Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 March 1884 — THE NEWS CONDENSED. [ARTICLE]

THE NEWS CONDENSED.

COK6BESSIOK All FEOCEEDIKBS. After prolonged debate, the Mexican treaty ratified by the Senate on the lith Inst. The note stood 41 to 80—one rote more than the neo«esarv two-thirds. The treaty would have failed but for the action of Senator Van Wyck, who though opposed to it, abstained from voting, because, as he said, the great majority of the people were in favor of the measure, Mr. Allison presented a memorial from the Legislature of lowa asking the passage of a law to regulate tares and freights by railroad. A favorable report was made on the bill to ratify the agreement with the Shoshones and Bannocks for the sale of a portion of their lands. A bill was passed appropriating to Louisa Bodily, of Oregon, *5,400 for property destroyed by Modocs. Bills were introduced to suspend the coinage of standard silver dollars for two years, for a public building at Sacramento, and to Improve low-water navigation on the Mississippi River from New Orleans to Chirm In the House of Representatives, majority and minority reports were made on the Morrison tariff bilL An act to place the name of George W. Getty on the retired list as Major General was favorably reported, as also a measure ! for the sale of the Kickapoo reservation in Kansas. An adverse report was handed in on the bill to construct a macadamised road from Memphis to the adjacent national oemetery. Debate In committee of the whole on the postoffice appropriation bill consumed the balance of the day s session. The largest and most attentive audience gathered in the halls of Congress the present session assembled in the Senate chamber on the 12th inst. to listen to the opening debate on the bill for the relief of Gen. Fitz John Porter. Two speeches were made—by Mr. Sewell, of New Jereev, in favor of the measure, and Mr. Wilson, of lowa, in opposition. A joint resolution was introduced for a constitutional amendment fixing the term of the President at six years and making him ineligible to re-election- Bills were introduced to establish forest reservations at the head waters of the Missouri and Columbia Rivers, and for the erection of a public building at Boulder, Colo. Favorable reports were made on bills for the extension of the Chesapeake ana Ohio road to Fortress Monroe, and to authorize the return of private boxes deposited in tho Treasury vaults. Mr. Coke spoke on the pleuropneumonia bill. The House of Representatives, in committee of the whole on the postoffice appropriation bill struck out the clause limiting the salaries Of Postmasters to $4,000, and rejected an amendment increasing the items for clerks by $125,000. At the time of adjournment a proposition was made to increase by *400.000 the appropriation for carriers. A biU was Introduced for the admission of Washington Territory as a State after the 4th of March. 1885. Another large audience assembled In the Senate galleries on the 13th inst. to listen to the debate on the Fitz John Porter bill. Mr. Manderson first addressed the Senate in opposition to the bill. He was followed by Mr. Logan in a lengthy speech on the same side, after which the measure was read a third time and passed by a vote of 3G yeas to 25 nays, five Republicans and Kiddleboreer voting in the affirmative. Ma hone was absent. Following is the vote in detail: Yeas—Bayard, Brown, Butler, Call, Cockrell, Coke, Colquitt, Fair, Farley, Garland,’Gibson, Gorman, Groome, Hampton, Harris,Hoar, Jackson, Jones (Fla.), Jones (Nev.), Lamar, McPherson, Maxev, Morgan, Pendleton, Pike, Pugh, Riddleberger, Sabin, Sanlsbury, Sewell. Slater, Vance, Voorhees, Walker, and Williams —36. Nays— Nays -Aldrich, Allison, Blair, Bowen, Conger, Cnllom, Dawes, Dolph, Edmunds, Frye, Harrison, Hawley, Hill, Ingalls, Logan, McMillan, Manderson, Miller (Cal), Mitchell. Morrill, Palmer, Platt, Sherman, Van Wyck, Wilson—2s. During the vote the following pairs were announced: Beck yea with Hale nax, Cameron (Wis.) yea with George nav. Miller (N. Y.) nay with Camden yea. Plumb nay with Vest yea. Sawyer nay with Kenna yea. The preamble to the bill as passed recites that the board of officers convened by the President to examine and report upon the case of Gen. Porter stated that justice required the President to annul the findings and sentence of tho courtmartial in Gen. Porter’s case, and restore him to the position of which sentence deprived him, such restoration to take effect from tiie date es dismissal from service; that the President had remitted so much of the sentence as disqualified Gen. Porter from holding office, and that in order to do justice to Gen. Pprter it was enacted, etc. The bill then authorizes the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to appoint Gen. Porter to the position of Colonel in the army of tho same grade and rank held by him at the time of dismissal, and authorizes the President in his discretion to place Gen. Porter on the retired list as of that grade; Gcn e Porter, ho.wever, to receive no compensation Or allowance prior to his appointment under the act. A joint resolution was submitted appropriating $25,000 for the suppressiou of the foot-and-mouth disease among cattle in Kansas. A bill was Introduced for a public building at Akron, Ohio. A favorable report was made on the bill for the admission of Dakota. The House of Representatives, In committee of the whole on the i>ostoffice appropriation bill, adopted an amendment increasing the amount for the freedeltvcry service to $4,000,000. The Committee on Public Lands was directed to report whether the grant to the Lake Superior and Portage Lake Canal Company is liable to forfeiture. The joint resolution appropriating $25,000 for the eradication of the foot-and-mouth disease, in 00-operation 'with the authorities ol Kansas, was oalled up in the Senate on the 14th inst. by Mr. Plumb. Mr. Sherman stated that the people of Illinois and other States were becoming alarmed, and argued that the appropriation should not be confined to Kansas. Mr. Cullom thoughtsso,ooo should be set aside, and at once. Mr. Sherman said the question was a national one, and he favored action by the General Government. Mr. Garland defended the measure as constitutional, and Mr. Maxey argued that citizens of States could not be de-

prived of their property without due process of law. Hr. Ingalls explained that a large proportion of the cattle in Kansas were not owned by its people, Mr: Gonger said contagion was spreading over the country wide Senators discussed constitutional principles. Mr. Bayard thought the Ooterament could not enter th< States and kin and pay for diseased cattle. Mr. Ingalls created a good deal of laughter, in whieh the Democratic side of the chamber joined as heartily as the Republicans, by the remark that they would soon have to consider the suppression of the foot and mouth disease iu the Democratic party, as it never opanfed its month without potting its foot in it. The House, in committee of the whole, discussed for hours the bill granting a pension of $2, spa per year to the sole surviving grandchild of Thomas Jefferson, the objection being that the precedent would establishes civil pension list, and finally struck out the enacting clause, by a vote of 12-J to f'-0. The Speaker presented a bimmuuicatiou from the Secretary of War, askin : the appropriation of $220,000 for the erection in San Francisco of additional buildings for the military headciuarters. Thh session of the House of Representatives on March IS was principally devoted to consideration of the postoffice a appropriation bill It was agreed to inclndc within the 50 per cent, limitation clause the Northern Pacific and Union Pacific Roads. The Committee on Public Lands reported a bill to forfeit a certain grant made for the construction of a railroad from the Central Pacific to Portland, Ore. There was no session of the Senate. THE EAST. Three members of the Salvation Army were fined sl7 each for parading the streets of Bridgeport, Ct. ...At Christ church, Oswego. N. Y., Lieut. John W. Danenhower was married to Miss Helen L. Sloan. _i THE WEST. The Indian chief Sitting 8011, visit Ing St. Panl with Agent McLoughlln, expresses surprise at seeing so many houses on top of each other.... Frederick J. Dietrich the teller of the Laclede Bank of St. Louis, is a defaulter to the amount of $30,000,... Matt Lewis, a colored citizen of St. Louis, was executed for-killing his wife seven years ago. He enjoyed one year of liberty by breaking Jail, and has been tried four times. Kit Joy, Mich Lee, Frank Taggart, Carlos Chavez, Charles Spencer, and a negro, George Cleveland, six of the most desperate criminals in the Southwest fell upon their guards in the jail-yard at Silver City, New Mexico, secured the keys, and made their escape. Pro- ' Msfim to a livery stable, they mounted and rode away. A posse of citizens were soon in hot pursuit. Five miles out they came upon the body of Cleveland riddled with ho Sets. Further on the band was

overtaken, and a pitched battle ensued, Lee and Twgart were captured, but tho others escaped. During the fight Joseph laffors was killed. Lee and Taggart were dragged to a tree on tho roadside.and strung up. The party then returned t 6 Silver City, carrying the threo bodies... .Henry Richardson, a leading member of tho Vigilance .Committee of Brown County, Nebraska, was hung by unknown persons near his home. Ho had participated in the lynching of fourteen horsethieves. v Farmers in the vicinity of Hillsboro, 111., claim that winter wheat has been greatly damaged by the recent changeable weather, the' roots being generally exposed. On the contrary, a Milwaukee grain exporter has received advices of the excellent condition of the growing crop in half a dozen States, with some slight damage in Michigan... .The Supreme Lodge Kesher Shel Barzel, a Hebrew order, endowed a home for aged and Infirm Israelites at Cleveland, Ohio, as a tribute to the Jewish philanthropist, Sir Moses Monteflore. Chicago dispatch: The foot-and-mouth disease Is reported to have broken out near Effingham, in this State, among the cattle of a farmer named Charles JJubrock. It is feared that the distemper is not confined to that point Prentiss Tiller, who robbed the Pacific Express at St. Louis, was arrested at Milwaukee, and SBO,OOO of the money recovered. In purchasing a trunk at that city, Tiller asked the clerk to put Into it a valise, which he carried, and ship it to Detroit to a certain address. The clerk let the valise fall, when it burst, disclosing a number of packages in Pacific Express wrappers. This clew led to the arrest. The great spectacular drama “ Jalma, ” with its gorgeous costumes and dazzling scenery, is in the fourth week of its run at McVicker’s Theater, Chicago, but the rush to see It is as great as over,- and each performance is witnessed by audiences limited only by the size of the house. The piece will be continued for two weeks longer. In view of the existence of the foot and mouth disease in Kansas and Illinois, the cattle-breeders of Central Illinois urge Senators Cullom and Logan to press the passage of tho “animal industry bill,” and to oppose the House amendments, which, they assert, destroy the usefulness of the measure. It Is reported thattbe foot and mouth disease has broken out in Adair County, Missouri. The swine plague has appeared in Effingham County, Illinois.

Mr. Simon Beatie, an authority on the subject, telegraphs from Effingham, 111., that the cattle alleged to be infected with tho foot-and-mouth disease are simply suffering from “foul in the foot,” and he feels assured thft the dreaded malady does not exist in Illinois. ’ Reports to the Muscatine Jminial say three animals have died of the foot and-mouth plague near Wapello, lowa. Surgeons at Neosho Falls, Kan., assert that the disease affecting the cattle in that district Is "genuine epizootic aphthiV,” and seem surprised that it is so slightly contagious. The Colorado CattleBreeders’ Association asks the Governor to call a special meeting of the Legislature for the cnacment of quarantine laws.... The rush of miners and prospectors to the vicinity of the Cceur d'Alene gold discoveries continues. Every train on the Northern Pacific Boad carries hundreds. In Eagle City there aro 3,0(!0 people waiting.

THE SOUTH. A cyclone damaged the Agricultural College at Starkville, Miss., to the amount of $12,000, and wrecked every cabin on a plantation near West Point.... Wm. Spence, formerly United States Marshal for the Middle District of Tennessee, fatally shot his son-in-law, Edward S. Wheat, at Nashville. The shooting grew out of business difficulties. Frank Slagel was executed at Somerset, Ky., for murdering and robbing a man nutned Adair. The Cotton Exchange of Galveston unanimously adopted resolutions urging Texas Congressmen to oppose the further coinage of silver dollars Col. E. B. Cash, the notorious South Carolina desperado, was captured by a posse of State Constables at his home near Florence, but his son, who has outdone his father in deeds of violence nnd murder, escaped to the swamps in tne neighborhood, where at last accounts he was being hotly pressed by the officers of the law. The elder Cash was takeu completely by surprise, and surrendered without a fight, unconditionally. ' _ . > One of the most appalling mine disasters on record occurred near Pocahontas, Tazewell County, Va. A gas explosion took place In the Laurel Creek Mine at that point, where 150 men were employed. Every man of them was instantly killed, and the engines, cars, and machinery wore shattered into atoms. Most of the victims of the awful calamity were lathers of large families. Ben Thompson, the notorious Texas desperado, who, with his companion, King Fisher, was killed in the Vaudeville Theater, at San Antonio, had a big funeral at Austin, bis home, whore he leaves a family and property valued at $16,000. The Coroner’s investigation revealed the fact that the two men were slain by police and theater employes. Thompson, a year before,, hail in the same building murdered Jack Harris, the proprietor of the place, and on tho present occasion went to tbe theater for , the purpose of raising a row. From the moment of his entrance to tho death scene he was a doomed man. His personal bravery was herculean, and his caution equaled his courage. He and his game companion were crowded down by tbe police and theater employes and butchered like stuck pigs. It is the only way in which he could have teen killed. He had thirteen authenticated deaths to his score. Fisher was the younger man, but tho greater desperado. His murders were innumerable, and In every town on the Rio G. ande his name was a synonym for fear. Fisher's remains were taken to Uvalde and interred. A iispatch froni there informs us that “the funeral was the largest ever seen in Uvalde,” and that the desperado “would undoubtedly have been the next Sheriff.” Miss Carrie Thompson, daughter of Gov. Thompson, of South Carolina, died from the effects of severe burns inflicted the night of the 4th inst., while reading before an open

grate. WASHINGTON. Willlsm A. Cook, one of the Government counsel in the star-route prosecutions, testified before Mr. Springer’s committee that he regarded tbe compensation paid BUss as extravagant, unjustifiable and unearned in every respect; that the cases were improperly handled, and that the Attorney General received threatening anonymous letters before Garfield was shot. , A sub-committee of the Senate, consisting of Messrs. Miller (Cal.), Edmunds, Morgan, and Pendleton, appointed some time ago to consider the question of the exc'uslon c f American products from foreign markets, has reported favoring the enactment of a measure authorizing the President, wnenever be shall be satisfied that the exclusion is unjust and vexatious, to issue a proclamation suspending the importation of all products from the discriminating foreign nation; also authorizing tbe establishment of a system of inspection and certification of our meat products at porta of exportation. The sub-committee also favors legislation prohibiting the importation ,of adulterated wines and other articles, in certain emergencies, and the inspection, at the ports of entry, of articles suspected to be adulterated. It is thought that the full Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate will favor giving full efiect to the aggressive recommendations above set forth....Acircular to'all United Stages Attorneys and Marshals has been sent out by Attorney General Brewster, calling attention to the statutes regulating the. shipment of explosives, aad urging vigilance to prevent the perpetration of heinous crimes at foreign porta. It is believed at the Treasury De-

partment that a coterie of counterfeiters are about to Hood tho Southern country with bogus S2O silver certificates. One of tho ccr' tiilcates has been received, nnd the paper is thick, greasy, and the note an cightn of an inch shorter thairthe genuine.' POLITICAL. The Morrison tariff bill, reported to the House, would place ldniber, salt, and coal, as predicted, on tho free llpt. It is now averred that Mr. Morrison has lost hope that the bill will be passed bv the House. Ho will, however, make an elaborate speech in its favor, combating the arguments of the protectionists that free trade would reduce wages. In opposition to the wishes of the supporters of Blaine, the Maryland Republican Committee decided to havethedelogates to the Chicago Convention elected by district conventions... .The Vermont, Republican State Convention for the election of delegates to the Chicago Convention will be hold at Montpelier April 30, and the Gubernatorial Convention at Burlington June 18... .The California Democratic State Convention will be held in Stockton June 10.... The Wisconsin Democratic State Convention will assemblcat Madison May 26. The Democratic State Committee of lowa met at Des Moines and fixed tho date of the State Convention to select delegates to the National Democratic Convention for Thursday, April 24, at Burlington. The Arkansas Democratic Convention will meet at Little Rock on the 25th of June. The West Virginia Republican Convention is called for April 13, at Martinsburg. By a vote of 144 to 50 the bill extending the suffrage to women was defeated in the Massachusetts House of Representatives. The lowa Senate, at about the same hour, declared in favor of granting the ballot to woman, by a vote of 2« to 24. The Governor of Kansas, on the 13th inst., issued a proclamation calling a special session of the Legislature for March 18, to take action in relation to the cattle plague. Ohio Republican Representatives at Washington say that their State will send an unpledged delegation to the Chicago Conven" tion. Congressman McKinley says that Senator Sherman will not be a candidate. THE WEEK’S FIRE RECORD.

The thriving little city of Allegan, Mich., has been visited by a disastrous cpntlagration. Between thirty and forty places of business were burned, including three' of the best blocks in the city —the Sherman "House block, the Empire block, and the Union block. Forty stores and a number of dwellings fell victims to the flames. All the newspaper offices, the Journal and Trilmnc, the Gazette and Democrat, are destroyed, a few fonts of type being all that was saved. Tho loss will aggregate nearly, if not quite, $40,000, while the Insurance, it Is believed, will amount to $150,000. The business men of Allegan take the fire very philosipbocally, and the burned out places will be speedily rebuilt. Fire broke out at Grand Rapids, Mich., during the prevalence of a high wind, and, before the flames could be checked, destroyed property of the estimated value of $200,000. The sufferers were the Bissell Carpet>Sweeper Company; Frank May bee, brooms; E. G. Studley & Co., leather belting; Grand Rapids Felt Boot Company; 1L E. Butter worth’s building; Clark U Ocher, sash, doors, and blinds; Stadon’s woolen mill; Novelty Manufacturing Company; Comstock’s'saw-mill, and Richmond’s box factory. Two men perished in the flames.-- East St. Louis, 111., was visited by a $350,(T00 blaze, nearly all of which was caused by the destruction of an elevator in which was stored 300,000 bushels of grain. Several saloons aijd boarding-houses were reduced to ashes. -The town of Fort Spain, in the island of Trinidad, West Indies, was almost wiped out by’ fire, the loss being placed at $500,C00. Other fire losses for the week were as follows: A saw-inlllnat Reed City, Mich., loss $15,000; several sfores at Memphis, Mo., $40,000; a school-house at Cadillac, Mich., $10,000; several stores at Cassville, W.Va., $15,000; a block of business houses at McComb, Ohio, $20,000; eight stores at Cleburne, Tex., $60,000; Muelicr's stone-yard machinery, Cincinnati, $10,000; the buildings and machinery of the Fishville Coal Company, near Oskaloosa, lowa, $50,000; eight business houses at Pittsburg, Kan., $30,000; nine stores and offices at Vandalia. Mo., $20,000; a shoe factory and other ptoperty at Brockton, Mass., $20,000; a livery stable and contents at Pembina, Manitoba, $15,000; a gristmill at Thornport, 0., $15,000; a business block at Utica, N. Y., $30,000; nowspaper and five stores at O’Neill, Neb., $10,000; six business houses at Socor, 111., $15,000; a wool store at Worcester, Mass., $10,000; Baugh & Son’s fertilizing works; Philadelphia, $30,000; a railway depot at Middletown, Ohio, $20,000; a cooper shop at Pittsburgh, SIO,OOO. GENERAL. A bill passed by the Queensland Legislature some years ago restricting Chinese immigration failed to accomplish its purpose, and a second restrictive bill; of a more stringent character, has just j>assed. Business failures iu the United States for the week numbered 186, 25 less than the preceding week, and a decrease of 47 from the corresponding period In 1883. In Canada and its provinces there were 42 failures reported. Fast mail trains are now running from Now York to % Chicago, from Chicago to Omaha, over the Burlington road, and from Chicago to St. Paul over the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul road. America is about to have such honor as can be conferred By *•-visit-from Degaleff, the Nihilist, charged with the murder of Oel. Sudeikin, at St, Petersburg. Two mail-robbers in jail at Sandwich, Ontario, killed jailer Leech, inflicted fatal wounds upon Turnkey Davis, and made their escape. FOREIGN. J - ■’ Gen. Lew Wallace, the American representative at Constantinople, has had a quarrel with Said Pasha, the Grand Vizier. Gen. Wallace was proseirfg on the Grand Vizier the duty of making some definite arrangement governing the import of American petroleum into Turkey. The Turkish Minister did not like this, but Gen. Wallace was persistent. It is now reported that Said Pasha will ask President Arthur to recall Wallace.... A dynamite explosion took place in a hotel in the suburbs of London, blowing one man to pieces. ...A Socialistic propaganda is being urged in the mining districts of Bohemia, by means of letters and circulars. Oxford University, England, has decided in favor of coeducation. Young women will be edmitted on equal terms with young men. Bismabck, in defending hi 3 course in the Lasker affair in the German Reichstag, said he could .not without stultification have presented the House resolutions to the Rcichs • -tag in the form they had reached him. It was not confined, he said, to an expression of sympathy. Lasker's political course had been eulogized, and that was equivalent to censure of his policy. He accused Lasker's adherents of trying to make political capital out of the chief’s death, and with carrying on a political intrigue at his grave. Dr. Haene), of the University of Kiel, replied. He thought that the form of the resolutions should not have been examined too closely, and accused Bismarck of descending to the meanness of abusing the dead. The debate throughout was of an exciting nature.... Gen. Graham defeated Osman Digna on the 13th inst., after a stubborn fight of two and one-half hours’ duration. The rebels fought with such desperation that they one time broke the second British square. The rebel loss is estimated at 4,000 killed and 6,000 wounded... .Bacninh, has been captured by the French forces. Tho Chinese garrison made blit a feeble resistance and fled in all directions. The French loss was seventy. The loss of the Celestials was quite heavy. Two editors and thirty-six other persons were arrested at Pesth, Hungary, on the

charge of complicity in the schemes of the Anarchists,,.. .Trichiniasis, engendered by home-bred pork, has developed at several places in Germany. The Lyons Ch amber of Commerce entered a protest against the embargo on American hog product. Minister Sargent accepted from Bismarck an invitation to dinner, in hofior of Emperor William,...A, number of high military officers have been arrested at Madrid, charged with conspiring against the Government... .M. Waddington, the French Ambassador at London, has telegraphed to Primo Minister Ferry that Marquis Tseng, the Chinese Ambassador, has asked Earl Granville, the English Foreign Secretary, to mediate between China and France.