Rensselaer Union, Volume 11, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 June 1879 — General News Summary. [ARTICLE]

General News Summary.

From Washington. Tn* National House of Representatives PMM4n»tka 90*, the Legislative and Ex ecutlv* Appropriation bill at reported from the Committee on Appropriations, by a vote of ISS yeas to 21 nays. All political legislation had been detached from the bill. The Vote* against It were all from the Democrats, Who opposed the passage of an important Appropriation bill under a suspension of the SfwMk Tin vote In the United States Senate on the 10th, on the motion to take np the resolution discharging the Committee on Finance tram the farther consideration of the Warner Silver bill, and declaring the bill before the Senate for action, was as follows: SBeefc OWLOoke. Davis (lILK Hereford, Hill (Qa.). Houston. Pendleton. Satilabtiry, Slater, r. Vest, Voorhees, Walker, WalgrtlS. Eteri, Oroome. Hill (CoLOones (Fla.). K'rliaw'd. Ismar. McPherson. Morrill. Mn. Gordon, Williams. Jones <Nev.). Hamp■tea, who would have voted yea, were paired with Mem. Anthony. Bell. Blaine. Butler. Windans, Edmonds, Hamlin. Hoar. Whyte, Paddoofc, MoMUbm. Cameron (Pa.) and Teller, who weald have voted no. Of the members of the ftaaaee Committee, Messrs. Bayard and Kenan refrained from voting; Jones (Nev.), who would have voted yea. was paired; Mem. Wallace, Tg*jy*—*.*?*vetedyqs. and Means. Morrill. Ferry and Allison voted nay. Tn Treasury Department at Washington has recently decided to hereafter fill orders for the standard silver dollars in sums as low as S9OO. A Cacccs of Republican members of the Benate was held on the 13th, at which, after lengthy speeches by Messrs. Conkllng, Hoar and Blaine and briefer remarks by almost all the other Senators present, It was agreed, with substantial unanimity, that the passage of the Army Appropriation bill as then before the Benate should be opposed by the Republican party In that body, unless the majority would consent to the addition of a proviso to the sixth section declaring that it should not he construed to prevent the use of troop* to execute any existing laws. It was also resolved to oppose the passage of the JndiclalAppropriiUon bill, unless modified in some particulars. * According to returns received by the Department of Agriculture on the 14th, the area of cotton was two per cent greater this Tear than last. The condition was ninety-six, against ninety-nine last year. The average condition of winter wheat on the Ist was ninety, against nlnety-eiuht in 1878, and the acreage of spring wheat was four per cent greater in 1879 than In the year preceding. The United States Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections closed the testimony to the Bppffonl-Kellorg (Louisiana) Senator al contest, on the 14tb, for the present. The subscriptions to the four per cent refunding certificates up to the evening of the 14th aggregated 139,875,0 X). The East. The Island Pond (Vt) poisoned-brook horror nas assumed another phase. Medical men declare that the children diel of diphtheria, and that the disease was aggravated by the pools of stagnant water under and about the school-house. Reporters who have visited the locality represent a condition of affairs that seems to harmonize with this theory. George W. Childs, of Philadelphia, has received a letter from ex-President Grant, written at Singapore on the sth of April, saying that be will reach B*n Francisco on orabout the 25th of July. The Pennsylvania Republican State Convention for the nomination of a candidate for State Treasurer will be held at Harrisburg on the 23d of July. Sentence of 'death by hanging was pronounced, on the 9th, upon Edward Parr, who was found guilty of murdering his daughter by a Philadelphia jury ou the Bth. Just after the presiding Judge had finished, Parr fell to the floor in violent convulsions, and it was ascertained that he had taken a dose of strychnine. Physicians were called, and the usual antidotes given, but without avail, and he died next morning. Lightning struck the pump-house of the Atlantic Refining Compauy in the southern p ;rt of Phila lelphia, on the morning of the llth, and set the works on fire. The flames soon communicated to the adjoining warehouses in which was a large quantity of crude and refined oil, and an immense sea of flame soon spread out for a great distance along tde river front. Five, ships were 6et on fire and destroyed, and several buildings and 1,000 barrels of oil were burned, involving a total loss of atont *1,000,030. In New York City on the morning of the llth, Mrs. Jane Hull, wife of Dr. A. J. Hull, was found dead in her bed, with her feet and hands tied, a bandage about her eyes and a gag in her mouth. Her trunk was rifled of its contents and several articles of jewelry had been taken, among them the rings In her esfbs and those upon her fingers. The thieves entered the bouse by the front door. A severe wind, rain and hail storm visited portions of New Jersey on the 12th. At Bordentqwn and Trenton trees were uprooted, roofs carried away and several buildings blown down. The New York State Greenback Committee held a meeting at Syracuse on the 13th. at whicn all differences between the factions to New York City were harmonized, and it was decided to hold a State Convention at Utica on the 13th of August One Nugent, a policeman, has been arrested to New York, upon the charge pf complicity in the Manhattan Savings Bank jobbery. The following were the closing quotations : ®°* in New York, on June 14th: Mo. 2 Chicago Spring Wheat $105(31.06. No. « Milwaukee, »[email protected]. Oats West- , ern Mixed, 3S@39c. Corn, Western Mixed, Me “’ W 25 ® 10 **- Lari, Floar > Good to Choice, *4.05 , Whe,t Ertra ' $4-5535.25. V* ttk '‘ **-25®10.80 for Common to- Extra. «**P (dipped), *4.00®5 25. Hogs, *4.00® brought. Best, »5 20«5.75; Medium, $4 30® A 75; Common, *3 75® 4.00. Hogs 501dt4.0k84.10; Philadelphia, *4.15® 4.20. Sbeep brought *5.85«4.50-according to quality. * At Baltimore, ltd., on June 14th, Cat tie brought; Best *5.00(35.50; Medium *&[email protected]. Hogs sold at $4.2535.25 for Good. Sbeep were quoted at $3 25®4.50 for Good.

Wert and South. The bind its who “ peppered” tlie messenger* of tbe Illinois Central Railway Coni|<a■y, in Chicago on tbe 7th, were gathered in on the 9lb. and about *2,000 of tbe money recovered. Several were concerned in the job who took no active part In its execution, and these have also been taken Into custody. Tbe * s colored man wbo served a* one of the messenger* and received a liberal dose of tbe “ pepper,” Is believed, to nave been “In” with the thieves; and has been lot iced up. r A tubbible riot occurred on tbe 9th, at Mclntosh, Ua., a station on the Atlantic & Gulf Sallroad, between a party of colored expeop’e belong* to Mclntosh. It in * ight between tfo negroes, whereupon

the Captain of a negro militia company from Brian County, a pa/t of the excursionists, ordered his company to charge, which they did, bayoneting everybody within reach. The Captain himself killed one man by ruuntng him through with hla sword. The Liberty County negroes rallied and drove the military company Into the cars, and opened fire on them, killing four and Wounding several others, only stopping the shooting when the oars got out of reach. All ihe parties engaged were negroes. The Minnesota Greenback Stale Convention was held in St. Patti on tbe 10th, and the following State ticket was nominated; For Governor, Asa Barton; .Lieutenant-Gov-ernor, William McGho.i; Treasurer, Andrew Nelson; Secretary of State, A. P. Lat e; At-torney-General, William L. Kelley; Railroad Commissioner, Ehencxer Ayres. The resolutions demand the repeal of the act of 1869 to strengthen the public credit; that all bonds issued since that date be paid in non-iutercst hearlne legal-tender notes; the free coinage of silver, the same as gold; the repeal of the Resumption act; an* Increase of paper money commensurate w ith the : requirements of trade; etc., etc. The Sixth Annual Conferenre of National Charities met in Chicago on the 10th, and organized by the choice of General R. Brinkerhoff, qf Ohio, as President, and Cbaa. 8. Hoyt, of New York, F. B. Santiorn, of Massachusetts, A. G. Byers, of Ot.io, J. L. Milligan, of Pennsylvania, Fred H. Wines, of Illinois, Henry W. Lord, of Michigan, and T. D. Kanousa, of Wisconsin, as Secretaries. A large number of distinguished persons were in attendance. Including (ho Governors of several of the States. The Minnesota Prohibitionists met in State Convention at Minneapolis on the 10th, ami placed the following State ticket in nomination: Governor, W. W. Saterlec; LieutenantGovernor, B. Williams; Attorney-General, A. W. Banks; Secretary of State, I. C. Stearns; Treasurer, John M. Durabain; Railroad Commlsstoner. tir. Charles. A ■platform was adopted cutting loose from the bid political parties and favoring stringent prohibitory legislation. The lowa State Republican Convention met at Des Moines on the llth, and renominated the present incumbents of the various State offices. Tbe platform denounces the attempts of the Democrats in Cong Vets to repeal UieTcderal Election laws, and comme'hds the President for interposing his vetoes to prevent such repeal; approves the financial policy of the party; deprecates further financial legislation; opposes the free coinage of silver; favocs a wisely-adjusted tariff for revenue; demands economy in the imposition of public taxes and the. expenditure of public moneys; reaffirms the position of the party In respect to temperance and prohibition; etc , etc. John Lamb, convicted of killing a Chicago policeman and sentenced to be hung, has been granted a supersedeas by the Illinois Supreme Court. About 12:20 o’clock on the morning of the 14th, an alarm of fire was given in Chicago. A hose cart started Irom the north side of the river to cross the bridge at State street. Just at the edge of the bridge It was discovered that the draw was open, and horse, cart and.two men plunged into the river twenty, feet below. One man and the horse were drowned. At Salt Lake ou the 14tb, George R. Reynolds, the Mormon couvictcd of polygamy, was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment and to pay a fine of 1500. This Is the first conviction qf a Mormon for this offense since the passage of the act of 1872. At Buffalo Gap, Dakota, on the 12th, elcvtn persons were drowned by the sudden rise and overflow of Beaver Creek, caused by a cloud-burst. They were emigrating to • the Black Hills. Rev. Samuel 8. Hakbis, the Chicago clergyman lately elected Episcopal Bishop of Michigan, has formally signified his acceptance. - ~ -- ry- - : - ... Amelia A. Young made application at Salt Lake, Utah, ou the 14th, for the appointment O; a receiver and for an injunction to restrain the executors of the estate of Brigham Young from the further performance of that duty, claiming that they had improperly made way with'about *1,000,000 of ‘Hie estate, the total value of which was estimated at $2,500,000. At Boswell, Ind., on the 14t.h, one hundred aud fifty persons took shelter, during a severe thunder-storm, in a low r lumber-shed. As they stood huddled together a bolt of lightning descended in their midst, killing two and severely Injuring six others, three of them fatally. IN Chicago, on June 14th, Spring Wheat No. 2 closed at *1.047X1.05 cash; $1.04(3 1.05 for June; 98%ig98.%c for July. Cash Corn closed at 363f)C for No. 2; 3Q%c for June; 37)£e foi July. Cash Oats No. 2 sold at 3>c, agd 32c seller June. Rye No. 2, 53®53*c. Barley No. 2, 63®65cfor cash. Cash Mess Fork closed at $9.85 Lard closed at Beeves —Extra brought Choice, $4.50 <34.65; Good, *4.00(34.30; Medium Grades, $3.65(33.90; Butchers’ Stock, *2.40,«8.50; Stock Cattle, etc., $2.25:33.25. Hogs—Good to Choice, [email protected]. Sheep—Foor to Choice, *2.60® 5.50.

Foreign Intelligence. According to St. Petersburg dispatches of the 9tb, several secret powder factories, operated by Nihilists, bad been discovered In Siberia. ). The British transport service lost 40,000 camels during the At-ban War. The French Chamber of Deputies has authorized the Government to prosecute Paul de Cassagnac for violent and incendiary words used in the Chamber during debate. An eminent London veterinary 6 urge on has written a letter to the London Times denouncing the importation of American pigs, because they are usually affected With trichinosis. The Orange Free Slate Assembly has lately adopted resolutions expressing'a hope that the Independence of tbe Transvaal might be restored. On tbe 9th, the London holders of Louisiana State bonds cabled to Governor Nicholls a strong protest against any action of tbe Louisiana Constitutional Convention, sitting in New Orleans, looking to the arbitrary reduction of the State debt as arraitg&d under the act of January, 1874. Disturbances have lately occurred at Calatabiauo, In Sicily, caused by an to collect unpopular taxes. Up to the 10th, four soldiers and several civilians bad been killed. On that day troops had been 6ent to suppress tbe disorders.

The Bisbop oi Amiens, France, is dead. „ The announcement was made on the 10th that Gothard Tunnel would be completed by the end of November^ Accokding to Bt. Petersburg telecrams of the 10th, the reason why the Cxar had declined to attend the golden wedding of the Emperor William was that be had received intelligence that an attempt would be madp to assassinate him at Berlin. . The Queen of Great Britain has conferred the order of Knighthood upon Prince Alexander, of Bulgaria. The Sultan of .Turkey gave a state dinner on the llth to Horace Maynard, United States Minister, and the Ameiican Legation. Mr. Maynard communicated a message from President Hayes expressing the friendship of the United States toward Turkey, and tbe Sultan made a.speech reciprocating the sentiments, Ik consequence of the direct pressure of Russia, Srrvis has yielded the disputed frontifiCdhttricle to ~ , Russia has joined Germany in protesting against a decree of tbe Khetjiye pf Egypt ar- 1

bltrarliy postponing the payment of the latter’* public debt , « The golden wedding of the Emperor William, of Germany, was celebrated in Berlin, with great pomp, on the llth. Thu display was grand, and the attendance of prince* and potentates from abroad large. At night tbe city w»s splendidly illumlnatedi*\The Emperor signalized the event by giving 10,000 marks to the poor of Berlin, and releasing a large number of political prisoners. At London on the llth, Jolm Ennis, the Chicago |iedcstrian, raved the llvejt of two lad las near Hampton Court. SaMuki. Johnston & Co , London sugar merchants, failed on the llth *1,500,000. Tils pardons tor political offenses granted by Ihe Emperor of Germany on the occasion of his golden wedding numlicred 700. The Prince of Orange, heir to the throne of Holland, died in Paris on'tho 12th. According to a Cape Town dispatch pub Haired on the 12th, two "Zulu Chiefs with 30ft followers hail been captured by the British forces. The Algerian Insurgents are reported to number 800 footmen and 100 horse. . Reports reached (lie Viceroy of India on the 12th of fresh massacresof royal Princes at Mandalay. London dispatches of the 12th say that England had annexed the Coco Islands, to prevent their falling into the hands of Russia. Thq Government Hal also given orders to complete with all possible dispatch the works of colonial defense commenced when there was a prospect Of war with Russia. According to Athens dispatches of the 12th, the Greek question was passing out of the hands of diplomatists and Into the hands of the, military. Thi re. was an active movement of troops in the direction of the disputed frontier. t According to a Constantinople dispatch of the 13th, the Bultan had decided to grant the reforms demanded by the Cretans. It was reported from Constantinople on the the 13th that the Khed.ve of Egypt lir4 decided to abdicate the Egyptian throne, leaving the succession to Ids eon, and retiring with a pension. Berlin dispatches of the 13th say the Emperor and Empress were h ghly gratified at receiving a message from President Hayes congratulating their Majesties on their golden wedding. A Paris dispatch of the 14th pays the first subscription of 2,000,000 francs, in shares of 5,000 francs, for ttie pro)-cted Panama Ship Canal liad been subscribed in that city within three days. Sekvia has applied Tor The privilege of sending a Representative to the United States. On the 15th, while tbe steamer Orpheus was lying Hr The liarbor of Stettin her boiler buret, and many persons on hoard were killed. Up to sunset on that day ten bodli s had been recovered. A Calcutta telegram of the 15th says the cholera had made Rs appearance among the British troops returning from Afghanistan. Congressional Proceedings. A bill was introduced in the Senate on the 9th, and placed on the calendar, to continue the special pension of one hundred dollars tier month to the late General Shields to his widow until her death... Mr. Coke's resolution to discharge the Finance Committee from the farther consideration of the Warner Silver bill, and to declare the hill before the Senate, was brought np and postponed Until the 10th.... The McDonald bill authorizing the employment of the militia and land and naval forces of the United States in certain cases was taken np. and Mr. Harris made a speech in support of the measure. In the House, the Legislative Appropriation bill reported and recommitted on the sth was reported back from the Committee on Appropriations, Mr. Atkins, Chairman of the committee, Btating that the report was a unanimous one, and that the bill differed in very few respects from the one repotted and recommended a few day* before. A motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill prevailed—yeas, 188. nays. 21. The negative votes were; Cahill. Caldwell. Clark (Mo.), Cox, Dunn, Elam. Finley, Frost, Gunter, Henkle. Hurd, Knott, Manning. McMillan. Nicholls. Robertson tLa.), Siemens, Smith (N. J.), Turner (O.), Whiffhome and Wilson.■■ .The bill making appropriations for the Judicial expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June 30,1880, was reported, ordered printed and recommitted. ..Messrs. New. House, Ryan. MoKinlev and Williams (Wis.) were appointed a Sub-Committee to examine into the artieh s of impeachment against George F. Seward, United States Minister to China. The House Legislative and Executive Appropriation bill and the concurrent resolution for final adjournment on the 17th, were received and referred in the Senate on the 10th.... A motion to take np and consider the resolution discharging the Finance Committee from the further consideration of the Warner Silver bill, and declaring the bill before the Senate for action, was lost—2l to 22.... The House joint resolution providing for the erection of amunumentto mark the birthplace of George Washington was passed without a dissenting Voiee.... A bill was passed for the removal of the political disabilities of James Harrison, of Virginia. A concurrent resolution providing for the final adjournment of Congress at coon on the 17th of Jnne was reported and adopted in the House.... Joint resolutions were also adopted—appropriating .*3.000 for a monument to mark the birthplace of George Washington; reciting that allegations are made that, under the laws of the Russian Government, discrimination is made against Israelite citizens of the United States in the matter of holding real estate in Russia, and directing the President, in case existing treaties with Russia are found to discriminate in that or any other particular as to any class of American citizens, to take immediate action to have tbe treaties so amended as to remedy the grievance. .. The Judicial Appropriation bill was reBirted back, and, in Committee of the Whole, r. McMahon explained its provisions—stating that the Committee on Appropriations had reduced tbe appropriations for the pay of District Attorneys and their assistants SSO 000, for the pay of Marshals and their deputies *50,000, and for the nay of jurors *190.000; no money was appropriated fqr the payment of Special Deputy Marshals for election purposes, because a clause tn the bill provided that n<> part of the money appropriated should be used for such purposes; the bill repealed the Test-oath, provided a new method of drawing jurors, and provided that no citizen should be disqualified from service as a jnror on account of race, color or previous condition of servitude. After a lengthy debate and the rejection of several amendments in Committee of the Whole, the bill was reported to the Honse and passed—lo 2to 65—a strict party vote. The only Greenbacker voting (Stevenson) voted in tbe affirmative.

In the Senate on the llth, the House Legislative and Executive Appropriation bill was reported from the Committee on Appropriations, with snndfy amendments, ordered printed and placed on the Calender.... The House Judicial Appropriation bill was received and referred. ... Consideration was resumed ot the McDonald bill to authorize the use of troops in certain cases, and to repeal certain Election laws, and Mr. Hill made a lensttby speech in answer to remarks made by Mr. Blaine in a recent speech. He wasl followed by Mr. Morrill, who spoke in defense of the financial policy of the Republican party... A Conference Committee was appointed on tbe House amendments to tbe bill repealing certain clauses of the Sundry Civil Appropriation act of last session. In tbe House, tbe morning hour was dispensed with, the pending business in that hour—tbe bill relative to the removal of causes from State to Federal Courts—having been referred to the Committee of the Whole, and not to'be brought up at the present session.... Mr. Knott, from tbe J udiciary Committee, submitted the report of that committee on tbe message of the President vetoing the bill to prevent military interference at elections, which report was ordered printed and recommitted.... The Senate bill allowing vinegar factories which were established and operated before the Ist of March, 1879, to continue their business (by use of alcoholic vqpor), even when within six hundred feet of a distillery or rectifying bouse (prohibited by au existing law), .under regulations to be prescribed, was passed . The Army Appropriation bill i was considered in Committee of the Whole. Mr. Clymer explaining its provisions. After considerable debate on Section 6, providing that “no money herein appropriated shall be paid for the subsistence, equipment, transportation or compensation of the army to be used ss a police force at the polls,” a motioi? . by Mr. Baker to strike out the Bectiou was rejected. only ten voting for the motion. Some amendments to other portions of' the bill were agreed to, ‘ and tbe bill was then reported to the House and passed, as amended— 172 to 81. The negative vote was divided between the Democrats and Republicans ss follows: Democrats—Bliss, Clarify, Clark (Mo.l, CoffrotfajCook, Cox, Dunn. Frost, Hnrd, hbjs Knott, Manning. Nicholls, Persons, Rothwell, Blemons Smith (N. J.), Smith (Ga.) and T^ mer i\ «J>* D ? Briggs* Cowpiii, Bdmphrey, Joyce, Keifer, O'Neill, Ward, Willinm*<W«.) and Young (O.) the SgniMg. ot the. 12th. Mr. BetA offejpd an amendment, in tbe nature of a sub- f stitute, to tbe Legislative Appropriation hill, which was ordered printed and referred... * Tim ! : , . s»i. i- ■

House bi|t making appropriations for certain Judicial expeuaes was reported from committee, Without amendment, and placed on the calendar. ... .Tbe bill continuing Crucial Shields pension of one hundred dollars per mouth to bis widow and children was passed, with an amendment grunting a-pension of a like amount to Mrs. Fletcher Welwter....Mr. Blaine railed op the McDonald bill and replied to Mr. Hill's speech of tbe day beiore ...The Aimjr Appropriation bill eta received from tbe House, A bill was reported in tbe House, from the Committee on Uivil-Servior Reform, prohibiting officers of, claimants iniainst. or mntractota under the United Hiatea from contributing money 'for political purposes.... A resolution was roIMirtcd from the Committee on Public Buildings and referred to Committee of the Whole providing for an Investigation of the mode of const ruction, etc., of all the public buildings cf the Government When the Senate bill in regard to Jurors in United States Courts was reached, an amendment was offered, by instruction of the Judiciary Committee, providing that in selecting names furgraiidand petit jurors the Clerk anti Commissioner shall in no wise have S'lturd to political affiliation, and that no United fates nr State officer or employe shall be competent to serve as juror. The previous qncation was ratted on the bill, and the Republicans refrained from voting, so there was no quorum to second the previous question. a In tho Senate on the lStli, tlie Army Appropriation hill was read a second time and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.... The llqune Supplemental Fuat-Route bill was amended and isowrd . The Legislative Appropriation bill was considered, and. after a running debate in which the wording and construction of the bill were severely criticised by Messrs. Blaine, Windom and other Republicans, was amended in Committee of the Whole, and passed, as amended, in regular session. In the House, a bill nas passed tn allow any Telegraph < un.panv to land ocean cables on the coast of the United Htates, tho bill being subject to tbe terms of such grants ns bad lieen previously mail,; t,y Congress for laying and maintaining telegraph rabies ...A joint rcaolntion was passed for the completion of the foundation of the Washington Monument. The Army Appropriation bill was reported hark in Ihe Henate on the 14th, with sundry amendments, atd placed on the calendar. ... A bill was passed to grant additional rights to homestead settlers on public. lands within the railroad limits of Missouri anti Arkansan. ... A resolution was adopted instructing the Committee on Education to inquire whether it is practicable and beneficial to aid in the establishment and endowment of schools of science and technics in the several States and Territories, and in tho District of Columbia, for tbe education of females in appropriate branches of sci-nee and the useful arts, upon a plan similar in its principles to tnAt u|«m which the agricultural and mechanical colleges have lieen aided by the United States... .The Hupplemental Judicial Appropriation bill was taken up. and a long debate followed on the section relating to the method of drawing jurors and repealing the Test-oath. In the House, a bill was passed extending until October 1.184). the provisions of the act approved March 3,1377, in relation to the grasshopper sufferers ...The Legislative Appropriation bill was received from the Senate, and, together with the Senate amendments, was referred to the Committee on Appropriations ...A bill was reported from the Committee on Indian Affairs relating, to education among Indians ... A bill was also reported from the Committee on Banking and Currency requiring the reserve of National Banking associations to be kept in standard gold and silver cuintrof-the United States, instead of lawfnl money. .The Senate amendments to the Supplemental Post Routebill were concurred in.