Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 37, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 February 1905 — Page 2

WEEKLY REPUBLICAN, GEO. E. MARSHALL, Publisher. RENSSELAER, - - INDIANA.

SAVED BY YOUNG MAN

GAS COMPANY’S EMPLOYE PREVENTS EXPLOSIONS. Hans Mohr, 20 Years Old, Risks Life to Close Valves Leading to Large Gas Tanks—An Ohio School Boy Dies After Being Hazed. The bravery of Hans Mohr, 20 years old, prevented an explosion of three immense gas tanks in the works of the Central Union Gas Company in the Bronx, New York, which, had it occurred, would have destroyed many lives and property worth millions of dollars. There were two explosions that sounded throughout the Bronx, shaking houses from cellars to roofs, nnd leaving that section of the city in total darkness. A short distance from the building in which the explosions occurred are three enormous tanks filled with 140,000 cubic feet of gas. Young Mohr was the first one to gain his feet after the first explosion, nnd remembering that the valves leading to the three big tanks were open, he ran and shut off the supply of gas which was then escaping. He closed the valves’, nnd was fleeing from the building when there came a second explosion which threw him to the floor and buried him under an iron beam. Mohr was rescued from the flames by fellow workmen. v ROBBERS GET WOMAN’S $4,000. Aged Spinster Loses Gold and Bills Locked in Trunk. In Alexandra, Minn., Miss Comeford, an aged spinster, was robbed of $4,000 in cash, which she kept in a tin; box locked in, her trunk. The robbery took place when the house was temporarily deserted, and the police believe some one familiar with the premises committed the crime- The tin box contained SSOO in gold, nnd the remainder was tied up in SIOO rolls of bills. * ' BOY DIES FROM HAZING. William Taylor Becomes 111 of Acute Pneumonia After Bucking. William Taylor, a 13-year-old school boy, died in Lima, Ohio, from the effects of hazing by schoolmates. He was buried In a snowdrift after quantities of snow had been thrust down under his clothing back of his neck. His illness was acute pneumonia. He was the only son of a prominent citizen, who is demanding that the guilty boys be brought to punishment. ✓ President Objects to Senate’s Action. President Roosevelt sent a letter to Senator Cullorn objecting to the amendment of arbitration treaties, saying their value* is destroyed and he will not have them executed iu their present form. Tlie Senate sharply criticised the communication. and by a large majority stood by its position, amended and ratified the treaties. Sayß Surrender was Imperative. General Stocssel, arriving in Aden on his way home from Port Arthur, has made iiis first statement to the world, declaring that the surrender of the citadel was imperative. lie says munitions and food were exhausted, and with the fleet shattered and no aid near a continuation of the conflict would have been butchery. Wanted—Lady’s Fingers s.">oo. Five hundred dollars will be paid for n lady's finger if it pleases the purchaser. The offer is made in an advertisement in New Y’ork signed “Doctor.” The doctor offers $”>00 for a lady’s finger, but it must be a shapely, healthy finger. The lady's finger is needed “for grafting purposes.” Will Seek Senator's Conviction. A letter from Senator Mitchell to his law partner in Portland, Ore., indicating his complicity in the land frauds, has been turned over to United States District Attorney Honey by the Senator’s private secretary. The conviction of Senator Mitchell on the document now will be sought. $5,000,000 Fire in Mobile. Fire in the Battle House on Francis street, Mobile. Ala., destroyed the build ing. and the flames threatened to sweep adjacent property. The loss now is more than $1,000,000, the Battle House being one of the largest hotels in the South. One person was killed and several were seriously injured in strivlhg to escape. No Race Suicide in Gotham. Figures relating to the vital statistics In N ew’York City made public by the department of health show that in a single quarter year, with a total population of 3,838.024, there were 24,034 births and 21,528 deaths, a natural increase of 2,500 in the population of the city. Legislature Names a Baby. The Michigan Legislature the other day named n baby by concurrent resolution. The baby will bo called Theodore Warner Stnnnard, honor being thus conferred upon the President of the United States nnd the Governor of Michigan. The father is Representative William .1. Btannard of Greenland. Date for Mrs. Chadwick’s Trial. The trial of Mrs. Cassie L. Chadwick In the United Stntes District Court in Cleveland has been set for March 0. She will be tried before Judge It. W. Taylor. Four Coasters Arc Slain. A man and three hoys were killed nnd two boys were probably fatally injured at New Brighton, Pa., while coasting, their bobsled dashing into n train. Miners Fail as Bandits. The robber* who attempted to hold up the Silver Bell saloon at Independence, Colo., nnd were killed have been identified an William Dugan nnd Frank II«r----ria, both miners. Henry Drnch and Edward Fay, the owners of' the saloon; who were shot, are dying. Frank Eduiuudson will recover. v % ]■ . ...

LOSSES AND COST IN ONE YEAR OF RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR.

The losses on land and sea and the financial cost for the first year of the Russo-Japanese war are estimated 48 follows: Losses in Men. Killed. Wounded. Total. Russians' . ... .(10,000 155,000 216,000 Japanese 05,000 110,000 175,000 Naval Losses. By Russia —Seven battleships, thlrfeen cruisers and fourteen gunboats, torpedo boats and destroyers. Total, 34 ships. By Japau—One battleship, three cruisers, three transports and sixteen torpedo boats and destroyers. Total, 23 ships. Financial Cost; Official figures by Russia'. .$475,000,000 Estimates made by Japan.. 360,000,000 Total cost to both countries...... $835,000,000

PASS RAILROAD RATE BILL

Townsend-Esch Measure Adopted in House by Vote of 328 to 17. By a vote of 326 to 17 the House of Representatives Thursday passed the Townsend-Esch bill providing for railroad rate legislation. Of the 17 members who voted against the bill 11 were Republicans nnd 6 Democrats. The Democrats who voted against the bill were Goulden, Harrison, Rider, and Seudder of New Y’ork, Schull of Pennsylvania, and McDermott of New Jersey. The Republicans who voted against it were Adams and Gaston of Pennsylvania, Dwight of New York, Gardner of New Jersey, Hill of Connecticut, Huff of Pennsylvania, McCall of Massachusetts, Horton nnd Sibley of Pennsylvania, Southwick and Vreeland of New York. The Democratic .measure offered as a substitute for the Townsend-Esch bill was defeated by a vote of 151 to 186, five Democrats voting against It. They were Gaines of Tennessee, Livernalsh of California, Rider and Seudder of New York, and Wynne of California, The most Important provisions of the Townsend-Esch bill are: Interstate commerce commission enlarged from five to seven members, empowered to deelaie any existing passenger or freight rates unreasonable or unjustly discriminatory, and to fix a just and reasonable rate, which becomes operative thirty days after notice. Within sixty days the carrier may appeal to a “court of transportation.” When the rate substituted is a joint rate and carriers fail to agree on apportionment. commission may declare it part of the original order. Fine of $5,00 a day is imposed for each day of violation of rulings. Court of transportation to be composed of five United States Circuit judges. In every suit brought iu the court of transportation to enforce orders tlie findings of fact reported by the commission shall be received as prima facie evidence, goth the court of transportation and the commission empowered to compel attendance of witnesses. Appeals may lie tnken to Supreme Court within thirty days from the date of entry of the decree of the court of transportation.

COMERFORD OUT.

Illinois House by Vote of 121 to 13 Expels Chicago Member. As a convicted slanderer, Frank D. Comerford, by a vote of 121 to' 13, was expelled from tlie House of Representatives of the Illinois Legislature Wednesday evening. The title which the people of the Second Senatorial District of Chicago gave him last November was taken away by a vote of his colleagues, and at the short and peremptory request of Speaker Slmrtlcff lie picked up his papers and walked out of the hall, the first Illinois Representative to be deprived of the rights given him by the voters. A bitter fight of over Tour hours ou the floor of the House preceded this drastic action. Comerford fought his adversaries every inch of the way until they had him down and had voted to unseat, him. During this fight nil the ordinary rules of parliamentary debate were forgotten, Comerford shook his fist in the faces of his enemies and called them liars, and liis enemies shook tlieir lists in liis face and called hint a liar. Efforts to temper the punishment handed to tlie accuser of the House’s morals were futile, even when it was proposed to do the tempering with a buzz saw and substitute a measure almost ns severe ns expulsion. Sentiment against him among his associates was so bitter, and there was such a demand for immediate nnd satisfactory revenge, thnt lie never had the slightest chance of making headway against if. although lie talked with brilliance and defended himself with some logic. Sentiment against Comerford lias been strong ever since he has been in Springfield nnd particularly since he began his crusade against the General Assembly as “an auction block where special privileges are sold to the highest corporation bidders.”

Short Personals.

The Baroness Burdett Coutts, now over 90 years old, is in excellent health. Manuel Garcia, nt one time a noted singer, is living iu London. He is 100 j years old. James R. Randall, who wrote “My | Maryland,” is still living. His home is J at Augusta, Ga. George Clinton Payne of Newark, N. J.. is an energetic book cnuvnsser, al- j though 90 years old. Mnj. Austin S. Cushman, private sec- j retnr.v to President Fillmore, lives in New Bedford, Mass. Manuel Enriquez, last survivor of Gen. Fremont’s battalion in tlie Mexican war, Is dend nt Los Angeles. W. B. Trask, Boston antiquarian nnd an authority on records at the Hub, lias Just passed liis 92d birthday. President Roosevelt’s grandfather was the first man to navigate a steamboat on the Ohio nnd Mississippi rivers. Dr. Andrew Sledd, a gradiJlte of both Harvard and Yale, has been chosen president of the University of Florida. Judge Andrew J. Harlan of Savannah, Mo.. surviving member of tho Thirty- | first Congress, was born in Ofyio in 1810.

ADMIT TWO STATES.

OKLAHOMA AND NEW MEXICO TO ENTER UNION. Senate Passes Statehood Bill Admitting Oklahoma and Indian Territory a« One State and New Mexico as the Other—Arizona Is Left Ont in Cold. Two more stars were added to the flag by the Senate Tuesday, Oklahoma and Indian Territory, Joined, were admitted as one Slate, and New Mexico ns another. For a long time it locked as if there would Lai only one more star, l’or New Mexico, afte* being admitted, was rejected. Then by some skillful parliamentary practice New Mexico was admitted again, and as soon as the House concurs in the bill as amended and the enabling not takes effect there will be 47 States instead of 45, No action was taken as to Arizona, which will remain under territorial government for a while. After Arizona had been left out as unworthy to enter the Union, presumably because of Mormonism and polygamy within its borders, the Senate passed the Statehood bill. The’ bill admits Oklahoma and Indian Territory under the name of Oklahoma It also admits New Mexico. By the terms of the bill the sale of intoxicating liquors Aiv Oklahoma is forbidden for 21 years. Arizona has her wish and remains a territory instead of being merged into New Mexico. There was no contest worthy the name over admitting Oklahoma with the Indian Territory annexed, but over the admission of New Mexico the struggle was long and fierce. It lasted for nine hours and the end was reached late this evening and then by the close vote of 39 to 38 In favor of the admission of the territory. The fight on-the admission of New Mexico ns a separate State came after New Mexico had been rejected. Mr. Bard, whose amendments admitting New Mexico had been once accepted nnd once rejected, struck out the first sentence, so as to remove the point of order against it, and again offered it. It was adopted. Mr. Kearns of Utah, who had first voted for the amendment and then changed, caused the rejection of New Mexico by a tie vote, voting no on the final ballot.

BANKER BECKWITH IS DEAD.

May Materially Affect Cases of Forgery Against Mrs. Chadwick. C. T. Beckwith, president of the defunct Citizens’ National Bank of Oberlin, Ohio, died Sunday night. Only the family was at the deathbed. From the day of liis arrest Beckwith’s health failed rapidly, as a result of worry over his troubles, He frequently declared in his illness that lie wanted to die. For several days prior to his death he refused to take food in any form. Death resulted directly from heart trouble. The death of Mr. Beckwith may ma--terially weaken the cases of forgery and conspiracy to misapply bnnk funds now charged against Mrs. Chadwick. It was expected he would be tlie star witness in both tlie federal and common pleas court. There is no way to perpetuate Beckwith's testimony. The constitution says an accused person must be confronted in court by the accusers. A deposition or affidavit cannot be used. Mr. Beekwitli was about 65 years old. On L>ec. 14 the federal grand jury in Cleveland returned five indictments against Beckwith on the charge of violating tlie national banking laws in connection with the loans made to Mrs. Cassie L. Chadwick by the Citizens’ National Bauk of Oberiiu, of which he was the president. •

LABOR NOTES

Tlie world’s largest dredger Is now docked at Liverpool. It is 200 feet long, and can raise 1,000 tous of hard material an hour. In 19tM the free delivery mall carrier system of the United States employed 20,761 persons iu towns and cities nnd 24,566 on rural routes. First-class masters in the Steel trust fleet, who have signed for 1905, will receive $1,980 per annum us salary. Most of the old mates will be re-engaged. A fir tree was cut in Oregon recently which made nine sawings averaging fourteen feet iu length, scaling 21,483 feet board measure. Tlie product of this one tree will net more than SI,OOO. Chinese capitalists have engaged a number of German engineers to assist them In the establishment of n lnrge glass manufacturing plant in the northwestern part of the province of Hwang Su. 4 During the past twelve years the 100 principal British trade unions have expended approximately $90,000,000, of which amount $21,000,000, or over 22 per cent, has been spent on unemployed benefits. About 1,000,000 telegrams sent over tlie world’s wires daily. In 1903 the total was 384,848,474. England sent 92,471,000. United Stntes was second, with 01,391,000. Germany, Russia, Austria, Belgium nnd Italy followed in the order named. The lifting of massive iron and steel plates, weighing four, six nnd twelve tons, by magnetism is now done every workday in a number of lnrge steel works. The mugof-ts are suspended by chains from craucs, nnd pick up the plates by simple contact and without the loss of time consequent to tlie adjustment of chain and hooks in the older method. It is also found that the metal plates can be lifted by the magnets while still so hot that it would be impossible for the men to handle them. A magnet weigliiug 300 pounds will lift nearly five tous.

CONGRESS

In the Senate Monday Senator Beveridge closed the debate on the statehood bill, giving special attention to the proposition to unite Arizona and New Mexico. He was preceded- by Senator Fornker, who supported liis amendment to eliminate Arizona and New Mexico from the preposition. The proceedings were interrupted for about ten minutes .while the Senate, as n court of impeachment, received the replication of tiie House managers to Judge Swayne’s answer in tlie impeachment case, alter which tlie court adjourned until Friday. Senator Stone presented a memorial of the Missouri Legislature for the enactment of th» President's recommendations for enlarging the powers of the interstate commerce commission, and Senator Spooner one from the Wisconsin Legislature praying for a revision of the tariff laws. A bill was passed adding to Arkansas a small strip of land iu Fort Smith, now in Indian Territory. In accordance with the rule adopted Monday, the House Tuesday in committee of the whole convened one hour earlier than usual, the exclusive business for the day being debate upon the bills regulating freight rates. Mr. Richardson (Ala.) continued his speech. During the day brief speeches were made by Messrs. Rainey (Ill.), Prince (III.), Hinshaw (Neb.l. Wanger (Pa.), Adams (Pa.), Mann (Ill.),' Smith (Iowa) and Gaines (W. Vn.) in support of the Townsend bill. After listening to a message from the* President recommending a board of survey for the Philippine archipelago, the House adjourned. In the Senate the day and evening were devoted to the statehood bill. The statehood hill was passed. It provides for statehood for Oklahoma and Indian Territory as one State, and New Mexico as another State. The Senate on Wednesday, after considerable debate on the statehood tangle, passed the following bills: Authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to issue medals to officers and men in the navy and marine corps who have distinguished themselves; appropriating SSOO for marking the grave of Major Tierre Charles l'Enfant, who laid put the city of Washington. In the House the Senators and Representatives - met in joint session and canvassed the electoral vote, Theodore Roosevelt and Charles W. Fairbanks being declared officially to ho elected President and 5 ice President for four years beginning March 4. 1905. The vote' was 336 for the Republicans and 140 for the Democrats. In the Senate Thursday Mr. Lodge presented petitions from 1,642 Christian Endeavor societies, in all parts of the country asking that an international congress lie called to meet at stated intervals to consider subjects of common interest. The diplomatic and military academy appropriation bills were reported. The pure food hill was made the unfinished business. The agricultural appropriation bill was taken up, and the provision for the punishment of persons who may use a symbol modeled after those the weather bureau for calling attention to private forecasts was stricken out. T'he Esch-Towu.senrl rate bill was passed by the House, 326 to 17, after the Dnvcy bill, tlie Democratic substitute, had been defeated. 151 to IS6. The statehood bill was received from the Senate and sent to the committee on territories. A resolution asking tlie Secretary of War for information regarding the army transport service was adopted. Bills were passed authorizing the construction of a bridge across the St. Joseph river in Berrien county, Michigan, and of a dam across Rainy river, Minnesota. In the Senate Friday the Swayne impeachment trial was begun, two witnesses being examined. Several minor bills were passed, one donating condemned bronze cannon to the Grand Army of the Republic for use in making badges. In the House thirty-three private pension bills were passed in an hofir and a half. The bill providing a government for the Panama Canal zone, abolishing the canal commission and giving control to the President, was taken up, explained by Mr. Maun of Illinois and considered until adjournment. The entire time of the Senate Saturday which was not spent in executive session was given to tlie Swayne impeachment trial. Four witnesses were examined. All of them were from Pensacola, Fla., and they were introduced for the purpose of showing thnt up to 1900 Judge Swayne had not acquired a residence in his district in Florida. In executive session the arbitration treaties were amended and ratified. As an outgrowth of thd investigation of the General Slocum disaster the House passed a tiumber of bills amending the laws relating to the steamboat inspection service, and making far more rigid provision for the regulation and control of steam vessels. The House uoneoneurred in the Senate amendments to the hill ranking it unlawful to use the words “United States Assay” on articles of gold or silver mail, ufneture, and agreed to the conference report on the bill providing for tlie registration of trade marks. A bill prepared by the Navy Department was passed authorizing the President to reappoint three midshipirient dismissed from the naval academy for hazing, nnd providing that they shall re-enter at the foot of their class. Tribute to tlie memory of the late Senator George Frisbie Hoar of Massachusetts was the occasion of a special session of the House of Representatives Sunday.

In the National Capital.

The Senate confirmed the nomination of John E. Adams, receiver of public moneys at Aberdeen, 8. D. The naval appropriation bill agreed upon in committee carries an appropriation of $100,070,079, while the estimates aggregated $119,699,638. Immigrants to tlie number of 400,063 were admitted to the United States during the six months ended Dec. 31, against 403.900 for the corresponding period iu 1903. The number refused admittance was 4,045.

ONE WEEK OF WAR.

RENEWAL OF HOSTILITIES IN THE ORIENT. Hopes that the Fighting; Might Cense Seem Scattered to the Winds-Great Loss of Life Continues iu Battles ou the Hun River. Hopes that fighting In the Orient might cease soon seem to have been I scattered to the winds. Ten days ag It was reported that Gen. Kuropatkin had been ordered to open negotiations with Field Marshal Oyaiua, if orders were sent him, they were to attack in force, and win if he could the victory of which Russia is in such need. A signal success would have done something to restore the prestige of the government at home and abroad. Two weeks ago the Japanese noticed a concentration of forces on the Russian right flank, nnd made their preparations to meet it. Gen. Ivuropatkin’s plan soon became apparent. It was to capture strongly fortified positions held by the Japanese on the left bank of the Hun River, to turn their left flank, and force them to a general engagement The Russians began tho attack on the 25th of last month and met at first with considerable success. They showed that they as well ns the could drive an enemy out of his fortifications. A number of villages which the Japanese had surrounded with strong works were captured. Then tlie Japanese rallied, and, after desperate fighting, succeeded, according to their account, in recapturing the positions they had lost and driving the Russians back across the Hun River at the end of a week’s sanguinary fighting. The fighting at Heikoutal and along the Hun River from the 25th to the 29th of January proves to have been one of the great battles of the war. A hundred thousand men were in action on the Russian side and doubtless at least that many on the Japanese side. Significant of the vastness of these later operations of the war is the fact that the Russian casualties — some 13,000 —alone outnumber the entire army Russia had engaged at the battle of the Yalu. There are no trustworthy reports of the losses, but both sides must have suffered severely. The Russians admit that over 1,000 officers and men were killed or wounded during the fighting of the first two days. Probably not less than 40,000 Russians and Japanese are dead or disabled as the result of the week’s furious lighting. During most of tlie time the thermomet r was below zero, but Gen. Kuropatkin says his soldiers did not suffer much from the cold. The victory was emphatically with tlie Japanese. Gen. Kuropatkin’s plan, Intrusted to Gen. Grippenberg for execution, was to turn tlie Japanese left flank. In tbe earlier stages of tlie war the Rusians had apparently never heard or imagined that such a tiling as a flanking operation was possible. Now having by bitter experience learned what it is to be outflanked, they seem to think that It is as simple to crumple up one wing of a compactly posted army of 800,000 men as it would be to treat similarly a single division of the enemy. Once more they are wiser. Far more unfortunate for Russia, however, than the mere failure to win a success on the Hun is the fact that the battle has proved conclusively that the new army organization from which so much was hoped is not efficient. It will be remembered that after the battle of tlie Shaklie Gen. Kuropatkin imitated the Japanese organization by dividing bis force Into three armies, under tlie commands, respectively, of Generals Grippenberg, Kaulbars and Linievitch. Now, with the first test of the new organization, Gen. Grippenberg resigns his command. Tlie rumored reason for his resignation is his complaint that Kuropatkin did not send him re-en-forcements during His attack nnd did not engage tlie Japanese elsewhere along the lino. Whether tlie resignation la voluntary or Involuntary, whether tlie fault Is Kuropatklu’s or Grlppenberg’s, Is indifferent. The main thing is that the organization has broken down, and that the Russian generals once again show themselves too small for their great task. The Russians retain their original lines and aro strengthening tlieir fortifications. As Oynma lias been re-en-forced by tlie Fort Arthur army, it Is not unlikely that be will take tho offensive In Ills turn. A direct attack on the Russian position would be hrfz.ardous. He could turn the Russian right flank by moving troops through the territory west of the l.lao Riven but that would bo a violation of Chinese neutrality, which the Japanese aay they desire to respect. Ferhaps Gen. Kurokl, the commander of the right wing of the Japanese army, who made so many ntempts Inst fall to outflank tlie Russians, will try It again. Admiral Rojcstvensky’s .fleet Is still at Madagascar nwidling tho vessels which left Jilmtll In French Somaliland n few days ago. Probably when they arrive Admiral Kojostvensky will go eastward. French hospitality canmot be extended to him Indefinitely. It Is thought be will make for tbe Chains Islands, south of Ceylon, 1,560 mileb distant There Is no certainty ns to the route he will follow ufter lenvlng there, but the Japnne e proses? readiness to meet him on whatever line of approach he may select

THE WEEKLY HISTORIAN

One Hundred Years Ago. A life preserver made of copper was invented by an Englishman, who gave an exhibition of its use in the River Thames. An East India ship with 400 passengers and valuable cargo was lost in tbe Indian ocean. A bill for extending the right of selfgovernment to the district of Louisiana was read in the Senate. A bill was passed in tlie Pennsylvania Legislature providing for the removal of tlie seat of government to Harrisburg. Two British war vessels with a convoy of merchantmen were captured by French frigates. Most of the convoy escaped. The sheriffs of Middlesex, England, were committed to Newgate for illegal and corrupt conduct in elections. Napoleon denounced Emperor Dessalines as a rebel and claimed St. Domingo as his own. Seventy-five Years Ago. The Austrian and MorQflfcP States agreed on a settlement of tlieir disputes. The Chamber of Commerce of Lyons, Francp, advocated free trade iu all silk goods. Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg was elected sovereign prince of Greece by the plenipotentiaries of England, France and Russia. Sir Walter Scott was seriously ill at his home in Edinburgh. Deputations from all parts of Great Britain met in London to consider trade with China, whose ports had just been opened to tlie world. French missionaries—the first to go to South Africa —arrived at the cape of Good Hope. An American ship arrived at Havre, France, with 1,400 bales of cotton, from Charleston, S. C. fifty Years Ago. Dreadful election riots began in Kansas. Gold was discovered along the Kern river in southern California. New Y’ork aud the New England States were experiencing the coldest weather ever known lu that locality. Earthquake shocks were felt in Clarksville and other parts of Virginia, All railroads leading out of Chicago were blocked by snow. Trains carrying from 100 to 300 passengers were held from one to four days in snow drifts. Booth and Ryeraft, Coflvicted in tho federal court of Wisconsin for violation of the fugitive slave law, were discharged by the Supreme Court of tlie State. A prize fight which was to have taken place on Hiker’s Island was broken up by the New York police. Forty Years Ago. JX ho Illinois House of Representatives concurred In the Senate bill repealing the black laws. The Cook county (Ill.) board of supervisors voted a bounty of S4OO for volunteers. President Lincoln returned to Washington. The State Department announced thnt the peace negotiations at Fortress Monroe had come to nothing. The alien bill (antl-Confederato was passed by tlie Canadian parliament. Ihirty Years Ago. Matt Carpenter of Wisconsin was beaten in his contest for the United States senatorship by the election of Angus Cameron. The House of Representatives passed the civil rights bill. The projected Hennepin canal engaged the entire attention of the House of Representatives. A special engineering committee appointed by the President recommended Jetties instead of the Fort Si.'Philips canal for the improvement of the mouth of the Mississippi river. Twenty Years Ago. The trophies of Gen. Grant, purchased by Vanderbilt and given to the widow, were given by her to the government. Three men were killed by a mob at Audubon, lowa. They had murdered an old man. O’Donovan Rossa. the Irish agitator, was shot and wounded on the street In New York by Yseulte Dudley, a woman. Expectant and anxious Democrats visited President-elect Cleveland in New York nml found him a sphinx regarding bis plans. The worst storm In yenrs swept over Chlengo, tying up traffic nnd causing much suffering.