Rensselaer Republican, Volume 14, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 February 1882 — Page 3

FROM WASHINGTON

News and Gossip From the National Capital—A Legation Clerk’s Mistake- ■* Hah. John C. New, of Indiana, Appointed Assistant Secretary* of the Treasury. Rumors of Future Changes in the Cabinet—Commissions Signed, Etc. Lanier, tbe contestant of the seat in the House from the Third Louisiana District, against King, now holding, will send a memorial to the House next week, claiming that there was bulldozing in the district, and that there should Ire a new election. The bill before the House to build bridges over the St. Johu and St. Francis rivers, to connect the United States with New’Brunswick, will be considered by the Foreign Affairs Committee Monday. Mr. Smith’s Vaccine Virus bill is in a fair way to pass the House and become a law. The Republican this morning Days a handsome compliment to Mr. Aldrich, of Illinois, on account of his kindness to a poor woman who called on him at the Capitol, asking aid. Hon. William E. Chandler is here, and the rumor that he is going into Secretary Hunt’s chair, and Hunt is to go on the Supreme Bench, is revived. Nothing could please either r f them better. Hunt prefers the Supreme Court to the navy. The rumor is revived that MrVSargent, of California, will go into the Cabinet as soon as some business he has in the Interior Department is finished up. The Nicaragua Interoceanic Canai Company appears before the House Committee next week. It wants the government to guarantee 3 per cent, on $60,000,000 of bonds for twenty years, and it will permit the government to take the controlling interest of the stock if it desires. The committee will report against the admission of a delegate from Alaska. The President has signed the commission of Frederick A. Tuttle to be Governor of Arizona; George P. Dunbar to be Collector of Internal Revenue of the Sixth district of Ohio; William H. Armstrong, of Pennsylvania, to be Commissioner of Railroads. The House Committee on Elections have agreed to dismiss the contest without prejudice iu the case of Mabson vs. Oates, from the /Third District of Alabama. The sub-committee of the House Committee on Territories has agreed to report to the full committee Tuesday next in favor of the proposition to admit as a State all of that portion of Dakota lying south of the 46th parallel of latitude, the northern portifm to constitute, as now, the Territory of Dakota. The sub-committee will prepare a substitute for the pending bill providing for the necessary machinery, of government, etc. David Dudley Field appeared before tbe select committee of the House on the law respecting the election of President and Vice President and gave the committee at some lenght his views. He fully approved the features of the bill introduced in the House by Mr. Hewitt, and advocated the submission to the United States courts uuder quo warranto, with the right of appeal to the Supreme Court of the Uuited Htates, of all questions affecting title to the offices of the President and Vice President arising under the election for those offices. No action has yet been taken by the committee upon the pending bill. The joint conference of the.sub committees of the House Committees on Commerce, Naval Affairs, and Post Offices and Post Roads, was held today upon the subject of the Ocean Mail Service, and the lollowiug resolution was adopted: Resolved, That it is the sense of this joint committee that it is advisable to promote the postal and commercial interests of the United States by proving sufficient compensation for the carriage of the ocean mails from the Uuited States to foreign ports by American ships. This resolution will be reported to the respective full committees. It is believed some measure will shortly be reported to the House, favoring liberal compensation to an American line of fast mail steamships. The feeling grows that Soteldo had no good reason for his assault. His

whole newspaper history has bfeen a repetion of his attack on others. He is still living, but there is ao hope of his recovery. Washington, February 13. The bUI prepared by the Distillers’ Association was presented in the House this afternoon. Its provisions have been pretty well detailed. It reduces the tax to cents; extends the bonded period i efinitely, and permits warehouse dg to be given for one year; also permits distilling by Virginia makers. Senator Maxey’s bill, increasing the efficiency of the Signal Service, will, it is thought, be reported soon. It provides that the offices of the Signal Service shall hereafter be assigned permanently to that service, which is to be made a distinct corps of the army, instead of being detailed from the line as at present. The argument in favpr ot the bill is a strong one. As showing the value and practical benefits of the Signal Service, the following statistics have been laid before the committee . having charge of the bill. The total number of disasters upon the lakes by the stranding and foundering of vessels in the four years preceding the establishment of the cautionary di-play system—from 1868 to IS7I inclusive, was 751, and the net loss of property amounted to $6,714,648. In the succeeding four years, while the system was in process of perfection, the number of disasters was 535, with a total loss of property amounting to $4,896,571. In the next four yeais—from 1876 to 1879 inclusive —the total number of disasters was 373, with a loss of property amounting to ouiy $2,813,330. The attempt to bind the Democratic party to antagonize the tariff commission was a failure. Mr. Randall favors the commission, and controls the Democratic side of the House. The number of women voting for school officers iu Boston has steadily decreased since the fi-st election after the law passed permitting them to vote.

The committee will report favorably the bill making the Commissioner of Agriculture a member of the Cabinet. Mr. Young introduced a bill to-day creating the office ot Commissioner of Mines and Mining, with a salary of 84,000. . A resolution is soon to be reported favorably to the House to make the Agricultural Department an executive department. A resolution was reported to the House to-day to make avilable the appropriation for the pay of census clerks. The Coroner’s jury find that Soteldo came to his death by a shot from his brother’s pistol.A Another vigolps effort is making to increase the duty on malt. Washington, February 14. Mr. Christiaucy has sent an apology to ex-Secretary Blaine for his complaint of the publication of his personal letter. An investigation by the State Department shows that the Legation Ifclerk had sent the letter on an official letter head, thus making it an official document. The Republican says of the late tragedy: “That while it is clear that Sofeldo was killed by bis brother, so far as Mr. Barton was concerned, if he had killed both assailants, he would have done what any man would do whose life was attempted.” The news of Mr. Farwell’s big contract in Texas is received with lively satisfation here. Mr. Farwell is popular among his fellow members of Congress. Scoville expects to finish his work j and leave for Chicago next week. The indications are that the bill introduced to reduce the tax on whisky will be favorably considered in the House. The high tariff people favor it, as do the distil'lers and dealers, who are urging members to supj ort it. The clause favoring an indefinite extension of the bonded perjod will hardly pass, as Commissioner Raum dots not favor an indefinite extension. The Secretary of War's report to the House shows the total number of militia of the couutry to be 125,34 b, of which Illinois has 7,919 and Missouri 1,772. The total number of men available for military duty, but not organized, is 6,471,767. * The Senate Committee ou Public Lands discussed at length the resolution to instruct the Attorney General to defend the titles of the Western homesteads which are claimed by railroad companies to have been included in laud grants to them. This resolution involves directly the lands included in the, receut decision of Judge Miller, at but indirectly it touches the titles of many other 'fiomesteade. The question is, whether entries made upon the land Included in railroad grants before that laud was form •. iy and finally withdrawn by G v nt use are good or not. * *

Senator P unA, Kansas,. Stated that he knew a i-:i- 5-0 cases where this question - r-.. uto tHle, and that there wei- tn> -Js of other cases. The committee u d not come to any conclusion. , The nomination of John C. N?w, |of Indiana, to be Assistant Secretary of the United State Treasury, was a general surprise. It is said New could have had a foreign mission, tout preferred a place in this country. It is now rumored that Filly, of st. Louis,“.will soou be provided with a good place. John M. Frew, of Duraneo, Col., was examined as a witness before the Grand Jury In the star route eases. He w^i instructed to bring all letters received him from S. W. Dorsey, J. W. Dorsey; J. R, Miner and M. A. Reerdell, or any of them, iu relation to the mail service in Colorado since July 1, IS7S.

Oil Fire at Olean.

Bradford, Pa., February 13. A spark from a passing locomotive on the Buffalo, New York and Puiladelphia Railroad last evening, set tire to little pools of oil iu the lowlands, near Olean, N. Y, where the United Pipe Line have a number of large iron tanks located. A few moments after j the pools were on fire the flames were ! commuuicated to three iron tanks ! containing in all 150 000 barrels of oil, which are now iu flames. Pipe Line u ions of the oii region have been summoned by wire to the scene of the fire. Superintendents Snow and Smedley, with a large force of ment left Bradford by a special fast" running train. They took picks, shovels, cannon, and chemical file extinguishers. Embankments will be formed to prevent the spread of the bailing oil when the overflow occurs, j which will be 2 or 3 oclock. Glean i Creek runs near the scene of I the fire, and there are great fears that the oil will strike tbe surface of tbe stream, float down and destroy a number of railroad bridges and houses near the banks of the creek. The oil wiil he drawn off’ as rapidly as possible by perforating tanks with cannon balls, ’the night is bright as day for several miles about tbe tanks. What i.the result w ill be cannot now be conIjectured. LATER. New York, February 13 —A special from Olean says, concerning the oil fire iu that region, that the fourth I tank caught this morning. Thus far 130,000 barrels, valued at SIOO,OOO, have been burned, and it is feared tbe fire will spread.

Oscar L. Baldwin's Prison Life. Tien ton, N. Y., February 14. Oscar L. Baldwin, the defaulting Cashier of the Mechanics’ National Bank, of Newark, who is now a convict in the State’s Prison here, under a sentence of fifteen years, was employed iast week as a gate-keeper. His position is at the great iron g-stes at the west end of the prison, through which pass the teams that take the supplies to the place or carry the finished work of the prisoners away. The gates open directly upon the street. Baldwin is dressed in the prison garb, which consists of cloth, the eight half being deen blue and the left half red, the sleeves being of alternating stripes of bluish wdiite and brown. He was clean shaven, and his hair was cropped close. There is a large scale ntar the keeper’s lodge, and Baldwin, in a clerical capacity, assists in the weighing. Baldwin rooms with Leeds, the clerk of Leggett, the defaulting comptroller of Elizabeth, while Heddeu, the defaulting cashier of the First National Bank of Newark, rooms with Leggett. _ Mall Robbery. Bloomington, 111., February 13. At, an early hour this morning parties residing in the vidnily of the fair grounds discovered ;i larg,' United States mail bag lying near the road. It had been cut open and the entire contents, with the exception of a few papers, wire gone. Tile bag was taken in charge by a man named Fitzpatrick, and brought to town and left with General George F. Dick, Postmaster of this city. Upon investigation it was fouud that the bag had come up on Saturday night’s mail from St. Louis, on the Chicago and Alton, being destined for Carrollton, II 1 ., on the Kausas City division of the above road. The mail transfer was made at the Union Depot h •« ."■»<» while ou the truck, it is thought, tne bag was made way with by' the robbers. As yet no clew as to who the guilty parties are has been discovered. Supposed Suicide of a Young Lady. Detroit, Micb., February 14. Miss Jesse Blood, eighteen years old, the daughter of F H. Blood, of St. CJair, has disappeared under circumstances that lead to the belief that she

has commuted suicide. She retired early Sunday night, giving no sign of any trouble whatever, except that she was slightly indisposed, for which she took a dose of medicine. Monday morning it was diseoyered that she had left her room during the night. Her cjpthing was found in it, and a uote to her fathet was also found, stating that she was too unhapv to live, and asking him not to mourn her loss, as she had goue forever. Tracks were found leddiugtothe liver near the house, and it is feared she jumped in. No reason whatever is known for the Committal of such an act, as she was an intelligent possessing young lady, much beloved by all herfrieuds. No breath of suspicion is attached to her. Her brother died suddenly three years ago from an Overdose of laudanum. Texas Railways Damaged By Floods. „■ Miuola, Texas, February 14. The.recent great storm is apparently abating. Two bridges on the eastern division of the Texas Pacific railroad lare|washed away, and trains., have ! stopped. Orders have been issued to ' hold all trains except on the Missouri 1 Pacific, at Dallas. Serious washouts j are reported on the Texas Central at j Chambers’. Creek, and the running of trains has been temperarily abandoned. There is great damage and much | delay to all Texas roads. Horrible Accident. Baltimore, Md., February 13. Five trackmen were killed to-day i in the tunnel of the Baltimore and Potomac road, near Union depot, in this city, by a locomotive of the Western Maryland Railroad. The men were named David Grier, Timothy Kennedy, Edward Birmingham. James Irvin and Patrick McGoff, They stepiped from one track to get out of the way of a passing train, and walked directly in front of a locomotive on the opposite track. v Justifiable Homicide, >st. Louis, Mo., February 13; Htu. day, at Fern Ridge, about eighteen miles frem here, Robert P. Hunter, colored, who had been on a pronounced spree, entered the store of Fred Wright, Postmaster, became abusive, smashed things in tbe store, and finally drew a revolver and i threatened to shoot Wright, who im- ! mediately fired at Hunter, the ball j-penetratiug his head. Hunter walked ! away a few feet and fell dead. The I shooting is justifiable. An Eifty-Going Itriilegrooiu. j - Polo, lU., Feoruaryll. .J. F. Chipper, the missing bride- ! groom, who was to have been married ! to Miss Lizzie Hoover, of Wabash, ! Ind , several days since, is still in i town, and seems In no particular | hurry to meet his affianced. He goes around as smiling and unconcerned as though this were an every day affair. He sent a friend ahead with his clothes last Monday, but gives no reason lor bis strange action.

Tiiaurrection. New York, February 13. The citixeus of Greenwood, Stuben county, having resisted the sale of town property levied on under judgment obtained for interest on town bonds issued in aid of a railroad never built, the Governor has issued a proclamation declaring Greenwood in a state of insurrection, and warning the people to desist from opposition to the i execution of lawful process Body Recovered. Keokuk, lowa, February 13. l The remains of Mr. Ben mug, of I D >uds, lowa, the only victim of the | War Eagle disaster, at the Rock j Island bridge, on the 4th of November last, have been found at Taylor’s Landing, ten miles below Hannibal. The body w as very much decomposed,from the length of time it hud remained in the water. Attempted .Fraud. j Dei; d: Mich., February 13. ; r«* i. n < uewa from Navin, AdI rain’s fugitive Mayor. Ralph J Jew j ell, a prominent citizen and hardware nerchaut, has been arrested for com- ! pllcityMii tiie atleged attempted fraud, and is in jail. The Hheriflis in possession of his store. He'deuies acting, save on a friendly request, and as the “dupe of Navin. ..... —J3 * Murder of a Wealthy Kentuckian. • Craft Orchard, Ky., February 13. John (Shanks, a wealthy man, (50 years of age, iiving near this place, was fouud Sunday morning by a servant murdered in his barn. The Von used was a shotgun, and the . .. su, od to have been robbery. Noel, **o the murderer. Aid for Jewish Refugees. Philadelphia, *Pa , February 14. The Mayor has called a public meeting to provide for the Jewish refugees soon to arrive from Europe. Indicted for Willful Murder of a Boy, Montreal, February 14. Au 8 year-old boy died at Point St.

Charts from the excess!y 1 © use of liquor. The Grand Jury brought in a verdict of willful murder against the persons who gave him the liquor.“ Asstwainated. Stanford, Ky. ? February 14. On Sunday near here, John Carr, a highly esteemed colored man, was shot dead in his own house by an uuseeu persou, while he was playing with hisdittle child. There is no rlew L to the perpetrators.

Perhaps Not the End.

Washington special Chicago Times. In a remote corner of the Congressional cemetery, this afternoon a small group of people, with uncovered heads, were ranged around a newly opened grave. They included detective and Mrs. George Miller and family and Mends, who had gathered to witness the burial of the former’s bright little sou Harry, a recent victim of diphtheria. As tbe casket rested upon the trestles there was a painful pause, broken only by the mother’s sobs, until the the undertaker advanced toward a stout, florid-complexioned gentleman iu the party and whispered to him, the words being audible to the lookers cm. This gentlemau was Colouel Ingersoll, a friend of the Millers, who had attended the funeral at their request. He shook his head wheu the undertaker first addressed him, and then said suddenly: “Does Mrs. Miller desire it?” The undet taker gave an affirming nod. Mr. Millet looked appealingly toward the distinguished orator aud then Colouel Ingersoll advanced to the s de of the grave, made a motion denoting a desire for silence, aud iu a voice of exquisite cadence, delivered oue of his characteristic eulogies for the dead. The scope wtur Intensely dramatic. A K, ~c di izzliug rain was falling aud every head was bent aud every ear turned to catcli the impassioned words of eloquence aud hope that fell from the lips of the famed orator. Col. Ingersoll was unprotected by eithe°r hat or umbrella. and his invocation thrilled his hearers with awe, each eye that had previously been bedimmed with tears brightening, aud sobs becoming hushed. The colonel said: My Friends: I know how vain it is to gild a grief with words, and yet I wish to take from every grave its fear. Here is this world, where life and death are equal kiugs, all should be brave enough to meet what all the dead have met. The future has been filled with fear, strained and polluted by tbe heartless past. From the wouderous tree of life the buds and blossoms fall with ripened iruit. and in the common bed of earth partriarchs and babes sleep side by side. Why should we fear that which will come to ail that is? We .cannot tell. We do not know which is the greatest blessing, life or death. We cannot say that life is not & good. We do not know whether the grave is the end of this life or the door of another, or whether the night here Is not somewhere else a dawn. Neither can we tell w Inch is the more fortunate—the child-dying in iu its mother’s arms, btfere its lips have learned to form a word, or he who journeys all the length o life’s uneven road, painfully taking the last slow steps with staff and crutch. Every cradle asks us “whence?” and every coffin “whither?” Tbe poor barbarian weeping above his dead can answer these questions as intelligently and satisfactorily as the robed priest of the most authentic creed. The tearful ignorance of the one is just as consoling as the learned and unmeaning words of the oth*-r. No man standing wlie re the horizon of a liiehas touched a grave has any right to prophesy a future filled with pain and tears. It may be that death gives all there is of worth to life. If those who press aud strain against our hearts could never die, perhaps that love would wither from the earth. Maybe a common faith treads from out the paths between our hearts the weeds of selfishness aud hate and I should rather live and love where death is king than have eternal life where love is not. Another life is j n tught unless we kuow and love again I the ones who love bs here. They who stand wifii breaking hearts around this little grave need have no fear. The large and the noble faith iu all that is, and is to be, tells us that death even at its worst is only perfect rest. We know that- through the common wants of life—the needs and duties of each hour—their grief will lessen day by day, until at last this grave will he to them a place of rest and peace—almost of jjy. There is for them this cousolatiou: The dead do not suffer. .If they live | again; their lives will be surely as good | as ours. j We have no fear; we are children of I tiie same mother, and the same fate j awaits us all. We too have our religion and it is this: Help tor the living, I hope for the dead. — . .

Nothing New Under tne Sun.

In tie Course of a recent lecture upon i ‘Ca tes and trades in India,” Monier | Williams, Baden professor of Hanscrit *at Oxford, said that the Irish land le*rue ial not invented “Boycotting.” India had furnished examples of “BoyCotters” and “B lyouttees” for many centime-'. When the lecturer was in India a cloth merchant of Ahmedabad titid committed a henious caste crime by mam ing a widow, aud was- thereupon “Boycotted.” No one would nuy from him, or sell to him. or speak to him. or live with him, aud none of his debtors would pay their debts. He could not sue them,, for no one woitli give evidence As in the Irish land league, rise members of an Indian caste had no individual liberty of actlofiV they were forced to subordinate the laws of the state to the x mandates of those who presided over their own organization. Progress was arrested, energy paralyzed, manly independence crushed, public opinion stifled, liberty destroyed.