Democratic Sentinel, Volume 21, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 November 1897 — A NATIONAL SCHOOL. [ARTICLE]

A NATIONAL SCHOOL.

TO CARRY OUT AN IDEA OP WASHINGTON’S. Patriotic Women Planning to Raise the Money Necessary to Fonnd a National University at the Capital City—An Innocent Man Hanged in Dakota. Great Kducational Plan, The oft-agitated question of establishing iu the city of Washington a great national university ou the lines suggested by President Washington has taken definite form, and a number of represents tive American women have taken hold of the project with a determination to push it to a successful conclusion if possible. They have started out in a practical manner by seeking to raise the first $250,000 necessary for the erection of an administration building to form the nucleus of the university, and hope to be able to lay the corner stone Feb. 22, 1899. Their purpose in the interim is to urge tbe matter continuously on the attention of women all over the country. They intend likewise to interest ail the school children in the work. As a first step for awakening interest in the undertaking they will assemble in convention in Washington Dec. 14 to decide on ways and means for arousing public sentiment. Many prominent Eastern ladies are active in the project. TO GOVERN SOLDIERS’ HOMES. General Breckinridge Favors Control by War Department. The question of more economical, efficient and responsible administration of the volunteer soldiers’ homes will be made the subject of investigation by Congress as a result of the recent inspection of these institutions by Brigadier General J. C. Breckinridge, inspector general of the army. That officer will urge in his Teport the necessity of greater accountability of the board of managers of the homes for the expenditure of money received, and that their status with relation to the Government be definitely established. Gen. Breekenridgo will suggest the advisability of a complete transfer of the administration of the homes to thp jurisdiction of the Secretary of War and the creation of a new bureau of the War Department to manage its affairs. BIG WHEAT SHORTAGE. America Will Have to Furnish Bread for Almost Europe. The agricultural department ut Washington has issued its monthly review of the foreign crop situation. Much attention is devoted to the grain crop of Russia, especially wheat, ou aecouut of its magnitude ns a factor in the European supply. The review says that all accounts agree in representing the wheat crop as deficient, but as to the extent of the deficiency much difference of opinion exists. After quoting many dispatches painting the crop situation in various provinces iu black colors and the statements of the United States consul at Odessa that this year’s crop has proved a failure the review calls attention to the fact that since harvest Russia has exported grain “very freely.”

Sealing Conference Ends. The Bering Sea meeting a t Washington* in which representatives of Great Britain, Canada and the United States have participated, has come to a close. The seal experts made a unanimous report concerning the condition of the seal herds and the diplomatic representatives of the respective governments reached an understanding by which they hope at a later day to effect finai adjustment, not only of the Bering sea question, but of other pending border controversies. Hanged an Innocent Man. “An innocent man was hanged by lynchers at Williamsport,” was the startling statement made by Chief Justice Corliss of the North Dakota Supreme Court. “I have ample documentary evidence to support the statement,” continued the judge. “The Supreme Court ordered a new trial in Coudot’s case because it appeared that he was convicted on the uncorroborated evidence of Holytrack and Ireland. Clubbed Their Father. George Seagraves, proprietor of’ a St. Louis restaurant, reproved his two grown sons for some trivial offense and they made a murderous assault on him. One of the sons drew a revolver and used it to club his fatheT into insensibility. Both then fled, but one was captured and lodged in jail. The father’s skull is crushed and he cannot live. Delta, Colo., Bank Suspends. The directors of the Delta County Bank at Delta, Colo., have concluded to suspend business and place the institution’s affairs in the hands of an assignee. A. B. King was named for that position. The capital stock of the bank is $50,000. Jay Gould’s Daughter Is Generous. The Countess Boni de Castellane, nee Gould, has bought for 1,000,000 francs a site for a charity bazaar in Paris. This she will give away absolutely. Killed His Little Daughter. At Leipsic, Ohio, John Firestone killed his 6-year-old daughter Effle with a flatiron, while in a delirium from typhoid fever. iThey Played Too Hard. The football eleven of Delaware College has disbanded. Every player on the team is laid up with a broken leg, toe, nose or collarbone. Rather Die than Be Tried. J. F. Herrman, for years a prominent attorney of Olathe, Kan., who was to have been tried in Lawrence on the charge of obtaining money under false pretenses, killed himself by taking carbolic acid on the day set for the trial. Herrmann came from Carlisle, Pa. Snowslide Kills One. A snowslide occurred on the Noble Five mountain range near Gannon, in the Sloenn district, British Columbia. Two miners were caught and one was crushed to death. New Boat Line to Dawson. Arrangements have been completed between Capt. R. A. Talbot of Sioux City and F. W. Shirk of St. Paul and other Eastern capitalists and the citizens of Bellingham Bay to run a steamship line from New Whatcom, Wash., to Dawson City next summer. Murder a Priest. Henry G. McPake, a curate of the Roman Catholic Church of the Annunciation, at Tenth and Dickinson streets. Philadelphia, was found murdered in the rear of St. Paul’* academy, six blocks from his church, among piles of ashes and dirt in an area.

MONET IS EASIER. Gold Is Being Plentifully Poured Into Trade Channel*. The first annual report of Ellis H. Roberts, treasurer of the United States, has just been completed. It shows, among other things, that money is much easier than it was a year ago. At the end of the fiscal year of 1896 the aggregate currency and specie in circulation was $1,507,467,531, while at the close of the fiscal twelve months of 1897 this amount increased to $1,641,190,097, while during the same period the total stock of money in circulation and in the treasury mints increased from $2,348,338,571 to $2,500,371,978. A gratifying improvement in the condition of the stock of money has occurred in the increased proportion of gold which has entered into circulation. The estimated gain of gold to the country in the fifteen months ending Oet. 1 is placed at $112,511,570, of which about $43,000,000 came from abroad. The redemption of national bank notes during the period covered by the treasurer’s report entailed an expenditure of $125,061.73, which the national banks had to pay at the rate of $1.07 per SI,OOO of notes redeemed. A special deposit of $70,000 of United States 4 per cent, bonds is held in the name of the comptroller of the currency for the benefit of the unfortunate Fidelity National Bank of Cincinnati. LOADED FOR EUROPE. Barnum A Bailey’s Great Elephants Act as Btevedores. Hundreds of men watched a nine-ton elephant shove a mighty show truck, heavily laden, along the pier in New York. Fifty men had tugged at the big wagon in vain, but when the elephant put his shoulder to the wheel he moved it along without seeming to “hump himself” at all. The Massachusetts was about to sail for London with all of Barnum & Bailey’s animals. The second cabin passenger list on the big liner includes twenty-two elephants, fifteen camels, six zebras, thirtysix cages of monkeys and small wild animals, a few giraffes, royal Bengal tigers, African lions, leopards and other distinguished quadrupeds from far lands. The showmen are taking wagons, tents and all sorts of material, for after a season at London they will go under canvas and do the provinces.

THREE NATIONS VS. ONE. Chile, Peril and Argentine to. Force Bolivia to War. Plans of a dreibund which, if adopted, means wiping Bolivia off the South American map, are in contemplation by Chili, Pent and Argentine. Both Peru and Chili are now squabbling with Bolivia, the bone of contention being two provinces of Taenn and Aries, promised Bolivia in return for her recognition of the Chilian revolutionists as belligerents in 1891. Chili, however, has not given them up yet. Argentine is to he invited into the alliance io give it strength; a war with Bolivia would follow, nud tbe victors would divide its territory. Cuuscd by an Arrest. A dispatch to the Loudon Morning Post from Berlin Buys: "The United States is credited here with offering its intervention iu the difficulty between Germany nud Hnyti. But the German Government is waiting for the arrival of Herr Lueders and the report of Count Schwerin due by the next mail packet." The German war ship Gefion is under orders to sail for Port an Prince, Hayti, this month in order to insist upon redress for the arrest there of Herr Lueders, a German subject, and his alleged unlawful imprisonment, for which Count Schwerin, the German minister at Port au Prince, has demanded an indemnity. Lueders is now believed to be iu Germany, having been released from prison in order to avoid further complications, the natives of Port au Prince having threatened to mob the German legation and lynch Lueders. The fitting out of the war ship is being hastened as much as possible. The officials of the German foreign office do not believe the matter will be adjusted for some time to come, because the Haytian Government has assumed a stubborn attitude. The German newspapers are blaming the Government for the delay in bringing Hayti to terms. To Fight Sugar Trust. A special telegram from San Francisco says: Pluns have been perfected and the assurance is given that everything will be in readiness for fighting the sugar trust Jan. 1, when the five-year contract of the Hawaiian planters at the Western sugar refinery will expire. It will continue to handle that portion of the crop, say from 40,000 to 50,000 tons, which Claus Spreekeis can control. Of the remainder of 225,000 tons, 150,000 tons will be placed on the market by the California Beet Sugar and Refining Company, in which Welch & Co., George W. McNear and their friends are the principal elements. Of the 150,000 tons of raw island sugar, 90,000 tons will be sent to New York, where it has already been sold to refineries, independent of the trust. The remaining 60,000 tons will be refined at the California Beet Sugar and Itefinery Company’s works at Crockett, on the straits of Carquinez.

Ex-Treasurer Booker Mlsslag. Ex-State Treasurer Booker, of Grand Forks, N. D., Is among the missiug. Some time ago Booker was indicted by the Federal grand jury for making a fraudulent report to the comptroller of the currency ou the condition of the Grand Forks National Bank, of which he was president. When his case was called in the United States court, Booker failed to respond, and his bonds were declared forfeited. Poisoned by Moonshiners. Alfred H. Brooks, 68 years old, who was for thirty-two years at the head of the United States Internal revenue department In New York, is dead at his home in Asbury Park, N. J., of cancer of the tongue, brought on by poison administered to him In an illicit distillery upon which he made a raid three years ago. New Orleans Open Again. After a protracted meeting, the State Board of Health decided to declare off all quarantine at New Orleans. This has the effect of opening the doors of the city to all hitherto infected ports and will do away with the system of isolation of the fever cases, which has existed since Sept. 6. Missionaries in Great Peril. Missionaries hare been attacked by mobs in Hunan province, Central China. In one Instance a mob of 5,000 surrounded a party of missionaries and wag held In check by local police with great difficulty. The missionaries are supposed to belong to the Christian Missionary Alliance. Henry Hurlbnrt Lead, Ilenry Augustus Hurlburt, one of New York’s leading financiers, dropped dead at the dinner table at his home. The cause was heart disease. M. Kotzebne Recalled. The Russian minister to the United States, M. de Kotzebue, has been relieved of his post at his own request and owing to his ill health. Views of Bradstreet’s. Bradstreet’s commercial report says: “One of the most significant features of the business situation is found in the continued heavy weekly totals of bank elear-

Inga, those sos six days ending Not. il amounting to $1,347,000,000, an increase of 10 per cent over the preceding week and 13 per cent compared with the second week of November, 1896. Other favorable features are the continued firmness of and activity in wool, iron and steel. The slight reaction In the price of cotton, in view of the extreme depression to which that staple had been subjected, attracts attention as the possible beginning of the end of the prolonged decline. The unfavorable influences in price movements are declines for cottons and print cloths, tile latter touching the lowest price on record. Wheat, lard and lead are also lower and wire nails have been shaded. There is a long list of staples for which prices are practically unchanged. The more important advances are confined to Indian coni, oats, hoops and turpentine. Exports of wheat (flour included as wheat) from both coasts of the United States and from Montreal this week amount to 5,445,542 bushels, compared with 5,590,000 last week, 4,664,000 a year ago, 3,325,000 two years ago, 2,909,000 three years ago and 2,645,000 in 1893. Exports of Indian corn this week amount to 2,051.540 bushels, against 2,199,000 last week, 3,782,000 a year ago, I, two years ago, 197,000 three years ago and 073,000 in 1893. There is an increase in the number of business failures, the total throughout the United States this week being 273, compared with 223 last week, 258 one year ago.” ANOTHER LEADER CHOSEN. J. R. Sovereign Is No Longer K.of L. Grand Master. James R. Sovereign, who has been general master workman of the Knights of Labor for several years, lias been relieved of his office by the general assembly, in sesssion at Louisville, Ky. Henry A. Hicks of New York, district 253, New York City, was chosen to fill Mr. Sovereign's place, and I. D. Chamberlain of Pueblo, Colo., was selected as general worthy foreman. Sarsfield Fitzpatrick of Montreal and Henry Boetock of assembly 300, glassworkers, were chosen as the two members of the executive hoard, the third member being Andrew D. Best. Lynch Three Indians. Twenty-five masked men took the.law into their own hands at the county jail in Williamsport, N. D. They left the bodies of three men, who had been accused of murder, swaying in the wind as a testimonial of the completeness of their revenge. The men were Paul Holytrack, Philip Ireland and Alec Coudot, Indians, who were under arrest accused nf the murder of six members of the Spicer family last winter at Winona, Emmons County. They were aroused from slumber at 2 o’clock in the'morning, dragged from the jail to a beef windlass that stood near the jail, and were hanged to a bar that served to suspend the carcasses of slaughtered animals. Convict Burns to Death. Dock Goff, an escaped Florida convict, who was confined in the Waycross, Gn., city jail awaiting officers from that State, lost his life through the desire of two negro boys to eseupe. They set fire to the jail and in the general confusion escaped from their cell, which was near the jail entrance. Goff’s ceil was at the rear of the building, and the heat was so intense that he could not be rescued until he was fatally burned. Turns to Chulk. Frank Ritter, one of the oldest and best known saloonkeepers in St. Louis, is turning to chalk. Day by day lie is dying by inches iu the heart of St. Louis. Five years ago science told Ritter thnt he would die slowly. Since then it has cut off his left leg in eight chalky sections. Now the right foot and part of the rkriit leg is like that of a marble statue and time is coming when that limb must be taken nwuy. Strange Epidemic in Omuha. The physicians of Omaha are puzzled over an ailment that is rapidly becoming epidemic. The disease envelops the entire body, making it one mass of small sores. The eruptions are not painful. In three weeks it has spread with such rapidity that it has become general. At least 10,000 people are afflicted. New Russian Minister. A successor for Minister Kotzebue, Russian representative recently resigneu, has been appointed in the person of Count Cassini,- the present Russian minister to Pekin. Sanches Is Guilty. The jury in the case of Frederick C. Sanches, who killed his wife in the Colorado house in Denver Oet. 30, returned a verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree. Thirty Years for Murder. At Dover, N. H„ Joseph E. Kelly, one of the Great Falls bank robbers nud selfconfessed murderer of Cashier Stickney, was sentenced to thirty years’ imprisonment. Fire at Fostorlo« Ohio. An explosion of gasoline in the basement of the Alcott building caused one of the most disastrous fires in the history of Fostoria, O. The loss will reach $50,000. Average Yield of Corn. Statistics from Washington are that the average yield of corn per acre this year is 23.7; last year, 27.3.