Democratic Sentinel, Volume 10, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 January 1887 — LATER NEWS ITEMS. [ARTICLE]

LATER NEWS ITEMS.

Meyer Kauffman, a commission merchant in St Louis, is about to request the United States to demand $50,000 from the Spanish Government for his illegal arrest and detention in Cuba. A hill near Chippewa Falls, Wis., has been found to contain gold, umber, and a rich hematite ore, the value of the whole being placed at a fabulous sum. « In the United States Court at Detroit last week, the common-stock holders of the Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad brought suit against that company, alleging fraud and mismanagement asking an investigation of the books, an injunction against the extension of the road pending the investigation, and the issuance of stock to the common-stock holders. It is claimed that the reorganization of 1880 was illegal, and that since that time the road has been run in the interest of holders of preferred stock The suit involves $3,500,00j, the amount of common stock. Representatives of the third and fourth class post-offices are again seeking legislation to increase their compensation. It is probable that the death of Gen. Hazen means the breaking up of the military establishment of the Signal Corps, and that the bureau will probably be turned over to the Interior Department. The indebtedness on the Logan property in Washington has been paid off, and the children and heirs of Geu. Logan have conveyed all their rights to Mrs. Logan, so that the home is her sole property. Charles Francis Adams, in a letter to the House Committee on Pacific Roads, states that the Union Pacific Company will do nothing to prevent an investigation of its affairs, but objects to the delay which keeps its securities bandied to and fro between Wall street and Washington. In County Kerry, Ireland, a tenant named Keane was shot and severely wounded for having paid his rent Emperor William, in receiving the President of the Prussian Landtag, expressed his chagrin at the defeat of the army bill, and voiced the hope that the measure would be passed in the near future. Henry M. Stanley says the expedition for the relief of Emin Bey will cost sluo,ooo, and that it will leave Zanzibar composed of 1,030 men.

The House bill for the relief of Elon H. Marsh, of Battle Creek, Mich., to validate a patent for improvement in steam-engine-valve gear, was passed by the Senate on the 17th inst. The Senate also passed the pension anpropriation bill, setting aside $75,009,000, and the army appropriation bill. Bills were introduced to bridge the Missouri at Sioux City and the Mississippi at St. Louis. A resolution was adopted directing the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to supply information as to the number of places in the District where liquor is sold without license, and the reasons why such places are not suppressed. The Senate also adopted a resolution instructing the Attorney-General to investigate and report the liability of the United States for judgments and awards arising under the Act of March 3, 1875, to aid in the improvement of the Eox and Wisconsin Rivers. Senator Cullom presented a petition from a number of citizens from Streator, 111., respectfully representing that the present system of collecting revenue for the support of the General Government by import duties and the internal-revenue system is unjust and ought to cease. The President sent the following nominations to the senate : John F. Norrish, of Minnesota, to be surveyor general of Minnesota. Postmasters: At Pittsfield, 111., James H. Crane; Mendota, 111., George A. Kellenberger; Baton Rouge, La., L. A. D. Conrad; Chagrin Falls, 0., Tyron Bailey ; Conneaut, 0., Stephen B. Atwood; North Yakima, Washington Territory, George W. Carey. The House of Representatives passed a bill for pensions to dependent parents and honorably discharged soldiers and sailors, disabled, and dependent on their own labor. It affects about 33,000 persons, involving the disbursement of $6,090,000 per annum. Bills were introduced for a pension of $25 per month to Walt Whitman, the poet, to appropriate $600,000 for the colored people’s world’s fair at Birmingham, and to negotiate for a site for a custom house and appraiser’s stores in New York. Mr Belmont introduced a bill “to protect American vessels against unwarrantable and unlawful discriminations in the ports of British North America.” The President is authorized to prohibit vessels bearing the British flag and coming from such ports from entering the ports of the United States or from exercising such privileges therein as he may define.