Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 February 1885 — LATER NEWS ITEMS. [ARTICLE]

LATER NEWS ITEMS.

Clearing Hoose exchanges last week —5621,913,489—were 572,625,462 less than the previous week; and, when compared with the corresponding period in 1884, the falling off equals 38.2 per cent. Gen. John W. Phelps was found dead in his bed at Guilford, Vt. He graduated at West Point in 1816. Ho served in the Florida and Mexican campaigns, and was the first officer who armed slaves in the rebellion, resigning because bis course was disapproved. At a Socialist meeting at New York the other night, rioting began, and upon police interference, the gathering grew violent and assailed the officers. The latter used their clubs freely, severely punishing tho mob. Justus Schwab was arrested, and refused release on bail. O’Donovan RosSa was shot at five times in New York, by an English woman giving the name of Yeslet Dudley. The affair took place in Chambers street, near Broadway. Only the first shot took effect, making a serious Wound in tho back. The woman was seized by a city marshal with the smoking revolver In her hand. Rossa was led to the Chambers street hospital, whore he made a statement that his assailant sought two interviews for the purpose of contributing money to the dynamite cause. She expressed regret at the failure of her attempt. It is intimated that Judge Samuel H. Treat, of tho Illinois Southern District, contemplates resigning his position, which be has held for thirty years. A bill in equity has been filed in the United States District Court at St. Louis by the Iron Mountain Railroad Company against the recivers of the Wabash Road to nullify the Indorsement of the company on all the Wabash bonds and notes, and to romave Jay Gould, Solon Humphreys, Russell Sage, and F: L. Ames from the directory of the Iron Mountain Railroad, as they are also Directory of the Missouri Pacific, a competing lino. The Mormon President, John Taylor, said in the oourse of a few remarks at the Tabernacle in Salt Lake City that the Saints wero being persecuted in Arizona. He spoke of the Federal foroes as sneaks and trampß, intruding with process from the courts into the homes of the people. The persecutions were making some of the Saints think of going to a foreign country to preserve their religious liberty. No one, he said, was punished for murdoring Mormon missionaries.

The Pacific Railway bill being taken up in the Senate on the 2d inst., amendments were adopted specifying the Sioux City Road as included in the bill and subject to its provisions and making it clear that the interest on the whole debt must be paid each half year. After a short discussion on the bill repealing the preemption and timber culture laws consideration of the interstate commerce bill was resumed. Mr. Beck’s motion to strike out the civil-rights clause was rejected by a party vote. Mr. Cullom gave notice of his intention to ask the friends of the bill to remain in session that day until it was disposed of. In the House of Representatives, resolutions were introduced asking for information as to instructions issued by the Treasury Department regarding the entry of Chinese; as to the total expenditures for deputy marshals and chief supervisors of election; and as to whether the British Government had made representations at Washington in regard to the use of dynamite in London. A bill was passed to allow $1,500,000 for the proposed public building at Pittsburgh. Bills were introduced to abolish "the Census Bureau, and to give to the State of Nevada, for irrigating purposes, all the public domain except mineral lands. An attempt to call up the bankruptcy bill was resisted by the opponents of the measure. Rollcalls and other obstructive tactics were kept up till half-past 1 o’clock, when the Sere 'ant-at-Arms produced Messrs. George E. Adams, Steele. Randolph Tucker, Hiscoclt, Johnson, Ray, and Hoblitzell at the bar of the House as cutprits who had been arrested by him for being absent from the Hou-e during its sessions without excuse. The gentlemen were called on for their excusCs, and the House mode this an occasion for a little comedy. There were yells of “Louder,” and derisive laughter as tlie delinquents explained, and in each case, on viva voce vote, the House refused to excuse them, and on division voted to let them off. The disposition of these cases was followed at 2 o’clock by a motion to adjourn, which was carried by a vote of 70 to 58, but the ayes and noes were demaxded. During the night the great majority of the Republicans and a few Democrats were opposing an adjournment and the majority of the Democrats were trying to get an adjournment.