Rensselaer Union, Volume 11, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 April 1879 — General News Summary. [ARTICLE]

General News Summary.

Oit Um Tlh, the DOM States Supreme Court rendered & dectaton In the ChiM«o flreS-beteh Whisky-fUn* ewes. Delonduta hut till against them selves and Mr accomplices, mud thee claimed release from |ne* mod Mirer" 1 lor crooked practices, as well as tmmunltr from criminal pun lab ment, plead lex that they were promised such Immunity and release hy the District Attorney. The Court sat down upon this plea, bolding that the District Attorney had no authority to make such promise, thus reversing the decree in the Court below, where It was held that he had. Tam United States Supreme Court has decided that the Unde of the Northwestern Uuteerttty at Kvanston, 111., are properly exerupt from taxation. • Tn Democratic Members of the National House of Representatives met tn caucus on the afternoon of the 9th, and adopted a resolution that the Bouse will hereafter meet ou Mondays, so as to allow the Introduction of general legislation. __ .v"* 0» the 9th, the Secretary of the Treasury Issued s call for the redemption of 910,000,000 of 10-40 bonds of 1864, principal and Interest payable on the 9th of duly. « Tn United States Senate decided, on the 10th, by a vote of 85 to 28, that Charles H. pair, of New Hampshire, was entitled to a seat in that body by virtue of appointment of the Governor. Mr. Bell was consequently sworn Into All the vacancy from that State. Tn National Executive Committee of the Colored Emigration Society have recently adopted resolutions asking Government aid, through the Quartermaster’s and Commissary Departments, for the destitute colored emigrants arriving at St. Louts and other points on the Mississippi River. Tn Republican Senators met in caucus at Washington, on the afternoon of the 12th, and, after a full discussion, agreed to make every possible effort to defeat the passage of the Army Appropriation bill as it came from the House, for the reason mainly that the enactment of the sixth section would prevent the use of the posse comitatui on election days for the execution of civil processes of any and all descriptions issued by the authority of the United States This was the position taken by ex-Becretary Robeson in his recent speech in the House. The caucus also unanimously agreed to disregard the position taken by Mr. Garfield that the legislation would be acceptable if presented as a separate measure. Sbxatob Wisdom has been chosen President, E. M. McPherson Treasurer, and Prof. Greener Secretary, of the Executive Committee of the National Emigration Aid Society. Arrangements will be completed for perfecting local organizations. The officers of the Association stated, on the 13th, that their appeals for aid had met with favorable responses from philanthropic persons North and South, irrespective of party.

Tile East. According t.o a New York dispatch of the 7th, the New York World had instructed its reporter to prosecute the shyster who procured what purported to be a decree from a 'Wisconsin Court, divorcing him from a supposititious wife, under that provision of the law of Mew York which makes the procuring of a legal paper of the character and in the manner described forgery in the third degree, and punishes the Offender by sentence to the State Prison for from one to five years. It was also stated that Judge Wentworth had offered to go to New York at any time as a witness to establish the forgery. In Albany, N. Y., on the Bth, the Democrats elected ten, the Democrats and Nationals twenty-one and the Republicans four Supervisors. John Guttman (Dent) was re-elected Justice of the Justices' Court b> 3,000 ma- - jority. . ~ “ The New Jersey municipal elections occurred on the 9th. New Brunswick and Princeton went Republican. Rahway elected a Democratic Mayor over the present incumbent. Hoboken elected a Republican Mayor and Democratic Water Commissioner. The vote in Jersey City «how»..gaius for the Republicans in all the boards of local government. John P. Phaik, who had been three times reprieved since the murder was committed, four years ago, was hung at the State Penitentiary, in Windsor, Vt., on the 10th. Thb Massachusetts House of Representatives has rejected a bill to secure women the right to vote on municipal affairs in cities and towns, A bill, to give wosifcu the right to vote for members of Bchool Committees was passed. Paor. King, the aeronaut, says he will make an attempt, within a few months, to cross the Atlantic in a balloon. Thb Providence Savings Bank and Trust Company of Providence, Pa., suspended, on tbe 12th, being unabie to meet its obligations after having taken advantage of ttie sixty-days’ law. Liabilities, $75,000; nominal, assets, *IOO,OOO. Gen. Richard Tatlor, a son of the late President Taylor, and a Confederate General of renown, died in the City of New York, on the 12th. Alfred A. Burnham, a former Member of Congress from Connecticut, died at his residence in Hartford, on the 12th. The following were the closing quotations for produce in New York, on April 12th: No. 2 Chicago Spring Wheat, *LOI@LO*; No. 2 Milwaukee, *l.ol@Lo6. Oats, Western Mixed, 3lX(g32Xc. Corn, Western Mixed, 45@45Jfc. Pork, Mesa, *9.40(210.70. i.ard, t6.sG(cs 00. Flour, Good to Choice, *3.95 <24.50; White Wheat Extra, *4.55(45.25. Cattle, 49.00(39.50 for Good to Extra. Sheep, [email protected]*. Hogs, *t.(i)<44.20. At East Liberty, Pa., on April 12th, Cattle brought: Best, [email protected]; Medium, $4.50@ 4.88; Common, *[email protected]. Hogs sold— Yorkers, *3.80@3 90; Philadelphia, $4.25@ Sheep brought $4.5006.10-accordlna to quality. At Baltimore, Md., on April 12th, CatUe brought; Beat, $5.12X015.87X; Medium $3.68X04.50. Hogs sold At [email protected] for Good. Sheep were quoted at $4.0006.00 for Good.

West and South. Municipal. elections were held In Ohio, on the 7th. In Cincinnati, Jacob, the Republican candidate, w*a elected Mayor toy about 5,00 majority. Colnmbtu also elected a Republican Mayor, by 1,700 majority. Sandusky elected a Democratic Mayor by oyer 060 majority, and Cleveland went Republican by about MUO majority. The entire National Oeket, with the poasible exception of Police Judge, waa elected in Toledo by 400 to to 800 majority. Ths return* for the election In Michigan, received on the morning of the Bth, Indicated the election of the Republican State ticket, headed by Campbell, for Judge of the Supreme Court, by about 10,000 majority. , , Tub lowa State Central National Greenback Committee have called a State Nominating Convention, to meet In DesMolnes on the 9Bth of May. A Cl KWHS ATI dispatch of the Bth slates that out of twenty-seven towns in Ohio from which returns had been received, the Republican* had carried seventeen, the Democrats seven and the Independence three.

Kansas Cut (Mo.) ha* elected U. M- Healey (Greenback) Mayoa. Tbe Republican* elected the Treasurer and four out of aix Aldaraeu. r y - Nrw% thought to be tellable, waa received at Wfehtte, Kan., aa the Bth, that tbe Cheyenne Indiana wore on the war path. They had broken away tram oamp and • ter ted in the direction of Western KansaaJ Agent Mill* and an army officer, who Wsnf to remonstrate, were ordered to leave. Thk bualnesa failures in Chicago during the month of March numbered thirteen, with liabilities aggregating 9471,320, and asaets amounting to 9842,850. A dispatch was received st San Francisco, on the oth, from the while inhsbltants of Sitka, praying the President for protection against an anticipated attack by the Indians. The Mormon Conference at Salt' Lake closed, on the Bth. John Taylor was re-elected President of the Twelve Apostles, but no sue crasor to Brigham Young, as President of the Church, waa chosen. Thb Fidelity Savings Bank building, the Fidelity Safe Deposit Vaults and Hooley’s Theater, property in Chicago belonging to the estate of the defunct Fidelity Savings Institution of that city, were sold at auction by the Receiver, on tbe 10th, for 4192,400. Thb Kentucky State Republican Convention waa held in Louisville, on the 10th. Tbe following nominations were made: Governor, Walter Evans; Lieutenant-Governor, O. 8. Doming; Attorney-General, W. O. Bradley 1 , Treasurer, Richard P. Stall; Auditor, John A. Williamson; Register, M. O’Dougherty; Superintendent, M. Mclntyre. The resolutions affirm the platform adopted in Cincinnati in 1876; favor the education of the people of the State; advise the calling of a Convention to ameud the State Constitution; condemn the Democratic mismanagement of State affairs, etc., etc. , A New Orleans telegram of the 10th says tbe authorities there had resolved to quarantine, for twenty days, all vessels arriving from West Indian ports, tbe Qulfpf Mexico south of Texas, and South Ani?rica, after Msy I, to prevent the IntrodiKtion of yellow feves.

On the 10th, at the Cleveland (Ohio) Rolling Mills, a bar of iron being run through the rollers caught a small boy standing near in its fiery embrace, and literally burned hja body in two. Near Mtzpah, D. T., on the 10th, seven Indians attacked Serg’t Kennedy and his escort The latter was killed and Serg’t Kennedy Was badly wounded. Tbe scene of the killing was about forty-five miles from Fort Keogh. Berg’t K. was lately the Signal Observer at Deadwood. During a recent thunder-storm at Chicago, a meteor of large size exploded with a loud report.. Two bushels of fragments wpre gathered up. On the 12th, at St. Louis, Mo., E. H. Brown, the Manager of the Western Union Telegraph Company, refused to produce certain telegranjs before the GrandJury T and was ordered Into the custody of the City Marshal for contempt. Peter Snell, a sailor, who was bitten some weeks before by a mongrel cur, died at Milwaukee, Wis., on the 12th, from hydrophobia. The recent prairie fires in Dakota came very near destroying Forts Stevenson and Lincoln. In each case the garrison turned out and worked vigorously to turn the flames. In Chicago, on April 12th, Spring Wheat No. 2 closed at cash; for April; 91%@91>£c for May. Cash Cora closed at i 34c for No. 2; 31%c for April; 35%c for May. Cash Oats No. 2 sold at 24c, and 25){c seller May. Rye No. 2,44 c. Bsrley No. 2, 66)4<867c for cash; 66>4@67c for April. Cash Mess Pork closed at 919-25(3110.30. Lard, 96.20. Beeves —Extra brought 95.00(45.25; Choice, 44 65 @4.80; Good, [email protected]; Medium Grades, 93.85@425; Butchers’ Btock, 92.65(83.90; Stock Cattle, etc., [email protected]. Hogs—Good to Choice, [email protected]. Sheep—Poor to Choice, [email protected].

Foreien Intelligence. According to a London telegram of the 7th, information had been received that the Khedive of Egypt had announced that he had tired of Franco-Anglo financial schemes, and would hereafter manage his finances to salt himself. Wilson, the English Minister, gnd De Bleenieres, the French Minister, had been dismissed, and a new Cabinet formed under the Presidency of Cherif Pasha, composed exclusively of natives. Edward Clark, a distinguished London civil engineer and contractor, failed on the 7th, for *3,800,000. The rinderpest has made its appearance among the cattle with the British Army in Afghanistan, and threatens to seriously embarrass the commissariat. The Cardinal Vicar of the Pope has lately written a letter for publication, in which he complains bitterly of the establishment of foreign Protestant schools almost under the shadow of the Vatican, and ask 6 for liberal contributions for the increase and improvement of Catholic schools. . The steamer Surbiton left New York, for Rotterdam, on the 18th of February. She has not arrived at her destination, and nothing has been heard of her. She is believed to have foundered. Further advices were received from Cape Town, on the evening of the Bth, which announced another disaster suffered by the British forces in South Africa. About 4,000 Zulus had attacked a company of the Eightieth Regiment, which was convoying a wagon-train intended tor the relief of Col. Pearson, and killed all but five men of the 184 of which it was composed. England and France have each dispatched squadrons to Egyptian waters, to demand of the Khedive an explanation of recent events. A deadly sporadic fever prevails at Cassa Blanca, Morocco, and is attacking natives and Europeans alike. News was received in London, on the Btb, of another disaster to ,the British arms in South Africa. It appears that Col. Pearson, who, for some time, had been beleaguered at Ekowe, and bad to choose between death by starvation and an attempt to cut his way through the surrounding Zulus, adopted the latter alternative and made a sortie. The result was that the sortie party was repulsed, and that nearly all the participating troops were killed. The '"situation of CoL Pearson was considered extremely critical, and it was believed that King Cetewayo would attack and destroy his command, and then destroy the reinforcing regiments in detail. There were numerous labor riots In the Durham Colliery District, on the 9th, and many of the. iron-works closed, the managers having left because of fear of bodily harm. An extra police force was Sent to the different collieries to protect the non-strikers. On the 9th, the Paris Palrie announced the betrothal of King Alfonso of Spain to the Archduchess Mails of Austria. It was stated that the marriage would take place in July. The Russian Revolutionary Committee has sent letters to all the Imperial dignitaries at St. Petersburg, saying that, while they do not intend to attack the Czar, they will kill his officers, especially the heads of the Police Department, so long as the condition and treatment of the political prisoners remains unameliorated. . The points in dispute between Turkey and Austria have been, settled by granting per* mission to the latter to occupy three points on the River Lorn, in the outskirts of Novi Bazar, and commanding the three only practicable crossing places. According to a Berlin telegram of tile lot h, L<MO Nihilists had been already arrested in Charkoff. The police there had received a, letter announcing that the murderer of Gen. Krapotkin had arrived in New York.

A Jtai\)HT prevailed In London, on the lOtb, that England and France had decided to demand of the Sultan the dspoeltioo of the Khedive of Egypt. <• . Ox the l6tli, the' German Government authorized, the official denial of tbe report that It Intended*increase tbe volume of silver currency. . . Caul Beck, the German poet, died on the llth. *"V4 ; : — Ax attempt was made on the 11th to assassinate the Governor of Kiel!. The corpse of a student wss-recently found near the cathedral In Kssan, laTfelcd “ Sentenced to death as a traitor, by the Socialists’ Revolutionary Committee.'’ Nine persons were killed and twenty-five Injured, on the 11th, through an accident to the Moscow mail train. A dispatch of the 11th says the loss of life by the late inundation had been found to be seventy-seven, Instead of 2,000, as first reported. > A Paris dispatch of the 12th says the Metacony affair had been arranged, and that the French military force In possession had been ordered to be withdrawn. J. H. Cartier db Villemesant, for many years director of tbe Paris Fiyaro , is dead A St. Petersburg telegram of the 12th gives a thrilling account of the recent slaughter of studeht prisoners at Kieff. It seems the prisoners had arranged togain their liberty by. burrowing.under the walla of the prison. A confederate betrayed the design to tbe authorities, who allowed them to enter tbe excavation, when they were fired upou from both ends and nearly all killed. According to a Cairo (Egypt) telegram of the 13th, the Khedive had sent a special envoy to the Sultan of Turkey bearing a large sum of money to be presented to the latter. It was reported that the Sultan had directed the Khedive to restore the and French Ministers under penalty of the deposition of his dynasty. A few days ago, while Prince Milan, of SJervia, was walking at Niscli, a shell exploded near him and seriously wounded his Aid-de-Camp. It is thought an attempt was made to assassinate the Prince. IKMOCBNT, Metropolitan of Moscow and formerly Missionary Bishop of Alaska, died, on the 13th.

Congressional Proceedings. In the Senate, on the 7th, the Army Appropriation bill was received from the House and referred to the Committee on Appropriations. ... A bill was introduced for the repeal of the Atlantic & Pacific Railroad grant, except so far as the road shall be completed by the 4th of July next, and for the restoration to the market of all lands along the line of the incomplete road, to be disposed of in the same manner as other public lands.... A bill was also introduced for the relief of the Central Branch of the Union Pacific Railroad Company... .The case of Mr. Bell, appointed Senator Dy the Governor of New Hampshire, was further considered.... A resolution was adopted, authorizing the President of the Senate to appoint a select committee of five to take info consideration all to the Freed men’s Havings and The House was not in session. The Army Appropriation bill was reported, without amendment, in the Senate, on the Bth. Ur. Blaine gave notice of an amendment making it“ a penal offense, punishable with fine and imprisonment, for any military, naval or civil officer, or any other person except for the purposes named in the bill, to appear armed with a deadly weapon of any. description within a mile of any polling-place where a general or special election for Representatives to Congress is being he1d.”.... Ur. Bayard's resolution calling upon the Secretary of the Treasury for a statement of the sums paid to John I. Davenport, Supervisor of Elections at New York, since 1870, was adopted.... Mr. Bayard introduced a bill to repeal the act passed in 1862, providing test oaths and the disqualification of jurors in courts of the United States... .The New Hampshire Senatorial case was further debated. In the House, qnite a debate was started upon the propriety of instructing the Chairman of the Committee of the Whole (when the House should be in Committee on the Legislative Appropriation bill) to award the floor m accordance with the rules of the House, and not be bound by any list of speakers which might be formed. The subject-matter of the discussion was finally referred to the Committee on Rules... .The Legislative Appropriation bill was then taken up in Committee of the Whole, and several proposed amendments were rejected or ruled out of order. A resolution was introduced in the Senate, on the 9th, calling on the Secretary of the Treasury for inf&mation as to sums paid Federal Supervisors of Elections and Deputy Marshals in the State of Florida from 1870 to the present time, including amounts paid to District Attorneys, etc.... A bill was introduced to authorize the Consolidated Great Southern Railway Company to construct a railroad in the State of Georgia. ...The New Hampshire Senatorial case was further debated. In the House, the Committee on Rules made a report, which, after being modified, was agreed to. As adopted, the new rules provide for the appointment of select committees, on the Census, Reform of the Civil Service, the Law Respecting the Ascertainment and Declaration of the Presidential Election, the Prevention of Epidemic Diseases, Ventilation of the Hall, Causes of the Depression of Labor, and also to increase the committee membership as follows : Enrolled Bills to seven, Coinage to eleven. Ways and Means to thirteen. Agriculture, Judiciary, Elections, Commerce and Appropriations to fifteen each; that the Committee on Commerce shall have the same privilege to report bills making appropriations for an improvement of rivers and harbore that is accorded to the Committee on Appropriations in reporting general Appropriation bills; forbidding the reprinting of the bills of one Congress when introduced in another Congress; giving to the Committee on Banking and Currency, Coinage and Wayß and Mentis leave to report at any time, and authorizing the majority to fix a day for the consideration of any pnbfic bill reported by one of these committees; providing that the morning hour shall not he dispensed with on any day, for any purpose, except by a two-thirds vote; that the rules regulating the awarding of tfie floor in the House and the Committee of the Whole be not changed; that the practice of making lists of those members desiring to speak is proper, in order to enable the presiding officer to remember the wishes of members, but that in recognizing members he shall not be bound absolutely by bis list, but shall exercise a wise and just discretion. ( '

The New Hampshire Senatorial case was further considered in the Senate on the 10th and a resolution waa finally passed 36 (to 28— declaring Mr. Bell entitled to the seat by virtue of appointment by the Governor. The yeas and nays were: Yeas— Allison, Anthom, bayard. Booth, Bruce, Burnside, Cameron, (Pa.). Cameron, (Wis.), Chandler, Dawes, Edmunds, Ferry, Gordon, Groome, Hamlin, Hill (Col.), Ingalls, Jones (Fla.), Kellogg. Kirkwood, Logan. McDonald, McMillan. Morrill, Paadock, Platt, Plumb, Randolph, Rollins. Saunders. Teller, Voorhees, Walker. Whyte, Williams—Bß. Nays —Bailey, Call, Carpenter, Cockrell, Coke. Conkling, Davis (11L), Eaton, Farley, Garland, Grover, Harris, Hereford, Hill (Ga.), Houston. Johnston, Jones. Keman, Lamar, Maxey, Morgan, Pendleton, Ransom, Slater, Vanoe, Vest, Wallace, Withers—2B. Messrs. Jones (Nev.), Blaine, Windom and Hoar, who would have voted in favor of Mr. Bell’s admission, were paired with Messrs. Beck, McPherson, Davis (W. Va.). and Saulsbury, who would have voted against admission; Messrs. Thurman and Butler were absent. Mr. Bell Was then sworn in. .... A resolution to adjourn until the 14th waa rejected—yeas, 27; nays, 84. The Ilegislative Appropriation bill was taken up by the House in Committee of the Whole.and an amendment was agreed to repealing the sections providing for the biennial examination of pensioners, and directing the Secretary of the Treasury, in order to provide for the payment of arrears of pensions, “ to issue immediately, in payment thereof, the ten millions of legal tender currency now in the Treasury, kept as a special fund for the redemption of fractional currency," and providing that fractional cnrrency may be redeemed by any class of money in the Treasury. In the Senate, on the 11th, Mr. Hereford made a speech against Mr. Hoar's resolution declaring the Democratic programme for the passage of Appropriation bills to be unconstitutional and revolutionary. ..The Army Appropriation bill was taken np, and Mr. Withers explained its provisions. No amendments were adopted, the Committee on Appropriations having agreed to resist all amendments, and the majority of the Senate seconded them accordingly. the reason assigned by Mr. Withers for such a course being that amendments would delay the paseage of the bi 11.... Adjourned to the 14th. In the House, the Legislative Appropriation bill waa further considered in Committee of the Whole, and amendments were agreed to increasing the clerical force in the Postofifioe Department, and increasing the appropriation* for the purchase and distribution of seeds by the Agricultural Department from *68,000 to fIOO.OfOT.. The Standing Committees were announced. The Senate was not ip session on the 12th. • In the House, consideration was resumed, in Committoe of the Whole, of the Legislative Appropriation bill, the pending smeudntbMibeing one to increase to *280,000 the appropriation farcontrolling and for eradicating contagious diseases among domestic animals, and, after a long debate, the matter waa referred to the Committee on Agriculture,. with instructions to report

promptly. Other amendment* were dtijxtied of, when the committee rose, and • motion waa made to adjourn to the 15th, it being understood (hat the objeot of the motion wu to prevent the introduction of financial and other bills on Monday; the motion wae rejected—yeas. 105; nay*, 86 -all the Republicans voting m the affirmmve and all the Dree nbac kora in the negative, aa aid all the Demon ruts, except the following: Hioknell, Blount, Clvmer, Cook. Oovert, Deaster. Hammond (GsA Hurd, Johnston, Hume and Talbott; the Speaker wae paired with a ltepublican; Mr. Kelley voted with tbe Green backer*.