Democratic Sentinel, Volume 10, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 March 1886 — LATER NEWS ITEMS. [ARTICLE]

LATER NEWS ITEMS.

The Knights of Labor have declared in favor of the Hennepin Canal project, as they believe the working classes would be greatly benefited by the construction of the waterway and the consequent decrease in the freight rates from the grain-growing sections of the West Numerous petitions bearing on the subject have been sent to Senators. The House Committee on Pensions ha-< agreed to report a bill to pension the surviving soldiers and sailors of the Mexican war. The new measure requires the applicants to have served at least sixty days and prohibits the drawing of more than one pension. President Cleveland sent to the Senate the nomination of Henry W. Clendeniu as Postmaster of' Springfield, Illinois, vice Paul Solby. The (tattle drive from Texas in 1880 will reach, it is estimated, 300,000 head Several herds will be started on the trail within the next ten days.. The Carnival was opened at New Orleans on the Bth, Rex, in the character of Charles V. of Germany, receiving the keys of the city at noon, and then repairing to the Exposition building, where he held a grand reception. The Governor and Attorney General of Pennsylvania are personally investigating the charges of neglect and cruelty made against tho managers of the Mount Joy Soldiers’ Orphans’ School. Recent deaths: Mrs. Maryßleecker Seymour, widow of the late ex-Gov. Horatio Seymour, of New York; Senator John F. Miller, of California. John Teemer, the oarsman, has accepted an offer of $2,000 to have tho coming race with Gaudaur take place on White Bear Lake, Minnesota. The ice in the Straits of Mackinaw is porous and covered with water, and open water is visible at the head of Lake Huron. The body of Edward Hogan, Jr., son of the roadmaster of the Hannibal and St. Joe Railway, was found in a slougli near Quincy, IIL, with his head split, his thspat cut, and a stab wound in the side. There* is no clew to the murderers. Mr. Gladstone, it is announced, is suffering from a eevere cold. The physicians do not look upon the Premier’s ailment as serious. The steamer Acton, which arrived at Queenstown, reports meeting with fearful storms during the voyage from Baltimore, in which two sailors were swept from the decks by enormous waves. Senators I’lumb (Kan. 1 and Logan and Cullom (Ill.) presented to the Senate, on the Bth, a large number of petitions from assemblies of Knights e>f J. abeir favor.ug the building of th > Hennepin Canal. Sena or Plumb said they all seenieu to emanate from a central source, as they were handsomely printed, and, while greatly respecting the 1 odies that sent the petitions, he presumed th(re must be same strong private interest behind tlie movement in tho interi st of tile Hennepin Canal. Senator Manderton (Neb.) presented a petition setting forth that owing to the “hopeless destitution” prevailing in Illinois the canal should be built by the government. All the petitions were appropriately referred. Senator Vance (N. C.) offered a resolution directing the Committee on Civil Service Rtf arm to report forthwith the bill before it providing for the repeal of the civil-service law s. The resolution, at Senator Vance's request, was for the present laid on the table. Senator Wilson (Iowa) reported favorably from the Smite Judiciary Committee an amendment of the Pacific Railroad funding bill authorizing the President in his discretion to direct the Secretary of tlie Treasury to buy up any mortgage or other liens on the Pacific roads paramount to the rights or interests of the United States in those roads. Senator Plumb (Kan.) introduced a bill to amend section 5192 of the revised statutes so as to include the cities of Kansas City, Omaha, St. Paul, Minneapolis, Indianapolis, and Atlanta among those whose national banks’ reserves may consist in part of balances due one association by another. Mr. Bennett (N. C.) introduced in the House a bill repealing the civilservice law. It was referred to the committee on the revision of the laws. Mr. Henley (Ala.) offered a resolution for the appointment of a sub committee to inquire into the alleged invasions of the Thurman act by the Union Pacific Railroad Company, and to determino w hether by reason of any violation of tho provisions of that act the corporate rights, powers, and franchises of the company have become forfeited. Thomas R. Hudd, Member-elect from the Fifth Wisconsin District, took the oath of office. A I ill lias been introduced to preserve aud protect “The Garden of the Gods” in Colorado from spoliation and to make it a public park.