Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 April 1884 — ADDITIONAL NEWS. [ARTICLE]

ADDITIONAL NEWS.

It is reported from Leadville that the’ recent alleged gold discoveries near Pike's Peak, Colo., are- part of a gigantic swindling scheme originated by a drug clerk who formoffa joint-stock company, scattered chloride of gold in some places in the gravel of the mountain side, and then had reports of immense discoveries circulated wo as to ' boom the shares of his joint-stock comp my. The fraud was exposed too soon to deceive moneyed men, but thousandsob prospectors had given up work elsewhere to try their luck in. the region of the alleged discoveries. Four Paris Irishmen were interviewed by the London Times correspondent on the dynamite policy. James Stephens and John O'Leary, two noted Fenians, condemned the policy aS foolish, wicked, and inexpedient. Dr. Hogan, of the Irish Ecclesiastical Coilege in the French capital, said the policy of the dynamiters was. “morally a crime, politically a blunder,si nd■; socially a disaster. ’' One obscure Irishman, named t.asey, favored dynamite, and ’said that it ml rht be used in blowing up English ocean vessels ... Rumors are afloat in Paris that the Pope will presently seek an asylum in France. The Davenport Democrat publishes a canvass of lowa, on the Presidential question, to the extent of several ■ columns. Letters were sent to the Chairman of every Democratic CountyCo.mmiLtee__.Jn_ the State and to other leading Democrats in a -position to be informed on public sentiment. Answers were received from more than three-fourths of the ninetynine counties, many of them being the result of numerous interviews. The object of the canvass was to obtain a true reflex of Democratic sentiment in regard to the popular choice for Presidential candidates _rftther l thau personal views of the correspondents. The result shows that the sentiment drifts nearly one way—for Tilderi aud Hendricks.... If is reported that at a conference held at New York last week arrangements were made to nominate Gen. Butler and Congress man Reagan (of Texas) for President and Vice President on the Anti Monopoly ticket, aud the understanding was reached that the Greenbackers were to indorse the nominations at their national convention.... .Five national bank directors have been nominated for Presidential Electors by the Pennsylvania Republicans. It is feared that they are not eligible, as they may be accounted officers of trust under the National Government.

The fire losses of the week have been as follows: ■ Losses. Leon, lowa., business houses SIO,OOO Chicago, private residence 20,000 Sullivan, 111-, hotel and dwelling. 10,000 New Albany,lnd., lairk-packing honse.. 15,000 Belleville, 111., pump w0rk5....,... 10,000 Alton, 111., clothing store 30,000 East Saginaw, Mich., churchlo,ooo Hinckley,Minn.,warehouse and contents. 10,000 Ada. Minn., grain elevator 20,000 Baldwin, Wls., business houses 10,000 Whitesboro, Tex., brick block... 20.000 St. Paul, Minn., clothing store 10,000 Alpine, Mich., saw mill 15,060 Marshall, Mo., nine frame buildings 15,000 Salem, N. J., glass works and oil cloth factory 120,000 Winchester, Ohio, planing mill 15,000 Carlisle, Ind., ice houses 40,000 Pittsburgh, Pa., box factory 75,000 Newark, N. J., celluloid brush factory... 200,000 Ludlow, Ky., business property 30,000 Carlisle, Ky., business blisik.. 70,(MX) Evansville, Wis., pump works.; 25,000 Wadsworth, Nev., storesßs,ooo Princeton, 111., flouring mill 30,000 Litchfield, 111., flouring mill 15,000 Montrc al. iron foundry 40,000 Peoria, 111., Peoria plow works.. .... 100,060 Philadelphia, business block 30,000 Y’akma City, W. T., stores 55,000 Mo irsome v. Ala,., ootton-gin factory.. . 15,000 Hot Springs, Ark., two hotels and other property 35,000 Monroe, La., stores 40,000 The bankruptcy bill passed the Senate by a large majority on April 21. The Senate also passed a bill authorizing the cancellation of any indebtedness against the Soutnern Illinois Normal University by reason of the burning ot United States arms. A bill was introduced to prohibit Collectors of Internal Revenue from issuing liquor licenses in States where the local laws forbid the traffic. Mr. Jonas introduced a bill to appropriate $1,000,000 in aid of the World's Cotton Exposition at New Orleans. In the House, bills were introduced for the creation of a silk-culture bureau, to promote education in the States and Territories, to reduce to 10 cents per gallon the revenue tax on fruit brandy, to grant a pension to the widow of Lieut.’ De Long, and to tax the manufacture and regulate the exportation of oleomargarine. U nd'T suspension of the rules, bills were passed to create a bureau of navigation in the Treasury Department, and to provid; that in pension applications the enlistment and muster shall be evidence t:.at the soldier was then in gobd hea'th. By a vote of 99 to 146, the House refused to suspend the rules and pass tne bill repealing tl»e act restricting the terms of Presidential appoiutees to four years.