Rensselaer Union, Volume 7, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 December 1874 — THE NEWS. [ARTICLE]

THE NEWS.

Bismarck Tenders His Resignation. His Differences With the Reichstag Finally Adjusted. Count von Arnim Sentenced to Imprisonment. Another Great Fire in Shooting of the Abductors of Charlie Row. The Minnesota State Grange —Officers Elected. Lynch Law at Des Moines—A Man Hung to a Lamp-post. School Troubles in New Orleans—White vs. Colored Pupils. Other Interesting News Items. FOKEtttl. The German Com mission for the Centennial Exhibition at Philadelphia has already been appointed. Dr. Jacobi is made President A special to the London 7»»n« of the 17th says a storm had been raging in the Bay of Biscay for eight days, and showed no signs of abatement The loss of vessel property and human life had been immense. From the port of Santander alone several boats and seventy persons were known to have been lost s A special to the London Morning Post of the 18th says that Bismarck, weary of the opposition he had encountered in the Reichstag, had tendered his resignation as Chancellor of the Empire, which the Emperor refused to receive. ; He afterward conferred with the leaders of the Ultramontane party regarding the future conduct of affairs in the Reichstag, and an understanding was secured. . / . The roof of the market hall in Anges, France, fell on the 16th, in consequence of the weight of snow upon it, and several persons were killed and injured. Late accounts of the famine in Asia Minor •ay the prospect was appalling. Many were dying, and thousands more would die unless help reached them. Count (von Arnim has been sentenced to three months’ hupr UonnaenL A Berlin dispatch of the 20th says both the Government •nd Count von Arnim had appealed the case to a higher court It is report*! that Bismarck has received from the police information of a fresh plot against his life. The London Morning Standard of the 21st has • dispatch from Spain reporting the total defeat and routing of the Republican Gen. Lopez Domonquez, in Catalonia, by the Carliste trader Tristany, with heavy loss in killed and wounded. The iron-works of the Great Western Railway Company at Reading, England, were burned bn the 19th. Four hundred persons were thus thrown out of employment. MIHESTIC. The five children of John Jlattericli, ranging in age from six to sixteen years, were drowned on the 18th while amusing themeelves with a sled on a pond near their parents’ residence at Preakness, N. J. An effort was made in New Orleans on the 14th to introduce live or six colored girls as pupils into the girls' upper high school, which resulted in the withdrawal of over fifty of the graduating class. A little before midnight on the 14th a tire broke out in Plympton street, Boston, which was not subdued until several large warehouses and their contents were burned. About four o’clock on the morning of the lath three other alarms were sounded in the immediate neighborhood, in Warehain street, where-’ sparks from the previous tire had lodged unperceived by the firemen. Owing to the combustible nature of the building in which this last fire started the flames spread in all directions, and in a short time Wareham street was almost entirely devastated, everything being swept away that lay in the path of the fire between the point of starting and the wharf, except a large piano factory. The loss from both tires is variously estimated from $600,000 to $750,000. During the progress of the Boston tire, on the morning of the 15th, the neighboring city of Charlestown suffered a loss of $150,000 from fire. Two men named Mosher and Douglass were shot on the 13th at Bay Ridge, on Long Island, while committing a burglary at Judge Van Brunt’s residence. Mosher was instantly killed. Before he died Douglass made a statement that Mosher was concerned in the abduction of little Charlie Ross. The two burglars have since been identified, and there seems no doubt that they knew of the whereabouts of the stolen child, who was believed on the 15th to be in the vicinity qf New York city. The Champion cotton-press and other property in Charleston, 8. C., valued at $250,000. were burned on the 15th, At Des Moines, lowa, early on the morning of the 15th, a party of disguised men to the number of over 100 forced their way info the jail and took possession of Charles Howard, sentenced to imprisonment for life for the murder, in June last, of John Johnson, in that city. They found Howard in bed, and when they undertook to lay hold of him his wife made desperate attempts to protect him. but despite her entreaties and agonizing screams they put a rope about his neck, led him into the street and bung him to a lampP<»t ■ f ‘- The Pacific Mail Steamship Company’s affairs were being investigated by the House

Ways snd Means Committee on the 16th. The testimony of Irwin, in the employ of said company, was to the effect that In the winter of 1872 he was employed as agent of the company for the purpose of procuring a subsidy for the Chinamail. The contract was most of It In letters from the-company to him, by which he was to receive certain sums of money in full of all expenses in obtaining the subsidy. The 'amount to be paid was not to be. finally liquidated until the entire service was performed, as not be ascertained until thaCtime. A silk factory at Hartford, Conn,, was destroyed by fire on the 16th. ].<»•* $200,000. A report from Indian Agent Brigham, dated Nov. 25, from the Cheyenne River Agency, states that he was in pursuit of white men going to the Black Hills, He was accompanied by a military for< <- fr.'in Fort.- Riceand Sully. A Philadelphia dispatch of the 17th says a gentleman attending the spiritual seance of Mr. Holmes and his wife, at which the noted spirit Katie King was wont to appear, had traced the supposed Katie to a boardinghouse, and, after long-continued effort, persuaded her to confess the deception she had been practicing and to produce the gauzy dresses she wore at the manifestations. The production of a letter with large, quantities of jewelry, etc., tliat■ had been presentod to Katie at seaneeA induced Robert Dale Owen, and Dr. Childs, two leading Spiritualists of that city, to publish and repudiate the swindle. The students of the Central Boys’ High School, in New Orleans, appeared at the Lower Girls’ High School on the 17th, to'compel the removal therefrom of a number of colored pupils. A committee of five entered the school and stated the purpose of their visit, threatening to use force if necessary. All the colored girls present promptly and quietly left the building, and the boys returned to their own school. It was believed the School Board would establish an additional High School for colored children, thus obviating further t rouble. According to Washington dispatches of the 19th Irwin’s testimony in regard to the disposition of the $750,000 of Pacific Mail money is to the effect that he spent it in Washington to secure an additional subsidy, but he refused to state to whom he had paid it. It was declared that Irwin Would be sent to jail and kept there until he would testify as to who were the recipients of the money. The Secretary of the Treasury says the estimate of the Director of the Mint shows a gain in specie and bullion in the last two fiscal years of about $38,000,(XX), and the stock of specie in the country is said to be about $166,000,000. This, in connection with the annual production of about $70,000,000 of precious metals, affords encouragement that the stock of coin may, within a reasonable time and with favorable legislation, be accumulated to aii extent sufficient to enable the resumption of specie payment to be undertaken and maintained. The new mill-daiu recently constructed at Haydetisville, Mass., to take the place of the reservoir which broke and devastated that valley last spring, gave way on the morning of the 19th, the rashing water sweeping everything before it. It is thought no lives were lost. Some excitement has been caused in Milwaukee by the reported discovery of gold quartz in the northern wilderness of the State. Some specimens, it is reported, had yielded at the rate of SI,7W per ton. At New Orleans on the 18th the boys of the High School repeated their visit to the Lower Girls’ High School and forced the colored girls to leave. Their action produced some excitement in the neighborhood of the school-house, but no violence. The School Board passed a resolution dismissing all the public schools until after the holidays or until further notice. PKRSMIHAL. The new A,newspaper,- New Yorkcity, has suspended publication. Among the nominations continued by the Senate on the 15th was that of Marshall Jewell as Postmaster-General. King Kalakaua was formally presented to President Grant o,i the 15th. The members of the Cabinet, Col. Grant, Gen. Babcock and Mr. Lucky, private secretary, were assembled in full dress for the purpose of receiving the King. Mayor Cobb, of Boston, was re-elected on the 15th by 18,000 majority. The President and Cabinet Ministers returned the visit of King Kalakaua on the 16th. Lieut.-Com. Cushjng died at Washington on the 17th, in the insane asylum, of which he ' had been an inmate about two weeks. Wm. M. Tweed was before,the New York ■ Oyer and Terminer Court on a writ of habeas j corpus on the 17th, and the ‘questions were J considered as to the expiration of his first sentence, the illegality of--the subsequent sen- I i tences, the want, of jurisdiction of the court ! which tried lym, and that the jury was not i impaneled according to law. .The ease was | finally adjourned to the 22d, and Tweed was • remanded to prison. The Hon. John B. Rice, of Chicago, Member of Congress from the First Illinois District I died at Norfolk. Va., on the 17th,. at the resi- ! deuce of his daughter, where lie had been j visiting for his health. He was sixty-tive ■ years of age, ■» The Minnesota State Grange met at Man- • kato on the 17th, about 400 members of the L Order being present. The-atidress of Grand- - ' Master Parsons shows that 142 Granges have been organized in the State during the year j making a total of over spo. The election of [officers for the ensuing year resulted in the selection of Seth Adams, of Wright County, ; for Grand Master; Geo. L. Parsons, Grand Lecturer; T. T. Smith, of St. Paul, Secretary; I L. Hoy:, of St. Paul, Treasurer. W»UTW-.t Petitions from the National Temperance ■ Society and other* temperance organizations and churches, representing over 300,1X0 petitioners. were presented in the lower house of | Congress on the 17th. asking for the early passage of the bill to provide for a commis- ■ sion of inquiry concerning the alcoholic [ liquor traffic which.passed tbtT Senate last ses- | sion. , , .3 j The Mississippi legislature met at Jackson lon the 17th. In his message Gov. Ames claims that the recent Vicksburg troubles ! were brought about by violent white men for j political purposes, and says: “ At this moment the State and county authorities are successfully resisted, and the- free action of officials is impossible.” He closes by requesting the Legislature to take steps to arrest the insurrection in Warren County and prevent similar occurrences. ', . 1 r' ' v A Washington telegram of the 18th savs Atty-Gen. Williams was beginning to receive returns regarding the troubles in Mississippi,

and affairs bere reported to be in a deplorable condition. It is said that at Ute city election in Columbuf,on' the Sth of December, much intimidation was usqd, and many assaults, were made. A New Orleans dispatch of the 17Ui Raj's the Returning Board had decided upon returns from twenty-three parishes, besides the First and Second Congressiohal Districts, and would promulgate them. These give in the House: Radicals 33, Conservatives 37. At its recent session the Minnesota State Grange resolved that 'the present State law for the regulation of railroads is expensive and useless to the people and vexations to the roads, and its repeal is demanded; and, in the name of 30,000 voters, the Grangers dei mand the passage of a law that shall guaran- ■ tee cheap transportation for the productions of the farm, especially wheat. The annual report of the Kansas State Treasurer shows nearly $65,000 in the Treasury and no warrants outstanding. The permanent school fund of the State is over $1,000,000. (ONGIiENSIONAL. In the Senate, on the 14th, a petition of the colored men of Indiana was presented, protesting against the recent decision of the Supreme Court of the State on the question of educational rights; and asking that the proper law officer of the Government be directed to appeal the case to the Supreme Court of the United States... A conference committee was ordered on the bill, postponed from -last Session, to niucud the < usroms aud Internal Revenue laws and for other purposes ...A bill w»« reported and passed providing that settlers who left their lauds on account of. the ravages of grasshoppers shall not be deprived of their rights to such lands, and authorizing the Commissioner of the ;' General Land Office to modifv the Homestead law in their fr.vor. The provisions of the bill are also made applicable to settlers who may be compelled to leave their land for the same cause next year .. . . Messrs. Cameron and McC'reery were appointed as the Senate committee on the reception of King Kalakaua.... Adjourned. In the House, on the 14 th, several -brils were introduced, among them the following: For free banking and to retire legal-tender notes; reducing letter postage to one cent; for the relief of the Southern States by compromise and the settlement of their debts: to rcpealttie law requiring prepayment of newspaper postage; to aid Irrthe construction of a narrow-gauge railroad from tide-water to St. Louis and Chicago; making appropriations for lighthouses in Michigan; for free banking and the resumption of specie payments.... A resolution for the appointment of a select committee to inquire whether any official or other persons have sought to obstruct the administration of law in the District of Columbia, especially in the case of the so-called “ safe-burglary conspiracy,” was lost for want of a two-thirds affirmative vote—the vote being: Yeas 139. nays 87... A resolution was adopted, after considerable debate, for the appointment of a select committee of fiver, to proceed to Vicksburg aud investigate and report all the fads relative to the recent troubles in Mississippi, especially in Warren County.... Messrs. Orth. E. R. Hoar aud Cox were 1 appointed as the House committee on the receptiou of King Kalakaua.... Adjourned. In the Senate, on the 15th, a bill was introduced and referred, limiting the time in which applications for bounty land shall be received, aud disposing of suspended cases after a certain date.... A joint resolution was submitted and referred for an amendment, to the Constitution providing that the President aud Vice-Presi-dent shall be elected by a direct, .vote of the people, and each hold his office for six years; that the President shall be ineligible for re-election .. .A favorable report was made on the bill to provide for the relief of personssufl'ering from-the ravages of grasshCppers... .Adjourned. In the House, on the 15th, the following bills were introduced: For a narrow-gauge road from Lake Erie to the Missouri River; regulating the prosecution of libel in the District ol Columbia: to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to settle and pay certain accounts between the United States and various States arising from the appropriation -of certain public lands in such States for permanent Indian reservations, etc .The following select committees were announced by the Speaker: To visit Vicksburg—Conger. Hurlbut, Williams (WisA, Speer anti O’Brien. Ou Louisiana and the Southern States—G. F. Hoar. Wheeler (N. -¥.)rFFve;-Foster (Ohio), Phelps (,N. J.), Robinson (Ill.). and Potter . .The Legislative Appropriation bill was considered in Committee of the Whole ... Adjourned. In the Senate, on the 16th, a bill was passed for the relief of the Allegheny River Railroad Company . ..Bills were introduced—extending the provisions of the act entitled “An net to settle certain accounts between the United States and the State of Mississippi and other States,’’ approved March 3. 1857, to the States admitted into the Union since that date: to aid the Washington. Cincinnati & St. Louis Railroad Company to construct a narrow-gauge raiLsvay Yrunr ride-waTefdo the cities of St. Louis and Chicago.... A communication was received from W. L. McMillan, claiming to fie Senator from Louisiana and asking speedy action in his case... Mr. Pease was announced as a member of the Com--mittee on Claims, rice Boreman. resigned.. ..Executive session and adjournment. In the House, on the 16th, a supplementary Civil-Rights bill was reported from the Judiciary Committee, ordered printed aud recom mitted... The Legislative Appropriation bill was further considered in Committee of the Whole-, and several amendtnents were disposed of -the question of the restoration of the franking privilege coming up incidentally on a motion to strike out the items for the purchase of official postage stamps for the Money Department, which motion was rejected—yeas' 71, nays 77... .Adjourned. In the Senate, on the 17th, bills were passed—appropriating §30,000 for the special distribution of seeds: to enable the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia to proceed with its jury business... .The bill to provide for a better government of the District of Columbia was under consideration, and considerable discussion ensued on an amendment offered by Mr. Morton that the proposed Board ot Commissioners (to consist of three members) should be elected by the qualified voters of the District instead of being appointed by the President. as contemplated in the bi 11... .Adjourned. In the House, bn the 17th, bills were introduced—to establish the judicial district of Oklohama, in the Indian Territory; making provision for the payment of the sinking fund The Legislative • Appropriation bill was further 'Considered in Committee of the Whole, considerable discussion being had on a proposition to increase the clerical force of the Bureau of Education, which proposition was rejected, as was also a motion to strike ! out the entire appropriation for said bureau...... Adjourned. . ■ In the Senate, on the 18th, no business was transacted, but a motion was agreed to for a recess until one o'clock, and to proceed in a body to the House of Representatives at 12:15 to take-part-in the ceremony attending the reception of King Kalakaua. The Senators were then pre- 1 seated to the King in the President’s room, and i at 12:15 joined in the ceremonies in the'House ' i .... Adjourned to the 21st. In the House, on the 18th, there was an immense crowd of spectators in the galleries and corridors to witness the ceremonies on the I occasion of the formal reception bf King Kalakaua, and ladies were admitted to the hall. The • King was presented to the Speaker at 12:15 by ■ Senator Cameron, aud Speaker Blaine re- ! sponded in a short welcoming address, to which a reply of the King was read..., j The Senate bill for the relief of certain settlers I on public lauds who suffered from grasshoppers was passed... The Legislative Appropriation I bill was further considered in Committee of the Whole: all the proposed amendments * were disposed of and the bill was reported to the House and passed, an amendment to abolish the Capitol police and substitute watchmen being rejected ... Mr. Fort, of Illinois, announced the death of his...colleague. Mr. Rice, at Norfolk. Va., and a committee of five was appointed to accompany the remains to Illinois ... Adjourned to the 21st. °*