Rensselaer Union, Volume 5, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 July 1873 — General News Summary. [ARTICLE]

General News Summary.

THE OLD WORLD. The Constitutional Committee submitted to the Spanish Cortes on the 3d, its drSft of a Federal Constitution for the Republic. It provides that the President shall hold office for four years, and for one term only; also, that Spain be divided into eleven States, Cuba, Porto Rico, and the other colonies being denominated Territories. The American Legation at Madrid gave a grand banquet on Independence Day. Among tlie distinguished guests of Minister Sickles were Scnor Castelar, tlie members of the Cabinet, tlie foreign representatives in Madrid, and the President of the Cortes. Tlie Vienna Exposition building was deluged by another severe rain storm on the sth, damaging considerably the goods in the United States department and ruining the silks in the French section. ———— It is officially announced that the Klmo of Khiva and all his Ministers, who fled from the Capital upon the approach of the Russian troops, have returned and submitted to General Kaufmann, beseeching liis clemency, and imploring liis merciful consideration. The General, pending his disposition of their cases, placed them under guard. The Shall of Persia left England on the sth, and arrived at Cherbourg, France, on the same day, where he had a brilliant reception. The Pope had so far recovered on the sth as to be able to walk about unsupported by attendants. A Madrid dispatch of the 6th says that vigorous measures token by the Government liad prevented tlie declaration of independence which tlie Irreconeilubles were intending to issue at Barcelona. In a recent conversation between tlie exEmpress Eugenie and a correspondent of the New York World, the former is reported to have said; “Now that the wretched Thiers is gone, all moves well. MacMahon Is prudent, and loves France. Tlie future, said Eugenie, is ours, and France will lead the reaction against forces which have seemed to threaten the existence of society and religion throughout Europe. She saw in the future. France again at the head of the nations; tlie robbers driven out of Rome; the Pope restored; Germany divided into harmless States; Austria again strong.” Dispatehes from Khiva, received on the 7th, state that the town of Mangel, which made a desperate resistance, was fired and destroyed by the Russians. Kilai, w hich surrendered without tiring a shot, was spared. The victors found in Khiva 10,000 Persian slaves, many of whom claimed the protection of Russia. A recent London dispatch says that true bills had been found against George Bidwell, Austin Bidwell, George McDonnell aud Edwin Noyes, the Bank of England forgers, and they will be tried at the Old Bailey Jn August. Tlie prevalence of cholera in Venice has -been officially announced. Eighteen Norwegians, belonging to the German Arctic Navigation Company’s service, .who had been left on one of the Spitzenbergen group of islands, were found dead by the party which went to their relief. Herr Heigler, of Zurich, lias been. chosen President of the. Swiss Fcdei'alAbscmbiy. Henry Richard, Secretary of ’ the London Peace Society, moved in the English House of Commons, on the 3th. that, in tlie opiniou of the House, Her Majesty’s Government should communicate with foreign powers for the purpose of improving international law, aud w ith a view of establishing-arbitration as a permanent resort for the settlement of differences between nations. Mr. Gladstone opposed the motion. The House divided on the question, and the division resulted in a tic. The Speaker gave the easting vote in favor of tlie motion, and it was adopted. Another installment of $50,000,000 of "the last milliard of the Froneh war indemnity was delivered to the German' treasury on thc-9th. This leaves only about $10,000,000 more due, to be paid by the sth of next September. A Vienna special says that an attempt was made on the Btli to fire the Exhibition building. Correspondents and other persons who lmd returned to London hint that tlie building would probably he burned soon. The revolution in Yucatan is said to he extending, and the country has been declared in a state of siege. THE NEAV WORLD.

Gold closed iu New York on tlie 9th at 115^@115%. The Illinois Railroad and Warehouse Commissioner* have delivered a long written opinion upon tlie new Railroad law and tlie questions which have been raised by the railroads. First—Through freight is subject to Hie law of the State so far as the restrictions set forth in tlie law operate. Second —Special rates may be made, based upon the quantity shipped. Third —The rates for freight going over two connecting roads may lie made as if on one continuous line, and need-net necessarily be the sum of the locals. Fourth —Excursion, commutation and thousand-mile tickets may issue. Tlie Tennessee Farmers’ Convention met at Humboldt on the 2d, to organize a State Grange, and adopted resolutions setting forth the necessity of tlie thorough organization of tlie farmers, and expressing hearty eo-opera-tion with the farmers in the Northwest iu their fight against unjust railway und other monopolies. The establishment of subordinate granges throughout the State was recommended. Dr. William Maxwell, of Dyer, waselected Master of the State Grange. The deaths from cholera reported on the 2d were—hi Cincinnati, ten; Nashville, six (no new cases); Little Rock, one (the first); and four laborers wlio were employed on the railroad a few miles below Cairo. Tlie Walworth murder trial was concluded on the 2d. Judge Davis, in liis charge to tlie jury, called attention to the new law under which the trial laid token place, and which made it necessary that'a deliberate purpose and premeditation Bhould exist before a verdict of murder in the first degree could be given. He said if the jury were satisfied from tlie evidence that, young AValworth' came to New York with intent -to murder his father, then the crime was murder in the’ first degree; but if the crime was committed in a sudden man ner, ip an instant, then it would be murder in the second degree. The jury should not regard the fears which the prisoner entertained for the life of his mother, as they could not be regarded as any justification of his crime; that they should only regard those fears which were personal. The law did not make it justification when killing was done through fear that the life of another was In danger. They cotild, however consider whether the fear that his mother’s life was In danger did not give point to the fear which he entertained for his own life on the meeting on the f " -

morning of the 3d of June. The jury retired at 4:30 p.' ~m.. and at 8:25 came into court and announced their verdict to be “guilty of murder In the second degree.” The Court announced that it would suspend sentence until the following Saturday. The vicinity of Indianapolis was visited by an extraordinary thunder storm op the night of the Ist, which did considerable damage to the crops. Four houses in the city were struck by lightning, and in one of them two girls were seriously, and perhaps fatally, injured. A severe storm passed over a portion of Preble County, Ohio, on the morning of the 2d, doing considerable damage to the wheat crop. At Camden, that county, it assumed the proportion of a tornado. It was fifty feet in width and came from a southwesterly direction. Houses, stables, trees and fences were demolished. There were three deaths from the effects of excessive beat in New York City on the 2d. A destructive tornado visited Neosho County, Kansas, on the niglit of the Ist. A fearful storm prevailed, the heavens being filled with flame, while tlie rain fell iu torrents. The tornado came from the southwest. It first struck the stone house of Mr. Giddens, half a mile south of Galesburg, blowing it down and burying three children aud Mrs. Giddens in the ruins. Tlie children, aged fourteen, twelve, and ten years, were instantly killed, and Mrs. Giddens seriously injured. The gale next struck Mr. Rogers’ house, southeast of the town, and demolished it. Mr. Rogers was badly injured aud his wife fatally. Mr. Jones’ house, west of the town, was moved fifty yards. Andrew Rhodes’ house, cast of the town, was moved from its foundation. The tornado did not strike the town of Galesburg. It was a narrow belt and swept everything iu the trick— houses, fences, trees and crops—clean as the mowers’ scythes. Much damage has been done to the wheat and aorn crops. The following appointments have recently been made in the Canadian Cabinet: Alexander Campbell, Minister of the Interior ; John O’Connor, Postmaster-General; T. N. Gibbs, Minister of Inland Revenue ; Hugh Mac Don aid, Minister of Militia. William J. Sharkey has been sentenced to be hung in New York City, August 15, for the murder of Robert S. Dunn. By the injunction issued at the instance of the Government counsel in the Crcdit-Mobilie." suits on the 2d, the Union Pacific Railway is forbidden to pay any interest to bondholders whose stock was got directly or indirectly through the Credit-Mobilier or its contracts. Payment of tlie July interest has accordingly been made only to those who were able to declare that their stock came from clear hands. The Fourth was celebrated at Philadelphia by formally transferring to the Centennial Commission the site granted it by the City of Philadelphia, and by other exercises intended to inaugurate the preparations for the celebration in 1876 of the completion of the first century of American Independence. A proclamation was made public bv the President reciting the Act of Congress under which the Exposition was to be held, aud inviting the people of other nations to take part. Commodore A’andcrbilt lias been elected President of tlie Lake Shore '& Michigan Southern Railway, in place of the late Horace F. Clark. ' The Commissioners of Excise of New York City have resolved to strictly enforce the law against selling intoxicating beverages (lager included) on Sunday, and also not to grant any license hereafter to any place where music is introduced. In the Connecticut State Senate-resolutions have been passed condemning the Back-Pay bill of Congress, and commending tlie Senators and Representatives iu Congress from that State for opposing it. A number of celebrations were held throughout the Northwest on the Fourth under the auspices of the Patrons of Husbandry. At Springfield,"lll., ex-Govemor Palmer was the speaker; at L T rbana, 111., General Black; at Galesburg, 111., Hon. Leonard Swctt; at Pontiac, 111., Hon. S. M. Smith, and at Marshall, Wis., Judge Horace 3.' Orion. The at tendance, generally, was large at these celebrations. The Postmaster at New York City says that under the new Postal law there has been a falling off for tlie first week of about 18,000 free newspaper exchanges at that office. Prof. La Montaine, of Brooklyn, Mich., was instantly killed at lonia on the afternoon of the Fourth, by falling from a balloon. lie bad ascended 500 or 000 feet, when tlie balloon collapsed. Tlie ropes passed from under the basket, mid the Professor came down 100 feet from where lie ascended, to the horror of ten or twelve thousand persons. . The lauding of the shore end of the new AH lantic cable at Heart’s Content was successfully accomplished on the 4th. On the morning of the Fourth a picnic party went out on Green Lake, AVis., in a small yacht, on a fishing excursion, and had proceeded but a short distance when a squall struck the boat, capsizing it. The following persons were thrown into the water and drowned; Mrs. A. P. Carman, Mrs. Geo. Harding, Miss Jennie Olin, Mrs. M. C. *Rnssell and child, AVm. Bioxlrjm, wife and child, Mrs. John Baird, and a child of the Rev. Mr. Allen. Frank 11. Walworth has been sentenced to imprisonment in the State Prison for life. Judge Davis, before passing sentence, said that the evidence, hi his opinion, justified the verdict (murder in the second degree), and he was not sure but It would have justified a vcrdicT of murder in tlie first degree. The prisoner heard his sentence apparently Unmoved, and at the close retired from the court-room accompanied byliis mother. Upon being token to his cell lie parted cheerfully from the Sheriff, saying that his was a case which be thoroughly understood, but did not blame the world for not understanding. Elizabeth MeWay, at Noblesville, Ind., used the kerosene can to hurry up tlie fire a few days ago, aud was burned to a crisp from the neck down. She lived but a short time. A young man anff a woman named John Elliott and Margaret Rollinston, accompanied by a child, attempted to cross the Niagara Ruin from the American side in a small boat, on the 4th, but were caught in the rapids aud carried over the Falls. The young man and the girl were from Cincinnati, alid were to have been married on the following day. The steamship City of Washington, from Liverpool June 24, for New York, struck-on Gull Rock Bar, Port Lebear, seventy miles west of Sambro, on the afternoon of the sth, in a dense fog. All the passengers and crew were landed safely. The ship was likely to become a total wreck. A Frenchwoman and child in Dudley, Mass. ; , were so badly burned by an explosion of kerosene oil, a few nights ago, that both died. Another child could not recover. The Investigating committee appointed by

the Trustees of the Howard University to examine Into the alleged financial mismanagement of that Institution! and of General Howard’s connection therewith, have made a report, showing the ' University to be in a sound financial condition, and entirely exculpating General Howard from the charges made against him. The news from the Indian country on the 7th was that a band of 200 Arizona Indians had crossed the line and entered Chihuahua to spoil the Mexicans. Captain Jack and his companions in confinement were reported to be growing wun and weak from the effects of < their imprisonment. The number of Modoc captives had been increased by the surrender of three more braves, with their women and children. A Dcs Moines dispatch of the 7th says “the anti-monopoly party in lowa are going forward to make nominations for State and county officers.” Buffalo had three slight shocks of earthquake on the evening of the 6th and another on the morning of the 7th. The only damage done was the throwing down of a chimney in the center of the city. It is now stated, upon good authority it is said, that the illness of Vice-President Henry Wilson has assumed a paralytic Jorm, disabling him physically, and rendering necessary a cessation of intellectual labor, at least for the time being. A dispatch from Stanley’s Yellowstone expedition, dated “Camp, seventy mildfe west of Bismarck, Dakota, June 30,” states that the health of the whole command was good. The Indians were offering no serious resistance to the location of the railway through their hunting grounds. Abundant coal of good quality was found twenty-seven miles west of the Missouri River, on the surveyed line of the road, and the country thus far traversed by the expeditionary force is an excellent one, well grassed and watered. A Washington dispatch says that the deficit charged against Jacob Thompson, Secretary of the Interior under Buchanan's Administration, is explained by the statement that that amount of Indiau trust bonds was abstracted by one Goddard Bailey, a clerk in the Department of the Interior. The deficit, though charged to Thompson’s account, is carried from year to year in the accounts of the Secretary of the Interior. The deaths from cholera reported on the 7tli, were: In Cincinnati, seven; Memphis, three; in Nashville there was none. One fatal ease had occurred in Jersey City. A special from Chattanooga reports fifteen deaths from the disease in that city during the preceding forty-eight hours. , A report concerning the prospects of the cotton crop, which comes through the Agricultural Bureau at Washington, states that., the yield will be fully equal to that of last year, the increased acreage compensating for the unfavorable weather. An Associated Press dispatch of the Bth says the Washington Republican had stated authoritatively that a recent special dispatch to a Chicago paper that the Administration did not desire the success of General Butler In Massachusetts, in the Governorship contest, was untrue in every particular. General Brinkerhoff, Chairman of the Ohio Liberal Republican State Central Committee, has issued a call for a People's Convention to be held at Columbus on the 30th of July. The ravages by the recent storms in Illinois, lowa, Indiana, Ohio, Wisconsin and Missouri were immense, and great damage was doue to the crops. In many sections buildings, orchards, railroad bridges, etc., were destroyed, and railroad travel was greatly impeded. Many lives were lost by drowning, lightning and falling buildings. A Dcs Moines (Iowa) telegram of the Bth says Governor Carpenter had decided not to call the Convention of Governors on the transportation question until next fall. At Red Rock, lowa, the other day, a little girl of eleven years, named Eflle Robertson, was visiting the house of Mr. Gilbert Barr. The children being left alone in the house, they attempted to fill a lighted lamp with kerosene. An explosion resulted, and the house was burned to ashes, all escaping save Miss Eftic, who was burned in the house. Attorney-General Williams, at the request of Secretary Belknap, has given an opinion to the effect that General Howard is responsible for all the losses sustained in the Freedrnen’s Bureau by the Government through himself or any of the subordinates he appointed under the act of 1867. They may be prosecuted criminally for any defalcations which happened not longer than two years ago, and prosecuted civilly without any limitation as to time. General Howard and any of his assistants who are army officers arc also subject to trial by court-martial. A recent Washington dispatch says the President had authorized a personal friend in that city to deny in toto the report had designs upon a third term in office. A recent dispatch says that the New York ’Democratic State Convention will be held, probably at Syracuse, in the latter part of September, and the Liberal Republican Convention on the same day, it is understood, will indorse the Democratic nominees. An International Convention of Young Men’s Christian Associations was recently held at Poughkeepsie,-N. Y., which numbered an attendance of one huudred aiid fifty delegates. There are 926 Associations in this country aud Canada. 1 Young Walworth was taken to the State Prison at- Sing Sing on thc 9th. His motherrc quested that she be allowed to take him from the Tombs to the depot in her carriage, under the guard of a Deputy Sheriff, but the request was refused, and the young man was manacled like the other prisoners, and placed In the prison van. L _ " The Military Commission jn session at Fort Klamath, Oregon, proceeded on the sth to the trial of Captain Jack, Schonchin, Boston Charley, Black Jim, Slotuck and Barncho, who at the present time are implicated in the Canby massacre. The first charge is, murder and violation of the laws of war-; second, assault with intent to kill A. B. Meacham and L. D. Dyer. - The Railroad and Warehouse Commissioners of Illinois, in Session at Springfield on the 9th, bad under consideration numerous complaints in writing from various sections of the State, in which the writers charge that the railroads had raised their freight tariffs one hundred per cent. in some places, and the evidence containedJS the communications went to show that the rates had been increased ah average of thirty per cent. A Springfield special says:- “So far-aa,-the Commissioners have compared the new,with the old schedules, they agree with the complaints that have been made, that there. has been" a general increase in the rates. They propose, as soon as it oan b« dost, to show exactly what the amount of

the increase in detail is on each road in the State.” As an evidence of the force and effect of the great storm at Fond du Lac, Wis., and vicinity, on the 4th, it is said that in one county two hundred and fifty barns were demolished. Wrecked buildings, prostrated orchards and badly-damaged fields mark the track of the hurricane through several counties. Similar storms were equally destructive in almost every other Western State. A State Educational Convention was held at Raleigh, N. C., on the 9th. Representatives were present from all portions of the State, Judge Carpenter, of South Carolina, has granted a temporary injunction restraining any and all fiscal officers of that State from levying or collecting any tax for the purpose of paying interest upon the State bonds known as “conversion bonds,” amounting to over $7,000,000. Reports from Memphis, Nashville and other places on the 10th, show that tlic cholera had almost entirely disappeared.