Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 December 1883 — THE NEWS CONDENSED. [ARTICLE]

THE NEWS CONDENSED.

THE EAST. Excavations in Cole’s Hill, Plymouth, Mass., have opened the graves of two pilgrims who came over on the Mayflower, and who were buried during the first winter in America. They are the only graves of first settlers positively identified. Yale defeated Harvard at New York in the college championship foot-ball match. . „ .A ear at the, rear end of a passenger-train on the Boston, Barre and Gardner railroad, near North Worcester, MAs->., was precipitated Over an embankment a distance of twenty feet. Of the aixtyl people in the oar about forty were injured, several receiving fatal wounda. The Winchester Arms company, the Union Metal Cartridge company, and the cartridge manufactory at Lowell, Mass., have , combined for the purpose of controlling the cartridge interest of the country. These corporations employ about 5,000 persons Buffalo t his year shipped 1,250.000 tons of coal and received 64,150,000 bushels of grain by lake. Richard Wagner, employed in a mill at Dedham, Mass., iccently returned to Poland on a visit to his mother, and was sent to Siberia for having fled from Russian military service. THE WEST. No light has, up to this writing,’ been thrown on the massacre at Jackson, Mich., whieh bids fair to pass into history as one of the great criminal mysteries of the age. It is pretty well settled that the robbers got no such sum of money ($50,000 or thereabouts) as was at first reported, as Crouch had very little cash tn the house. It is probable that the only plunder they secured was the few hundred dollars which Polley, the bloviating visitor, exhibited in saloons and -among low company, previous to stopping at Crouch’s, and which piece of foolishness brought about his own death as well as that of his host and the entire family. An examination of the private papers and accounts of the murdered millionaire farmer reveals the fact that some title deeds and other important documents are missing, and there is a lively fight in prospect between the heirs of the dead man. Shelby, Ohio, a town near Crestline, reports an exciting and tragic man-hunt. Four burglars robbed a safe at New Washington, and escaped to Shelby with their plunder. The Marshal of the town attempted their arrest, but was shot twice seriously, not, however, before he had himself killed one of the burglars. Nearly the entire populace capable of bearing arms pur-’ sued the three villains. After a chase of two miles one of the citizens was killed by one of the burglars. Two miles further on this burglar was Captured. Another of the trio got a horse and made a remarkable retreat of about eleven miles, meeting many people, compelling them to yield np horses, vehicles and arms, but finally collidn g with a farmer's wagon and going down with a good deal of a smash up. While under the wreck the citizens arrived. The burglar appealed to them to spare his life on account of his mother, but he was riddled with bullets. Ihe fourth burglar was captured at Plymouth At Dixon, 111., Miss Eleita Lewis and two little girls were driving in a buggy when the horse ran into the rlverand all w'ere drOwned. The young lady was about 18 years of age and the little girls 5 and 9 years. They were nieces of Ira W. Lewis. Circuit Clerk of Lee county.., At Rushville, Ind., Eli Frank and Jacob Block, rival Hebrew clothierS, disputed, when a eon of the former fatally shot Frank, who rushed into a barber-shop, procured a razor, and, returning, cut Block in a fearful manner. Frank died in an hour; Block cannot recover, and his son is in jai1..... Billy Cotton, of St. Louis, while practicing for a match with Donovan at straight billiards, three balls, made a run of 719, beatlrg Schaefer’s record.... Judge Samuel L. Savidge, of the Tenth Nebraska District and Prof. J. H. Tice, the St. Louis weather prophet, have passed away.... Joseph Jewell was executed at St. Jose, Cal. After hanging some seconds, he cried out, “Oh!” but was pronounced dead in ten minotes. Right of way through Indian Territory is to be asked of Congress by the Gulf« Colorado and Santa Fe road, at a compensation of SSO per mils to the tribes owning the land. THE SOUTH Richmond Stuart, a colored man, was hanged at Shreveport, La., in presence of 4,000 persons, some of whom traveled hundreds of miles to witness the spectacle. ....Ambrose West, a negro, was bunglingly hanged at Macon, Ga., before 2,000 spectators, for the murder of James Monroe... .At Baltimore Mrs. John R. Riall cut the wrists of her two children, both girls, t|ged 3 years and 15 months, respectively, so that they bled to death, and then cut her own throat. Insanity is the alleged cause. WASHINGTON.

Judge Kelley, of Pennsylvania, ■Witt introduce a W In Congress at an early day providing for the limitation of the silver coinage to Si,ooo each year "until the free coinage of gold and silver as full legal tender Ahull be established at a common ratio by the leading commercial nations of Europe.” The public debt decreased during the month of November 81,721,676, and, dedueting the cash in the treasury, now aggregates >1,509,780,060. Appended is the official debt statement issued on the Ist inst.: Public debt: Foor and one-half per cents .. $ 250.000.000 Four per cents „ 737.624.uw Three per cents 293,093,250 Refunding certificates 318.450 Navy pension fund 14,000,000 Total interest-bearing debt 11.301,040.800 Matured debt «... 6.64.V35 Legal-tender notes. $ 346,739,816 Certificates of deposit 14,165,00.) Gold and silver certificates 187.715,731 Fractional currency 6,990,30 J Total without interest ......$ 555.910,850 Total debt (principal) ..$1863 596,955 Totalinterest. -. ...... i0>54’586 Total cash in treasury 864.766.513 Debt, less cash in treasury L 509.786 otw Decrease durins' November 1,721,676 Decrease of debt since June 30, 1881 ' 41,306,146 Current liabilitiesinterest due and unpaid 1,973,699 Debt on which interest has ceased.. 6,645 335 Interest thereon 321 sis Gold and silver certificates 187 715’7,11 V. ft notes held for redemption of certificates of deposit. 14.4< 5,000 Cash balance available 15 ',644,974 Total $ 364.766,518 Available assets— —■ Cash m treasury. ....... $ 854,766,513 Bonds issued to Pacific railway comymirw, muuwt p*y*tnc uy vhi ten Bt*te v Prtacinal outstanding $ 84.873.512 Interest accrued, not yet paid. 1,615,‘»7 Interest paid by United States...... 69,222,093 Interest repaid by companies— By transportation service. ...$ 17,831,893 By cash payments, 5 per cent, net earnings......; ... 655.198 Balance of Interest paid by United States 40.935.000 John G. Cablisle of Kentucky, was nominated for the Speakership of the House of Hepresentativea, by the Democratic •nucus, on the first ballot. The caucus was celled to order by Gen. Rosecrans. Geddes, •f Ohio, was chosen Chairman. The motion that voting be viva voce was lost, 104 to 82, *nd a motion to reconsider was lost, 113 to U, Morrison, or Illinois, nominated Car-

lisle; Curtin, of Pennsylvania, Rat;d ill; and Doitshoimer, of New York, Cox. On the first, ballot Carlisle receivefl 104 of the 188 votes, Randall 53 and Cox 32. On Randall’s motion Carlisle's nomination was made unanimous. Thirteen of New York's members voted for Cox and seven for Randall. Pennsylvania was solid for Randall, as was Connecticut, Maryland and Now Jersey. Carlisle’s strength was, to a great extent, in the South, which was not, however, solid. The three candidates then appeared and made speeches, the defeated ones promising to sustain Carlisle in every way. John B. Clarke, of Missouri, was nominated for Clerk; John P. I eedom, of Ohio, for Bcrgeunt-at-Arms; J. G. Wintersmith, of Texas, for Doorkeeper; Lycurgus Dalton, of Indiana, for Postmaster, and Rev. John S. Lindsay for Chaplain. In the Republican caucus sixty-seven members were present. Ex-Speaker Keifer and the entire list of incumbents were renominated. Hiscock. of New York, made a long speech opposing Keifer on the especial ground that he had,antagonized the press of the country, and the Republican party eould not afford to countenance him. There are 137 candidates for the position of second assistant doorkeeper, which pays $2,000 per annum. POLITICAL. Ex-Senator Blaine is out in a public letter, in whieh he unfolds a scheme of allied Federal or State taxation, which he claims he has long reflected upon, and the objections to which lie Is now fully prepared to hear. Mr. Blaine declares that both Protectionists and Free Traders in great numbers now desire the abolition of the entire internal system of Federal taxation. He believes that there will at once be an alliance of legislators in Congresswho hold entirely opposite views on the subject of protectton. but who will work together for free whisky, tobacco Snd other things which now afford internal revenue to the Government. But Mr. Blaine is opposed to free whisky. He believes such tax should always exist, to be collected by the nation and given to the States—for the States of themselves would be powerless to enforce such a levy. The money so raised should be paid to the States in the proportion of their population—that is, Illinois would paj’ the most and New York would get the most The gist of Mr. Blaine's plan is, first, to find that the nation can spare $86,(100.000 of tax on whisky- then to pay this sum to the States, and thereby lift that amount of tithes from farms, homesteads and shops. Mr. Blaine has figured the plan out and appends a table, two items of which show that under his apportionment of the $86,003,000 Illinois would get $5,285,000 and New Y0rk58,893,000. Such is a brief sketch of the leading features of Mr. Blaine’s scheme. Henry Watterson assures the readers of the Courier-Journal that Mr. Tilden is irreconcilably opposed to the old ticket, would not go to Washington to take the oath of office, and did not raise nis hund in the Speakership contest. New York and Titusville (Pa.) journals propose that the Republican National convention be held at Chautauqua, asserting that the accommodations uro all that could he desired. < GENERAL. While union services were progressing in the Maverick Street church, at East Boston, Mass., Thanksgiving Day, the Rev. Warren H. Cudworth, a Unitarian pastor, fpll dead while offering prayer. James L. Camp, PosTinaster at Dixon, 111., died of paralysis in the Methodist church at that place. ... .Hon. W. L. Grenty, ,a pioneer resident of Adrian, Mich., who was acting Governor of the State in 184", died at Eaton Rapids. Prof. S. K. Hoshour, prominent in Indiana for a half century as an educator and clergyman. passed away’ at the age of 80 years. W. E. Stevenson, ex-Governor of West Virginia, died at Parkersburg, after intense suffering. Commercial failures: B. F. Dow & Co., agricultural inplements, Peru, Ind., liabilities $150,000; J. B. Kirby & Co., tanners, % Rockcastle county, Ky„ liabilities $40,000; D. S. Wisehart, general merchant, Decatur, 111., liabilities heavy; W. B. Jarvis & Co., general merchants,- Greenville, N. C.. 1 abilities $t'0,000; George Ryall & Co., fancy goods, Chicago, liabilities $30,000; Albert Webb, flour and grain, Portland, Me; Tracy & Comstock, general •‘.ore, Oregon, Wis., liabilities $20,000; O. & Whitman & Co., Cadillac, Mich., liabilities $90,000; G. M. D. Littell & Co., canned goods. New York, liabilities $114,000; the Londonderry Iron and Steel company, Halifax, N. S., liabilities $172,000; Robert ifcKiin, cattle exporter, Hamilton, Ontario, liabilities $40,000; Samuel Isaac, clothing, Slattoon, 111., liabilities $60,000; C. Lameroux, furniture, Montreal, Canada, liabilities $35,003. A fire broke out in Farwell’s block on Market street, Chicago, and destroyed property to the value of $175,000. Frances Fairweather and Kittie Hilgert, two of the employes, lost their lives in trying to escape, one,by falling from the • fire-escape,” and the other by jumping from one of the windows in the general consternation. About Jhe same hour the office of the Evening Journal, on Dearborn street, * was partially destroyed by fire, the damage being estimated at $150,000. Other fires of note are as follows: Gusky’s clothing store, Pittsburg, loss $30,003; four business houses at Centerville, Mo., loss $15,000; ten stores at Corning, Mich., loss $15,(100; the Masonic Temple, Sixth avenue, New York, loss $100,000: Hume’s sash and blind ■ factory, Oshkosh, Wis,, loss $50,000; Johnson’s lumber-yards, Menominee, Wis., loss $20,000. _ . ,

The forthcoming report of the New York Chamber of Commerce will show that the foreign,business of the United States duringthe fiscal year ending June 30, 1883, amounted to $1,607,330,140, an increase over the previous year of $ 10,258,340. The exports exceeded the imports $103,989,430. The value of the cotton exported was $247,328,721; of the bread stuff s, $208,040,850. FOREIGN. Baker Pasha will head the Egyptian army against the False Prophet... .The Madird Government has decreed that slaves in Cuba shall no longer be punished with stocks and fetters. It is claimed by De Lesseps that the Suez Cabal company can enlarge its excavation on its own*land without asking authority or aid. A convention has been concluded with English ship-owners to enlarge the cut, or dig a second canal... .Cotton fabrics rule strong in England, and the values of raw mateaials are hardening,.. .Vignaux won the six days’ billard match at Paris—3,ooo to 2,876 for Schaefer... .It is reported at. Vienna that the Ulema of Mecca has proclaimed El Mahdi an Impostor. The Hon. G. J. Goschen, of Ripon, has accepted the Speakership of the House of Commons. Speaker Brand retires on a £5,000 pension Ship-building on the Clyde is rapidly declining, owing to Jhe high price of material. The workmen have offered to accept a reduction of 5 per cent, in their wage?; but the builders are without Orders. ... .The proposition to include Ireland in the Franchise bill is gaining ground, and the next Parliament session, it is predicted, will be one full of surprises, collusion and confusionAM. Meagher, a Parnellite, has been elected Lord Mayor of Dublin Julius Payer, the Austin Arctic explorer, has just died in his 41st year. Aftts a trial lasting two days, Patrick O’Donnell, for the murder of Informer Carey, was convicted at London, and sentenced to be hanged Dec. 17. The closing hours of the trial were productive of some exciting incidents. The jury, says one account, retired at five minutes to 7, and until twenty minutes to 8 discussed as to whether they should return a verdict of murder or manslaughter. Three’ weie in favor of the latter. On the jury returning to court to ask the Judge the definition of the relative degrees of murder, the chances of O’Donnell’s escape from the gallows were accepted as favorable. The jury again retired. On returning after an hour to again consult with the Judge and to submit a question in regard to the law on manslaughter, the general conclusion was that O'Donnell was safe. When a verdict of willful murder was finally

recorded, there was strong disappointment. Two members of the jury’ held out against murder until they received the last explicit definition of the Judge. O’Donncil's behavior after sentence had becri passed . failed of dignity. He nsked the Judge tor permission to. make an address, which was refused. O'Donnell bad prepared a short speech. The refusal'enraged the prisoner, and ho cried: ,- ’To h—with thb Bri'is'i Government and all the bloodv —rr - who concocted this plot! Hurrah for the States!” The wardens then forced him fioui the dock. H!s oaths and cries were audible in the court from the corridors leading to the cells in the prison. There wa< a painful absente of sens ■ of the solemnity of the position. The manage ment Of the defense is considered weak.