Democratic Sentinel, Volume 5, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 March 1881 — HEWS OF THE WEEK. [ARTICLE]

HEWS OF THE WEEK.

FOREIGN NEWS. The Greek reserves have been called out, and Ge*. Morra ordered to move northward gradually. The largest college in Athens haa be«a converted into a marine hospital. According to the Dublin corespondent of tlie London Times, the prestige of the Land League has sensibly declined. The people are beginning to fear it less, outrages have ■almost ceased, and the payment of rent is in«W,ing. In his speech at Clara, Ireland, Par- ' nell is reported to have' advised tenants, in case of threatened eviction, to plow np the land and prevent the landlord from grazing his cattle. A formal question will be raised in Parliament whether tills is not an excitement to indictable offenses. Large quantities of cartridges intended for export have been seized at Havre, France. It is stated that the King of Ashantee aun pat 90,000 men in the field against England. The British Government does not infiend to follow the example of France and prohibit the importation of American pork. It appreciates the fact that such a course would inflict groat suffering upon the poor and would be no protection against trichinosis, which exists in other countries than America. Gen, Solorzano has raised the standard of revolt in Venezuela. The Italian Chamber of Deputies votfod to abolish forced paper currency. Nineteen of the prisoners arrested for conspiring to murder the European residents of have been found guilty. President Pierola, of Peru, refuses to go to Lima, and tin Chilians cannot find anybody to sign the treaty of peace, English journals announce that in Sligo many farmers who have hitherto refused to pay (ho rents asked are now complying with the demands of tho landlords. Advices from Panama report that a revolution, characterized by the usual scenes of bloodshed, broke out in Antisqua, but it was finally suppressed. Directors of arsenals in France have Ibeen prohibited from selling arms or ammuni'tiou, and Prefects have orders to prevent arms from leaving the republio. Thirty-six successive shocks of earthquake occurred at St. Michael's, in tho Azores. One church and about 200 houses were destroyed, and several people killed. Parnell has recalled liis advice to ten-. ants to plow up lands on being evicted, his xcasou being that they would be liable to seven yean' penal servitude. More troops are to be sent to South Africa.

George Berkeley, the English author, brother of the Earl Of Berkeley, is dead. Gladstone, while alighting from his carriage, fell and cut his head severely. Odo Russell, the British Ambassador ito Berlin, has been raised to tho peerage, with the title of Baron AmpthilL Rev. Benjamin Speke recently drowned himself in England. He was a brother of tbe African explorer. South American advices report that peace has finally been declared between Chili and Peru. The new treaty between Russia and China has been signed. Parnell has gond to Paris. He is suffering severely from nervous prostration. The marriage of Prince William and 'the Princess Augusta, in Berlin, last evening, was followed by a grand court reception and state banquet. The birthday of Victor Hugo was made the occasion of a great popular demonstration in Paris. A large number of members of the Chamber of Deputies and other di.-tin-gtiished persons wero received by Hugo. During the reception about 300,000 people marched to the residence of the illustrious author, who saluted them from the window. Louis Blanc delivered a panegyric on Hugo at Trocadero. In a desperate battle in South Africa, the British Gen. Colley was killed by the Boers and his forces nearly decimated. It appears that, with twenty-two officers and over 600 men, he marched up Majola mountain, and, after four bloody chargos by the Boers, the British were forced to retreat for lack of ammunition. Not over 100 of the British escaped.

DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE. East Mr. William D. Howells has resigned tho editorship of the Atlantic Monthly, and it is currently reported that he is to be appointed Minister and Charge at Berne, Switzerland. Mrs. Julius Clemens, of Northampton, Maes., a victim of hereditary insanity, rose from her bed in the night, went to the barn, saturated her clothing with kerosene, and, lighting a match, burned herself to a crisp. An immense meeting was held in Cooper Institute, New York, under the auspices of tLe Anti-Monopoly League. Orgat ization to carry out-the purposes of the League to crush monopoly and to protect the taxpaying and wage-earning portion of the community was urged. Judge Jere Black was the principal speaker of the evening. He held that persons connected with railroads should be excluded from office, called attention to the increased power of these corporations in politics, and the power which they have gained over the State and other courts. Senator Windom sent a letter sympathizing with the objects of the meeting, but warning the promoters against the spirit of Communism. He denounced the railroad and telegraph monopolies, and pointed out the danger that threatened the people from the fact that the telegraph lines of the country were practically controlled by one man. Congressman Reagan spoke and explained his bill, which he claimed was only a step in tho direction of curbing the power of monopolies. Resolutions embodying the spirit of the meeting were then adopted. Boston parties, who held a controlling interest in the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore road, have transferred their stock to Jay Gould and the Baltimore and Ohio. The Pennsylvania road is thus deprived of southern connections by way of Baltimore. By an explosion in a fireworks factory near Jersey City three boys were dangerously injured, and four men were badly burned. John 0. Haskell, of Lynn, Mass., has beaten Capti Bogardus by breaking 600 glass balls in twenty-four minutes and fifteen seconds. The New York Assembly has passed a resolution directing the Attorney General to institute suit against the watering of the telegraph stooks. . y Up to the 25th nit. the Sub-Treasurer at New York had received on deposit from national bapks, to retiro circulation, nearly $lB,-

000,000. This action on the part of the national banks caused a serious stringency in the money market, the rate rising to 1 percent, per day and 6 per cent per annum. Secretary Sherman produced an electric effect upon the stock market by announcing that he was prepared to redeem the bonds lately called, j aying interest to the date of presentation. He also announced that the treasury would also purchase bonds with the millions of greenbacks deposited by banks to withdraw their circulation. A mail train on the New Jersey Midland road was wrecked by l , a broken rail, two cars being thrown down'an embankment of -welve feet and set on fire by the overturning /f the stoves. Several persons were injured, but none fatally. Four lottery-dealers in New York were ventenced to tbe penitentiary. The Whittaker court-martial was the scene of an unusual and interesting exhibition. Lieut George? B. Burnett, being asked to describo how Whittaker was tied, gave a practical illustration. Ke first tied his feet together and afterward pound his wrists. He then tied his* feet to a bedstead, and lay down on his right side in the position in which ho said Whittaker was found. By request, he showed his ability to reach his ears with bin hands, and to reach an Indian club placed at some distance on the floor, and finally untied himself without any assistance. The perform, mice was watched with the clpsest attention by the court and the audience. A New York dispatch says that Feb. 25, 1381, will be a memorable day in the history of Wall street. The lull that followed Sherman’s announcement to purchase bonds was followed by a fall that bordered on a panic. All through the afternoon stocks fell. The excitement was intense. On Wall, Broad and New stroets small groups of excited men gathered discussing the situation. On almost every face there was anxious expression, and many a hand that took tape trembled with excitement. Tho conflict between the banks and tho Government seemed to favor the former, for accordingly as the banks received their checks for bonds that they sold to the Government, just so soon were they deposited with the Sub-Treasurer to retire circulation. Meantime tbe market continued to fall, and the minutes to the closing of the day were anxiously counted. Money was 1 per cent, bonus over night. The banks refused all loans, and wero calling in their loans as rapidly as human industry could. In addition to the call for #25,000,000 of bonds made the previous day, Secretary Sherman authorized tho Sub-Treasurer at New York to disburse $10,000,000 for 5 and 6 per cents., at par and accrued' interest. This caused a temporary buoyancy, and prices recovered 1 to 4% per cent., but during the afternoon there were reactions and rallies until the last hour, when the trading was enormous, and the downward movement so rapid as to amount almost to a panic. The decline for the day ranged from 1 to 14% per cent. Money .vas stringent, the rate for call loans being G per cent., % to 1% per cent, per diem added; oven at this figure solid mercantile houses were unable to obtain tiie amounts they required. Exchange fell so low that foreign transactions were virtually suspended. The losses were enormous, and that no failures occurred is strong evidence of the soundness of business and the solvency of dealers. Rev. Henry Ward Beecher has canceled all lecturing engagements, and contemplates a series of revival meetings at Plymouth Church. Edwin C. Hayden was hanged at Windsor, Vt., for having murdered his wife, Gertie Hayden, at Derby Line, in 'that State, on the 31st of August, 1876. The threatened panic in New York has teen averted. The purchase of bonds, by order of Secretary Sherman, throw $3,000,000 or $4,000,000 on the street and loosened the money market, and tho arrival of several millions more from outside cities almost completely restored confidence. The shops of the Laconia (N. H.) Car Company were burned. Loss, $60,000 ; insurance, $16,000. Five hundred men are thrown out of employment. A sensational weekly of New York announces that Whitolaw Eeid will next month marry Miss Tennie Milis, a daughter of D. O. Mills, of the Bank of California.

We»t. The large livery-stable of L. Levy was turned at Nebraska City, and two helpers named John Jackson and Frank Otto were burned to death. About 500 men and women of Chicago are given to the habit of smoking opium. Mrs. Sloan and six of her children were burned to death by an incendiary fire at East Liverpool, Ohio. Mr. Sloan awakened, discovered the iiames at an early hour of the morning, and, telling the members of the family to follow, picked up a 3-year-old daughter and started for the stairs. The flames had cut off their retreat by this time, however, and, turning to a window, ho leaped out, at the same time telling the wife and children to do the same. Before they had time to follow, they were stifled by the smoke and perished in the flames. When recovered, the bodies were charred beyond recognition, and it was oniy by the size of the remains that tho grown persons were distinguished from the children. All that is left of a family of ten are tho father and one daughter, whom he carried with him when he made the leap. Following is a list of those who perished: Mrs. William Sloan, aged 81 years; Luella Sloan, aged 13 ; Clyde Sloan, aged 12 ; Lizzie Sloan, aged tl; Alex. Sloan, aged 9 ; Paul Sloan, aged 5 ; another aged 18 months, and Wilbur Skeels, a brother-in-law of the unfortunate woman. Four men entered a saloon near Fort Wingate, New Mexico, and called for drink. The proprietor said he sold no whisky, but if the men wanted to gamble they could, and be supplied with whisky. The four men then sat down with the proprietors. After playing some time, a row began, resulting in tho death of all tho players, each being shot several times. A defective bridge on the Wabash road, near Plattsburg, Mo., threw a train from track. Eleven passengers were more or less injured. Prof. R. A. Proctor was bruised about the head. A company has been organized at Red Wing, Minn., to build a railway to Zumbrota, and thence to the lowa State line. S. B. Foote is President, and the capital is SBOO,OOO. Two Chicago highwaymen were guilty of a frightful mistake. They attacked a citizen named Milford Poffer, who, being a pow* erf ul man, took their pistols away from them, shot and fatally wounded one of them, gave the other a sound thrashing, and then let the scoundrels go, on promise that they would sin no more. The Common Council of Detroit has granted Edison the right to lay wires for the electno light through the streets of that city.

The Chicago and Alton road has issued its report for 1880, which shows net earnings of $3,625,402, an increase of 33% per cent, over the previous year. The lino operates 1,061 miles of track. The Legislature of Nebraska, which closed its session last week, fixed the price of liquor licenses at #SOO to SI,OOO per year, and provided that saloon-keepers must give bond in $5,000 and be responsible for civil damages. A bill was also passed making it a misdemeanor to treat a man to alcoholic drinks. South. The lower homse of the Arkansas Legislature has resolved to submit to the people a constitutional amendment to prohibit the sale of liquor. The liquor question is receiving considerable attention in the Southern Legislatures. Gen. Sam Cary, of Ohio, will stum; South Carolina in behalf of a prohibitory law. Many local elections in the latter State have been carried by the temperance people. A murderer named V onderneide was executed at Shelbyville, Ky. He threw his slippers to the reporters, and defied them to state that he died in his boots. The Charlestown (Mass.) Cadets, being entertained at New Orleans, went out to Groenwood Cemetery, prt sented arms before iho statue of the Southern soldier, sang “Nearer, My God, to Thee,” and hung an elegant floral tribute on the marblo bust of Gen. Lee. In the trial of Col. Cash, for lolling Col. Shannon in a duel last summer, in South Carolina, the jury failed to agree, and the Judge ordered a new trial.

POLITICAL POINTS. The Republicans of the Pennsylvania Legislature, after balloting thirty-four days for a United States Senator to succeed Mr. Wallace, finally compromised on Mr. John I. Mitchell, who is understood to be opposed to the Cameron dynaety. Tho new Senator is at present a member of the lower house of Congress. He is described as •a man of medium height, broad-shouldered, blonde hair and beard, and is lame, the result of an accident incurred in his campaign two years ago. He is a native of Tioga county, Pa., is 43 years old, and was raised on & farm, taught school, served in the late war as a Lieutenant, was admitted to the bar in 1864, and has since been a practicing lawyer. Hon. Frank Hurd, of Ohio, gave a dinner in Washington to about thirty Democratic free-trado members of Congress, at which an organization was effected, and plans were laid for an aggressive campaign throughout the country. S. 8. Cox was chosen President of the association. The Republicans of Michigan held a State Convention at Lansing, and nominated [saac Marston for re-election as Chief Justice, and James F. Joy and Austin Blair for Regents of the University. Senator-elect Platt, of New York, thinks both the friends and enemies of Senator Conkling will taken care of by Gen. Garfield in his distribution of offices.

WASHINGTON NOTES. Gen. Grant and Simon Cameron are to be the special Ambassadors of the United States to Mexico to secure a revision of the treaties. Attorney General Devens is of opinion that no further legislation is needed to protect the rights of the United States under the Thurman act, relating to the Central Pacific and other subsidized railroads. The sale of liquors at military posts and stations has been prohibited by an order from the War Department. Ex-Gov. Henry D. Cooke .died at his residence in Georgetown, D. C. John L. Frisbie, of Michigan, now Consul at Rio Grande has been nominated for Consul at Rheims. The funeral of Senator Carpenter took place at his late residence, all the prominent officials in Washington being present. Tho Rev. Dr. Paret read the burial service. The pall-bearers were Senators Logan, Conkling, Cameron and Cockrell, and Representatives Tucker, Lapham, Page and Hazelton. Mrs. Carpenter and her son and daughter were escorted to tho carriage by Gen. Sherman, and following them was the aged mother of the dead Senator. The remains were laid temporarily in Oak Hill Cemetery.

DOINGS IN CONGRESS. The Senate Judiciary Committee reported adversely on the bill to confirm the title of settlers on Des Moines river lands, on Monday, Feb. 21. It was placed on the calendar. The House Post Route bill was reported favorably and passed. The Legislative Appropriation bill was taken up and considered in committee of the whole. It provides for the appropriation of $17,875,299, the Senate committee having added $710,000 to the amount appropriated by the bill as it passed the House. Mr. Harris presented a memorial from the National Tobacco Board of Trade, asking for relief. The credentials of Mr. Harrison, Senator-elect from Indiana, were presented and filed. Senator David Davis presented the resolutions passed by the Illinois Legislature with regard to the retirement of Gen. Grant. In the House of Representatives, Mr. McMahon offend a resolution, which was adopted, caUing on the Secretary of the Treasury for full iWormalion of his dealings with syndicates in the work of refunding. Mr. Warner presented a hill for the appointment of three fiscal inspectors to watch the collections and disbursements of the treasury. Mr. Cmer offered a measure for a commission to propose a remedy for unjust charges upon inter-State commerce. The bill to incorporate the Cherokee and Arkansas River Railroad Company was passed. On motion of Mr. Wells, the House refused to concur in the Senate amendment to the Indian bill, continuing the Indian Commission in existence, and a new conference committee wrb appointed. The bill to ascertain the amount due the Choctaw nation of Indians by the Government was passed. The House Committee on Elections dismissed tho petition of Mackey for the seat from South Caro’ina now occupied by Representative O’Connor. Mr. Chalmers, of' Mississippi, introduced an anti-Drotective-tariff resolution, the purport of which is, that after an article is manufactured in this country for ten years the tariff imposed on similar articles imported from another country should be such only as would protect the mechanio, and not the capitalist. The Senate Finance Committee, on the morning of Tuesday, Fob. 22, reported the bill to repeal the taxes on bank capital, deposits and checks, with a substitute abolishing only the tax on deposits. The substitute passed. A joint resolution appropriating $30,000 for a monument to mark the birthplace of Washington ' was adopted. Mr. Logan tried to call np the Grant Retirement bill, or have it made the special order for next day, but the motion was defeated. The Legislative Appropriation bill was considered in committee of the whole, amended in some few particulars, and, on being reported to the Senate, was read a third time and passed. The joint resolution providing fer an investigation of the alleged fraudulent statistics used before the Halifax Fisheries Commission was reported to the House of Representatives and referred to the committee of the whole. The Agricultural Appropriation bill was takes up and passed. Mr. Cox gave notloe that he

would call up tbe Apportionment MU on Wednesday. The Sundry Civil bill was considered, but no action was taken. The Senate amendments to tbe Poet Route bill were concurred in. The Pension bill, with Senate amendments, was passed. Tho bill for the relief of tfie Poncas, prepared by the minority of the special committee on the subject, was rejferted to the Senate, on Wednesday, Feb. 23, and tabled temporarily. A bill to extend two years the time for filing claims for horses and equipments los, by officers and soldiers of the United States was passed. The Fortifications bill was taken up, read a third time, and passed. The bill for a new building for the Congressional Library was also passed. While the measure was under consideration Vice President-elect Arthur entered the chamber, and was introduced to many of the Senators. Mr. Blaine, who had been ill, made his appearance shortly afterward, and was congratulated on hia recovery. Senators Wallace, Beck and Booth were constituted a Senate conference committee on the Postoffioe Appropriation bill, and Senators Withers, Harris and Wiudom a conference committee on the District Appropriation bill. The House of Representative* went into committee of the whole on the Sundry Civil Appropriation bill,but the committee rose without taking any action. Mr. Cox called up the Apportionment biil, and Mr. Conger moved the consideration of the Sundry Civil bill. Tbe Republicans, with one or two exceptions, refrained from voting on this ques- . tion. and the point of no quorum was raised. Mr. Frye stated that the Republicans were not ready to act on the Apportionment bill, and requested Mr. Cox to allow other business to intervene. Mr. Cox consented, and gave notice that he would call it np to-day. The Sundry Civil bill was then taken up and several unimportant amendments were agreed to. An item appropriating $20,000 for the purchase of the private papers of the late Geuß. Bragg and Polk, relating to the war, was the subject of a somewhat spirited debate. The paragraph was amended so as to authorize the purchase of the private papers of about a dozen other Generals, aud finally was stricken from the bill. The evenmg session was devoted to the consideration of District business. The Republican members of the House held a caucus and almost unanimously adopted a resolution by which they agree to vote for no apportionment bill which fixes the number of Representatives at less than 819. The death of Senator Carpenter was announced to the Senate on meeting Feb. 24, and appropriate resolutions were adopted, and the Senate adjourned as a mark of respect to his memory. In the House, the Fortifications Appropriation bill was reported back with the Senate amendments, recommending concurrence in some and non-con-currence in others. The report was agreed to - The House of Representatives devoted the entire day and night to filibustering. Mr. Cox demanded the previous question or. the Apportionment bill, closing the debate. It was the intention to resort to Conger’s tactics to defeat the motion, but four Republicans voted with the Democrats, and the Speaker also cast his vote, making just a quorum. The Republicans then resorted to dilatory motions, and finally on one vote the House was found to be without a quorum, and the Ser-geant-at-Arms waa sent in quest of absentees. In the course of seven hours he secured one member, but meanwhile several others had escaped and gone to the President’s reception. They were brought back, or returned of their own accord, aud their offense was condoned. There was a great deal of confusion during the session, and even srhile a Wisconsin member was referring to the ieath of Senator Carpenter, the interruptions were lo frequent and noisy that he could scarcely make himßelf heard, and he was obliged to defer the resolutions of respect which he had intended to offer. The time waa occupied in submitting and defeating various propositions. In the United States Senate, on Friday, Feb. 25, bills were passed constituting Atlanta, Chattanooga and Indianapolis ports of delivery. The bills for assay offices at Deadwood and in Arizona were reported favorably. Mr. Beck presented as a substitute a measure authorizing the issue of S2O notes of the United States in exchange for gold coin, the latter to bo used for no purpose but tho redemption of the notes. Bills for the erection of Government buildings at Clarksburg, W. Va., and Minneapolis, were passed. The Agricultural bill, as amended by the Senate committee, was taken up and passed. There was some discussion of Voqrhees’ bill to protect innocent purchasers of fraudulent patent rights, but no action was taken. The Committee on Commerce added $935,000 to the amount appropriated by the River and Harbor bill as it passed the House. Of the increase Wisconsin gets SIOO,OOO, Michigan $31,000, Minnesota $25,000, Indiana $40,000; $25,000 goes to improve the harbor of Vicksburg, and $35,000 to improve the Missouri river from Kansas City' to its mouth. The bill as amended was reported to the Senate. The greater part of the executive session of the Senate was consumed in debate concerning the Alabama Attorneyship. It was reported adversely by the Judiciary Committee, but was finally confirmed by a small majority. The House of Representatives remained in session all Thursday night without coming to an understanding on the Apportionment b.ll. Several propositions were made by one side or tbe other, but all were rejected. Finally, about daylight, a compromise committee was appointed, and a recess taken until 10:30 o’clock. After recess, resolutions of respect to the memory of Senator Carpenter were adopted, and the House adjourned. The.session of Friday began at 11 o’clock. Two or three unimportant measures were passed, and the House went into committee of the whole on the Bundry Civil bill. Mr. Goode moved to ir sert an item of $200,000 to establish coaling stations on the Isthmus of Panama, and the debate on this subject occupied the remainder of the session.

In the Senate, on Saturday, Feb. 26, Mr. Burnside made a strong speech in support of the Monroe-doctrine resolution recently reported from the Committee on Foreign Relations. No action was taken. The River and Harbor bill was considered in committee of the whole, all the amendments proposed by the Committee on Commerce being agreed to. Among these was one raising the appropriation for South Chicago to $50,090, at the request of Mr. Logan. The bill was reported to the Senate, and, after a long debate, passed by a vote of 32 to 12. Messrs. Cameron of Wiscosin, Conkling, Logan, Pendleton and Cockrell were constituted a committee in lelatlon to the obsequies of the late Senator Carpenter. Bills for the relief of settlers upon absentee Shawnee lands in Kansas, etc., and to authorise a charge for melting or refining bullion when at or above the standard, were passed. The House of Representatives went into committee of the whole on the Sundry Civil hill, debate on the pending amendment to appropriate $200,000 for coaling stations on the isthmus being limited to twenty minutes. The amendment was agreed to. On motion of Mr. Springer, an amendment was adopted appropriating SB,OOO for the purchase of Ingalls’ portrait of the late Thomas Ewing. The remainder of the sesion was occupied in consideration of the bill, which was finally reported to the House, the previous question seconded, and the main question ordered. No vote was taken. The services in honor of the late Fernando Wood were postponed until 8 o’clock Monday evening. A recess was then taken until 9 o’clock Monday morning.