Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 December 1898 — FEAR SAN JOSE SCALE. [ARTICLE]

FEAR SAN JOSE SCALE.

PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES TAKEN 1 BY FRANCE. Importation of American Trees and Shrubs to Be Prohibited—lnspection of Presh and Dried Fruit to Be Required—Soldier Convicted of Murder. Ban on American Nursery Stock. Mr. Thiebaut, charge d’affaires of France, called at the State Department at Washington to advise Secretary Hay that the French Government was about to adopt precautionary measures against the introduction from this country of the San Jose scale and that decrees will be issued prohibiting the importation of trees, shrubs and plants from the United States and requiring an inspection of all fruit, fresh and dried, at the point of landing in France. These measures, Mr. Thiebaut pointed out, were quite immaterial as affecting the general trade from this country to France, as the shipments of trees, plants and shrubs last year aggregated only $328, and those of fruit $40,000. The action of France was taken, it is said, only after some of the American States had adopted precautionary laws against this pest and after the French scientists had advised that the introduction of the insect was likely to follow from the unregulated import of fruits and all kinds of plants. PRIVATE SENTENCED TO DIE. Lindsay P. Holt at Huntsville, Ala., Is Coavlcted of Murder. Private Lindsay P, Holt, Troop F, Tenth United States cavalry, now encamped at Huntsville, Ala., is resting under a death sentence, the result of a recent court martial at which it was proved that he was guilty of murder. Holt’s best friend was his victim and the convicted man’s remorse is intense. This is the first death sentence passed upon an enlisted man since the beginning of the war and for many years previous. The order of execution is signed by Maj. Gen. Wheeler. , /Turquoise King ” Shot. A. J. Demules, known as “the Turquoise King of the Jarillas,” was murdered at his turquoise mine forty miles north of El Paso, Texas, in New Mexico, by a Mexican employe. While the “turquoise king” was seated at the breakfast table the Mexican approached and emptied a six-shooter with the mine-owner’s back as a target. Demules was instantly killed, one bullet passing through his neck and the other lodging in his back. The assassin was captured. No Strike Is in Prospect. The fact that Vice-President Mitchell and T. W. Davis of the executive board of the United Mine Workers of America should have been -in conference with M. D. Ratchford in Massillon, Ohio, at the time when the report that another national strike of miners was shortly to be ordered, seemed significant. But all three deny that anything of the sort is contemplated. Resignation of the Cabinet of Cuba. The Cuban colonial cabinet formally resigned to Gen. Jiminez Castellanos, the new governor and captain general of Cuba, their respective portfolios. Gen. Castellanos, however, officially reappointed them and requested them to remain in office until the Spanish flag had been lowered in Cuba. Honor for Ontario Premier. A. S. Hardy, premier of Ontario, is to be knighted by the Queen for his faithful services to Canada and Great Britain. He is strongly in favor of closer relations with Great Britain and author of the legislation against Michigan lumbermen.

Fire at Kansas City. Fire broke out in the Robert Keith furniture and carpet establishment at Kansas City. The fire was gotten under control at 7 o’clock, with an estimated loss of $210,000 on stock and $40,000 on the building; total insurance, $185,000. Earthquake In Greece. At Patras, Greece, a severe earthquake shock occurred, causing the inhabitants to become panic stricken. A second shock was experienced. No fatalities have been reported. Beat His Child to Death. At Jackson, Tenn., Jack Neal, a negro, was committed to jail on the charge of whipping his 7-year-old don to death. He beat the boy with a persimmon sprout. Battleship Wisconsin Floats. The United States battleship Wisconsin was successfully launched at San Francisco. The boat Was christened by Miss Elizabeth Stephenson. Drowned In the Volga. A ferryboat full of workmen has been capsized while crossing the Volga at Kinessma, Russia, drowning twenty-nine of the passengers. Dr. Lyman Abbott Resigns. The Rev. Dr. Lyman Abbott has resigned the pastorate of Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, which he has filled for ten years. Blanco Sails for Spain. Gen. Blanco and his aids, Gen. Solano and the staff generals have left Havana for Spain on the transport Villaverde. Terms of Peace Accepted by Spain. The Spanish members of the peace commission have accepted the terms of peace proposed by the United States. Explosion In Havana. A box of dynamite exploded near the Reina battery at Havana, killing or injuring forty persons. Takes the Chusan Islands. A dispatch to a London news agency from Shanghai says that the admiral of the Chinese squadron has hoisted the British flag over Ting-Hai and several other islands of the Chusan archipelago, and that ships are cruising near the Chusan islands. Sheep Suffer In Oregon. Thousands of sheep are imprisoned in the mountains near Pendleton, Ore. Three feet of snow has fallen in the foothills there and the sheep cannot get through it to the valleys below. Girl Burned to Death. Hattie Fuchs, 2 years old, was burned to death at her parents’ home in Chicago. She and her 4-year-old brother Willie had been left in' the house alone for a few minutes while their mother went on an errand. A lamp was burning in the room where the children were, and the little girl began playing with it, upsetting it, and her clothing caught fire. jury Failed to Agree. A jury in the United States District Court at Kansas City, which has been trying D. V. Rieger, ex-president, and Robert D. Covington, ex-cashier of the failed Missouri National Bank, on indictments charging embezzlement and misappropriation of that institution’s funds, disagreed and was discharged. Falls in a Vat of Vitriol. Joseph Schroppler, while being chased by a workman in a factory at Trenton, N. J., tumbled into a vat of vitriol. Not realizing bis danger, after being helped out, he started for home, but on the way the acid began eating into his flesh. Both legs must be amputated. Serious Rioting In Seoul. There has been rioting at Seoul, Corea, between the two independence clubs and the opposition. Several Coreans were killed and many wounded. The foreigners were not attacked.

REMEMBERS LONG-LOST NAME. Meeting with a Friend Recall* to Gustav Zending Hi* Past Life. A man who had lost all memory of affairs preceding his sickness was discharged from the St. Louis city hospital several months ago. He thought at the time bis name might be Foster or Roberts, but always concluded it was not. With the aid of the United Hebrew Charities the man went West to seek work. Out in Kansas he was greeted by the name es Gustav Zending. Memory returned to him in a degree. He remembered he had been married and after a few months of wedded life he left his wife. Of events since, up to the time of his illness, he has not yet remembered clearly. He was married to Rosa Ritter, 17 years old, in New York City, July 9,1881. WIFE AND MONEY ARE MISSING. St. Louis Real Estate Dealer Fears the Woman Is Demented. William F. H. Shroeder, a wealthy retired real estate dealer of St. Louis, aged 58 years, reported to Chief of Police Campbell that his wife, aged 30, whom be married eighteen months ago, had left home and taken with her money and valuable papers, mostly notes, valued at $27,000. Mr. Shroeder said: “Of this amount $1,500 was in cash, SB,OOO in negotiable notes and the remainder could not be negotiated.. I had notes for SIB,OOO held in trust for various persons for whom I was trustee. All these are gone. I am confident nly wife has not eloped with a man. I think her mind is temporarily unbalanced because of sickness.” BOLD ROBBERY IN DAYLIGHT. Eleven Hundred Dollars Disappears from Cleveland, Ohio, Postoffice. One of the boldest robberies committed in Cleveland in years was perpetrated the other day when the postoffice was robbed of eleven packages containing SIOO each, or $l,lOO in all. The money was in a pigeonhole at a stamp window presided oyer by Miss Mary Berry. She left the window for a few seconds and during that brief time the money was taken. Four women were seen acting in a suspicious manner in the corridor of the postoffice just before the robbery and the police believe one of them to be the thief. Rebellion Against Federal Republic. Late advices from Salvador, via Nicaragua, indicate that the revolt is more serious |han at first thought. It may involve all five States in a general uprising. According to advices the real object of the movement is the overthrow of the Federal republic, which was organized Nov. 1 at Amapala. To accomplish this Regalados called in the aid of Guatemala and Costa Rica, who always viewed the union of Salvador, Nicaragua and Honduras as a constant menace to their sovereignty. The rebels are now in possession of all the departments, with the exception of La Union and San Miguel, the latter a stronghold of Horacio Villavicencio, who is a candidate in opposition to Regalados. The Federal Government is hurriedly mobilizing its forces to march against Regalados. Honduras sends 4,000, Nicaragua 400 and the Federal district of Salvador 2,000. The movement is backed by capitalists whffi are well-known military men.

Swindler Fined, and Imprisoned. William Shaw:, charged with coin sweating, was convicted by the United States District Court at St. Louis, Mo. He was heavily fined and received a sentence of five years’ imprisonment. The case was one of the most famous ever tried in the United States Court in the city and attracted attention in Government circles throughout the entire country on account of the many possibilities for swindling that the full operation of the scheme wprked by Shaw involved. James Wilcox, an accomplice, who said he came from Indianapolis, turned State's evidence, and it was on his testimony that Shaw was convicted.

Big Victory for Scalpers. The so-called anti-ticket scalpers’ law has been declared unconstitutional by the New York Court of Appeals, and is therefore inoperative. This law, which was passed by the last legislative session in spite of bitter opposition, declared it a criminal act for any one to sell railroad tickets in that State except the authorized agents of the railroad companies. Fatal Accident In lowa. A three-coach and baggage passenger train on the Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern road was wrecked six miles north of Burlington, lowa. One of the cars, containing thirty passengers, rolled down an embankment, turning three times in 150 feet. Two persons were fatally, three seriously and seventeen slightly injured. Rio Grande Engine Blows Up. The crown sheet of the boiler of a locomotive on a west-bound freight train on the Denver and Rio Grande Railway blew out at Swallows, Colo. J. E. Perkey, fireman, was killed, and Eugene Pennington, engineer, and Guy Livingston, brakeman, were seriously injured. Eighteen loaded freight cars were burned. Leaves Cash for Colleges. The will of the late Edward Austin of Boston bequeathes $1,100,000 to public uses. Harvard College will receive $500,000, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology $400,000, Radcliffe College $30,000, Roanoke College $30,000 and the Tuskegee, Ala., Normal and Industrial School $30,000. Prairie Fire Checked. The most disastrous prairie fire' that ever ravaged the Indian territory has been brought to an abrupt stop by heavy rains. The fire started in Chickasaw and Choctaw nations, and it is estimated that property valued at $250,000 has been destroyed. An area of seventy-five miles square was burned over. Suicide Causes an Accident. A stranger, bent on suicide, threw himself in front of a train going at full speed at Brightwood and, in addition to ending his own life, nearly caused a serious disaster. The sudden checking of speed threw Brakeman Frank W. Fortney of Bellefontaine from the train, seriously injuring him. Family Caught in the Blizzard. A man named Cranwell, his wife and child, 7 years old, were caught in the blizzard some miles from Viola, Kan. The horses could not move in the sleet and the family remained in a wagon for two nights and a day. The child was frozen to death. Stock Killed in Texas. Reports from the cattle and sheep raising districts of northwestern Texas, Oklahoma and the Indian Territory show heavy losses because of the blizzard in those sections. Thousands of head of sheep, half-grown calves and cows have perished. Ashes Are Taken to Spain. The remains of Christopher Columbus have been transferred from the Havana cathedral, where they had rested since they were brought from San Domingo in the last century, to the Spanish steamer San Augustin, which sailed for Barcelona. Five Bullets in His Head. C. W. C. Dreher, a Brooklyn real estate man, wrote to his wife from Philadelphia, threatening to commit suicide. He fired five bullets into his head, but is still alive. To Buy a Sword for Hobson. The Ahbama House of Representatives has ratified a joint resolution appropriating SSOO to buy a sword for Lieut Hobwn of Merrimac fame. Fatal Quarrel Over Fence Posts. In Day County, Oklahoma, R. M. Murcheson, aged 70, shot and killed R. H. Low, aged 20. They quarreled over some fence posts. Allen B. Wrisley’s Loss. The soap and perfume factory of Allen B. Wrisley, in Chicago, was burned, entailing a loss of $105,000. Play Ends in a Tragedy. One day a groom; the next day a corpse. Buch was the fate of Elmer Munsell. The

tragedy took place at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Oden in Dry Grove township, HL Elmer Munsell, who was married to their daughter Myrtle the other day, was shot dead by a brother of the bride the next day. The newly married couple had repaired to the home of the bride’s parents, where in the evening a number of young people gathered to congratulate them. The bride and groom were treated to an old-fashioned charivari by boys, and the young men were invited inside. Young Oden, brother of the bride, on reaching the room where his new brother-in-law was, playfully ran to him and pointed a revolver at him. The weapon exploded and Munsell fell with a bullet in his brain. He lived about an hour. Oden is aged 18. The victim of his folly was 20. TREASURY BOXES ARE LOOTED. Governor Leedy of Kansas and Others the Victims of Robbery. Private deposit boxes in the State treasury at Topeka, Kan., have been looted. The discovery was first made by Gov. Leedy. The Governor went to his box to get some money before he went home, but he found the receptacle empty. It had contained $165. Mrs. J. M. Herrington, widow of the State House guide, who died the other evening, went to the treasury and asked to get the money from her husband’s box. The box was found to be empty, too. Herrington told Assistant Treasurer Williams that he had SSOO in the box. W. H. Barbee, Herrington’s stepson, lost SBO from his box. An investigation showed that the locks of many of the boxes are alike and one key will open several of them. WIFE URGED TO SEIZE FUNDS, Missouri Bride Disappears with $27,000 on Advice of a Lawyer. W. H. F. Schroeder of St. Louis was married recently. A few days afterward his wife and $37,000 disappeared. Jefferson D. Btorts, a St. Lquis lawyer, says that she left upon bis advice, and that her seizure of the money was also by his Advice. In fact, he says he told her to “take everything she could lay hands on.” Mr. Schroeder, according to his wife, though wealthy, is close. He refused, to give her enough money to buy necessities. When be offered her 10 cents, and told her it was all she would get for a long time, she called on Mr, Storts, Mrs. Schroeder Is at Washington, Mo, PORT ARTHUR COMPANY WINS. Texas Supreme Court Decides It Can Build Its Canal. The Supreme Court of Texas has handed down a decision in favor of the Port Arthur Channel and Dock Company in the injunction suit brought by the property holders near Port Arthur. The decision disposes of all questions in connection with the completion of the canal, which is in course of construction at Port Arthur, to connect the terminals of the Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railway with deep water, a distance of six and ope-half miles. party Girls Hurt in Panic. While a religious ceremony was in progress in the vestry room of the Church of St. Germain des Pros, at Paris, where many girls from the schools were in attendance, the cinematograph lamps were suddenly extinguished aud a fearful panic ensued, everybody ipgtantly recalling the charity bazaar pre. The priests finally succeeded in ajlflying the panic, but not before forty girls were injured by trampling, many being seriously hurt.

Girl* Held for Byrgiaries. Ethel Bodish, aged 14 years, and Blanche Howard, 8 years old, were arrested at Little liock, Ask,, charged with robbing a dry goods store, a considerable quantity of goods taken from the store was found ip their possession. The girls also robbed the Provident Relief Association house the same night, securing a large amount of clothing donated to the poor of the city. Thieves Get Away with $13,200. At Uti.ca, Ohio, the Wilson Bank was robbed while the officials were absent for a period of fifteen minutes at the dinner hour. Two thousand dollars in registered bonds and $5,600 in coupon bonds and $5,600 in gold and currency were taken. Powder Blows Six to Atoms. The powder mill at Lamonte, Mo., blew up, blowing six men to atoms and wounding several others. The explosion took place in the packing house, and was of such force as to be heard and felt for a distance of twenty-five miles. Bold Robbery in a Missouri Town. Ail attempt to rob tbe Lincoln County Bank was made at Ellsberry, Mo. The town watchman was tied to a tree by four robbers, who broke into the bank and attempted to enter the safe. It is not known that they got anything. Sentenced to Hang at Milan, Mo. At Milan, Mo„ the jury in the trial of W. E. Furgeson for the murder of S. G. Wilson returned a verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree, Judge Stephens at once sentenced him to hang Friday, Dec. 30, " . Gold-Hnnters’ Fate. A party of fifteen gold seekers, including Rev. Mr. Webber, a Moravian missionary, was drowned by the wrecking of the schooner Jessie at the mouth of the Kuskown river in Alaska. San Francisco Hotel Burns. The Baldwin Hotel and theater in San Francisco was destroyed by fire. There were 800 persons in the building. Many are supposed to have perished. The loss is about $2,000,000. Racine Iron Works Burned. The plant of the Racine, Wis., malleable and wrought iron works was destroyed by fire. Loss, $100,000; insurance, $40,000. _____ Earthquake in the South. Many points in south aud southwest Virginia and North Carolina report having experienced an earthquake shock.