Rensselaer Republican, Volume 15, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 July 1883 — THE NEWS CONDENSED. [ARTICLE]

THE NEWS CONDENSED.

THE EAST. Thomas J. Marsh, Jr., of the management of the Tewksberry (Maw.) Almshouse, refuses to produce his memorandum bctok, showing what disposition was made of the corpses, before the Legislative investigating committee Marsh will hand over the book if the names of the dead given up for dissection are not published. He fears molestation at the hands of their friends. A' train containing Masonic excursionists collided with a freight on the Buffalo and Southwestern railroad near Jamestown two train hands being killed and one fatally injured. Both locomotives and several freight cars were completely wrecked. All the excursionists escaped without injury ... .Iroquois, the American horse which won the English Derby, has arrived at New York with Aranza and Parthenia. Peter Walter, Jr., a merchant and Councilman of Allegheny City, was charged by the Mail with using his official position for personal gain. The controller of the newspaper is* Commodore W. J. Kountz, a leading citizen, and Mr. Walter has secured his conviction of criminal libel in connection with the editor, John B. Kennedy.... A court of Foresters, while attending a funeral, were refused admission te a Catholic church at New Haven. Ct, unless they removed their regalia They refused save three members who acted as pall-bearers, and quitted the premises... .The steamship lines at New York have reduced the rate for emigrant tickets, some charging 921 and others 918... .Change Judd, the well-known New York publisher, has been forced into bankruptcy. The school-house at Underhill, Vt., was struck by lightning and all the children were more or less injured One little girl was rendered deaf, and a boy hod the sole taken from one shoe and the uppers from another.... .A private In the Fourteenth New York regiment was drummed out of the State camp at Peekskill, by order of CoL Austin, and has brought suit for #25,000 damages. Charles Heywood Stratton, better known as “Gen. Tom Thumb,” died at his residence in jliddleboro. Mass, of apoplexy. He had been slightly Indisposed for a few days, but nothing serious was anticipated The deceased was born in Bridgeport, Ct. Jan. 4, 1838. At the age of 14 he entered the service of P. T. Barnum, and has ever since been before the public. He leaves a widow, who has been on the stage with him since their marriage in 1863... ... Mace and Slade, the prize-fighters, arrived in New York from England last week The Maori says he will challenge Sullivan after his fight with Mitchell... .Eighteen rounds were fought at Brighton Beach by Gallagher, of England, and Paddy Murphy, of New York, when neither could come to the scratch, and the referee called it a draw.... On Navy island, in Niagara river, William Baker defeated Meivin Thompson in a glove fight of seven rounds .. .Dennis Kearney was refused permission by the Central Labor Union, of New York, to address the members of that body.

THE WEST. The growing wheat in California lias been ruined in many counties by hot winds, and the amount for exportation will be much less than anticipated Fruits of all kinds, however, will be abundant, and the wool clip is reported cial estimates snow a marked decrease in the acreage and average yield per acre of the Michigan wheat fields, producing an estimated deficiency in the wheat crop of the State of over 8,( 00,( 00 bushels os compared with last year’s returns. A wide section of the West was visited by a fierce storm, accompanied by wind, rain, hall and thunder, on the 12th and llith of July. In some localities the disturbance assumed the proportions of* a tornado, and indicted immense losses. One wing of the storm swept down the Missouri valley, doing much damage at Kansas City, Bt. Joseph and Moberly, Mo. At McPaul, lowa, many houses were blown down and ten persons injured, but fortunately no one was killed. Hail fell ns large as hens’ eggs, killing live stock, and cutting the wheat, corn and grate to pieces At Hamburg, lowa, a brick chnrcb and several frame buildings were wrecked. The front wallß of several business houses fell out into the street At Westboro. Mo , ten houses were demolished and one child klled.. At Burlington Junction, Mo., not a house was left uninjured, and several persons were injured. Maryville, Malden and Trenton, Mo., suffered severely, churches, public buildings, storehouses and dwellings being demolished or unroofed. Near Browning, Ma. the bag-gage-car and coach of a Burlington train were blown completely over b.v a cyclone. Six passengers injured, two of them fatally. The section about Lncoln. Neb., Buttered severely bv bail, especially the crops, and some buildings were demolished. Central and Western Illinois lost considerably on damaged buildings and ruined crops, especial havoc being created about Cordova, Paxton, Clinton, Carlinville, Gihson City, and points in Mercer, Logan, and DeWitt counties. Scott and Fremont counties, in lowa, suffered great damage, the hail in these sect ons falling as large as henB T evgs, and laying vegetation flat At Alton a Methodist Church'was unroofed aud the streets blockaded by fallen trees. Heavy Tain in St Louis Hooded cellars, while the wind unt dbfed structures aud released river craft from their moorings.

The Boston Theater Company, one of the finest dramatic organizations in the country, is occupying McVicker'B Theater, Chicago, for the summer season, their enfigement covering a period of eight weeks. number of popular plays are underlined. The great spectacular drama, “The World,” is the attraction this week. *9 The Chicago papers print detailed crop reports from Minnesota, Dakota, Indiana Kansas, and parts of Illinois. The reports are on the whole favorable. The recent rains have benefited the crops in Minnesota and Dakota, but in other places they have done much injury. The reports from Kansas are good, while those from Indiana are by no means encoui aging. In the former State the com crop is very promising. There is a large acreage, and there is an excellent prospect, of a good average yield. Hay and oats are doing well in all the States A HOTJ3X at Cockatoo, Minn., together with a number of other buildings, were destroyed by fire. Three railroad men were burned to death, and another guest had a leg broken by jumping from the window. Three-fourths of the town was burned, principally the. business portion.' The loss is S'JO.OOO. Scientists in Chicago and Cleveland recently •

& . . mat experts te Aurora, Ind., to investigate • theory advanced before the American Association for the Advancement of Science, that gold in considerable quantities could be lound in that region. They report that from one excavation, five feet by six, #8 worth of gold was taken... .The saw-milL resorts, and chemical buildings at the Vulcan Furnace Company at Newberry, Mich., were destroyed by fire yesterday morning. Loss, #100,00(1 Postmaster Cling an, of Polk City, lowa, was recently assassinated in cold blood Two hard characters, named Hardy and Crawford, were suspected of being the authors of the dastardly deed. They fled and were pursued. The assassins took to the woods in the vicinity of Elk Horn Grove, Shelby county. Volunteers speedily turned out from every village ana railway station for leagues around, and joined In the exciting man-hunt The murderers were surrounded in a grove, and in attempting, to capture them on# of the pursufng party, J. W. Maddywa respected druggist of Marne, was shot and killed. , The assassin was Instantly riddled with bullets.* Another of the pursuing posse was shot and seriously wounded. The other assassin then ran into an open field and surrendered, and, after having narrowly escaped lynching at the hands of the outraged citizens, was placed in jalL Before dying the murderer made a confession of bis crime, and also gave a clew to the detection of the'murderers of Mayor Stubbs, of Polk City, a year ago. *

THE SOUTH. The Mississippi Board of Health have ordered that all boats from points below the State must stop for inspection at the Fort Adams station, and will not be allowed to land at ports in the State unless possessed of the necessary papers. The iron steamer Niagara, plying between New York and Havana, burned off the coast of Florida The steamer Commander, being within sight, soon took the Eassengers on board, and the Captain and is crew ran the steamer ashore in sixteen feet of water. The vessel cost #350,000.... J. P. Macheca A Co., fruit dealers, New Orleans, are insolvent liabilities #100,109. Two of the Iron Mountain train-rob-bers who escaped from the convict stockade at Little Rock, Ark., have surrendered to authorities after spending several days In the woods and almost starving to death.... “Filled” #2O gold pieces are in circulation in the Southern States.

POLITICAL. The Minnesota State Prohibition Convention met at St Paul July 10. Tariff for revenue only was tabled by a vote of 44 to 26, The platform condemns tne course of both parties on the liquor question, favors the enfranchisement of women and the election of all officers by the people when possible. The following ticket was nominated: Governor, Charles Evans Holt; Lieutenant Governor, Prof. E. 8. Payne; Secretary of State, C. B. Shove; Treasurer, C. M Anderson.

The lowa Greenbackers, at their State Convention in Des Moines, passed resolutions favoring civil-service reform, a graduated income tax, a postal-telegraph system and the abolition of railroad commissioners. Hon. J. B. Weaver was nominated for Governor, Sanford Kilpatrick for Lieutenant Governor, D. W. Cuurch for Supreme Judge and Miss Abbie 0. Canfield for Superintendent of Public Instruction.... The Republicans of Pennsylvania met in convention at Harrisburg, and adopted a bigh-tariff, pure-primary, civil-service and anti-foreign-pauper platform. William Livefey, of Allegheny, was nominated for State Treasurer, and Jerome B. Niles for Auditor General.... .Gov. Ben Butler says TUden would make a very strong candidate for the Democrats, and that Arthur is equally strong with the Republicans. The colored people of Texas have been holding a State Convenfcioa They framed an address to the people declaring that the white race throughout the South has continually increased in friendliness, even to a suri rising degree. Colored people are recommended to keep a sharp eye on tlieir teachers and preachers, and to remove at once those found incompetent or immoral After! three weeks’ unsuccessful balloting for United States Senator by the New Hampshire Legislature the Republican members of that body received a note from Senator Rollins withdrawing from the contest, it being evident that he could not secure votes enough to elect him. The next ballot showed twenty-one candidates, Wm. E. Chandler leading tne Republicans. Special Revenue Agent Horton, at Boston, wrote to Commissioner Evans that he could not resign, as requested, preferring dismissal, as he could not afford to lose his character and,office at the same time. He maintained that it would be evidence of guilt to resiga Horton’s appointment was thereupon revoked, by order of Commissioner Evans.

John C. New, of the National Republican Committee, thinks the Presidential convention in 1884 ought to be held in Indianapolis, and that the hall in which it sits ought not to hold more than 4,000 people. $% WASHINGTON. The Treasury Department has been informed of the arrest at Port Tbwnsend, W. T., of nine Chinamen “smuggled” into this country through British Columbia The fact has been reported to the President, who will order tneir deportation..... According to the July reports of the DeSartment of Agriculture spring wheat is in rst-class condition aud corn only 12 per cent behind its average stand and“ acreage. Winter wheat, though a disappointing yield at best has improved 4 per cent within the laltnnonth... .The President has appointed John H. Livingston United States Marshal for South Carolina, vice Absalom Blythe, resigned. * Dr. Mary Walker, says a Washinglngton telegram, has been dismissed from the Pension Bureau. She was away at the time, and at once indited an epist e to the Chief Clerk, threatening dire vengeance unless restored . to her position Commissioner Dudley said the letter was so full of idiosyncracles that no notice would be token of it. He believes the career of Dr. Mary a< a public s ervant has been brought to a definite and abrupt close, never to see the light of day again. She has persisted in her oddities about the office, and in doing itxst about as she chose, regardless of the rules or requirements, and has been altogether an annoyance

GGNKKAL Miss Rathbone, who for six years has been a missionary abroad, has brought to New York the flsst Burmese woman who ever landed on our shores The new-comer will study for five years in this country before returning for missionary work. The river Thames overflowed its banks at London, Ontario, placing a depth of five feet of water at points which never before wex e reached hy freshets Nearly forty persons were drowned, and the damage to

property bids fair tohe counted by milHona Throe s bridges were swept away. Oae lady Who was rescued from a small oottage has 'since become insane, and an onknown boy was carried over the dam while screaming for help Mr& Ann Reeves carried four children simultaneously through water reaching to her shoulders President Santa Marla, of Chili, in his message to the Cortes, recommends the separation of church and State, the secularization of cemeteries, and civil marriages. FOREIGN. The cable announces the death ai John Winston Spencer Churchill, Duke of Marlborough, at the age of 6L . In Parliament he distinguished himself for his efforts in behalf of the Established Church. In 1876 he was nominated to the Viceroyalty of Ireland. He was a Prince of the Holy Roman Empire, and enjoyed a pension of ~£5.0D0 per annum... .A man named Griffey Was snot at Ennis, Ireland, for taking a plaice from which the former tenants had been evicted. In the British House of Commons a motion was carried prohibiting the importation of cattle from countries where the foot-and-mouth disease existed, and where the necessary measures had not been taken by" the authorities The motion was aimed indirectly at America, and passed by a bare majority—2oo to life—the Government voting in the negative.... France declares for war in Tonquin, and war with China if China feels like fighting. This plain statement was made in the Chamber of Deputies at Paris, by Challemel-Lacour, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and the declaration met the hearty support of the House, although a scene of extraordinary disorder was precipitated by the Bonanartists. Paul de Cassaguac, upon calling Ferry “the' worst of cowards and a liar, was suspended for a fortnight.... After a prolonged examination of the chan-nel-tunnel f cheme, which has elicted worldwide discussion. the joint committee of the British Imperial Parliament has rejected the idea by a vote of 6 to 4. .t.M. De Lesseps and the Government of Great Britain have made an agreement for the construction of a new Suez canal parallel to the present 0ne.... The cable announces the suspension of Robert Steele & Co., extensive ship-builders at Greenock, with heavy liabilities... .Failure to qiay his rates at Dublin has resulted in James Carey, the informer, being declared a bankrupt.... The Cretans are fighting rather than pay what are called their taxes . ...Prussia and the Vatican are once more highly angered with one another.

A paper, urging the people to rebel, has been put in circulation in Cuba The Government looks upon it as the device of bands of robbers to give political significance to their movements., ~ .Gen. Jesse H. Moore, of Decatur, IIL. Consul at Callao, died of yellow fever at his post, in the South American city. Mr. Gladstone made a statement in the House of Commops, which is regareded as a positive menace to France, and which has produced a wide-spread sensation, though British comment is coupled with expressions of hope that an amicable outcome may finally be reached. The British Premier that English subjects had suffered gross outrages at the bauds ot', Admiral Pierre, commanaing in Madagascar, and that communications were awaited from the French which it was the duty of their Goverdment to make at once. Nothing short of the disgrace of Pierre, it is thought, will prevent a very serious complication between two great peonies..... The new Suez canal will be completed in 1888, and the British Government lends the canal company £S,UUt),()Oo at oV-per-cenfc interest, which loan Is redeemable in. fifty years.,..The Cuban authorities,, notwithstanding a protest from the American Government that the matter be referred to Madrid, sold the American brig Nettle at Havana for alleged violations of the customs laws... .A great battle was fought between the forces of Cetawa' o and Oham in South Africa, the latter chief being made a prisoner.

A duel arising out of the debate in the Chamber of Deputies, on the Tonquin question, was fought near Paris. The combatants were Emanuel Arene, a Gambettist Deputy for Corsica, and Boubee, a member of the staff of the royalist journal Le Clairon. The latter was wounded twice... Paul de Caspagnac challenged Minister Ferry on account of differences during the same debate, but the latter took no no notice of Cassagnac’s message.... Dennis Field, foreman of the jury which convicted Hynes < f murder, at Lublin, and who was afterwards stabbed, is in constant receipt of letters threatening him with injury. and his wife and daughters are often insulted on the street An a: tempt was made recently to enter his house,but the marauders tied when Field i red upon them.... The British Government’s arrangement with De Lessej s for a new Suez canal has been voted by. the London Chamber of Commerce as inade juate and un-atisfactory, aud meetings of ship-owners at many points have also condemned the settlement.... Senor Castelnr, in the Spanish Chamber, made a speech once more av wing republican principles, the championing of which has made him famous. He declared that a satisfactory compromise between the monarchical idea and the rights of m m was impossible, and created a greai commotion among the c urtiers ... .Roieldieu, tjre French composer, is dead, aged (57 years. A cable dispatch of the 13th insfc. says that cholera has appeared in towns thirty to forty miles from Cairo. The British Government will send bo Egvpt a Surgeon General who had long experience in India France will dispatch' Louis Pasteur, the chemist, to investigate the nature and origin of the disease

The indictments against the Jews at Nyrreghhaza, Hungary, who are charged with killing a Chr.stian grl nnd using blood In their pa'sover brepd. have l>een withdrawn, and vhe Government intends to prosecute to the utmost the concoctor qf the plot against the Jews... .liec mly, at Huariea, Peru, fourteen prisoners were shot by Peruvh n troops, one. an American, named Purley, be.ng executed for being a Chilian spy. A London cablegram states that an English steamer was boa ded by a French officer at Tamatave the 'Hlth of Jane. The officer forbade the passengers of the steamer go on shore, and only permitted the lauding of the cargo on the payment of A French t entry was placed on board while the cargo was being discharged..,. Sir Philip Miles’ Leigh Court collection of pain intis, including ome of the most valuable pictures extant, bus been purchased by William H. Vanderbilt for 4.110,000. The collecTiion had for general i ms been in possess on of the Mi.es family, and was only released fr on entail by a recent uet of "Parliament. The tale was conducted wittt great privacy.... .A fire occuared at Liptoszentmikio, Hungary, by which twenty peonle lost their lives..... A student ut Wurzburg University was shot dead in a duel. His antagonist, a GermanAmerii an, lied... .Ceiewavo’s followers massacred fifty Zulu men, women and children at White river....,C rey and Farrell, ( the Irish informers, are under Go . eminent" protection in Newga’e, London, and will bf shipped to a British colony.