Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 June 1886 — ADDITIONAL NEWS. [ARTICLE]

ADDITIONAL NEWS.

Twelve propositions are embodied in a demand on Congress made by the Knights of Labor at the fourth day’s session of their Cleveland Convention. The first seven relate to the' s qmblic lands—keeping them for actual settlers, fully taxing those owned by corporations, forfeiting unearned grants, barring alien ownership, etc.; the .eighth asks the abolition of all laws requiring a property qualification for voters; the ninth favors ah income tax; the tenth protests against the cutting down of the appropriation for the Labor Bureau; the eleventh asks for the passage of the bills approved by the Congressional Labor Committee; the twelfth asks for the passage of i a law prohibiting the employment of minors I for more than eight hours per day. A I resolution was adopted which declares, that ■ Knights will hold, responsible,at the ballot-. I box all members of Congress who neglect ] or refrain from voting in compliance with < these demands-. . A letter ci good-will was orqered sent to the AmalgamatI ed Association of Iron and Steel Workers. The strike of the Beading (Pa.) hatl finishers has been declared off. The anI nual convention of the United Nailers and | Heaters of America met at Pittsburgh and i. voted to apply for readmittance into the 1 Amalgamated Association. The Illinois Watch Company of Springfield abandoned the eight-hour system, returning to the tenhour day on account of the pressure of business. Strikes were inaugurated on the i Pittsburgh, Oakland and East Liberty • and tire Wylie Avenue street-car I lines, because the twelve-hour schedule had not been put in operation. The French Chamber of Deputies-has voted 100,000 francs to the fp.nd for the establishment of the Pasteur Institute.... Although nothing is known of the matter at Washington, a dispatch from Melbourne asserts that the American Consul at Samoa has given the protection of his Government to King Mahctoa, while the German authorities uphold the claims of King Tomasesc.... A London dispatch of the Ist inst.. says: “At the meeting of the j Chamberlain party fifty-four members of House of Commons were present. Of these forty-six resolved to vote against the sec- ! ond reading of the home-rule bill, five refused to pledge themselves, and i only three supported Mr. Gladstone’s ! Irish measure. Mr. Chamberlain read a letter from Mr. John Bright, in , which the. writer vehemently condemned | the bill, pledged himself to vote against it, and urged others to do likewise. It is thought the letter will have a great influence in inducing member’s not to abstain from voting on the measure. The decision ; of the meeting, it is belie ved, insures the I defeat of the Government. The news of i the result of the Chamberlain meeting ‘ caused intense-excitement in. the ,lobby of the House of Commons. Ministerialists admitted time defeat'was. and there was a general rush of members to the .telegraph ofliees to., send orders to their election agents to prepare for an. immediate dissolution of Parliament. The Conservative whips estimate the Conservative vote at 252, the Hartington and Chamberlain I section at dM>, the Liberal absentees .at 25, . and the vote of the Gladstonians and Par- ■ nellites at 297, making a majority against the bill of 51.” .. .. Thomas W. Febby, formerly Senator ; from Michigan, returned to Grand Haven last week in robust health, after a sojourn of some years in Europe. ...Unfavorable : crop reports come from the Northwest. In i Minnesota and Dakota but little rain has fallen sjuceApril. As a result grain is not stooling out. Chinch-bugs have also made their appearance in some sections, and. are doing considerable damage. A Bt'MOR comes from Washington that the North Atlantic Squadron will be or- ■ dered to the Canadian coast on account of ' the fishery troubles, A Canadian police i boat is cruising in the neighborhood of Causo. and the cruiser Lansdowne left St. John. N. 8., for an unknown destination. It is reported these cruisers will attempt to capture certain American vessels that have parch ased-bait within the Canadian limit. The funniest thing isn’t a frog. The man who said it never had seen a fat > woman trying to run. —Somerville