Democratic Sentinel, Volume 21, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 January 1897 — THEATER HAT TO GO. [ARTICLE]

THEATER HAT TO GO.

•CHICAGO'S LONG SUFFERING ALDERMEN SO DECREE. Headgear Mut Always tie Doffed Hereafter in Plac;aof Amusement— Mayor Swift Approves of the Mens-■re-*H»d Year for Oil Producers. Hots Mast Come Off. By a rote of 37 to 23 the Chicago City Oonneil decided the theater hat a nuisance and sounded the note for its deIparture from the playhouses of Chicago. Aid. I’lotke was the sponsor for ihe ordinance that took from woman her most cherished privilege, and he was supported in his iconoclastic action by those alder- | men who have suffered long and in silence, bnt who now rise in their might to strike a blow for liberty. Those Council members who opposed the measure had wives at home. The Mayor will sign the ordinance and it becomes a law. By the Terms of the measure theater managers ore prohibited from permitting or tolerating any person to wear «.ny sort of headgear while in a place of amusement. The ordinance is so worded that even the players themselves lire included under Iho law. Thus, should Sir Henry Irving appear on the stage wearing a hat the police have 'a right to collect a fine from the manager of the theater in which he plays. A penalty of from $lO to $25 Is •stipalv ted for offenders. ;st. paul, hanks go down. Three Institutions Close Their Doors Monday. The Germania Bank of St. Paul, a State institution, capital $400,000, did l ot open for business Monday, but nuununced its assignment to Peter M. Kerst, who for the last year or two has been the cashier of the bank. The .Allemania Think, capital $400,000, having a clientage similar to that of the Germania, clos- • I its doors also soon after the other bank Lad announced its assignment. A few l dilutes later the West Side Bank, organised in 188(5, with a capital of SIOO,OOO, closed its doors. During the day numerous reports of trouble among the'other lanks were current, and a few banks suffered runs of greater or less intensity, 1 it the savings banks were protected by Lie law that allows them to require sixty days’ notice before paying out deposits, cud the national banks are in strong condition and have no fear.

WANTS GOVERNMENT CONTROL. California Assembly Against Railroad Refunding Bills. In the California Assembly Beluha W l as introduced a resolution instructing California’s delegation in Congress to work against all Pacific Railroad refundI ig bills, and in lieu thereof to favor legi dation providing for the foreclosure and i ale of the roads upon condition that the Government shall bid in the roads anil t perate them ns a national enterprise for tae benefit of the people. Cnminetti of--1 stod a substitute opposing; all extensions « f Pacific roads’ debts-; requesting Sen- ; tors and Representatives in Congress to i se all honorable means to defeat the J tinding bill favoring the immediate eolJ tetion of railroad debts, and in event i uch debts cannot be collected, favoring 1 le enforcement of the existing laws of file United States concerning Pacific roads. BAD YEAR FOR OIL. Decline In Prices and Overproduction Proved Diaastrona in Indiana. . The annual Itemized report of the Indiana oil operations has been issued. The t ecline in the price of oil and overproduct ion have been disastrous to Indiana work- < rs and the conditions existing in that 5 tate probably exist in all. The number «-f wellsjdrilled was 1,637; the new' production, 47,152 barrels; the number of dry J oles, 452. In the preceding year the 1 umber of wells drilled was 2,711; the l ew production was 17,877 barrels over this year, and the number of dry holes 554.

Church War at Bay City, Another bloody riot took place at St. Stanislaus’ Polish Church in Bay City, Mich., luesday, in which the parsonage was looted by an infuriated mob and the priest and his bodyguard forced tt> Sur- ) ender. Over 100 shots were exchanged und a score or more injured. The police were powerless to cope with the mob and rhe rioting continued for almost Pwo hours. The riot resulted from 'the distension which has divided the church for the past nine months. One side wants < J see the hooks and the priest, by the 1 ishop’s orders, refuses to allow them. A • imilar riot took piaffe a few Sundays ago, • nd matter/was then submitted to Martvnclli. l£ broke out again through Father Bogacki’s refusal to bury one of the x.-arring faction from the church. Hanged Together. William Downing and Charles Wili ams expiated their crimes on the same i aaffold at Norfolk, Va. It was one of the most successful hangings ever known fn the South. Williams, last April, in a •Irunken quarrel aboard a schooner in the 1 arbor, split open the head of his friend, Charles Bess. Downing fired at a man,’ 1 nt missed his mark and fatally shot Emilia Pane, colored. Stricken with Apoplexy. Gen. Francis A. Walker, president of <he Massachusetts Institute of Technology and widely known as a political economist and litterateur, was stricken with < poplexy at his home in Boston, and died toon afterward. V “Vic” May Abdicate. \ The W estminster Gazette gives promiWnce to a report that Queen Victoria has bcided to commemorate the fact that \e has enjoyed the longest reign in EngV history by abdicating in favor of the We of Wales. \ Killed Him Quickly. uros Eflini, the Armenian who was lly appointed suk-kaimakan of Vsandjak, was assassinated two tter his arrival there. More Boats Ordered Out. g© ’ jynamite cruiser Vesuvius and the Uspatch vessel Dolphin have been ho I’lorida waters to re-enforce Vdy numerous fleet of Governp Sels now engaged in the effort to ftl \ the filibustering expeditions Bg>,- \ Cuba. \ __________ P BUsVve the Kxchonce. fates District Attorney W. C. rimmejiced suit in til e Federal Vsolve the Knnsa§ City Dive \nse. Kansas City, Kao, The §jj ' » ip»tlt»ted ua<W the pntb

MAY SAIL WITH ARMS. Important Decision Rendered by the Treasury Department. For the first time since the present struggle In Cuba began this government has given permission to a Customs officii! to clear for Cuba a Vessel loaded, according to her maeifest, with munitions of war and presumably intended for the insurgent army. The vessel in this case is the well-known and alleged filibuster the Dauntless. But the t-Obcession that under these circumstances she is entitled to clearance papers leaves the situation, as far as she is concerned, quite as involved as before, as the statutes prescribe that before clearance shall be granted for any vessel bound to a foreign port, the owners, shippers and consignors shat! state under oath the foreign port at which the cargo is to be landed and severe penalties are prescribed for violations of this requirement, including the confiscation of the vessel. N'euvitas. the port named ih the application as the destination of the cargo, is on the northern coast of Cuba and is occupied by the Spanish forces. CUBA NEIIDS MONEY. Treasury Is Empty and Gomez Is In Straitened Circumstaic'-a. The Boston Journnl says’ The Cuban provisional government hbs forwarded a statement of ttlliftey, munitions of war and provisions furnished for carrying on the War from all parts of the world since July 30, 1885, and up to Nov. 30. 1896. Following is a recapitulation of the contributions: Cities in the United States... ,$1,706,000 States outside cities ......... 27-5,066 Foreign countries ............ 4,229,066 Total .$3,210,000 Gottzelo de Quesada Writes that if sl,000,000 can be secured in the next sixty days three months thereafter the war will be decided in Cuba’s favor. But the mtttifey is sorely needed, and if not furnished It means a strugles with contlll gencies as well as with the enemy.

AT M'KINLKY’3 DISPOSAL. Post masterships Id fed bVer Until this Ntlt Administration. Forty-eight fobfth-class postoflices were raised bo the presidential class on Jan. 1. Besides these new presidential offices, 45 commissions of postmasters at presidential offices will expire during January. The most important of these are St. Joseph, Mo., and Abilene, Texas. Postoffice authorities estimate that of the 345 or 350 nominations of presidential postmasters which will be tip fdf- confirmation by the Senate, Ihcluding recess appointments And commission expirations for December, January, and February, about one-half of them beretiirfiSd lo the President and the Pcsto&ce Department, not acted Upon at the present Congress, nod Unis will be at Mr. McKinley's disposal ns soon as he assumes ofiice. Found on the PtiVeibent. The dead body ttf Joseph 15. MeCullngh, chief etiitor of the St. Louis GlobeDettlOcrat, wns found early Thursday morning lying on the stone pavement beneath the window of his room ill . the residence of his slster-lhdaw-, MfS. Jiiltb Man ion, 3837 West Pine Sh'i'ht. It is supposed that he flrihg himself from the window sOille time during the early morning. His skull was badly crushed and the body otherwise injured. It is said that Mr. McCullagh was tired es living. He suffered from pfdtfl'ulld nervous exhaustion. Wstipl\crtted with a recurring kidney 1 rouble. Mr. McCullngh’s illness came upon him shortly after the close of the late Republican nntional convention. It took the form of "CUtl l asthma, complicated with lihfVduS depression. When he phSSO'ii through the acute stage he foillid himself slow in recovery. His lliiibs hnd lost their vigor, his anus were numb and there were premonitions that the brain hnd come under the same shadowy spell. But Mr. McCnllngh Wotild not admit that he wn.fi failihg, riitiiriiphysically or menially, tie insisted on managing lifts newspaper from his bedroom. All through the day he sat in his armchair, wrapped in blankets, received reports from his subordinate*, fttid gave them orders for the conduct of the pttpef. The theory of suicide is not accepted by all of Mr. MeCullagh's friend*. It is believed by many that be bad Oiie Of his attack* of Asthma during tbe bight and ih his struggle for brenth he threw bp the window to obtain air, nhd ih his weakened condition tottered And fell out. Joseph B. McCullagh wns born in Irelnnd > with his brother came to-this country in his youth. His first important newspaper work was done in Citteiilriilti as a reporter and co’'respondent upou tile Enquirer, Lfitet lie went to Chicago and took the managing editorship of the Chicago Republican, succeeding Charles A. Dana. He occupied this position until shortly after the Chicago fire, when he went to St. Louis nud took the editorship of the St. Louis Globe, which was subsequently consolidated with the Democrat and became the Globe-Democrat.

National Banks Are ?oUrid. Comptroller of tUe Currency Eckels says ho feels Uo rtpreheiisioU Over the bank failures which hrtve occurred of late. Mr. Eckels, when asked by a representative of the Associated Press as to the general banking situation, suid: “Of course, btltik failures are more or less disquieting, but those which have occurred have litile or no general significance attached to them, They Were due largely to local 00 uses, wholly unconnected With the general condition of the banks throughout the country at large, ihe ease of the Atlas bank was not n failure at all, but was a mere voluntary liquidation, every depositor being paid ill full. The two failures Tuesday Were of minor importance, In erteh ense the batik’s capital being only $200,000. As against these failures, based ou local causes, the general condition of the banks is excellent. The reports received under the last call, that of Dec. 17, are uniformly favorable, and show au average reserve held of considerably above the 25 per ceut. required by the law. One of the last reports, that of the Brooklyn banks, shows the avernge reserve held to be 34.02 per cent., and most of the reports run 5 or 10 per cent, above the legal requirements. In each case, too, the assets in detail make an entirely satisfactory showing as compared with the liabilities. On the whole, it is evident that the national banks today are as stable as they ever were, and the sporadic failure of a bank here and there through defects peculiar to the failing bank is of small importance, wholly without significance. I am ndvised from Minneapolis that the failure there has occasioned no disturbance beyond the Institution concerned.” Gen. G. W. Curtis Lee Honored. General G. W. Curtis Lee, president of Washington and Lee University nt Lexington since the death of his father, Geueral Hobert E. Lee, in 1870, resigned on account of continued ill health, and was nt once elected president emeritus by the board. Shot In Ills Office. T. W. Glass, a grain buyer, while in his office at Welch, Kan., was held up and shot twice, from the effects of which he died. Two men have been arersted on suspicion. j Small Creditors Frozen Cut. When Mosher & Son, Bay City. Mich., Jumbeandeolers, failed in October. 1885. tot more than fi .300,000, they mortgaged •U of tktlr lumber to tl»f JJalon National

( Rank sod fe son-in-law of the senior ' 4tbsher. The I’resion National Bank of j betroit. Which carried $31,000 of Mosher 1 Jfe Sob's pai>er, attached a lot of lumber 1 OoVeted by the mortgage find sold it. The Tiroy Bank thereupon began suit in the United States Court to recover damages. The trial ended, after being in progress five weeks, by the parties settling out !of court The Preston Bank and the I other banks in the syndicate to break the I mortgage have their claims satisfactorily | adjusted. Ail the other creditors are out in the cold, ns the rest of Mosher & Son's property is beyond legal attack. TOOK HIS OWN LIFE; W. A, UiiHiniondt Offic'al of Illinois National Hank, 1m Dead. Willihbi A. iiilmbiorid. second vice Pf'esWbiit of the National Bank of Illinois, committed suicide early Saturday morning at Chicago by drowning himself in Luke Michigan. He had been brooding over the failure of the bank, and smarted under the public accusation of having been its wrecker. The suicide of the Vice President is the second that has occurred in connection with the failure of the National 8:4.k of Illinois. HattKPt Otto Wa smansdorff. of WasWiabsdorff & Heinemann. which was dragged down with the larger financial house, ending his life with a revolver. One other life is directly charged to the failure. Lazore Lnvoy died—his friends say of a broken heart—while writing a letter of resignation to 111* employer, who hnd notified him that owing to some of the firm's rush being tied up in the bank hi* Sftlfiby WPtil'd have to be reduced.

WON'T HACK SPAIN. European Powers Approve of Onr Intervention in Culm, The eorrespondent of the London Chronicle at Washington, in a cable dispatch to that paper, declare* that there is no doubi (luit Spain Has unofficially, through Srftbr Dupuy de Lome, its miniftlbb, proipised to accept the United fctAtfiS fiibdiiltioli directly after Gen. \Veyjer hits cleared the province of Pinar uel Bio of rebels, and then to grant anything short of actual independence for Cuba. This dispatch continues: “None of the European powers has protested against American intervention in Cuba. On the contrary. Mr. Gluey has boon assured of their approval. England, however, remained strictly neutral. The report* of a European protest were inspired by Mgr. Miirtonelii. the pontifical tltdegtlle to the United States.” DEATH In THE WIND. Wide Arba iH the South Swept by n Cyclone. Southern Arkansas, Northeastern Texas and Northwestern Louisiana were swept by a terrible wind and rain storm Saturdny evening. Not less than ten and probably n greit.er number of lives are filSt. So far as heard from the greatest destruction occurred at Mooringsport, La., about thirty miles from Texarkana, the entire town being blown away and six or eight persons killed outright and twenty or more injured, some of them frtthlly. itufildr* corile of great destrucHriii ftt Benton, Ark. The Iron Mountain’s south-bound passenger train was caught in the storm at that station and hnd to be held there until the storm subsided. It is reported that twenty-five houses were hlo\vu down at Benton and a mimlM as people injured. USED GATLING GUNS. Cnvalry Followed Peruvian InsurCCnti Into the Mountains South AriiPßciiH paper* say that the Indian uprising in Peru has been quelled. The government sent Col. Parra, an experienced Indian tighter, against Jaeobo, with a good force of infantry, cavalry, and one or two gntling guns. In small parties the soldiers penetrated into the mpuntdiris Hi ilui’Sttft of the Savages, whom they Chcountefed ill several camps. Battle was given by the Indians, with the result that the gat lings so depleted the rebel ranks that old Jaeobo, their chief, was hunted dotvil with rt few hundred llkrtve*. Col, Parra united his command Hi such it position its to rake the camp, riritl tltriS, pfaclieiiliy, the uprising wasd'Usllvtl. Wages in Koiindry Reduced. A general cut down in wages in the iron foundry of Davis A Faruum, of Waltlmiii, MriSS,, went into effect Friday. The fact thiit the large foundries in Penn sylvan in are tlotrig theil- own small work, making if impossible foi- this firm to comprite, is given us the ettrise. Piiricti in Wlilslty. Charlris Bramlette. n farmer, who died at C.vnthiana, Ivy., was buried in a coffin of blue Kentucky limestone, which was filled with fine old Bourbon whisky and then hermetically scaled, and placed in a grave near his home. LorJ Eereaford in u I'eriona State. The condition of Lord William Beresfol’d, Who Wits severely injured by bis liofse t'dilillg oil him while hunting with the stltghmiilds oil Wednesday, at Dorking, Bul'rdy, England, continues to cause iGlxiety. _ Coffee Crop Is Fine. Beports front the Mexican coffee districts -show that the crop will be very heavy Bud planters are going to have a most prosperous year.