Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 January 1884 — THE NEWS CONDENSED. [ARTICLE]

THE NEWS CONDENSED.

CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS. The subject of foreign discriminations against American commerce was discussed in the Senate Jan. 22. The Committeej on Foreign Relations was instructed to prepare a report embodying measures which, when enacted into law, will protect American interests. Recent tariff legislation by France, Germany, Mexico and Brazil is also to be investigated. The Committee on Indian Affairs reported adversely on the petitions for the opening of the Oklahoma lands. Mr. Hoar introduced a bill to prevent the circulation in the mails of lottery adverti.sements from foreign countries. The- Senate in executive " session confirmed Emory Speer, of Georgia, to be District Attorney for the Northern district. A bill which is of considerable interest to farmers and others passed the House. It provides that a person who buys a patented article in the market, without knowing it to' be patented, shall not be subject to suit if he only buy- it for» his own use, and not for sale or manufacture, and that no liability shall attach to him until he has received notice that the article is a patented one whereon no has Been paid. The Hous - also passed the Greely Relief Expedition bill. The committee on public lands reported a bill for the forfeiture of the Texas Pacific land grant. A bill was also reported for the erection of a public building at New Albany, Ind. TrnsTnll for the relief of Fitz John Porter was reported favorably to the Senate by Mr. Sewell, Jan. 23, and Mr. Logan banded in a minority report. Mr. Sherman asked immediate consideiation for a preamble and resolution reciting the circumstances of the recent election troubles at Danville, Va.. and the killing of Mathews in Copiah county, Miss., and calling for a full investigation of the whole matter, but Mr. Cockrell objected. A resolution was passed giving a clerk at SI,OOO per annum to each Senator who isl not chairman of a committee. Mr. Plumb' secured the passage of a resolution directing the Secretary of the Interior to report the status of land in Indian Territory not occupied by the five civilized tribes. A joint resolution was passed to permit a young naval officer named Reynolds to accept a decoration from the Emperor of Austria for saving the lives of tw’elve men. The House of Representatives passed a joint resolution of thanks to Capt. Gabrlelson and Lieut. Rhodes, of the revenue steamer Dexter, for heroism at the wreck of the steamer City of Columbus. Joint resolutions were also passed appropriating $50,000 for the support of destitute Indians at the Crow agency and the forts in Montana, and calling for information as to the expenditure at Hot Springs, Ark., and the condition of the work of improvement. Mr, Hewitt offered a resolution of inquiry in regard to the trade between the United States and Mexico. A bill was reported appropriating $3,750,000 to pay rebates on tobacco and $21,965 for the expenses of the Legislature of New Mexico. A bill was introduced for the erection at Helena, Ark., of a public building costing not to exceed SIOO,OOO.

A joint resolution providing for the removal of the remains of the late Maj. Gen. E. O. C. Ord, from Havana, where he died, to ■Washington, passed the Senate Jan. 24. The joint resolution for the relief of the Greely expedition, with an amendment that the party be volunteers, was also passed. The resolution in regard to clerks for Senators was amended to provide thst they receive $6 per day and Ire appointed only for the session. Bills were introduced for the preservation of forests on the national domain, and to authorize the President to pay back the indemnity fun I to the Chinese government. Some work was done on the Alaska Civil Government bill. In the House of Representatives, a bill was introduced providing that pensions for total disability be S2O per month, without regard to rank. A bill was sassed making an appropriation of $3,750,000 to nav the claims for rebate on tobacco, A bill was reported appropriating SIOO,OOO for a public building at Chattanooga. A joint resolution was passed authorizing thexßecretary of the Interior to detail an employe as assistant clerk of the Committee on Pensions, The House refused to concur in the Senate amendment to the Greely relief bill. Mr. Blair introduced a bill in the Senate, Jan. 25, for the free circulation of newspapers within the State where published. Mr, Cameron presented a petition from the Merchants’ association of Milwaukee for retaliatory legislation against French and German wines. Mr. Beck called up his bill to prohibit the Secretary of the Treasury from purchasing bonds above par, which was referred to the committee on finance. The bill for a civil government in Alaska was passed, with a prohibitory liquor clause. An adjournment to the 18th was taken. The House went into committee ot the whole on the Fitz John Porter bill, and speeches were made by Messrs. Taylor, Bayne Keifer, and' Ray. Afterward, the Senate bill for the removal to Washington of the remains of Gen. Ord was passed. The Speaker presented a communication from the Secretary of the Navy, stating that no service was rendered the British navy, during the bombardment of Alexandria, by American Officers or men.

. Thr entire session of the House of Representatives, on Jan. 26. was devoted to debate on the bill for the relief of Gen. Fitz John Porter. Mr. Thomas, of Illinois, was the first speaker. He said “the evidence before the House proved conclusively that Porter had been fairly, •ful v, and justly tried and convicted. In the name of Abraham Lincoln, in the name of the court, in the name of the great Secretary of War, in the name of the men who fell in battle on Aug. 29, he protested against the passage of the bill. He protesed against it because It was making treason and insubordination honorable and putting bar-sinister condemnation on •the re.o. dos the men who saved and preserved the nation.” [Applause on the Republican side.] Mr. Belford, of Colorado—"I want to know whether the gentleman s judgmeut in the Fitz John Porter case is better than that of the greatest soldier this world has seen from the time of Julius Caesar down to this time. I mean Ulysses S. Grant.” [Applause on the Democratic side 4 Mr. Eollett. ot Ouio. had hoped the questtoft would not b<r(ttscttsS»»s”aT»hfteal one;" but he discovered in the speech of the gentler, man from Illinois (Mr. Thomas) the animus of the case. It was not treason against the Government that Fitz John Porter was charged with, but treason against Pope. If there were any men on the floor capable of passing impartially oh the merits of this controversy they were the men who had not had their prejudices, passions and feelings aroused by personal antagonism between two men, each of whom occupied a conspicuous position in the armv of the North. [Applause on the Democratic sided Mr. Belford said Gen. Grant was the greatest soldier that had appeared since the time of Julius Cajsar. Pompey was conquered. Hannibal was conquered. Napoleon was conquered. But Grant never lost a battle. Gen. Grant has fully examined this case, and has said injustice had been done Gen. Pori er. On the judgment of that great and wonderful soldier, he proposed t > predicate his vote in favor of this bill. [Ap lause on the Democratic side.] He bel.eved in doing justice to a man. It was the sweetest attiibute o humanity. It was the sweetest attribute of God Almighty Himself. He proposed to bury the prejudices of the past and do justice to a man wnom the greatest General on the face of the earth declared to be wronged and outraged. He would follow Grant's judgment against that of Captains and Colonels of militia [Laughter aud applause.! Mr. Borr, of Michigan, said the trouble with Fitz John Porter was that he became disgi untied and refused o give Pojte the he rty support he ought to have done. One reason assigned for the passage of this bill was that Geu. Gran ha 1 written a letter saying Porter o-ght to be restored. He bad belicved in Grant many years. It had been his pleasure to come lb near to worshiping him as he ever did any man the country i roduced. ILauizhter.) The gentlem n on the other side had been vilifying and slandering Grant, calling him all kinds of hard names for years. Now, these fame gentlemen came in an I asked: “What are you go ng to do with Gen. Grant?” He would tell them. The grand old man had made a- mistake, and as Io ig as ft was the only mistake of his life he IHorr) was going,to stand by him longer than the gentlen zen oh the other side would. They had not agfeed with Grant for a mi..nte except in this one case, when Grant happened to agree with them. Mr. Horr stated that when .it was, expected trial tills Tffn would come nr, #t a pr.Of Congress, Gen. Gartield w.is preparing a speech against it. Mr. Horr then concluded, as lollowa: “In the name of good dicipline in the armv, in the name of the loyal men of the North, in the name of the thousands of men whose spirits were calling Congress to do its dutv to their memory, he protested against the passage bf this bi t” [Applause on the Republican side.] The Senate was not in session. THE EAST. The jury in the case of James Nutt, at Pittsburgh, returned a verdict of notg*uilty

because of insanity at the time he removed Dukes. The result 'was received with cheers within and without the court-room. Judge Stowe ordered Nutt back to Jail, where a medical Inquest will detentfine whether it is necessary, for the safety of the public, to Immure the prleoper in an asylum, or set him at liberty. Senator Voorhees was Chief counsel for the defense... .John Frazer, a lumber merchant of Liverpool, was found frozen to death on a doorstep in New York, the morning of his arrival. Two or the crew of the United States ship Speedwell have been ordered under arrest at Portsmouth, N. H., by Commander Mcßitchie for robbing the body of a victim of the City of Columbus wreck....A careful examination of the mental condition of James Nutt by Judge and jury shows that he has recovered his reason since justice was meted out to the villain Dukes. This accords with public opinion in the matter. Nutt is now a free man Edward J. Meany, who has disappeared from Brooklyn, is a defaulter to the Molders' Union of North America for over $20,000... .A bill has been introduced in the New York Legislature for fining speculators in theater tickets $2.5 for each oflense in selling seats above the adver-l’ tiscd prices. , Elmer Weir, 10 years of age, while skating at Salem, .. Massachusetts, through the ice. A Newfoundland dog, Which the family had saved from starving, made his way to the edge of the water, dived after the boy and dragged him to the land, where he Was soori resuscitated. Selah Sprague, a farmer of East Meadow, on Long Island, was attacked in his barn and nearly murdered by a mulatto. The villain then went to the house, struck Mrs. Sprazue. and began a search for money. The neighbors heard the woman’s Screams for help, and they scoured the country until they the robber. Mr. Sprague is not likely to survive his injuries. A piece of ice getting into the puddling machine being experimented with in the Western iron mill at Phoenixville, Pa., resulted in an explosion which wrecked the machinery and injured several persons. Dr. John B. Wood, one of the oldest journalists in New York, accidentally fell from a bulkhead into North river, and was drowned before' assistance could reach

him. THE WEST. One of the jurors in the EmmaJßond case spends considerable time in crying; another runs from his house when visitors approach it, and a third has been dismissed by a beautiful woman to whom he was engaged. All of the bodies of the fifty-nine men killed by the explosion in the Crested Butte mine, near Gunnison, Col., were recovered within three days after the fatal disaster. Ten bodies were found in the main entry. These had evidently been subjected to the full force of the blast, and were terribly burned and blackened, in several cases arms and legs were found to have been broken and bodies otherwise mutilated. In this entry also the carcasses of nine mules and a large number of empty coal Cars, which had been battered out of all shape, were found. In chamber No,. 1 no bodies were found, but the workmen,pursuing their search a little farther, came upon eighteen corpses, almost in a heap, in an air passage leading to the up-cut, near the entrance. The doomed men, alarmed but not injured by the explosion, had evidently attempted to reach the furnace-room, and had been overcome by the after-damp when within 200 feet of the room. Fifty feet further back six more bodies were found. All had evidently been suffocated. Some had tied handkerchiefs over their mouths. In chamber No. 2, and in a passageway in the immediate vicinity, twenty-five more bodies were discovered. Many had their arms and legs brok n, their skulls crushed in, and their clothing burned. In many cases the hair was burned from their heads, and all the skin was burned off the face and other exposed Itortions of the body, leaving an utterly unrecognizable mass of raw and bleeding flesh. The appearance of these bodies was horrible beyond, description. None of them could be recogrtized. Many of the faces had coal dust ground into them until they were as black as the coal itself. The Colorado Coal and Iron Company bore all the funeral expenses, and has made ample provision for the needy families oft- the deceased. The cause of the accident cannot be definitely told. The mine has been subject to gas, but the owners had done everything possible to overcome this by the use of all the latest and most approved appliances for mine ventilation, and it was con--8 dered one of the best ventilated mines in the country. „ According to the latest reports but little damage was done to fruit in Michigan by the recent severe weather. On the other hand, fruit-growers in Central Illinois say that the storm had a serious effect on the cherry orchards.... .Fifty-five Apache children left the San Carlos Agency, in Arizona, for the Carlisle Training School in Pennsylvania. ' THE SOUTH. Ten prisoners at Wheeling, West Virginia, disarmed Jailer Colby, beat him in a brutal manner, and escaped to the roof. The citizens heard the alarm and began firing at the prisoners, who went back to their cells. A bast was drawn into a whirlpool in the upper Cumberland river near Carthage, Tenn., and nine men were drowned. The body of Mrs. Elizabeth Holliday, who died at Baltimore, was left unburied by her two brothers, and when the house was visited, two days afterward, rats were found O9 S j^und..witA.dfllicuto were driven away. The ears; Hands, and T>A6k of the head had been devoured. The city authorities interred the remains; Miss E. R. Paine, residing near Winchester, Va., one of the best-known ladies in the Shenandoah valley, has created a huge sensation by declaring herself to be a man, and applying for A marriage license. He is 38 years of age, and of excellent business abilities. « The directors of the Kentucky Central road elected C. P. Huntington President. John Murray, aged 17, thinking that his mother was inside their burning house at New Orleans, rushed to her rescue, but was crushed under blazing timbers and burnt to a cinder. Mrs. Murray had already escaped from the building James Foley, belter known as “Billy the Kid,” one of the most notorious de; eradoes of the “Wild West,” was fatally shot at Fort Worth, Tex., j by Henry Hittoon, a farmer. The quarrel I which resulted in the killing was over a game ! of dice.

WASHINGTON. The Postoflice committee of the national House Of Representatives has agreed to make a favorable report on the bill fixing the rate of postage at 1 cent for three ounces on newspapers and periodicals sent by others than publishers or news agents. The Government directors of the Union Pacific road report to the Secretary of the Interior, that the management has given them the fullest information as to its workings. The funded debt of the company was, on June SO, $83,947,960, and the face value of investments held is $59,933,480. The directors pronounce for steady and fixed rates, even if high, rather than fluctuating charges brought about by competition. . Washington dispatch:. It is a fact that there will be two tariff bills submitted by i the Democrats to the Ways and Means Commute —one by Mr. Morrison, the other by Mr. Mr. Hewitt. Hewitt's bill will consist largely of a compsirison v of rates in tabular form, with the recommendation that the lowest rate Ibe taken. Mr. Morrison’s bill will be a short ! one, providing for a horizontal reduction of I from 15 to per cent, on the average, with ' large additions to the free list, particularly ■in raw materials. \ Ex-Speaker KEiFEh was examined

by the House Committee on Accounts. He admitted that in appointing Tyson a stenographer* it was with the understanding that at some future time the position should be v&cated, and that his demand for the resignation was merely a reminder of the agreement. POLITICAL. The Ohio Senate refused to confirm the appointment of ex-Gov. Foster as one of the trustees of the Toledo asylum, and it is understood that Gov. Hoadly will not press the nomination. A club has been organized by the Republicans of Baltimore to secure the nomination of Senator Logan for President. , b * , A Salt Lake dispatch says: The attacks upon Gov. Murray’s record as Marshal of Kentucky are the chief topic of conversation here. Of course' the Mormons are delighted, because they think they will soon be relieved from Murray. The more pious among them interpret the exposures as being the interposition of the Almighty to crush one who has fought His people. The Governor’s friends are very much annoyed by the charges of corruption, and fear his removal. They ' say Mormon money is back of the business, and that Murray will be ableto establish his Innoence. The Governor himself professes .to care little about the allegations, laying it all to personal enemies in Kentucky and to Mormon influence in Washington. However, his acts show that he is worried and doing all he can to save his official head... .Gov. Foster, of Ohio, said to a Washington correspondent, in reply to a question on the Presidential prospects in Ohio: There is some talk of President Arthur as a candidate, but I do not believe there Is anything in it. I cannot imagine that anyone would seriously think of such u thing. -Tne nomination . of. PresidentArthur would be suicidal... .A bill has passed the Mississippi' Legislature forbidding public officers accepting railroad passes.

COMMERCIAL FAILURES. The following failures were reported by telegraph during the week: Liabilities. Trowbridge <fc Son, flour and grain, Albany, N.Y $20,00C W. C. Howland, organs, Chicago 10.00 C Wade <fc Cummings, clothing, New York. 15.00 C Suffolk County Bank, Patchogue, L.I. 150.00 C Geo. Keller, provisions. New York. 26.00 C City Rank, Leadville, C 010...... 400,000Thomas & Sons, coal miners, Evansville. Ind 15,000 Lake Bros., bankers, Grenada, Miss... 65,000 B. F. Crook, merchant, Forest, Miss... 10,000 Jas, Manson, dry goods. St. John, N. 8... 80,000 I. &H. Henly, millinery, Cincinnati... 40,000 Win H. Guion, steamship agent, New York 2,000,000 F. W. Chipman, dry goods, Kentville, N. 8..., 55,000 Maver Bros., cotton brokers, Vicksburg, Mi 55..................... 175.000 Willett Bronson, lawyer, New York.... 700,000 E. J. Bermingham, publisher, New York 17,000 A F. Pickard, furniture, Lockport, N.Y 15,000 H. J. Miner, clothing, Cheboygan, Mich...... '.. 10,000 Cleveland (O.) Woolen Mills 20,000 Eberly & Bowman, dry goods, Columbus, O 25,000 B. H. Chamberlain & Co., dry goods, Geneseo, 111......... 20,000 Grant <fc Co., dry goods, Garysburg, N. C 20,000 First National bank, Leadville, C 010.... 350,000 Clancey Bros., dry goods, Eau Claire, Wi5.....45,000 A. Conway, iron, Erie, Pa.. . 15,000 H. G. Razall & Co., paper box maufactnrers, Milwaukee. 15,000 Roland, McLean <fc Co., looking-glass manufacturers, Boston 40,000 W. W. Littlefield, general store. East s---x" -. Sa.pina.w_ Minh ia.. 10.000

NECROLOGY OF THE WEEK. Ex-Congbessman Green Adams, of Kentucky; Mrs. Eliza Quincy, of Boston, granddaughter of Josiah Quincy, of Revolutionary fame; Judge Robert H. Forrester, a prominent Chicago lawyer; Gen.W. C. Plunkett, a prominent manufacturer, of Adams, Mask; Rev. Edward Fontaine, of Louisiana, who first suggested the building of jettiesfor the mouth of the Mississippi; Judge John Randolph Bell, a leading citizen of Slissouri; Commodore Timothy A. Hunt, U. S. Navy; Samuel T. Glover, a leading lawyer of St. Louis; James F, Clark, a wealthy citizen of Cleveland; Earl Grosvenor, son and heir of the enormously wealthy’ Duke of Westminsters Sidney P. Walker, a well-known Chicago insurance man, and a former member of the famous Ellsworth Zouaves; Senator P. H. Smith, a pioneer of Sheboygan county,Wis.; James Bryden, of Franklin, Pa., cousin of Premier Gladstone; Henry Moss, of Now Orleans, well-known humorist; Judge W. A. Porter, an eminent lawyer and old citizen of Southern Indiana. GENERAL. In denial of statements published in a Washington paper, General Grant states that he had no personal interestin’ the ratification of the Mexican treaty; that he was not In partnership with Romero in any Mexican enterprises or speculations, but that the relationship between himself and Romero was based upon the fact that each believed closer relations would be of great advantage to both nations... .The express companies have extended their money-erder system. Flfty-dollar orders, payable to bearer; cost 20 cents, payable at 6,500 offices. Business failures in the United States, according to Bradstreet, last week numbered 310, being eleven less than the previous week, but twenty-one more than for the corresponding period in 1883. Bradstreet reports that prices for all commodities are generally firmer, and that the movement of creased in volume. According to the Iron & Steel Association reports the total production of pig. iron in this country during the year ending Dec. 31, 1883, was 5,146,972 tons.... Herr Most, the German Communist, predicts from the safe distance of New York that there will be more Socialistic murders [n Vienna.;.. The salary of Robert Harris, as President of •the Northern Pacific road, is $20,000 per annum.

FOREIGN., The rival factions in Ireland are tending toward strife and bloodshed by their. determination to nullify the efforts of each other, and Parnell has again indefinitely postponed his promised speech to his constituents in Cork. A meeting of Cork loyalists is described as the most imposing political demonstration withinthc memory of men now living. Resolutions were adopted pledging support to the Crown and Constitution.... Great Britain was last week swept by a tierce gale. Te egrapbic communication wj,tb London was broken in every direction, and many lives were 10-t at sea by shipwreck. One person was killed in London by the falling of a t wall, and several were injured. The Storm also raged in France Queen Victoria is in better health than for years, and will go to Baden in April to attend the wedding of her granddaughters... .The venerable Emperor of Germany has been advised by his physicians to cease carriage-rid-ing for a time... .The Egyptian Government has borrowed 2950,000 from Baron Rothschild at 0 per cent, interest.... An explo-ion in a colliery in Rhonda Valley, Wales, killed eleven men, and a rescuing party of four also lost their lives... .The ships Eimla and City of Lucknow collided in the En <lish channel.... Fifty-two members noblemen and gentlemen—of the Park club of Lond. n, have been arrested lor gambling. The arguments before the House Commerce committee on the subject of interstate commerce are eonfluded. The re pre' sentafives of the railroads, says, a Washington dispatch, have spoken with more favor of the commission plan than they have in preceding Congresses. They have evidently come to the conclusion that it is unwise to seek too long to-defy public opinion, aud they admit that public opinion does demand a better regulation of the railroads. The advocates of the' commission plan in the com-

mlttee are not agreed upon any bill. Some favor a simple commission plan without any specified powers; Others wish to give the commission large powers, but.none of them Are willing to vest them with such power as the Reagan bill would give to’those authorized to enforce it. An effort will be made by Chairman Reagan to secure early action upon the bill in order that it may be reported to the House.;..Thirteen contested election cases are pending before Congress, and none of them have yet been acted upon... .Mrs. MEloroy, sfster of President Arthur, gave her first winter reception at the White house last week and it proved to be a brilliant affair....A bill has been introduced in Congress for the extermination of pleuropneumonia, and also for creating a bureau of animal industry.