Democratic Sentinel, Volume 7, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 December 1883 — POLITICAL. [ARTICLE]

POLITICAL.

Friends of Thomas A. Hendricks send out from Indianapolis a statement that he has not gone abroad foj medical advice or treatment, and is in as robust health as at any time within ten years. Bills are about to be introduced in each house of Congress to send back to China the indemnity fund of 8650,000 paid years ago on account of to American residents during the insurrection in Canton. The Chinese Government has never made a request for the return of the money, but Minister Young states that is deep feeling over the matter in the Flowery kingdom. Merchants, hotel men, politicians, and prominent citizens held a meeting in St. Louis last week, to take steps toward securing for their city the Democratic National convention. Denver is making strong efforts toward the same end. The Democrats of Louisiana have nominated Gov. McEnery for re-election. The Louisiana Democratic State convention adopted a resolution demanding a law to suppress lotteries, which demoralize society and corrupt politics.

Ohio, loss $20,000; six business buildings at Medford, Minn., toes $20,000; an Episcopal church at Port Chester, N. Y-, loss $30,000. Failures: J. Levy, dry goods, Bock Island, HL, liabilities $15,000; Cohen & Koenigheim, gents’ furnishing goods, San Antonio, Tex., liabilities $75,000; Louis Rothberg, clothing, Denver, Colo., liabilities $35,000; E. Barusch, clothing, Cadillac, Mich., liabilities $10,000; Tyler & Frost, shoe manufacturers, Lynn, Maas.; the Henry Buggy company, Freeport, Hl.; Joseph Mullet, woolen manufacturer, East Brookfield, Mass.; R- C. Wickham A Co., bankers, Tioga, Pa., liabilities $80,000; P. Sullivan, ladies’ shoes, Cincinnati, liabilities $35,000; C. A. Davis, wall-paper, Cincinnati, liabilities $25,000; Slack & Gavill, blanket manufacturers, Rushville, 111., liabilities $60,000; Blumenthal Brothers, general store, Palestine, Tex., liabilities $35,000; Clay Oldham, groceries, Terrell, Tex,, liabilities $25,000; James Sutherland, produce, Owen Sound, Ontario, liabilities $130,000; Robert Given & Co., dry goods, Des Moines, Iowa; D. A. Drury, shoe manufacturer, Spencer, Mass., liabilities $80,000; G. F. Wood, lumber, St. John, N. 8., liabilities, $8250,000; West & Sweeney, paper manufacturers, North East, Pa.; D. M. &E. G. Halbert, dry goods, N. Y., liabilities, $400,000; Lane & Son, grain brokers, New York, liabilities, $350,000; Mark Smith, clothing, Erie, Pa., liabilities, $12,000; J. Livernois, fruit importer, Montreal, liabilities, $76,000; H. R. Jones, banker, De Pere, Wis., liabilities, $50,000; Sattler Brothers, clothing, Bt. Paul, liabilities $80,000; W. P. & A. M. Parsons, builders, New Jork, liabilities $500,009; McKinney & Horn, notions, Philadelphia, liabilities $35,000; Goodwillie, Wyman & Co., printing presses, Boston, liabilities $50,000; P. & M. Raymond, wholesale grocers, Fargo, D. T., liabilities $50,000; George McDowell & Co., wholesale stationers, Philadelphia; the Beaver Lumber company, Yamachiche, Quebec, liabilities $108,000; O. A. Newson, real estate, Columbus, Ind., liabilities $27,000; W. P. Metcalf, broker, and the American Catpet Lining company, Boston; Sheldon & Co., millinery, Bloomington, IIL, liabilities $10,000; the Enterprise Machine company, Geneva, Ohio, liabilities $70,000; George W. Craig, dry goods, Montreal, Canada, liabilities $70,000. Ten thousand persons witnessed the opening of the new cantalever bridge across Niagara river. The bridge was tested by sustaining the weight of twenty locomotives and twenty-four cars loaded with gravel, without apparent deflections. A war of rates has resulted in the ocean steamships cutting the third-class rate to Europe to S2O. The failures for the week aggregated 280, an increase of 31; but the greater portion of the insolvents were small traders. A bloody riot occurred in the City of Mexico because the new nickel money was refused at the market. A mob paraded the streets, breaking windows, and all places of business were quickly closed. Cavalry charged the crowd and restored order. During the night of Nov. 28, while the American schooner 8. J. Watts, of Jonesport, Me., was sailing into the Bay of Port au Prince, the vessel was boarded by a boat’s crew from a Haytian gunboat and forced to turn from its course. -The schooner was serched by the cut-throat crew, and Captain and seamen subjected to all manner of indignity, Not th® slightest respect was paid to the American flag which floated at the peak.