Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 April 1884 — LATER NEWS ITEMS. [ARTICLE]

LATER NEWS ITEMS.

The Tories in Great Britain are represented as Jubilant over the outbreak at Cincinnati, as showing the incompetency of the republican form of government to protect life and property. Recent deaths: John J. Cisco, a well* known New York banker, formerly Assistant Treasurer of the United States; Henry BHurlbut, of Cleveland, a prominent railroad man; Hon. Henry C. Land, a leading citizen of Cincinnati; Francois Mignet, French historian; James llami.ton, of Bath County, Kentucky, tho largest short-horn cattledealer in the world; Editor Danielson, of the Providence (R. I.) Journal; Mrs. Sarah Smith, of Mattoon, 111., who had used tobacco al; her life, age 1103 years; Absalom Watkins, of Chattanooga, Tenn., one ol the oldest and best known editors in the South; Mrs. Kate N. Doggett, of Chicago, a prominent advocate of female suffrage, and President of the Woman's Congress for several terms; Augustus Schell, a veteran banker and Democratic politician of New York; Matt H. Finch, a prominent lawyer of Milwaukee; Mrs. Stratton, of New Haven, Ct., mother of the late Tom Thumb; Judge Grangor, of Washington, D. C., a brother-in-law of the late Stephen A. Douglas; John Parrott, the pioneer banker of California; Prinoe Leopold, known as tho Duke of Albany, youngest son of Queen Victoria; the wife of Hon. George W. Julian, of Ind’ana (a daughter of the late Joshua K. Giddings). The Citizens’ Committee at Cincinnati, on Monday, tho 31tt ult., pasted resolutions thanking the Governor of the State and the Mayor of the city for their prompt action in dealing with and suppressing the riot. Gov. Hoadly w at requested by the committee to withdraw most of the troop 3, leaving the jail to tho care of special policemen. The barricades around the Court House square were wellguardod, and everything was quiet. There were vague rumors floating about that the German Socialists were collecting arms, ammunition, and dynamite torpedoes, and would renew the attack upon tho withdrawal of the troops. It has been ascertained that the Court House records, detds, mortgages, etc., are almost unharmed, save some documents dated thrty years back, and that the safe in which the wills wore kept Is Intact. All tho Judgos held a consultation touching the pressure of court business, and the County Commissioners reported tho Public Library as tho only available structure for court purposes. Several deaths among the wounded had occurred in the hospital, and many othors were in a dying condition. A number of bills were introduced In the Ohio Legislature, at Columbus, dealing with tho Cincinnati riots, among them one appropriating $600,030 to replace tho records destroyed in tho Court House.

A communication from tho Attorney General. stating that his fores of employes was too small to supply promptly the voluminous papers railed for, and a-king for more help, was presented in the Senate on the 31st ult. Favorable reports were made on bills for the erection of public buildings at Chattanooga, Opelousas, and Portland. A petition was piesented asking compensation to citizens of Kansas for property destroyed in the Cheyenno raid of 1878. Mr. Platt explained the provisions of his bill to organize the Patent Office In separate departments. David J. Brewer was confirmed as Judge of the Eighth Circuit. In the House Mr. Finrrty, of Chicago, introduced a resolution thanking Minister Sargent for the able, faithful, and dignified manner in which he discharged the duties of his office as Mnieter to Berlin. The Committee on Publte Health reported back a resolution directing nn investigation as tc the adulteration of t< od and drugs as not with.n the rrovince of Congress; hut it was recommitted, by a vote of 117 to 11A A resolution was offered by-Mr. Ni hols, i equesting the Sherman committee of the Senate to inquire into the circumstances of the liots at Cincinnati. Bills were introduced to giant tight of wav through Indian Territoiy for the Pacific and Great E stem Road; to make Ca land. Cal., a port of delivery; to repeal the internal revenue tax on tobacco and the distillation of apples and peaches; to equalize the taxation of foreign and domest c insurance companies, and to api ropriate $4(:0,00j for sufferers bv the overflow of the Mississippi. Robert Smalls was sworn in as a member from South Carolina. Mr. Bland led the debate on the trade-dollar bill, and urged the unlimited coinage of silver.