Rensselaer Republican, Volume 15, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 July 1883 — THE NEWS CONDENSED. [ARTICLE]

THE NEWS CONDENSED.

THE EAST. Gov. Butler and Lieut. Gov. Ames attended the Harvard College commencement exercises, the Governor proceeding to Cambridge in an open barouche, drawn by six horses, escorted by the National Lancers. The Governor made a speech at the alumni dinner, eulogizing the University, and particularly its war record... .Widespread ruin has been caused in Pennsylvania by continuous heavy rains. Railways suffer through wrecked bridges and washed-out tracks, and the loss in crops is very heavy. The annual boat-race between the crews of Harvard and Yale was witnessed by an immense concourse at’N'ew Loqplon, Ct The distance rowed was four milea Harrvard won by fifteen lengths. Time, twenty-five minutes.and forty-six seconds..... The house and grounds of the late Cornelius J. Vanderbilt at Haitford, which originally cost #325,000, were sold at auction the other day for 140,300. The glassware and pictures went for a “song. ”... .It has been discovered that Tynan, the original No. 1, has for three months past been in the employ of a drygoods house at Rochester, but fearing a movement for his extradition he returned to New York, to be near his counsel

The wheat-growers of Berks county, Pa, have reason to be unhappy. The Hes sian fly is manipulating one portion of the wheat plants and a small green worm is devastating the grain at the head. Old farmers say a similar worm played havoc with the crop a quarter of a century ago. ... .A manager from Australia has concluded arrangements with Mrs Langtry for an engagement of four*menths next year, at £SOO per week.

A coal train on the Rochester and Pittsburgh rodd, broke on a steep grade a few miles south of the viaduct at Kinzua, Be. Seven cars and a passenger-coach went down at the rate of eighty miles an hour, striking an approaching coal train. Seven men were killed and several others were injured. A lady passenger states that the conductor and both brakemen on the broken train were asleep at the time of the disaster.... Maj. Phelps, the Philadelphia almshouse fraud, has been sentenced to five years solitary confinement in the county prison at hard 1ab0r.... A railway collision occurred at Hartford, Ct, resulting in two locomotives being smashed, two cars derailed, and injuries tp * dozen persons, one-half of whom were women.....A fire at Pawtucket, R. L, destroyed the Arcade building and the Dexter Yarn Company’s mills, involving a loss of #115,000.... .A Meadville girl named Jennie Roberts drowned herself to spite her parents, who had refused to let her attend a dancing party..... Twenty-three “assisted” immigrants were sent back to England from New York last week by the authorities.... The steamship Nevada, which arrived at New York last week, brought 680 Mormon converts... .In a coal-shaft near Scranton, Pa., three men were suffocated by foul air.

THE WEST. The editor of the Cincinnati Price Current publishes the result of au extended investigation through the producing S&tes of the West concerning corn and wheat crops. He places the aggregate wheat crop at 440,000,000 bushels against 504,000,000 last year. The corn crop is reported in good stand generally, the acreage considerably increased, and the condition averaging well, though backward. Many sections now have drawbacks from excessive rains, which interfere with tilling. Seventy per cent of the returns report fair to good supplies of old corn on hand.

The Supreme Court of Ohio, in sustaining the Scott law, holds that legislative power is ample to make laws absolutely prohibiting all traffic in Intoxicating liquors Saloon-Lepers all over the State are paying the tax under protest The City Council at Columbus finds that the receipts will support the police and poor departments.... A secret convention was held iu Indianapolis, last week, to organize a companv and issue >3(W,OQP,(xO of stock to build double-track ' narrow-gauge roads from New York to San Francisco and from Chicago to New Orleans, Hiram Blair and wife,of Keithsburg, HL, have for months lived so unhappily because of the attentions paid the wife by another man that the husband frequently warned her that he would do some shooting. Get ing into a fresh quarrel, the other night, he drew a revolver from his pocket and shot her in the right side, the ball striking a rib and making only a flesh wound. She started to run, but he caught ber, ICO yards away, and lodged a bullet in her spinal column, inflicting a death wound. The City Marshal had just placed his hand on Blair's shoulder when the latter wheeled round and killed himself. The incorporators of the colossal narrow-gauge railroad scheme at Indianapolis claim that when >10,000,000 shall have been subscribed by tne people California capitalists stand ready to take thefcemaining stock. A dispatch from Wilcox, Arizona, says: “The Indians reported at Ash canon, on the Arizona and New Mexican line, with the cavalry in pursuit, are the Chiricanuas, who were to have been on the reservation several days ago. but who were deterred by the knowledge of the fact that they could • not enter the reservation there. The hostiles are said to be greatly incensed at what they'consider a breach of faith. Another murderous raid is anticipated. ”... .A family of five persons were drowned in the Ohio river, twenty miles below Madison, Ind., by the upsetting of a skiff. J. H. Simes, a negro, who almost killed Miss Kate Maguire in the outskirts of Louisiana, Ma, having been partially identified by his victim, was taken from the jail at Bowling Green, by a party of eight men, and hanged to a tree by rope halters He made a full confe:-sion of his crime, and admitted that be had served louryears in the penitentiary for a similar offense at St Charles... ,tn the Western Indiana track at at Fortv-first street, Chicago, a Wabash train crushed a Stock Yards street-car into fragments. Twelve persons were seriously injured, three or more of them fatally.

THE SOOTH. ‘ A dispatch from Jefferson, Texas, says, that a column of 159 horsemen suddenly galloped op and surrounded the jail con-

taining the negro Douglass, guilty of outraging a white woman, Mm Rogen, for which his companion negro, named Lacy, had been lynched the day before. The Deputy Sheriff with guards attempted resistance but were Instantly covered by the assailants and secured, the cell unlocked, Douglass pinioned and placed on a .horse. The band then disappeared as quickly and mysteriously as ft had arrived. The following morning, two miles from thq city, the carcases of Douglass was found hanging from a tree with four bullfet - holes through the head.... Three men were killed and one fatally wounded in a quarrel at Collinsville. Ala The participants in the tragedy were A. B. Hall and son and John and Bob Mullens. They owned adjoining property, and a dispute arose regarding the boundary line. Tom Hall built a fence which the Mullens’ claimed was improperly located, and they threatened. to remove it Hall said he would kill the man who touched it Bob Mpllens went out to remove it ..and was shot dead by Hall His brother, John Mullens, who was present, was also shot and fatally wounded. He, however, had strength to jerk'out a pistol, and killed Hall on the spot Hall’s father then approached and was immediately killed. Mullens then fell mortally wounded. All the parties are wealthy and prominent, A. B. Hall being the senior member of Hall, Mackey A Co., a leading firm in North Alabama.

A recumbent figure of Gen. Robert E. Lee was unveiled at Lexington, Va, a procession marching to the cemetery and decorating the grave of Stonewall Jackson, and later that o f Lea Wade Hampton was Chief Marshal; Jubal A. Early, presiding officer, and John W. Daniel, orator. Father Ryan recited an original poem, ‘The Sword of Lee.”....Mrs Pope, a resident of Milan, Tenn., was stung on the nose by a bee and died from the effects of the sting in a few minutes, She was apparently in good health at the time.

Martin Joseph, colored, for the murder of Bud Stevens and wife, William H. Finch for the murder of two soldiers, and Tualisto, a Creek Indian, for the murder of Emanuel Cochran, were hanged at Fort Smith, Ark. All admitted their guilt, and said they were prepared to die.... Tony James (colored) was hanged at Darien, Ga., for the murder of Prince Anderson. The execution was public and was witnessed by a large crowd, white and black. The condemned was reconciled to his fate. George Lake, colored, was hanged at Cambridge, Md., for a felonious assault upon Mrs. Stewart C. Simmons, in Apxil last Two Virginia editors —W. C. Elam, of the Richmond Whiff, and R. F. Beime, of the Richmond States— fought a duel at New Hope, Va. The distance was eight paces, the weapons revolvers, and the cartel provided that after one round, if no onelshould bo hurt firing should begin again, both parties advancing and shooting ad libitum. At the first round neither man was hit The second ..shots were fired, and Mr. Elam staggered, supposing he was shot in both thighs He had, however, received only one wound, though a verv serious one. Mr. Beime then raised his hat to the little group of Elamites, and retired quickly from the scene Mr. Elam was taken to the house of the Lieutenant Governor of the State, near by, where the doctors extracted the lead.

POLITICAL. The lowa Republicans met in convention at Des Moines, anti was temporarily presided over by Hon. John A Kasson, Col, D. B. Henderson being made permanent Chairman. Gov. Sherman and Lieut Gov. Manning were renominated. Judge Ree'd, of Council Bluffs, was placed on the ticket for the Supreme Bench, and John W. Akins for Superintendent of Public Instruction Among the Vice Presidents of the convention was Addison Rhodes, a negro who had been sold on the auction block. The Republicans of Minnesota assembled at St Baid and renominated Gov. Hubbard. C. A Gilman was nominated for Lieutenant Governor, Fred Vorbaumback for Secretary of State, Charles Kittleson for Treasurer, W. J. Hahn for Attorney General, and J. H. Baker, Railroad Commissioner. • Washington telegram: “The statement made at the Internal Revenue Bureau as to the complaint in lowa as to the removal of Collector Sherman is that Sherman was not physically capable to perform the duties of his office, and that he would have soon been compelled to retire bn the ground of ill-health.”

WASHINGTON. Congressman Charles O’Neill, of Pennsylvania, says that there will be an investigation by Congress of the reasons for closing the Philadelphia navy-yard; that Philadelphia gave the ground to the Government tor the purpose of a navy-yard, and that it is a violation of good faith to close it ... .David B. Parker declines the appointment of Postmaster at Washington, tendered him by the President The Government has a judgment of >IO,OOO against Tom Ochiltree, which he is very anxious to compromise for >SOO. A Texan friend of the Congressman has offered to give >5,U00 for the claim. President Arthur has modified his order for the consolidation of internal-re-venue districts, by which the present Collector of Utah, Orlando J. Hollister, yields the office to Thomas P. Fuller, of Montana, on account of the greater collections in the northern portion of the district... .The commerce of the United States with ether countries for the year ending May, as shown by the Treasury reports, makes a very favorable exhibit The excess of exports over imports is nearly >100,000,0001 A Washington telegram says: In regard to the fact that notice is to be given by President Arthur to the Canadian Government of the abrogation of the fishery clauses of the Washington treaty, Prof Hind; of Windsor, N. 8., has addressed a note on the subject to Sir Stafford Northcote, reasserting former statements touching the falsity of documents presented to the Fisheries Commission in 1878, and making affidavits that the Canadian Government officers undertook, for certain reasons, to tamper with and bribe the United States representatives GENERAL. Some weeks ago it Was discovered that Maj. James R. Wasson, United States Paymaster, had stolen nearly >6,000 of the Government money which had been placed in his hands, and had tried to account for the deficiency by asserting that he had been robbed. He was tried by court-martial, and the sentence, which has just been, approved by the Presiuent, is that he be dishonorably discharged and that he be confined at hard labor in the penitentiary for eighteen months, and that tne facts respecting his crime ana its punishment be published in lowa, the State from which he was appointed to the armv.

Wasson was graduated aHTest Point tmlfTL Having resigned from the army soon after graduation, he became a Professor of Mathematics in a Japanese college He afterward attained the po ition of Chief Engineer in the Japanese army, and was decorated for his services in the Formoa campaign. Before returning to this country he was made Professor of Civil Engineering at the Imperial University of Tokio. In 1816 he was appointed a Paymaster in the United States army, and for five or six years he has been stationed in Texaa

A New York commercial agency has compiled and published a table of the business failures over the entire country for the first half of the present year. They indicate 4 marked increase in the number and extent of liabilities as compared with corresponding periods of the two previous years. For the first six months in 1881 the failures were 2,862 in number: the first six months of 1882, 2,397; the first half of 1888, 4,637. The liabilities show a greater increase in 1883. The liabilities for the first six months were #40,000,000; in 1882,#50,000,000; the first six months of 1883, #66,000,0(0. The increase in liabililes the last half of the year is attributed to the large speculative failures in the West,.but even deducting the indebtedness springing from this cause, the increase in failures and liabilities is very marked. There were 165 failures during the week ending July-1, thirteen less than the preceding week, twelve more than the corresponding week of 1882, and sixty-two more than the same week of 1881.... A fire at Winnipeg, in Manitoba, extended to a building containing powder and coal oil, and the spectators were treated to a terrific explosion, which injured ten persons seriously, one of whom soon died.

The glass factories in the neighborhood of Wheeling, W. Va, have closed for six weeks’ rest This involves the idleness of some 1,200 men, 2,000 boys, and 800 girls, and the suspension of a Weekly pay-roll of some #8000.... .Montreal reports the arrival of 18,000 immigrants during June A depot similar to Castle Garden is about to be established.

There is deep feeling, among members of the Masonic order in Canada on account of the decision that under the laws the acts of the Grand Lodge of Quebec are illegal and that all who have united with it can be subjected to heavy penalties. The question will pass into the Dominion courts and then be appealed to the law Lords of England....By the capsizing of a boat off Prince Edward Island, one man and five women were drowned.

FOREIGN. Cable dispatches report that the panic over the plague in Egypt has spread throughout Europa The German Government has sent medical experts to Damietta to investigate and report whether the fatal malady now raging there is veritable cholera * The Turkish, French, Italian, and Austrian Governmentshave ordered strict quarantine against all vessels arriving from African ports. A dispatch from Damietta says that city is»being rapidly deserted. All steamship berths for a week hence are already engaged. One hundred and eighty refugees from there are quarantined in the vicinity of Port Said. Many fatal cases of cholera are reported from Port Baid, Rosetta and Mansurah. A commission has been formed to provide means for protecting Alexandria against the malady. Negotiations between Russia and the Vatican have ended satisfactorily, the Catholic heirarchy in the Czar’s domain being given freedom on matters of faith, but interference in the question of temporal power is forbidden. In regard to the recent protest of the Pope to President Grevy, the French Government permits the President to answer the circular personally, and the reply will be conciliatory.

The question of the deportation of paupers from Ireland to the United States at the expense of Great Britain was brought up in the House of Commons. Trevelyan, Chief Secretary for Ireland, was interroSated by Mr. Cowen, and entered a general eniaL He said the emigrants shipped by the Commissioners had been supplied with fuqds and no paupers had been sent by the Board of Guardians..... The Chinese Legation at London has received a telegram from Shanghai stating that the report of a' settlement of the Tonquin question had no foundation. It is stated that the Frencfl Embassador at Shanghai behaved with great rudeness toward 11 Hung Chang, who refused to meet the French Embassador again. 11 Hupg Chang has returned to Tientsin, because he sees«no chance of reaching an understanding.... The Australian colonies are about to ask admission to the Universal Postal Union, which will leave Bolivia the only country with an organized service outside the union ... .The British Lords rejected the bill permitting marriage with a deceased wife’s sister—l4s to 140.

Within twenty-four hours there were 107 deaths from cholera at Damietta. Seven deaths from tne plague occurred at Mansurah. A vessel from Bombay, with cholera on board, arrived at Havre, France, but sailed again. Spain is greatly alarmed at the outbreak of the disease in Egypt, and a Paris journal condemns the British Government for not taking .steps to prevent the scourge gaining a foothold on British soil, as it would then be impossible to keep the contamination from the continent.... It is stated in London that the Marquis of Lansdowne,. Chairman of the joint committee on the project of tunneling the channel between England and France, will report favorably on the schema A minority report, backed up by a lot of military opinions, will be submitted in opposition... .Germany is converting Custrin, as a point to cover Berlin from Russian invasion, into a firstclass fortress, capable of sheltering 50,000 troops. . ,

A cable dispatch of the 2d inst., says that 119 deaths from cholera occurred at Damietta in twenty-four hours. Most of the physicians becoming panic-stricken at the horrible mortality had fled the city. Persons attempting to pass the sanitary lines in Egypt had been ordered to be shot The French Government has decided to quarentlne all vessels suspected of having cholera on board, as the British authorities have been known to grant clean bills of health to ships from infected porta The annual pilgrimage to Mecca has been prohibited by the Governor of Algiers Every precaution has been taken to guard the British troops in Egypt

It is thought the breaking out of the cholera will cause a panic in the British grain trade, the speculators of England having made large purchases of East Indian grain, which the prevalence of the plague there will prevent being handled. Under these circumstances America, it is presumed, will be called upon to supply European wants. ....Gladstone's latest plan for nullifying the influence of Irish Nationalists in the House of Commons is to abolish a number of the small boroughs, cutting down the representation of Ire'and in the Imperial Parliament by about twenty votes... .A conflagration in the city of Aix-la-Chapelle, in Rhlnish Prussia, yesterday, destroyed twenty houses