Rensselaer Union, Volume 8, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 June 1876 — General News Summary. [ARTICLE]

General News Summary.

ntont WASHWGTOII. Wirt Stkks bu b«ea appointed and conArmed United States Consul at Cardiff, Wales. BrporrU>s SubJndldary Committee, on the afternoon of the 10th, Mr. Blaine again refused to produce the letters taken from Mulligan. He said he would deliver up. If requested to do se, the letter which Mulligan had sworn had a bearing on the case. Mr. Hunton then, without waiving the request tor the whole of the letters, demanded the one alluded to by Mulligan and also the memorandum prepared by him; hot Mr. Blaine said If the ref neat was made on the general principle that the committee had the right to demand the whole of the letters, he would decline to furnish the one In question. Mr. Lawrence, of the committee, esld he wished to be understood as non-concur-ring in the request for the letters. Ox the morning of the 11th, ex Speaker Blaine, accompanied by his wife, walked to tha Congregational Church, about threequarters of smile from his residence In Washington. The heat was oppressive, and just as they reached the church he complained of a severe pain in his head an&dizelnets. Entering the vestibule he was so overcome with sudden illness that he came near falling. He was assisted to a seat on the steps, when he exclaimed: u Oh, this pain!” and became unconscious. Ht. was then conveyed home, and physicians were summoned to attend him. He lay in an unconscious state from eleven o'clock a. m. until four in the afternoon, the reports of his condition causing great excitement throughout the country. At first it was reported that he was Buffering from an spoptetic attack, but the physicians pronounced the case one of sunstroke. His family physician reported hla condition at eight o’clock in the evening to be one of simple cerebral Repression produced primarily by great mental strain, and secondarily by action of the excessive heat; there was no apoplectic congestion or effu- - aion, nor any symptoms of paralysis; he had spoken several timet and recognized his family, and the physician had every reason to anticipate a speedy and complete recovery. Reports late in the evening were to the effect that his condition was still improving. Tu trial of Gen. Babcock for alleged conspiracy in the safe-burglary case has been set down for Sept 19. The health of cx-Speaker Blaine had materially improved np to the 14th. Speaker Kerr, who had been quite seriously 111, was also recovering.

THE EAST. The attendance at the Centennial Exposition during the first calendar month, which ended on the 9th, exceeded by a trifle 1,000,000 visitors. Thk Women’s International Temperance Convention met in Philadelphia on the 13th, Mrs. Margaret E. Parker, of Dundee, Scotland, the President of the Temperance Union of Great Britain, occupied the chair. The address of welcome was delivered by Mrs. Annie Wittenmeyer, which was responded to by the President, A letter was read that was sent by order of Queen Victoria, declining to send representatives, and saying that the matter must rest with the British public. Mrs. Annie Wlttenmeyer, of Pennsylvania, was chosen permanent President. Thk Rhode Island Legislature on the 13th re-elected Henry B. Anthony to the United States Senate for his fourth term, Thk Maine Democratic State Convention was held at Bangor on the 13th, and nominated John C. Talbot for Governor, and chose delegstes to the St. Louis Convention. An anti-inflation resolution was adopted, and Gov. Tilden, of New York, was declared to be the first choice of the convention for President. A resolution was also adopted, in opposition to the two-thirds rule in the National Convention. Mbs. Margaret Donaldson Boggs died in Philadelphia on the 13th, aged 100 years, five months and two days. She was bom and had always lived in Philadelphia. She was a cousin of Andrew Jackson’s wife, and was the last surviving descendant of Mrs. Betsey Boas, who made the first American flag of the present pattern. It is said her faculties remained clear and her memory strong almost to the time of her death. Gold closed in New York, on the 14th, at 112 X. The following were the closing quotations for produce: No. 3 Chicago Spring Wheat, [email protected]&K; No. 8 Milwaukee, *1.21 @1.22; Oats, Western 35@3Tc; Mixed, Com, Western Mixed, 58Q61c; Pork, Mees, $19.30; Lafd, lltfc; Flour, good to choice, $5.30*5.65; White Wheat Extra, $5.70*7.75. Cattle, 9@lo&c for good to extra. Sheep (shorn), 4@s){c. At East Liberty, PA, on the 14th, cattle brought: Beat, $5.25(25.50; medium, $4.59 @SXIO; common, [email protected]. Hogs sold— Yorkers, $630@A30; Philadelphia*, $6.50@ 7.00. Sheep (shorn) brought [email protected] according to quality.

'WEST ANB SMITH. The Michigan Republican State Convention has been called to meet at Lansing on the 3d of August, to nominate a State tieket. The Georgia Democratic State Convention has been called to meet o* the 3d of August. Special dispatches from Bismarck, D. T., on the Bth and 9th announce the arrival there of a train of twenty-seven wagons and fortytwo men from the Dead wood mining regions. The party had with them between s!s,4*tt and $20,000 In gold dust, and told most remarkable stories of the Deadwood country, one es which is that two Frenchmen took out fifteen pounds of gold in one day, and that in many instances SI,OOO per day to the man was being taken out. They wire quite enthusiastic, and would return soon. News was received at Omaha on the 9th that over 1,000 hostile Indian lodges were to. cated on Powder River, under the leadership of Sitting Bull and Crazy Hone, and that a severe engagement had been fought between them and Crook’s forces, but no particulars of the fight were given. The West Virginia Democratic State Convention waa held at Charlestown on the Bth, and nominated a full State ticket, headed by Henry Mathews for Governor, and chose delegatea to the National Convention. < J. Nunnenacher, a Milwaukee distiller has been sentenced to five months’ imprisonment and to pay a fine of SIO,OOO for crooked trails^

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Five white men and one colored man were killed by lightning near Springfield, Tenn., on the 10th. Two other white men were Injured, one fatally. They had taken refuge, during a thunder-storm, under a tree. Aldreuax CcuAhtox, of Chicago, an exGauger on trial for having been concerned in the whisky conspiracy, has been found guilty Of neglect of official duty when Gauger and acquitted on all the other counts of the indictment against him. ctssses Tbr Delaware Democratic State Convenlion, in session st Dover on the 13tb, chose delegates to the National Convention, and instructed them to vote for the nomination for the Presidency of Senator Bayard, so long os there may be any prospect of success in bis behalf. A hard-money resolution was adopted. A Cheyenne dispatch of the 13thsays Gen. Sheridan arrived there that day, and had started immediately north. M. Rosenbaum, of that city,* hod just returned from Dead wood, where he had sold a stock of goods. He brought four pounds of gold dust. He saw no Indians on the return trip. The dispatch says:, “He la reliable authority for the statement that the mines are exceedingly rich, and gives instances that came under his own observation of as high as three pounds of dust for five men’s work in one day. There are at present 4,000 to 5,000 men now on this creek and its tributaries.’’ The indictments againsi ex-Collector Phil Wadsworth, and ex-United States District Attorney J. D. Ward, for alleged complicity with the whisky ring, were on the 13th dismissed in the United States District Court at Chicago. The Mississippi State Democratic Convention was held at Jackson on the 14th. Delegetes to the National Convention were chosen, who were uninstructed, except to vote as a unit and against the two-thirds rule. The delegates are believed to favor the nomination of Tilden for the Presidency. The North Carolina Democratic State Convention met at Raleigh on the 14th, and nominated a full State ticket headed by Z. B. Vance for Governor. Another reduction has been made in passenger rates between the West and the East, the fares on the 14th being, from Chicago to New York, #13.00; to Philadelphia, $12.40; to Boston, $14.00; to Baltimore and Washington, $12.00; to Cleveland, $600; to Buffalo and Niagara Falls, $ll.OO. Tickets limited on some of the routes. . . lx Chicago, on the 14th, spring wheat. No. 2 closed at #[email protected]>g cash. Cash corn closed at4sJfc for No. 2. Cash oats No. 2, sold at 2i>)4@29%c ; July options were sold at 29?fc. Rye No. 2,71@71>*c. Barley, No. 2, 61){@62c. Cash mess pork closed at $19.00 @19.05. Lard, [email protected]. Good to choice beeves brought [email protected]; medium grades, [email protected]; butchers’ stock, $3.25@ 8.75; stock cattle, etc., [email protected]. Hogs brought [email protected] for good to choice. Sheep (shorn) sold at #[email protected] for good to choice.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. In the Spanish on the 9th, the Bishop of Balamanca stated that the Spanish prelates would always oppose religious toleration because it was incompatible with Catholicism. , Frank Mai lean’s house, fifteen miles east of Windsor, Canada, was destroyed by fire on the night of the Bth, and fire children were burned to death. A London telegram of the 10th says Gen. Ignatieff, the Russian Ambassador at Constantinople, had issued a pamphlet proposing tosplit the Turkish Empire into five principalities to be named, respectively, Bulgarian, Albanian, Servian, Bosnian and Greek. This pamphlet had created a sensation. A Constantinople dispatch of the same date says the Grand Vizier had addressed a circular to the Germans of the provinces, suspending the regulations promulgated during the reign of the late Sultan, and ordering them to await fresh laws. It was reported in London on the 10th that Gibraltar was being victualed to support a garrison of 2,000 men for six weeks. A large cotton firm in the neighborhood of Waterford, Ireland, failed on the 12th, with over £OOO,OOO liabilities. A Berne (Switzerland) telegram es the 13th says serious inundations had occurred in Eastern Switzerland caused by heavy rains and the melting of snow in the mountains. The railways everywhere were much damaged. The whole canton of Thurgan had been submerged, many bridges and houses carried away, and several persons drowned. At Frauenfeld, the capital of the canton, four persons had been killed by the falling of their dwelling. A London dispatch of the 12th says the negotiations between the United States and Great Britain on the extradition question were again at a dead lock. Numerous riots-were reported throughout Belgium on the 13th, caused by the success of the Catholics in the recent parliamentary election. An Antwerp telegram, sent early on the morning of the 14th, says the riot there had assumed alarming proportions, and that fighting was goAg on all over the city. Several houses had beeh demolished, and the troops had been called out. Already fifty shots had been fired into the mob. A riot occurred at Gibraltar on the 13th, caused by the conduct of the German men-of-war’s men toward the ladies of that place. According to a Berlin dispatch of the 13th, Turkey had demanded of Serviathe immediate payment of her overdue tribute. Ragusa dispatches of the 14th say the Herzegovinian chieftains had rejected the armistice offered by Turkey. Antwerp (Belgium) dispatches of the I4th say the riotous disturbances in that city had been renewed. Many thousands marched through the streets, shouting “ Down with *he Ministers.” A Catholic institution was atteeked and wrecked! The gen d’armes charged upon the mob, and seriously wounded several persons.

CONGRESSIONAL. In the Senate, on the Bth, a motion to take np the reeolation to pay Mr. Pinchbaek compensation and mileage as Senator from i Louisiana, during the term for which he was a contestant np to the end of the contest, was rejected—l 7to 19. A bill was passed to increase lrom twenty to thirty the nntaber of officers in the army detailed to teach military tactics throughout the cocnuy. The bill to amend the laws relating to the legal tender of silver coin, known as the Silver bill, waa debated and ooetthe Houge tt<i Post-Route bill and the bill to prevent straw bids were *od the Senate amendments to the MU » the execution of Custom-House bonds, Diplomatic Appropriation bill. The Postofiice Appropriation bill was azMnded in the Senate, on the 9th. by increasing the amounts of several of the items, and the Mil, fh«*SMn»trl!L. t 5 en A bill allowing the widow of President Polk $1,900 for supplies

fornlfhad to th« army la Tenacnee was passed in tbs House. An exciting running debuts occurred over Mr. Btitne** motion to reconsider the vote for the printing of the testlmonv taken before the Judiciary Committee, Mr. Blaine participating la tbe controversy which became quite personal, he being called to order by lbs speaker jtro Um. The controversy was principally relative to the Caldwell telegram, when finally unanimous consent was asked lor the presentation of a resolution that snch dispatch be printed as a part of the record in case, and the Judiciary Committee be Instructed to examine any witness who may be called who may have beard tbe said Caldwell make (he came or contradictory siutemeat us thit contained in said dispatch. Objection was made to receiving the resolution, and considerable excitement and confusion ensued. A resolution was also offered that on the lrth, ISth and 14th no business of a political character should he considered by the House, and Mr. Blaine objected and the resolution wae not received. The report of the Conference Committee on tbe bill for the appolutment of Receivers or National Bsnks was agreed to. A large number of members were granted leave of absence. The concurrent resolution accepting the statno of Ethan A ,lel “- contributed by Vermont for the National Statuary Hall at the Capitol, was adopted In the Senate, on the 10th. It being discovered that a qnorum was not present, no further business was transacted....ln the House, bills were passed—ln relation to Immigration ; providing that when Colorado Is admitted as a State the laws of the United States shall have the same force ns elsewhere, and that snch State shall conatltute**>ne Judicial District; providing fur the U»ne of the alive* coin in the Treasury to the amount of $10,000,000 In redemption of sn equal amount of legal-tenders; providing for the issue of ;$20,090.0''0 in sliver coin In addition to the amount already anthorized bv law; Senate bills amending the Bankruptcy law. and reducing the medical corps of the army. The majority report on the contested Massachusetts election rase, favoring the substitution of Abbott for Frost, the sitting member, and the minority report. were presented and ordered printed. The Senate amendments to the Legislative, Executive and Judicial Appropriation bill were non-con-curred In. The Senate Award hill waa further debated. • Without transacting any business on the 12th. the Senate adjourned to the 15th....1n the House, the 'oint resolution to modify the treaty with China so as to restrict immigration was passed. Bills were Introduced— recommending an amendment to the Constitution, providing for the election for the term of lour years of United States Assessors, Postmasters, Marshals, Collectors, etc.; providing for the gradual resumption of specie payment, and for the repeal of so mnch of the Resumption act as fixes Jan. 1,1879, as the date for resumption. A unanimous report was made from the Committee on Expenditures In the War Department completely exonerating speaker Kerr from the chargee made against him relative to the Green appointment, and the report was unanimously adopted. A communication was received from Thurlow Weed, addressed to Mr. Cox. Speaker pro tem., suggesting that Oscar Lafayette, grandson of Gen. Lafayette, be invited by Congress to attend the Centennial Anniversary of our independence, as the guest of the Nation. Senate not in session on the 13th.... A bill was introduced in the House to reduce taxation on the circulation of State banks to an amount equal to that paid by National Banks. The Senate amendments to the Postoffice Appropriation bill were non-concnrred in. The Senate bill in reference to the detail of army officers as professors at State Military Academies, and extending the limit from twenty to thirty, was passed—lß2 to 50. A motion was agreed to that no further business, except general debate on the Army Appropriation bill, should be transacted until the 15th.