Democratic Sentinel, Volume 11, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 April 1887 — LATER NEWS ITEMS. [ARTICLE]

LATER NEWS ITEMS.

The Interstate Commerce Commission has received two petitions—one from the Order of Bailway Conductors, and the other from the Traders and Travelers’ Union—which are representative of a large number of similar petitions, asking the Board for its construction of the provisions of the “act to regulate commerce” as applied to the various points at which the provisions touch the customs of the past Referring to these petitions the Commission says it is obvious that the impression is generally prevalent that this commission has power to construe, and apply the law by preliminary judgment. A careful reading of the act will show that no jurisdiction has been given the board to answer questions like those under consideration. An expression of their opinion at this time would be no more useful to the public or the carriers than the opinion of other men upon the same points. "VN llliam J. Allen has been appointed District Judge for Southern Illinois. The Ohio Farmer of Cleveland prints reports <# the winter wheat crop from over fifty counties in Ohio, and a large number from eight ohter States and Canada, as follows: “About one-fourth of the counties in Ohio report the prospects for a yield of 25 to 53 per cent, of last year’s crop; half the counties will have 50 to 75 per cent., and the other quarter from 75 to 93 per cent of a crop. Only two counties in Ohio report a fair crop. Reports from Indiana, West Virginia, aud Pennsylvania are very similar to the Ohio reports. Illinois and Michigan report from 50 to 93 per cent of a full crop, while Canada, New York, Kentucky, Maryland, and Missouri report a fair to full stand.” Lawrence Donovan, who some months ago jumped from the Brooklyn bridge, was arrested last week while about to attempt tin feat again, and later was held in $1,030 bail to keep the peace for three months. Four children in one family died at Minneapolis from scarlet fever. A company of infantry has been ordered irom Fort Sully to the Winnebago and Crow Creek reservat ons to drive out settlers. The stove-molders of Pittsburg, Cincinuat, Cleveland aud Louisville, numbering one thousand or more, have struck against the boycotted patterns from St. Louis. A well bored at Herscher, 111., to secure water for stood, ihiows out a barrel of dark browu oil each day. Experts from Pennsylvania pronounce it fine lubricating oil, worth $9 per barrel, and they have leased land to sink several well. Chicago elevators contain 13,154,515 bushels of wheat, 12,247,723 bushels of corn, 1,093,609 busbels of oats, 145,441 bushels of rye, and 93,826 bushels -of barley; total 26,732,114 bushels of all kinds of grain, against 46,452,461 bushels a year ago. The following cablegram from Rome has been received at New York: “The Pope has decided the question of the Knights of Labor in favor of that organization. Ihisdec sion will stand so long as the present method in furthering their aims prevails. The document of Cardinal Gibbons has beea indorsed. The Pope further decides that in Canada, where a mandament had been issued against the knights, the members of the order shall recevio absolution oa promise of obedience to future decisions of the Holy See. If the knights identify themselves with the theories now being disseminate Iby certain agitators, this decision in their favor will be revolted.” The Khan of Bokhara discovered that his ministers had been plotting against him for encouraging the Russian advance, contrary to his father’s wishes. Ho accordingly beheaded several of them. The others fled. The trial of twenty-four socialists who were charged with be.ng members of illegal secret societies has just been concluded at Posen, Germany. Nine of them were convicted and sentenced to various short terms of imprisonment