Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 February 1887 — ADDITIONAL NEWS. [ARTICLE]

ADDITIONAL NEWS.

General Fairchild, Commander-in-chief of the G. A. R., has issued a bircnlar recommending po ts and comrades everywhere to imrnedi ttely pass resolutions on , (he veto of the dependent pepsiqn bill, and write to their Cofi?re<sineu expressing th**ir views on the President’s action.... The Boston Ball Club, by the payment of $10,00i)to ihe Chicago nine, Imssecured for next season too services of Michael Kelly, the best all-round player iu the co intry.... A Winnipeg telegram slates that “Alexander McArthur, who has made a special study of Arctic exploration, aud wbo has been iu comm micatiou wiih the Smithsoniau Institution, has started for Selkirk w th ofie companion and 1,400 pounds of supplies, their destin ition b ing the North Pole. From York Factory they will travel by dog train. They havo secured assistance from American newspapers.”... .Arrangements are about to be made in New , York for a race next mouth from Sandy Hook to Queenstown, between the schooners Coronet and Dauntless, for $10,00(1 a side. Each boat will carry twenty-four men. The Nebraska House passed a bill providing for a bureau of industrial statistics. ... .An Indianapolis dispatch says: “David Turpie's certificate of election as United States Senator from Indiana was delivered to him to-day by the Governor, the Secretary of State having consented, on the advice of the Attorney General, to attest the signature of the Governor to the document, as the law makes this his duty. In a footnote he says that his name is not to be regarded as an indorsement of the certificate.” Secretary Manning has placed his resignation in the hands of the President, to take effect on the appointment and qualification of his successor. This action is taken iu order to allow Mr. Manning to accept the Presidency of the Western National Bank of New York. His letter of resignation will not be made public for some time. It is said at the White House that no immediate appoiutment will be made to the office, and that Mr. Manning will continue to act as Secretary for several weeks.. Colonel John:Jameson, General Superintendent of the Railway Mail Service, has resigned, and Thomas E. Nash, Chief Clerk of the Postoffice Department, ha's been appointed to fill the vacancy. A resolution was adopted by the Senate on tho 14th requesting the President to furnish copies of all correspondence relating to the “Cutting affair. Senator Butler introduced a bill for tho erection of a national memorial bridge over the Potomac River from Washington to Arlington. Mr. Cullom presented a memorial in the Senato from tho Illinois House of Representatives in favor of pensioning soldiers over B 0 years of age. Tne Sonata adopted n resolution requesting the President to Bearch tho records for information as to tho services rendered in the Revolutionary War bv Count Pulaski, A petitii n was received from colored citizens of Mississippi asking SIJO each to transport them ’Jsp-Liberia, on the grounl that "the country can very well dispense with their presence.” The Pre udent sent the following nominations to the Semite: Receiver of Public Moneys, Everett B. S inders, of Elroy, Wis, at Wasan, Wis. Surveyor of Customs, John Vanderlinge, of Missouri for th ; port of St. Joseph, Mo. Postmasters—At White Haven, Pa, Alvin Arnold ; G 1 isgow, Ky., James A. Smith; Bellevue, Ohio, Gustave DaogdeisenDelphos, Ohio. Charles E Shenk; Kewance, 111., Andrew F. Bigelow; Pontiac, 111., Mark A, lienoe; Marshall, lU., Peter Conchy; Princeton, 111., James M McConihe ; Muskegon, Mich , Frank 11. Holbrook'; St. Ignace, Mich., Michael F. Mulcroue; SV Charles, Minn., Hiram W. Hill; Russel, Kan., Roy 8. Gildings; Wilson, Kail., C. F. Kovner; Schuyler, Neb., Levi C. Smith. Thomas B. Connery, of New York, was confirmed as Secretary of Legation at the City of Mexico. The House of Representatives tabled a resolution catting for certain informs,tiou in regard to employes and materials in the ..various navy yards. Bills were introduced tor a commission to revise the pension laws, for fill reciprocity between the United States and Canivla. and for a constitutional anieiidiii ut re pining tho election of Senators by tho people. Mr Lawler, of Illinois, offo ed tho following resold ion ; “That tho Secretary of State be requested to inform tli > House whether tho treaty of Ghent, by which peaco was consummated between toe United States and Great Britain iu i> comber, islt, mid ratified by the Senate in Fobrm ryj. TSTS, is cops trued to iuhibit th? Uni- . ta»l States from maintaining an effective navy o t the Northern lakes i ordering the Dominion of Canada : a id. also, whether tho construction by Great Britain of the Welland canal is not in effect a violation of the treaty of Ghent, and, in case of war witn tint country, a nienace to the safety of o;r lake-board cities.” The resolution —was referred.