Rensselaer Republican, Volume 15, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 November 1882 — WEEKLY NEWS REVIEW. [ARTICLE]

WEEKLY NEWS REVIEW.

THE EAST. Judge Waldo Colbubn, of the Superior Court of Boston, has been appointed to the Supreme bench of Massachusetts, to succeed Judge Wm. C. Endicott, resigned. Judge Colburn is the third Democrat whom Gov. Long has appointed to the Supreme Court during his term of office ... .The expenses of the New York city Government lor 1883 are estimated at $28,327,864. During last spring a Frenchman named Goodenough left Greenville for the woods at the head of Moosehead lake, in Maine. Nothing was subsequently heard of him until a few days ago, when his skeleton was discovered with both hands in a beartran. Goodenough had in some way got his hands caught in the jaws of the trap and was unable to remove them, and ; with no assist-' ance near, died from starvation. By a loaded coal car breaking loose and running with great speed down an inclined plane at a mine near Williamsport, Pa., three men who were on the car were killed and two seriously injured... .Patrick Carey, a New York longshoreman, who was crippled for life by-the fall of a coal tub into the hold of the steamer Batavia, sued the Cunard Steamship Company, claiming $30,000 damages. The jury awarded $15,000.... Richardson, Boynton & Co., stove dealers, New York, made an assignment Their liabilities to preferred creditors amount to $643,000... .Leopold Gaff, manufacturer of boots and shoes at New York and Newark, N. J., has suspended. The liabilities are reported to be $200,000... .Josiah Quincy, Sr., died at Wollaston, a Boston suburb, at the age of 80. A panic was narrowly averted lately in the Brooklyn Academy of Music. The alarm was caused by the entrance of smoke through a window in the gallery, and several hundred women started for the doors, but were reassured by gentlemen whose presence of mind prevented a stampede. ....In the match race for $2,000 a side at Narragansett Park, Providence, Yellow Dock, with running maio, trotting the deciding heat in 2:11, the fastest mile on record where the conditions were similar... .Counterfeit; $lO treasury notes of 1875 have been set afloat in considerable numbers in New York. An international half-mile running match between W.’ G. George, of England, and Lawrence E. Myers, of New York, which took place at the New York polo grounds, was won by the latter in 1 minute and 56 3-5 seconds....A great conflagration at Red Bank, N. J., destroyed several stores and structures, including the Western Union Telegraph office, the Central Express budding and the Methodist Church Ten dollar counterfeit notes a'e circulating in New York. They are printed from the same [dates as those captured in t ie West in February, 1881. On that occasion one of the men engaged in the business escaped, and it is now supposed that he has resumed operations in New York....An explosion in the Chapman Metallic Cap Company’s works at Suffield. Conn., injured eight men, one or more of whom must die. THE WEST. In a public school at Leavenworth, Kansas, W. G. Ross, 9 years of age, acting as “monitor,” reported a boy of 12 years, named Winter, for whispering. Before his intention could be fathomed, the latter rushed upon the smaller boy and plunged a knife into h s side, inflicting a mortal wound.,..Bishop Talbot, of the Episcopal Diocese of Indiana, has decided, in view of his poor health, to resign his office... .Isaac Newsbaum, residing near Wabash, Ind., died, at the age of 107 years. Reports have been received at Kansas City from 125 counties in Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska and lowa in regard to the yield of com as compared with last year, of which number ninety-two report a larger yield and the balance about the same as last year. Of hoars to be marketed during November and December, thirty counties only report that the number will exceed last year. In regard to young hors coming on, as comparer with last year, fortv-two counties report the supply larger. There are but seven counties woich report disease among hogs Judge Hayes, at Davenport, decided that the lowa prohibition amendment has not yet been legally made a part of the State constitution, mainly on the ground that the records of the Legislature are incomplete. Dr. Collins, of Minneapolis, Minn., brother of the scientist in the Jeannette expedition, states that Capt. DeLong persecuted his brother (Jerome) in every conceivable way. He also makes the claim that jealousy existed between the officers. He charges Melville with drunkenness, with playing checkers and chess, instead of searching for DeLong and his party; holds Melville responsible for their deaths, and assails the truth of his reports. All of which the Doctor will publish in a pamphlet, which will be laid before Congress. The divorced wife of John L. Mitchell, of Milwaukee, died of heart disease.... Scaffolding at the factory of the Elgin (Ill.) Watch Company fell, throwing five men thirty feet. Three, hulked, Cornish and Carroll, were fatally injured, the others slightly.... Land Commissioner McFarland is informed that fiity-five case< of fraudulent land entries in Northern Minnesota have been decided in favor of the Government He expresses a determination to break up such fraudulent practices.... Ex. -Go v. W illard P. Hall, of Missouri, died at St. Joseph. Belmont and Simmerman, who committed the triple murder recent'y at Minden, Neb., were overtaken in Southwestern Kansas by Charles Fouts and Frank Martin from whom they had stolen a horse, ana Belmont was shot dead on refusing to surrender, while Siminermr.n was mude prisoner 1 ,, and lodged in jail at Lincoln. The wife of Daniel Glassett, a miner, at Virginia, Col., in a fit of insanity left her home at night, taking with her her babe and two small children. She returned the next day with the two elder children, having been in ‘the mountains all the previous night in a heavy snow-storm, explaining that the babe had annoyed her by cry ng and she had cut its head off with a hatchet. The statement proved to be true. The officers found the ixxly with the head severed The woman was locked up. She is insane. THE SOUTH. A colohed woman in Albemarle county, Va., attempted to kid her2-year-old boy by hmllng him up and down a stream with a rope attached to his neck. Five children of different - families liv.ng at Houston, Texas, picked and ate lo-

cust beans while ramblipg in the woods. All were taken violently sick, and died in a few hours. A South Carolina County Judge has decided that whereas the constitution'of the State provides that no' negro shall be disfranchised lor a crime committed while in slavery—ergo, a negro who, rince emancipa ion. has oeen convicted of any fe ony has for eited his rights as a cicizen....Ex Gov. Jam s F. Robinson, of Kentucky, died at his home in Scott county, aged 82. Southern Texas railways issued a circular in St. Louis announcing that they will no longer recognize through bills of lading issued by the Gould roads. Locations have been already secured at San Antonio, Tex, by astronomers of the United States and Belgium, for observation of the transit of Venus, the 6th of December.... A Baltimore variety theater was burned, and in the ruins the body of a wealthy young stock-broker, named Pearson, was found. A curious legal point was raised in a Baltimore court A German boy of 13 refused to be sworn or to affirm, alleging therefor that in Germany no person under 16 is allowed to testify under oath or affirmation. The Judge held that the court could compel him to testify but could not compel him to be sworn... .Five stores and buildings at Shreveport, La., together with numerous lodge rooms were consumed by fire, creating a loss of $102,(XX)... .The yellow fever in the Southern States is gradually disappearing. WASHINGTON. The estimates of the various departments for the next appropriations, says a Washington telegram, are very much later in being made up than usual. So far the only Cabinet officer who has sent to the treasury complete estimates is Secretary Teller, of the Interior Department. . The estimates for salaries for most of the departments will be larger than last, year, owing to the increase in clerical force. The estimate for the pension roll is jusr the same as last year, being a round $1u0,000,000. There will also be a deficiency, but the amount is not yet determined. The increased apportionment considerably swells the expenses of Congress, estimates for which are made up. Foreman Dickson, of the star-route jury, was cited to appear before the Criminal Court of the District of Columbia for contempt in writing an improper communication to the Grand Jury of that court, his professed desire being to secure the indictment of certain attaches of the Department of Justice who sought to corrupt him and his associates on the starroute jury, in order that he might be cleared of aspersions east upon him by newspapers and individuals. The letter incidentally reflected up n Judge Wylie’s course in'the matter. Dickson appeared and explained that he meant no disrespect t > the court, and Judge Wylie discharged him. Commissioner McFarland, of the General Land Office, isinro eipt of information t at, in fifty-five cases of fraudulent pre-empt on tried in Northern Minnesota, not one < f the pte-empto< appeared in the hearing, an i the cases declared in favor of the Government by default. This result is gratifying to the department, a d McFarland thinks shows beyond question the existence of a conspiracy to defraud the Government. The revenue of the Postoffice Department for the year ending June 30, 1882, was $5,091,012 greater than for the previous year, while the expenditures were only $717,134 more. Sixteen of the thirtyeight States of the Union and the Territory of Alaska show an excess of receipts over expenditures, and of these only Delaware is a Southern State. A. C. Soteldo has been acquitted of the murder of his brother, A M Soteldo, in the editorial rooms of the Washington Republican. A recent telegram from Washington says: James E. Anderson, the former Lousiana statesman, who went to “a warm climate” by way of Eureka, Nev., but not as a Consul, is well remembered here, where he achieved considerable notoriety as a witness before the Totter investigating committee. Eight or ten years ago he was an employe in the Government printing office. He left here and became a politician in Louisiana. He was the chief election officer of East Feliciana parish, in that State, in 1876, and, after making one return favorable to Tilden, subsequently made another giving Hayes the parish. The election of the State turned upon Anderson and his return of the parish vote. The Returning Board counted his (Hayes’) return, and Anderson afterward claimed the reward which he alleged had been promised him for making it As a witness before the Potter Committee, he produced certain correspondence between himself and Hon. Stanley Matthews. Among the letters was one that attracted much notice, recommending that Anderson be appointed to a “Consulship in a warm climate. ” Anderson won a notorious but unenviable reputation as a witness. He went to Nevada, and for a time was connected with a paper at Gold Hill. Subsequently he went to Eureka, where he rounded up his eventful career by dying “with his boots on.” The Government buildings and grounds in Washington and Gorgetown are assessed at $70,W0,C00. The Capitol building is valued at $15,(99,656; the Capitol grounds, $7,907,595; Wh'te House, $153,58u; Treasury Department building and grounds, $7,008.454; State, War and Navy Department buildings. $6,211,161; National Museum, $250,000; .Washington monument, $300,i0o; Patent Office building and grounds. $3,754,883; General Postoffice building, $2,154,000... .The death by apoplexy of Rear Admiral Charles H. Poor is announced in a dispatch from Washington. He entered the navy in 1827. GENERAL. Adelina Patti, the famous cantatrice, arrived at New York in the steamship Servia, alter a tempestuous voyage. She comes back in excellent health and voice, prepared to make her appearance in op ra after a short rest... .A construction train on the Ohio Central railway ran into a flat car near Charle-ton, W. Va., killing William Copeland, James Smith, Andrew Snyder, and seriously injuring James Brown..'..A project is afoot in Montreal for the erection of a monument to Thomas D Arcy McGee. An international challenge cup will be offered by Turf, Field and Farm, to be rowed Tor next August The money to be added will, with the cup, prove an incentive for competition among the best seuliers of the w0r1d.... Mr. J. W. Simonton, well known from his recent connection with the Associated Press and with journalism in San Francisco, is dead. Engineer Melville and Lieut. Danenhower will have nothing to say at present regarding the charges of Dr. Collins that the officers of the Jeannette Were embittered toward each other to such a degree as to destroy discipline on board the ship, and that Melville did not make proper exertions

to rescue the parties with Capt De Long and Lieut Chlpp. When the subject comes up for official inves igation, they say it will b# proper for them to speak.... Washington butchers, dismayed at the success of the competition of the Chicago dealers in dres ed beef, have instituted legal mea ures to test the right of the latter to sell meat in the markets of the nation-il capita'. FOREIGN. The British Government has insisted on certain legal proceedings in Arabi’s trial but will not interfere with the composition of the court or other details of the trial proceeding* ... .In the British House of Commons Mr. Trevelyan, Chief Secretary for Ireland, stated that 987 persons were arrested under the Irish Coercion act, recently expired... .Cocapieller, elected to the Italian Chamber, was recently a circus rider, and has just been released from prison for committing a deadly assault, Tne Roman press generally looks with disgust on his election. ... .Negro colonies in Liberia are given, not forty acres of land and a mule, but twenty-five acres of land and shelter and provisions for six months..,. Seven Anarchists have been arrested at Lyons upon charges of murder. Two are also charged with clandestine manufacture of dynamite. ....Special measures are be ng adopted by the German Government to prevent the Socialists from organizing anarchy, as was attempted by their ilk in France....lo is rumored that a Nihilist outbreak at St Petersburg is considered imminent Precautions for the security and safety of the Czar have been redoubled. Earl Granville presided at the first meeting of the Longfellow Memorial Committee at London, and eulogized America’s poet as a writer of moral and healthy verses, who deserved representation among the tributes to many famous men in Westminster Abbey. Resolutions were adopted look ng to the speedy completion of the contemplated bust, and letters wore received from several prominent persons regretting their* inability to be present.... Great activity is manifested by Russia in its warlike -preparations. Formidable fortifications are beimr constructed near Grodna, and a well-equipped camp has been established on the ri.ht bank of the Bug. Great uneasiness prevails at the German and Austrian capitals..... .At Gois, Hungary, the houses of He trews were plundered by mobs, and one woman killed. . In the British Parliament the amendment offered by Mr. Gibson, Conservative, providing that two-thirds majority should be required to close debate, was voted down, tne Irish party act ng wl'h the Liberals, a course that hud beendecided upon ey a majority or on* 3 , the decidin r vote being cast by Mr. Cnarles Stewart I’arnelL As it now stands, a majority of the House of Commons may order the cloture, shutting off debate.... In the German Parliament there has been Introduced the draft of a law prohibiting the importation of American swine, pork and sausage meat... .Louise Michel was prevented from delivering one of her socialistic diatribes at Ghent, in Belgium, by a riotous crowd that had taken possession of the hall where she was to have spoken. The revolutionary manifestoes posted at Paris the other night were of Communistic origin. Explosive materials were discovered in the coal depot and telegraph office of St. Porercain....The Geneva authorities have granted the request of the French Government to institute a searching investigation of the recent acts and utterances of socalled Anarchists in Switzerland... .It is reported that ex-Empress Eugenie has made a will, in which she leaves all her property to Prince Victor Napoleon, to whom may fall the inheritance of the Napoleonic succession in France. The estates at the Empress are of immense value... .A convention recognizing the suzerainty of France over Madagascar has been submitted to Madagascar.