Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 May 1898 — CHINA TO PAY JAPAN. [ARTICLE]

CHINA TO PAY JAPAN.

WAR INDEMK’ri'Y ARREARSWVILL f BE M.'DE UP. k w Bnlslan Minister Advis.* Against the Payment of the Whole? AmonntJapanesc Vessels in Collie ton—«»le of Flag Causes Editorial' Dfechorge China's Debt. The fOaring oriental advice* arrired at San Prt*W«co per ! ' c from Hong Honolulu- The Chinese haa »form«d the Japanese legation At fVkifl that it pay the balance pf fW i^Wtyarrears ip Japan at aide- Sh ' m fetor, says it u' rumored Russian Ht Pekin hu » ndriml the J* un J' * «*r tv wbtj «"«*£ the balan<Q’to’.Jripan. *- arch ’ some maneuvers/ Jap*' ,ne *f , ship Higei *id torfrefte *wat *°- . ' lided off Ogurognuii islririd, , . was so badly danmge<l that , 8 " mediately and two of her ofltee\ x drowned. The training ship escape* . g _ Jury. An imperial ordinance has been „ riutd colltoking the Chinese diet May 20/ BAQA LAND GRANT IS DEO AX. Shprehfe Chtirt’s Defc'isioii d Tract in fccfloradd. The Baca grant in Sari 1/his vaiieyy Colorado, has be&n decided by the United Statds Supreme COurt to be' legal rind regular. The grant crimprisris iOO.OOO acres of land selected under rift a6t 6f 1800 in lieu of a part of the old Baca grant near Las Vegas, N. M. This act provided that the lands selected should be non-mineral, and it appears that recently minerals have been found on a portion of the land. Justice Brewer, who ■ delivered the court’s opinion, held, however, that this discovery at so late a day etmld not affect the legality of the grant. The parties to the suit were Quincy A. Shaw and Murfay E, Kellogg. The decision ih this court, as in the court below, tvas ih Shaw’s interest, MoB CHASK9 AN EDITOR. He Jeers at ihe Fiteg rind Comes Near Being Hanged for It. George E. Bowman, an associate editor of the Appeal to Reason, a socialist paper published at Girard, K’an., has been compelled to flee from Girard to save his life. A mob of citizens, incensed at an article he wrote for the paper, started after him with a rope. He escaped through a rear door and ran to Fort Scott, a distance of twenty-five miles, without money or baggage. The article which so incensed the people referred to the national flag as a piece of painted rag tied to a stick. He was criticising the worship of the flag above the regard for fellow-creatures. Bowman came from I’rovldence, R. I„ about a year ago. He tvas the socialist candidate for Governor there two years ago, Race for the Pennant. Following is the standing of the clubs in the National Base-ball League: W. L. W. L. Baltimore ... 7 2 Philadelphia.. 5- 5 Cincinnati ..10 3 Pittsburg ... 7 7 Chicago .... 7 4 New York.... 3 7 Cleveland ... 7 5 Washington., 3 7 Boston 7 5 Louisville ... 4 10 Brooklyn ... 5 4 St. Louis 2 8 Following is the standing of the clubs iu the Western League: W. L. W. L. Indianapolis.. 9 1 Kansas City.. 4 5 ySt, Paul 8 2 Milwaukee... 3 7 Columbu| ... G 3 Omaha 2 7 'Minneapolis.. 4 4 Detroit 1 8 Saloons Ended by Dynamite. Dogtown and Board Tree, two small towns on the edge of the Wetzel County oil fields, West Virginia, decided against licensed saloons. At Board Tree Oscar Stroupe closed his saloon and opened a confectionery, in the rear of which, it is said, he continued selling liquor to oil men and strangers. At Dogtown William Ketcham was accused of following the same plan. The other night 200 of the temperance residents of the towns blew up both places with dynamite. Grain Scarce in Nebraska. So great has been the demand for corn, wheat and rye from Nebraska to supply the Eastern cash demand, that shippers all over the State are being forced to market their cattle hastily because they can get nothing to feed them. There can scarcely be found food enough for the animals used in ordinary commercial pursuits. Prices of all grains and hay have doubled during the last month. Storm’s Destructive Work. At Jerico, in Cedar County, Mo., a tornado killed thirteen persons outright and fatally injured five or six more. The Methodist Church and several other houses were totally destroyed. Twelve houses were blown over at Walnut Grove, and one woman fatally injured. Waubleau, a village In Hickory County, suffered seriously from the same storm. Telephone wires were down. Cotton Mills Will Run. So far as can be learned among the cotton manufacturers at Fall River, Mass., the closing of the large iron works cotton plant will not lead other local cotton factories to shut down. Although the selling prices are the lowest in mill history it ie believed that the factories are being run, not at a profit, but as a defensive measure against Southern competition. Ohio Postoffice Is Robbed. The postoffice at Pepper’s station, Ohio, was looted by burglars. The postmaster has refused to make public the exact extent of the loss. A general store and a mill were also entered in practically the same way and a large amount of booty secured. Big Coffee and Sngar Deal. A report wns circulated in Pittsburg, Pa., on what is considered reliable authority, that a combination of the Arcoffee and the Havemeyer sugar interests has been nbout completed. Die in a Powder MiU. Between fifteen and twenty men, it Is believed, perished in an explosion that wrecked the works of the California powder mill, two miles from Santa Cruz. There is a belief that n Spanish spy may have caused the flame that led to the terrible loss of life, for the plant was •ae of the heaviest producers of smokeless powder, which is now in such demand for the navy. Chinese Family Mnrdered. Oriental advices received by steamer tell of a shocking massacre which occurred at a hamlet twenty miles south of Taipeh, at the house of Yang Kin Shang. A party of over twenty robbers entered t£e house and murdered Yang, his wife, his mother and children and servants. Boston Clock Company Fails. The E. Howard Clock and Watch Company of Boston, Samuel Little, proprietor, has made an assignment for the benefit of creditors. Samuel Little and his son Arthur also have made Individual assignments. The liabilities of the watch company will reach $500,000. Sexton Passes Away. William Sexton, the old-time champion biliiardist, died suddenly in New York. In 1876 Sexton was the greatest of the American# who baudled cues.

DYNAMITE STORES BROKEN INTO. » Magazine at New Orleans Burglarized by Spanish. Sympathizers. A decided sensation was created in New Orleans thsj other evening when it was learned thnt the, dynamite magazine in which Major Quinn, the officer in charge of the city defenses, kept his supply of high exploi uwes. had been broken open and a quantity of dynamite carried away. Officials chaitoed that the thieves had only succeeded in securing a small quantity of the 'Explosive, although they refused "to tell -the exact amount. The dynamite war stored in a brick magazine, near the “Srcw Basin,” a canal which connects the city with Lake Pontchartraan, and on the edge of the swamp. It is as lonesome a spot as any thief could desire, but was heavily built and was thought to be securely fastened. Two unknown men in a skiff rowed by a negro were seen passing out the basin the following morning at an early hour, but there is no evidence that they were con- ' nected with the robbery. i

GAXE ON THE COAST. Storm Ikingerom to Shipping Along the Atlantic Shore. A terrific storm raged on the Virginia and North Carolina coasts. The wind blew sixty' miles an hour from the northeast and many ,vessels were in danger of being weekefl. Captain Ferry of the British steamship Castledale, from Tampa, reported passing a derelict bark named Cadic, completely stripped and her long boat lying on the deck. The fate of the crew is unknown. A big three-mast-ed schooner with part of her masts gone, and rails smashed in, signalled for help near Chiekamicomico life saving station, . id it seemed that she would surely be j’ I en ashore. The cruiser Montgomery and t ans P° rt Panther, which left Norfolk W • for Key West, were also in danger bn * * s known that they rounded Cape Hat/ era ? before they encountered the storm, lt »» belie * ed are safe. The storm dld .considerable damage in Norfolk and v’mnity. KNOWS NOT OF HE.'* FORTUNE. Mrs. Maybrick Kept in Ignorance of the $25,000 Legacy. An idea of the strict discipline m vogue in English prisons can be gathered re°m the statement just made to the effect that Mrs. Maybrick has not yet learne that she has fallen heir to ® fortune o about $25,000, although the -*«**th of her cousin, by which the ulleged murderess is left -the money, occurred nearly tw o months ago and news of which ■'**** r< j* ceived in England shortly after. Alti>o«iE her mother is permitted to visit the I'd 1 *! on at intervals—she has been allowed thirty-five visits in nine jyears—conversation concerning the status of her case is strictly prohibited, and it is only recently that Mrs. Maybrick has known of the death of Sir Fitzjames Stephen, before whom she was tried, and that lier advocate, Sir Charles Russell, is now lord chief justice. FOR PACIFIC COAST DEFENSE. Catalina Islands Will Be Connected by Cable irltb the Mainland. Catalina islands, twenty-five miles west of the Pacific coast, are to be connected with the main land by cable via Lo® Angeles. Port Avelon, on that island,, will be used as a lookout point, thus prewenting a sudden surprising descent by a Spanish force upon the southern ports of the State and preventing the capture of the islands and their hostile use as a base of supplies. The coast, from Puget sound to San Diego, is wholly without defenses, except San Francisco. The calling into service of four battalions of artillery by Gov. Iludd was done to secure the coast against sudden invasion. Chemist’a Important Disco'Very. Chemists of a Chicago Sugar Refining company claim to have discovered a process for vulcanizing the oil from cord in such a manner as to produce rubber. They say this will revolutionize the rubber trade and give them control of at least the manufacture of bicycle tires. Five chemists in the employ of the company have been working on this innovation for some months past. According to reports, the chemists have found that the oil of the corn properly treated and vulcanized is superior to that of the product of the South American rubber tree, is more resilient and mox-e lasting; and it is said that the manufacture of rubber under the new process will become an important part of the business of the glucose company. The process was accidentally discovered some months ago by one of the chemists of the company. It is also saiffthat the new process will greatly lessen the cost of rubber, especially That variety that is used in the manufacture of bicycle tires, which is required to be thin, durable and resilient. It is claimed that the new variety of rubber will withstand much more pressure than that now in use for tires and that it will offer more resistance to outside force. Situation Is Grave. The steamship Madina brings the following intelligence from St. Thomas, Danish West Indies: The strictest censorship still prevails over nil news in and out of the island of Porto Rico. News of the doings of the outside world is withheld from the people of that island. An occasional steamer from San Juan brings a crowd of refugees with liaore or less alarming tales of the island’s local affairs. A battalion of Spanish troops has recently arrived at Porto Rico from Cuba, and more are expected. This is significant, as the troops have heretofore come direct from Spain. But it is ou a par with the general military activity prevailing—the daily drilling of troops, the forced work on the fortifications of San Juan, the mining of the harbor entrance and the hurried arrangements for the storing of dynamite and high explosives in the harbor. The situation is Porto Rico is certainly grave and the threatened scarcity of food in the island and internal disorders resulting therefrom are perhaps the most serious phases. Food prices have about doubled. Doctors declare that maladies resulting from malnutrition are increasing alarmingly. Iron Men to Bank Furnaces. All the Bessemer pig iron producers of the central West have agreed to bank their furnaces for thirty days out of the three months of May, June and July. As a guaranty to those who intend to follow out such a plan that some ene else will not fail to abide by the agreement, and thus largely profit at the expense of the faithful ones, a $25,000 assurance has been given by every interest. There are about eighteen furnaces which will be affected by the action taken. Dakota Decision on Divorce. The Supreme Court of North Dakota, at Bismarck, has passed on the first important divorce appealed on the ground that the plaintiff was not a bona fide resident of the State, and not only reversed the finding of the lower court, but ordered the case dismissed. George W. Vanderbilt to Wed. The New York Press announces the engagement of Miss Edith Dresser, daughter of Capt. George Dresser, United States navy, to George W. Vanderbilt. Mr. Vanderbilt is the youngest son of the late William H. Vanderbilt, and is about 40 years old. Kills a Spaniard. Julius Baldash, a Spaniard, died at Long Run, 0., a mining town, from the effects of being shot through the lungs by Louis Ship, a German. The men had quarreled over the war and Ship took the side of the United States. Father Attempts Suicide. Because his son insisted upon accompanying his regiment to the war, John W. Reid of Chicago made an unsuccessful attempt at suicide by throwing himself under a cable ear. Wheat Short in the Northwest. Not-for years has the Northwest been as short of wheat as now. Country stocks have readied a very low point, there he jug probably Jess th|Ui S,OOO,O<X)

houses, only a very small portion of which is contract wheat. This explains why the Minneapolis wheat market advanced over 20 cents in one week. The wheat to fill contracts is not in sight. Close estimates by elevator companies show that of the wheat in country store and to come forward only 1 per cent on the St. Panl is contract wheat, 2 per cent on St. Louis, 4 per cent on the Omaha, while the Northern Pacific and Great Northern roads make better showing, 12 to 30 per cent respectively. This, however, gives little relief because of the small amount to come forward. Not for many years have Northwestern millers had to meet such a situation. High premiums have been paid for choice milling wheat. Armour took a good deal of this wheat to Chicago. Leiter bought about 3,000,000 bushels and put in store in Minneapolis and Duluth. Out of the country supply must go the wheat for country milling, which increases the tightness of the situation, with no new wheat to come for grinding until September. A supply for about seventeen weeks must be found. Minneapolis mills are grinding over 1,000,000 a week, and Dulnth mills are adding to the consumption. Minneapolis and Duluth together only have 13,000,000 of all grades in public houses, as against over 20,000,000 last year. In view of this somewhat startling situation, there are not a few who predict $1.50 for May and Jnly wheat in Minneapolis.

MILE IN SIX MINUTES. Brooklyn Surgeon’s Fleetness of Foot laves a Man’s Life. Dr. Gormley, a resident surgeon in St. iMary’s hospital, Brooklyn, N. Y., has net a fine pace for all young ambulance .surgeons to follow. Stanislaus Zuzannky is a driver for Daniel Groth of Brook--3 yn. A fierce kick from a horse caused ,a compound fracture of Zuzansky’s thigh ’bone, and the jagged end of the bone cut .an artery so that blood spurted from- the wound. A hostler called St. Mary’s hospital for an ambulance. When the ambulance, clanging along, reached Eastern Parkway and Rockaway avenue a wheel caught in a rut and snapped off. Dr. Ivorinley picked himself up and then, q kite naturally, picked up his case of inst ruments. Then two boys, dispatched fr< ten the stable, rushed up to him. —t he maai’s dying,” they panted. Dr.. Go;rnaley started for where the dying man wan'at a speed that would be loudly applauded on a cinder track. The stable was,a mile away, and the surgeon, in unii form, sped along at a six-niinnte gait. ■ He got to the stable thoroughly winded. He theD delicately took up the bleeding I : artery sand tied it and saved enough blood to kevp Zuzansky going. ' EXPLOSION KILLS MANY. D.Vsaster to Pack Train Conveying Powder to a Mexican Mine. Ni tws lias reached San Francisco of a terri.'de explosion of powder that was being c trried by pack train to Col. Dan Burns ■■ Candelaria mine in Mexico. The explosii tn took place on the road near San Vicente, State of Sinaloa. The pack train w.‘*s unusually large. It consisted of over 110 mules an<J the attendants numbered some forty Mexicans. A part : of the freight consisted of ammunition, caps and bo.xos of powder. It is reported that 218 boxes of powder aitd 20,000 caps exploded, with such force that fifteen men and sixty mules were killed. Elevator Pool Collapses. The end of the Buffalo elevator pool ha* come at last. The organization has collapsed, and, for this season' at least, Will in ah probability not be resumed. More than half of the elevator interests were out oi it. All canal houses which Jiad no rail connections were excluded. .This step was the death blow to the pool. Strata of tyie canal houises, which had not turned a wheel for fifteen years, were being opened; and the Frontier, Which is controlled by James Davidson, offered to take grain at one-eighth of a cent. A lively fight is anticipated. AJ* Important Decision. The Indiarva Supreme Court, in session in Indianaptfftp, handed down an opinion in the case of, Le wis Baum and others against Ella Tlvom. that is of great interest to persons w-’ia- Joan money on chattel mortgage security' high rates of interest and to borrowers. Attorneys say that the effect of thi« decision is to permit any one who has paid interest at a higher rate than 8 per cent pe.V annum within the past six years to recover back the excess in an action against his creditor, provided the loan is first repaid. Cotton Brokers Fiail. The suspension of the firm Of Sbeiwood, Thompson & Co., cotton brokers, wns announced in Liverpool. Skcixvood, Thompson & Co. operated throughout ern States under the firm name of John Sherwood & Co. The firm had few outstanding obligations in the United States. Postpone a League Convemtio n. With the confusion consequent upon war, the student feels the distilrfau ce as rmich as others. The college Republicans haive decided to postpone iudefinitdiy the convention of the American Republican College Lqague, which had been called for May 19 and 20, at Indianapolis. Commercial Commission to China. After careful consideration the lioard of directors of the Philadelphia Muiieum has decided to aend a commercial commission to China for the purpose of extending the trade relations between the United States and China. Private Baker shoots Himself. John W. Baker, a private in Company I, Clyde, of the Sixteenth Ohio regiment, shot himself througiV the head a revolver while lying oir his cot at the armory in Toledo. West Point Graduates. A class of fifty-nine cadets -was graduated from the West Point Military Academy a few days ago.