elaborate decorations of her passenger gangway and grand staircase will be well-night ruined. It is not known who opened the seacock, but it is thought it might have been done by discharged employes.

CORBETT ACCEPTS. He and Sharkey Will Meet at San Francisco. Saturday night last Manager Groom, who was slightly nettled because an offer of SIO,OOO telegraphed to Corbett and Sharkey a week previous had been treated with what savored of silent contempt, sped another couple of messages over the wires, warning the big bruisers that the San Francisco National Club’s offer would only remain open a week longer. Groom received a dispatch from Corbett stating that if the club would post the amount of the purse in responsible hands with the understanding that Corbett and Sharkey were to receive the full amount whether the fight took place or not, the offer would be accepted, and the fighters would come without delay. Corbett mentioned that Sharkey and himself had decided to box their ten rounds on some date between Nov. 20 and 30. Standing: of National League. Following is the standing of the clubs of the National Baseball League: W. L. W. LBaltimore .. :89 37New York !. .02 65 Cleveland i..7S IGPhiiadelphia ,«M> 66 Cincinnati ...77 ooßrooklyn ....56 71 Boston 72 56\Vashington .56 71 Chicago 71 57St. Louis ... .38 89 Pittsburg ...65 61 Louisville ...36 90

Western League Standing. Following is the standing of the clubs in the Western League: W. L. W. L. Minneapolis .89 46Kausas City .70 66 Indianapolis .75 54Milwaukee ..62 78 Detroit Stt tiOColumbus ...52 87 St. Paul 75 OlGr’d Rapids .47 91 Americans Mobbed. A mob attacked the American Presbyterian Church in Amusa, Culientvs, Mexico. The pastor is Rev. D. Sharp. The mob broke windows and doors with stones, and Mr. Sharp’s house was also attacked. A crowd attacked the Morelos College, in the same city, breaking every window in it. Several arrests have been mad . and the authorities are anxious to identify the leaders. United States Minister Ransom has been appealed to to use his best offices with the Government to secure the punishment of the offenders.

Gold Reserve Grows. Gold to the amount of SI.OOO.OttO, previously deposited with the New York subtreasury for examination, was released and added to the surplus reserve Tuesday, through the clearing house operations, the conditional receipts issued against it having been redeemed in legal tenders. In addition tothis no further amounts of gold were received by the Assistant Treasurer, hut the operations of the day. combined with those of Monday, augmented the gold reserve by $2,600,000. The reserve now stands at about $120,000,909. •4 Teaerts His Prospective Bride, Miss Mary Shay, of Middletown. Ohio, mourns the loss of her husband-to-be. and she is almost heart-broken. Charles Shay is her cousin, but they have been lovers for some time, and decided to get married. Accordingly, she went to Lima, and the marriage was to have been .solemnized Thursday evening. Charley had a house furnished and gave Mary $5 to procure the license, while he made all the other arrangements, but Charley failed to appear, and, instead, left for Red Key, Ind. Brutal Whitecaps. Whitecaps are terrorizing the farmers and residents of Holland station, fourteen miles from Toledo, Ohio. Farmer Huntsman, an old man, and his son were cruelly beaten by masked men and the old man was buried alive three times by his inhuman tormentors. Each time as he was dug up the men beat him with dubs and he may die as a result of the terrible injuries received at their bunds.

Qneen and Czar Meet. The Czar of all the Russias slept Tuesday night in royal Balmoral Castle, in Scotland. His trip from Leith, where he landed Tuesday, was practically a continuous ovation, and not a single sensational incident marred the progress of the Muscovite potentate from his yacht to the castellated towers of the Scottish palace of Queen Victoria. Keeping Them to Kill. The Turkish authorities have put a atop to the deportation of Armenians, which has been going on since the recent fatal riots in Constantinople. Laundry War Is Hot. The laundry war in Chicago is waging fiercely, and prices are being frightfully decimated. Tariffs for laundering shirts have gone down to 3 cents each, with other pieces as correspondingly low. Among laundry agents it is the opinion that the prices will go still lower. American Bidders Shut Out. The Toronto, Ontario, City Council has voted that tenders from United States concerns shall not be considered in the opening of bids for the plumbing and •teamfitting of the new court house. Saloon Wrecked by Dynamite. A heavy charge of dynamite w® exploded under the saloon of Mrs. Matty Weisbrodt, of Sardinia, Ohio, the building being totally wrecked. Several persons were injured. Anti-saloon workers are suspected, having failed to secure passage of a local option ordinace. Murder of Martha McCord. Martha McCord, a seamstress, was found dead in her; room at-? Lawrence, Kaa. Death had been canoed,from three wounds on the temple; inflicted with a hatchet that lay near by. It is undoubtedly a case of murder, with robbery the moWive.

! CHICAGO'S ALLEY L SOLD. George Adams and Leslie Carter Are the Pita-chasers. The Chicago and South Side Rapid Tranait Company, known to all World’s Fair visitors as the “Alley L” road, was sold Wednesday niorning by Perry Hull, acting on an order from the court. George E. Adams and Leslie Carter, representing the first mortgage bondholders, bid in the road at $4,000,100 and SIOO,OOO for 24 pieces of real estate. Before offering the road Mr. Hull stated that bo bid Would be considered unless a deposit of $200,000 as a guaranty of good faith had previously been made. At this juncture Sidney C. Eastman, representing G. E. Jones and other stockholders, announced a formal protest against the sale of the road, and stated that suit would be brought in the appellate court if the sale was consummated. The first thing offered was the railroad proper, the minimum bid which would be considered being placed at $4,000,000. Leslie Carter immediately stepped forward and offered $4,000,100, representing himself and George E. Adams. This was the only bid made, and the road was declared sold at that figure. Twenty-four pieces of real estate were then offered separately with no bidders. Then they were offered in groups, but no bids were made, and they were finally placed on. the block as a whole. The property was bid in at SIOO,OOO by Mr. Carter for himself and Mr. Adams, theirs being the only offer. This completed the sale, and the large crowd quickly dispersed, one hour and a half having elapsed during the sale of over $18,000,000 capitalized property-

MARCHING ORDERS. Western Regiments Get Their Quadrennial Shake-Up. Fort Sheridan's shaking up has come at last. The long expected transfer of the Fifteenth Infantry was ordered Friday by the Secretary of War, and Col. Crofton and his Indian fighters will go out West and give way to another band of men who have been on the plains for many a year and are considered entitled to a change. From scenes of sand and sun and alkali the bronzed warriors of the Fourth Infantry will come to civilization —Fort Sheridan. The fortune of war in this case is strange. The men of the Fifteenth, who have been enjoying all the luxuries of life near Chicago, including pleasant society affairs and jolly nights at the theater, must take up new quarters amid the dreariness of the plains of New Mexico and Arizona. Not a railroad, even, will be near them, and their life will contrast strangely with the whirl of the last few years at famous Fort Sheridan. On the other hand, the men of the Fourth are coming from the dreariness and desolation of the plains to take up the pleasant program of the Fifteenth, so rudely interrupted. Bronzed and a trifle awkward the men of the Fourth will seem at first, but both will wear off. Tailors will be in clover for a time, and civilization with all its delights, so dear even to men who fight, will take the place of sand hills, bare plains and Indian scares.

WILL NOT CUT HIS HAIR. Carrier's Locks Threaten His Postmaster’s Reason, Postmaster J. J. White, op Oakland, Cal., has been called upon to decide one of the weightiest questions so far submitted to him in his official capacity. He has searched through the postal laws, but has been unable to find a regulation to fit the case, and now he is seriously considering th- propriety of.submitting the mutter to the department at Washington. The question is whether Lyman P. Baare, a letter carrier, can be compelled to have his hair eut. Baare’s wind beguiling locks have been the cause of numerous complaints from ladies and gentlemen who have come in contact with the eccentric young man. Being a pianist, Baare two years ago decided to let bis hair grow, with the idea of emulating Paderewski. So conspicuous did Mr. Baare and his flowing locks become to the people of Oakland that the young man became involved in a street fight with a youth who whistled “Johnny Get Your Hair Cut” as the letter carrier passed by. In order to soothe the lacerated feelings of the public. Postmaster White placed Baare on the night shift. This move only made matters worse, for after scaring a doctor and several women more complaints were lodged. Baare positively refused to have his locks shorn and Postmaster White is sitting up nights considering the situation. SEW ALL IN TO STAY. Says He Will Not Withdraw Under Any Circumstances. Mr. Sewall, the free silver Democratic candidate for Vice President, said, Friday, at Bath, Me.: “There is absolutely nothing to this talk about my withdrawal. The thing, ist absurd. I shall not retire under any circumstances. As for the statement that Senator Gorman or any of the Democratic managers desire me to retire or that the party leaders are bringing influence to bear on me for that purpose, it is pure falsehood. On the contrary, all the pressure on me has been the other way. Of course I will not retire. There could be no surer way of making Mr. Bryan’s defeat certain, and our opponents understand it very well. Those who discuss the question of my retirement don’t know the man they are talking about. There is absolute harmony in the Democratic party. I am in constant correspondence with the leaders, and they are in perfect accord. I see very clearly that Mr. Bryan may be elected and that I may not be, but a change in the ticket now is out of the question.”

TALK WILL BE HIGH. Sixty Dollars a Minute by Atlantic Telephone Cable. “A cable could be constructed for use in telephoning across the Atlantic,” remarked F. A. I‘ickernell, chief engineer in charge of the long-distance telephone construction department of the American Telegraph and Telephone Company, “but all the ships of the British navy would not be able to’ carry it. It would be as big round as a hogshead, and the financial resources of any three of the great powers would be taxed to their utmost to pay for it. And if it were laid the cost of using it would discount its utility. On land, if we possibly can, we avoid passing telephone lines through a cable, because, for every mile of cable passed through the length of the line is increased fifty miles. The cost of one minute’s conversation over such a submarine telephone system would be close to $60.”

APPLY THE TORCH. Cuban Insurgents Burn Farms and Settlements Near Havana. The Cuban band of Juan Delgado i$ reported to have burned the farms of Gatero, Chinchai and Tiraboque, on the canal, and seven settlements near Santiago de Los Vegas. The insurgents burned several farms at Guira Molena, in'Havana province, because the’owners refus-, ed to pay the taSSs’Tbvtefl l»y the gents. Near Palos, in Mutonzas, insurgents have burned the tobacqo plantations of Herculago, aud Esperanza, cauifng a loss of $400,000. .In the latjf few days they have also ( burned a large Amount of property near Puerto Principe. Battleship on the Beach. The big battleship Texas, of the United States navy, went hard aground Wednesday off Goat Island, near Newport, R. L

The leviathan was abaolotely helpless and at the mercy of the wind. If a storm had arisen before she was released the chances are she would have been beaten to pieces. Thia magnificent bit of naval architecture, which cost the people of the United States something like S3,OQQ,QQO, was subject to the caprice of the weathef until the tide came in Thursday, when tugs hauled her back into deep water.

Sewage in Drinking Water.

Public schools of Chicago may be closed at any moment on the order of Commissioner of Health Kerr because the water supply afforded them by the Board of Education, , without filters, is impure. Monday’s rain of two and-one-quarter inches carried out to the intake pipes of the various cribs of the city all of the filth of the sewers. This, later, has been brought hack so the school children in the drinking water which is offered to them in the school buiMfags through faucets unprotected -from the contamination of lake water as it is. The Grand Jury has been so seriously Impressed by the apparent unconcern of the Board of Education that it will investigate all criminal neglect as to the character of the water supply now. coming to citizens. Typhoid fever, scarfet fever, diphtheria and other dineases which quickly attack the children of the schools are now seriously prevalent in all parts of the city. Scarlet fever has been in the normal school district, within 100 feet of the rented store buildings provided by the Board 'of Education for the overflow from the school proper, for several days without the health department being informed or the proper placards placed on the flat in which the fever is, warning Kill others of contagion.

New Gold Fields. U. M. Thomas, of St. Paul, with other parties, recently purchased gold property in the Little Manitou gold regions near Rainy Lake for $15,000. The discovery was made by a Swedish teamster, who was glad to sell out at that figure. The new owners immediately started a pit. and If is believed from the results already obtained that they have a bonanza. The vein of gold is twenty-six feet wide, in rotten brown quartz, and the gold is almost as plentiful as the quartz. The specimens shown are nearly 50 per cent, pure metal. The owners of this bonanza have called their mine the “Manitou,” and there is not a fragment of it for sale, except to purchasers of gold bullion. They estimate their property is worth several million dollars. Conditions Favor Improvement. R. G. Dun & Co.’s weekly review of trade says: “There is still no distinct improvement in business, although conditions favor it. Confidence slowly rises, speculative buying of materials for future use continues, imports of gold do not cease and the Bank of England has not tried to check them by further advance in rates, as the weight of the demand now falls upon France. But an enormous business is held back until the future is more clear.” Riot at Leadville. A perfect fusillade of musketry began, apparently in the locality of the Coronado mine, Leadville, Col., at 1 o’clock a. m. Monday within a dozen blocks of the court house. Several hundred shots were fired. The strike has been in progress for thrqe months and trouble has been looked for for the last two weeks. The State troops have been held in readiness for a call to.arms ever since the strike began. To Coin British Gold. The steamship Mariposa brings from Australia the largest shipment of sovereigns ever received in San Francisco. They will go direct to the mint, being accepted as 916 2-3 fine and at the rate of $4.8638 per 100 sterling standard weight. The proceeds will be used in buying wheat and bills of exchange at from $4.81% to $4.82, thus realizing a profit of over 1 per cent, to the gold shippers.

English Hop Crop Injured. The unprecedented continuance of cold rains, which have now prevailed for nearly six weeks, is likely much to reduce the first estimates of the English hop crop. A month ago it was thought that the crop would be only a third less than that of 1895, but now, what with mold and wet rot, it is doubtful if even half a crop will be saved. Beheaded by an Elevator. Frederick Hoffman, a workman in the employ, of Samuel Bauman & Brother, New York, was caught by an electric elevator in such a manner that he was carried to the ceiling, between which and the elevator he was forced. His head was severed from his body in as clean a manner as a guillotine could have done it. Alleged Forger in Custody. Detroit detectives were in Toledo, Ohio, endeavoring to secure R. R. Bailey, alias O. Taylor, alias R. R. Taylor, but they were required to return empty-handed. Toledo has the man, and as he is believed to be one of the most talented check workers in the country, an effort will be made to put him away for a term of years. Called in Haste to Europe. Mrs. Demetrius Callias, formerly Mrs. P. T. Barnum, was summoned to Constantinople by a cablegram saying: “If you wish to see your husband alive come at once.” He is a Greek, and his marriage with the famous showman’s widow was one of the social sensations of last year.