Democratic Sentinel, Volume 4, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 May 1880 — NEWS OF THE WEEK. [ARTICLE]

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

FOREIGN NIWB. It is now stated that the Chilian bombardment of Callao caused a great deal of damage in that city, and that Lima is also threatened with destruction. The English officers of the Turkish police are threatened with dismissal or a reduction of 25 per cent, in their salaries. Mr. Bradlaugh, who is a professed atheist and an opponent of monarchical government in England, refuses to take the usual oaths preliminary to taking his seat in Parliament. The House of Commons has appointed a committee to decide whether a simple affirmation will do instead of an oath The bill extending the operation of the anti-Kocialist law until Sept. 30, 1884, has passed the German Iteichstag. The English Government will probably assist India in paying the expenses of the Afghan war ; so; at least, say < Mr. Fawcett. The inlubitants of Bitlis, in Asiatic Turkey, have arisen against the Governor of of that town in consequence of his inability to supply them with food. The striking mania has broken out in France. Thousands of factory operatives are on a strike for higher wages and less hours of labor. Many of the silk and cotton factories have been closed in Roubaix, Tonrcoing and Rouen, in consequence. Miss Marion Evans, the accomplished and famous English writer, known as “George Eliot,’’ is married to Mr. Cross, of London. Americans resident in Peru have formally protested against the unpardonable inhumanity with which the Chilians carry on their war. Their policy is one of general devastation, particularly aimed at the property of foreigners, and one of wanton barbarity toward noncombatants. The protesting Americans cal] on the United States todemand indemnity from the Chilian Government for the destruction of the property of the citizens of this country. The British Government has issued a circular note urging on the po vers the execution of the treaty of Berlin. The Turk who assaulted the Russian Col. Commeroff has been sentenced to death. Mount Etna is in a terrible state of eruption. The “Reds” of France purpose organizing a demonstration in honor of the Com rnunists who fell in May, 1871.

DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE. East. A woman at Penn Yun, N. Y., insane over the inability of her husband to pay his debts, jumped into a cistern with her two children. The little ones were drowned, but she will recover. Exports from seaboard ports lust week: Flour, 110,911 barrels; wheat, 1,308.803 bushels ; corn, 1,931,647 bushels ; oats, 3,961 bushels ; rye, 29,416 bushels ; pork, 7,545 barrels ; lard. 7,841,048 pounds ; bacon, 17,551,799 pounds. Miss Ella, daughter of Gen. Sherman, was married a few days ago, to Lieut. Thackera, of the navy. Destructive fires were raging in the oil region in the neighborhood of Bradford, I’.i., on the 6th imt. The fire originated by an oil well which was being torpedoed overflowing and catching tiro. The tire spread rapidly, and six distinct tires, covering an extensive territory, were burning at once. The. tackle of 900 wells, consisting of engines, engine houses, boilers, tanks, belt houses, and derricks, was destroyed. Each tank contained about 250 gallons of oil, and most of them were full nt the time. Rew City, a village of some 500 inhabitants, in the oil re gion, was entirely destroyed, and two women and five children were burned to death. 'l'he towns of Colville and Rod Rock, in the oil regions, wore burning. The woods in the country around caught fire, and the whole region was one mass of blended tiameand smoke. A.liout $1,500,000 worth of property had been entirely destroyed, and thousands of men were thrown out of employment and rendered homeless. Large fires are reported from Olevelandand Boston, the blaze in the former place damaging a large-four-story brick building, in which were a number of printing and lithographing establishments, while two clothing firms lost $375,000 in the latter tire. Mr. KcKelvey, the chief officer of the Reformatory at Elmira, N. Y., was trying to punish a refractory convict named Symonds, who resisted, and, turning upon the officer, inflicted several wounds on him in the region of the stomach, from the effects of which he died in a very short time. Forest fires have again broken out in Now Jersey, in the neighborhood of Waretown. The other night the tire swept through a wood, destroying a, residence, and live small yachts which were at anchor in Oyster bay. An explosion of sulphur in a colliery near Shamokin, l’a., fatally burned five persons. Two men were killed in a mine near Whitehall, N. Y., last week, by the falling of a pillared ofe. Several others were injured.

"West. Incendiary fires broke out at Omaha Sunday night, for the fourth time. The people of that city are seriously alarmed, and are anxious to flud out the incendiaries. Indian outrages in New Mexico are reported almost daily. Thirteen herders have been killed in the Mogulan mountains, and 100,000 head of sheep have been stampeded. A messenger who arrived in Silver City brought particulars of a desperate battle between ranchmen and savages in the mountains, in which several casualties occurred on both sides. A dispatch from Salt Lake states that six daughters of Brigham Young have been excommunicated from the Mormon Church, the specifications against them being for prosecuting a suit charging the authorities of the church with defrauding the heirs of the late President Young out of $1,000,000, and for causing the imprisonment in the penitentiary of the executors, and jeopardizing the liberty of John Taylor, President of the church. T,he Sail Francisco Board of Supervisors has instituted proceedings looking to the impeachment of Mayor Kalloch. Victoria’s baud of Apaches seem to have taken to the war-path in real earnest. Last week they killed thirteen herders near the Moyellan mountains, N. M., slaughtered several miners in the same Territory, and attacked a fanning settlement on the Frisco river, but were driven off. At Astor City, near Leadville, Chris Bibb and William Spittstozer fatally shot er,ch other while quarreling over a mining claim. Judge Cooley, of Michigan, decides that Christmas is a legal holiday. While returning to shore after having set their nets a fleet of fishing-boats was overtaken by a squall, and some twenty of them

were blown upon a sand-bar off the coast of Oregon and many were swamped. Twelve fishermen are known to have been drowned, and some others are missing. Justice Dangerfield, of the San Francisco Superior Court, dropped dead on tho bench, the other day, of heart disease. The explosion of a copper still at St. Louis set tire to the building in which it was situated. One of the employes was burned to death and another is missing. Heavy forest fires are reported to be raging in the lumber region in the vicinity of Farwell, Mich. The revenue cutter Tom Corwin, appointed to go to the relief of the Acctic-bonud whalers and the missing Jeannette, has been sheeted with inch oak and provided wit i ice breakers of boiler iron from her bow to ninety feet aft. ('apt. Hooker expects to re; ch Behring Straits from San Francisco by tho 15th of June, and when the ice breaks he will get into the Arctic as early an possible thereafter. Where he may afterward go depends upon the information he may gather from the natives. The Corwin takes one year’s provisions. Victoria’s band of Indians arc reported to have killed twenty families near Rock Creek canon, Arizona. At latest accounts Victoria, at the bead of ninety warriors, was trying to make good ips retreat to the San Carlos reservation. Lieut. Kramer and about fifty cavalrymen were in jmrsuit. Twenty-five fishermen, not twelve as at first reported, were drowned off the mouth of the Columbia river, Oregon, during the recent heavy squall. Base-ball, our national guide, is at- J trading more attention this year than ever, and | the contest for the League championship, which h is now fairly commenced, promises to be close ! and interesting. The result up to Saturday, i May 8, was as follows : /.'m/ir.x (Jtt'UlCx I H’o/l. Lunt. I Worcester I t j, Chicago :• : Cleveland 3 2 I Providence 3 ■ Boston 2 3 Buffalo 2 ■ Troy 3 Cincinnati I 3 ; Games are due in Chicago with tile Cincinnati | Club on May 10 and 11, with the Buffalo Club on the 13th, 14th and 15th, and with the Clove- 1 lands on the 18th, 20th and 22d. I v SouthNew Orleans officials have sent out another card to the public, denying that yellow fever prevails in that city. Great damage is being done to the to- , bncco crop in Virginia by a lly known as the to- i bncco fly. The farmers are greatly discouraged i at the prospect, and many are sowing peas and corn in the ground intended for tobacco. There was a Good Templars’ picnic near Raleigh, N. C., one day last week. Two young men and a young lady went boat-riding. The boat capsized, and the young men were drowned. The lady was saved by a boy. A North Carolina woman placed some poisoned bread iu a chest for the exclusive ben- * efit of her hungry step-son, but two of her own children found it, and, eating freely, died soon after. She is now in prison.

WASHINGTON NOTES. The House Committee on Postoffices and Post-roads has agreed to report favorably the bill providing for a double postal-card. W. 11. Doolittle, Assistant Commissioner of Patents, has tendered his resignation, to take effect May 31. Tin' House Committee on Indian Affairs agreed to recommend the jmssage, by the House, of a bill to transfer the Indian Bureau from the Interior to the War Deportment, with an amendment, that the transfer shall be made July 1, 1881, instead of 1880, as originally provided.

The Cabinet has ordered that the two Mexican soldiers who, in. pursuit of a deserter, crossed into Texas and accidentally shot a woman, be released from arrest, as there was no intentional violation of law.

There is a movement on foot in the Senate, started by Voorhees, to establish a National Library at Washington. Vice President Wheeler has left Washington, intending to remain absent during the rest of the session of Congress. Mr. Thurman will act as President of the Senate, the remainder of the session.

Secretary Sherman has issued a circular notifying the treasury officials that the appropriations for light, and fuel, and water for. the public buildings will be exhausted about the 12th of May, and that, as the law forbids any official from entering into any contract for which there is not money in the treasury, the gas companies and coal venders must be notified accordingly.

J. Dehergermann Lindencrane, the Danish representative at Washington, has been transferred to Home. POLITICAL POINTS. The following railroad companies will carry passengers to and from Chicago during the time of the Republican National Convention, the first week in June, for 2 cents per mile each way : The Chicago and Alton, the' Chicago, Burlington and Quincy, the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul, the Chicago and Northwestern, the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific, and Illinois Central, and the Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific.

Several State conventions were held on Wednesday, May 5, which are reported to have selected delegates to the national conventions of the parties as follows: Mr. Washbumesecured nine of the delegates appointed by the Wisconsin Republican Convention ; Mr. Blaine, seven ; Mr. Sherman, three, and Mr. Grant, one. The Blaine men asked for three-fourths of the delegation to Chicago, and endeavored to force the convention to do as they wished, but a combination by the friends of the other candidates resulted in the defeat of the Senator from Maine.—The delegates to Cincinnati appointed by the New Hampshire Democratic Convention are not communicative, but will probably support Tilden. They were instructed to uphold the two-thirds rule.—The Mississippi Republicans commenced their convention on the sth inst., and, from a test vote upon the election of Chairman, it was shown that a coalition Of the Sherman and Blaine delegates were in a majority over the Grant men.—The North Carolina Greenback Convention met at Greensburg, and appointed uninstructed delegates to Chicago.—A test vote on the selection of a permanent Chairman in the Tennessee Republican Convention showed the Grant men to have a majority of ten. The meeting adjourned till next day. William H. Young, a colored man, was temporary Chairman of the convention.

Nine political Conventions were held on the 6th inst., the result in each being as follows: An anti-third-term meeting -was held in St. Louis, which, in point of attendance, was rather a failure. Forcible speeches were made by Mr. Hubbard, a member of the instructed delegation from Kentucky ; Bluford Wilson, of Illinois, and Gen. John B. Henderson, of Missouri. They assailed Gen. Grant’s administrations with a bitterness never sur-

passed by Democratic orators. Probably the most interesting feature of the proceedings was the reading of the letters which had been received from many prominent men in all parts of the country. After the adoption of a series of resolutions, a committee of thirteen was appointed to select a committee of 100, who are instructed, in case Grant is nominated at Chicago, to call a National Convention to meet at New York for the purpose of placing a third candidate in the field.—The Ohio Democrats transacted their business harmoniously. Mr. Thurman’s name was greeted with tumultuous applause every time it was mentioned, and the delegates to Cincinnati were unanimously instructed to support him for President. The

two-thirds rule and the unit rule were indorsed. The 20th day of July was fixed as the day and Cleveland as the place for holding the convention to nominate a State ticket.—The Delaware Gmenbackc.is held a convention and appointed delegates to Chicago.—ln New Hampshire, the Republicans were united in iheir preference for Blaine, and the unit rule was ordered. —The New Jersey Convention declared itself in favor of the Chicago nominee, but tho delegates arc understood to be for Jlaino. The unit, rule was demanded, and delegate requ.es ted to’vote for a change in the basis of core notation in future National Reiibliean Conventions, which would give ates a, representation there in proportion ’ , iq-'u- Republican vote.—There was a long dg t in T nnessee, resulting in tho division of toe iicieg lion, Grant securing eighteen delegates, the remaining six going principally to Blaine. After six ballots all the names were

ithdr wn but that of Oliver 8. Hawkins, of 'kirroli, who was then nominated for Governor by acclamiitioii. The delegates to the Chicago < 'oir.ention v.ere requested to recommend for mm ination for Vico President of the United Slates the Hon. Horace Maynard.—The Dela- '■ are Republicans instructed their delegates to . ote as they please, having a due regard to the 1 ntercsts of the party and the wishes of Republican States. Mississippi’s delegation is not in<l reeled, but is divided equally between Grant, Siiernmn and Blaine.—The Republicans of ?.l. ryland instructed for Blaine. The majority of the special committee on counting the electoral vote have determined on a plan which they will soon present in both houses. The proposed rule will be offered'as a concurrent resolution, that the signature of the President may not be needed, and its acceptance and passage will deprive the Vice President of any power over the counting of the vote, making him .the mere mouthpiece of the two houses, who will, by the rule, be clothed with full power to reject electoral votes, if so disposed. It is now stated that a majority of the Maryland delegation to the Chicago Republican Convention is for Grant, notwithstanding the instructions of the convention. An exciting episode in political matters occurred in the New York Senate the other day, when Senator Woodin, delegate to the Chicago Convention, read a written speech, in which he opposed the unit rule and declared for Blaine. Senators Sessions and Birdsall followed the lead of Woodin. The Blaine men are jubilant over this defection in New York State.

MISCELLANEOUS GLEANINGS. The Grand Lodge Royal Arcanum, ■which had been in session at Detroit for several days, concluded its business by the election of A. E. Keyes, of Ohio, as Regent, and W. O. Robeson, of Massachusetts, Secretary. The next session will be held at Cincinnati. Delegates were present from nearly every State in the Union. The old feud between the French and Irish dock laborers at Quebec broke out again the other day, in a riot of some magnitude. Revolvers were used freely, and six or seven men were shot, two fatally. Many others on , both Hides received painful wounds from bricks* stones, spikes and shovels. Grain in sight in the States and Canada : Wheat, 21,495,000 bushels; corn, 12,748,000 bushels ; oats, 1.910,000 bushels ; rye, 495,000 bushels ; barley, 1,293,000 bushels. i The Western Iron Association, in sesi sion at Pittsburgh, has made another material reduction in prices of bar iron. i Hon. George Brown, editor of the Toronto GZobe, who was shot a few weeks ago j by a discharged employe, is dead. I Richard Tobin, a drunken brute, of Chicago, killed his daughter, aged 17 years, by i stamping on her; pounding her, and finally ' throwing a chair at her. He had previously put the whole family out-doors in the storm. Gen. Fisk has presented to the Meth- | odist General Conference, at Cincinnati, the report of the commission appointed to adjust the differences between the Northern and Southern branches of the chinch. The report set forth that all the differences had been amicably adjusted ; that harmony should be established, and the two churches should work together. The commission having ceded to the Southern church some church property, the report occasioned an exciting debate, but it was at last ratified.

DOINQS IN CONGRESS. A bill for the payment of about $500,000 to Ben Holladay for carrying the malls occupied the ■ morning hour of the Senate on Monday, May 3, bv.t was not disposed of. Messrs. Eaton, Davis and Windom were appointed a committee of conference , on the disagreeing vote of the two houses on the Diplomatic and Consular Appropriation bill. Mr- i Ingalls introduced a bill to establish a uniform sys- ' tern of bankruptcy throughout the United State®. The Vice President laid before the Senate a communication from the Secretary of War asking an appropriation of $142,000 for clothing, camp and garrison equipage, etc., donated by act of Congress for the use of civilians. A large number of petitions in 'i favor of the Labor-Tariff Commission bill were pre i sented. Mr. Paddock presented a petition of eiti zens of Omaha for the estab ishment of a | branch mint at that place. A. bil | was introduced bv Mr. Williams to estab. i-li an ocean mail service between the United States and certain foreign ports and providing adequate compensation therefor. Mr. Vest obtain' d the floor to speak on the Kellogg resolutions, but yie’ded to Mr. Saunders, on whose motion the bill extending the northern boundary of Nebraska was taken up. and, after debate, recommitted. Mr. Vance then spoke upon the Kellogg matter. The President nominated Edward L. Johnson, of Denver, to be United States District Attorney for Colorado... .In the House, Mr. Orth was given unanimous consent to make a personal explanation to-morrow in regard to his connection with the claims against Venezue’a and the Congressional investigation of the Forty-fourth Congress in regard thereto. Bills were introduced : By Mr. Ellis, to establish Government postal telegraph service for the United States between Boston and Washington, intermediate postoftiees ; by Mr. King, a resolution calling for information in regard to the expulsion of the Israelites who were citizens of the United States from St. Petersburg, Russia; by Mr. Manning, a resolution declaring that the Secretary of the Interior had not transmitted certain information called for by the House relative to the Modoc, Pawnee, and other Indian tribes, and directing him to do so or state why he cannot; by Mr. Doggett, to establish a uniform system of bankruptcy. The Republicans demanded the read ing of each measure introduced, the impression being that their purpose was to prevent an anti-third-term resolution being offered after the call of State should have been concluded. The bill introduced by Mr. Doggett was a long printed bill. It was moved that the House adjourn, inasmuch as it was evident the whole day would be wasted. Agreed to.

A bill was introduced by Mr. Morgan in the Senate on the 3d inst., to provide that the President of the Senate shall submit to the Senate and House, when assembled to count the votes for President and

Vice President, all packages purporting to contain electoral votes. The Honse bill to furnish four condemned cannon for the soldiers’ monument at Marietta, Ohio, passed. Also, the Senate resolution authorizing a loan of tents for the soldiers’ reunion at Wichita, Kan. Mr. Teller, from the Committee on Railroads, reported favorably on the bill authorizing the Wyoming. Montana, and Pacific Railroad Company to build its road across Fort Russell and Fort Laramie military reservations. Passed. Mr. Vest made a speech upon the Kellogg case. Messrs. Beck, Withers, and Allison were appointed confrerees on the disagreeing vote of the two houses on thq Indian Appropriation bill. The bill authorizing a claims convention with Nicaragua was again taken up, and the doors closed for its consideration. It was afterward passed. The Senate rejected the following nominations of Census Supervisors: John H. Littler, Second district, Ohio; John R. McFie, Eighth district, Illinois ; George S. Houghton, Third district, 10wa.... In the Honse, Mr Orth made a personal explanation in regard to his connection with the claims against the Government of Venezuela in 1874. Mr. Reagan, Chairman of the Committee on Commerce, reported the River and Harbor Appropriation bill. Ordered printed and recommitted. Mr. Weils, from the Conimitttee on Appropr ations, reported back the Indian Appropriation bill, with Senate amendments, with recommends tlon that some of the amendments be concurred in and some non-con-curred in. Report agreed to. The Speaker then laid l>efore the House the President’s message vetoing the Special Deficiency bill, and it was read. The veto message was referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and the bill laid on the Speaker’s table. The Carlisle Internal-revenue bill was passed. The House passed the remainder of flic day in committee of the whole on the Postoffice Appropriation bill.

Mr. Wallace, from the select committee to inquire into the alleged frauds in the late election, submitted a report of the result of the investigation on the subject of denial or abridgement of suffrage in Rhode Island, on the sth inst., and reported a bill to enforce the provisions of the amendments to the constitution of the United States. Mr. Booth, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported favorably the House bill for the relief of settlers, on public lands, and it passed. It j—jvides that when a pre-emption, homestead, or timber-culture claimant shall file a written relinquishment of his claim to the local land office, the land covered by said claim shall be open and subject to entry without further action by the Land Commissioner. Where any person has contested, paid the land fees, and procured the cancellation of any entry, he shall be notified by the Register of the Land Office of that district, and shall be allowed thirty days to enter the land. Any settler who 'lereafter proceeds to enter land under the Homedead laws shall be allowed the same time to perfect his original entry as is now slowed settlers under the Pre-emption laws, nd his right shall redate back to die date of settlement as if he settled under the Preniption laws. The bill authorizing the sale of Fort Logan, M. T., and to establish a new post on Mussel4ie;l river, M. T., was passed. On motion of Mr. yoorhees, the bill for a joint commission to arrange tor better accommodation for the Congressional Li>rary was taken up, to allow him to speak in its support. The Senate devoted the afternoon to the conideration of the bill making appropriations tor the expenses of the District of Columbia. I'he President nominated John W. Peebles, of 'lari n, Supervisor of the Census for the Eighth district of Illinois, and George 8. Houghton, of l abor, for the Third district of 10wa... .The House, by unanimous consent, passed a bill appropriating ?25'1,(HK) t > enable rhe Public Printer to continue his vork. 'the Senate resolution was concurred in for printing 3,(KM) copies of the report of the board to test iron and other metals. Some time Was spent in committee upon tho Post'office Appropriation bill. A bill was passed .'ranting the . lemphis and Vicksburg Railroad Company the right of way through the United States Cemetery tract of land near Vicksburg. Mr. Frost ottered a resolution for the appointment of a standing < I'liiinittee on the Mississippi river and its tributaries. '1 be Senate amendment to the House bill for the sa’e of Fort Logan and the establishment of a new fort on the frontier was concurred in. The House then took a recess, the evening session to be for the consideration of the District Code bill.

Senator Bayard introduced in the Senate, on Thursday, the 6th inst., a bill fixing the pay of election Deputy Marshals at $5 per each day’s actual service, and providing that these officers shall be appointed by United States courts and taken in equal numliers from the different political parties. These officers, according to the bill, are to be men of good moral character, well-known citizens, and actual residents of the voting precinct in which their duties are to bo performed. The Vice President was not present, and Mr. Thurman was chosen President pro tern. Mr. Hoar submitted a resolution instructing the Judiciary Committee to report a bill providing compensation for ail persons whose ships were destroyed by Confederate cruisers during the late Rebellion from moneys received under the Geneva award. Mr. Morgan submitted a resolution providing a rule for counting the electoral vote. Mr. Eaton, from the Copunittec on Appropriations, reported favorably on the bill appropriating $250,000 for public printing, and it was passed. Mr. McDonald introduced a bill for the erection of a public building at Fort Mayne, Ind. The morning hour having expired, the Senate resumed consideration of the District of Columbia Appropriation bill. After a long discussion it passed. The President nominated William B. Hyman to be Surveyor of Customs for New Orleans... .In the House, Mr. W ells submitted a conference report on the Indian Appropriation bill. Agreed to. The remainder of the day was passed in committee upon the Postofficc Appropriation bill.

The President pro tern, laid before the Senate the credentials of Senator Janies Garfield, on the morning of May 7, and they were placed on file. Mr. Voorhees .submitted a resolution instructing the Committee on Public Lands to inquire into the public policy of declaring all lands granted in aid of the construction of railroads, and which have not been earned by compliance with the terms of the grants, open to public entry and settlement. The conference report on the Indian Appropriation bill was taken up on motion of Mr. Beck, and, after a short debate, passed without a division. Mr. Teller presented the views of the minority of tho Wallace committee on the subject of political assessments. The Senate bill authorizing the St. Paul and Chicago Short Line Railway Company to bui'd a bridge across Lake St. Croix was taken up and passed, as was the bill to abolish the Harker (Nev.) military reservation and dispose of its land to actual settlers. The bill making an appropriation of $15,000 for the purchase of a site and the erection of a lighthouse and fog-signal at the entrance of Little Traverse harbor, Lake Michigan, was taken up and passed. Adjourned to Monday.

.... In the House, the Postoflice Appropriation bill was passed. The Senate amendment to the House bill for the relief of settlers on the public lauds was concurred in. A bill passed establishing a life-saving station at Louisville, Ky. Mr. Washburn introduced a bill appropriating $50(>,000 for the construction of reservoirs for the improvement of the navigation of the Mississippi river above St. Louis. The bill for the relief of L. Madison Day, of Louisiana, was defeated—yeas, 79; nays, 85—and the House went into committee on the private calendar. After considering ten pension bills, the committee, finding itself without a quorum, arose. About twenty pension bills passed, and the House adjourned. The Senate was not in session on the Bth inst. .... The House devoted the day to the consideration of the contested-election case of Curtin against Yocum from one of the Pennsylvania districts. Curtin claims the seat as a Democrat. Yocum is RepublicanGreenbacker. The day was devoted to a very long speech by Beltzhoover of Pennsylvania. He argued that Curtin was undoubtedly elected, and should be seated.