Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 February 1884 — LATER NEWs ITEMS. [ARTICLE]

LATER NEWs ITEMS.

On the 10th day of last January the House of Representatives at Washington unanimously adopted the following resolution, which was introduced by Mr. Finerty, of Illinois: Resolved, That this House has heard with deep regret of the death of the eminent German statesman, Eduard Lasker. 2. That his loss is not alone to be mourned by the people of his native land, where his firm and constant exposition of and devotion to free and liberal ideas have materially advanced the social, political, and economic condition of those peoples, bnt by the lovers of liberty throughout the world. 3. That a copy of these resolutions be forwarded to the family of the deceased as well as to the Minister of the United States resident at the capital of the German Empire to be by him communicated through the legitimate channel to the presiding officer of the legislative body of which he was a member. These resolutions have been returned by Prince Bismarck to the German Minister at Washington, with a counter request that he return them to the American Congress, as the position of in Germany was not such as to justify the resolution. Bismarck claims that a “high political principle” formed the basis of his action in this matter. The London Times, commenting upon the insolence of the German autocrat, says: “One thing is certain. We have not heard the last of the Lasker incident. The Americans are much too proud, too sensitive, and too independent for that.” It is believed at Washington that, unless the State Department chooses to pursue a course of pusillanimity that shall cover the American name with disgrace the world over, this matter will lead to grave international complications. The house of Rheuben Hart (colored), near Crockett, Tex., burned the other night, and six children who had been locked in while their parents went to church perished in the flames. A snow-slide at Park City, Utah, killed four persons and wounded two others. Seven thousand Indians on Poplar River are starving and have been subsisting for some tiffie on their dogs and ponies. There are fears that the agents and posttraders will be massacred. The snow in the region is unprecedentedly deep. A Palmyra (Wis.) dispatch says: Miss Emma Bond, the victim of the TaylorviUe, 111., outrage, has arrived in Palmyra for medical treatment. She has been offered a home and treatment as long as she chooses io remain. A favorable report was made in the Senate, Feb. 18, on the bill to erect a public building at Winona, and an adverse report was handed in on the act for the irrigation of lands in the arid region of the United States. Bills were introduced to admit Dakota as a State, and to provide for improving rivers and harbors bv contract. Bills were passed to fix the terms of Federal courts in Texas, to authorize the sale of timber on the Menominee Reservation in Wisconsin, and to provide for the removal of the Southern Utes to Utah. The Senate spent another day in the consideration of the finance bill. No vote was reached. The striking speech was made by Mr. Vest, of Missouri, who vigorously attacked the national banking system, and charged that those who support it are slaves to the banks. Mr. Morrill says that it was evident that Mr. Vest wanted the Government to become a great national banking institution for ths issue of paper money without any preparation for its redemption, and that the lesson of history had been that whenever such a policy had been adopted the paper had never been redeemed in gold. The House of Representatives passed a bill making the postage on newspapers, when sent by others than the publishers, one cent for each four ounces or fraction thereof. This promises a direct boon to the reading public, who had previously been obliged to pay one cent for two ounces. A resolution was adopted by the House making the bill for the retirement of the tradedollar a special order for the 11th of March. Rills were introduced—to grant 320 acres of public land to each survivor of the Mountain Meadow massacre; to make freight pools unlawful on roads aided by Government bonds; to appropriate $12,000 for additional signal stations, and to amend the sinking-fund act. A resolution was offered directing the Secretary of State to furnish information as to the action of Bismarck on the resolutions in death of Herr Lasker. A bill was passed to relieve certain soldiers from the charge of desertion. The bill to restore to the Mexican pension-rolls the names of Confederate soldiers stricken oft for disloyalty soon left the House without a quorum, and an all-night session was the consequence.