Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 May 1886 — ADDITIONAL NEWS. [ARTICLE]

ADDITIONAL NEWS.

During the recent riots in Chicago, Bohemian anarchists sacked and destroyed a drug-store at the corner of West Eighteenth street and Center avenue. It now develops that nearly a dozen Nihilists who participated in the looting of the store have died from drinking poisonous concoctions nnder the belief that they were swallowing tanglefoot whisky. A half-dozen more are sick nigh unto death, and with small hopes of recovery. It also transpired that several of the participants in the riots were buried in the Bohemian Cemetery without permits, which leads to the conclusion that the policemen fired their pistols with better aim and more deadly effect than was at first supposed. The owner of the building occupied by the Nihilistic Arbeiter 'Zetland filed a bill to set aside the lease granted to the backers of the paper on the ground that the contract has been broken by the storage of explosives in the office, and the lease was canceled. At the meeting of the Chicago Methodist ministers resolutions were passed denouncing the rioters.... There is a decided improvement in the labor situation at Cincinnati, and no violence is now anticipated. Labor notes; Nearly every member of the United Nailers, Rollers aud Heaters’ Association, has signed a petition asking for reinstatement in the Amalgamated Association. A strike of bakers at Pittsburg resulted in a bread famine, as the few 6mall establishments in operation can only supply their regular customers. The Ajax Forge Company and the car works of Wells <fc French, Chicago, opened shorthanded at the old rate of wages. McCormick’s reaper works, Chicago, are running with a full force for the tiist time since the strike. Nearly all the railroads opened up at Chicago on Monday with a full force of freight-handlers, and the strike seems to be over. Many of the old men who applied for work were taken back,but some of tbe roads refused to re-employ their old bauds. The Malleable Iron Works, Chicago, started up with 800 men at nine hours’ pay for eight hours’ work. In the Ohio Senate on Monday, the 10th inst., Mr. Van Cleaf (Democrat) moved for a correction of the journal with reference to tbe seating of the four Republicans from Hamilton County, but tlie motion was ruled out of order. He then desired to enter a protest, but the Chair refused to receive it. During a recess of the Senate the journal was stolen, resulting in some excitement. Clerk Vallandigham, however, prepared a new record of the day's proceedings, which was certified to by tbe Secretary of State. During the evening tbe stolen journal was returned to the State Department.. The driving out of the Poles frdm Prussia under the direction of Bismark has begun. The so-called “Germanization”of the Polish provinces is to be accomplished by the simple but efficacious plan of buying up the lands of the Polish landlords aud expelling tbe Polish peasantry. The land is purchased by the Government, about $50,000,000 "being" appropriated for the purpose. When tbe Polish landlord will not agree upon a price he is offered a certain number of years’ rental and is thrust out of the country. Without choice or recourse on his part he ceases to be a land-owner or even an inhabitant of Prussia.' The fate of the peasantry is even severer. With no accumulated surplus to fall back upon in many cases they must go to nnother land and among strangers to seek bread. A resolution offered by Senator Logan, directing tbe Committee on Pensions to report back to the Senate the Ingalls bill, providing for the repeal of tbe limitation on the arrears of pensions, was agreed to by the Senate.. A bill to limit the commercial privileges of vessels belonging to foreign countries which restrict the privileges of American ships was introduced. The some, measure was offered in the House. Mr. Beach <N. Y.) introduced in the House a resolution amending the rules so as to subject to a fine of SIOO evory member who is absent during a call of tho House. The House passed, a bill to punish the advertisement of lottery tickets in the District of Columbia. With the intention of putting to Bervice the sum of $50,507,005 lying in the Treasury at the" close of April, Mr. Breckinridge introduced a joint resolution directing the calling in of $51,000,000 in 3 per cent bonds by the end of August. Mr. Bland introduced a bill providing that any holder of standard gold or coin may deposit the same with the treasurer or any Government depository in sums of not less than $lO, and receive therefor notes to bo called “coin notes” of the United States.