Democratic Sentinel, Volume 21, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 April 1897 — LACKING IN THE LAW. [ARTICLE]

LACKING IN THE LAW.

CRIME PREDOMINATES IN THE YUKON DISTRICT. Steamer Crewe Are Trading Liquor to the Indians On the Alaskan Bound* ary-X Raya Said to Kill the Fleah —Greeks Insult Portugal. Need Government Discipline. Inspector Constantine of the Northwest mounted police at Fort Cudahy, in the Yukon district, reports that the territory about the mouth of MaoKenzie river and the Hersehell Islands demands the attention of the Government. Twelve steamers stayed there last winter. The crews numbered from 1.000 to 1,200. These vessels do uot leave winter quarters until about the middle of July. Kach year a vessel is loaded and sent from San Francisco with a cargo of supplies for this fleet. Liquor is sold or traded to the natives for furs, walrus, ivory and young girls. The natives have also learned to make liquor from dried fruit, sugar and molasses. They are violent and dangerous when they have liquor. Last winter it is reported that one tied up his daughter by the heels and whipped her to death. Mr. Whittaker, a misstouary, and the captain of the ship, tied up the man and whipped him. The result was that the natives threatened to make the missionary leave the island.

X HAYs KILL THK FLESH. Doctors Are Anxiously Watching the Results of an Experiment. Stephen Smith of Toronto. Out., some time ago fractured his leg. and when it mended discovered that the leg was shorter than its mate. He entered action against his doctors ami resolved to submit as evidence of unskillful treatment a photograph of the fracture. Hour experiments with the X rays proved unsuccessful. and at the fifth he exposed his leg to the rays for about two hours. He felt no immediate effects from the long exposure, but shortly afterward a large blister formed, and when it passed away left a dark brown spot about three and one-half inches square and of a peculiar gangrenous black. Some doctors state that the skin, flesh, nerves and ligaments have been completely destroyed in the spot where the X rays pierced, while other medical experts are not yet satisfied on this point and are following the symptoms with anxious solicitude. SUGAR KING DIES. Theodore A. Havemeyer, Vice President of the Trust, Expires. Theodore A. Havemeyer, vice-president of the American Sugar ltetinery Company, died at an early hour Monday morning at his home in New York. Mr. Havemeyer returned a few days ago from a trip to St. Augustine, Aiken and Old Point Comfort. Changing from a warm to a colder climate, he took cold and the grip rapidly developed. In consultation physicians agreed that the patient’s condition was not at all serious. Sunday night Mr. Havemeyer’s condition changed for the worse and he died at 3 o’clock Monday morning. Mr. Havemeyer was a member of the sugar refining firm of Havemeyer Bros. He also acted ns consul in New York for Austro-Huugary.

IT STILL LIVES. The Chicago Horse Meat Libel Not Yet Overtaken. The canard concerning alleged shipments from Chicago to Europe of horse meat disguised as salted beef is still circulating harmfully in Europe. United States Consul Boyeseu, at Gotheuberg, has just furnished the State Department with a copy of a circular issued by the Swedish Government officially calling attention to the report and requiring a medical iusi«?etion of imported meats. He adds that he informed the custom house officials that meat imported from the United States under the stamp of the Department of Agriculture was sound and free from disease. Athletes of the Diamond. Following is the standing of the clubs in the National Baseball League: Philadelphia. 5 0 Pittsburg .... 1 2 Cincinnati .. 5 0 Washington... 1 3 Louisville ... 3 0 New Y'ork.... 1 3 Baltimore ... 4 1 Chicago 1 4 Brooklyn ... 3 2 Cleveland ... 0 4 St. Louis.... 2 2 Boston 0 5 W. L. W. L. The showing of the members of the Western League is summarized beiow: W. L. W. L. Indianapolis.. 5 0 Detroit 2 3 St. Paul 3 2‘Milwaukee ..2 3 Minneapolis.. 3 2 Kansas City.. 2 3 Columbus ... 3 2 G’nd Rapids.. 0 5 Insult to Portugal. The Portuguese gunboat Guadiana reports having met two Greek cruisers and two Greek torpedo boats about twenty miles from Saionica. The commander of the Greek squadron ordered the commander of the Portuguese gunboat to go on board the largest of the Greek cruisers. The Portuguese officer protested, saying he would only allow the Greeks to see his ship’s papers aud that he would report the outrage to Lisbon. In Honor of GrantThe Grant mausoleum at New York was dedicated Tuesday with imposing ceremonies, in the presence of brilliant military, civic and naval pageants. A grand eulogy was pronounced by Gen. Porter, and an eloquent address was delivered by President McKinley. Hundreds of thousands paid homage to the patriot President. Crashed In an Ice Floe. The schooner Annie has been crushed in an ice floe off St. John’s, N. F. The crew of twenty-five men barely escaped with their lives. They traveled three miles over fragments of ice until they reached another vessel, by which they were brought into port. Couldn't Convict Him. The case against Lieut. Eoff, grandson of President Kruger, who was charged with slandering the Queen of England, has been dismissed on the ground that the evidence was conflicting. Attempt on Humbert's Life. An attempt was made Thursday at to assassinate the King of Italy. A man named Pietro Acciarito attempted to stab his majesty with a dagger. He was seised before he could carry out his purpose. Acciarito appears to he a political fanatic. 1 tie says he has no accomplices. Death of Malor T. K. Hreckenridgr. Major Thomas E. Breckenridge, the noted Western pioneer who crossed tho jdain# with Fremont, died in Hannibal, Mo.. Friday morning at the home of his daughter, aged a little over 72 years. Hit life *U like a romance and full of inter mi.

ECKELS STANDS FIRM. I Will Not Permit Any Changes in Hi# Official Force. A Washington dispatch says: Comptroller Eckels has given several gentlemen who have applied for reinstatement as ' clerks and bank examiners in his bureau to understand that he will not permit any changes to be made in his force if he can prevent it while he remains in office, inasmuch as Mr. Eckels has a year to serve, the place hunters who have an eye on hia bureau are much disgruntled and are trying to raise an issue between him and Secretary Gage over the arrangement of the clerical force. Thus far, however, they have failed aud there have been no signs of friction in ?liat quarter. The hope of the place hunters is that Mr. Eckels may permit himself to be irritated to the point of resigning rather than submit to interference with his clerical force. He has several offers of outside employment that will pay him more than he is nowreceiving, but he has a pride in staying to the end of his five years' term—next April—and is not likely to permit himself to be trapped into resigning to gratify the spoilsmen. It can be said with truth that there is no disposition on the part of either the President or Secretary Gage to disturb Comptroller Eckels or to interfere in his administration of the affairs of his office. He is practically the only relic of the Cleveland reign with whom this administration appears to be in sincere sympathy. HAT TRIMMINGS CASE DECIDED. Government Wine the Famous Suit with Importers. The famous hat trimmings case, which involved between $20,000,000 and $25,000,000, which has been postponed from time to time for the last three years, was finally decided in favor of the Government by a jury in the United States Court at Philadelphia Tuesday afternoon. The suit was brought as a test case by Meyer & Diekiuson, big importers of that city, who sought to recover from the United States a difference of 30 per cent in customs duties. The firm's contention was that the importations in question consisted solely of hat trimmings, on which the duty under the McKinley tariff act was only 20 per cent, but the Federal officials in their argument maintained that the merchandise was used chiefly for dresses and dress trimmings, and that the duty of 50 per cent,levied by the Government was proper. Meyer & Dickinson were nominally the plaintiffs, but there were hundreds of big importing firms throughout the country who were interested in the outcome of the suit and who were instrumental in procuring the best obtainable counsel.

TEA WILL HAVE TO BE GOOD, Board of Experts Will Examine All Importations. Under the recent act of Congress in relation to the importation of tea, the Treasury Department has found it necessary to issue new regulations, setting forth with great detail the proper treatment of the merchandise. No duty is exacted and the sole object of the act was the protection of the consumers from the sale of unwholesome and fraudulent teas. A board of tea experts selected by the Secretary has established a line of standard samples representing the various kinds and grades of admissible teas. Special tea examiners are stationed at New York, Chicago and San Francisco, by whom all imported teas will be compared with the standards and prohibited teas condemned. An appeal may be made by the importers to a bourd of three general appraisers, which board may procure expert assistance. Condemned tens must he exported within six months or they will he destroyed by the collector. Pending examination the tea will be stored under bond. KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS MEET. Supreme Assembly Uniformed Rank Convenes at Indianapolis. The supreme assembly of the Uniformed Hank, Knights of Pythias, met in Indianapolis. It is composed of P. T. Colgrove, supreme chancellor, of Hastings, Mich.; James Carnahan, Mnjor General, Indianapolis, aud a long list of brigadier generals. The auditing committee went over the books of the major general and reported them to be correct. The expenses of the rank were $20,000, and the membership shows a gain of 5,000. Almost Beyond Belief. Prof. Frederick Bedell of Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y., presented at the Armour Institute in Chicago Wednesday night, under auspices of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, a paper entitled “A New Form for the Transmission of Intelligence.” Prof. Bedell's paper was based upon an invention just perfected by Dr. A. C. Crehore, a professor at Dartmouth University, nnd Lieut. G. O. Squier, connected with the electrical department at Fort Monroe. The invention, which required the labors of two years to perfect, is known as the synchronograph, and embraces a new method for rapidly transmitting intelligence by the alternating current. With the new invention it is said to be possible to transmit 6,000 words a minute over the ordinary telegraph wire. Under the method now commonly in use it requires several days to send the contents of n daily newspaper over the wires, while with the synchronograph, it is claimed, the time can be limited to the neighborhood of an hour. Dr. Crehore and Lieut. Squier are responsible for the perfection of the range-finder now adopted by the United States Government and used in obtaining accuracy in firing at vessels. They also have developed a method for measuring the velocity of cannon balls.

Low Fare Beaten. Judge Showalter of the United States Court, Chicago, has granted the injunction asked by the Citizens’ Street Railway Company of Indianapolis against the enforcement of the 3-eent fare law. The effect will be a return to 5-cent fares. The Hugg law is declared to be unconstitutional, because it is special legislation, applying only to the city of Indianapolis. It is the opinion of the court that where proceedings in effect destructive of a vested property right are threatened by a defendant in official position, under color of a void statute, the preliminary injunction ought to issue. .The suggestion by the Attorney General, the court says, that in any event this court ought not to consider the case made by this bill until the Supreme Court of Indiana has pronounced upon the specific enactment in contention, is one which the court had no right to entertain, and it is ordered that the injunction issue as prayed. The operation of the 3-eent fare law has eeased and the old 5-eent fare is now enforced. So far it is a clear victory for the Citizens’ Street Railway Company. Dcboe to Be Senator, At Frankfort, Ky., W. J. Deboe Friday night secured the nomination for United States Senator in the Republican caucus on the twenty-eighth ballot. The Kentucky Legislature has been in deadlock for several weeks, aud charges of bribery have been freely made. Dr. Hunter, a candidate, has been indicted by the grand jury. War and Trade, R. G. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade says: “If either Turkey or Greece had been wholly buried in the sea, markets might have been affected less than by the outbreak of war in Europe. Like fin is tk# heart of s crowded city it rais-

cd the question if a general conflagration may spring ont of it. To this possibility, and not to the direct influence of either Turkey or Greece, upon the world's money or produce markets was due the excitement in grain and stocks. As the unknown is magnified. American markets were much more flighty than European, where the possibilities have been discussed and partly discounted for months. But the uncertainty remains and will affect movement of money and staples until it disappears, creating a larger demand for American products at higher prices, causing hasty speculative selling of securities at times, hut also more continuous buying by foreign investors, and not improbably influencing the attitude of foreign powers on questions important to this country."

KILLED BY HE \RT BLOWS. Pugilist Vernon Dies from Injuries Received l-> a Fight. “Billy” Vernon, the Haverstraw, N. Y„ pugilist, who was injured in his fight with Leslie Pearce, at Athens, Delaware County, Pa., died in the Presbyterian Hospital at Philadelphia. From the moment he collapsed in the fourteenth round. Vernon remained unconscious up to the time of his death. Pearce is in jail at Media, being held without bail. That Vernon’s death was due to heart blows there can be but little doubt. While several persons claim that lie was uot struuk over the heart, there are at least fifty reputabb witnesses who say thut the "Brickmaker” was struck four heavy blows over the heart in the fourteenth round before his colapse. An examination at the hospital showed that the left side of Vermin’s body was much swollen anil discolored in the region of the heart. Warrants were issued for the arrest of all persons ill any way connected with the Olympic Club, where the tight occurred. SPALDING IS A WRECK. Chicago Banker Unnerved by His Experience in Jai!. Chnrles W. Spalding, ex-treasurer of the University of Illinois and president of the defunct Globe Savings Bank, of Chicago, was sent to jail Saturday in default of $25,000 bail, on a charge of embezzling SIOO,OOO. He is n nervous wreck, and his physicians fear that lie is on the verge of a collapse. An experience of two days in the county jail completely prostrated the prisoner, and from the hpur he entered the prison until late Sunday afternoon he did not taste food nor close ail eye. With the- exception of a few minutes Saturday afternoon he did uot leave his ceil, but sat straining every nerve Ro catch the sound of the footstep of a friend coming to free him. He said little, but expressed his surprise that friends did not come to his rescue and release him from the cell. His only caller aside from his physician was Walter Maher.

Feeks Engineering Skill. Representative Sayers of Texas, who was chairman of the Appropriations Committee in the last Democratic Congress and has had much experience in dealing with Government works, suggests a plan for a comprehensive settlement of the Mississippi river problem. Mr. Sayers would have the United States Government invite tlie engineers of the world to consider the problem of controlling the Mississippi river and to present plnus for a permanent system so that the Government might adopt the ideas of tile best engineering talent. For this purpose lie suggests that a competition might be brought nbout by ail offer of prizes, perhaps $50,000 for the plan which should lie considered best and $25,000 for the second best—inducements sufficient to attract the most skillful engineers of the world, those who have dealt with such works as the Suez canal and the dykes of Holland. Notices of the competition would be published in the principal cities of Europe and India, Australia, Japan and every other country. Veterans and Civil Service. All of the executive departments are receiving large numbers of letters from exsoldiers indicating a general misunderstanding as to their rights to appointment to office. Many of the veterans who ure after office seem to labor under the impression that they can be appointed to IHisitions ill the civil service without the formality of the examination or requisition on the Civil Service Commission. This is largely due to the fact that the law provides that ex-soldiers within the civil service who resign or who are displaced for cause other than their own fault maybe reinstated to their old positions at anytime. The law, however, makes no provision giving preference to soldiers in entering the government service who have not been in the civil service before, except that officials making requisitions on the Civil Service Commission for a list of eligible appointees may favor the veteran? who may happen to lie on that list. Battle Between Convicts. As a result of a bloody battle between two convicts in San Quentin, Cal., prison, one is dead and the other dying. Each had a knife and they had been carving each other for fully a minute before the guards could interfere. They had been using the knives in the jute mill. Norwood, Ont., Swept liy Flames. The town of Norwood, Ont., was nearly destroyed by fire Tuesday morning. Loss, $100,000; insurance, $40,000.