Democratic Sentinel, Volume 11, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 April 1887 — NEWS CONDENSED. [ARTICLE]

NEWS CONDENSED.

Coneise Record of the Week. EASTERN. Six men were frightfully burned by an explosion of molten metal in the Edgar Thompson steel-works at Braddock, Pa. Johann Most, the ex-conviet and apostle of anarchy, was given a reception in Cooper Union, New York. It was the largest anarchist meeting ever held in that city, the hall being packed. Most spoke in English and German, denouncing the legal authorities who convicted and sentenced him, afld the prison authorities who failed to show him respect He loudly reasserted his adherence to the principles of anarchism, and his remarks were enthusiastically received. Most’s excitement reached the frantic point He asked: “Are you dogs, and will you allow yourselves to be cut into minee meat? The sin-flood will eoon come, and it will sweep the capitalistic band out of existence. Those who do not want to work for the capitalists must go to the gallows.” Fire ia the building at Boston, Mass., occupied by Wright & Potter, State printers, and a dozen other firms, caused a loss of nearly $200,030 A valuable brood mare at Avondale, Pa, is said to be rapidly recovering from the amputation of a broken leg. The operation is said to be the first on record. An earthquake sufficiently severe to create a panic occurred at Burlington, Yt.