Rensselaer Republican, Volume 12, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 May 1880 — NEWS OF THE WEEK. [ARTICLE]

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

BY TELEGRAPH AND MAIL. XLTithOMfNM. Suatx.—The Boom bill to Author* or and equip u expedition to the Arctic sees, -to eatabdah a temporary station for tha scteoGfls nhaarrathiu of Lady Franklin Bar, •*«•* waapaMtloath#>Tth....Tha Naval Approprtattoo MB «M reported, without amendment#. ....The KoUorreeolutloo* were temporarily laid aside, and toe Indian Appropriation MU waa taken ap and debated. House—-A resolution waa adopted eßhfOo toe President tor ooplaa at alloorrespondeace with the Budiak Government relating to the alleged Interference with AtneriA MU.. A Joint resolution waa introduced providing for tha appointment of a eOaauaaton of seven memoera to inquire what amendments in orthography may be easily Introduced into tha puotte document# and schools of the District of Columbia, and accepted in the Civli-Beivioe examination, and whether it is expedient to invite the Government of Great Britain to unit# in constituting a Joint commission to consider such amendments... .The bill authorising the registration of trade-marks was passed, after striking oat the search-warrant clause pod the penal sectiOßJ.

Senate.— A resolution was adopted on the JSto alt. enfiing on the Presldeat for copies of the correspondence between the United States and Great Britain relative tot ho* outrage on American Ashes men in Fortune Bay. Mr. Davie <W. Va.) presented a report of the Select Committee to investigate the accounts In tha Treasury Department, and Mr. Ingalls presented a report of the minority. The former said the committee found numerous and serious discrepancies in the Treasury accounts, and the latter denied that any discrepancies existed. and safe* ah alterations of the accounts were fully explained by changes -in the systems of book-keeping. ...A bill was Introduced by Mr. Morgan to enforce tbe observance of the Constitution >in regard to tbe election of Preeident and Vice-President.... The Indian A pproprlation Mil was again taken up, and an amendment was agraed to—3l to 21 —striking out of the House Ml! tbe clause abolishing the Indian Commission, and inserting an approp iation of s!&,«*> for tbe expenses of the Commission. House.—Mr. Rico, from the Committee on £ore gn Affairs, made a report upon tbo resolutions of tbe Legislatures of Maine and Massachusetts relating to the fisheries, and,submitted a resolution that the President be requested to take ayteh measures as will secure indemnity for our citizen. for tbe damages sustained by them, for unlawful violence against them by tbe inhabitants of Newfoundland, and the protection from any repetition ,of such violence, and procure the early abrogation or termination of tbe articles of tbe treaty of I*7l relating to fisheries ...A bill was reported by Mr. Thomas, from the delect Committee on Pensions and Back-Pay, to equalise the bounties of soldiers of the war of the rebellion. Senate.—The joint resolution authorizing the President to calf an International Sanitary Conference at Washington, and the Indian Appropriation bill, amended by .striking <>ut the clause abolishing the Indian Commfreion, were passed on the 23th u1t.... The conference report on the Special Deficiency bill was agreed to. House. —The Senate amendments ’ .tothe Post-ltoutQ bfll were concurred In, and theconferencere port on the Special Deficiency bill was apreod t 0.... The bill amending tho *- Internal lie venue laws was considered in Committee of the Whole. Senate.—A resolution was adopted on tbe 30th ult. calling on the Secretary of the Interior for information as to any recent changes In the rulings of tbe department affecting entries of town sites on public lands, and requesting him to suspend action thereon pending Congressional action on tbe subject. ....The Naval Appropriation bill was passed, without amendment House.—A bill waa introduced extending the letter-carrier system to cities of 10.0C0 Inhabitants... A number of bills granting pensions were passed ...Some of tbe Senate am ?o<lments to tbe Consular and Diplomat ic Appropriation bill were, and others were not, concurred In.

■-* From Washington.' ,* Vice-President Whbeler has received from the widow of the late Pres'dent Thiers, of France, a handsomely-bound set of her late husband’s works, to be placed In tbe library of the United States Senate The books and letter of transmittal were laid before the Senate on the 27tb, and were referred to the Committee ou Library, bj whom they will be formally accepted. The Democrats of the District of Colombia have chosen two delegates to tbe Cincinnati Convention. D. W. Middleton, Clerk of the Supreme Court of the United S»ates, died in Wasbmg'on a few days ago. He had been connected with that t:ibunal for over fifty years. The excess of exports over imports in the United States for the twelve months ended March 31, ISBO, was $194,405,148; for tbe twelve months ended Match 31, IS7J, 923-3.971.504. The Senate Exodus Investigating Committee adjourned tire die on the 28th ult. *, The following statement of United States currency outstanding was published on tbe #>th ult.: , Old deiund notea. $81,090 LesrwMonder notes, all issues S4a.rt3l.oiß One-year notes of lf*Q 47,155 Two-year dotes of MSI k . 13,000 Compound-interest notes... ? 247,300 Fractional currency, all issues'. 15,604,581 Total $388,654,192 - The Cabinet on the 30th ult. decided to send General MeKeusie and bis forces into the Ute reservation to prevent a collision between the Indians and the whites. President Hayes has tendered Post-master-General Key the United States Judgeship for tiie Eastern and Middle Districts of Tennessee, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Judge Trigg, and the appointment -has been accepted. - '

The East. A touso ladt framed Miss Kate Gilway, aged seventeen, of Long Island City, N. Y., bitten by a dor a few weeks ago, was seised with ejmptoqjs of hydrophobia on the 24th. Bbe was reported to be in a precarious condition on tbe 87th. At the recent Democratic State Convention of Connecticut delegates to the Cincinnati Conventiy were chosen who are supposed to be favorable to tbe nominatiou of . Mr. Titden. ’ A resolution wss adopted pledging tbe support of the Democracy of the Btate to the nominees of the National Convention, whoever they might be. • John Robbins, ex-member of Congress, died in Philadelphia a few days ago, of congestion of the lungs, aged seventy-two years. During the trial, in Chicago on the ; 89th alt., of ex-Postmaster John McArthur, charged with misapproprist ing 850,000 of Government funds, and after the argument to the jury had been practically concluded, \ the counsel of the accused, while denying alt moral delinquency in the matter, admitted ' that, under the United States statutes, bis client wss legally guilty. A verdict of gnilty wwa accordingly returned, and sentence was postponed. It was understood an application would be made for pardon. Nearly 50,000 immigrants arrived at New York during the month of April,this year, TMs is the largest number ever known for any one month. Tbe greatest number for any prevtoua mofrtb—April, 1873 -was 42,7-43. The Democrats of Pennsylvania held their State Convention at Harrisburg on tbe 98th and 90th nit Delegates th the Cincinnati Convention were chosen who are said to be divided between TUden and Hancock in their preferences. Electors-at-Large were nominated- George A. Jenks was nominated for Supreme Judge and Co lose l R. P. Dechert tat Auditor-General- Tbe resolutions declare that the military should at all times be subovdtnste to the civil authorities; oppose tbe presence of troops at the polls; demand a free ballot-, oppose snhsidtoa, etc., etc.

Eugene Fairfax Williamson, the persecutor of Bex. Dr. Dix, end wl o plead r i ratify to the forgery of a Shock oa a Pittsburgh bank, by'which hk swindled a New York jewelry firm, has been sentenced to three and a half years In tbe State Prison. A few days ago fire Chinamen made application In the New York courts for usturalixatloa papers. ~ ■ The State Board of Pardons recommended Governor Hoyt to perdou. Kemble and Me associate*, lately sentenced to the Penitentiary members of tbe Pennsylvania Legislature, on tbe 90th nit The pardons were subsequently signed by tbe Governed, and the prisoners set at liberty. Ml Hager, another expert who wap examined oa the 80tb ate. ia th; Whittaker investigation, testified that the handwriting of tbe threatening notices sent to Whittaker was tbe handwriting at certain specimens submitted to him as tha work of some of the cadets.

At a conference of repreaentalive* of New York Independent Republicans, of tbe National League of Pennsylvania and of tbe Young Republicans of Massachusetts tn New York on tbe 80th ult., resolutions were adopted sympathizing with tbe callers of tbe fit Louis mass convention and agreeing that the above-named associations and all other associations baring similar views should send delegations to Chicago to make strenuous op.position to jhe nomination of candidates they consider objectionable, and to urge-a strong Civil-SerTifce Reform plank upon tbe Chicago platform. A few days ago a New York carpenter, who made a Urge sum of money by a lucky deal in mining stock, scattered 9100 In nickels and pennies along tbe streets for the benefit of tbe newsboys and bootblacks, who followed him to the number of three hundred until his beg was emptied. , It ia stated that Canadian bank agencies in New York City are oslllng in many of their loans, with tbe Intention of transferring their money elsewhere, owing to tbe threatened legislation at Albany against foreign capital employed In the banking business. West and South, Pkof. H. R. Palmer conducts the May Musical Festival at Marion, lowa. On the 27th the St. Loaia Merchants’ Exchange Relief Committee leaned an appeal to the charltably-dispoeed people of the Untied States for contributions for the relief of sufferers by Ibe recent cyclones in Missouri. The Relief Committee at Macon, Mies., estimated that $30,000 will be required to provide for the people made destitute by the recent tornado at that place. Eighteen stores aud residences were destroyed by fire at Adalrvllle, Ky., on the night of the 20th. The losses were heavy. V Henry Grebnebaum has bee» acquitted ou tbe charge of embezzling the funds of the German National Bank of Chicago, of which he was President His trial took place in the United Statea District Court for the Northern Di.-trfct of Illinois. The Delaware Democrats will hold their .State Convention to select delegates to the Cincinnati Convention at Dover on the 25th of May. The Arkansas Republican State Convention has selected delegates to the Chicsg-t Convention who are Instructed to supi ort all measures tending to secure the nomination of General Grant.

The Ohio Republicans met in State Convention at Columbus on tbe 28th ult Delegates at large were selected to the Chicago Convention as follows: Ex-Governor Dennison, W. M. Bateman, James A. Gtrtleld and Governor Kotter. The delegatee for the various districts were also selected, most of whom are supposed to be favorable to the nomine' ion of Sherman ss President. Tbe plstform was emphatic in declaring that tbe eleetiou of Representatives In Congress should be free from fraud aad violence, and in condemning tbe attempts of the Democratic party to nullify and repeal existing lews. It also favored the maintenance of a sound currency based upon coin or upon notes r- deemable in coin. A resolution was adopted laudatory of Secretary Sherman and requesting delegates to vote for his nomination.- The folbgrlng State ticket wss also nominated; Secretary of State, Charles Townsend; Judge of the Supreme Court, Geo-.ge W. Mdlvaine; Clerk of the Supreme Court, Dwight Crowell; Member of tbe Board of Public Works, S. R. Hosmer; School Commissioner, A- P. De Wolf. The South Carolina Republican State Convention was held at Columbia on tbe 23th ult. Delegates to the Chicago Convention were elected, and a resolution was adopted instructing them to vote as a unit for tbe nomination of General G-anti The Maryland Democratic Convention will meet at Baltimore; June 9. A few days . ago an insane woman in Texas undertook to kill her five children by running knitting-needles through their heads, but was discovered in time to save the live* of the little ones. The Wyoming Republican Territorial Convention for the choice of delegates to the Chicago Convention is to be held oil the 15th of Mav. * The Indiana Greenback State Convention was held at IndUnapolts on the 29th ult. Delegates to the Nations] Convention were chosen, and Electors-at-Large and a State ticket were put in nominatiou. One of tbe delegates is a lady, Mrs. Dr. Maty L. Thomas, of Wayne, Mrs. Dr. Haggart, of Marion, being an alternate. The State ticket is sa follows: For Governor, Richard Gregg; Lieutenant-Governor, Thomas Debrule; Secretary of State, J. B. Yeagley; Auditor of State, George W. Demaree; Treasurer, John F. Ulery; Attorney-General, John L. Miller. Ibe platform demands tbe payment of the bonded debt as it becomes due, economy in the administration of public affairs, etc., < etc. . ' The Republican State Convention of .California was held at Sacramento on the 29th alt. The delegates elected to the Chicago Convention are reported to fdvor the nomination of Blklne for President. The preliminary examination of young Kallocb, on the charge of murdering De Yonag, was held in the Police Court of San Francisco on the 20th alt. For tbe prosecution tbe testimony of eye-witnesses of the •hooting affray was heard. Kallocb offered no evidence, and was held without ball to an-

swer to the charge of murder. On the 30th nit. the National Butter, .Egg and Cheese Convention, in session at Indianapolis, adjourned. Officers were elected for tbe ensuing year as follows: President, D. F. Gooch, of Illinois; Secretary and Treasmrer, Colonel R. M. Lit.tier, of lowa, and i one Wse-Presideot from each of several States. Resolutions were adopted recotn I mending tbe repeal of the duty on salt. ' Ox the morning of the 30th ult. the dispatches.from New Mexico announcing tbe killing of ex-Mfyor Brown, of St. Louis, by the Indians on tbe frontier, were contradicted. '“f On the 80th nit. a boiler in an iron j mill at Youngstown, Ohio, exploded, killing two men, one of whom wss driven through a ; seven -Inch briek w4IL . .1 On the 30th nit. Michael De Toting, I the (arriving proprietor of tbe San Francisco j Chronicle. was arrested on the complaint of*: Mayor Kallocb, on tbe charge of libel. Tbe I alleged libel consisted la republishing in tbe I Chronicle an editorial from tbe New York Weiid which accused Kallocb of laduAug on# Ctemeatshaw to swear at tbe taquert held 6a Charles De Yoon* that young Kallocb shot la self-defense.

The City Council of Cincinnati having re (used to give the Western Union Telegraph Company peril—km o erect poles to carry wires to the M-sic Hall, vktn the Democratic Convention will meet, the Probata Coart was applied to, and readily issued tha order. ' Foreign Intelligence. The newspapers in various portions of B—sis have recently reported numerous deaths from starvation. The Home-Rule members of Parliament held a meeting ia Dublin ou the 27th and adopted resolutions to act with tha Liberals. Mr. Parnell was not present. A number of army rilles and sword* were recently seized by the police at Tobberenrry, Ireland. The Marquis of Ripoa has been appointed to succeed Lord Lytton ss Viceroy of India. A brother of the Turkish Minister to the United States has been recently exiled for life for compiling against the Sultan. In the Canadian Senate on the 28th hit tha Mil to legalize marriage with a deceased wife’s Mater, which passed the House of Commons by over 100 msjority, wss thrown oat by n vote of 32 to 81. On the 28th ult. tbe new British Ministry received the seals of office and entered upon the discharge of the duties of their respective positions. Diplomatic relations between France sad Mexico, suspended since 1882, were recently resumed. On- the 29th ult., the sixty-second anniversary of the birth of the Czar, over «JX» persons were released from imprisonment or delivered from police supervision In Russla, : THEJBritish House of Commons assembled on tbe 20th ult. and organized by tbe choice of Right Hon. H. B. W. Brand as Speaker. ThE officers of the United States frigate Constellation were banqueted at Cork, Ireland, on the ntghtot the 29th ult. On the 29th nit. the Italian Chamber voted a lack of confidence in the Cebinet,>and the Premier asked the Chamber to suspend its sittings until the Cabinet could take orders from tbe Xing. On the 30th ult., in the British House of Commons, Mr. Charles Bradlaugh, member for Northampton, refused to take the oath required of all- members, because it implies s belief In Christ and binds the one subscribing to it to support the Monarchy. A drug-house in Aldersgate, London, was burned on the 30th u t., and six of the employes perished in the flames. The appointment of Earl Cowper as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland wss announced on the 30th nit Some malicious persons incited a mob to attack the Jews during s recent tire, at Grusback, Moravia. One Israelite was killed and others were mutilated. The town of Osurgeti, near Tiflis, was recently destroyed by lire. According to a St. Petersburg telegram of the 81th ult. all Jews of foreign birth had been ordered to quit the city within six hours. A late Berlin dispatch says Germany would, in concluding extradition treaties hereafter, insist on Ihe inclusion of regicides as among the offenders to be surrendered on demand.

LATER The public-debt statement tamed on tbe Ist makes tbe following exhibit: Total debt (including interest of $19,822,009), $2,167,779,146. Cash in Treasury, $199,464,398. Debt, leas amount in Treasury, $1,968,314,753. Decrease daring April, $12,078,070. Decrease since June 30, 1879, $58,892,500. MAjor-General Heinteelman, who commanded a division at the first battle of Bull Run, and who served throughout the late war, died In Washington on tbe Ist In conaeqnence of poor health, Colonel Tom Beott has tendered his resignation as President of tbe Pennsylvania Railroad Company, to take effect tbe Ist of Jane. He has been connected with the road for over thirty years. The twenty-third General Conference of tbe Methodist Episcopal Church met in Cincinnati on the Ist, snd effected sn organisation. Bishop Scott presided. The Wisconsin Greenback State Convention will be held at Watertown on the 27th of this month. Over four thousand immigranta arrived at New York on the Ist. On the morning of the 2d the German Bodeties of Paterson, N. J., went np to the od of Garrett Mountain to greet the rising of the son, as usual on the first Sunday In May. There was a party of young men among them, one of whom—Joseph Van Houten—attempted to cross tbe lands of Dalsell, a farmer owning property on the mountain top. They were forbidden to trespass, but persisted, and young Van Houten was shot dead by DalzelL The party then pursued Dalzell to his boose, where the police were powerless to protect him. They fired bis barn and boose, and, when be came forth, seised him and were about to bang Mm to a tree, tbe rope being already in position, when a reinforcement of policemen arrived, and Dalsell and his son, Who was also implicated, were rescued from tbe crowd and taken to Newark. There was no session of the United States Senate on the Ist Bills were passed In the House for the relief of Notre Dame College at South Bend, Ind., and providing that the oath of affirmation in verifying returns made by tbe National Banks may be taken before notaries public. Tbe bill to amend the Internal Revenue law was farther considered in Committee of the Whole; among tbe amendments offered was one by Mr. Singleton providing that nothing in the act shall be construed to authorise Interference by revenue officers with tbs exercise of the right of every individual to manufacture and convert fruits grown on his premises into such form for family use as he may desire, free from internal revenue tax; this amendment was opposed by several members on the ground tbet it would encourage Intemperance, and Mr. Singleton spoke at some length in its support, but it was finally rejected—66 to 84. The bIU was reported to the House.