Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 March 1886 — ADDITIONAL NEWS. [ARTICLE]

ADDITIONAL NEWS.

The Americftii .Tract Society helil it- tinfinal meeting in Washington. The receipts for the year reached $.15/,305, while the expenditures aggregated $352,111. The num■yber of families visited during tile year was .1-15,415.. . . Jay G<mld. in an interview in Florida,.stated that the labor outbreak in the Southwest originated on UToad beyond his control, and in the hands of the Federal courts. He thinks, that the Knights' are beginning to sf*e that they are in iking war 6u the general public. The Pacific roads now sei! first-class limited from Chicago to San Francisco or Los Angeles for $34.50, with a rebate of $5 at the western terminus.' The Presidents of the roads are corresponding with a view to the restoration of rates. The Ateluson lloiul pro]w+sesthe formutiom’f two pools, with Ogden as the dividing line. .. . The.reinains of ex-Senator. Chaffee were interred at Adrian, Mich., with appropriate services., At the vault the little /laughter of U.-'S, Grant, Jr.. grand-daughter of the deceased, placed u bouquet of ’water-lilies upon the case... .Judge Tuley, of Chicago, holds the belief that under the law of Illinois no court has the power to suspend a sentence formally imposed by a jury as part of its verdict... .Ex-GovernorWilliam Irwin, of California, died at San Francisco. J. Harris Rogers testified in the telephone investigation at Washington that he gave SIO,OOO in Pan-Electric stock to ■Richard Winter Smith. At a meeting at which Senator Harris, Gen. Johnston,, Mr. Young, and witness were present, Mr. Young said that a number of members of Congress wanted to become interested in the Pan-Electric Company, and #md frequently importuned him on. the subject. It was proposed that members of Congress should give S2O, Young Suggested that that.was too much. Witness, testified that an effort was made in 1883, or the beginning of 1884, to have him appointed Electrician of the House of fientiitivos‘,““an(T Senators Harris and Gar-land-had-gone to see Architect- Clark. Witness expected to take advantage of the engines, dynamos, and other machinery to carry on experiments which would benefit both his associates’ __anfi the_ Government. General Johnson went to see the Speaker in his behalf. Witness was questioned as to the date of the inter view in which Mr. Young st ited that Attorney General Garland had promise 1 to bring suit, and fixed the date at some time e irlv in July. In reply to a question pilt by the Chairman, witness said th it Pan-Electric stock was given to his as--soeiates for three - reasons—because they held rwtiTe+y known, beCiittS ' they won’ lawyers. ;.n t bec.iuse he yas satisfied that they would do business honorably. The sub-committee of the Committee onExpenditures in th- Department of Justice, "has decided to report favorably Mr. Springer's bill to change the law so that United States District Attorneys and Marshals shall receive fixed sal®T»s instead of being paid by fees. .. . Micha 4 Hahn. representing the Second District of Louisiana in Congress, stnldeiTly iir -Wnsdiingtoy,--of hetimr---rhage of the lungs. He aided in the reconstruction of his State, and was its first Governor after the war. —-——— 7 -<- A number of petitions from focal assemblies of'jVmgHt^'snLafioF.TfilfouglliJfft - tßn'EoififfryU' favdriiiS; ifife bUiLling of tlie~ ! Hennenin Cimal, , were presented in lite Senate on Marell 11.-Ais-> iiiemoriaTs of die Knights of "Labor protestfmr" ~ agatflstWmte unT/TT Ttrir been provided for bv law for workingmen in the Gov/ minent s«|rvico who worked mote than eight . rials, Mr. Ingalls said the eohiplaiiit was a just' one. and the nation had been disgraced by the violation of t ie hi w complained of in the memorial. Mr. Ingalls presented a joint, resolution proposing a eonstitution. i 1... ahiendmeut providing that the 3Uth of April shall be th ■ day for the beginning of the suceosstve administrations of the Government, hereafter instead of the 4th of March. The SOhate adopted, by u vote of 25 to 22. an amendment of-ttn? widows' pension bill -offered by,Senator. Van Wyck,. providing that the pensions of children who are idiotic or ihsane shall continue during; the existence. 'of suchy. idiocy orinsanity, A message from the Hou- ■ Of Representatives announced to the Senate the death of liepresensative Halm. Mr. Eustis moved the Customary resolutiohstef regret, oil the adoption of which the Senate, out of respect to the memory of the deceased, adjourned. Imnwdiately after reading the journal the House adjourned out of respect to the memory of Representative Hahn, . of Louisiana,,