Democratic Sentinel, Volume 12, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 March 1888 — FRESH FROM THE WIRES. [ARTICLE]

FRESH FROM THE WIRES.

Events of Interest and Importance in Every Quarter of the Habitable Globe. Hews Relating to Politics, Religion, Commerce, Industry, Labor, • and Other Topics. THE VERY LATEST BY TELEGRAPH. POST TO KEEP HIS SEAT. A Decision by the House Elections Committee that Worthington Was Defeated. A Washington dispatch says: “The House Committee on Elections unanimously confirmed the decision of tho sub-committee in favor of Gen Post’s title to the seat as Representative of the Tenth District of Illinois. Before beginning the tedious examination of the ninety pages of printed record it vras agreed by the sub-committee that their guide upon disputed points of law should bo the statutes of Illinois, as construed by the Supremo Court of the State. The disputed votes were tjken up ono by one, and it was found that irregular and illegal votes had been cast for both partios to the contest, but after giving Mr. Worthington the benefit of all doubts the net result of the sift'og was about fiftynine majority for Gen. Post

NO HOPE FOR UNSKR FRITZ. The Worst Fears Confirmed by Prof. Waldmoyer'ti Microscopical Examination. The imperial family has coased to hope for the recovery of tho Crown Prince, says a Berlin dispatch. The first results of the microscopical examination by Prof. Waldmeyer, T as communicated to the Emperor, are unfavorable, dieclosing traces of cancer in the pus arising from necrosis of the cartilage of the larynx. Apart from tbe results of the examination, court dispatches confirm the progress of symptoms tonding toward a fatal issue. The oocaeional appoarance of improvement is followed by a renewal of the gravest indications.

Internal ltevenue Reduction. The internal revenuo reductions have been agreed on by the Democrats of the Ways and Means Committee, and will be considered ■with the tariff bill, says a Washington telegram. They offect a total reduction of about $24,000,000 or $25,000,000. The tobacco tax, except on cigars and cigarettes, is repealed, reducing the revenuo about $19,000,000. Licenses abolished will make a further reduction of between $4,000,000 and $5,000,000. There is no reduction on spirits of any kind. The manufacturers of fruit brandies are allowed to place their product in bonded warehouses and take warehouse receipts for the same time as the whisky distillers now have. Some extreme penalties have been lessened.

The Burlington Strike. “The Burlington strike, from appearances, is as far as ever from termination,” says a Chicago telegram of Monday. “Eight hundred engineers and firemen are now working for the road. Passenger triffic is running regularly, and a few freight trains have been moved Reports from Brookfield, Mo., are at hand to the effect that a striker has been shot by a guard The strikers are hopeful. The brotherhood are contemplating a general strike, involving many lines. ”

Trouble on the Texas Border. Ah AusGn (Tex.) dispatch says “the Governor has received information from Eagle Pass, TCx., that two Mexican Lieutenants and two soldiers crossed into Texas to arrest a deserter. When the Sheriff ordered them to release the man they refused and fired upon the Sheriff and his deputy. The fire was returned, and one Mexican officer was killed and one soldier wounded The wounded man and his two companions succeeded in getting back into Mexico. Serious trouble is expected” Interstate Telegraphy. The Postoffico Committee of the Senate has decided to report favorably what is known as the Spooner bill to regulate interstate telegraphy. There were some amendments mad# to the bill as introduced by Senator Spooner, but they are chiefly of an explanatory nature, and do not materially change the provisions of the bilk The Ha tile Id-Me Coy War. Kentucky gains jurisdiction of the Hatfield outlaws arrested by West Virginia. Such is the decision of Judge Barr, of the United States District Court, at Louisville. If Kentucky will now proceed to hang the entire party there will be reason to rejoice at the decision. The Snell Murder. William B. Tascott, the Cnicago mur-. derer, has been seen at Winnipeg, Manitoba, and Chicago detectives are on his trail. At ajltipe Old Age. A Bbonson Alcott, the founder of the Concord School of Philosophy, died at Boston of paralyßia.