Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 December 1884 — LATER NEWS ITEMS. [ARTICLE]

LATER NEWS ITEMS.

For the first time since his appointment, Chi -f Juit.ce Waite is unable to act b a sines’. The President of the Canadian Pa•iflc road hai file 1 at Ottawa plans for a bridge across he St. Lawrence at Lachine, to cost 53.0JJ.100. Unusually rough passages have been experienced by steamships westward bound on lhe Atlantic. A dense fog and tremendous s a< were encountered on the banks of Newfoundland. Ilenry Levy & Son, New York, impor.er-, have failed for $300,000. At Braddoek, Pa., the Edgar Thompso i Steel Works shut down for an indefinite period. Sixteen hundred men are thrown out olein ploy ment and between 3,500 and 1,000 are affected by the stoppage. A hurricane at Buffalo, N. Y., caused heavy losses. The sea-wall was washed away, and the lower portion of the city submerged, rendering many families homeless and destitute. Fating chimneys demolished two school-houses, and the cupola of the grapesu(;ar work ■; was carried 300 feet and dropped through the roof of the gas works. Beginning January 1, the Chicago, Burlington and Quinoy Road will run a direct truin from Des Moines to Kansas City, the route being almost an air lino. Fifty merchants and shippers of Springfield, Illinois, have filed with the railroad commissioners a protest against the freight discrimination practiced against that city. The will of the late Reuben R. Springer, of Cincinnati, has been probated, 'lhe bulk of his estate, which is valued at 53,000,0J0, is bequeathed to his sisters’ children. He lolt large sums to various benevolent and educational Institutions. A freight train on the Pittsburgh and Western road was thrown from the track by a landslide at Geylis, Pa., and found its way to a farm yard beneath. Daniel Costello, the engineer, died at his i>ost of duty, and John Tatteral, the fireman, was fatally crushed. Fire swept away the works of the Calumet Fire-Clay Company at EUiottsville, Ohio, valued at $125,0 0, and a block of stores at Houltnn, Maine, worth SIOJ,OOO. A bill, for the erection of a statue to Lafaye te was reported favorably to the Senate by Mr. Sherman, on the 15th inst. Several petitions from tobacco manufacturers and tradesunions against the ratification of the treaty with Spain were presented by Mr. Logan, as also petitions by hosts of Union soldiers for the purchase of a portrait of (Jen. George H. Thomas for the Capitol. During discussion of the Dakota bill, Mr. Garland submitted a proposition for a popular vote in that Territory on the question ot its divisiou. A debate on the sdver issue followed, mainly between Messrs. Hili and Sherman. A bill was passed for apublic building at Akron, Ohio, to cost SIOO,OOO. A communication from the Postmaster-General was laid before the House of Representatives asking an appropriation of SIOO,OOO for postalcar service and s7i,eoo for the pay of postal clerks. Among the bills intro uced were the following: One by Mr. Oates declaring forfeited all unearned land grants: one by Mr. Peel granting the right of way through Indian Territory to the Kansas Cit . Arkansas and FortSmbh Railroad; another by Mr. Blanchard for the creation of a Red River Commission; another by Mr. Willis to give encouragement to the proposed agricultural, mining, and live stock exposition, to be held at Louisville, Ky.; and another by Mr. Buckner to refund the public debt nd secure the stability of the national bank circulation. By a suspension of the rules Jan. lii was set apart for lhe consideration of the McPherson and Dingley bills, both of which a'.e expected to pass. A resolution was offered by Mr. Holman providing that all speeches printed by permission of the House shall be subject to the rules governing debate. Mr. Cox, of Ncw York, offered a preamble and resolution requesting the Secretary of tbe Navy to inform the House in regard to the case of Cadet F. S. Strong, of the A napalis Naval Academy, who is repov ed to have died in consequence of cruel treatment received at the hands of senior ca lets. Mr. Lacey, for the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and M' asures, moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill prohibiting the issue of Treasury notes bf denominations less than $5, and providing for the issue of sl, Si, and $5 silver certificates. The motion was lost. Mr. Peters, for the Commerce Committee moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill to promote the efficient y of the revenue-marine service. 1 his motion was also lost. A motion to uspend the rules in favor of the bill to establish a Department of Agriculture, proposed by Mr. Aiken in beh If of the Committee on Agriculture, was agreed to.