Democratic Sentinel, Volume 21, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 July 1897 — MAY INVADE HAWAII [ARTICLE]

MAY INVADE HAWAII

REPORTED BOLD PLAN OF JAPANESE GOVERNMENT. F’ftiln Hundred Alleged Immigrants Tn «ed for Military Duty, to Be Landed at Honolulu— Europe Complains of ttie Tariff Bill I’rovisione. Supported by Great Britain, A letter written by an intelligent .Japanese official in Japan to a former Japanese officer living in Ixis Angeles, Cal., conveys the information that the Japanese Government will forward to Honolulu 1,500 Japanese emigrants, those individuals are now in the garrison at Neegata, being soldiers in the Japanese service, and will go on shore in Honolulu as simply citizens, but drilled and ready for military duty at onee. The steamers which are to convey these men have been chartered by the Japanese Government, and carry, in addition to the 1,500 passengers, arms, ammunition ami military stores of sufficient quantity to make it interesting for any party trying to prevent their landing. In addition, three large men-of-war are already prepared to leave Yokohama, to arrive at Honolulu about the same time as the landing of the socalled emigrants will take place. It is an open secret on the Asiatic coast that the admiral in charge of the English tied there will find it convenient to order some of his ships to cruise in tin- vicinity of the Hawaiian Islands about that time, - and the game of bluff to be played by the Japanese will be backed by English blue, jackets, if necessary.

EUROPE TO COMPLAIN. New Tariff Bill Expected to Ftart a Commercial War. A Washington dispatch says: A commercial war between the United States and Europe is expected to result from the operations of the Dingley law. While three nations of Europe separately filed protests against provisions of the law which they declared were inimical to their interests when the act was under consideration at the capital, all Europe, practically, is expected commercially to combine against this country as a result of the proposed enforcement of the bounty section of the statute. Instructions were sent by the State Department to the consular representatives of the United States throughout the world and by the Treasury Department to its special agents in Europe. directing them to report the amount of bounties paid by the governments to which they are accredited on any products raised for export to the I’nited States. Just as soon as this information is at hand the Treasury Department will take steps to assess all such products at a duty • equal to the rate imposed by the law in addition to the bounty paid by the foreign government.

APPEALS ARE ALL IN VAIN. English Government Will Do Nothing for Mrs. .Maxbrick. The British Government has again declined to interfere in the execution of the sentence of Mrs. • Florence .Maybrick, on the ground that there is no reason for a change of judgment in the matter. 'The last effort to secure at least an amelioration in the conditions of her confinement was made by Ambassador Hay, who had some eorres[>oudenee on the subject with the foreign office, which he has transmitted io the State Department. Lord Salisbury apjiears to have called for a report in the case from Secretary Ridley and the latter regretfully stated* that he was unable, in view of the conclusion which had been reached by himself and by his predecessor as to Mrs. Maybrick’s guilt, to recommend to her majesty any exceptional treatment should be accorded to her. Secretary Ridley also added 4hat the medical report in Mrs. Maybrick’s case was quite satisfactory, an evidence that the Government does not credit tiny of the statements as to the insanity of the prisoner.

Athletes of the Diamond. Following is the standing of the clubs of the National Baseball League: W. L. W. L. Boston 53 24 Pittsburg ... .35 40 Cincinnati ..48 26 Chicago 36 44 Baltimore .. .48 26 Louisville ...35 45 New Ybrk. . .45 30 Brooklyn ... .33 44 Cleveland .. .42 34 Washington .29 46 Philadelphia .38 42 St. Louis 19 60 The showing of the members of ths Western League is summarized below: W. L. W. L. Indianapolis .53 26 Detroit 40 44 Columbus .. .53 27 Minneapolis .28 57 St. Paul 54 32 Gr’d Rapids .26 54 Milwaukee .53 32 Kansas City.2s <3O Explosion On a Steamer. At 6:30 o'clock Friday evening a terrible explosion occurred on the steamer Nutmeg State while she was lying at her slip at Bridgeport, Conn., and as a result four men are dead, three others are thought to be fatally injured and a number more are in a serious condition. The steamer was damaged about SI,OOO. It was first alleged that lightning struck the boat, but it yas later ascertained that- a deck hand went into the hold to light his pipe and it is believed that the lighted match in a closed forecastle caused some naphtha gas to explode.

Handy Goes to Paris. The President has appointed Major Moses r. Handy of Chicago “special commissioner” to go to Paris to lay out the ground plan for the American exhibit at the Paris exposition ip 1900. The position carries with it a salary of $5,000. More Miners Go Out. The miners in the Monongah region in West Virginia have gone out en masse and the news from southwest and the Ureat Kanawha valley is that the miners have banked on Gov. Atkinson’s good will and struck. There is great excitement. Kearney Is Dammrert by Hail. A bad hailstorm struck Kearney. Neb., Monday afternoon. It started near Miller, about thirty miles northwest of Kearney, paswal through Amherst and destroyed everything before it. Unknown Fcbooncr Stink. A dispatch from Nobske, Vineyard Sound, Thursday says that an unknown three-nmeted schooner sunk duripg the night on Hedge Fence shoal. The same dispatch ways that an unknown twojamsted schooner went ashore on the midground rear that port. CM-t Work Without Coat. iron works in East Kt. Ixoow clawed <iw.& three of its d epart btttihg 150 men, on tteewrat *>f of ’%«*!. It i« stated that ueGom