Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 May 1885 — THE WEST. [ARTICLE]

THE WEST.

The bloodthirsty Apaches are again on the rampage in Arizona and New Mexico. They killed two men at Eagle Creek, and four at Alma. Troops have started after the ent-threats... ;ln the United States Circuit Court at Chicago bonds of $50,000 each were renewed by J. C. Mackin and W. J. Gallagher. The certificate of division of opinion filed by Judges Harlan and Gresham asks the Supreme Court to decide ■whether the crimes charged are infamous; •whether the defendants can be tried otherwise than on an indictment; whether the Clerk of Cook County is a pnblic officer under the Federal election law,and whether the facts stated in the information constitute a conspiracy. The Presbyterian General Assembly at Cincinnati tabled a resolution offered by Judge Drake, of* the Federal Court of Claims, declaring that the Roman Catholic Church cannot be recognized as a Christian church, and that its priesthood can only be •viewed as usurpers of the functions of the ministry.

So far the United States Treasury has been unable, notwithstanding its repeated efforts, to put the $31,003,000 of fractional silver now in the Sub-Treasuries into circulation. This, says a Washington dispatch, is regarded as a confirmation of the theory that it is impossible to force into circulation unpopulir coin. As a matter •f fact, the supply of fi actional silver is not equal to the requirements of the large cities, and there is good reason to think that it would be for the convenience of the public if all. the $31,000,000 now in the vaults could be thrown into circulation. Probably the greatest difficulty encountered by the Treasury in its efforts to force out the coin is the fact that the banks refuse to receive it on deposit. It thus becomes necessary for street railways and other corporations which receive large amounts of fractional silver to send this coin to the Treasury for redemption .... Secretary Manning has appointed a committee of prominent officials of the department who represent the office of the Secretary, the Treasurer, the Controller of the Currency, the Redemption Division, and the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, to consider not only the propositions to renew the existing contract lor fiber paper, but to decide whether or not it is wise to continue the use of the distinctive paper".' Some members of the committee are kno n to oppose this silk-fiber paper. They lalieve that it offers no adequate security against counterfeiting, while it rmdeni the note less stable, and injures its appearance and surface. The silk-fib_r paper was introduced upon the theor; that notes printed upon it could not be cointerfeited. It is now discovered that meffianical precautions against counterfeitin’ are no longer effectual, and that the best safeguard is to secure a clear, fine note, wiich will retain through long usage a distinct appearance. Secretary Manning is belhved to iocline to the opinion that the artitic appearance of the notes and securit es should be improvedA anUMAL Grand Jury found 120 indie..

ments against twelve leading citizens of Metropolis, Massac County, 111., for forgery, conspiracy, etc., perpetrated to swindle a number of life insurance companies, including the Alutu<, of Chicago; the Northwestern, of Chicago; the Northwestern, of Milwaukee; the Protection League, of Ashley, HL, and several companies of "Eastern cities!' The rjng operated by insuring people on their death-beds ou false statements as to health and. age.. . .The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs has arrived at Muskogee, I. T.,'ana has begun work. After the sale of Oklahoma end the Cherokee strip the mos| important question will- be that of citizenship. The Indians say that the Territory is overrun with whites claiming Indian blobd. Many hundreds have been ordered to leave, but the Interior Department has interfered i® their favor and prevented their ejectment. In the Cherokee Nation there is wide diversity of opinion regarding the sale of their lands, but on the whole the five tribes are inclined to favor the idea.,. .Fire at Lansing, lowa, destroyed $150,000 worth of, property; insurance, $60,000. Four three-story br.ck buildings, twelve two-story bricks, six dwellings, and six barns were swept awav. Twenty families were burned out of their homes. Thir-ty-five buildings in all were destroyed. The Mirror and Journal newspaper offices were burned... .Four stores of the Anderson block at Merrill, Wis., were burned, the loss being $70,000... .The nightexpress on the Mount Vernon and Panhandle route was wrecked near Mount Vernon, Ohio.. The smoker and one passenger coach left the track and plunged into a small stream twenty feet below. Of twenty passengers no one was injured, but the conductor was quite badly hurt....ln the District Court atßlaqkfoot, Idaho, Bistfop George Stuart and four other Mormons pleaded guilty to polygamous practices. Ettch was sentenced to four months in the Territorial Prison and fined S3OO. These are the first convictions reached in that Territory... .The funeral of six of the victims of the Cincinnati fire took place at St. Xavier’s Catholic Church, in that city the coffins being almost buried in flowers,.. .The Brotherhood of' Locomotive Engineers held a reunion in the Capitol of Illinois. Goy. Oglesby delivered an address.