Rensselaer Union, Volume 10, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 March 1878 — General News Summary. [ARTICLE]

General News Summary.

A Washington dispatch of the 13th stated that the Aral three silver dollars of the new cctnags had been received there, one of them being delivered to the President, one to the Seeretavy e< the Treasury and the other to the Director of the Mint, fen thousand of the new dollars wooM be received from the Philadelphia Mint, on the l«th. A nosnr dtocharßvd employe of the Interior Department in Washington (Dr. B. 8. Reborn) shot himself, on the night of the 13th. Twa total subscriptions, up to the 14th, to the 4-per-eeat. bonds since the date of the Treasury circular of Jan. 16, advertising the loan, was *3,500,000. The Secretary of the Treasury stated, on the 14th. that a report that he bad decided to sell a large number of per cent bonds at par In gold was erroneous. He had made no such decision. Tita Secretary of the Interior has decided that pre-emption tiling is not absolutely required In making a homestead entry, and that It may be entirely dispensed with In making final proof thereon. This ruling, it is said, will save settlers a great deal of inconvenience and expense. THB BAST. Maa. Lydia M. Roosevelt. the first woman who descended the Ohio River in a steamboat, died at Skaneateles. N. Y , a few days ago. Her busband, Nicholas J. Roosevelt, built the Vesuvius, the first steamboat constructed in the West, and In 1810 he and his wife made the trial trip. Tn Village of Spartansburg, Pa., was recently nearly all destroyed by fire, and a clothier, named Wm. Jacobs, and his clerk, N. 8. Goldman, have been arrested and lodged in Jail charged with setting the fire to secure insurance money. A New York dispatch of the 10th says a list of the American exhibitors at Paris showed a total of 577 firms and individuals exhibiting in the departments of science and industry generally. The range of articles was broad. Gen. McCormick had striven to keep out, as far as practicable, all articles of minor value, or which would not reflect creditably upon American progress. The Western States furnished about fifty enhibitors; 242 were from New York, 106 from Pennsylvania, eightyeight from Connecticut, forty-four from Massachusetts, sixteen from Ohio, and fifteen from Illinois. No goods would be received after the 90th of March. The Prohibitory Liquor hill was defeated in the Massachusetts House of Representatives, on the 12th, the vote being US against to 98 for. A Concord (N. H.) telegram of the morning of the 13th says the election in that State bad resulted tn the choice of Prescott (Rep.) for Governor by a majority of between 1.000 and 2,000. The Republicans bad also carried the House, Senate and Council. Tn Acton (Maas.) powder mill blew up, on the 12th, killing two men. The noise of the explosion was plainly heard at a distance of fifteen miles. A large hill south of the works was literally covered with fragments of the building. Ox the evening of the 11th, at Harrisburg, Pa., two children named Wood were fatally, and two others seriously, burned by the explosion of coal oil, with which the eldest, aged eleven, was lighting the fire. Hazing was revived at Dartmouth College, Hanover, N. H., on the night of the 11th. Early in the evening, the Sophomores intruded upon the Freshmen. About two o’clock the next morning, the Freshmen broke into a room occupied by a Sophomore and his brother—a Senior—and both the latter were unmercifully beaten with bottles and disfigured. Two of the assailants were arrested for assault with intent to kill. Thb exchanging of new silver dollars for gold commenced at the Philadelphia Mint, on the 13th. Coinage would continue at the rate of *40,000 a day. Robert Hamilton, ex-Member of Congress from New Jersey, died, on the morning of the 14th, of paralysis. Joseph LaPaige, aKa» Joseph Parish, was hanged at Concord, N. H., on the 15th, for the murder, in October, 1875, of Josie Langmaid, while on her way to school. He confessed to the crime for which he was hanged, and also to the murder of Miss Ball, a school teacher, at ■ ■ ■ ■ 4.. Gold dosed tn New York, on March 15th, at 101. The following were the closing quotations for produce: No. 2 Chicago Spring, Wheat, *[email protected]; No. 2 Milwaukee, *1.23%@1.24. Oats, Western and State, Corn, Western Mixed, 47@51tfe. Port, Mess, *10.25. Lard, »7.35. Flour, Good to Choice, »[email protected]; Winter Wheat, »[email protected]. Cattle, [email protected] for Good to Extra. Sheep, *[email protected]. Hogs, *3.85 @4-00. At East Liberty, Pa., on March 15th, Cattle brought: Beat, *[email protected]; Medium, *4.25@ 4.50; Common, *[email protected]. Hogs sold— Yorkers, *[email protected]; Philadelphia®, *4.40@ 4.55. Sheep brought *3.oo(3s.so—according to quality. - AT Baltimore, Md., on March 15th. Cattle brought: Best, *4.€[email protected]; Medium, Hogs sold at *5.00(36.00 for Good. Sheep were quoted at *4.00(36.25 for Good. WBBT AND SOUTH. A severe snow-storm occurred on the line cf the Union Pacific and other railroads in Nebraska and Wyoming Territory, on the 9th and 10th, blockading trains and suspending travel and trade. The storm at Cheyenne was severer than any experienced the past winter. Hox. Chas. L. Wilson, proprietor of the Chicago Evening Journal, died at San Antonio, Tex., on the 9th. He had been an Invalid for about three years, and had gone to Texas for the benefit of his health. He was fifty-nine years of age. At Harrison, Ohio, on the evening of the Bth, at a Town-Hall meeting, a new gasoline machine, which was being tested by those unskilled in its operation, exploded, instantly killing a member of the Council and a little girt- Two other men were dangerously and several slightly injured. A. postal and baggage car, on the Lake Shore A Michigan Southern Railroad, attached to a western-bound train, took fire on the morning of the 11th, and about 8,000 pounds of m»B matter and a large quantity of baggage were destroyed. The mafl matter conalrded chiefly of newspapers and a quantity of stamped envelopes destined for lowa, Indiana and the Territories. . A special to the Chicago Inter-Ocean of -the 12th from Bismarck, D. T, says a leading) Bloux Chief from Sitting Bull's camp had met and told Scout Howard that they wanted to ' surrender. He said the Indians were literally starving, and they only wanted to save their ' ponies and the surrender would be gladly made. A violent tornado visited Atlanta, G», about deven a. m., on the 10th. The Episcopal Church, which was crowded with worshipers, was leveled to the ground, and eighteen wreona were more or leas injured The City Hall was unroofed and several private buildjimwf sirwriLil Gvs Jobebon, a white man, was hanged at Rome, Ga., on the 15th, for the murder, in 1 wn, it aeploredinan named Alfred McCown. ; ' r ■■ ™ .

for which he suffered death being very atrodomand entirely without provocation. He waa defiant to the last. lx Chicago, on March 15th, Spring Wheat Na 2 cloned at «[email protected]'7X cash. Cash corn cloned at 42’> ( c for Na 9. Cash oats No. 3 sold at 241« q; and 27c seller May. Rye Na 2,55 - Barley No. 2, [email protected]<c. Cash Meas Pork closed at *9.55. Lard, 37.17 - Beeves —Extra, nominal quotations; Choice, 34 25@4 50; Good, 33.75@4 00; Modi um Grades, *[email protected]; Butchers’ Stock, 2.35(33.00; Stock Cattle, etc., *[email protected]. Hogs-Good to Choice, *3.20(33.75. SheepPoor to Choice, *3.00(35.00. VORRIGir n rELLIfIBVCR. A peace demonstration in Hyde Park, London, on the 10th, was broken up by the riotous supporters of the policy of the Government. Gladstone, ex-Premier, lias declined to stand again for the British Parliament. Constantinople telegram of the 11th says the Austrian KteatnerSphlnx was recently burned, near Ca|>e Elia, and that 700 Circassians on board perished. It was stated, from London, on the 10th that Lord Lyons would succeed Lord Derby as British Minister of Foreign Affaire. A Constantinople telegram of the 10th says the Sultan had ratified the treaty recently concluded with Russia. It was reported that the last clause of that instrument contained, in substance, a declaration that neither Turkey nor Russia would recognize the right of any Power to Interfe rewith Its terms except as regards the question of the straits and the settlement of the boundaries of Montenegro. A Vienna dispatch of the 10th says the meeting of the European Congress has been fixed for March 31. According to Athens dispatches of the 10th, the representatives of Great Britain bad promised to represent Grecian demands at the forthcoming European Conference. Paris letters, published in London on the 11th, say that France and England bad United in an Intervention in the financial affaire of Egypt ON the evening of the 11th, at Athens Greece, a grand fete was given to Ex-Presi-dent Grant The ruins of the ancient temples and the Parthenon were illuminated in his honor. According to trustworthy advices from India, the Mohammedans there were greatly excited about the overthrow of the Turkish Power in Europe, and trouble was apprehended unless the Government took speedy antiRussian action. It was believed that 200,000 Moslems would volunteer to serve against Russia if opportunity were given them. Thb Porte has declared itself unable to aid the 250,000 starving refugees around Shumla. It is reported that the Syrians are vigorously agitating the question of annexation to Egypt. A Constantinople telegram of the 12th says the Russians had occupied most of the towns round about Constantinople. Princb Hassan, sou of the Khedive of Egypt, is said to be implicated in the late conspiracy to dethrone the Sultan, and has been summoned to Constantinople. It is also stated that he has declined to surrender the post of Varna, as directed, and proposes to await orders from his father, the Khedive. The Khedive of Egypt has created a Commission, with Col. Gordon at its head, to make thorough examination of Egypt’s financial condition, in order to ascertain the extent of her ability to meet, the demands of her creditors. On the 12th, the sub-corn mil tees of the Hungarian delegation unanimously voted to grant the 60,000,000 florins credit demanded by Count Andrassy, the Austrian Premier, who told the delegation that Austria would never consent to the extension of Bulgaria to the Aegean Bea, or to the Russian occupation of the Province for a longer period than six months. Ox the afternoon of the 12th, a terrible coTliery explosion occurred at Unity Brook Pit, in Kearsley. near Bolton. England. About forty men were working in the mine at the time, and it was thought that every soul had perished. Vp to the inof-ning of the 13th, sixteen dead bodies had been recovered. According to a Vienna special of the 13th, the Roumanian representative had handed a note to Count Andrassy, stating that Roumania would not be bound by the Turco-Rus-sian peace preliminaries. The Armenians had asked Great Britain to obtain from the forthcoming Congress autonomy for Turkish Armenia and an European guaranty for protection. The Sultan has bestowed upon the Baroness Burdett-Coutts, of London, the Grand Conlon of the Order of Mejidie, as a recognition of her -eftortW’lis behalfof - Turirish-refugociL ■■ Corev specials of the 13th say the Turks had devastated eight Christian villages in the District of Delvino, and massacred the male Inhabitants. They had also killed 100 fugitive women and children. The Thessalian insurgents claim the recent defeat of the Turks near Pharsalia, killing or wounding 400. A huge store-room which was being erected at Woolwich, Eng., fell on the 13th, burying hundreds of workmen in the ruins. A large number were Seriously, and some fatally, in jured. According to London dispatches of the 14th, apprehension prevailed that the relations between Russia and England were liecoming unsatisfactory and embarrassing. It was reported that England had concluded to occupy Mitylene, which Russia had declared it would consider coxus belli, and that the latter had moved its forces nearer to Constantinople. The situation was considered full of menace. On the 14th, thirty-six persons were drowned at Brest, France, by the upsetting of a barge. According to an Athens dispatch of the 15th, Russia had rejected the proposal to admit Greece to the Conference. It is semi officially announced from St. Petersburg that Prince Battenburg, the Czarina’S nephew, has been definitely proposed for the throne of Bulgaria; - A Constantinople dispatch of the 15th says North Syria had revolted and reparated itself from the Sultan. The Kurds in Diarbekir had also revolted. Bucharest telegrams of the 15th say the ; feeling of hostility toward Russia was becoming intense on the part of the Roumanians. A Pera dispatch of the 15th says Russian transports were landing large quantities of supplies at Bourgas, on the Black Sea. and taking away all sick and wounded, but no able-bodied soldiers. The. coneljjsltra was extending that the war was hot yet ended. According to London dispatches of the 15th, the hostility toward Russia was visitjy increasing, and hopes of peace were based wholly upon the expectation that' Russia would abate her pretensions .when the Con- ' grate met, and yield to the representations of England. It was believed, however, that ! Austria and Germany would support Russia. . and that, if England would fight, she would • have no other ally than Turkey, who would break her late treaty with Russia the moment 1 she discovered a disposition for war on the part of England. POUTY-FIFTH CpNGHENS The Senate was not in session on the 9th. A bilL was reported, in the House, and referred to the Committee of the Whole, providinc for an appropriation of *1.533,445 for defietenciea for the services of the Government I for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1878....’The Capsubir and Diplomatic Appropriation bill ' (*1.006,995, * reduction of M02.4® from the appropriation of last year, and of *177.462 from the ratirnstraof toe State was oonsid-

A resolution was agreed to, in the Senate, on the litb, appointing Gen. Wm. T. Sherman a member of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institute, in place of Geo. Bancroft, resigned The bill providing for the appointment of a Commission on the Alcoholic Liquor Traffic, with an amendment that one member lie engaged in the traffic, waa pasard-29 to 19. Among the bills introduced in the House were the following: To issue certificates on the deposit of silver bullion or bars: tt> ish the Court of Claims; to reduce the tax on dis tilled spirits and tobacco; a joint resolution propoeine a Constitutional Amendment pnividii g that Congress shall take measures for the imuing of non-intereat-l>aanhg legal-tender notes to constitute a permanent and stable paper currency. .The Naval Appropriation bill (*14.048,684) was reported and referred to Committee of the Whole. In the Senate, on the 12th, the bill in aid of the James G. Bennett Polar Expedition was passed unanimously... A petition was presented, signed by R. G. Ingersoll, of Illinois, and others, declaring that the statutes passed ostensibly for the suppression of obscene literature are plain violations of the letter and spirit of the fundamental principles of onr Government, and that they are capable of, and are in fact, being used for the purposes of moral and religious persecution. and the petitioners piay that such statutes may be repealed or materially modified, so that they eannot be used, as to abridge f reel lorn of the press or of conscience.... The House bill for the relief of William A. Hammond, late Burgeon-General, sas passed 56 to 1. In the House, the Conaular and Diplomatic Appropriation bill was debated at considerable length in Committee of the Whole. Bills were introduced and referred, in the Senate, on the 13th—to provide for and regulate the counting of vote* for President and Vice-President, and the decision of questions arising thereon: to promote the deposits of savings and the refnnding of the National debt.. • • Bills were passed -West Point Appropriation bill, with amendments; House bill to make persons charged with crimes and offens s competent witnesses in United States and Territorial Courts. The Consular and Diplomatic Appropriation bill was further considered in Commit tee of the Whole, in the House; several emend ments were agreed to, and the bill and amendments were reported to the House and passed.... The Senate bill to aid the Bennett Polar Expedition waa also passed. A number of Pension bills were pawed in the Senate, on the 14th. Bills were introdaced providing for the payment of ail customs dues, and all cither debts due to the United States, in legal-tender notes at par, ex cept in cases where it is otherwise exprtsdy stipulated on the face of the obligation or contract; to regulate passenger farts and freight traffic on the Denver Pacific and Kansas Pacific Railways; to authorize the construction of a narrow-gauge railroad from Bismarck to the Black Hills . Adjourned to the 18th. A bill was introduced in the Houso regulating the reserve fund of National Banks. . The bill extending to three years the time for the withdrawing of distilled lienors from bond waa debated and amended in Committee ot the Whole, reported fto the House and passed—llß to 116. Tiie Senate was not in session the 15th. In the House, a substitute was reported and referred to the Committee of the Whole for the bill to promote the deposit of savings in the Treasury and the refnnding of the National debt ... The contested-election case of Deanes. Field, from the Third Massachusetts District was considered, the majority report favoring the claims of the former and the minority report those of the latter—the sitting member. After some discussion, the Speaker had read a telegram announcing the death, in Havana, of yellow fever, of the Hon. John E- Leonard. Congressman from the Fifth Louisiana District, and en motion, out of respect to the memory of the deceased, the House adjourned, the session on the 16th to be for private business.