Rensselaer Republican, Volume 12, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 October 1879 — EPITOME OF THE WEEK. [ARTICLE]

EPITOME OF THE WEEK.

Current Paragraphs. A man died la Washington. D. C., a few days ago, whose age waa 107 yean. Von Balow, the German Secretary of State for Foreign Affair*, died oa the SMh. An offensive and defensive alliance has been formed between Benia and Bdgeria. * • > < - • Stanley, the African explorer, reached the Rapids of the Congo on the NM of September. King Alfonso's marriage to the Ana* trUn Archdacheaa baa been dafniMy flaed for November 28. President Hayes and family returned to Washington on the 21st, after an absence of aereral weeks. A decree has been issued for t&4 immediate and permanent redaction of the Russian army to a peace footing, r . v The Russian Expedition surveying the coarse of the Ama Daria In Central *«<« report* that the rlTer is navigable, ~T* X<' The British Government has decided to Immediately construct a railway bar, and is already parr basing material?

All the proposed, amendments to the Ohio State Constitution which were pbted upon at the recent election were defeated. The American Woman’s Suffrage Association will bold its annual makting at Cincinnati, beginning Tuesday evening, November 4. Vi , x * | \ It is stated that the ex-Enrpress Engenie will embark in February for Zululand, to pray on the spot where bet son was killed. During the month of September $6,542,599 worth of provisions were shipped to foreign ports from customs districts north at and including Baltimore. A Land League for Ireland has been formed at Dublin, and Mr. Parnell, its Presl•dent, is instructed to invoke the aid of Irish- | /men in the United States. . f The recent floods in Spain destroyed * •property estimated to be worth 90,000,000 francs. One hundred and twenty mills and i 3,S(XI bouses were swept away. , ‘ The Commission on Refoqns hi Gfiba have agreed to recommend that glares shall be entirely emancipated in seven years from date of the passage of an Emancipation bill.

In the case of Blair, a New York bank teller, tried for drilling his-coachman, a man named Armstrong, the Jury on the 23d, after four days' deliberation, returned a verdict of not guilty. ** The receipts of the Paymaster-Gen-eral’s Bureau for the last fiscal year, according to the forthcoming annual report, were $15,358,000; disbursement*, $12,700,000; bounce on hand, $2,968,000. The President of the suspended Consolidated Bank of Montreal (Sir Francis ' Hindu) has been found guilty of issuing un- ‘ true statements of the condition of the bank, 1 •with the Intention to defraud. The Superintendent of the Money-Or-1 der Service has informed the Postmaster-Gen-eral that be has agreed with the Director General at Paris upon the general terms of a convention for the exchange of money orders between the United Btates and France. The steamship Wieland, which arrived at J»ew York on the 23d from Europe, brought $1,413,000 In French gold. This made a total of .$4,541,000 In gold that had arrived fronr Europe since the morning of the 18th, and nearly $55,000,000 since Janaary last. The total vote for Governor at the recent election in Ohio was 968,997,'dtvidedas follows: Foster (Rep.), 336,261; Ewing (Dem.), 312,132: Stewart (Prohibition), 4,145; Platt (Greenback), 9,129. Foster's majority over Ewing, 17,129; over all, 3,855. A package of advertisements.withtho words written thereon: “ Dropped from Professor Wise’s Trans-continental balloon 'Pathfinder,” waa found on the beach at Lake Station, lad., on the morning of the 20th. It appeared to have been in the water lor some time and was probably washed ashore. The United States Supreme Court has sustained the Constitutionality of the Pacific Railroad Funding law passed in May, 1878, by which the Pacific Railroads who are in arrears upon their obligations to. the United States Government are required to set apart a eer-

tain portion of their earnings each year for the extinguishment of such debts. Judges Field, Bradley and Strong filed dissenting opinions. * r V On the evening of the 22d Dr. Kalloch. Mayor-elect of San Francisco, made his first appearance before the public stece his recent attempted assassination.' Metropolitan Temple was densely packed, • standing the admission tickets cost one dollar each, and Mr. Kalloch delivered atr address, in which he spoke of the De Youngs very mnch as in the speech which ted to. the shooting. A farewell reception and banquet woo given to General Grant in Ban Francisco on the evening of the 25th. In reply to the toast “Our honored guest,” the ex-President responded in a short speech, in which he returned his thanks for the unbounded hospitality and cordiality with which he had been greeted since he landed in California. The General and his party took the midnight en route for Illinois.

The body found on the lake shore near Miller’s Station, IrxL, on the 34th has since been fully identified as that of Mr. Burr, the pan who made the b%Uoon ascension at St Louis with Professor Wise, a few weeks ago. The remains presented a ghastly spectacle, and had evidently been in the water for some time. There seems to be little doubt that both Professor Wise and Mr. Burr met their fate in Lake Michigan on the night of their ascension from 8C Louis. The Secretary of the United States Navy has recently received dispatches from the naval officers at Sitka and the Samoan Islands indicating the advisability of establishing a Territorial government for Alaska, aad securing possession of the Pago-Pago harbor as a mid-Pacific naval station. These were read at a Cabinet meeting on the 34th, aad the Navy Department was instructed to send a supply of coal to the Samoan Islands for the use of United States cruisers, and the President requested, in his next message, to recommend to Congreas the establishment of civil government for In his annual report to the Secretary of War for the last fiscal year the t uigeou General of the Army states that among the white troops the total number of cases of sickness of aB kinds was 37,380, of whkh 5,138 were from wounds, accidents sad Injuries of afl kinds; the total number oldeaths from all causes was 308, of which 106 were from wounds and injuries. Among the colored troops the total number of cases of sickness was 3,833, of which 477 were from wounds; the total ; Dumber of death# of colored troops w«s 28.

A very large increaee ia the aomber offerees ha* bera made since Jaly-4, MX As vugarhi surgical statistics, he aaya that np to January 1, 1879, 208,995 cases had been entered oa the record* of that dNHMr * • The Yellow-Fever Scourge. There were three now eases reported at FbeestCßy ontheSlsk The town'had * very gloomy appearance. The fever there waa very'malignant. „ Thirteen out of sixteen so fee attacked had died. A telegram had been sent to Memphis for four additional nurse*. Ten new cants (five wfeite) and nine deaths were reported In Memphis on the 21st One case was reported at Buntyn Station. * There were eight cases of fever under treatment and several other doubtful ones at Forest City on the 23d.

One new case and one death were reported in Memphis on the 23d. Weather cold; thermometer down to forty-eight above perote tito morning. . .. . - ” Another death was reported at Fbrest City on the 24th. Two new cases and three deaths reported to the Memphis Board 5f Health on the 24th. Frost was plainly visible Id many parts of the city in the morning. If was announced that all railroads running Into the city would resume regular busijjea* au the 2Qtb.' Tin local Board of Health, twie haring all dwelNuge in the plasa thoroughly ventilated, as a speedy return of absentee* was anticipated, the epidemic Being considered at an end. There was a heavy frost at Memphis oe the morning of the 25th. One new case and two deaths were reported during the day, and oae oase end three deaths oa the 26th. Total number of pew cases reported during the week Coding, on the 25th, thirty-one; total to dale, 1,111.; Number of deaths during the week, fourteen; total to date, 470. The Board of Health issued a proclamation jjeclyriag the-epidemic st an end, and announcing that there was but little danger to be apprehended from yellow fever by absentees or other persons coming into the city. There were a fewfcaae* of the disease yet hi the city, and a few others might be developed, but by ordinary prudence there was no danger of the disease spreading from that source.

General. ■ Gordon Pasha's mission to the King of Abyssinia baa had a successful issue. The King renounces bis claims to Msssowsh, but he is permitted by the Egyptian Government to choose s mors southerly point of communication with the sea. According to a Berlin dispatch of the 19th the Austro-German treaty of defensive alliance had been signed by the Emperors of Austria and Germany. London telegrams of the 20th say that it was expected that Yakoob Khan’s son, who is five years old, would be recognised as the successor to the throne. Secretary Schurz, of the Interior Department, stated to a reporter on the 90th that be did not consider that the dispatch of General Sheridan to General Sherman, relative to the withdrawal of the troops from the pursuit of the White River Utes, reflected upon his Department. He said be had already sent a special Commissioner to the headquarters of Chief Ouray to insist upon the surrender of the hostiles. The Louisiana Republican State Convention met on the 20th and. continued in session until the 21st. The nominees for Governor and Lieutenant-Governor were Taylor Beattie and James M. Gillespie, respectively. A stalwart platform was adopted, and resolutions favoring a protective tariff; the improvement of rivers and harbors; National aid for a Southern Pacific Railroad; the full payment of the State debt; the nomination of General Grant for the Presidency; etc., etc. It was officially announced on the 2tst thst a report of the capture of Merv by the Russians was untrue.

The St. Petersburg Qoloa of the 21st says: "If the reported Aostro-German alliance proves to be a reality, Russia mast secure to herself allies to act in the rear of the enemy in case of an emergency. Lord Salisbury’s speech not only opens Russia’s eyes, hat gives her freedom of action.” ' On the 22d Major Greig, the Head Constable of Liverpool, Eng., issued a notice to intending Mormon emigrants, reminding them that by the American law polygamy is prohibited, and those who practice it are liable Ip. heavy fines aad long terms of Imprisonment. J. A Constantinople telegram of the 22d says the Porte had received intelligence that the Herzegovinians had revolted against the Austrians. It was reported that 400 of the tatter had been killed. A dispatch from General Merritt’s camp on White River, dated on the 21st, says that on that day Lieutenant Weir, while out hunting, was drawn into an ambuscade and killed, and his body subjected to the foulest indignities. Seven of his soldiers were attacked by thrice that number of Utee, but they affected their escape after killing two of the savtgea. At the election in Baltimore on the 23d Mayor Latrobe (Democrat) was re-elect-ed for a third Una, by a majority of 6,000.

The Montank Cotton Mills at Sag Harbor, N. Y., burned a few mornings ago. Loss, *300,000. - - y Bethany College, Bethany, W. Va., was nearly destroyed by fire on the 23d. A man named ptwdiee Cheek was arrested on suspicion of incendiarism, and confessed to baring set the building on fire, and to baring also burned several barns in the neighborhood. j ! Governor Pitkin, of Colorado, sent a dispatch to Secretary Schurz on the 22d, demanding that the Government recognize the fact that it waa dealing with barbarians, and act accordingly. Secretary Schurz replied, defending the action of the authorities and stating that arrangements had been made for the release of the women and Children captured by the White-River Utes. The Board of Health of New Orleans on the 23d withdrew the quarantine regulations against cotton by rail from Memphis and places above, and passed a resolution requesting the Governor to raise the quarantine November 1.

A Convention of the Bee-Keepers of the United States waa recently held in Chicago, the session lasting three days. A large number of delegates were present, and the discussions were very Interesting and profitable. Cincinnati was selected as the place for bedding the next Convention. An Executive Committee was chosen, composed as fallows : T. G. Newman, Chicago, Chairman; C. F. Math, Cincinnati; E. J. Oatman, Illinois; T. T. Collins, Dallas, Tex.; A. J. King, New York; D. A. Jones, Bee ton, Ont; William Pierce, Dayton, Ohio. The other night two hundred armed men rode into Martinsburg, Ky., surrounded the jaO, secured the keys from the Jailer, took from their cells William McMillans and a prisoner named Kendall, and after a brief trial, presided over by one of their number, hung them to a tree not over one hundred yards from the Court-House. A Sofia dispatch of the 24th says the late election for members of the Bulgarian Chambers had resulted In a decided majority for the Government • An AH Kheyl (Afghanistan) dispatch, received oo the 34th, says that two Afghans and a Sepoy of one of tha Herat regiments bad been hanged for complicity in the massacre of the British Embassy.

iismi&s ■ not fulfill some large corn contracts* 50 ' 11 * 1 _ A Yankton dispatch of the 24 _ news had been received there that Taj* lodge* of the Miimacqnjou Sioux, uadetf * reflation reported up to thri time was Wpro

leas raid on a Black-Hills wagon train. ,\ t -Aube Cabinet - m the 24th the Indian que s as considered. \ It was decided that for the present only precautionary measures should jQenenU Sherman reported that the troops concentrated In Southwestern Colorado, under the command of General Mackenzie, would be In readinesst# met* apon the Indians immediately fn the event 51 the failure of' the mission of Special Agent Adams. It was agreed that bo - sgg*c**i*e hwwrecseat should he ordered while swaiting Adams’ return. Snow fell in many of the Eastern States on the 24*. Sjrpm alx to twelve inches fn depth was reported fn some sections of New England, New York and Pennsylvania. . Weather xeryedd. . r _r —■ It 4* stated that Lpjard and-De Fournier, the British and French Ambassadors to Turkey, have lodged., protests against the Ports’* pulley etfarming customs revenues. A Berlin telegram of the 24th announces thst the discovery of a Liberal League among students at the university at Kaaan, Russia, had led to a sanguinary conflict between the military and people who would not allow ths students to be arrested. After s prolonged Ire the rioters were dispened. gb* j j At a great Liberal demonstration at Manchester, the 24th, ths Marquis of Harrington sharply attacked Salisbury’s recrilt utterances. He said tbs policy indicated la Salisbury's circular l|ad nst been carried out, and Russia bad been confirmed in all the conquests she made by the treaty pt Berlin. Discussing the question of reforms in Turkey, Harrington characterised Salisbury’s defense of the assertion that England had frequently spent blood and treasure in defense of bad government as Immoral policy. Referring to the claims of Greece,' be said be believed Great Britain was the only obstacle at thte moment, to the satisfaction Of the claims. He declared the Government's Afghan policy wquld end in annexation.

A dispatch to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, received from led Cloud Agency on the 24th, announces the arrival of twenty Indians from Sitting Bull’s camp across the border, and asks what .should be done with them. The Commissioner, fn his reply, directs thst they should be held as prisoners of war and required to surrender their arms and ponies. A London dispatch of the 26th says news had been received that a severe battle had been fought at Bhutargardan between the British troops and the Afghans, in which the former were successful. The Afghan tribes suffered heavv losses. The British loss was not stated. ~ -•- In the Hungarian Chamber on the 25th a Deputy,, in asking a question of the Minister, stated that 30,000 persons in Hungary were starving. An Ogden * (Utah) dispatch of the 29th denies that the Uintah Utes had gone on the war-path. They were entirely qaiet and at the Agency up to the 23d. The women and children captured by the White River Utes had been surrendered and forwarded to Denver. Agent Adams, who secured their release, telegraphed on the 26th that the Indians desired peace and demanded an investigation in regard to the recent outbreak.