Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 February 1884 — LATER NEWS ITEMS. [ARTICLE]

LATER NEWS ITEMS.

| i J. P. Whitehead, formerly a minisI ter of the United Brethren church, hanged himself at an Ohio town near Columbus. Capt. Kirkland, of the receiving-ship Colorado, volunteered to command the Greely relief expedition, and will be assigned that duty. The Mississippi Senate has passed a .b.ll for the formal trial of habitual drunkards, and, at Judges’ discretion, for the appointment of guardians for the same class on their confinement in the lunatic asylum. The President of the West Shore road says that $5,000,000 would complete aud equip it, when annual earnings of $12,000,000 would be insured. The Legislature of British Columbia represents to the Dominion Parliament that there are 18,000 destitute Chinamen in that province, and petitions for a law imposing a tax of SIOO per annum on each Celestial. German capitalists are organizing at Hamburg to acquire possession of territory in the island of Borneo in opposition to the British Company. The commander of the Turkish forces has informed the Council of Ministers that a Turkish expedition to the Soudan is : impossible without English help. Nineteen members of Parliament attended the Parnell conference at Dublin, E. Dwyer Gray presiding. Edward Shiel and John E. Redmond were appointed “whips.” The meeting decided to oppose the London municipal bill unless a similar measure is introduced for Dublin. Other plans were formulated, and resolutions of regret at the death of Wendell Phillips were adopted. The Vigilance Committee of Brown County, Nebraska, suspecting Thomas Durand of being &, bad horse-thief, hanged him six miles from O’Neill, but he afterward managed to cut himself loose and fled the country. From Nov. 10 to Jan. 30 102 business houses closed operations in Idaho, mostly in the mining camps. It is said they are only resting during the winter and will resume business again in the spring: Peter Clifford, a brakeinan, was assassinated in his doorway at Rendville, Ohio, and lived only long enough to charge the crime upon the Hickey brothers. Four of the latter and a brother-in-law named Reddy were placed in jail. The following evening a large body of citizens took Richard Hickey and Reddy from the jail. The former was •executed, but the latter wa6 returned to custody after the rope broke.

Mb. Van Wyck, of Nebraska, introduced a resolution in the Senate on the 4th inst., which was agreed to, providing that no dividends shall be made by the Union Pacific road except from the net ca- nines, and that no new stook shall be issued or mort ages created without leave of Congress, under penalty of fine and imprisonment. Various petitions from Union soldiers for laws for their benefit were handed in. Mr. Logan presented a protest against the passage of the bill for the relief of Fitz John Porter. Bills were favorably reported to establish a uniform system of bankruptcy; to make eight hours a day’s labor in Government workshops, and to pay wages for legal holidays. Bills were introduced to enable the p ople of Dakota to form a constitution; to provide artificial limbs for exsoldicrs; to erect a public building at Tyler, Tex., and to prevent the miblication of lottery advertisements in the TeiTitories. The Chair presented resolutions adopted by the Legislature of Ohio favoring a tariff for revenue. In the H< me Mr. Morrison, Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, introduced a bill to revise the tariff on imports. It makes a reduction of 20 per cent, on numerous articles, but prevents any reduction to a lower rate than the Morrill act of 1861. The bill was referre 1. The oath of office was administered to Mr. Hammond, who has been ill since Congress convened Mr. Houk offered a resolution directing the Committee on Education to inquire into the working of agricultural colleges aided by land grants. Bills were introduced—to punish officers of the Uni ed States for the illegal use of money at elections; authorizing a survey of the passes between the affluents of the Upper Missouri and Columbia rivers; to prevent the sale of certain Pacific railroads before the United States bonds and interest shall have been fully paid; for an export tax on cotton ; to declare Good Friday a legal holiday; appropriating $125,000 to improve the Colorado river; and for the relief of the Lady Franklin bay expedition. Mr. Springer presented a fnemorial from New Mexico making grave charges against Chief Justice Samuel B. Axtel.