Rensselaer Union, Volume 5, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 September 1873 — General News Summary. [ARTICLE]

General News Summary.

THE OLD WORLD. In an address on the 4th to the French residents at Lucerne, Switzerland, M. Thiers said he had devoted his life to the establishment of liberty in France. He had endeavored to establish it under the Monarchy, but had not succeeded, and had come to the conclusion that the one excludes the other. He had therefore become a Republican, and was resolved to devote the remainder of his life to furthering the permanent establishment of a Republican form of" government in Prance. There was no 'demonstration permitted in Paris on the sth, the anniversary of the proclamation of the French Republic. American citizens in that city proposed to display the United States flag in honor of the occasion, but the Prefect strongly objected to their idea, and it was abandoned. The last ’installment of the French war indemnity was paid to Germany on the sth. A Madrid dispatch of the sth announces that the Spanish Ministry had resigned. The French Minister of the Interior has issued an order prohibiting the publication of the radical Republican journal, Le Peuple Souverain, because of the appearance in its columns of articles inciting to disturbances and contempt for the Government. According to a Paris telegram of the 7th the French Government had received notification from Berlin that, France having fulfilled all her engagements, the occupation of her territory by the German forces was legally ended. The evacuation of Verdun by the Germans had begun. On the 7th the Spanish Cortes elected Senor Castelar President. He received 133 votes, against 65 for Senor Pi y Margall. Before his election Castelar made the following demands: That he be empowered to increase the army and purchase 500,000 rifles, organize the militia, and impose a forced loan, and be furnished the means by which he could ob-

tain five hundred million reals to meet the expenses of the war against the Carlist and Intransigente Insurgents. He also insisted upon bc’mggiven absolute powers in dealing with the Insurgents. The Cortes unanimously voted to confer all the powers demanded. On the last day of the Vienna Exposition (September 6) the fair was thrown open to the public, and was visited by 106,000 people. Recent cable’dispatcher announce that rumors were again afloat at Shanghai, among the Chinese, that an organization was iu progress for a general massacre of Europeans in the interior of China. The reason stated was that the French Minister would not consent to certain modifications of the treaty, and that the Chinese Government had taken this as a challenge to war, and the Chinese, knowing the superiority of Europeans in warfare, intended to resort to massacre. The new Spanish Ministry was announced on the Bth, as follows: Senor Castelar, President, without a portfolio; Senor Carvajal, Minister of Foreign Affairs; Bergas, Minister of Justice; Pcdcgroi, Minister of Finance; Cervera,-Minister of Public Works; Lieuten-ant-General, Sanchez Brcgra, Minister of War; Oneiro, Minister of Marine; Maisonave, Ministcr. of the Interior, and Salor, Minister of Colonics. President Castelar had decided to call into active service 150,000 of the army reserve and 500,000 of the militia. He believes that with this force it will be possible to establish order in the country before spring. A party of Mormon emigrants recently arrived at Paris on their way to America, and were notified by the Prefect of Police that if they attempted to hold their religious exercises in publie they would be expelled from the city. By au accident on the Southwestern Railway, near Guilford, England, on the 9th, three persons were killed, and twenty injured. . Further changes have been made in the Spanish Ministry: Senor Bergas, who. was first named for Minister of Justice, has been appointed Minister of Public Works, instead of Senor Cervcra, and Senor Debrio has received the portfolio of the Minister of Justice. A regiment of Government troops stationed at Berga, Spain, mutinied on the 9th, and compelled its officers to leave the city. According to a Madrid telegram of the 10th, Salmeron has been elected President of the Cortes by a unanimous vote. THE NEW WORLD. News has been received from the Juniata Expedition in search of the Polaris. On the 19th of July, Commander Braine was at Holst ci nberg, Greenland. He sailed thence to Disco, and would go from there to Upper Navik. Up to the 10th of July nothing had been heard at Disco of the Polaris or her crew. The investigation of the Canada Pacific Railway scandal by the Royal "COlttßilSSion began pn the 4th. Mr. Huntington; who preferred the ihargps against the Government; was called upon to appear and testify, but he failed to respond. Up to noon on the 3d ten of the counterfeit SSOO notes had been received at the Sub-Trea-sury. An expert clerk in one of the city banks in New York detected two points of difference between the genuine and counterfeit notes which were not mentioned in the Government description/and which were more easily ob.served than some of those mentioned. In the genuine note, the signature of Spinner clearly overlies the seal, while in the counterfeit the seal has evidently been stamped on after the sigpature. In the counterfeit, the center star in the cluster around the neck of the Goddess qf Liberty is defective, while iu the genuine it is perfect

The Fashion Stables at Trenton, N. J., were entirely destroyed by fire on the 4th, and nine .valuable horses were burnc£ to death. Two of the horses lost belonged to President Grant. Both were thoroughbred aj>d the most highly prized in his entire stock. One was valued at $25,000 and was considered the most promising young mare in the country. Colonel John T. Harper, United States Internal Revenue Collector of the-Eighth HHnots Congressional District, with headquarters at Springfield, Is said to be a defaulter to the Government to the amount of from $50,000 tb SIOO,OOO. At Pleasanton, Kansas, on the 3d, while Miss Willes was ironing she either poured kerosene on the fire or upset the lamp. Her clothing caught fire, and she was burned to a crisp, and died the next morning. Her mother was also badly burned in attempting to rescue her daughter, and their house was burned to the ground. ' - The Chicago Journal of the 4th says: “From all parte of the Northwest the advices in reference to the corn crop agree in the fact that the yield will be much belqpr the average. The crop will probably be one-third short But the immense wheat crop, which is much larger

than that of former years, will more than make up for the eorn deficiency—that is, if the present fair prices continue.” Secretary Robeson has resumed his duties at the Navy Department in Washington. Charlestown, Ind., was visited a little after twelve o’clock on the'night of the 4th, by a band of horsemen, who posted notices through the town, warning half a dozen residents by name—one of them being a woman —to leave the State within fifteen days, or take the consequences. No direct charge was made against these posted persons, but they seem to have been concerned in some demonstrations against the property of their neighbors. In announcing the opening on the 17th of September, of the Illinois State Institution for the Education of Feeble-Minded Children, at Jacksonville, Superintendent Wilbur states that pupils from Illinois receive board and tuition free. The pupils are expected to be brought to the institution promptly on time, but not before that time. A San Francisco dispatch of the sth says election returns from the interior of the State were imperfect, “but show a great victory for the people. Sacramento, San Joaquin, Santa Clara, Los Angelos, Alameda, Contra Costa, Yolo and Colusa declare for the People’s Independent ticket. The Democrats claim a small gain in the Legislature. Close figuring will be required to settle the Senatorial contest. Alarge Farmers’ demonstration took place at Washington, lowa, on the sth. Sixty Granges took part in the procession, robed in the regalia of the Order. Addresses w ere delivered by Dudley W. Adams, Master of the National Grange, and Miss Garrettson, a farmer’s daughter. Peter Keil, of Chicago, was bitten by a mad dog about a year ago. The dog was killed. Since that time Mr. Kiel has been brooding over the idea that sooner or later he would die from the effects of the wound, which he did a few days ago, after fearful sufferings from hydrophobia. A private dispatch from Galveston, Texas, on the sth states that the yellow fever had broken out in that city, and that deaths were occurring daily. On the night of the sth, a square of buildings known as the Plaza Vapor, in Havana, was reduced to ashes. The fire broke out simultaneously in four comers of the square, and is supposed to have been the work of incendiaries. The loss is estimated at over $8,000,000. It is said that twenty lives were lost. The scenes around the burning square were exciting and terrible. Parents threw their children from the balconies to save them from the flames. A Washington dispatch of the 6th says that, anticipating the resignation of Governor Cooke, the President had tendered that position to Edward Beale, a native of Washington, who is known in connection with the construction of wagon roads to California. The Coroner’s jury at Muir, in the case of the Detroit & Milwaukee Railway disaster, find William Brown, the brakeman of the express train, criminally guilty of disobeying the orders of Conductor Knill to go back further toward the freight train; also find Conductor Sherin, Engineer 'Montreal, and Brakemen Cotney and Law, of the freight train, guilty of ; criminal negligence —the engineer for running at greater speed than the rules of the company allow; the conductor for hot having the brakemen at their posts; and the brakemen for not being at their posts. The men were in custody except Brown, who was in Canada. The Fulton Elevator, formerly belonging to Munn & Scott, in Chicago, was burned on the morning of the 7th, and $125,000 bushels of com were more or less damaged. Loss about SIOO,OOO. A Louisville (Ky.) dispatch of the 6th save, the Industrial Exposition in that city had so fur proven a signal success. The attendance during the five days had averaged over 8,000 per day, and the receipts were $6,000 in excess of the same time last year. The display was very nearly complete in every particular. The following is the Democratic State ticket in Texas: For Governor, Richard Coke; Lieu-tenant-Governor, R. B. Hubbard; Comptroller, Stephen H. Darden; Treasurer, A. J. Doran; Commissioner of Land Office, J. J. Gross; Superintendent of Education, O. M. Hollingsworth. Hon. John Ireland, of Seguin, was unanimously elected Chairman of the State Executive Committee. A communication was received at the Post office Department in Washington on the Bth, signed by a number of clerks in the St. Louis Postoffice, setting forth the character of assessments made upon them for some months past by Postmaster Filley, and asking whether such transactions were sanctioned by the Department, and whether they were not in direct violation of the UlvU-Serviee rules. In the ate sence of Mr. Creswell, the letter was referred ter the President by First-Assistant Marshall, who says the Department cannot approve such course, and that if Mr. Filley’s assessments have been of the character charged in the communication received and in the press of St. Louis his own opinion is that the President wilt remove Filley. Gold closed in New York on the 10th at

The news received Oh the 9th from the Maine State election indicated that the Republicans would have a majority of about 11,000 on a total vote of 80,000, against a Republican majority last year of 16,537 on a vote of 127,261. ...J ■ The Northern Kansas Fair opened at Atchison on fEe Bth. The entries were very large, numbering over 2,000. The lowa State Fair commenced at Cedar Rapids on the same day. The entries up to night of the first day were 3,000, 800 in excess of the first day last year. In a statement mode to a detective on the Bth, in San Francisco, John Irving, who confessed to being an accomplice in the Nathan murder, insisted on the truth of his former statement, and said that, with the proper •guarantees of safety, he wiH produce Nathan’s memorandum-book,. and the bonds taken by him from the safe on the night of the murder. The insurance on the property destroyed by the recent great fire in Havana amounts to only $524,000, nearly all in English companies. A dispatch of theOlh says: “Owing to the rapidity with which the flames spread very little property was saved. In less than three hours from tlie time the fire broke out the entire square was a mass of ruins. Upwards of 2,500 people who occupied the buildings are homeless, and nearly all have lost everything. Great distress prevails among them, and numerous subscriptions have been started for their relief. A large amount has already been raised.” The $15,500,000 awarded to this Govern-

ment fit Geneva, Switzerland, was paid into the United States Treasury on the 9th, by Secretary Fish, in one bond. Secretary Richardson invested the money In five per cent, registered bonds to wait further action by Cote' gross. A mass-meeting of colored citizens was held at Cooper Institute, New York City, on the night of the 9th, and was addressed by colored citizens of Louisiana on the political affairs of that State. Resolutions were adopted condemning the conduct of Warmoth and sanctioning that of Kellogg, Judge Durell and President Grant, and calling on the colored race North and South to support Grant’s Administration. The San Francisco Bulletin of the 9th gives the following as the composition of the next California State Legislature: Republicans, 44; Independent, 36; Democrats, 40. Sixty-one votes will be required to elect a Senator. The Independents and Republicans together would cast 80 votes. . Assuming that some hold-over Republicans will vote for Booth, his strength at the outset would be greater than any other candidate. Adaughter of James White, of Grafton, Hl., was burned to death a few days since by an explosion of a can of coal oil. She was using the oil to start a fire. Tlie jail at Pleasant Hill, Nebraska, was destroyed by fire on the morning of the 7th, and and four of the inmates were burned to death. The investigation into the official affairs of Collector Harder, of the Eighth lllinois-Dis-trict, shows that the defalcations extend back to 1870, and perhaps further. His chief clerk is found to have made false entries in the accounts, to shield his superior, and has been arrested as an accessory. The amount of the embezzlement is SIIO,OOO. The Oregon Democratic State Convention has nominated J. W. Nesmith for Congress. A dispatch from Shreveport, La., on the 9th, reports 264 cases of yellow fever there. Several parties who left Little Rock, Ark., for Texas, via that' place had returned, fearing to go on. Judge T. Cranford and Distriet-Attomey Arthur H. Harris, of the Twelfth Louisiana Judicial District, were assassinated on the Bth, twelve miles southwest of Winnsboro, in Franklin Parish, while on their way to hold court at that place. The murderers were not known, but it was thought that personal, and not political, differences led to the assassination; as Crawford was a Radical and Harris a Democrat. The Secretary of tlie Navy has received a dispatch from Commander Braine, of the steamer Juniata, dated St. Johns, N. F., September 10. Commander Braine says that Captain Greer, of the Tigress, reports the camp of the Polaris found August 14, off Littleton Island, about sixty miles north of Northumberland Island, where the party rescued from the Polaris supposed they had left her. The crew had gone south two months before, in two boats made from the timbers of the ship. A month later the Polaris sank. The Tigress cruised about both north and south, stopping at the settlements, but obtained no news. The dispatch states that “the crew of the Polaris are probably on board of a whaler from Cape York.” The Tigress left Disco August 25, for the coast of Labrador, to continue the search, and the Juniata came to St. Johns to advise the Department and receive further orders.

The Massachusetts Republican State Convention assembled at Worcester on the 10th. Over one thousand delegates were present. The vote on preliminary questions showing that General Butler’s friends were in a minority in the Convention, at the evening session he stated he was satisfied that a majority of the delegates were in favor of the nomination of governor Washburn, and that he did not care to delay the business of the Convention by a resort to parliamentary tactics. He declared anew his fealty to the party, and said that he did not want to do anything to cause a dissension in its ranks. He consequently withdrew his name, and said that he saw no cause to run independent. Governor Washbum was then renominated by acclamation. The other nominations are: For Lieutenant-Governor, . Thomas Talbot; Attorney-General, Charles R. Train; Secretary of State, Oliver Warner; Auditor, Charles Endicott; Treasurer, Charles Adams, Jr. The resolutions condemn the action of those members of the last Congress “who availed themselves of the occasion of an increase of salary of the President and of the judges of the Supreme Court and of members of the Cabinet, supposed to be just and necessary for the future, to secure to themselves a disproportionate and extravagant compensation for the past as well as future services”; declare that no person holding a public office lias a right to seek to influence the action of his subordinates by exciting their fear of loss of place if their opinions and actions shall differ from hU own; that the adaption of a policy which shall so reduce freights on railways that the raw material, food, and coal of the West and South shall be exchanged at the least possible cost for the manufactures of New England interests the whole country, and that Congress has jurisdiction on this subject; and that Congress and the State Legislature ought to exercise all their power over railways and all such monopolies, and, without injustice, reduce freights and fares to proper rates.

A large mass meeting tn favor of cheap transportation was held in New York City on the evening of the 10th. The call for the meeting was signed by a majority of the heaviest business firms of the city. After alluding to the rapid increase in tlie agricultural and manufactured produce of the country, the resolutions set forth that the policy of the Government should be to protect the producing Interest and commerce from corporations and monopolies which tend to subvert the rights of the people. Double traek railways, exclusively for freight, are pronounced absolutely necessary, and reform in the management of railways is demanded. The frequent and arbitrary changes in freight rates are denounced, and uniform rates are demanded. A New York dispatch of the 10th says: “Professor W. H, Donaldson and eight men commenced at three o’clock this morning the work of inflating the European-bound balloon. At eight o’clock, when it was about one-fourth Ailed with gas, the balloon became unmanageable, and, as the safety-valve would not work, Professor Donaldson cut a holo six feet square in the canvas, and the monster was brought into subjection. Repairs having to be made, the departure of the balloon is postponed till Saturday. The Indianapolis Exposition was formally opened on the 10th. There was every indica- ' tion that the fair would be a complete success. , ■ -

The Central Illinois Fair opened at Jacksonville on the 10th. The display in all de- , partments was highly creditable to exhibitors and all others concerned. A few days ago, at 'Muskegon.-Mlch., a brutal wretch named James J). Canavan, horribly abused a little girl nine years of age. He was arrested, and came near being hanged by a mob of indignant citizens, but the public authorities got him into jail, where he was subsequently visited by the father of the girl, who shot Canavan in the mouth, the wound not being a fatal one. The prisoner was afterward indicted, tried, convicted and sent to State Prison for life, all within the space of three days. A Shreveport (La.) dispatch ’of the 10th says: “Yellow fever prevails as an epidemic, and business of all kipds Is suspended. There is much suffering for want of attention; nurses and doctors are worn out Interments yesterday w’ere 10 and to-day 12. At least 400 are down, though not all with the fever. The sickness is fearful to contemplate.’