Democratic Sentinel, Volume 21, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 September 1897 — CURIOUS DIPLOMACY. [ARTICLE]

CURIOUS DIPLOMACY.

IRREGULAR PROCEEDING ON THE PART OF GREAT BRITAIN. A Dispatch Intended for the State Department at Waßhington la Published in the Newspapers Before Reaching Its Destination. Violated the Paris Awards. The publication by the British Government of the blue book on the fur seal conference has greatly annoyed the State Department at Washington because, while Mr. Chamberlain's dispatch iu answer to Mr. Sherman’s celebrated dispatch of May 10 is given publicity, the department Up to this time has not received a copy of this dispatch, and does not seem to know of its existence except through the newspapers. Inasmuch as the British press has so freely criticised what it has been pleased to call “shirtsleeve diplomacy,” and has read the State Department manj a homily on the necessity of observing diplomatic proprieties, the department thinks it curious, to say the least, that a dispatch should be made public before it has been received by the government to which it is addressed. But this is not the least curious thing about this diplomatic episode. In the first place, it is unusu-i), not to say irregular, that a dispatch addressed by the State Department to the foreign office (the only medium of communication between the two governments) should be answered by the colonial office. State Department officials understand why Lord Salisbury has not replied to Mr. Sherman's dispatch. Some time ago a New York paper gave what purported to be the text of that dispatch, but which were really merely the conclusions from a recital of the facts. These facts show conclusively that Groat Britain has persistently and willfully violated the spirit and intent of the Paris award, and constitute the strongest indictment ever drawn by one nation against another. This is the reason, a Washington correspondent says, why Lord Salisbury has never answered except "by anticipation” Mr. Sherman’s dispatch.

EXPLODED A BOMB. Meeting of Two Emporers Maa-red by Hostile Demonstration. Emperor William of Germany has arrived at Budapest and was welcomed by Emperor Fran :is Joseph, the cabinet ministers and the civil and military authorities. It is said as Emperor William and Emperor Francis Joseph were leaving the station a sharp detonation was heard, which was followed by a thick cloud of dust and smoke. The crowd took fright, broke through the military cordon and swarmed around the imperial carriages. Emperor Francis Joseph was greatly agitated and shouted to the police to keep the people back. Some arrests are reported, but owing to the silence maintained by the officers it is difficult to ascertain details of the affair. The Neue Wiener Journal was confiscated this evening foi publishing telegrams as to the occurrence. • tnndinc of the Club*. Following is the standing of the clubs of the National Baseball League: W. L. W. L. Baltimore .. .87 35 Brooklyn ....57 68 Boston 88 37 Pittsburg ... .55 07 New Y0rk...78 45 Chicagoss (if) Cincinnati ..60 53 Philadelphia .53 72 Cleveland ...64 60 Louisville ...51 74 Washington .57 65 St. Louis 27 96 The showing of the members of the Western League is summarized below: W. L. W. L. Minneapolis .98 37 Detroit 72 66 Columbus . ..89 47 Minneapolis ..44 96 St. Paulß6 51 Kansas City.4o 100 Milwaukee ..85 52 Gr’nd Rapids.3s 100 Ruled Out of Existence. United- States District Judge Foster of Topeka, Kan., made a sweeping decision when he declared the organization known as the Kansas City Live Stock Association illegal under the provisions of the antitrust law. The exchange is an organization of commission men, who control the sale of live stock in Kansas City. Judge Foster enjoins the commission from doing business. Bayonets Protect Them. The attempt to resume work at Pardee’s Lattimer, Pa., mines was riot successful, only 300 out of 1,300 men showing up for work. The Huns are again threatening trouble. At Eckley when strikers attempted to prevent the miners there from going to work, Companies C and Eof the Fourth Regiment gave the would-be workers protection. Crowd of Cripples. The first national convention of cripples will be held in St. Louis in the Exposition Building and it is expected that there will be fully 6,000 delegates in attendance when the meeting is called to order, every man of whom will be crippled in some manner or other. If he is not he will not be entitled to a seat in the hall. British in Het Battle. British troops suffered severe losses in a battle with the rebellious Mohmands. One hundred and forty in the Second brigade of General Sir Bindon Blood's division w-ere either killed or wounded. The Mohmand loss was also heavy, but it is impossible to state to what extent the rebellious natives suffered. Will Meet ia Minneapolis. Minneapolis was chosen as the place for holding the next annual convention of the National Association of Underwriters. Churches Lend Aid. All of the churches in Pueblo, Col., Sunday night took up collections for the suffering coal miners of the East. Held Up a Congressman. Congressman Butterworth of Ohio was held up for purposes of robbery at Atlantic City, N. J. Indeed, he was robbed of his watch and a sum of money, after making a stubborn-resistance to the highwaymen, before the arrival of the police put the ruffians to flight. Improved Fever Situation. The New Orleans fever situation is greatly improved by a materially lower temperature. If the present cool spell continues conditions promise steadily to grow better. Peaaants Are Ruined. The bad harvest affects seventeen Russian provinces and it is feared it will also be felt in* 1898, as the drought has prevented sowing winter wheat in a large area. The immense reserve stocks will prevent a famine, but the peasants are ruined for several years. •50,000 for Each Life. The Austrian consul at Philadelphia has written to his secretary in Hazleton Pa., Dr. Theodoroviteh. Legal proceedings, the communication says, will be Instituted against the United Stites in $50,000 damages for each life lost in the Lat-

WOMEN HOOT THE TROOPS, Swoop Down on Working Miners with Sticks and Clubs. Friday at Hazleton, Pa., opened with commotion at the headquarters of the Third Brigade and in the various camps. At an early hour a message reached General Gobin that there was more trouble at Audenreid. The attack made by the women Thursday, which resulted in driving the miners at those collieries out, was repeated when another attempt to start up the collieries was made Friday. Over one hundred men reported for work at the Monarch washery, when the band of amazons, armed with sticks and stones, swooped down upon them. Some of their number again stationed themselves on top of a culm bank, ready to pelt the men, but violence was avoided by the men promptly going out. At the Star washery about one hundred of the 135 men returned to work, but the women determined to drive them otit. No attempt was made to resume at the Carson washery. As soon as the reports of the disturbance reached General Gobin he sent a squad of the Governor's Troop to the scene. When the cavalry reached there all attempts of violence had ceased, but the women followed the troops about the stieet, hooting and cursing them. A storekeeper at Audenreid declared that his entire stock of revolvers had been sold during the last few days. Reports from Cranberry confirmed the news that the powder-house of Edward Tuenbach had been broken into by strikers, who had stolen a quantity of dynamite.

810 COMBINE OF BAK I RS. Three Large Concerns Enter the Strong Combintion. A gigantic bakery combination is said to be among the probabilities of the near future. The consolidation, if carried out on the lines reported, will include the three great companies, which now virtually control the situation in their respective territories—the American Biscuit Company, the New York Biscuit Company and the United States Biscuit corporation.- The capital stock will be, $30,000,006 and the bonded indebtedness $3,000,000. The corporations mentioned operate some 150 of the largest bakeries in the world, the American having its territory in the West, the New York in the Middle section, and in the East, and the United States in the Southern-Middle States. A few days ago it became apparent that something was up in Ihe world of biscuits and buns. Stock of the New York company made a sharp gam to $55, and Wednesday touched S6O, telling Thursday at $63 a share. There were large buying orders from the very best financial interests, and while there was no confirmation of the rumored consolidation, brokers bn the exchange gave it more than credence. The companies have all been losing money through the slashing of prices, and the stockholders in the great corporations have demanded a cessation of the war.

GREAT DISMAL SWA MP IS A FIR E. Four Hundred Square Milbs of Flame Caused by the Drought. The Great Dismal Swamp of Virginia and North Carolina, covering an area of perhaps 400 square miles, is afire from one end to the other, the result of an unprecedented drought and excessively hot weather. No one inhabits the swamp but wild animals, therefore no attempt was made to check the flames. Bear, wildcats, deer and reptiles fled before the flames, and their cries as they were cremated filled the hearts of railroad passengers with terror. The smoke is so dense that the crew and passengers on a train were nearly stifled. Columns of flame from thirty to fifty feet in height extend for miles. When (he great swamps got afire, which is about once in every seven years, the fire generally burns itself out. Forest fires are also raging in adjoining counties, and unless rain comes soon crops will be burned up, the loss and suffering great, and perhaps may result in the death of many rural inhabitants.

Were Idle Sixty-five Days, After nearly three months’ idleness between 15,000 mid 18,000 miners in the Pittsburg district returned to work Thursday in accordance with die action taken at Wednesday’s convention authorizing the men to resume work in all the mines complying with the provisions of the scale of 65 cents adopted at Columbuu. The remainder of the 23,000 miners of the district will be at work soon. It is estimated that the strike, which lasted sixty-five working days, cost the people of the Pittsburg district from $5,000,000 to $7,000,000. Of this amount the miners lost about $2,250,000 in wages. '1 he strike against the De Armits will continue indefinitely, arrangements having been made to assess the working miners 5 per cent, of their wages to defray the expenses of keeping up the fight until the 65-cent rate is made uniform throughout the district. Originating us it did in the petty disagreement between the Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Company mule drivers and their employers, and having spread until it now affects nearly 10,000 men .-.nd most of the principal operators of the middle coal fields, this strike has been one of the most peculiar ever inaugurated in the region. The miners have no organization. In many instances they do not know exactly for what they struck, except that they feel that they have been unfairly treated and that they want more pay. In 50 per cent of the idle collieries they are at a loss to say how much they want, and in such eases they have quit work without even asking for an increase.

Tough on the “Tick." After many months of effort and repeated experiments a cure for cattle fever has been found. Dr. V. A. Norgaard, of Denver, is the discoverer. The plan for dealing with the fever is primarily to exterminate the insect known as the "tick,” which abound on fever-stricken cattle. To do this the cattle are forced to swim through a soluton in a vat. Crude petroleum is used. If the new remedy proves to do all that is claimed it can do, the cattle market will experience somewhat of a revolution, and about 500,000 head of cattle will be shipped north each year during the now prohibited season, which extends from Feb. 15 to Nov. 15. A meeting of all States and Territories that handle cattle has been Called to meet in Fort Worth, when it is expected the new scheme of dipping cattle will be shown. Groom Kills Himself. Because his parents said they would not receive his wife into their home, Geo. J. Bunday, a Chicago lawyer, committed suicide at the Plankinton House, Milwaukee. His bride, who was Miss Blanche Warren, is in a dangerous condition, but physicians say she may recover. Bunday and his wife took morphine with the intention of dying together. Argentina Has Wheat. In spite of the locust plague the Argentine wheat crop with good luck will be so great that nearly 2,000,000 tons will be exported. The locusts are doing a little .harm in the provinces of Santa Fe and the southern part of Cordova. Christians Are Persecuted. Word has been received that the Catholic missionaries are again suffering severe oppression from the Chinese near Yao-Ping, in the district of KwangTung. Militia in Readiness. The Hazleton, Pa., strike situation may be summarized thus: Over 10,000 men ve still out, with no apparent prospect of 1.??.. 1 .. ■„ .. . *.

settlement; sporadic outbreaks of violence are occurring near the outlying colleries and the withdrawal of troops is not only without consideration, but the guard lines of several of the camps are being constantly strengthened, and the wisdom of bringing more cavalry is being discussed. It was said that if the soldiers are kept there much longer the Sheridan troop of Tyrone, attached to the Second brigade, will be ordered out. A captain of General Gobin's staff is authority for- the statement that an uneasy feeling prevails at headquarters in consequence of the little outbreaks of the past few days and the indication they hold of the underlying disturbance. The brigade commander admitted that the action of the raiding women was giving him much perplexity. He does not care to use force against them and has instructed the soldiers in case of necessity to use only the flats of their sabers -upon the amazons. The story reached the general that many men were iu the attacking crowds disguised as women. FORGETFULNESS KILLS FIVE. Wreck Said to Fe Due to an Engineer's Blunder. Five killed, three injured and one narrow escape is the result of a head-end collision on the Wisconsin Central Railway between two freight trains at Howard, Wis. The freights were Nos. 21, west bound, loaded with general merchandise, and 24, east bound, loaded chiefly with flour from Minneapolis. Ten cars of freight, together with both locomotives, were derailed and ditched and inore or less damaged. The track was soon cleared of debris and no through trains were delayed. The west-bound freight, No. 21, was delayed somewhat and passed Irvine considerably behind time. I-/ is supposed that the engineer, being behind, forgot that he was to pass No, 24 near that point and was consequently running through at the usual speed. No telegraph orders were involved, as both trains were regulars and trainmen had standing orders regarding the passing. Charles Horn, conductor of No. 21, claims that he still had one minute to make the switch before the scheduled time of No 24. Train No. 24 had the right of way and was in charge of Conductor Washington, of Minneapolis.

APPROVES OF POSTAL BANKS, Postmaster General Gary Studying the t übject Carefully. Postmaster General Gary is devoting considerable attention these days to an investigation of the wisdom of establishing postal savings banks. When in the last Congress a bill was sent to him providing for such institutions he declined to indorse it because, as he said, he had not had an opportunity to investigate the subject. He has since taken up the matter, reading all the literature bearing upon it he could procure and seeking opportunity to discuss its merits with those familiar with it. The result is that he has become convinced of both the wisdom and utility of postal savings institutions and has decided to have a bill prepared providing for their establishment and to recommend its passage by Congress.

BUYS 15,C00 ACRES OF COAL LAND. Illinois Central Makes n Big Purchase in Alabama. The Illinois Centra! Railroad, through its agents, has purchased 15,000 acres of coal lands in Marion and Walker Counties, Alabama, and will open mines upon them at once for the purpose of obtaining coal to supply the road with fuel. The lands are located on the line of the Kansas City, Memphis and Birmingham Railroad, about ninety-live miles from Holly Springs, Miss., where that road intercepts the Illinois Central, and on them is a vein of coal from three to four feet thick. 'The deal involves about SIOO,OOO. Green Stamps Coming. The Secretary of the Treasury and the Postmaster General, after a consultation with the President, have decided to change the color of the current 2-cent postage stamp from carmine to green of the shade now used on government notes. The 10-ceut postage stamp, which is now printed in green, will be changed to some other color, possibly carmine. It is thought that green is a more desirable color than carmine, besides saving the government about SIO,OOO in the difference in cost between the two inks.

Accident in a Coal Mine, The cage in which ten men were being lowered into shaft No. 2 of the Alden Coal Company at Nanticoke, Pa., suddenly dropped to the bottom of the shaft. Eight of the men wore severely injured, and the injuries of four may prove fatal. The mine is 580 feet deep. The cage had started down the shaft, and, the engineer losing control of the machinery, it dropped to the bottom at terrific speed. Lynchers Not Known. “The slayers of the men are unknown.” This is the concluding sentence of the verdict of the coroner’s jury which investigated the lynching of the five men at Versailles, Ind. The verdict pleases those who justify the hanging of the quintet. On the other hand, threats have been made—or currently reported to have been made —by friends of the victims to have blood for blood. Fence Flan Is Agreed To It is stated that the powers have accepted Russia’s proposal that the evacuation of Thessaly shall begin one month after the treaty of peace is signed.