Rensselaer Republican, Volume 12, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 April 1880 — NEWS OF THE WEEK. [ARTICLE]

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

BY TELEGRAPH AND MAIL. - » XLYlth Oobctcm. Senate.—The House amendments to the Ml If or aa International Exhibition in New York in USS ware concurred in on the Sfch.... Adverse reporta were made on the bills to tocrease the pensions of wounded aoldiersof the war of IStt, and in rotation to the oompenaa- . tion and expeaaea of Pens ton A rents, and they were indefinitely jxistponed... Messrs. Edmunds and Thurman spoke on the Geneva Award ML House.—Bills were passed—providing that all lands within the limits at the Fort Uidgeiy military reservation shall be open to homestead settlement and timberculture entry, and creatine a new land district In Kansas.... The principal part of the day's session was consumed in a controversy over a motion that ail general debate in Committee of the Whole on the Special Deficiency bill should close hi five minutes, the Republican members demanding an hour and a half for the debate, and they refused to vote on pending: questions, thus leaving the House without a quorum.... An evening session was held for the c mskieration of bills on the private calendar, and about a dosen pension bills were disposed of. i Senate.—On thfi 21st Mr. Hoar's amendment to the Geneva Award bill, to strike out the provision for the payment of the claims of underwriters, was agreed to— Bß to 19. Mr. Thurman stated that be could not support tbe bill as amended, and did not wish ' to remain in charge of it. A motion to indefinitely postpone the measure was adopted—3l to a)—and* motion to reconsider was tabled— SB to a*.... Mr. McPherson, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported favorably on the House bill authorizing the equipment of an expedition to the Arctic Sea. House.—The controversy over the question of debate on the Special Deficiency Appropriation bill was continued, the Republican rfiembcrs withholding their votes and thus indicating the want of a quorum. Mr. McMahon finally withdrew bis motions to limit debate.... The Naval Appropriation bill was reported and referred to the Committee of the Whole. 4 Senate.—The Army Appropriation MU wss taken up on tbe 2d. Mr. Bisine moved to strike out Section 2, which provides “ that no money appropriated in the act is to be paid for tbe subsistence, equipment, transportation or compcnsattea of any portion of tbe army to be med as a police force to keep the pence at the polls at any election held within any State; provided that nothing in this provision sbgil be construed to prevetft the use of troops to protect against domestic violent!*? in each of the States on application of the Legislature or Executive thereof." This motion was rejected—3o to 28—whereupon Mr. Blaine moved to add the following: “Pro-, vlded. further, (bat any person wbo shall carry a deadly weapon of any kind openly or concealed at the polls at any election for RepreseiilatiVaa in Congress Shall, on conviction thereof, be punished by a tine of not less than •SCO nor more than SAuJO, or by imprisonment not less than six mis-.ths nor more than five year*, or by both. Ip the discretion of the court.” . The Vice-President ruled the atnend- - ment not In order, because of its being general legislation. Mr Edmunds then offered an amendment to the effect that the section should not be “held to apply to any case in which the employment of tbe military power of the Uulted states is authorised by the Constitution and taws made in pursuance thereof," which amendment was also rejected—l 9 to 27. Other amendments were offered and rejected, after which tbe bill was passed as it came from the House—3s to 18. ~ . House.—The Naval Appropriation bill was passed in the House. Mr. McMahon male:* proposition, which was accepted by tbe Republican side, limiting debate on tbe Special Deficiency bill to one hour and twenty minutes, one hour to be occupied by tbe Republicans and twenty minutes by the Democrats. , Senate.—The Post-Ifoute bill wag passed on the 23d. ...Tbe debate on the resolution declaring Henry M. Spofford entitled to the seat in tbe Senate held by Mr. Kellogg was opened by Mr. Bailey, of Tennessee, who claimed that. Louisiana having indorsed the Mcholls Legislature, the only question the Senate could decide on was whether Spofford was or was not elected by that Legislature.... The House joint resolution authorising the Secretaryyof W ar to lend toots for the use of the sufferers by the recent tornado in Missouri was passed.... Adjourned to the 35th. House.—Mr. Cox, Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, reported back the joint resolution'for the abrogation of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty as a unanimous report of the coremittee. Referred to the Committee of the wfiole.... Mr. Cox also reported back a joint resolution for a Commission to ascertain the basis of reciprocity with the British Provinces, which was ordered printed and recommitted.... Mr. Waddell alluded to the terrible tornado wbich had swept over the Town of Marshlit-ld. In bis district, and wbich had left a large number of persons homeless and destitute, and introduced a joint resolution, wbich was passed.directingthe Secretary of \V ar to furnish the Governor of Missouri with fire hundred tents for the benefit of tie sufferers.... After debate on tbe Special Deficiency Appropriation MU, ail of tbe Benate amendments except the one making an appropriation for tbe “new State Department building were concurred In. ...Tbe Speaker announced the appointment of the billowing members aa a select committee to investigate tbe alleged corruption in regard to the contested election case of Donnelly vs. Washburn: Messrs. Carlisle, BicknelL Reagan, Lounaberry, O'Neill, Updegraff (Iowa; and Butterworth.

From Washington. During the nine months ended March 31, hi’, the postage-stamps, stamped envelopes and postal-cards issued to postmaster* upon requisition amounted to 123,979,335, an increase of over fourteen per cent. The PresideDt on the 22d nominated Edgar M. Marble, of Michigan, to be United States Commissioner of Patents, vice General H. E. Paine, resigned, and Joseph K. McCammon, of Pefuftylvania, to be Assistant Attorney General, vice Marble. On the 22d the heirs of Thomas Jefferson presented to Congress the desk on wbich the Declaration of Independence was written. It was exhibited in both houses, and attracted considerable attention. After epeechrs by Senators Dawes and Johnston and Representatives Crapo and Tucker, resolutions accepting tbe gift and thanking the donors were unanimously adopted. Tbe famous relic will be placed in the State Department besde Washington’s sword and Franklin’s cane. - The State Department has received a dispatch from the United States Conanl tn Siam .announcing that the King of Siam would leave that country for Europe and the United States on the last of April. The Consul suzgeata that he be royally entertained. According to a Washington •'special of tbe 23d Mr. Blaine was annoyed at the resolution passed by the Virginia Republican Convention requesting him to accept the Vice-Presidency on the ticket with General Grant. It was stated that he had character, tied the request as ridiculous, and said It could oot be entertained for a moment.

The Eatt. > On the 20th both branches of the ; New York Democracy met in Bute OoDven- ; tion at Syracuse. The TiWen wing elected ! delegates favorable to the nomination of Mr i TQden, and declared In favor of the two- I thirds rule., The platform adopted expresses the utmost confidence in Mr. TOden; commends him to the consideration of the party i in other States; condemns the alleged frauds by which he was deprived of the fruits of his victory four years sgo, sad urges Democrats everywhere to see to it that “ the great crime then committed Is not permitted to pass unrebuked. * The delegates were uninstructed, and the proceedings were harmonious. A proposal from the Kelly Convention for'a reconciliation was returned with a courteous answer, substantially declining the proposition. Amass J. Parker presided over the Kelly body. This Convention adopted several resolutions protesting against the one-man power aa undemocratic, and stigmatising TUden’a political career as selfish, treacherous and dishonorable, and, after rlnrting to Cincinnati, ad- ' Joorned. • _ The Massachusetts State Prohibition Convention was heU in Boston on the 20th. Delegates at Largs to the National Convention *ere chosen. Three of the districts chose women •• delegates. * - The Connecticut Prohibitionists met tn Bute Convention at Hartford on the 21st

and nominated a full State hearted by George P. Rodger# aa candidate for Governor. A heart- REEDING accident occurred on tbs evening at the 21st at the Madiaoe Square Garden In New York City. The building was occupied by a fair for the benefit of the Hahnemann Hospital, and a huge number at people were in attendance. At the portion fronting on Madison avenue n dancing-hall and art-gallery had been arranged, and It was here that the disaster occurred. The Madison avenue wall fell outward into the street, and that portion of the root was at once precipitated upon the heads of the dancers and the occupants of the art-gallery, burying many people beneath tbe ruins. At e late boar oa the night of the accident It was known that four persons were killed outright, end it was feared that further search in the ruins would disclose other fatalities Over e dozen persons were Injured, some of them seriously. A break occurred in the Erie Canal at Utica, N. Y., cm tbe 23d, causing much damage by tbe overflow . that resulted. The break is a Very serious one, and will interrupt canal navigation for three or four weeks On the 22d the Vermont Democratic State Convention met at Montpelier, elected delegates to the Cincinnati Convention favorable to the nomination of General Hancock for President, and instructed them to sustain the two-thirds rule mod to vote aa e unit. A Philadelphia dispatch of the 23d •ays the boy Erwin, wbo waa supposed to have had a well-defined case of hydrophobia, bad almost entirely recovered. He suffered excruciatingly for several weeks, barking like a dog, frothing at the month, and showing other well-known symptoms On board the emigrant vessel Ohio, which arrived at New York on the 23d from Hamburg, thirteen children died during the passage. '

West and South. Reports from Marshfield, Mo., received on the 20th, place the deaths censed by the late cyclone at etgbtT-ooe. Only fifteen houses in the village had been left uninjured, 150 families had been rendered home-. leas sort the business portion of the town and all tbe stock in trade had been completely ruined. There waa great destitution among the unfortunate people wbo escaped with their lives Charitable people in neighboring cities were doing everything in their power te alleviate the suffering. Some weeks ago the Utah Territorial Republican Committee appointed delegates to the Chicago Convention who were reported to favor tbe nomination of Mr. Blaine to the Presidency. This action was Repudiated by some members of the party, and a Territorial Convention was called. This Convention met at Salt Lake on tbe 90th and selected delegates favorable to the nomination of General Grant' The Greenbackera of Illinois met in State Convention at Springfield on the 21st The so lowing deiegatef-at-iarge to tbe Ns tional Convention were chosen: Alexander Campb-U, O. J. Smith, J< sse Harper, A. P. Forsythe. District delegates were selected by the members of the several districts, and Presidential Electors were nominated. A. J. Streeter was nomimted for Governor; Andrew B. Adair, for Lieutenant-Governor; J. M. Thomson, for Secretary of State; W. T. Ingram, for Auditor; G. W, Evans, for Treasurer, and H. G. Whitlock, for AttorneyG.neraL On the 20th the Texas Democratic State Convention met at Galveston, and after a two days’ session nominated delegates to the Cincinnati Convention. Resolutions were adopted favoring the nomination of General Hancock as President, but the delejjates were not specifically instructed to vote for him. General Grant reached Galena on the evening of the 19th. He and Mrs. Grant will remain there for two or three weeks, . when they expect to leave on a short trip to Colorado. Ah Lee, a Chinaman, was hanged for murder at Portland, Oregon, on the 21st. According to advices received from Texas County, Mo., on tba 21st the town of Licking was entirely destroyed, excepting three houses, by the storm on the night of the 18th. Three hundred persons were homeless. One life wss lost and seventeen persons were wounded, five of them seriously. The tornado* dkl immense injury to all kinds of property in tbe county. On the night of the 20th a Moberly (Mo.) mob lynched two negroes charged with the murder of s man of their own color. On the 20th the Virginia Republican State Convention met in Richmond and, after a three days’ session, elected delegates to the National Convention, instructing them to vote for Grant. They also passed resolutions expressive of their desire that Benator Blaine should accept the nomination lor Vice-President. A call has been issued by the leaders of the woman suffragists of tbe United States for a “ mass-meeting of all tbe women who want to vote,” to be held at Farwell Hall, Chicago, June 2. They desire an amendment to the National Constitution, giving women the right to vote. And propose to bring s pressure upon the political party National Conventions to espouse their cause. On the 25th and 26th of May a National Woman Suffrage Convention will be held at Indianapolis. On the morning of the 22d three men were killed by the explosion of a boiler in a mill near Memphis, Mo. The Republican State Convention of Colorado for tbe selection of delegates to tbe Chicago Convention will be held on the 25th of May. On the morning of the 23d a Government life-saving crew at Huron City, Mich., set out to rescue tbe crew of an unknown vessel-which hid gone ashore during the night a few miles sooth of that place. Soon after leaving port the surf boat was swamped, and all but the Captain, six in number, were drowned. On the 23d the Supreme Court of California granted a writ of habeas corpus in the case of Denis Kearney, which will give him another chance to be heard in the Superior Court of San Francisco. It is reported that a singular disease, resembling 8l Vitus’ donee, has broken out among the young ladies attending school at‘ the Brown County, Ohio, convent. 8o rapidly has it spread that a udies have been dispensed with, and many of the girls have left for their homes. After a four days' session the Georgia Republican State Convention adjourned on tbe 23d. -Fourteen colored and eight white delegates to tbe Chicago Convention were appointed, about equally divided between Grant, Blaine and Sherman. On the 23d the Memphis Board of Health gave notice that after May 10 no fruits or goods of any character from tropic il ports will be admitted into that aMy nntli subjected to a thorough inspection. Oh the night of the 83d Charles De Young, one of the proprietors of the San Francisco Chrontda, was shot end killed in his office by a son of Dr. Kallocb, the Mayor, whom Mr. De Young shot end seriously wounded lastfsll. Foreign Intelligence. A bill recently passed tbe Canadian Dominion House of Commons, legalising marriage with e deceased wife’s sister. Up to the Ist erf April one thousand persons had been expelled from Berlin a Oder the provisions of the Anti-Sod si Ist lews. The Berlin Liberal papers are suggesting that tbe conduct of domestic affairs

he takes from Prince Bismarck and placed te other hands, ae he Is overworked, bat teat he remain te supreme charge of the Foreign Office. James Miller, alias Maxwell, an American, was arrested in London on the 20th on charges of forgery on the Beak of England and other beaks. Oh the 21st 350 dwellings were destroyed by fire at Hun, opposite Ottawa, Canada. Lose, $ £O,OOO. Lord Mator Grey, of Dublin, visited the United States frigate Constellation oa tbe 21st and formally welcomed tbe officers. He expressed te enthusiastic terms the thanks of the Mansion House ReUef Committee to the American people and the United Sts tea Government for aiding In the re Her of the distress in Ireland. According to Berlin telegrams of the 21st the International Fishery Exhibition was well under way. Tbe display from tbe United States exceeded that of any country represented. An Ottawa dispatch of the 22d says that seven lives were loet In the late fire at Hull, and that the losses aggregated $2,000,00*. Athens dispatches of the 22d say Greece bad complained to tbe great Pokers that brigandage was ratvpaotln Thessaly. Several prominent Americans have formed a corporation for the purpose of enlarging and improving Giliig’s American Exchange in London. According to a Cabnl telegram of tbe 23d tbe British forces in Afgbanistau bad recently repulsed and dispersed three thousand native cavalrymen, killing more than a thousand men. Stewart lost seventeen killed and one hundred and fifteen wounded. A London telegram of the 23d says the Queen bad at last waived her prejudices and consented to the appointment of Mr. Gladstone as Premier aDd Chancellor of the Exchequer.

LATER. The United States Senate was not in session on the 24th. But little business was transacted in the House. Bills were reported from the Committee on War Claims for the payment of claims allowed by the Commissioner of Claims and by accounting officers of tbe Treasury. Over three hundred families have been rendered destitute In Ocean County, N. J., by the recent forest fires. They lived principally by the cultivation of berries. It was stated on the 24th that the break in the Erie Canal at Utica would be repaired by the 27th, when navigation would be resumed. The Canadian Government has removed the embargo on Americau cattle, and shipments may now be made from Dominion ports. Denis Kearney’s habeas corpus case came up before the Superior Court of San Francisco on the 24th. Tbe Court decided that it had no power to review its own action, and Kearney was remanded to the House of Correction to serve out his sentence. The Oregon Republican State Convention, held at Portland on the 24th, elected delegates to the National Convention and adopted a resolution declaring Senator Blaine to be the first choice of the Oregon Republicans, and instructing the delegates to use all honorable means to procure his nomination.. E. B. French, Second Auditor of the Treasury «t Washington, dleffTn that city on the 24th, aged seventy years. Detailed accounts of the shooting of Charles De Young, of Ban Francisco, by the son of Mayor Kalloch, received on the 24th, show that tbe tragedy was enacted in the counting-room of the Chronicle, in the presence of several gentlemen. Young Kalloch entered the building hastily, with a revolver in his hand, and at once opened fire on his victim. De Young fled behind the desks, and was on tbe point of raisiug a pistol himself 'when the fatal bullet struck him. He fell insensible to the floor, and expired in ten minutes. The murderer refused to make a statement of any kind, and maintained a remarkable coolness. Publication of a pamphlet giving the testimony taken at the trial of Dr. Kalloch In Boston, which had been in circulation in California for some time, had been attributed to De Young by the friends of Kalloch, but the Chronicle denies that its late editor bad anything to do with its appearanceAside from this, no recent provocation for the crime had been hinted at. The funeral of the deceased journalist took place on the 25th, and was one of the largest ever seen on the Pacific coast. It was stated that detectives had obtained sufficient evidence to warrant tbe suspicion that the shooting of Charles De Young was the result of a conspiracy between Isaac 8. Kalloch and his son. Mayor Kalloch feared the vengeance of Michael De Yonng and kept a strong guard at his house continually.