Democratic Sentinel, Volume 2, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 April 1878 — HEWS SUMMARY [ARTICLE]

HEWS SUMMARY

(’(’Al*. WH i Is < I n Urt VrtitinE Soo* on th» Sth Lord Beneonnfteld“rm>vdfl an address'of thanks to the. Queen for hpr Majesty’s message cailjrag jut the reserve*, «hd folldweS with a apeddn which was repeatedly cheered. Sjr ®t»fOhi of Qhe M«* . Sioaeei of Commons, and made a speech. He iwas followed by Gladstone, who urged the ac'Oeptancuof Germany’s proposal for a prelimi- : nary conference. M The f ble brmgrffofl outline oLlhlsm’s i*ply to attend. It Is argumentative arid cohdHatory, jatHer than dogmatic; points to the fact |lmt the Ban Stefano treaty id preliminary only aa proof that Russia did not exjiect to exclude Europe from a voice in the ulterior arrangements ; defends the stimulations. as tq.Bulg£rirt, which, it is said, will he not more under Buesis’s influence than Jlonipanu haa .beam, and asserts that the annexed territory in Anhenia has only been taken for (Jefepsiye purposes. The reply may.he accepted as at> invitation for a renewal of negotiations, but it does not promise Austria and England much satisfaction from the renewal. Advices from Cuba report that there are only two of the insurgent chiefs holding out. They are in the moiintainous parts of the ex treme east of the isUad, and are said to be holding out in the hope that they will secure commissions in the Spanish army as a reward or their surrender. Gen. Grant dined with the King and Queen of Italy on the 13th inst., and left Rome on the 15th. Americans about to visit Paris will be interested in the information that there will be a heavy increase IB hotel charges, and in all the costs of transient living, in the French capital during the Exposition. The annual boat race on the Thames river, between the Oxford and Cambridge crews, resulted in an easy victory for the former.

DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE.

Two more of the Massachusetts saving banks, being unable to pay their depositors, have placed themselves under the guardianship of the new “stay law,” which secures them from the importunities of creditors fojr the present, and may enable them at some future day to resume Che business of “taking in” the thrifty poor and their deposits. Leman Klous, senior partner of the firm of Leman Klous & Co., wholesale dealers in hatters’ materials, Broome street, New York, has tailed for 1(400,000. Hiram Weeks, of St. Johnsbury, Vt., lately bank D.rector, has absconded with $43,000 of Kraut andborrowed funds. 'S. Angier Chaco, treasurer of the Union Mills, Fall River, Ma-s., is a defaulter to the amount of $480,000. The visit of the Secretary of the Treasury to New York has resulted in arrangements with the members of the late loan syndicate by which the latter engage to take $50,000,000 of the 4X per cent, bonds, tjie proceeds of which are to be devoted to preparation for the resumption of specie payments on the Ist of January next. The syndicate are to pay for the bonds lOl’s,’ in gold and accrued interest. They take $10,000,000 at once, and $5,000,000 per month for the remainder of the year. In the meantime the sale of the 4 per cents, will be continued under the existing arrangements, the proceeds being devoted to the redemption of the 5-20 bonds. William M. Tweed, the bold ruler of the New York Tammany ring, is dead. He breathed his last in Ludlow street jail, in the presence of his physician, his son-in-law, Mr. Douglass, and a few friends. His death was caused by acomplication of disorders. His last words were: “ I have tried to do some good. If I have not had good luck, I aunnot afraid to die. I believe the guardian angels Will protect me. ’ Tweed was 55 years old. West. There has been a serious strike among the (engineer ! an I firemen of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa le railroad,?which was only sup’pressod by the calling out of the Kansas militia. H. R.- Mclntire, President of the First National Bank of Lake City, and Vice President of the First National Bank of Colorado Springs, Col., has left for parts unknown with $70,000 of the banks’ funds. At Dodge City, Wyoming, the Sheriff attempted to arrest two cattle drovers. The latter resisted and a fight ensued, resulting in the death of the Sheriff and both of the other men. The twenty-four principal. Western railroads report, during March, gross earnings amounting to $6,027,690, as against $5,306,097 during March, 1877. From the Pacific coast come favorable reports of the growing wops. - ■ Wputii. A small steamer; plying on the Sandy river, in Kentucky, exploded her boilers a few nights ago, causing the death of four persons. Several pthotH ware seriously fcjured. Allen Oroft, the worst man of all the moonshiners in Kentucky, was recently captured in Morgan county. He has defied the United States Marshals for years; and near his still was posted a sign reading, “If you value your life, come no further.” A Fort Clark (Texas) dispatch reports another raid of Mexican greasers across the Rio Grande. About fifty head of cattle were driven off. A fire in .-Cfalveston, Texas,, last- week, destroyctl thirteen buildings. Loss, $50,000 Adtfces from Texas report another train robbery on tho Texas Pacific railroad, not far from Dallas. The express and mail were plundered, the passengers not being molested. The plundering party numbered about twenty. The towfiof Clarksville, Tenn., has been almost entirely swept away by tire. Fifty-a<yen buildings, embracing the bds£ portion of the busincsj section; were butted. The loffl is estimated a£ half & million dollars. POLITICAL POINTS. Nearly a thousand of the business men of Milwaukee have signed an address to President Hayes, approving his official administration and indorsing its general policy. .. The Greenback National State Convention of lowa met at DeS Moines on the loth inst., and nominated the following ticket t Secretary of Start,*bfr'Twrnswbrth ; Tfreifeuret, M. £. Devlin ; Auditor, 8. V. Bauearinger; Register of the State Land Office, M. Farrington ; Attorney General, O. H. Jackson ; Judge of the Supreme Court, J. 0. Knapp; Clerk of the Supreme Court, Frank Dowsley; Reporter of the Supreme Court, G. W. Rutherford. The Illinois Democrats held their State Convention at Springfield, on Thursday, April 11. E. L. Conkrite was nominated for State Treasurer, and s. m. Etter, present incumbent, for Su| < rintendent of Public Instruction. The resolutions declare in favor of a tariff for revenue only, the taxation of United States bonds, and the repeal of the Resumption and Bankrupt laws. The Oregon Democratic Convention met at Portland last week, and ppminated W. W,

Thayer for Governor, and John Whitaker for .OongreMß f£7 ft 0 i Comply thy ho jfr Island eleciion Vaj| zAd£kl,4K, Lawrence 7,631, i|nd Fogg[ T>e|B<iatCßtaiMli, 26 Repub licans, 8 Democrats and 2no choice; House, 56 and 2 no ehoioe.

The President has nominated Justin JJ-£ob burn, of Vermont, United !:Btatea.'fc«mml' General at the City of Mexico. Mr. Colburn has beeijffijief Wartßogton correspondent of the New’Tcfrk TwOor a of 'Thu Prenicfejiitijhaß nominated Jainefl iHamirs Receiver of Monmd JanfjrC. Surveyor. General for Oregon. I A The Ways and of the House have decided, by apmajority of ofle,f> report a bill repealing the income tax. Federal appointments; C. C. Virginia, United Stales Consul at La Union, Salva dor. Collectors of Customs—Thomaa F. House, ( of Florida,. District of St. Augustine, Fid.; Edward A. Brogdon,, of District of York, Me. Registers *r+be LairdUftces—Jdhfrß."MHIcr, of lowa, at Boise City, Idaho; William Thonrpson, of Florids; at Gainesville, Fla. Secretary of the Navy Thompson and famiiy left last week for a short visit to Indiana. At length the appeal of Ge». Fit?.John Porter for a re-examination of his easd has Ween granted. He lately renewed his request, in a brief letter to President Hayes, and on the order of the latter Gen. Sherman has detailed a board of ; officers to examine the aWurd of tho court-martial which condemned J’orter, and such neW evidence as may be presented. Tho board is composed of Gens. Schofield and Terry, Col. Getty and Maj. Gardner. The State Department has received a communication ftom the Consul General at Havana, stating that Congressman Leonard certainly died of yellow fever, and was not foully dealt with. _ .... ~ s

miscellaneous gleanings.

Visible supply of grain in the States and Canada: Wheat, 7,752,000 bushels; corn, 7,033,000 bushels; oats, 2,531,000 bushels; rye, 695,000 bushels; barley, 2,367,000 bushels. In the Dominion House of Commons a resolution looking to the imposition of a tariff upon corn and oats imported into Canada has been voted yeas to 114 rays. Intelligence domes from the City of Mexico that the Dias Government has been recognised by United.Slatek-ifinister Foster. A New York paper says that “ ever since the labor riots last summer there have been accumulating evidences that those engaged in that strike were reorganizing. Mr. Lonergan, of Lonergan <Jc Thiel’s Railway Secret Service Agency, believes he has found the key to the mystery in aeecret order called the Knights of Labor, which, springing up since the strikes, has united the discontented laborers into an oath-bound brotherhood, with signs and passwords that aro bonds of fraternity, with 700,00Q members scattered throughout the United States.” './t ■'

FORTY-FOURTH CONGRESS.

Tuesday, April 9.—Senate. —Mr. Morrill reported from the Finance Committee a bill to repair and put in operation the Mint at New Orleans. .. The General Deficiency bill was reported, and placed on tho calendar.... Tho Pac ! fic Kailfor.d Funding bill was discussed, put to a vote and passed—yeas, 40; nays. 19. This measure is known' as the Thurman bill, and makes the Union Pacific and the Central Pacific Kailroad Companies pay into the treasury of the United States, in addition to the whole of the Government’s earnings, not to exceed for the former company $150,000 and for the latter $300,008 per yi ar.... A bill to provide a code of army regulations was passed.... Mr. Ferry introduced a bill to regulate compensation to railroadsfor tho transportation of the mails. House. —Mr. Buckner, the Chairman of the House Banking and Currency Committee, reported back the bill to substitute treasury notes for na-tional-bank notes. A point of order was- raised that the bill must go to the committee of th. whole, which the Speaker sustained, and it wa< so referred.. ..Me. Wright offered a cor. current resolution, proposing to issue $100,000,009 in United States itotes, to be known as “ national money.” It recites at length the present business distress throughout the country, and directs the issue of $100,000,000 in United States notes, to be a legal tender for all debts, public and private, and to be placed in circulation at the earliest moment. Referred.... Mr. Wood, Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, made a long speech in explanation and advocacy of the Tariff bill. Wednesday, April 10.—Senate.—Mr. Matthews offered an amendment to the bill for the repeal of the Resumption act, which was referred.... The bill to repeal the Bankrupt act was discussed. ....A few unimportant bills were passed.... The executive session of tne Senate was largely devoted to the discussion of the case of John W. Hoyt, of Wisconsin, nominated to displace John M. Thayer as Governor of Wyoming. Prof. Hoyt’s nomination was reported adversely from the Committee on Territories, but the Senate, by a small majority, confirmed it. Houm:. —14r«-Vurner introduced-, a bill imposing a fine of not less than -$5,000 or not mbre thsttsso,ooo upon any Senator or Representative who shall .act as attorney for any railroad or other corporation treated by the Government, or for any patentee of the United States, or- for -any contractor or their assigns... .Mr. Fuller introduced a bill authorizing the issuing of treasury notes, the taking up of greenbacks and nationalbank note ß * prohibiting a conttection of the currency, and repealing the Internal Revenue laws.... Mr. Potter introduced a joint resolution, proposing a constitutional amendment as to sessions of Congress. It provides that after 1880 there shall be bnt ope session every two years, unless when Congress shall be convened by the President... .Mr. Turner offered a joint resolution directing jh® Committees on Civil-Service Reform of the Two Houses to jnquire into the proprietj of limiting-Executive jwtronage by a constitutional amendment, and also into the propriety of adopting some new method of keeping the accounts of the Federal Government... .The House debated the Pensldn Appropriatioh bill. Thursday, April 11.—Szna’te.—The bill appropriating $75,000 to repair and put in operation the mint at New Orleans was passed.... Senator Mitchell presented the following cablegram from the United States Consul at China; “The famine is spreading. Cannibalism . exists. No rain. It will be worse next year. Will the indemnity Mil pass?”- This cablegram Wjtereferred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, where the bill providing for the return of the Chinese indemnity fund to China is pending.... The bill to repeal the Bankrupt law wss discussed... .The Deficiency Appropriation bill was passed.... Mr. Dennis presented the Blair resolutions passed by the Legislature of Marytahdta relation to tine Electoral Cfimmlssion, and expressed his dissent from themJinS his beli#L tha| the large.majotiti hi « consiftUentß had to agitate the Preddentiifiqueßteon, but preferrtei peace, On motioh of Mr. Dennis tho resolution was rtf erred to the Judiciary Committee. H6ubk.— The House devoted the day to the consideration of the Pension and Postoffice Appropriation bills. The feature of the Pension bill providing for tne abolishment of the pension agencies was defeated, and in its stead an amendment was adopted providing that after July 1, 1878, all pension Agencies shall be filled by crippled and wonnled ■'Uniorf soldiers. The bill as thus amended was passed with a loud hurrah after a day of animated debate. House.— The House passed a bUI restoring Geo. A. Armes tg Bit rank in ihe, army, and one or two othetr lirlVatd'blllß, after which the biH for the relief of William and Mary College in Virginia, was taken up, and the remainder of the session consumed in debating the measure. Saturday, April 13.—Senate.—Not in session. House.— A bill was passed appropriating $5,000 to erect a monument over the grave of Thomas Jefferson.... The Postoffice Appropriation bill was dis cussed. The appropriation recommended is $33,tel ucti <>n of $987,770 |from last year; °1 thßt eum 18 railroad mail service. $0,090,673 for Inland transportation and $7,250,000 for the pay of Postmasters. Rev. Talmage declares that “ all the churches need to be aroused on the subject of music; those who can sing should throw their souls into it, and those v’ . > can not sing should learn. The hum a i throat js an indication of what God had

intended it to-do. It has fourteen direct muscles, capable of giving out 16,383 sounds. There are sixteen indirect mnecles, giving out 173,741,823 sounds, and the human throat is capable of emitting 17,592,186,044,415 different sounds.”