Rensselaer Union, Volume 11, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 May 1879 — General News Summary. [ARTICLE]

General News Summary.

j" Tub lapabltaM OonaresrionU Campaign bummtUm has been tally <*s•»>«■•<> by the •Motion of William t Chandler, of New : <>3» the 7th, the Secretary of War notified Om. flhnrmaa tocauae the remoral of the trespassers In the Indian Territory by force, if required. The necessary instructions were ea»tt*««m. Sheridan. Tn latent newa rocel red at the Indian Boreao, on the Bth, Indicated that the threatened mM Info the Indian Territory had oooae nearly tota aai. Hi the United Btatea Senate, on the 9th, the Haase bill prohibiting military interference at elections waa passed by a rote of thir-ty-throe yeas to twenty-three nays. Nine palra were announced, and two Senators were 'htaaent. The full text of the Mil is as foliowa: Wm—aa, The presenoe of troops at the polls la neafrr to the spirit of oar inatitotions and the tradityme at oar people, and tends to deIk it mnatwf, ttr., that it shall not be lawful npy pact of the irar and nary of the United ■taLfcna nnlf (ora« w niini—hi to repel the See. t, hrt. 4, of the OooeUtatioa of the United s z. Mato when eochforw is to be used, and so innsh of all law m an inconsistent herewith is haiehv repealed. The East. At Thghkanic, N. T., on the night of the 4th, Lewis Coons, In a lit of jealousy, cut his wife’s throat snd then bis own. The woman died, bat Coons will Urn, It is thought. ▲ xotomocs bank robber named John Dobbs, abas Kerrigan, offered for sale, at a Philadelphia bank, some of the bonds which worn stolen from the Manhattan Savings Beak of New York, some months ago. They were recognised, and Kerrigan was arrested aad taken to New York on the 'following day. Ox the 6th, in Philadelphia, Edward Parr, a graduate of the nitnols State Penitentiary, kg led his daughter, Mrs. Susan Erwin, by stabbing her six times tn the breast with a butcher knife. ■ . , ... _ WjOTTXMoex, Pkbt, Post & Co., woolen nod dry-goods commission merchants, of New York, one of the largest Arms In the trade, failed, on the 7th, with liabilities estimated at from $500,000 to *750,000. Qj the night of the 6th, an explosion of gt 6 occurred in the Stanton Shaft at Wilkesbarre, Pa., which caused the fatal burning of from .six to eight men. The Democratic State Convention of Pentisylvanlh is to be held on tbe 16th of July. Thi annual meeting of tbe American Tract Society was held in New York on the 7th. Tbe available resources during 187 S were $410,000, and the expenditures during the same time, *407,000. On tbe same day, in the same city, the American Home Missionary Society held its annual meeting. The Treasurer's report shows the receipts to have been $873,601, and the expenditures $360,330, with $6,766 still due to missionaries. Tn Pope has appointed Rev. L. 8. McMahon, Vicar-General of Providence, R. L, to be Bishop of Hartford, Conn., and Rev. John Vertin, of Negaunee, Mich., to be Bishop of Marquette. Immigrants to the number of 11,601 arrived at the Port of New York during the month of April of this year; daring the same month last year, 8,588. During the year, ending on tbe 30th nit., there were 86,905 immigrants landed at said port; daring the prevtoas year the number was 68,994. Tn Brooklyn Presbytery, on the Bth, took a Anal vote on the charges against Dr. Talmage, and be was acquitted. Tbe Secretary announced that forty-live votes had been cast, twenty-five of which were against the charges and specifications and sixteen in favor of sustaining them as they stood, and four for sustaining them in part. Tbe lsy elders voted nine to four for conviction. After the announcement of the result, Mr. Talmage made some characteristic remarks, reflecting severely upon tbe action of his prosecutors. Dr. Van Dyke presented a motion of appeal to the Synod of Long Island, signed by eight _£ members of the minority. The American Sunday-School Union celebrated its fifty-fifth anniversary In New York City, a few evenings ago. The annual report shows that there bad been organized, in 1878, 1,067 new schools, with 4,915 teachers and 39,769 scholars, and there had been 8,805 Bibles and Testaments distributed, and 14,140 families visited. Tax State Senate of Pennsylvania, on the Bth, ty a party vote, adopted tbe House resolution to appoint a committee to receive exPraeident Grant at San Francisco, upon his return home. ' The house of Dr. Delos W. Southworth, at Areola, N. Y., was burned, on the morning of the 9th. The doctor perished in the flames, and hi* wife was fatally burned. Ox the evening of the Bth, In New York City, tbe sixty-third anniversary of the organization of the Ameriean Bible Society was observed. The annual report shows receipts for the year amounting to $463,874, an excess of *15,391) over those of the year preceding. During the year there were issued 1,866,958 copies of the Bible, of which 949.814 were for use at home and 238,040 copies for the foreign market. Ex-Congressman John Rogers, of New York, died at his home, in Moreau, on the 11th.

* Th * following were the closing quotations *or produce in New York, on May 10th: No. 8 Chicago Spring Wheat, fl.oß@tt.Gs; No. 8 Milwaukee, $1.04X@1.(8. Oats, Wenera Mixed, 343*@35*c. Corn, Western Mixed, Pork, Mess, 89.00010.12*. Lard, fB.I7K@B-83. Flour, Good to Choice, $3.95 84450; White Wheat Extra, 84.55:45.25. Cattle, [email protected] for Good to Extra. ®**ep. 64 50@6 60. Hogs, [email protected]. At East Liberty, Pa, on May 10th, Cattle bMWgfal: Best, $5.85@560; Medium, 84.25® 5.00; Common, 8»[email protected]. Hogs sold-. Yorkers, 83.50®3 65; Philadelphia, 83.70® AB6. Sheep brought 83.90® i.6s—according to quality. At Baltimore, Md., on May 10th, Cattle brought; Best, 85.00(45.75; Medium 83.7504.25. Hogs sold at 85.00® 5.50 for Good. Sheep were quoted at 84.0005.50 for Good. _ West and Booth. At Galveston, Tex, on the stb, J. T. Young and John B ley attempted to escape from Jail by setting it on lire. The slimes spread and they were burned to death. At Salt Lake, Utah, on the 6tb, the jury in the Polygamy case found a verdict of guilty •*Btoit Miles. Defendant appealed, and was Mdljto bafl to the sum of 85,000. Ailrxaxdbh CoHEJt, the Milwaukee (Wls.) Insurance agent and forger, was arrested in KSobmond, Vs.. on the oth. N Ox the oth, * Mississippi Valley Labor Conventlon, composed of planters, leading colored men and others, was held at Vicksburg, Mies. A series of Resolutions was adopted to tfcw effect that the Interests of planters, laborers, landlords and tenants are Idantieal; that the colored race are, by the Con •ritutton and lam of the land, placed on .an ahaointe legal equality iplth the whites, and •M* he accorded the practical enjoyment of tU«r«Mr *nd political rights; that It ia the OnMMlhiil right of the colored people to

•migrate when and to what State they please, but that the Convention urge* them to proceed in their movement toward emigration as reasonable human beings, provid ed in advance with the necessary mean* for the successful carrying out of their to secure home* elsewhere, etc., etc. Only the white members of the Convention voted oh the adoption of the resolutions, the negroes, under Instructions from their leaders, refraining from giving an expression, either pro or con. It wss reported from St Louis, on the 6th, that about 140 Southern refugees—men, women and children—had arrived there that day and left on a steamer for their former homes In Warren County, Miss. The dispatch seys they gave an unfavorable account of their reception and treatment In Kansas, and expressed much pleasure in being able to return to the South. They were abundantly supplied, by partiea in 8L Louis, with all necessaries for their trip down the river. Ok the 6th, the National Colored Conference assembled at Nashville, Tenn., and effected a permanent organisation by the choice of John R. Lynch, of Mississippi, as Chairman; Robert Nichols, of Indians, as Vice Chairman, and three Secretaries. The National Woman’* Suffrage Association met in St. Louis, on the 7th, and or ganised by the election of Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton as President, Mrs. 8. A. Spencer as Secretary, and Mrs. J. C. SpolTord as Treasurer. In the Cqx Alston murder cate at Atlanta, Ga., on the 7th, the Jury returned a verdict of guilty against Cox, and fixed his sentence at life-imprisonment tn the Penitentiary. Alfred A. Alrekgbk, sixteen years of age, who was bitten by a savage dog a few weeks ago, died In Des Moines, lowa, on the morning of the 6th, in great agony, and with every symptom of hydrophobia. The National Colored Convention at Nashville, on the Bth, adopted a resolution declaring that the migration of colored people to those States and Territories where they can all enjoy all the rights which are guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States should be encouraged, and asking Congress for an appropriation of $500,000 to aid in the removal of colored people from the South. Returns, received up to the morning of the 9tb, Indicated the adoption of the new California Constitution by from 6,000 to 10,000 majority. ———•—- : ——— On the Bth, a prize-fight was fought on Long Point, a bit of Canadian territory opposite Erie, Pa., between tbe pugilists Dwyer and Elliott. Tbe battle lasted about fourteen minutes, during which twelve rounds were fougbL Elliott was badly punished, and Dwyer declared the victor. At the session in St. Louis, on tbe 9th, of the National Woman’s Suffrage Association a platform was adopted, which declares, among other things, that it is the duty of Congress to adopt the Sixteenth Amendment to the Constitution, giving women the right to vote, and that all Btate Legislatures should request Congress to submit such an amendment to them; that the Lower Honse of Congress should pass a resolution authorizing the appointment of a Committee on the Rights of Women Citizens; that it ie tbe duty of every woman to demand registration as a voter, and present her ballot at elections, and to sue every official who refuses them tbe citizen’s right to vote; that while women are cot permitted to vote, the legislation of the country is defrauded of onehalf of the Intelligence, virtue and practical wisdom of the Nation; requests Congress to provide for tbe appointment of a fair proportion oi Intelligent women to gather vital statistics concerning women and children for the next census, etc., etc.

5 Henry McSeed, a white man, was hung at - Appling, Ga., on the 9th, for murdering his - son, and Tom Jones, colored, for murdering - his wife. At Fayetteville, N. C., also, Richard Henry Lee, colored, was hung for burglary. t A pakty of six men undertook to cross the - Mississippi River from Illinois to St. Louis’ r in a skiff, on the 1 ltd. When near tbe Mis- , souri shore the boat wa* drawn under the i bow of a steamer, and four of them were • drowned. i >—, A MiTcoH fell and exploded near Washing- ! ton, Mino., on tbe afternoon of the Utb, with ' a report equal to the discharge of a 300- ! pounder. The concussion shook the town. ■ Tbe meteor was plainly visible during its passage through the air, and was apparently about the sizeof any ordinary foot-ball. A few days ago, at Sidney, Neb., a citizen named Henry Loomis was mortally wounded by Charles Reed. Loomis died in the afternoon, and Reed escaped to the bluffs north of the town, where he was captured by a posse of officers and put In jail. About eleven o’clock at night a crowd ol about 400 people surrounded tbe jail, overpowered the guards and compelled the Sheriff to give up the keys. Reed was then taken out and hanged to a telegraph pole. The lynching is said to have been generally commended by the citizens of Sydney, Reed haying been guilty of a former murder in Texas. Mark Grax, the young man who recently attempted to shoot the tragedian Edwin Booth, while the latter was acting Richard 11. on the stage at McVicker’s Theater, Chicago, has been adjudged insane and sent to the Asylam at Elgin.

A tike in Chicago, a few evenings ago, destroyed the drying-kilns of Palmer, Fuller & Co.’s placing-mills, and several adjacent dwellings. About three acres of territory were burned over. Lots, about 8150;000. Ix Chicago, on May 10th, Spring Wheat No. 2 closed at 94>*@95c cash; 95>$c for May; 95%@96%c for June. Cash Corn closed at 35for No. 2; for May; 35%c sot J une. Cash Oats No. 2 sold at 27c, and 27c seller Mav. Rye No. 2, 49@49>fc. Barley No. 2, 70@73c for cgsh. Cash Mess Pork closed at 89.45 @9.50. Lard closed at [email protected]. Beeves —Extra brought [email protected]; Choice, 84 60 @4.75; Good, [email protected]; Medium Grades, [email protected]; Butchers’ Stock, [email protected]; Stock CatUe, etc., [email protected]. Hogs—Good' to Choice, [email protected]. Sheep—Poor to Choice, 83.500550. Foreign Intelligence. Dr. Isaac Butt, Member of tbfe British Parliament, and the leading Home Ruler in that body, died in Dublin, Ireland, on the sth. Stour & Sons’ cdUon-mills, near Paisley, Scotland, one of the largest establishments in the United Kingdom, was destroyed’ by fire on the sth. Loss, 8300,000. A Paris dispatch of the sth says France was about to resume diplomatic relations with Mexico. Russia has agreed to surrender Kuldja to China in return for a revision -of the treaties relative to the frontier, and other concessions., Ax explosion of nitro-glycerine occurred ip » freight depot at Stratford, Out, on the momng of the sth, which caused the loss of several lives and the destruction of 150 railroad cars and a large amount of other property. Oh the sth, the rowing match, at on-Tyne, between Hanlan and Hawdon, resulted In a victory for Hanlan', the Canadian oarsman. The German Government caused announcement to be made, on the 6th, that a Congress of representatives of the varioas revolutionary Organizations of Europe had bCep called to meet in London during June, The Prince of Wales caused a sensation in the British ttooßevf U<rds, on the ftth, by presenting a petition favoring the passage of a MBJtegalfzing marriage with * deceased wife’s Lieut. Com. of the Royal Nevy, the author of the story about the pirate ship off FastnettLlght, which appeared on the 16th of

January last, ha*, boon convicted of the offense and dismissed the service, A Calcutta telegram of the 7th says (len. Grant had returned to Singapore, from whence he would embark for tbe United States, Tiie emissary of the Kbedlve of Egypt at Constantinople announced, on the Bth, that the difficulties between the Khedive and England and France had been compromised. A Calcutta' dtapatch of the Htii says furthermurders of native Princes had licun reported from Mandalay., 1 A SiiiiliHt prkttipg prom was discovered; on the Bth, In thaornce of the Bureau of Public Commuiflfeallona at St. Petersburg. Eight officials were arrested. Lohillakd's Parole, the American flyer, won the Newgate Cheshire handicap on the 8tl»: . , The long-established and well-known linking house Of Swan, Clough & Co., at Cork, Ireland, suspended pay rnent on tbe Btli. The failure is a bad one. It was announce 1 in the British Honai of Commons, on the evening of the Bth, that the Privy Council hail ordered all American swine to be slaughtered at the place of landing. Tnz committees of the French Chambers have unanimously decided .that the late pastoral of the Archbishop of Aix, attacking Jules Ferry’s Educational bill, is a violation of French law. »• According to Lahore .(India) dispatches of the 9tU, Yakoob Khan had decided to accept the British proposals. These Include the advance of the.frontier so as to give to the latter the control of most of the passes, and also the right to maintain an agent at Cabul and Cand&har. The Czar has Issued a proclamation to the Bulgarians advising a strict compliance with the terms of the BerHn Treaty. The authorities of th« City of Madrid, -Spain, have abolished the octroi duties on corn and Hour, in consequence of the scarcity of those commodities. They have also estab'fished twenty depots for the sale of bread below bakers’ prices. On the 11th, anonymous letters were sent to the Czarowitch of Russia, the heir-ap-parent, advising him to go abroad if be wished to maintain a position In the Impending revolution, ACCORDING to Constantinople dispatches of the 11th, the Sultan had promised autonomy to the Albanians. The Mohammedans at Adrlanopie were suffering from hunger, and many of the shops had t fjofti plundered for food,. _____ _ • A Paris dispatch’ of the 11th says the French Minister of the Interior had authorized a lottery to raise a fund for the completion of the statue of “Liberty,” to be presented to the United States. On the Credit Valley (Canada) Railroad, on the afternoon of the 10th, a special train containing the Directors of the road and their friends, which was standing on a side-track at Carlton Station, was run into by an engine under rapid headway, and the tender of the engine was driven deeply into the body of the passenger coach. Eleven of the occupants were more or less seriously injured. The engineer says he was proceeding over the road under orders, when, the switch being open, he ran into the train. The switchman says the engineer gave the signal for him to open the switch, and, thinking the engine to be intended for the waiting cars, he did so.

Congressional Proceedings. In the Senate, on the sth, the bill to prevent the introduction of infectious or contagions dieeanes into the United States was recommitted for amendment.... A bill was introduced and referred (similar to one introduced in the House) to prohibit military interference at elections. A bill extending the time for special postal service was passed. A large number of bills weie introduced in the House, among them the following: To prohibit military interference at elections; to establish a Bureau of Ivibor Statistics; regulating the mode of counting the votes for President and Vice-President; For funding municipal indebtedness in United States paper money (authoriz- ‘ ing the Secretary of the Treasury to extinguish all city indebtedness by the iasueof greenbacks, which greenbacks.are to be immediately used in payment of such debts); providing for a greenback currency to tbe extent of f 1,000,000.000, and for the relief of the financial distress by granting aid to certain companies incorporated by State authorities for works of internal improvement. The bill making if unlawful to use any part of the army or navy at the polls, etc., was reported from the Judiciary Committee, in the Senate, on the 6th.... The Legislative, Executive and J udicial Appropriation bill was also reported, with amendments.... A lengthy debate was bad on the resolution authorizing the taking of testimony in relation to the claim of Mr. Spofford to the seat of Senator Kellogg. Among the bills introdaced in the House was one for the admission of Utah as a State... A preamble and joint resolution were introduced requesting the President to insist on the emancipation of slaves in Cuba, and to take such measures, in co-operation with other Governments, as will most speedily and humanely effectuate so civilizing an object... The bill to prohibit military interference at elections was reported hack without amendment, and a substitute, offered by Mr. Robeson, making it unlawful to bring to, or employ at, any place where a general or special election is being held in a State any part of the army or navy, unless snoh employment shall be necessary to carry out the provisions of the Constitution. or overcome a forcible obetrnction to the execution of the laws made in pursuance thereof, and making any violation of this act a Sinai offense, was defeated—92 to 121—only one reenhacker (Ford) voting aye. and eight voting no. After some filibustering on the part of the Republicans, the bill was passed- yeas, 124;nays, 90. Eleven Green backers voted aye. and two (Barlow and Kussell) did not vote at all.

The resolution asking for authority to take testimony in the contested case of Spofford rs. Kellogg was fuitber considered in the Senate, on the 7th, and several amendments were offered by Republican Senators, and, after debate, were rejected. An amendment, offered by Mr. Hoar, further instructing the committee to inquire and report whether bribery or other corrupt or unlawful measures were used to secure the alleged election of Spofford, the memorialist, was accepted by the committee, and the resolution, as thus amended, was finally adopted—26 to 17 The House hill, to prohibit military interference in elections, was read twice, and a motion made by Mr. Edmunds to refer it to the Committee on Judiciary was defeated—24 to 81. Mr. Blaine then submitted an amendment providing that “any person who shall carry a concealed deadly weapon atjmy place, or within a mile of any place, where a general or special election for Representatives to Congress is being held, shall, on conviction thereof, be punished with a fine of not less than 8500 nor more than 85.C00, or with imprisonment for a period of not less than six months nor more than five years, or with both fide and imprisonment, at the discretion of the Court” • r In the House, Mr. Chalmers called up a resolution. offered by him, colling for an investigation into his conduct at Fort Pillow, and after a speech in his own defense, and remarks by other members, the whole matter was laid on the table... .The bill relating to coinage and bullion" certificates was taken up and debated. In the Senate, on the Bth, the House bill to authorize the annual enlistment of 750. boys in the Navy was passed....At his own request, Mr. Hoar was excused from service on the Committee to Investigate Election Frauds, and Mr. Platt was appointed in his place.... The bill prohibiting military interference at elections was further considered, Mr. Morgan advocating its passage. 'lathe House,the bill to enforce the EightHour law was taken up. and, after considerable debate, was laid on the table by a vote of 103 to 52... The Silver hill was then taken up, and an amendment was offered, fixing the weight of the silver dollar at 460. instead of 4124. grains. A lengthy debate followed, but no action was had on the bill. ' The bill to prohibit military interference at elections was further debated in the Senate, on the 9th. by Messrs. Edmunds. Blaine and Chandler, after which it was passed, in the precise form in which it came troth the House, by a vote of S 3 yeas to 23 navs. as follows: > «w-Bey*rd, Beck, Butler, Call. Cockrell, Coke, Davis; W . Va.), iaton. Garland. Groome, Hampton, Hams. Hereford, Houston, Johnston, Jonas, Jones (Fla.). Reman, Lamar. McDonald, Maxey, Morgan. Pendleton, Randolph. Itawson. Hanlsbury, Slater, Thurman, Vanoe, Vest. Voorhee». Walker. Withera-33. -Vaye-AUison. Anthony, Booth. Bruce. Burnside, Cameron (Pa.). .Qsmeron (Wia.), Chandler. Conkling, Edmond*, ' Rill \Ohky, -Hoar, laßStfe, Keilogfe. Logan. McMillan, MomU, PUtL Plumb, Hollins Saunders, Teller, Windom—33. ite£73?&asriZKr UMySa were paired with Messrs. Davis Hill, Farley Bailey, Gordon, Williams, McPhssson, Wallace and Whyte; Messrs. Grover and Sharon were abMilt.

|U passage la a lengthy speech, aud announced that he would demand the previous question on the 2Dth. Mr. Heilman spoke against the bill. Mr. Kelley obtained the Hour Just before adjournBMtfe A bill wu introduced in the Senate, on the 10th. relating to telegraphic communionlion between tbe United (Rates and foreign conn trice ... The I legislative bill was further considered and speeches were made by Messrs Hill, Chandler and Wtndom. in the House, a resolution was offered and re ferred for the appointment of a select committee to take into ooosteeration such measures aa might tend to promote the agricultural interests of the country.. ..Several bills were introduced and referred, including the following: Relating to public lands; far tbe appointment of a Wag sippi River Commission; for the reduction aud reorganization of the Army... .The Warner Silver bill was further defeated. Masai*. Kelley.. ltee<l, Haakell and Bowman taking port in the discussion The bill prohibiting the presence of the military at places of election was signed by the Hpraker and sent to the Senate for the signature of the President pro lea