Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 January 1885 — ADDITIONAL NEWS. [ARTICLE]

ADDITIONAL NEWS.

An appeal was made to the poUce at Washington the other day to prevent a contemplated duel betweed two editors. One of the fire-eating gentlemen apologized, and no blood was shed. Labor notes: The glass trade is improving and values are hardening. The mills of Brown, Bonnoll & Co., at Youngstown, have started up in all departments. Fifteen hundred men will resume work in a days'in the mills of the North Chicago Rolling-Mill Company. Six large iron establishments at Pittsburgh have resumed after weeks of idleness, and other concerns announce that they will soon follow suit Thirteen collieries near Scranton, Pa., were suspended last week by the Delaware. Lackawanna and Western and the Delaware and Hudson Companies. About 2,000 men and boys were thrown out of work. The companies sav that the'suspension will not last more than two months. A dispatch received in Paris from Hanoi says: “After the defeat of 6,000 Chinese near Chu by General Negrier 12,000 Chinese returned and resumed hostilities. General Negrier attacked them, penetrated their positions defended by forts and tiers of batteries, and repulsed and routed the Chinese, who, after aetive resistance, abandoned their positions. The Chinese lost 600 killed and a large number wounded. The French captured two batteries of Krupp guns, a large number of rifles, a quantity of ammunition and provisions, and some Chinese standards. The French losses in both battles were three officers wounded and nineteen men killed and sixty-five wounded.” Ohangemen at Bay Roberts, N. F., besieged the Redemptorist Fathers, who are holding a mission there, in their dwelling, and erected an Orange arch near the Catholic church. Hundreds of armed followers of King William paraded the streets, making demonstrations. The United* States Consul demanded of the Governor protection for the lives and property of American citizens. The Orangemen prevented the Roman Catholic Bishop from holding services in the church Canadian millers are petitioning the Dominion Government to raise the duty on American flour from 50 cents to $1 per barrel. Over 250,000 barrels were imported from the United States last year by the maritime provinces. Congress reassembled after the holiday recess on Monday, the sth Inst, and both houses began work in earnest. In the Senate a bill was offered by Mr. Beck to create a revenue commission, comprising the Secretary of the Treasury, three Senators, and five members of the House of Representatives, to report necessary changes in the tariff and internal revenue laws. A resolution was introduced and referred extending the thanks of Congress to the officers and ' crews of the Greely relief expedition. A communication was received from the Secretary of War, to the effect that the Government can purchase the Portage Lake Canal, clear of liens, for $350,000. Mr. Maxey presented amendments to the law for leasing Indian lands, providing for the submissionnf such leases to the Secretary of the Interior" A bill was passed to pay P. A. Montgomery, of Memphis. $3,000 for property taken from him and used by the Government during the war. Some discussion concerning the interstate commerce bill followed. In the House of Representatives Mr. Herbert introduced a preamble and resolution calling upon the President to give his reasons for appointing Messrs. Kasson and Sanford as delegates to the African conference at Berlin. Representative Collins offered a motion to suspend thesrules and adopt the resolution making the Senate bill to establish a uniform system of bankruptcy laws a special order for Jan. 22. Mr. Henderson, of lowa, thought that the passage of the Lowell bill might save the country from disaster. Petitions in support of the bill were presented from the business men of St. Louis, New York, and Baltimore. Mr. Willis opposed the measure, saying that its passage would create 5,000 new offices, and would open the door to fraud. Mr. Collins defended Hie bill against the attack of Mr. Willis. His motion to suspend the rules and appoint a day for its consideration was, however, lost. Mr. Keifer moved to suspend the rules and take up the Mexican pension bill. There was an animated discussion, at the conclusion of which the motion was rejected. Mr. Hiscock moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill abolishing the internal revenue tax on tobacco and liquors distilled from fruit. This motion was lost. Mr. Cox, of New York, offered a bill authorizing the nse of the Bartholdi Statue as a lighthouse, and another creating the office of Assistant Chief Signal Offioer, to be accompanied with the rank and pay of Colonel. This position, it Is understood. Is Intended for Lieut, Greely. A bill was.fntrodnced by Mr. Tucker Increasing the number of Judges of the United States Courts; another by Mr. English providing for the Issue of one, two and five dollar silver certificates; and another by Mr. Breokenridge creating a River and Harbor Department*