Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 May 1885 — THE NEWS CONDENSED. [ARTICLE]

THE NEWS CONDENSED.

THE EAST. TwkmtY-FOUR deaths from a disease rei sembling typhoid-pneumonia occurred in one day in the mining town of Plymouth, Pa. Seventeen hundred citizens nre said to have been attacked.. The Russian corvette Strelok arrived at New York, the other day, closely followed by the British man-of-war Garnet The former carries ten guns and has a crew of 160 men. The shipping interest has some fear that she will nick up a transatlantic steamer should war be deffhred. A RECENT dispatch from Portsmouth, Pa.,'sayr. “The plague here is increasing in horror daily. Fourteen funerals were held yesterday. Seventeen hundred persons are now under medical treatment, and the‘physicians are exhausted with their labors. The water is believed to be impregnated with the germs of typhoid fever." Eight persons are known to have perished in a tenement-house fire in Fifth avenue, New York, and fourteen others were injured by smoke and through leaping from the windows. Three persons perished in the flames of a burning house at Watertown, N. Y. A young woman was so badly injured that she is not expected to live. Wainwright's brewery in Pittsburg, Pa., caved in with a heavy crash. The structure, four stories, is an entire wreck, together with 10,000 barrels of beer ttoreil in the building. The loss is estimated at >100,000.. ..The Rev. Dr. Burchard, author of the celebrated Rum, Romanism, and Rebellion alliteration, preached his farewell sermon in New York last Sunday. THEWEST. George Mack, a colored murderer, was taken from the officers near South Bend, Kan., and, with a rope about his neck, was dragged by a galloping horse into town, where he was suspended to an awning in front of a billiard saloon. One of the mob then sent a bullet through the hanging corpse, and in fifteen minutes the Coroner cut down the body. Thb lowa State, Leader, Des Moines, (Democratic), has been sold to G. M. Matthews, of Colorado, the con sideration being >30,000... _M ayor Harrison, of Chicago, has brought another libel suit against the Inter Ocean newspaper, for publishing an objectionable cartoon, placing his damages at >35,000. SPECIAL advices to the Chicago Time* from the spring wheat belts of the West and Northwest show the area sown to the cereal to be considerably less than that reSirted last year. Rumors of on impending uropean war came too late for farmers to prepare their ground for larger crops. The seeding in the Red River V»lley"is ten days earlier than at this time lust year, and the acreage has been largely increased, owing, it is said, to the development of the country and the bountiful yields harvested in past rears. In Illinois, lowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin unseasonable weather has retarded farm work. The acreage of spring wheat in these States will suffer a decrease of fully 15 per cent., and in some counties seed alreadv planted will have to be plowed up, water "from swollen streams having soaked into the ground and destroyed the germ. Fovb men were killed in a battle with cattle-thieves in the Red River District, Tndfen Territory.... .The corpse sent in a trunk from Chicago to Pittsburgh has been fully identified as that of Pietro Coroso, a railroad laborer. Francesco Coreso. of Chicago, states that his brother left his house. No. 75 Tilden avenue, at 9 o'clock on the evening of May 1, with over S2OO in his possession. Within two and"a half hours his corpse was delivered at the railroad station. Nine Italians were arrested in Chicago for connection with the mystery, and one of them confessed that he purchased the moneyorder found on the corpse. Eight saloon licenses have been granted at Sterling, 111., at the rate of >1,900 per annum in advance. The Town Board at East Tawas, Mich., refused to reduce liquor bonds to $6,000, and in consequence there are no grog-shops. The Probate Judge at Lawrence, Kan., declines to permit a mammoth brewery in that city to manufacture for druggists under the prohibitory law ....The Mormons held meetings throughout Utah. John T. Caine, Delegate in Congress, presided at the Tabernacle in Salt Lake, and attributed the troubles of tire Saints to vicious Federal officials. An address to the President and people of the United,States wasunanimously adopted, denouncing the present Governor of the Territory and protesting against the breaking up of the family relatione formed previous to the passage of the Edmunds 1aw.... Chicago telegram: State Veterinarian Paaren found a case of pleuro-pneumonia in Kane County, Hl., on the farm of F. H. Bowren, which is .located between Geneva and St. Charles. He at once ordered a «*qna ranting of both towns, in which there are probably over five hundred cattle, and he hopes to be able to prevent the spread of the disease The entire business, portion of Cabery, twenty-four miles from Kankakee, 111,, was destroyed by'fire. The loss will aggregate >90,999 to >100,090. thesouth. An overflow of the Red River has submerged a portion of Fulton, Ark., and the surrounding country is inundated, causing a heavy lose in live stock. Cultivated lauds are under water and railway tracks and bridges have been washed but. In the Arkansas Valley heavy rains have caused serious damage.* A man named Bowen, who was under arrest in Lincoln County. Ark., for disturbing the peace, and had been suspected of murdering his father-in-law two months ago, was shot and killed by unknown parties..... The boilers of the Tremont House, Galveston. Tex., exnlcxled with terrible effect, several persons being killed and many injured. WAEHntiTOV The Comptroller of the Currency has appointed Kent K. Hayden, of Omaha, to be • National Bank Examiner. He will be assigned to the District of Kansas and Nebraaka. The President also appointed J. Ernest Meiere, of Colorado. to be Consul of the United. States at Nagasaki, Japan: Horatio B. Lowry to be Quartermaster in the United States Marine Corps, with the rank of Major, and Richard 8. Collum to bo Assistaut Quartermaster, with the nwk

of Captain. The Secretary of the Treasury has appointed Thomas S. Farrow, of South Carolina, and Alonzo Dickson, of New Jersey, to be chiefs of divisions in the Sixth Auditor’s Office, vice William H, Gunnison and Thomas E. Woods, suspended. John 11. Oberly, of Illinois, has been appointed. an Inspector of the Indian Bureau. The President has appointed the following named Presidential Postmasters: E. H. Porter, Bowling Green, Ky., view W. E. Hobson, resigned; William Weeks, nt Wauseon, Ohio, vice C. Guilford, commission expired; James McKinney, Susfiuehi**ina,; I’tK, vice Isaac Jones; John R. Parshall, Faribault, Minn..vice E. Levens: D W. Connelly, Scranton, Pa., vice E. C. Fuller, commission expired 1 : J. B. Hutchinson, Hazelton, vice James James, commission expired; Thomas Bayless, Hope, Ark., vice T. M. < Hum-, phreys, suspended; John H. Golden, Minonk. 111., vice M. A. Cushing, resigned; floury 8. Howell, Watertown. Wis., vice J. C. Monk, commission expired; John B. Larkin. Pittsburgh, Pa., vice William H. McCleary. resigned: W. H. Brown, Lake Geneva, Wis., vice C. H. Noyes: Thomas J. Leeman, Wabash, Ind., vice Daniel Sayre, resigned. The debt statement issued on the Ist inst. (according to the bld form) shows the decrease of the public debt during the month of April to be >5,464,596, as follows: Decrease of debt since June 80,1884. $.’>0,075,221 Cash in the Trea5ury................' 483,932,560 Gold certificates outstanding 153,860,09() Silver certitie ates outstanding 141,585,086 Certiticales of deposit outstanding. 25,450,000 Refunding certificates outstanding. 244,050 Legal tenders outstanding 340,601,016 Fractional currency (not included in amount estimated as lost or destroyed) 6,960,113 The following is a recapitulation of the debt statement (new form): Interest bearing debt — Bonds at 4‘s per cent Bonds at 4 per cent a .. 737.715,800 Bonds at 3 per cent.. 194,190,500 Retundingcertificates at 4 per cent. 244,050 Navy pension fund at 3 per cent . • 14,300,0)0 Pacific Railroad bonds at 6 per cent 64,623,512 Principal $1,260,773,862 Interest.. .9,478,225 Total.. ... $1,270,252,087 Debton which interest has ceased since maturity - Principal $4,746,081 Interest....... 238,290 Total *..., $4,984,376 Debt bearing no interest—.Ohl demand and legal-tender notes. $346,739,021 Certificate sos deposits '.. i 25,400,000 Gold certificates. 125,234,800 Silver certificates 109,443,946 Fraotiouhl currency (less $8,375,934, - estimated as lost or destroyed!... 6,966,153 Principa1........... 613,783,020 Total debt— Principal Interest j 9,716,516 Total $1,889,020,384 Less cash Items avail- a able for reduction of the debt $ 267,321,117 Less reserve held for ret demption of U.S,notes 100,000,000 Total ~...$ 367.321,117 Total debt less available cash items 1,521,699,260 Net cash in the Trea5ury.......... 23,957,422 Debt Tess cash in Treasury May 1, 1885...; 1,497.741,884 Debt less cash in Treasury April 1, 1885 ....... 1,502,599,184 Deer, use of debt during the month ns shown bv this statement 4,837,339 Cash in the Treasury I —Available tor reduction of the debt Gold held tor gold carti ll cates act ually outstanding $125,234,800 Silver held for silver certificates actually outstanding........ 109,443,946 U. 8. notes held for ... certificates of depcs, t actually outstanding 25,400,000 Cash heltl for matured debt and interest unpaid.... 7,238,836 Fractional currency, . • . 3.535 .. ..... Total available for reduction of debt $ 267.321,U7 Reserve fund held for redemption of U. S. notes, act July 12, 1881. 100,000,000 Unavailable for reduMion of the debt--Fractional silver coin.. .$30,944,048 Minor coin.... ...... — 893,548 - 31,837,596 Cash held for certificates issued but not outstanding 60,816,430 Net cash balance on hand..... v ,, 23,957,421 Total cash in the Treasury as shown by Treasurer's general account.. . .. ■....... $483,932,566 Reconciliation May 1, 1885— Total debt, old form $1,883,907,571 Increased by— Pacific Railroad bonds.. .$ 64,623,512. Accrued interest there0n1,292,470 Interest due and unpaid thereon ......... 13,260 $ 65,929,242 Total .$1,949,836,814 Decreased by— Gold certtficates tn cash.s 28,625,2>0 r Silver certificates in cash. 82,141,140 Ocrtiti cates of deposit in cash 50,003 Total debt, new form $1,889,020,384 April 1, 1885. Total debt, old f0rm....... ... .$1,839,913,776 In reased by— Pacific Railroad bonds.s 64,623.512 Accrued int thereon... 969,352 Interest due and unpaid thereon 38,540 Total $1,955,544,981 Decreased byGold certificates in cash $ 37,689,930 Silver certificates In cash 30.861,61$ Certificates of deposit in cash. 1,005.009 Total debt, new form, .$1,885,988,376 Decrease, old form 5,461,596 Decrease, new form 4,837,339 May 1, 1885— Cash in the Treasury, old form $483,632,566 RMuced by cer ificates as above... 60,816,430 Assets not available 31,837,596 Total $391,278,539 April 1, 1881— Cash in the Treasury, old form $484,474,174 Reduced by certincates as above 1 $69,556,605 Assets hot available...... 31,508,377 Total 101,064,983 383,409,191 Cash in the Treasury, new form, made up of— 7 i. , Cash available fur reduction of debt $3 4,150,165 Balance 22.253,035 Total $383,409,191 Debt less cash in the Trearury, old form May I. 1885 ‘.51,410,904,198 April 1,1885 1,41X5,439.603 Decrease. $3,464,596 Debt less cash in the Treasury, new term— May 1. 1883 April 1,1883 1,502,579,184 Decrease. $ 1.837.339

POLITICAL. The President has made the following appointments: Charles L. Scott, of Alabama, Minister Resident and Consul General of the United States to Venezuela. Warren Green, of Kentucky, Consul General at Kanagawa, Japan. John E. Bacon, of South Carolina, Charge, d’Affaires te Paraguay and Urugnav. To be United States Consuls: Berthold Greenebaum. of California, at Alps; Albert Loening, of New York, at Bremen; Joseph B. Hughes, of Ohio, at Birmingham, England; John H. Putnam, of Ohio, at Honolulu; Victor A. Sartori, of Pennsylvania, at Leghorn; Robert E. Withers, of Virginia, at Hong Kong. Also John S. Williams, of Indiana, to be Third Auditor of the Treasury Department, vice E. W. Keightlev, whose resignation has been accepted. W. H: Faulkner* of the Indian Service was appointed a special agent of the Interior Deportment, to conduct the removal of the Nez Perees Indims from the Indian Territory to Idaho and Washington Territory.

Th view of the excellent records and distinguished service of following named Consuls the President decided they should be retained: W. F. Grinnell, nt Bradford, England; Lyell T. Adorns, at Geneva; Samuel W. Dabney, at Fayal. Among the appointments of postmasters nre the following: Michigan— Dearborn, William M. Hatton; Balch. Henry Wells: Linden. Janies B. Moshier tnrra— Thornburg, Francis Hamilton; Foote, M iss Maggie Rock; Noble, John E. Wlttme'r. /n<liann — Pittsburgh, Laura J. Edwards; North Salem, William 11. Fleece; Hazleton. J. JI. Briher: Trafalgar, John C. Whlth; Bluff Creek, James N. Robinson:'Spearville. John M. Fry; New Middleton, Stephen B. Adams: Snringville, James Chestnut; Selvfn, Mary Armstrong South Bethany. John M. Hawkins: Westland, John M. New; Carrollton. Lawrence.’Boring; Burket. Adam Horn: Palestine, E. W. UpJlncer; Quincy, Rankin McClaren; Winslow, tyohn McConnell; Union, James F. Kime: Haymond, John Pfium; Castleton. William F. Wadsworth; Leopold, Ellen Ward; Bristow, Smith McCallister: Haskel, Andrew Ward; Leato, JatneS M. Davis; Memphis, Ambrose Hurle; Nabb, John Hollenbeck; Hardensbnrg, Hanford E. Mclntosh; Kossuth. Martin Kebalin; Crothersville, John D. Durment; Houston, Charles W. Thompson; Rockford, Frederick Hoover. Illinois— Lenzberg, John Huebner; Pleasant View. Warren Mallory; Darmstadt, August C. Schulz; Elliottstown.Way McMerry; Shumway, Juputhan A. Arnold. Anthony M. Keiley, of Virginia, who declined an appointment as Minister to Italy, has been commissioned Envoy to Austria.. . It ih said that the State Department has discovered that, after all, it has been misled as to the appointment of Morgan as Consul to Australia. Since his commission was delivered to him the fact was developed that the pamphlet written bv Morgan, of which so much complaint was made, appeared after the nomination of Blaine for the Presidency. Had this been known positively by the administration earlier perhaps Morgan would not have received his commission. The President and Secretary of State were assured on behalf of Morgan that the pamphlet was written prior to Blaine's nomination, and was not designed to aid him in his Presidential race.

GEAEBAL. "Gen. Grant apparently continues to improve,” says a Nerw York dispatch of the 30th inst "The ulcerated portions of the throat, from which tissue has been sloughed off, have materially improved. The cancerous trouble at th? base of the tongue is simply quiescent. Meantime the general system is improved. The General has so far improved physically that his mind is becoming engaged with the blocking out of work upon his book. He remarked last evening that he felt better, and was bright and cheerful throughout the day. spending some time in looking over the unfinished manuscript of his book. ” There were IC7 failures in the United States reported to liradatreet'a during the week, against 108 in the preceding week, and 151, 132, and 06 in the corresponding weeks of 1884, 1883, and 1882 respectively., Bradstreet reports that the general tenor of the advices regarding the trade outlook “corroborates tne view taken early in the year, that, . while the spring season would be likely to result in a moderate degree of commercial activity, which, by comparison with the winter’s dullness, might suggest a trade revival, the volume of merchandise distributed would fall behind the total during the like period in 1881, and the end of the season would bring nd prospects of a revival in the'near future. The last week revealed no gain in the distribution of merchandise in any line, with a possible exception in favor of boots and shoes from Boston. Dry goods are as slow of movement and as unsatisfactory as to the margin of profit as heretofore. The sales of groceries and provisions have riot increased The geneTul industrial situation is practically unchanged, interest entering on the approaching contest between the Western iron and steel manufacturers and the Amalgamated Association of Workingmen. Raw wool is in little better demand, if any, notwithstauding the improvement in the request for certain lines of woolen goods The prospective pressure of the new clip prevents a gain in prices The movement of grocery staples is still disappointing. Coffee and tea are lower. Sugar advanced on speculative buying. Dairy products are lower and quiet. ” Industrial notes: The extensive iron works at Youngstown, Ohio, have notified their workmen of an arbitrary reduction of wages, to take effect June 1. The Braidwood (Ill.) coal miners have accepted the terms of the mine owners for the year, and the threatened strike has- thus iieen averted. The Murry Foundry at Ft.

Wayne, I nib, was closed down, the proprietors refusing to yield to the demands of the strikers; A Chicago dispatch reports that a crowd of about 4(H) striking-qunrrymen from Lemont went down to Joliet to intimidate men working there. Before they reached their destination they were met by the militia, and while they were preparing to make an attack another company of militia surprised them by a flank movem-. nL Suddenly they broke and ran wildly in all directions. The militia Succeeded in capturing sixty-two of the stiikers. and locked them up in the armory at Joliet. Sheriff Hanchett, of Chicago, telegraphed Gov. Oglesby that he was unable to control the strikers at Lemont, arid asked for more troops. The Governor ordered the Adjutant General to send three companies to his assistance. A large proportion of the miners in the Belleville (HL) district have joined the strikers, and nearly all the mines in that district are closed. The strike is for an advance in wages, the use of .closer screens, etc. From 7,000 to 8,000 miners are idle.- I —-The Sheriff dispersed striking coal miners at Collinsville, 111., and at Streator the strikers decided to return to work.-—The coal miners of the Tuscarawas and Conotton Valleys, to the number of 6,000, struck last week. News from the seat of the Riel rebellion is very meager. Gen. Middleton’s forces appefl(pfc> ti h£ making slow progress, as far as reports indicate. The limited means of transportation seem to be the chief obstacle in the way.

A carle dispatch of the*2d inst announces that "Great Britain and Russia are considering the wisdom of submitting to one of the crowned heads the question whether the convention of March 17 was broken by Russia. The King of Denmark is the most likely to be selected as arbitrator. ”.... The Suez Canal Commission, composed of representatiees of the powers, and appointed to fix the status of the canal in the event of war, will be dissolved, says a Paris dispatch, immediately upon the declaration of war between England and Russia. Sis Edward Thornton telegraphed from St Petersburg on the 3d inst that Russia would accept the princjiple of arbitration in the pending difficulties. The Czarina was actively aiding in peace negotiations. On neither side is there any cessation of Reparation for active wxrf.tre. 1 ' The First Aimy Corps of India, under the Duke of Con aught unde re-'.dy to begin its march toward Pishin. The London newspapers confirm the report that a secret treaty has been made between England and Turkey, according to

the terms of which England will be allowed to send men-of-war through the Dardanelles in case of war. If the foreign dispatches are true there is a disposition on the part of the British Government to place the burden of responsibility for the strained relations between the two nations dp Sir Peter Lums-, den, who is charged with having, been greatly controlled by the war party in Indio. ... .The Queen and Princess Beatrice returned to London from the continent The approaching marriage of the Princess has been ordered to be solemnized without display- ' . , • ADDITIONAL NEW&T A Winnipeg dispatch says: “Aleck Stewart, who participated in the Duck Lake tight was wounded, has sent a description of the fight here by mail. He says there were tw.o hundred rebels in the battle, awl they werfcled by Gabriel Dumont. The unconditional suirsnder of the police was (demanded.. When the police saw the rebels coming Maj. Crozier ordered the sleighs to be placed across the road for breastworks. The rebels came on and Crozier sent out an interpreter to parley. During the parley the rebels commenced firing. The firing was then genernl. Twelve civilians were killed and six wounded. The enemy's loss was twenty-three killed and seventeen wounded. The dead civilians were buried at Carleton.” With the veterans o| the Army of the P»tomac, President Cleveland, Vice President Hendricks, Secretaries Endicott and Whitney, Postmaster General Vilas; and others visited the battlefield of Gettysburg on the 4th inst. The President’s carriage, containing the President and Vice. Presidentt Goy, Pattison. and ex-Gov. Curtin, led the way through the village to the cemetery, threequarters of a mile away, where the ceremonies of the day took place. The distinguished guests, having assembled upon the stand, with the main body of tfce visitors in front and below, were formally welcomed by Gov. Pattison. Maj. Martin Maginnis, ex-Delegate in Congress from Montana, replied to the Governor’s speech of welcome. Gen. Black. Commissioner of Pensions, was the next speaker. Gen. Rosecrans, as Chairman of the Congressional Committee on Invitations, on behalf of the 1 irst Corps, was charged with the duty of welcoming the national legislators. At Mount Hope, Md., on the return trip of the Presidential party from Gettysburg, an enthusiastic resident fired his pistol two or three times into the air. It was probably intended as a salute for want of better artillery. The story was started and sent through the train that the man had shot at the President. Mr. Gladstone, in the British House of Commons, on the 4th inst.. duplicated the statement of Earl Granville in the House of Lords to the effect that England and Russia had agreed to renew negotiations, all impediments having been removed. The Premier adde 1 that all disputed points which should arise at the conference in regard to the agreement Of March 17 were to be referred to the . sovereign of a neutral state, that the Afghan Frontier Commission was to meet forthwith to settle the details of the boundary, and that Russia had consented to withdraw her outposts on the arrival of the Commissioners, Gens. Lumsden and ZelenOi. Meantime Russia has another boundary trouble looming up with China. The Russians for some time past hive been pressing against the Chinese frontier . all along the north side of the empire, and now a dispute has arisen. Warned by Russia’s procrastination in the Afghan matter, John Chinaman is going to take time by the forelock, and has already demanded that she shall act promptly. His success with the French -has evidently emboldened him to "talk up” to the Russian Bear The cable chronicles the demise ’of Karageorgewitz, the claimant to the throne of Serna, and Brinley Richards, the Welsh, composer and pianist. If Mr. Cleveland and Mr. Hendricks should both die at the sama time between now and next December there is no provision for Presidential succession and no person in whom executive power is lodged--This fact is brought out prominently by an accident which happened the other day to the train on which both the President and A'icn President were passengers onTheir way to Gettysburg.