Rensselaer Union, Volume 11, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 June 1879 — General News Summary. [ARTICLE]

General News Summary.

On the 16th, the Ooomktee on Election, of We National Henee of BepreaenUtires Anally AacMeA. by e rote of ten to two, that the Cooiraaeioeei election, in lowa laet October were legal, end that tM preaent Ooazreeamrn were entitled to their eeeta. Mr. Wearer, who Is a member of the committee, declined to rote tram motlreeot delicacy, flow report* would I* wee elated on the Mth that the Labor Ootatofttoe of the lower home of Congress had agreed to rieit Ban Francisco and other leading Weston cltiee after the adjournment of Coegreae, for the purpose of taking further, testimony. Tmm proceedings and Aedinga of the Courtmsrttal la the case of Colooel D. 8. Stanley and Colonal W. B. Hasen were made public ea the 17th. The Court found Stanley guilty of eondeet prejudicial to good order and military dladiiline, end sentenced him to be admonished by the General of the Army. General Sherman has approved the findings, administered the admonition, and instructed principals and wttaeeaea to return to their respeeUTs poets of duty. He aleo says that the Charges against Colonel Eaten cannot be Inquired Into by a general Court-Martial, because they are barred by the statutes of limitation. Tn Secretary of the Treasury gave notice on the 19th that he would redeem at once, without rebate of interest, all the outstanding 6-90 bonds, console of 1807 and consols of 18J8, called to mature July S and 4. Tn bill to provide for the exchange of trade dollars for legal-tender silver dollar*, passed by the National House of Representatives on the Utb, to as follows

Ttotthe Secretary of the Treasury shall cause tabs exchanged at ths Treasury, and at all Sub. jtoaauriMmjtbaUaited States, legal-tender silrecOoHar. for trade dollar, at par, provided the weight of aid trade dollar has not been reduced •"lewUm weight and limit of tolsrsace provKtad ty law for the single piece, and Wnllreeoto saw trade dollars into legal-tender <wMme.ee now Provided by law, and shall stop lehrtljuooroaae of trad* dollar.; provided, thsj.the trede dollar, reooined under this set sami not be routed ss part of the ooiiuire of silver roqairad bv the sot of February 98, 1878; and provide* further, that trade dollar* that have b«* “ ehooued" or restamped for circula- **•» ie Ohrea or other toreign oonntries shall be •■deded from the provisions of this bill. Asrncux from Washington on the 20th says Senator Lamar, having become satisfied that Senator ConkUng would not send him a challenge, would leave for Mississippi on the Sift. ThU was regarded as the end of the •Heir between the two Senators. Tn* joint resolution of Congress relative to a bridge across the Detroit River at or near Detroit baa been signed by the President. On the 91st, the President sent a message to the Senate withdrawing the nomination of Secretary McCrary as Judge of the United States Circuit Court for the Eighth Circuit The alleged reason for the withdrawal was doubt* aa to the propriety of making the appointment in advance of the actual vacancy. The President, on the 91st, approved the MU making approprtationaiortbe Legislative, Executive and Judicial expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending July 30, 1880.

The East. HkXKT W. Blair (Republican) was elected United States Senator by the New Hampshire Legislature on the 17th, to succeed Senator WadMgb. The vote stood: Blair, 181; Bingham (Democrat), 99. Destructiv* f res beta lately visited the country adjacent to North Adams, Mass. Up to the morning of the 17th the damages reported aggregated $190,000. Or the 16*b, Patrick Fitzgerald ran eleven miles in fifty-nine minutes and fifty and three-quarters seconds, on the grounds of the Manhattan Athletic Club in New York. This is the beet running time on record, At the National Encampment of Die Grand Army of the Republic, held In Albany, N. Y., on toe 18th, William Earnshaw, of Ohio, was elected Commander-in-Cbief. The next encampment was appointed for Dayton, Ohio. Or the 18th, the New Hampshire Legislature, in Joint Convention, elected A. B. Thompson, Secretary of Btale; S. A. Carter, Btste Treasurer, ud John B. Clark, State Printer. At Valley Forge, Pa., on the 19th, the ceremony of relaying the corner-stone of “ Washington’s Headquarters” was performed in the presence of a large concourse of people. Ex-Governor Pollock delivered the address. OR the morning of the 21st, an engine boiler In an iron-mine at Texas, Lehigh County, Pa, exploded, killing four men instantly, fatally injuring three, and badly woundin i several others. The engine house was rated to the ground, and a section of the boiler, twenty feet long, was carried a distance of 200 feet. Madam* Bollard, a French lady visiting Niagara Falls, on the 21st, while in the act of dipping up a cup of water at the foot of Goat Island, loot her balance and was carried over the Falls. She was with her husband at the time. The body bad not been recovered up to the morning of toe 23d. Tn* glaze-house of the Mooetc Powder Company, near JermTn, Pa., exploded on the night of the 91th. The watchman was blown to atoms. At Holyoke, Mass., on the 21st, a German named John Kemmler deliberately shot and killed his three children, aged one, four and six years, respectively. He was arrested and acknowledged the crime. Tn following were the closing quotations for produce in New York, on June 21st; No. 2 Chicago Spring Wheat, *1.04(31.05; No. 2 Milwaukee, 91.0**01.05*. Oats Western Mixed, 36*«3S*c. Corti, Western Mixed, *oO*3*e. Pork, Mess, 99.50010.35. Lard, 9AA00A.42*. Flour, Good to Choice, 94.15 @4-50; White Wheat Extra. 94.5505.35. Cattle. 98.00010.00 for Common to Extra. Sheep (clipped), $4.0005 50. Hogs, $3.90@ 415. 4_, . At East Liberty, Pa., on Jnue 21st, Cattle brought: Beat, $4.7505-00; Medium, $4,000 4.69; Common, 63.7503.95. Hogs sold— Yorkers, 63.8503 90; Philadelphia, $4,050 4-10. Sheep brought s3.Boo4.oo—according to quality. At Baltimore, Md., on June 21st, Cattle brought; Best, $5.0005.25; Medium tsJo#4.s7*. Hogs sold at $8.7504.75 for Good. Sheep www quoted at $3.5004.50 for Good. “ West and South. A m nights ago, Mr. and Mrs. F. G. -Noonan, of Kansas City, Mo., were awakened by a noise which they attributed to burglars being in the boose. Mr. Noonan took a revolver and went into the front room in the dark, followed by his wife. She became frightroad and threw her arms around her husband’s seek, when be, supposing himself assailed by a burglar, find, killing her Instantly. Evar Riice, ex-Csshier of the National Bank of Wilmington and Brandywine, Del., has hero sentenced to five years’ Imprisonment, forembendement and making false entries. T**k* ha* lately been put In circulation in the South a dangerous counterfeit 650 greenhedt, purporting to be the issue of 1869. It btoia on fie face % medallion likeness of Miurf Clgv. Close Inspection is Slid to revro! Be defects. The Ink on the back is lighter la shade thro the genuine Issue. Tn Wisconsin State RSpntitein CorivehUmlms bean colled to meet at Madlsob or. the mm July.

At Cleveland on the 18th, F. W. Green, ex Member of Congress from Ohio, quietly breathed bis last HtBRR Jefferson, a colored woman 117 yean old, died In St Louts on the 18tb. Tn San Francisco Workingmen’s Municipal Convention met on the 18th, and nominated Rev. L 8. Kalloch, pastor of the Metropolitan Baptist Church In. that city, as their candidate for Mayor. . J '~. Thk California Republican State Convention met in Sau Fraqcisco on the 17th, and perfected an organtastloo. On the 18th, a platform was adopted, reaffirming the principles of the Republican party; denouncing the attempts of the Democracy to Interfere with the purity of elections; sustaining the President's veto policy; demanding that Congress shall regulate freights and fsrrs In lnter-Btate commerce; pledging ..the State Rallroad Commissioners to fair reductions on State railroads; opposing Chinese linml,>ration ; etc., etc. In the evening, George C. Perkins was nominated for Governor on the first ballot. ' At the meeting of the National Association of Christians in Chicago on the 19th, the following were elected officers for the ensuing year: President, Pbllo Carpenter; VicePresident, Samuel Plumb; Corresponding Secretary, J. P. Stoddard; Treasurer, Edward Hildreth; Recording Secretary, Thomas dodge. Tn* Democratic Slate Central Committee has issued a call for a State Nominating Convention, to meet in Baltimore, Md., on the 7th of August-.

Os the 22d, during the .progress of a Bodemlan Sunday picnic in the southwestern outskirts of Chicago, a slight difficulty occurred between'one of the visitors named Clark and a Bohemian, the latter striking the former over the head with a gun. Clark left the stand where the trouble occurred and started for the gate, when he was followed by several of the sharpshooters present, who clubbed everybody in the way with their guns. One of the Bohemians was struck in the head with a stone, when some of tbelr number fired Into the crowd outside the fence. A general melee ensued, and the sharpshooters formed into line and charged with fixed bayonets, and teveral other shots were fired. A number of persons were wounded, one probably fatally. The sharpshooters claimed to be present armed for the purpose of doing police duty. They were put under arrest Mr. Boris, ex-Becretary of the Navy and a traveling companion of ex-Presldent Grant, reached Council Bluffs, lowa, on his way to Philadelphia, ou the 21st, and told a reporter that General Grant would reach Ban Francisco about the 10th of September. Ig Chicago, on June 21st, Spring Wheat No. 2 closed at cash; 96 97*c for July; 91*@91*c for August. Cash Com closed at 3ft(i<36*c for No. 2; .86*c for July; 87*c foi August Cash Oats No. 2 sold at 32*c, and 32%c seller July. Rye No. 2, 53*@53*c. Barley No. 2, 09® 70c for cash. Cash Mess Pork closed at $9.95 @IO.OO. Lard closed at [email protected]. Beeves —Extra brought [email protected]; Choice, 14.60 @4.70; Good, $42)@4.50; Medium Grades, *3.75(34 10; Butchers’ Stock, *2 [email protected]; Stock Cattle, etc., *[email protected]. Hogs—Good to Choice, *[email protected]. Sheep—Poor to Choice, $2.5005 50.

Foreign Intelligence. The great international race between Ilanlan, of Canada, and Elliott, of England, was rowed on the Tyne on the 16th, resulting In a victory of the former by ten lengths. According to Vienna telegrams of the 16th, the Danube had overflowed its banks and inundated large portions of Galllda, Silesia and Hungary. Seven Iron bridges across the Danube had already been carried away. According to advices from Cashmere received on the 16ih, the famine in that province bad assumed fearful proportions. Several towns and villages had been entirely depopulated. The distress was aggravated by the action' of the ruler, who had bought up all supplies and fixed a price beyond the means of his people. A meeting of tenant-farmers was held at Mliltown, County Galway, Ireland, on tne 16th, yt which most violent speeches were made. Banners were displayed on which were Inscribed: “ Down with the Tyrants”; “Ireland for the Irish”; “The Land is for the People,” etc., etc. During the meeting cheers were glveu for the Irish Republic, and for the Zulus because tney had so nobly resisted British attempts to conquer them. There was a most violent scene in the French Assembly on the 16th. In discussing Jules Ferry’s Educational bill, M. De Cassagnac characterised the Miuistry as a set of political cowards and as being composed of the dregs of the country. For this language he was censured by the house, which abruptly adjourned in great disorder. Professor Rosexkrantz, the cmiqent German philosopher, died at Koenlgsberg, Prussia, on the 17th. The French have defeated and dispersed the Algerian Insurgents. General Kaufman, the Russian Commander In Central Asia, reached St. Petersburg on the 17th. • Intelligence'was received from Liberia on the 17th to the effect that serious trouble had arisen In that country between the natives and the emigrants from the South. It was believed that the presence of a United Btates man-of-war at Monrovia alone would prevent a catastrophe. A Ministerial crisis prevailed in the Turkish capital on the 17tb. Threatening placards were being posted against the Sultan, and numerous arrests of conspirators had been made. Including, among others, a son of the late Sultan Abdul Aziz. The late Baron Rothschild, according to a will lately probated, left an estate In England valued at $13,500,000. A mass of rock and earth fell in the Simplon Pass, Switzerland, on the 18th, the removal of which will take a year. On the 18th, the burglar who robbed the Receiver’s office in Southern Russia of 1,500,000 roubles was arrested. On his person were found 1.000,000 roubles. The eruption from Mount Etna was followed, op the 17th and 18th, by a severe earthquake shock, which destroyed five villages and the Town of Acereale, in Catania, on the east coast of Sicily. Ten persons were killed and many injured. The strike of the« Bwedish lumbermen has collapsed. On the 19th, the French Assembly voted to remove its sittings from Versailles to Paris. The vote was: For removal, 519; against, 262. United States Minister White was presented to the Emperor of Germany on the 19th, and delivered his credentials. He was kindly received, and was afterward presented to the Empress. r An Alexandria (Egypty telegram of the 19th„ says the French Coqjgl-General had In his hands a firman from the Sultan deposing the Khedive. Nhwjj was received from Cape Town, South Africa, on the 19th, of the death of Napoleon, the Prince Imperial of France. It seems that he Iras out scouting with sn officer snd six men, when he fell into au ambuscade. At the' first fire two soldiers were killed and the Prince seriously wounded. IDs escort fled, and the Prince was left behind. The Zulus fell upon him snd quickly killed him with their assegais. Next day his, body was recovered, stripped and covered with assegai wounds. The Florence (Italy! Savings Bank, with the banks affiliated with it, hare notified the Italian Government of their intention to suspend payment. < jj. . T*r Turkish Grand Vizier, Khelerdin Pasha, tendered his resignation on the 20th. The Saltan declined to receive it, saying that he .might be forced to remove, him. The chief promoter of the war agalnsUthe TfcrttJf'fii Acbeen UdeaS. - •" - ■■&****. Loxdox telegrams of the 20th say the news I of the death of the Prince Imperial had great-

1y affected his mother, and It waa feared she would die of grief. Orders had been issued for * gathering of the Bonspartlst leaders at Chiselhurtt Pari* papers of the sains date state that the death of the Prince waa a matof considerable importance to France, tlnce It removed from French politics what promised to be a disturbing factor. Prince Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte is now the direct heir of the dynasty, but he 4s decidedly unpopular, and It was tiellcved lie would not be cordially supported by the Imperialists. A London telegram of the 21st stvathe Pope was emb-tivoring to bring about the resDilution of diplomatic relations between England and Mexico. Tiie younger of the Andrews brothers, who together crossed the Atlantic from Boston In thei dory Nautilus last summer, has given nolle# that he will return-in the Nautilus with m» other companion than a small dog. According to Constantinople telegrams of the 21st, the Council of Ministers had assented to the voluntary abdication of the Khedive of Egypt, but if he res’sted, the Porte would require the Powers to submit to the Sultan a full explanation of their motives before Insisting upon his deposition. It was state I that the Khedive Wus willing to abd cate, hut wanted, to pay bis debts'first, and declined to be poerced. A Cairo (Egypt) dispatch of the 22d says the Khedive hail declined to abdicate, and had referred the 'English and French Consuls-Gen-eral to the Porte for satisfaction. According to <!>xi ectatlous, Weston, the American, proved to be the winner In the International i-edestriun mate h, ip London, making 550 miles at eleven o’clock on the night of the 21st. Brown, his only competitor at the end, completed his 450 miles a little after five; o’clock, and then left the track. Weston secured the championship, the belt, and $2,-50) which he had bet with Sir John Astley, and the lion’s share of the gate money. According lo Paris telegrams of the 22d, Prince Jeromb Napoleon would not become, and would not allow either of his sous to become, pretenders to the Imperial throne. During the month of May there were 1,730 fires In Russia, causing a loss of 2,000,000 roubles.

Congressional Proceedings. Ik the Senate on the' 16th, a report was made to the effect that the Committee on Appropriations had been nnable to concur in the date in the House Joint resolution fixing the 17th as the da; of adjournment ... Mr. Ingalls, at his own request, was excused from further service on the Committee on Privileges and Elections, and Mr. Logan was appointed in bis stead.... I’hc Supplemental Judicial Appropriation bill was debated and amended in Committee of the Whole reported to the Senate and passed as amendod—27 to 15—a strict part; vote. Bills were - introduced and referred in the House -to protect certificates of naturalization; prohibiting the hoarding of mone; in the Treasury, and prohibiting an increase in the interestbearing debt of the United States.. ...Bills were passed-for the relief of settlers on the Osage trust and diminished reserve lands in Kansas: allowing pre-emption settlers twelve months after date of filing their entries to complete their residence.. .Mr. Springer, from the Committee on Elections, moved to suspend the rules and pass a bill to prohibit military interference at elections, providing that it should not be lawful to bring or emplo; at an; place where a general or special election is being held in any State any part of the army or navy of the United States as a police force to keep the peace at the polls. The motion was lost—yeas. 108: nays, 82—not the necessary two-thirds in the affirmative. The Array Appropriation bill was taken up in the Senate on the 17th, and the oommittee amendment to strike out the section providing that graduates of tho Military Academy in 1879 and 1880 shall elect to receive $750, in which case the; shall be ineligible to appointment in the arm; for two years, was agreed to. & length; debate occurred on the section providing that no part of the money appropriated shall be paid for subsistence, etc., of any portion of the arm; to be used as a police force to keep peace at the polls at any election held within any State... A Conference Committee was appointed on the disagreeing amendments of the two houses to the Legislative, Executive and Judicial Appropriation bill. The House concurred in some, and non-con-curred in others, of the Senate amendments to the Legislative Appropriation bill, and a Conference Committee was appointed. ■. .The Judicial Expenses bill was received from the Senate and referred to the Committee on Appropriations. ... The Conference report on the joint resolution repealing certain clauses of the Sundry Civil Appropriation bill approved March 8.1879, was agreed t 0.... The bill prohibiting political assessments was further considered, and a lengthy and sharp discussion ensued... .The Senate bill in relation to juries came up as unfinished business, and the previous question was moved, but the Republicans resorted to the strategy of declining to vote, thus leaving the House, technically, without a quorum. In the Senate on the 18th, the Mississippi River Improvement Commission bill was passed, with an amendment providing that the Commission shall consist of seven members—three from tho Engineer Corps of the Army, one from the Coast ana Geodetic Survey, and three from civil, life, two of whom shall be civil engineers ... The Army Appropriation bill was taken up, and a lengthy and bitter personal debate was indulged in, the Senate being still in session * at three o clock on the morning of the 19th, with little prospect of an adjournment, the Republicans, when necessary for. their purpose, refraining from voting, and the Democrats laboring to Becure the passage of the bill. During the debate, Mr. Conkling made some very severe comments npou the course being panned by the majority in trying to force the passage of the bill without further discussion : he charged the other side with bad faith in not allowing the time taken by the Mississippi River Commission bill in the morning to be used in the debate on the Army bill. Mr. Lamar then rose and said it was not his purpose to indulge in personalities, but he would say to the Senator (Conkling) that if the latter intended to intimate that anything he (Lamar) had done was not in good faith, he pronounced the statement a falsehood, and repelled it with all the unmitigated contempt lie l'elt for the author of it Mr, Conkling. in repaying. said that should the member from Mississippi, except in the presence of the Senate, charge him. by intimation or otherwise, with falsehood, he (Conkling) would denounce him as a blackguard, as a coward and a liar—the rules and proprieties of the Senate were the only restraint upon him. Mr. Lamar then replied that the Ber.ator from New York had understood him correctly—he did mean to say just precisely the words imputed to him and ail that they imported; he begged pardon of the Senate for unparliamentary language —it was veiy harsh, it was severe, it was such as no man would deserve and no brave man would wear. ..The amendments to the Supplemental Judicial Appropriation bill were insisted upon, and a Conference Committee was appointed.... The report of the Conference Committee on the disagreeing votes on the Legislative, Exeontive and Judicial Appropriation bill was agreed to, the Senate reoeding from certain minor amendments. A joint resolution wns passed in the House, defining the meaning of section two of the act making appropriations for the payment of Ar* rears of pensions, and including within the provisions of that act all persons who have been, or who may hereafter be, placed npou the pension rolls uy virtue of any special act of Congress.... The bill prohibiting political assessments was taken up, and the previous question was insisted upon, whereupon the Republicans declined to vote, and the morning hour was consumed- in voting upon dilatory motions. ..A Conference Committee was appointed on the Supplemental Judicial bill A Dill was reported from the Coinage Committee for the exchange of trade dollars for legal-tender dollars, and a twohours’ discussion ensued, and amendments were offered, after which the previous question was considered as seconded, and the bill went over. ... The report of the Conference Oommittee on the Legislative Appropriation hill was agreed to. The all-night session of the Senate continued up to noon on the 19th, when a new day’s session began... .Mr. Conkling insisted on the journal being read, and the same not being fully prepared for reading, the morning hoar was consumed in an appeal from the decision of the Chair that the business as the Senate oould not be obstructed by not reading the entire journal, when such portion as was prepared had been read. ...The Army Appropriation bill then came up for consideration, and after remarks by Messrs. Carpenter, Davis, Withers. Conkling and others an adjournment was finally had. with the understanding that after discussion a final vot£ should be reached byeix p. m. on the 2bth. In the House, after debate, the Conference report upon the Judicial Expenses bill was agreed to—lo 2to 79. Section two of the bill prohibits the making of any contract or the incurring of any liability, under the provisions of the Revised Statutes authorising the appointment or payment of general or special Deputy-Marshals, for servites In connertior with elections on election day..-. The bill to provide for the exchange of trade dollars for legal-tender silver dollars was taken np. amended and peeked without division. In the Senate on the 20th, the credentials of Henry W. Blair, as Senator-elect from New Hampshire, were presented, and he was sworn in... A resolution was reported and placed on the calendar authorizing a oommittee to investigate the memorials in the Ingalls < Kansas i contested-election case... The Army Appropriation bill was further debated, speeches being made by Messrs. Carpenter, Logan. Kirkwood. Thurman. Conkling, Bayard, Blaine and was Mr. Blaine's proposition to provide for tho punishment of any person approaching the polls carrying a deadly weapon, openly or oonoeaied <

—lB to 29. Tbe session continued late into the nlght-lbe bill being finally pasted without amendment Kt to 19—n party vote, except that Mr. Bnrnside voted aye. In the House the ls-gislntive Appropriation bill was reported by tbe Committee on Enrolled Bills snd signed by the Speaker ..Several private bills were reported from Committee of the Whole and passed .. Mr. Lstpham submitted the views of the minority of the Judiciary Committee on the President's veto message.. Several members applied for indefinite leave pf absence, one on account of sickness mid tbe remainder becanse of important bmnnrsa. I Slav p wns granted only in the siokneta case. A resolution was adopted Jn tho Senate on the 21st calling on the President for information as to the lives and property lost in certain Indian wars.... The Conference report on tbe Jodicial Expenses bill wns adopted-Sl to 17-a party vote... A bill was intrqdnced and referred to provide ocean mail steamship service between the United S(ates and South America. . . . A hill regulating intercourse with aubjectn of the Chineae-Empire vteiting t»r residing in the United States, and for other purposes, waa advocated by Mr, Slater and then referred..... The House bill making additional appropriations for the service of the Postoffice Department tot 1H79-Kl,r-known as the Letter-Carriers' Deficiency bill I; was amended and passed.... Tbe House joint resolution authorizing the completion of tbe foundation of the Washington Monument was passed. In the Honae, tbe Army Appropriation bill waa reported from the Commit oe on Enrolled Bills and signed by the Speaker.... A message was received from the President announcing his approval of the Legislative bi11..:.A motion was made, snd the previona question demanded on the motion, to refer the bill prohibiting political assessments to the Committee of the Wbole. but the Republicans refrained from voting, thus leaving the House without n quorum.... A bill to establish post-routes in certain States was passed... Tlie Hena*e amendments to the bill for the appointment of a Mississippi River Commission were concurred in—the principal amendment being to make the number of Commissioners seven.... The Supplementary Judicial bill was signed by the Speaker and sent to the Senate for the signature of the presiding officer of that b dy.