Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 May 1884 — LATER NEWS ITEMS. [ARTICLE]

LATER NEWS ITEMS.

The banking-Louse of Henry Strong, at Grc jn Bay, Wis., with a capital of $30,000, has closed its doors. New York special to Chicago Times: “Your correspondent calio 1 at Greystone for the purpose of verifying a sensational report printed in a morning paper regarding tho health of Hr. Tilden. Alter waiting u few minutes in a reception-room, Mr. Titdcn himself came in unannounced. He said that the report of his failing health was a pure fabrication, and utterly without foundation; that his health at present was better than it had been at any time during the past year, and that he had mere y run down to Greystone for a few days to personally oversee some improvements that he is making on the place. Mr. Tildon shook hands warmly with the correspondent, excusing himself with the remark that he was just about to take a cfalk through his grounds and make a visit to some pet anima's.'’ —Hiram Sibley & Co.’s extensive warehouse at the foot of Dearborn street, In Chicago, was entirely destroyed by fire The building was used as a seed storehouse by tho firm. The flames spread with extraordinary rapidity, and the efforts of the firemen to save the building wero utterly unavailing. The conflagration was witnessed by a great mass of people, probably 80,000. The loss is est mated at $230,000* about two-thirds of which Is covered by insurance. A fire In the works of the Atlantic Oil Refining Company, Fbiladelphia, raged for many hours, causing a loss of $600,000. The handsome building of the Toronto Mail was damaged by fire to the extent of SIOO,000. The central telephone office was destroyed, and every wire was torn down. Other fires:

Losses. Chicago, hide and tallow warehouse $40,000 Manhattan, Kan., hotel 15,000 Cannon Falls, Minn., stores 35,000 Sioux Frjls, Dakota, hotel 15,000 Brockton, Mass., plow works 23,000 Cleveland, Ohio, oil tank 15,000 Dec tur, 111., t.le works 10,000 Holiidaysburg, Pa., na 1 works 10,000 Stone Bridge, N. Y., hotel 25,0 0 Long Island, N. Y., canning works 100,000 Avena, 111., business houses 15,000 Waupaca, Wis , basket factory 10,000 Henry, 111., five stores 15,000 Menasha, W s., bedstead factory 15,000 New Orleans, warehouse and contents... 150,000 Caro, Mich., business block 35,001 Chattanooga, Tt rn., business property.. 75,000 Fort Yates, Dakota, store 10,000 Lancaster. Pa., tobacco factory 15,000 Ironton, Ohio, nail mill 23,ii00 Buffalo, N. Y., paper mill 40,000 Oshkosh, Wls., shingle-m 11 10,000 Sheboygan, Wi“., tannery 10,000 Carroll, lowa, seven buddings 15,000 Reading Mass., rubber factory 20u,000 An alleged joke in a Norwalk (Conn.) paper, that there was a steady run on one of the oldest banks in the city (meaning a gravel bank), resulted in $30,000 being withdrawn from the Norwa'k Savings Bank before the humorist explained. Mn. Ingalls reported to the Senate from the Committee on Judiciary, on May 26. a substitute for the joint resolution Inti oduced by Senator Jackson, proposing an amendment to the Constitution relative to terms of office of the President and Vice President. Favorable reports were made on bills for two additional Associate Justices for the Supreme Court of Dakota; for a commission to run and mark the b f.ndary line between Indian Territory and Texas, and to forfeit the unearned land giants of the Atlantic and Pacific Road. A bi 1 was introduced to authorize the enlargement of the barracks at Newport, Ky. In the House of Representarlves, bUls were introduced to appropriate $50,000 for a home for disabled soldiers of the Confederate army at Fredericksburg, Va.; to abolish license taxes on dealers in tobacco; to open overland c mmunicatlon with Alaska and develop her commercial resources; to pension all honorably discharged soldiers of the rebellion at the age of 46 years, and lor the fining and imprisonment of any national bank official who shall bring loss on the institution by loans made for his own benefit. The contested e ection case of Wallace vs. McKinley, from the Eighteenth Ohio District, was taken up. The majority report unseats McKinley and declares Wallace entitled to the seat. The minority resolution confirms the right of the sitting member. Speeches were delivered by Messrs. Turner, of Georgia, and Adamof New York, in support of the contestant’s case, and by Messrs. Hepburn and Robertson, of Kentucky, and E. B Taylor, of Ohio, in sui port of the contestee. Mr. Robertson is the only Democratic member of the Committee on Elections who slgmed the minority report, and he appealed to his side of the House not to vote to unseat McKinley.