Rensselaer Union, Volume 5, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 May 1873 — General News summary. [ARTICLE]

General News summary.

THE OLD WORLD. The Vienna Exposition has opened under most unfavorable auspices, so far at least as the weather is concerned. A week .of almost unceasing rain, which saturated the grounds about the exhibition into a morass, culminated on the 14th in a gale of such extraordinary violence that the western front of the building was broken in, and torrents of rain poured in, damaging large quantities of goods. Several visitors were injured by the falling debris. The attendance since the opening had decreased daily, and the protracted panic on the Vienna bourse had disheartened the citizens. The city of Iloug Kong, Chinn, was visited by a destructive conflagration, March 22, by which five thousand people were rendered homeless. There was also a'terrible fire at Osaka on the 29th of March.. Many lives were lost. It raged all day and night. There were two violent shocks of earthquake at the same place on the 12th of March. A Vienna Telegram of the 16 th says a hun-. dred additional business failures had been announced in that city, owing to the continued stringency in the money market. No important bank had yet suspended. The panic paralyzed business. President Thiers has reorganized his Cabinet oy the appointment of M. Casimer Perier, Minister of the Interior; M. Tourton, Minister of Public Worship: M. Bcranger, Minister of Public Works; and M. Waildington, Minister of Public Instruction. The other ministers are unchanged. It is expected that on the meeting of the Assembly, M. PerTcr will move.the postponement of all debate on questions of general policy until the territory is evacuated by-the Germans. It is understood that the programme of the new Ministry will be to organize a republic by the enactment of conservative laws, and wholly/eject the radical plans. It is announced that Don Carlos entered Navarre on the night of the 14th inst., and took command of an army numbering 15,000 men, with whom he resolved to conquer or perish. It is also stated that Don Carlos has concluded a loan of 400,000,000 reals with an English banker, and has promised to make Olio a Field Marshal and Dorregarry a Lieutenant General. Snow fell in the north of England on the, 18th. ‘ ” . M. Louis Buffet has been re-elected President of the French National Assembly, by a vote of 359 to 289 for liis opponent, M. Martel. By the burning of Prospect Mill, at Halifax, Eng., four hundred operatives "have- ’beaf thrown out of employment. The Shah of Persia arrived at Moscow, Russia, on the 19th. The session of the Prusian Diet closed on the 20th. News from the Kliivan seat of war, via St. Petersburg, 20th, says there was no truth iu the report that Khiva had been taken and the Khan was a prisoner. There was mueh anxiety in St. Petersburg concerning the ultimate success of the expedition against Khiva. Two of the columns had been delayed by heavy snow storms, and the third, which formed the advance, was still obstructed. _ In the French Assembly on the 21st there was an excited contest over the election of Vice-Presidents. M. Martel (the avowed supporter of President Thiers) was elected Fourth Vice-President on the third ballot, by a vote of 330 to 327. The election of M. Martel was made a test question, the Bonapartists, Legitimists and Orleariists being all combined against him. The garrison of Savah.iya, Spain, surrendered to the attack of the Carlists under Don Alfonzo, on The 3Tst; The dispatch says that notwithstanding the promise that the lives of the garrison should be spared, sixteen volunteers (first stated at 150) were massacred. THE NEW WORLD. .. Gold closed in New York on the 21st at 117.% @117%. Luigi Lusignani, the Italian wife murderer, was hanged at Morristown, N. J., on the 14tlu A dispatch from the Modoc scat of war, 15th, says that the Modocs have made a stand in a rocky fortress which was still stronger than the last one and about twenty miles south of it. Bogus Charley, who had been seen on the upper Klamath, but not captured, reported that there were thirty of them, and that they would fight until the last man is killed. Lieutenant Harris, who was wounded in tne battle of the 20th of April, died in camp May 12. The present force at the command of Gen. Davis was not considered sufficient to make a successful -attaek upon the Modocs in their new stronghold, but the General will endeavor to hold them where they now are, and await reinforcements with mortars that are hurrying forward and are expected in a few days. commission has been appointed to meet . the Sioux Indians and obtain* a reversion to the Government of certain portions of their reservations iu Nebraska, in order that the lands may be made accessible to homestead pre-emption. The New York canals opened for navigation on the 15th. At the meeting of the Grand Army of the Republic and the reunion of the Army of the Potomac at New Haven on the 14th, President Grant, Generals Sherman, Sheridan, Hancock, Burnside, McDowell, and .othernoted officers were present. Three executions for murder occurred on the 15tli. Iu New York, Michael,Nixon was hanged for the murder of Charles A. Pffeiffbr a few months ago; Charles Mortimer was executed at Sacramento for the murder of Mary Gibson; anil Joseph O’Neil was hanged at ML Carroll, 111.,f0r the murder, in September last, of Hiram Itexford. The police authorities of Chicago are strictly enforcing a city ordinance requiring the closihg of liquor saloons at eleven o’clock at night. The proprietors of one of the leading establishments have resisted the enforcement of the law and been put under arrest, and will carry the matter to the Supreme Court for final decision. y* A series of resolutions prepared by the Mer-elmnta'-Exehange in St. Louis, was presented to the Congressional Convention in session iu thnt city on the 14th. The resolutions arc in substance as follows: That the deepening of the months of the Mississippi River is of the very first importance to the interests of the entire valley •( thtr-MisSissinpi, and of great moment to the whole country; that experience has demonstrated the practicability of controlling the currents of the Mississippi River by a system of wing-dams, revetments and Jetties, and that by such means judiciously applied, its channel can be permanently located ana confined, and that hy this meUipd anydepth roqalfod by the largest vessels may be constantly maintained from the Balize to Ht. Louis at a cost of a few millions of dollars; that the svßtein of improvements suggested for the river below St. Louis is eminently suited for the improvement -s»f the Missouri, Illinois, Arkansas, Bed. Ohio, Tennessee, Cumberland, and manv other, important streams in this valley, on each of which It. should be applied bn a scale commensurate with the vol-

nme of the river and the demands of its commerce; that every practicable water route to the Gulf, to the Atlantic Ocean, and to the Great Lakes which can be opened and made safe and convenient at a reasonable cost, when compared to the benefits to result from it in lessening the expense of transporting the products of. this valley to their various markets, should meet with favor from the General Government, and receive the unanimous snpport of every representative of this valley in Congress; in favor of a bridge law by Congress regulating the lengths, heights, location and construction of bridges over the navigable streams, with a view to prevent unnecessary injury to the navigation of such rivers; that the revenue laws should be so amended as to permit shipmasters to purchase ships wherever they can he most cheaply procured; condemning the revenue law which forbids registry to the ship of an American citizen, simply because she was built in a foreign land, etc., etc. The New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has re-elected Henry Bergh as President, and Henry Clews, Treasurer. The society is reported to be in a flourishing condition. The body of Captain Thomas, killed in the recent fight with the Modocs, arrived iu Washington on the 18th. The President has appointed William E. Davis Assistant United States Treasurer at - Cincinnati. About a dozen men were buried and killed by a rock estimated to weigh from to 25,000 tons sliding upon them in the New York Iron Mine, near Ncgauucc, Mich., on the 17th. A fire in the car shops of the C-, B. & Q. R. R., at Aurora, 111., on the 18tli, destroyed eight buildings, with valuable machinery, four palace cars and other property. The loss is estimated at over $250,000, fully insured. General Van Buren, the suspended Vienna Commissioner, says: “For ten months I have spared no exertion or expense to make our exhibition a success, and amYitterly unconscious of doing, or authorizing to be done, a single wrong or unworthy tiling, and the person who says I have is a cowardly knave and a liar.” The municipal election in Providence, R. 1., has resulted iu the re-election of the present general officers of the city. Thomas A. Doyle for Mayor, had 2,117 votes; William G. R. Mo wry, Democrat and Prohibition, 1,006. The new Board of Aldermen elected will favor the granting of liquor licenses, reversing the policy of the late Board. The Congressional excursionists reached Denison, Texas, on the 18th, from St. Louis. A colored boy has carried off the prize of a cadetship at West Point, in Norfolk, Va. He had nineteen competitors, of whom fifteen were white. The Secretary of State has received information from General Sickles that the Spanish Government has ordered the Cuban authorities to send O’Kelly (the Herald correspondent) to Spain. Eight ships arrived at New York on the 19th, with 7,852 emigrants, most of whom were bound for the West. This is the largest arrival in any one day so far this year. A severe hail and wind-storm passed over St. Louis on the afternoon of the 19tli, prostrating fences and chimneys, breaking windows and doing great injury to gardens and orchards in the suburbs. The Commissioner of Indian Affairs, to whom were referred for investigation the complaints of certain parties who alleged they were unfairly treated in recent letting of contraets for Indian supplies, lias submitted his report to the Acting Secretary of the Interior, and says it is not impossible some mistakes were made “by which deserving bids did not receive due consideration; but no new facts have been disclosed to this office which, in my judgment, would be likely tp lead to a different award if it were now to be made under the adviSe of the same parties.” Judge Pierrepont has declined the Russian mission, and a telegram of the 20th says the President had tendered the appointment to exGovernor Jewell, of Connecticut. A Washington dispatch of the 20th says: “The Executive Committee of the Grand Army of the Republic resolved last evening that the proposed strewing of flowers on the Confederate graves at Arlington, Va., would probably cause disorder and occasion a breach of the peace, and that the national eemetcrics were, on Decoration day, ouly open by the order of the Quartermaster-General for the purpose of decorating the graves of Union soldiers.” In his will the late Chief-Justice Chase gave SIO,OOO to Dartmouth College; SIO,OOO to Wilbcrforce University; $6,000 to a niece, and the remainder of liis estate to his two daughters, Mrs. Sprague and Mrs. Hoyt, amounting in all to nearly $200,000. The trial of George Francis Train, on the charge of circulating obscene publications, terminated in New York on the 20th by the court directing the jury to give a verdict of rids guilty on the ground of insanity. Mr. Bell said that two of the jurors informed him that that was not their verdict. The court replied: “The verdict is entered and that part of the case is disposed of. Dr. Cross testified that tills insanity continues, and therefore Train must be sent to the State Lunatic Asylum." Train excitedly said, “I protest against the proceedings here. I have been five months in jail without being -granted-atrial.’ ’ Then-addressing J udge Davis,lre said, “Before I leave here I move your impeachment in the name of the people.” Judge Davis ordered him to sit down, and an order was made out to Bend Train to the State Lunatic Asylum. Train’s counsel obtained a writ of habeas corpus, returnable on the 22d. Governor Dix, of New York, has vetoed the Local Option hill on the ground that it restricts the freedom of choice of communities, and compels them to either permit the sale of ardent spirits or prohibit the sale of lighter beverages; and also, because no limits are specified to the number who may engage in the traffic. He favors local option, but not in the restricted sense which this bill provides.- The veto sustained by the Legislature. The St. Louis Democrat ot the 20th publishes a large batch of correspondence from all parts of Missouri, Southern Illinois, Kansas and lowa, which predicts a large and excellent wheat crop, hut short crops of oats and corn. A San Francisco dispatch of the 20th says: Governor Booth had conferred with General Schofield with reference to the propriety of raising a company of sharpshooters and scouts to fight the Modocs, and for the purpose of protecting the lives and property of scttfersTn Hie extreme northern portion of this State. General Schofield received the proposition favorably, and informed the Governor that the; services of fifty volunteers would be accepted, the company, when organized, to report for service to General Davis’ headquarters, at the lava bed. The company sd raised will tie organized and. accepted as part Of the National' Guard. Its officers wjjl tie duly commissioned 'by the Governor. .-14. i-... •:: 7': The Southern and Western Governors’ Convention met.at Atlanta, Ga., on the. 20th. The Convention permanently organized by the election of Gov. Brown, of Tennessee, President," and one Vice-President from.each of the thirteen States represented; Oyer three hundred

delegates were present. The Convention adopted a resolution that cheap transportation was the only subject for discussion. Melvin M. Cohen, an attache of the New Orleans Picayune, wbh arrebted on the 20th, charged with shooting at Governor Kellogg, on May 7, with the intention of killing him. He was bailed in $5,000. A dispatch from Austin, Texas, on the 20th, says that grasshoppers in innumerable numbers had made their appearance in that State, and were laying waste all vegetation. In some localities they had entirely destroyed the corn, consuming it down' to a level with the' ground. They seemed to be moving northward. The AdvisOry Board of tho Civil-Service Commissioners, at its session in Washington on the 21st, elected Dorman B. Eaton, Chairman. There was a general discussion on civil-service affairs, but no other business of importance. In accordance with an act of the Thirtyninth Congress, Associate-Justice Clifford, of the Supreme Court, will act as Chief-Justice till the President fills the vacancy. A delegation from New Jersey, composed of ex-Representative Hill, Colonel Vcrmilyea, and other citizens of that State residing in the neighborhood of Commissioner Van Buren, called on President Grant on the 21st and had a long interview. The gentlemen expressed their unshaken confidence in the Integrity and honesty of /General Van Buren, and urged his retention. The President said he would await the arrival of the official papers in the case and then decide definitely in the matter, as he desired to see no injustice done any one. The will of Chief-Justice Chase Is dated November 19, 1870, and is as follows: I nominate H. D. Choke, of the District of Columbia, to be sole executor of this, my last will and testament. After the payment of all just debts, I make the following bequests: The interest on $6,000 at 7 per cent, to my niece, Jane Auld, during her life, and if her daughters survive her the principal thereof to be paid to them equally; SIO,OOO to Wilberforce University; SIO,OOO to Dartmouth College. Whatever snm may be due to me by my late brother, Edward J. Chase, of Lockport, N. Y., to be remitted to his widow and administratrix. The picture of Chief-Justice Marshall, presented by members of the bar and other citizens of New York, to the United States for the use of the Supreme Court. The rcsidne of my estate to be distributed in equal parts to my two daughters. I commit my soul to God in Christ Jesus our Savior through the Holy Spirit. S. P. Chase. Witnessed by R. C. Parsons and Jacob Schucken. Smith, the murderer of Mr. Snckett, at Westfield, Mass., is to be hanged the last Friday in June. Charges have been preferred in the New York Legislature against Ezra Cornell; founder of the Cornell University, to the effect that, in locating and selling the public lands which were granted to'the University, he had violated the law and used his position as agent of the State for purposes of private speculation and plunder. Mr. Cornell demanded an investigation. A New York dispatch of the 21st says: “Esquimaux Joe, in his published statement, speaks in a disapproving way of Capt. Buddington, the sailing-master of the Polaris, and says that Capt. Hall was poisoned, and that Capt. Hall so expressed himself to him (Joe), saying there was something bad in the coffee which he drank on returning from his sledge expedition; that it made him sick, and that he had a burning sensation. Hans Christian’s statement is to the same effect. The prevailing impression among the unfortunate nineteen who were left behind was that Buddington had willfully abandoned them to their fate. The vessel did not drift away so suddenly that the men could not have been rescued from their perilous position. The Ohio Republican State Convention, in session a{ Columbus on the 21st, nominated: “For Governor, E. F. Noyes, of Hamilton (renomination); Lieutenant-Governor, Alphonso Hart, of Portage; Supreme Judge, long term, William White, of Clark (renomination); short term, Walter F. Stone, of Erie (renomination); Attorney-General, John Little, of Greene; Comptroller of the Treasury, William T. Wilson, of Portage (renomination); member of the Board of Public Works, Philip Herzing, of Anglaizc (renomination). The resolutions adopted reaffirm confidence in President Grant and his administration; declare that the producing, commercial and industrial interests of the country should have the best and cheapest modes of transportation possible, and while capital invested iu such means of transit, whether by railway or otherwise, should be permitted the right of reasonable remuneration, all abuse in their management, excessive rates, oppressive discrimination against localities, persons, or interest should be connected by law, and the people protected from BUch w r6hgs, J and aTT Improper and afblt-' rary use of the growing power of railways and other corporations; condemn as unwise the increase by Congress of the salaries of its bwn members, and coudemn, without reserve, those who voted for or received back pay, and •demand the unconditional repeal of the law. 3 Gcheral Sherman received the following dispatch on the 21st from General Schofield: “Gen. Davis reports a fight with the Modocs on the 10th inst. The Indians were whipped and ran away. Mounted troops have gone in pursuit, and have not been heard from since the 14th.” Judge Durell has denied the claim for damages against New Orleans, presented by the proprietor of one of the gun stores which was broken open and rifled by the mob a few weeks ago, He holds that, as the city had no police available at the time, it is not responsible. The Atlanta Gubernatorial Convention adopted a memorial to Congress urging aid to three great water-lines from the West to the Atlantic. There was considerable discussion on the proper method of building a canal, the minority thinking that it should be a Government work, and not under the control of a private corporation. Addresses were made by Gov. Wood, of Missouri, and Gov. Brown, of Tennessee. The Convention adjourned tine die on the 21st.