Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 March 1884 — Page 6

The Republican. RENSSELAER. INDIANA. E. MARSHALL, - -■ Po»ma»».

THE NEWS CONDENSED.

CONGRESBION AL PROCEEDINGS. Un.i.s wore formally reported to the Sea* oto, on the 26th nit., to prohibit the mailing of newspapers containing lottery advertisement*, and for the relief of Fiti John Porter, tho latter to come up March 11 An adverse report was made on the bill to abolish the military reservation at Fort Klee. A joint resolution was passed •■pressing the appreciation by the nation of the generosity of Great Britain In presenting the Alert for the Greely relief expedition. A resolution was passed calling upon the Secretary of the Navy for information regarding the progress of work on ths Panama Canal. The bill to authorize the construction of additional steel Teasels for the navy led to some dehate. In the House. Mr. Cobb asked uDanimous consent for the passage of the Joint resolution of thanks to Great Britain for the gift of the arctic steimship Alert, but Mr. Kohinson objected. The plenro-pneumonia bill was discussed to the hour of adjournment. It being argued that the measure was full of unconstitutional provisions, and was in the interest of a ring now being formed to control tho cattle trade Bills were Introduced In the Senate, on tho 27th nit., to improve the channel between Galveston and the Gulf of Mexico, and to incorporate and aid the Yellowstone Park Railroad. A resolution was passed calling on the Secretaryof the Interior for information as to the rumored lease of the Crow Reservation in Montana. The hill lor the construction of eleven vessels for the navy led to a h it: debate. Mr. Van Wyck asked immediate consideration I for * r<.solution directing the Posloffica Committee to inquire whether at any time the Western Union end the Haitimore and Ofiio Telegrai h Companies had negotiated for consolidation. Mr. Plaint) offered the resolution, and it was referred to tho Po-tolnce Coiiimit ee. The bill to repeal the test oath which passed tho Senate .some time ago. wasjassedLby the House. The House adopted a resolution directing the Secretary of tho Treasury to state how much mom y there is in the vaults, and to iepoit what amount can at. lire e it b’ applied in li.iulilation of the public, debt, Mr. Le F. vre offered a resolution directing the preparation of a bill, to prohibit option trading in grain or provisions, bnt- Mr.•fox object-d . Hr. lNGAt.i.d, of Kansas, introduced a bill tn tho Senate on the 28th ntfe to remove theluJnnctionof seeveey from the members of the Fitz John Porter court-martial. The remainder of the session was spent on the bill to aphorize the const action of steel' e-se's for the navy. An amendment that the number'd ships be reduced from seven to so r was defeated by 17 to 34. In the House, two G. rman-Am-rieans, Messrs. D'usti r and Guenther, rose, by unanimous permission, and delivered speeches which they believe better express the true sentiments of the German people than did the contemptuous act of Prince Bismarck. Mr. Kas-on, of lowa, was promptly on his feet to regret the speeches of the gentlemen from Wisconsin, and to urge that a resolution adopted by members of the Reichstag and presented by the previous speakers should be smothered In that yielding pillow called the Committee on Foreign Affaire. Mr.Kasson’s motion prevailed. By a vote or Its to 127 the pleurc-pnenmonla bill was passSd. Eulogies upon the late Representative Haskell were de-llve-ed bv several mrmbe.fs. Thf. bill for tho admission of Dakota into the Union was favorably reported in the Senate on the 29th ult. Mr. Ransom reported back adversely the joint resolution for an appropriation Of $500,000 for the cyclone sufferers in the South, the distress having been overstated. The bill for the construction of stcfel cruisers was passed by 38 to 13. Adjourned to March 3. The House of Represent itlves adopted a resolution asking the iseoretarv of the Treasury If additional clerks are r>qulred for the tobacco rebate claims. A resolution was offered directing tue Committee on Public I.andsto report whether the grant of the Portage Lake an i Lake Su'verior Ship Ca ai Company is liable to forfeiture. In committee of the whole it was resolved that Gen. PI -ssonton be retired with the rank of Colonel. The postofflee appropriation bill was reported. An evening session was held for the consideration of pension bills. A resolution was adopted by the iiouso Of Representatives, on the Ist inst., calling on the Secretary of the interior for information relative to the fencing in of public lands in severral States and Territories. Bills were reported to provide for the Issue of circulating notes to national banks, to establish a Board of In ersta e Comm Tee. to increase pensions, to pro▼i 'e for a canal between Lake Union end Pug -t Sound, and to construct the Maryland and Delaware free ship canal. Several speeches were made on the naval appropriation bill.' There was no session of the Senate.

THE EAST.

In a beer saloon at Boston, Col. B. J. Fox, a wealthy but dissolute New Yorker, married Hannah J. Siverett, an adventuress. Both got drunk after the ceremony, and all visitors to the place were free to imbibe at the bridegroom’s expense. A three-story frame house was burned on Stanton street, in Now York city. Cornelius Van Riper, the occupant, and his three children perished within the building, and h : s wife, jumping from the third story, was killed instantaneously. By the burning of Powers & Wrightman’s chemical works, at Philadelphia, a loss of SI,OOJ,UOJ was incurred. Hundreds of people quitted their houses, anticipating an explosion of chotuicafs, and burning oil towed in all directions through the streets, eiti ens being called on to extricate the fire engines and hose. Every fire company in the city, save one. was on duty. New York dealers advanced the of quinine, owing to the large amonnt of that article destroyed in Powers & Wrightman's establishment. Wix.Lii.iiPlybeitq, a bartsnder in ’fioston, whj*e suffering from delirum tremens, killed himself by ripping open his abodmen and shaving a slice from h's thigh. THE WEST. The people of Omaha were startled the other day by an explosion that shook the entire city. Buildings everywhere'trembledso as to cause persons to run out of doors. It was soon learned that Steele, Johnson Sc. Co.'s powder-house, a short distance south of the city, had exploded and >- killed four boys: Chris Madsen, Jack Stitt, William Abney, and William Melius. None of them was over 17 years od. They were hunting around the powder-house, and were blown to pieces. The head of one was blown off, another’s legs v,ere gone, one was found with his arms torn away, and another's remains were scattered in every direction. An immense hole in the earth wji9 caused by the explosion, and tie s were blown into •mail ftagments....At Toledo, Ohio, Robert Bailey (colored! was convicted of marrying a white cirl contrary to the statute of 1840, and was sentenced to thrye months’ imprisonment nnd SIOO fine—tho full penalty.... The Hebrew Relief Society of Milwaukee reports tO • Russian reiugtes hear Bismarck in a condition bordering on starvation and nakedness and will endeavor to 1 ra se s\<Xo for their relief... .harry Tuttle, one of tho j men engaged in the recent affray with deputy i marshals, was taken tiom the hospital at ! fipearflsh, D. T., w hile in a dying condition, and lynched. V Ohbin A. Carpenter was last week removed from the jail at Lincoln to the jail at.! Petersburg, 111., there to await trial for the 1 murder of Zora Burns. The L neoln County I Board of Supervisors have employed a Petersburg lawyer to assist in the prosecution. The Sheriff at Jackson, Ohio banged Luke and William Jones for the murder of Anderson Lackey. They were taken out of the front door of the Jail to an inclosurc surrounding the scaflold. William Jones struggled until his limbs touched his brother's body. In the Illinois Penitentiary at Joliet, Frank Rande, the uotoriousorlminal, crushed in Deputy Warden McDonald's skull with a poker and slashed Keeper Madden on the arm with a knife. He-wasthenseled by two edbvict* and thrown to the toor, where be was held until Assistant Deputy Warden Gar-

Tin arrived, when he was ordered to procoed to tho deputy's off!re. On the way he seized a knife from the work-table and attacked Garvin, but the latter first broke his oano / over Ramie's head, and then shot him hi the ribs, Keeper McDonald at dearly tbe saiffe time shooting at his head, but the bullet only plowed around the back of the skull, rendering Ramie unconsotous. There are hopes that Capt. McDonald will recover, but It Is feared that Rande has not been fatally injured. During tho melee the conduct or the other oonyicts was praiseworthy... .Judd Crouch and Dab Holcomb were arrested last Week for the Crouch murder, perpetrated near Jackson, Mich., Nov. 21 last. Officials olalm that tho circumstantial cvideitco against the men warrants thearreata. . ■ —„ tue south. The law is suspended at Hot Springs, Ark., and tho Committee of Fourteen, some of whom are under indictment for crimes in other States, control the city. Twenty persons were driven out at the point of the bayonet In one day, and It is alleged that Editor More Harris must also shove... . .By the consent of nearly all tho creditors, tho city of Helena, Ark., has compromised ■ its debt of $380,000 at 50 per cent.,,. .A whale which was captured near Port Koval, 8. C., gave Dirth to a young one. \ Above and below Shreveport, La., for a hundred niHes, says a Southern dispatch, the country is a shallow sea. Tht planters lose heavily in fences, stock, and horses, aud the colored population are in great distress. Three United States Judges sitting cu banc at Nashville, Tenn., have pronounced unconstitutional and void the Tennessee law which erected the State Railroad Commission. Tho law is held to have attempted to regulate interstate commerce; and to have discriminated agalnet corporations in lavor of individuals: end to have been directed against railroads alone, whereas it should have embraced Within its provisions regulations for ail common carriers and to have Veen too indefinite. The court refused to canvass, the question of vested rights, the reasons for the railroads victory over the State being already numerous enough. There Is talk of a special Session of the Legislature to frame a statute avoiding the legal pitfalls which await any attempt on the part of tho people to protect themselves... .lion Gillian was hanged at Bay boro, N. ('., Kr killing Henry Carter wfth a club.' VVi 111 arn M oo re, a neg l o was exedited at Franklin, La., ior the murder of a Chinaman. The Sheriff found, after the condemned man had been swung off, that htsfeet Touched the tioor, and he was raised to the platform and the ropo shortened.... .M. '& folk, the defaulting State Ireasurerof Tennessee, died quite suddenly of heart disease at Nashville. The Citizens’ Committee, of Hot Springs, Ark., has banished from that city Moses 0. Harris, editor of the Daily Hurmshoe. WASHINGTON. It is announced from Washington that the Public Lands Committee of the House has voted to recommend the forfeiture of all the granted lands a’ong that portion of the Northern Pacific Rai roild which was not completed July 4, 1879, which was the limit of time fixed by the aot of Congress. The total area of the lands which would be included In such forfeiture is about 38,(09,000 acres, and the value thereof is estimated from $2 to $2.25 per acre, or, in round figures, SBO 000, 7 000.... Information coines from iho White House that there has been no thought of recalling Minister Sargent from Berlin. Rf.prksehentive Brewer has been directed by the House Committee on Manufactures to report favorably his bill to impose a fine of not more than $lO3, or punishment by imprisonment for three months, on any person interfering in any way with a commercial traveler selling goods by sample. The decrease of the public debt for February was The available cash balance in the Treasury is $145,534,281. Following is the’Ofliclat statement: Interest-bearing deb Four and one-half pier cents $ 250,000.000 Fourper cents. 737.048,550 Three per cents. £64,831,550 Ref unding certificates 305.800 Navy pension fund...... 14. 000,000 Total Interest-bearing debt .... .$1,266,841,900 Matured debt...., $ 12,067,365 Debt bearing no interest— Legal-tender notes, ........ 846,739.586 Certificates of deposit . . 77. 187115,000 Gold and silver Certificates... .V..... 218,581,321 Fractional currency 6,986,3U7 Total without Interest „$ 590,522,214 Total debt (principal).., $1,869,430,479 Total interest 10,364,105 Total cash In treasury.. 396,263,451 Debt, less cash in treasury 1,453,501,133 Decrease during February 2,582,587 Decrease of debt since June 30, 188 1 67,590,074 Current liabilities — Interest due and unpaid $ 1,572,837 Debt on which interest has ceased.. 12.067,365 Interest thereon 322,646 Gold and silver certificates. 218,581,321 U. S. notes held for redemption of certificates of deposit. 18,215,000 Casu baiance available 145,534,211 Total $ 396,293,451 Available assets— Cash in treasury. $ 396.293,451 Bonds issued to Pacific rail way companies, interest payable by United States — Principal outstanding... $ 64,623,512 Interest accrued, not yet paid....... 646,235 Interest paid by United States 61,160,793 Interest repaid by companies— By transportation service .....$ 17,936,869 By cash payments, 5 per cent. UK earnings.. 655,198 Balance of interest paid by United States 42,569,730 POLITICAL. The lowa Senate lias passed the Donnan bill prohibiting tho manufacture of ale, wine, beer, and- all intoxicating liquors whatever, by a vote of 35 to 13... .The Governor of California is about to calf an extra season of- the Legislature to take Action in regard to the unpaid taxes of the Central Pacifio Hoad, which aggregate $1,074,000. Gen. John B. Henderson returned to St. Louis last week from a trip of several weeks through the East. He thinks Arthur will carry New York and the other Middle States, Edmunds most of the Eastern States, Blaine will have the support of the reinalndor of the Eastern States, and 11 good many delegates from the South and West, also Pennsylyan a, in case that Stated n't go for Arthur. He looks on Sherman and Logan also as strong candidates. » p"’ The Copiali Investigating Committee adjourned sine die at New Orleans on the 27th ult., after examining 152 witnesses The Ind.ana Democratic State Convention will be held at Indianapolis, June 25. President Arthur last week sent to Congress the report of the Civil Service Commission. The document admits that there have been several violations of the law in regard to political assessments, but the amount collected was not one- ourth as much as formerly. It is still possible, say tie Commi&s oners, to prumiso the spoils of IOu.OOO offices a- rewards tor party victory, | but the civil service act is a success, and has 1 passe 1 its most difficult point The Ohio I Republican Sta'e Convention has t een called to meet at Columbus, on April S 3 Tho Rhode Island Republican Convention will meet March 20 Rodney 1), Wells, a relative of Chauneey I. Filler, has been-appoint-ed Postmaster of Rt. Louis. New York telfgram: The Herald publishes an interview with Charles A. Dana, of the Now York Nun, on the Presidential candidates. Mr. Dana first gave official utteranoe to the now familiar putase: "Mr. Tilden will under no circumstances be a candidate.” Now, however, he anuounecs a much more startling suggestion —namely,that "nothing is more probab e than that the Democratic Convention will nominate Mr. 'ldden and wait for bis reply before proceeding any further." The election to fill the vacancy

caused by thd death of D. C. Haskell in the Second Congressional* District, of Kansas, came off on tho Ist inst., and E. H. Funston, of Carlisle, Kan., the Republican nominee, is elected by nbqut 4,000 11 a ority over Sarnu-1' A. Klvgs, Kuslonist. pf Lawrence. The vote Was the heaviest for years...,Tho prohibition bill passed the lowa House by a vote of AJ to-41 —all (he Republicans tuid one Di-mo-Tirat'yotJig for the measure. There being a prohibition majority of tw< nty-four in the Senate, Its passogo in that body is certain. THE WEEK’S FIRE RECORD. The fire losses of the week, as reported by telegraph, are as follows: Six large stores at Shelby ville, Tonn.j loss$30,000; five buildings at Winamac, Ind., $15,000; three stores at Woodstock, 111., $20,010; four lesideucos at Pittsburgh. $10,000; fifty-two houses at Mayaguse. t'orto Kico, $50,000; u woolen machinery mill at Worcester, Mass., $50,000; throe fine residences in New Orleans, $30,000; street oar stables at Pittsburgh, $15,000; a business block at Cassville, W, Vo., $20,000; several shops In the Reformatory Prison at lonia, Mich., $15,000; Union Hall Block, Jackson, Mioh., $200,000; a warehouse at St. Paul, Minn., $125,000; a hotel, newspaper office, and five stores at. Henrietta, Texas, $25,000; a large clothing store at Corsicana, Texas, $50,000; a dry goods store at Green Bay. Wis„ $10,000; the hoist house of the Cali. umetjjon and Steel Works, Sfluth Chicago, lUTfiffipplbO: two hotels at ..Denver, Col., $15,-. dWftlSrhotel at Compton, Canada, $15,000; a clock manufactory at Louisville, Ky. s $60,000; a flouring mill at Osceola,. lowa, $20,000; general business houses ati Greenville, S. G., $30,000; a brush factory at Toledo, Ohio, $15,000; a 'louring mill ah' Nicholas)illo, Ky., $-.0,000; u store and residence at Harrisburg, Ohio, $20,000; the St. Charles Hotel and other buildings at. Tuncoin, Neti., $75,0 )0; a porlion of Hunter's cotton ml!!, Philadelphia, $30,000; two hotels and other property a; Duluth, Minn., $40,000:1 a wool warehouse at Boston, SBO,OO-1 i Powers & IVriy h(man's chemical works, Philadelphia, $1,000,0.(1; the Richmond (Va.) cedar .works, $10,000; some shops at Fairbault, 1 Minn., $10,000; a warehouse and contents at Paris, Ky., $20,0 0; a wagon factory at Kacino, Wls., $35,i00; manufacturing proper- , t? at Boston, $200,000; a flouring mill at Btdo- , rado, 0., $20,000; the business section of Iredell, Texas, $50,000; a carpet mill at Philadelphia, $25,000. GENERAL. R. Ryan, correspondent of the Irish JEorid, was arrested at Winnipeg, Manitoba, to do frontier service, to which he signed the Adjutant General’s name. ■ Seven seamen of the United States steamer Michigan, now lying at Erie, have volunteered to go out with the Greely relief expedition, and have passed the requisite examination by surgeons. Hon. William H. Hunt, United States Minister to Russia, died of dropsy at i St. Petersburg on the 27th of February. Mr. ■ Hunt was a native of Louisiana, and came I Of a prominent family. When the War broke j out he adhered to the Union and remained a steadfast supporter of the cause to the 1 end. He was first brought into prominence when he became the counsel for Gov. Keilovg in his contest with McEhery. i He subsequently became a candidate for At- ! torney General on the Republican ticket, and ! was elected and served one term. He was re-elected as Attorney General on the ticket with Packard, but wns thrown out of office through the influence of the MacVeagh Commission, which overturned the Fackard Government and installed Nieholl j while preparations wore being made to seat I Hayes in Washington. Soon after this Mr. Hunt was appei ded a Judge of the Court of Claims at Washington, to fill a vacancy caused by death. Though this wns a life position he resigned it on March 5, 11-81, to become Seeietary of the Navy, and received the appointment as Minister to St. Petersburg April 12, 18S2. John Lowe, Secretary of tlie Canadian Department of Agriculture, was ex- ! amined by a special Parliamentary committee ; at Ottawa, and swore that the statistics issued from Washington as to the immigration to tho United States iroui Canada were incorrect, and that American customs officers had been instructed to fraudulently augment the number of persons leaving the Dominion. .. .The steamer Norseman, on arriving at Boston from Liverpool, reported having steamed along a solid wall of ice for 110 miles. — ; FOREIGN. The explosion at the Victoria Railway Station, London, threw the great city into a state of excitement similar to that ! which it experienced eleven months ago, be- j fore Dr. Gallagher's expedition had gone to ; Its reward. The Super ntendentof Explosives ; has looked at the ruins of tho depot, and says dynamite did the business. His reason for : this belief is that the greatest damage was .done laterally, wh ch Is not 1 ikely to charao- i terue tho effects of more powerful explosives. The damage is $20,000... .The British House of Commons elected Arthur . Wellesley Peel Speaker. The London police found a large quantity of explosives under the Charing Cross Railway station, and a clerk discovered in the cloak room a box thought to coniain .dynamite. A statement was made in the House of Commons that an infernal machine of American manufacture had been found at the Paddington Railway station... .Prince Rrapotkine, the anarchist, imprisoned after a trial in Southern Fiance a year ago, is to be Lani.-hed from the republic. This clemency is the result of several influences. The Prince is ft great scholar, and hi - health is j very bad ... .Russia and the Pope have come to aut understanding, and a Ru sian Minister. to tho Vatican w ill be appointed. The police authorities of Paris are convinced that tho Irish revolutionists have made that city the headquarters in Europe for tho perpetration of their dynamite schemes....C. A. So mer, the Norwegian Minister of State, has been impeached, and sentenced to forfeit his place and pay costs Of $5,000. The English Government is about to |end to Washington a courteous dispatch relative to the countenance and assistance Hi ven to dynamiters by American citizens. The clocks discovered in the London railway stations are said to have been made in the United Statca <: and in one of the valises was a copy of the New York Sun of Feb. 0. ' The police ari ested three men and seized their stock of dynamite, on information that they intended to blow up the courts. The victory of the British troops at Teb, near Trlnkitat, under the command of Gen. Grahcm, was complete. It appears that tho English force, numbering about 5,000 men, formed Pself In battle o der in an oblong square, with the Highlanders m the advance, as they weie at Tel el-Keblr, and commenced its inarch on the Arab army. They had proceeded but a 11 ilo when the Arabs epenei fire upon them, at the same time slowly retreating. The British steadily ad" vanced lor three miles, until tboy came in si.ht of the Arab earthworks. The Hiahlanders. cheering, moved forward until they were within 1 00 yards of the works, and Waited for the.r ranks to close up. The Arabs were on their flanks and in front in great numbers, but still the Scotch pressed on. 'the Arabs charged them wifi thoir spears, only to be mown down iiko grass in great numbers. Having cleared the space in front of them, the British army stormed t e works and carried them, and alter four hours' fighting the whole camp was in their possession, together with the cannon which Baker Pasha's Eg- ptian she -p had lost ttareo weeks before. The Arabs retreated, with the Briitsh troopers pursuing them. In spite of the fierceness of the Arab attack, the British aro reported to have l .st but fortyfour killed ar.d 142 woundird. while the Arabs lost UO 0 killed, besides the wounded, the number Of which is not given. Gen. Graham's loroe advanced and occupied Tokar within a few hours after his victory tit Teb. The opinion is said to prevail in Enj..'... . .. . ... ’ - - t- -- -—A' •'

gland among the Irishmen that the dynamite outrages endanger Irish lives far morultix&n English; that even If successful they will result In the death of ten Irb-hmen for that of ono Englishman, and will unest all Irish relorm for years. The Tories already use dynamite as a strong argument against the extension of the franchise in Ire and, and the opinion Is universally expressed that an appeal to the American Government by Lord Granville Is now certain A bust of Longfellow was unvoiledi at Westminster Abbey, In the presence of Harl Granville, Minister Lowell, and the Misses Longfellow, 406 placed in the Poets' Corner The Freaoh Government has decided to expel suspected dyaamltards from Franoe.

ADDITIONAL NEWS.

Mb. Butler, the appointment clerk in the Treasury Department, at Washington, ex. pected to succeed John C. New as Assistant Secretary, and tendered his resignation when he learned the intention of President Arthur to appoint ex-Governor Fletcher, of Missouri. Dk. Collins’ efforts in behalf of the memory of hts dead brother, the arctic explorer, have met with success in the House of Representatives. A resolution has boen adopted authorizing the Naval Committee to investigate all the facts connected with the ill-fated expedition of Lieut. De Long. It is alleged by Dr. Collins that De Long was a tyrant.: and that Melville, after the arrival iu the swauips of the Lena delta, not only made no effort to See that the other boats had landed in as good condition its his own, but refused his men permission to make any search whatever. John W. Hawkins, of Buffalo, confidential secretary'of Nelson Holland, is a de. fuulter for $59,000. He als> holds the position of United States Inspector of lumber, but his accounts with the Government are believed to tie straight. For fleetness in administering justice Vevay, Ifid., has beaten all previous records. A,thief burglarized a house at an early hour in the morning, was arrested within an hour, aim Ist immediately Indicted, placet! on trial, (onvieted and sentenced, and by noon—or Within seven and a half hours after the commission of the crime—was on his way to the penitentiary under a five years’ term.... Last Week’s deaths in Chicago numbered 188. During the corresponding week in 1883 241 Chicagoans died. .. The record of notable failures of the week'is as follows* Liabilities. W. L. King, dry goods, Rockport, N. Y.s 20,0uQ Dewey A- Hogan, groceries. Galena, 111; 15,000 J. O’Sullivan, lumber, St. L0ui5........ 30,000 C. F. Meachim, huts, Montreal 100,000 W. A. Pew, manufacturer, Gloucester, ___ Mass..., 225,000 Albert Benson, clothing, Chicago 15,000 Spaldi -g <fc Co., printers, Chicago 20,000 A. S. Howell, dry goods, Bath, N. Y".... 100,000 David A Letcher, hardw are. Little Rock 20,000 Alexander Butler, agricultural impleinents,Plattevillc,wls..3o,ooo Howes it Co., bankers, New Y0rk...... 80,000 Martin Turner it Co., East India merchants, Glasgow, Scotland . . .wrrr.... 2,500,000 E. Detrick it Co., San F'rancisco. 380,000 The Me. Vernon Co., Baltimore 10,000 _ Woodward, Baldwin »t Co., brokers, New York 50,000 Middlocroft A Sons, Clinton, 10wa,.... 20,000 Zimmerman A Grubb, grain, Greenville, Ohio , 30,000 Recent deaths: Gen. Schraxum, a French hero of the Napoleonic era; Gen. De Wimptfen, upon whom fell the duty of surrendering the French army at Sedan: Lucius J. Knowles, ono of the wealth est eitzensof Worcester, Moss., well known as an inventor ; B. lffi Hubbard, ex-Governor of Connecticut; Edward Smith, of Boston, an early Abolitionist and associate'of William Lloyd Garrison; Mrs. Mary Brown, of San Francisco, Cat, widow of (Hawatomie llrown; I)r. D. F. Robertson, of Port Jervis, N. Y., inventor of the flying machine: Alvin Bigelow, leading merchant of Boston; J. B. Wihslanloy, a leading citizen of New Albany, Tnd.; JohnRapp, a pioneer of Henry County, IH.; Col. Joseph Cushing, of Dover, N. H., one of tho oldest circus managers inthe country. Mr. l’uyurd offered a resolution in the Senate on the 3d'inst., which was adopted, that the Committee on .Naval Affairs Inquire into-the expediency of equipping a foundry for the manufacti're of modern artillery of the largest cal-, ib r. Mr. Vest presented a memorial from the _ territorial conncil of New Mexico in rega- d to ajr-~ sump!ion of power by tho clerk, and a resolution was adopted that the matter be investigated by the Ooinmitteeon Terri ories. Bills were passed for the construction of public buildings in twelve South m aud Western cities, and authorizing the purchase of additional groufid for the postoffice at Springfield;; Illinois. Messrs. Ingalls, Plumb, and others addressed the Son t tin regard to the honorable ca:eer of the late Representative Haskell, and a resolution cf sorrow at his demise was adopted. Thb House of Representatives passed the bill pensioning survivors of the Mexican war, the vote being 227 to 46. Mr. Randall re-orted back a letter from the Secretary of the Treasury stating that the c'a ms for rebate qu tobacco can lie p tid in three months. Mr. Converse, of Ohio, was entgene aled in his attempt to bring his high-tariff wool bill before the. House. The op--1 onontsof the scheme, to prevent any consideration of the matter, carried an adjournment 104 to 96. A resolution was adopted that the Committee on Naval Affairs make ati investigation of the charges brought in connection with tlie Jeannette arctic expedition. It was resolved that tbs Committee on Banking and Currency look into the alleged misconduct of Federal officials In the collapse of the Pa ittc National Bank of Bowton. Bills were introduced for the erection of public buildings at Zanesville, Ohio, and Fort ’ Worth, Texas, to prevent the importation of lazzaroniand beggars, and to liquidate the war debt by the Issue of $1,200;000,000 in greenbacks.

THE MARKET.

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CIVIL SERVICE.

Extracts from the, Voluminous Report of the Civil-Service Commission. Die Evils of the Spoils System Set Forth and a Good Word Spoken for the Common Schools. The following- message was sent to Congross on the 29th ult.: To the Senate and House of Representatives: In compliance with an act of Congress approved Jan. 16. 1883, entitled “An act to regulate and improve the civil service of the United Sta es,“ the Civil Service Commission has made to the President its first annual report. That report ig herewith transmitted, together with a communication from the heads of the several executive departments of the Government respee ing the practical working of the law under which the commission lias been acting. Upon the good results which that law has Already accomplished I congratulate Congress and the people, and I avow my conviction that it will henceforth prove to be of still more signal benefit to the public service. I heartily commend the zeal and fidelity of the Commissioners and thc-ir suggestions for mrther legislation, and I advise the making of such appropriation as shall be adequate for their needs. Chester A. Arthur. Executive Mansion, Feb. 29,1884. The report makies a volume of sixty-seven closely printed pages. It states that the several results which appear to be the more direct objects of tho law and (civil service rules, as understood by the commission, are: —l. That official authority and influence must no longer be used to impair the freedom of elections, or coerce the political action of cltl- ! zens. j 2. Extortion from those in public service, | whether under the form of political assessments | or otherwise) for the purpose of paying- the ex- | penses of parties or candidates, must come to an end. ; 3. Selections for executive sjrvice on the basis of official favor and partisan influence must be suppressed by requiring examinations aai other adequate tests of character and capacity as conditions for entering this service. 4. Tlie true responsiblity and independence of the Legislative and Executive Departments under the Constitution must be restored aud preserved. Upon the subject of political assessments the report says thero have been several violations of the law, but only trifling sums cured, and the illegal practice ceased upon public attention being called to it. The amount collected from Federal officers since the act went into effect is not more than onehalf or one-fourth as much as formerly. The evils of the spoils system are set forth at gTeat length, ana the benefits derived lrom competitive examinations fully' described. The difficulty- attending the classification of eivd service is dwelt upon at length, and the statement made that at large offices tho power aud opportunity for intrigue and selfish influence are dangerously great. In the throe branches of tho classified service the number of- places to be filled on the basis ot competitive examinations is, in the aggregate, 13,924. Tho increase since made In the classified service carries the number above -TLOuO. The opinion is expressed that a sal-, utary effect would follow the selection of chiefs of bureaus, postmasters, and collectors at the larger offices from among subordinates who would bring business experience rather than partisan activity to those positions. Tho report states that soldiers and sailors honorably discharged by reason of disutility, if capable, are allowed preference, and nowhere )s thord any favor or advantage allowed by reason of sex. The commission hold that the powor of removal and its exercise for just reasons are essent.al both to the discipline and efficiency of the-put,lie service. A life tenure would be indefensible. It is still possible, says the roport, to promise the spoils of 100,000 offices as rewards for party vietory.in a national canvass. It is still possible to remove every person in tho classified service once In four ydars or once in four months, but the vacancies can be tilled only- by those who, irrespective of party, demonstrate superiority in a free and open competition of character and capacity. It appears from the statistics presented with the report that 05 per cent, of all those who entered the service through competitive examinations were educated iu the common schools alone, and the commission considered it unquestionable that tho nation by bestowing its offices upon the most moritoriousiof those whom the States have educated at public expense will greatly honor and stimulate the public school system of tho country. The report gives extracts from a large number I of letters received from Postmasters and Collectors, showing great benefit has accrued to the public service by tho enforcement of tho civil service rules. It Is suggested that party test should be no longer applied in the selection of Collectors and Postmasters, and that every corrupt exercise of power, nomination, promotion, transfer, or confirmation, even though the corrupt consideration may not be thing of value,” should be an offense under the bribery laws. The commission, in conclusion, declare the ■ civil service act a success, and do not doubt that the- most difficult point has passed.

AN UNWORTHY SCION.

Thomas 11. Crittenden, of Kentucky, Sen- j Fenced to the Penitentiary for Eight Years | for Murder. [Louisville Telegram.] —Thomas H. Otttenden, grandson of John J. Crittenden, tho great Kentucky Souator, nephew Thomas H. Crittenden, U. S. A., and son of Col. R. 11. Crittenden, late United States Marshal for the District of Kentucky) Wffsven termed totheprmibP'jßiaryfor eight jears to-day for murder. Crittenden, who is 27 years old, was the wildest blade of this celebrated family, noted for their dash and courate on the field and in pr.vate life. Gov. Crittenden, of Missouri, is a cousin', as Is Gov. Murray, of Utah, nnd J so also was tho bravo young Lioiftenaut of the I Virginius, who met his tragic fate so coolly j at Havana ten years ago. The young ! murderer, who was raised at Frankfort, Ky., has always moved in the highest Eocial oli'ries of the State* The crime for which be was sentenced is what is known in Kentucky as a * niggerkilling.” Crittenden had whipped a servant on his father's place in the country, and was arrested on the cliargo of assault and battery. Rose Moseby, a negro man, who had witnessed the assault, gave the testimony in court which c n vie ted Crittenden. After the trial Crittenden walked up to Moseby and said: “1 will see you later.” He then walked across the street to his residence, procured a shotgun, t ame back, and blew off the top of Mo-oby*s head The murder was shockingly unprovoked and cruel, but Crittenden succeeded in fighting off the trial until the negro was forgotten. Several of the ablest lau yoi s in the State volunteered for h s defense, but he was piosecuted with the utmost vigor by Prosecuting Attorney Caruth. Tbo prisoner's lamily connection made It impossible to convict him of murder, but the jury, after an hour'e deliberation, agreed on voluntary manslaughter. TtTO jurors were for ilia death penalty. The prisoners mother, who was in court, fainted away on hearing tho verdict. As Le was led to jail he remarked: .“1 extideteu to he convicted, hut that eight years knocked me out when I heard it."

ODD HAPPENINGS.

A YOUNG dog was recently frightened to death i ear LalayeUe, Oregon, by a child who dressed up asa bugaboo aid chased the animal. - A .SHOBT-HORN heifer named Lillie Dalo, belonging to J. W. Dawson, of Russellville, Ky. t died lour hours altercating a !e ,f of tobacco. Mrs. Nellie Keller, of Kyde Park. Vt., was severely burned on the ‘a e. hands and arms by the explosion of a doughnut which she was faying. / . ■ . - • . lumi h Jordan of Hnrtland, Me., in a fit of insanity cut off his toee one at a time.

A MONOPOLY BEATEN.

The Protected Barb-Wire Litigation in lowa. Another Decision Against the Washburn & Moen Company. [Keokuk Dispatch.] Judge McCrary rendered final decrees in the two suits brought by the Washburn Sc Moen Company against Walter and J. K. Rhodes for the infringement respectively of the reissued Glidden and K elley barbed wire patents. The deorees in these two caeles apply to eight lowa suits in all, in which the same Issues are involiflfcd. The decree on the Glidden reissued patent declares ft is Invalid and of no effect, ’because It is tlie same invention described in the Original patent, and secured because the olalm of the reissued patents was unlawfully expanded, and there was undue delay in applying for said reissue. Complainants’ bill was therefore dismissed and defendants have the right to recover their eosts. In the suit involving the Kelley patent it was held that the fourth olalm of the re* Issued patent was invalid for the same rear sons stated In the first case, and the court found for the defendants upon the issue of Infringement made in the pleadings. Thosaihe order was made concerning costs and dismissal of the bill. The Washburn & iloen representatives say the next fight will be on the original Glidden patent. Same of the lowa coses are likely to be carried to the United States Supreme Court. HISTORY OF THE IJTIOATION. Plain or unbarbed wire had been in quite general use for fencing throughout the West for some years before barbed wire began to be made in a small way under patents taken out as early as 1868 by Kelley and 1874 by Glidden.and others not so well known. Between 1860 and 1876 there were fully thirty different patents granted to various parties on barbed-wire fences. But the business was in its infancy. Few realized what it was to become in half-a-dozen years. One of these few was Mr. Washburn, of Worcester. Mass. He conceived the idea of buying up all the important patents and making a great monopoly. In February, 1876, Washburn & Moen obtained their subsequently famous “reissues" of tile Kelley and Glidden patents. Tho reissuing was ingenious. In this-new form the patents eontained and claimed much more than the originals. Under these reissues the Worcester firm setupits so-called “broad claim" It held that barbed-wire fence, no matter by wlifttilovdce the wire had been prepared. Having seemed the patents, having had them reissued with these new and sweeping claims, the next step was to secure a decision from the courts sustaining them. This was not gained sos several years. Meanwhile the business had grown enormously. Thrivihg wire factories had grown up everywhere in the Western States, competing with the large Eastern establishments. The business was entirely tree. Makers knew little about the patents, cared less, and were not interfered with. But Washburn & Moen were quietly at work. In November. 1880, they gained their famous case in the United States Circuit Court at Chicago. Judges Drummond and Blodgett deciding that the re-issued pafents were valid and in full force. The barb-wire business was brought to a short halt by this decision. Every man in the oountry making, selling, or using barb-wire was liable to suit for infringement, and manufacturers were liable to pay ruinous back royalties. In this state of affairs Mr. Washburn and his attorneys summoned the principal manufacturers of the country to meet them for a grand settlement. They came together in Chicago in February, 1881, three months after the decision. Washburn was in a position to dictate terms, and each maker took the best be could get. About forty firms were licensed to continue the business, each being limited as to the annual tonnage of its output and each being assessed a certain sum, larger or smaller, for back damages. Mr. \\ ashbum and liis licensees at this same meeting fixed upon a certain price for wire, no licensee being allowed to undersell. The price ot wire to consumers was advanced by the monopoly about S4O above the recent cur...rent price (raising, the wholesale price from about 6 cents to about 8 cents per pound). Washburn A' Moen's royalty was sl6 per ton. Small makers were not licensed, and were all crushed out. Such, then, was the little monopoly which from February, 1881, to the present time has added somewhat more then $10,1100,000 extra profit to the jiriee of wire sold 1 armors in half-a-dozen Western and North western. S ates. lowa, being much the largest consumer, felt the burden heaviest. The farmeis of that Stato formed a “protective association.’' They set up an establishment in lies Moines for making “moonshine" wire, and prepared themselves to fight the matter through the courts. Meanwhile tlie Supreme Court of the United States had Indirectly .-truck a blow at the monopoly by its decision on the subject of reissued patents in the celebrated case ot "Miller vs. The Bra.-s4Company.” In this case a new nnd valuable doctrine was laid down. There had arisen among a certain class of Eastern capitalists a very corrupt and pernicious practice in this matter of patents. If this article or commodity began to come into the markets, they had a practice of rummaging among old and al»andoned patents until they found something ia some wise relating to the now popular commodity. Of course this old patent cmdd be bought up for a song. They would then have it "reissued” aud so broadened and strengthened as to make it valuable and to give them a monopolizing power over the commodity. It was to check this dangerous practice that the Supreme Court laid down in the case of "Miller vs. The Brass Company” a set of new and stringent rules governing Lie reissue of patents. The new doctrine threw a cloud over the Glidden and Kelley barbed-wire patents and the Chicago Drummond-Blodgett decision. It gave the lowa farmers their basis tor a case. Under the countenance of the Farmers* Association several other “m-jonshining” factories arose and grew like mushrooms into large business by their ability to undersell the monopolists. Washburn «fc Moen entered suits and petitions against all these moonshln rs. Instead of carrying the suits against the farmers through the courts the monop,>lists, it was cha*gotl, bought up the lies Moines nnnufacturer, who was the agent tor tl»e Farmers’ Association. The brunt of th 3 fight on the ‘‘broad claim” was borne by the Grinnell Wire Company. A decision was made by United States Court for the Southern District of lowa in Hay, 1883, that tho Kellev anu Glidden reissued patents w. re invalid. This decision has now been affirmed in the Rhodes cases.]

A SOUTHERN TRAGEDY.

W. B. Cash, Son of the Noted Duelist, Mortally Wounds Two Men. [Telegram from Cheraw, S. 0.3 Saturday of last week W. B. Cash, son of Col. E. B. Cash, the noted duelist, who kiHed Col. Shannon a few years ngOv oame into town early in the day and remained until dark. Just before starting lor homo ho became very boisterous, and was approaohed by Town Marshal Richards and requested to keep -quiet. A difficu ty„ ensued and they cliucted; the Marshal using his club freely on Caslrfe head and arms, but finally the Marshal was overpowered and terribly beaten and kicked in the head and face by Cash. After the two men were separated Cash immediately tOWTIy This afternoon about 3 o'clock Cash again came to town, and after remaining about two hours walked up to Marshal It chards, who was sitting on a dry-goods box in front'©! a store. Passing by him a few paces Cash suddenly wheeled round and wot bout saying a word drew a 38-caliber Smith & Wesson pistol from h:s hip-pocket and fired thiee shot? in rapid succession at the Marshal. The first Bhot passed through the left lunr of James Coward, an innoceht bystander. The second ball took erteo; in Richards’ left lumr, and, as he fell. Cash fired another shot, which missed its mark. He then ran to his horse. which was hitched at a convenient place, and in the excitement wns permitted to escapo. a Both men are mortally mounded.

GLEANINGS.

Montreal abolishes the Major's $2,000 salary. The Parisians intend to name a street after Darwin. One of the hnnyings to come off soon will be that of John Coyle, of York, Fa., who killed a girl who would not marry him. Contents of a house which was levied on by a bailiff oil Blakeley. <*a: One tin pan, two tin plates, one broken tray, one brolsn spider, one looking-glass, one pair of tongs, two guns, and a “j ailer coon dog.” The Princess Louise at a reoent wedding wore a muff and boa made of skunk fur. «