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The Russellville Democrat., 1886-12-01
MARINE DISASTERS.
Sum ming Up the Loss on the Lakes
 By Last Weeks storm.

CHICAGO, Nov. 22.--The terrible gale that ragged with unabated fury for three days last week was one of the most dis astrous storms that has swept the lakes in many years. Thirty-six vessels were either foundered or driven ashore and there are several vessels that are miss ing. Eleven have gone to pieces or are buried beyond recovery and it is be- lieved a number now on the beach will prove total loss. The loss of life is appalling. Forty-seven persons are known to have perished and the crew of the unknown steam barget at went down off Burnham's pier have not been heard from. If they are lost the list will be swelled to nearly sixty. The money loss on nine of the eleven vessels that have gone to pieces aggregates $133, ,000, but partial losses will bring the amount up to $400,000.
The Russellville Democrat., 1886-12-01
Mine Indian. Drowned.

BISMARCK, OAK, Nov. 4.-It is re- ported here that seven Indians-Big Thunder (the Crow chief among the number--were drowned while attempt ing to cross the Missouri at point ten miles north of here. Big Thunder was one of the most famous chiefs of the Crow nation, and his son, White Eagle, Is said to have been with the party when the accident occurred. The Indians were crossing to join band of their tribe which started out to wreak ven geance on the Sioux who killed a num- Der of Crows several days ago.
The Russellville Democrat., 1886-12-01
Denth of H. Nj. Hexie.

NEW YoRK, Nov. 23.--H. M. Hoxie, general manager of the Gould system
 of railroads, died at 2:30 this morning at his rooms in the Metropolitan opera house. The cause of his death was ex. haustion consequent to the operation performed on him at Saratoga in June last. He has also suffered from kidney disease for the last thirty-fiye years. He has been very weak for the last seven days, but the doctors had great hopes of his recovery. The patent be-
The Russellville Democrat., 1886-12-01
The Proposed Rocky Mountain Rail-
 way Tunnel.

A project is on foot for tunneling the s'Great Divide" The Divide is the Rocky Mountains, and the point pro posed to be tunneled is under Gray's Peak, which rlses no less than 14,44l feet above the level of the sea. At A. All feet below the peak, by tunneling from east to west for 25,000 feet direct, communication would be opened be- tween the valleys on the Atlantic slope and those on the Pacific side. This would shorten the distance between Denver, in Colorado, and Salt Lake City, in Utah, and consequently the distance between the Missouri river, say at St. Louis, and San Francisco nearly 300 miles; and there would be little more required in the way of ascending o- de- scending or tunneling mountains. Pat of the work has already been ac- complished. The country from the Missouri to the fost of the rockies rises gradually in rolling prairie, till an eleva- tion is reached to 5,200 feet above the sea level. The Rockies themselves rise at various places to height exceeding II 900 feet. Of the twenty most famous passes, only seven are below 10000 feet, while five are upwards of l2.000 feet, and one, the Argentine, is l3,000 feet. Of the seventy-three important towns in Colorado, only twelve are below g. 900 feet, ten are over 10000 feet, and one is 14,000 feet Passes at such height are of course barrier to ordinary traf- fic, and the railways from the Atlantic to the Pacific have in consequence made detours of hundreds of miles, leaving rich plains lying on the western slopes of the great snowy range practically cut off from Denver and the markets ol the East. The point from which it is proposed to tunnel is sixty miles duo west from Denver, and although one o the highest peaks, it is by far the mar lowest In the great backbone of thu American continent.
The Russellville Democrat., 1886-12-01
r,... niower.' strike.

BUFFALO, N. r., Nov. 27.--The bot tlers' division of the Glass Blowers League met in convention here to-day and, in secret session, ordered strike among members in the eastern division, which includes all territory east of the Alleghenies, including Canada. The strike goes into effect at once, and is against apprentices and a reduction ol five per cent. in wages. About 360l men are affected by the strike. The fires were ordered banked tonight.
The Russellville Democrat., 1886-12-01
The Naval Cadets.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 23.-Nearly all ct the annual report of Cesnl,sssiuer W. T.. Sampson, superintendent of the Naval academy, is devoted to an argument in support of proposed change in the academic course. The change which he gives various reasonsin favor of is that cadets should be assigned to different branches of service at the end of four years, insead of six, and abolishing the two years course at sea before gradua- tion as useless.
The Russellville Democrat., 1886-12-01

gan to sink rapidly at o'clock last ev- ening but was conscious to the last. Mrs. Hoxie and Capt. Hayes were with him when he expired
The Russellville Democrat., 1886-12-01

Washington has increased her real estate valuation 45 per cent. in the last fifteen years, and her population has grown in the same ratio.
The Russellville Democrat., 1886-12-01

Young married women may wear either hat or bonnet for full visiting dress.
The Russellville Democrat., 1886-12-01

Seventeen senators own their own homes in Washington.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-05-15
American Association.
Small Talk.

Mr.. Jack Dempsey is @ far-Seeing gentle
man. We can appreciate the wisdom and
delicacy of his discrimination in preferriDg
to meet Jay in St. Paul rather than sign a
contract to stand up before Mr.. Mitchell in
Chicago. Since Mr.. Burkes little experience
last Monday evening, Mr.. Dempsey does less
talking but more thinking.-Chicago News.
at the last weekly shoot of the st. Paul
Gun club for the Macomber badge, Pfister
again won by straight score at fifteen single
metal targets For the gun club badge at ten
single and FIVE double Peoria blackbirds, Dox
won, after shooting off tieion seventeen with
Cummings and Pratt.
Ed W. Moulton is negotiating for the ap-
pearance in Minneapolis of Duncan c. Ross
and Sergeant G. Walsh in their mounted COM
bat. He will also bring Fl. n. johnson, the
champion sprint runner, and Arthur Cham
ber's celebrated running dogs.
E. r. Mohler, who is to meet Dempsey at
the Leland rink, Minneapolis, Tuesday, the
25th, is in Minneapolis. While he is willing
to admit Dempsey's superiority, he is conf
dent of his ability to stand up four rounds
The GLOBE was in error yesterday in stat
ing that Woodside had abandoned his New
York race. He will first go to Canada, and
then to New York, where he rides against
Brooks with horses on May 81 and June L.
All betting was stopped at Brighton Beach
yesterday by the police. The winners of the
races were Commander, Gen. Price, George
Singerly and Keokuk.
Patsy Cardiff says he is more than anxious
to meet Jack Dempsey, and if Dempsey offers
any man $50 to stand before him he will be
on hand to accept.
The running races at Ivy City, D. c., an
nounced for yesterday were postponed on ac-
count of bad weather.
The game scheduled between New York and
Chicago yesterday at Chicago was postponed
on account of rain.
st. Paul plays in Duluth to-day and Osh-
kOSh in Milwaukee.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-05-15
Foreign Flashes.

The trial of Father Galeote, the priest who
assassinated Monsignor Isquierdo, bishop of
Madrid, on Palm Sunday, in front of thf
cathedral, has been set down for the end oe
May. The prosecutor will ask, besides the
death penalty against the prisoner, that the
sum of $4,000 be granted as an indemnity to
the family of the bishop.
In the house of commons yesterday Mr..
Bruce, under foreign secretary, referring to
the case of the schooner David j. Adams,
said that diplomatic action would be prema-
ture until the facts in connection with the
seizure of the schooner had been established.
1t is stated that work on the Gillian section
of the trans-Andean railway will be COM
menced in July. The section between Buepos
Ayres and San Juan, which was finished last
Saturday, is now open to the public. Chilli
and the Argentine Republic hope to be con-
nected in two years.
One firm of manufacturers in the province
of Ulster has already concluded arrange
many. Is is stated that other Ulster firms
are considering the ACCESSIBILITY of removal
also.
At Venice yesterday there were reported
seven new cases OF cholera and three deaths.
At Bari five new cases and nine deaths, and
at Brendisi one new case and one death.
A slight shock of earthquake was felt
Thursday night at Garrloch Head, Scotland,
on the firth of Clyde, county of Dunbarton
No damage was done.
A dispatch from Herat states that Mr..
Stephens, the Englishman who is engaged in
making tour around the world on O bicycle
has been arrested while crossing the frontier
of Afghanistan.
The British government has forwarded
10000 rounds of ball ammunition to Dub
lin.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-05-15
MIR. BURLEIGH,s BRIDE.
Making Her Lover Stand Trial Be.
fore Marriage.

Making Her Lover Stand Trial Be.
fore Marriage.
Special to the Globe.
WILMINGTON, Del, May IA trial of
rather picturesque and romantic features
was held here yesterday. 1t contains a
pretty story of womanly devotion blended
with pluck. The prisoner in the dock was
Stephen ii. Burleigh, a young Philadel-
phian of good manners and handsome APP
pearance. Last winter Burleigh had Wis
tied Wilmington on love errand to Miss
Nettie Spencer, his bride elect While here
he fell in with a jovial party of fellows, and
next day one of the number, S. l.. Boldly,
discovered that his watch was gone. He
had the entire party arrested, but no trace
of it was found. A few days later Bur-
leigh was arrested in Philadelphia trying to
pawn the watch, and taken to Wilmington
and held in 5000 bail. Burleigh claimed
that he had procured the watch Of man
at the railroad station in this city in trade
for cheap one he carried and IS in cash.
The defense was accepted by Mr.. Boldly,
who after recovering the watch. was will
ing to withdraw the suit. This did not suit
Miss Spencer She insisted on
TRIAL AND ACQUITTAL
by jury before she would become Burleigh's
wife. He accepted the terms, and the jury
to-day returned the verdict on which the
love match hinged. Miss Spencer attended
the trial and testified to the prisoners good
character, and her insinuatingly sweet
voice, coupled with the earnest anxiety for
her lover, completely won the judge and
the jury. The bride-elect is a very pretty
brunette with deep brown eyes and rich
complexion. She was neatly and very be-
comingly costumed, and as she gave her
testimony in the case which was to decide
her future, she presented lovely picture.
The gallant chief justice and his bachelor
associates, all dignifed and gray haired.
beamed admiringly upon the pretty young
woman, and the attorney general was also
attractedlby her pleasing presence, and in
terrogated her in his mildest tones. When
the jury announced its verdict there was an
outburst OF applause in the court room, and
every eye was turned upon Miss Spencer as
she rejoined her lover.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-05-15
PHOTOGRAPHIC TRIPLES,

The Curtin congressional Investigating COM
mittee closed its labors in St. Louis yesterday
and returned to Washington.
The senate of Buenos Ayres has passed q
note expressing sorrow at the attempt upon
the presidents life. The examination of the
culprit, Monjese, is actively proceeding.
Three prisoners confined in the Kingman,
Kan, Jail, on a charge of horse stealing,
overpowered q deputy sheriff on Wednesday
last, walked out, and have not since been
heard of.
The business failures occurring through
out the country during the last seven days
number for the United States 156, and for
Canada 90, against q total of 102 last week
and 207 the week previous.
Grasshoppers have Appeared in Adams
county, ILL.,, in vast numbers. Never in the
history of that section have these pests been
seen in such great numbers.
Prof Brooks says the first of his newly
discovered comets is getting brighter and
will grow in brilliancy until the middle OF
June. Number two is becoming fainter, but
is still fine telescope object. Both comets
are visible in the northeastern sky, one few
degrees south, and the other east oil
Cassiopeia.
At Richmond, Va, in the Methodist Episco-
pal conference, yesterday, resolution was
offered, but notacted upon, to change rubric
touching upon the invitation to the Lord S
Supper. A proposition to arrange the annual
conference into permanent episcopal dioceses
was lost.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-05-15
THE REBELLION BOOZE.
Republicans Propose to Use the Old
"SpOOk" as Campaign
Scare.
Jeff Davis Harmless Old Jaw the Power
Which is to Secure
Votes.
His Speeches and Tariff Yawps Relied
on to Catch the Next
House.
st. Paul to Have Bonded Warehouse
on Wabasha Street, Other
Washington News.
The Republican Campaign.

Special to the Globe.
WASHINGTON, May 14.-Secretary Nc
Pherson of the Republican congressional
committee is in the city. He comes thus
early on the ground to begin the work of
the campaign. The Republicans are en-
couraged to believe that with active man
agement they viii be able to get control of
the houSe OF representatives. To do this
they must gain twenty-four districts. They
anticipate gains in Ohio, Indiana, CalifOr
MIA, Iowa. New York, Michigan and Penn
sylyania sufficient to give them control, but
, they are likewise planning for vigorous
campaign in Tennessee and Virginia. 1t is
represented that q gain of two Republican
members can be anticipated in Tennessee,
because of the divisions of the Democrats
in this state On tariff and debt questions.
In Michigan they will work to secure every
district except that in which Detroit is To-
Gated, which is gracously conceded to the
Democrats. One feature of the work of
the congressional committee will be a lib
eral distribution of the recent speeches
made by jeff Davis. Mr.. Mcpherson will
soon have verbatim copies of these speeches,
and they are to be carefully edited. so as to
Gull from them the breathings Of what the
Republicans
CALL TREASON AND DIsLoYALTY.
These will be circulated by thousands IN
states which sent large quotas of troops to
the war; In Tennessee the plan is to dis
cuss the tariff question, sending to the state
some of the best speakers on this subject The
tariff will also be the feature of the canvass
in Michigan. The Republican detection in
Iowa is to be solidifed if it can be. by the
literature jeff Davis has gratiutously furn-
ished as Republican campaign document.
The Republican managers are not wholly
oblivious to the hope thai the course of the
president toward his party with respect to
the patronage will also aid them, in so far
as it will produce Democratic apathy. Just
now they imagine that the earnestness of
the congressional campaign is to be all on
! one side, and that side their own. The
Democratic congressional committee has
organized, but there are no evidences ap-
parent yet, when it will get to work.
Senator Kenna of West Virginia is its
chairman. No better selection could have
been made. He is active. untiring, shrewd
and earnest. These are qualifications which
will worry Mr.. Mcpherson. with all his ex-
perience, when the tug-of-war is on.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-05-15
HOUSE PROCEEDINGS.
A Discourse Upon Reduction Of the

WASHINGTON, May 14.-After the dis
posal of some routine business in the house
to-day the private calendar was taken up
in committee of the whole. A bill for the
extension of patent gave rise to debate
which trenched upon the ground of tariff
reduction. Mr.. Dunn of Arkansas, in op-
posing the bill, inveighed against the oper-
alton of the patent laws as creating mon
opolies. He agreed with the gentleman
from New York (Mr. Hewitt) that the
limit of taxation has been reached, and he
attacked the protective tariff as injuring
the people of the West for the benefit of
the manufacturers of the East. Mr.. Kelly
of Pennsylvania defended the tariff laws
as tending to develop the resources of the
inventors. Ii the policy of Arkansas would
permit the development of her ma
terial resources she would shine
respondent among the nations of
the world and her people would abound in
wealth. Mr.. ButterwOrth, of Ohio, de-
Tended the patent laws and expressed the
belief that but for the inventive genius of
the country the line of settlement would
not be 100 miles west of the Allegheuies 1t
was the inventive genius of the republic
that made it what it was. The genius of
invention was the genius of God. Mr..
have aroused the advocates of high taxation
and monopoly taxation. AS an answer to
the argument of the gentleman from Penn
sylvania (Mr. Kelly in favor of a protect
i've tariff. he read from description given
by Mr. Powderly of the lamentable condi-
ton of the Hungarian laborers in the
PENNSYLVANIA COAL REGIONS.
This, he said, was the beauty, the luxury.
the delight. the happiness of that protected
labor. 1t was the Pennsylvania statesman
who had robbed Arkansas of just prosperity.
MI. Kelly said he had never had the priv
ilege of meeting Mr. Powderly, but he had
received that gentleman'S kind acknowl-
edgment of his services in behalf of the
labOrerS of the country, and of that pro-
vision of American policy and law to which
the laborers looked for all independent life
as compensation for steady and faithful
work. He then passed on to a discussion
of internal revenue taxation, advocating its
abolition. The Democrats adhered to the
doctrines which prevailed when great work
shops were supposed to be foes to the insti-
tuition OF slavery. They forgot that they could
not whip Niger men and women as
4hey formerly did misses on the
Democratic side. Mr.. Bayne, of Penn
sylvania said that the Hungarian settle
ment in Western Pennsylvania repre-
sented European working methods. They
were free trade laborers imported under
contract against the protests of Pennsylva-
mia and Pennsylvanians. AS illustration of
the beneficial results to labor from pro-
tective policy, he asserted that in his county
OF Allegheny more wages were paid to
labor than was paid in three years in the
whole state of Arkansas. There was dis
fn ON tl
bate, but protest was made and private
business was proceeded with. The COM
mittee rose after reporting several bills and
the house adjourned
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-05-15

right TO seals resorting there" to the city Of
San Francisco, in trust for the United States,
on the condition that the city Shall hold said
rocks inalienable for all time, and shall COM
init to the commissioners of the Golden Gate
park the custody and care thereof.
The house committee on foreign affairs yes
terday heard lengthy argumentsfrom Judge
Jeremiah Wilson and others i'll behalf OF the
We'll and Labra claims, and continued the hear
ing until ueXtEriday. 1t is the intention of the
committee to reopen the whole subject, and
ex-Minister Foster will appear for the Next
can government.
An unknown man, supposed to be insane,
undressed himself in one Of the inches near
statuary hall in the capitol this morning, aud
in condition of stark nudity sprang upon
one of the pedestas and struck an attitude
He was taken away by the capital police and
placed under arrest.
The treasury department has decided that
certain so-called pine tar fibre from the mid
die of the fir tree, used in upholstering furu-
iture, is entitled to free entry under the pro-
visions of the free list for dried fibres not
edible. in a crude state, and rot specially pro-
vided for
1t is not likely that the department of state
will make any further Investigation of the
killing OF Capt. Crawford, for the reason that
the consular officers have no facilities for OBJ
tanning accurate information on the subject.
Adjt. Gen. Drum will leave Washington to-
day to make an Official inspection Of the mill
tary prison at Eft. Leavenworth. Gen. Terry
and COL Barr will assist in the inspection.
Senator Voorhees, yesterday introduced a
bill for the purchase of grounds and the cree
ton OF public building at Logansport, Ind.
1t appropriates $4,000 for the purpose.
The senate committee on privileges and
elections will hold meeting to-day to con-
slider the papers referred to it regarding the
election of Senator Payne of Ohio.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-05-15
THE MAXWELL TRIAL.
Trying to Find "a Competent Jury In
60

ST. LOUIS, Nav 14.-The examination of
those in the second list of special jurors
from whom the attempt has been made to
select jury to try the Maxwell murder
case, was continued this morning, and not
another man was found to be eligible to
serve, and the court adjourned till to-mor-
row morning to afford the sheriff an oppor-
tunity of summoning a third panel. These
special jurors were supposed to have been
selected from the most intelligent of the
citizens of this city, but during
their examination it developed that
some of them were unable to read and
write. and others had but an imperfect
knowledge of the English language. The
counsel for the defense at the beginning of
the selection took exception to several Of
those placed GU the list of forty-seven,
from whom the final jury will be selected,
and should the trial result in conviction
this fact will be argued as cause for second
trial. If that should be considered not a
sufficient cause for another trial. the de-
tense will plead the unconstitutionality OF
the law of the state. which allows the state
more challenges of jurymen than the de-
Tense.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-05-15
AN AWEuL EXPnoS1oN.
Houses Wrecked by the Careless
Use OF Dynamite.

y
PITTsBURG, May 14.-Col. T. w. Hob
htzell, agent of the Atlantic Dynamite COM
pany, was employed this morning to break
up lot of old iron stored on vacant piece
OF ground near the Republic iron works, on
Sidney street, South side. He commenced
work about 6 o'clock on lotion anvil. and
used an immense charge of dynamite for
the purpose. A terrific explosion followed.
and huge pieces of the anvil were scattered
about in every direction. One piece weigh
ing 800 pounds wrecked a house occupied
by Mrs. Mcnamara, one block distant.
Another piece of over 200 pounds crashed
through the dwelling of Emil Erstman, also
block away. 1t struck a bed i'll which
three children were sleeping. They were
covered with debris, but escaped serious
injury. Another house occupied by Mrs.
Lung, fully 500 feet away, was also
wrecked. The only person injured was
James Acton. who was walking on the side
walk one block away. He was struck on
the leg with fragment, and the limb was
so badly injured that amputation may be
necessary. Hoblitzell was arrested for
violating city ordinance The explosion
caused intense excitement, as rumor was
current that bomb similar to those used at
Chicago had been thrown on the street.