People's Pilot, Volume 3, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 October 1893 — The News Condensed. [ARTICLE]

The News Condensed.

Important Intelligence From All Parti CONGRESSIONAL. Extra Session. In the senate on Ute 4th, after the approval of the journal and the introduction of a few tills of minor importance, the silver purchase repeal bill was taken up and discussed by Senators Butler and Blackburn, each pleading for a compromise of some sort.... In the house the question of war claims was brought up and discussed. A substitute for the election laws repeal bill was introduced, the northern democrats, after an informal conference, deciding that the Tucker bill was too sweeping, and this substitute was formulated to njeet the objections. The senate on the Sth spent the entire day behind closed doors in the consideration of executive business. The greater part of the time ■was devoted to a discussion of the alleged violation of the home-rule principle in the appointment of men as Indian agents in one state who live in another ...In the house a number of bills of minor importance were passed. The federal election laws repeal bill was then taken up and Mr. Murray addressed the house In opposition to the measure. ! In the senate on the 6th a resolution was introduced for a special committee on the improvement of the banking system of the country, which was referred to the finance committee. The silver purchase repeal bill was taken up and Senator Call addressed the senate in opposition to the measure.... In the house, after the reading of the journal, the federal election bill was taken up and Messrs. Hainer, Hicks and Ray denounced the pending measure and Mr. Brookshire defended it. On the 7th, after debate on the silver repeal bill in the senate, Senator Voorhees gave notice that on the 11th he should ask the senate co continue in session until a vote is taken on the pending measure, and should ask senators to maintain a quorum until the end of •thejprotracted struggle was reached.... Debate on the federal elections bill was continued in the bouse. The time of the senate on the 9th was given up entirely to considering the Sherman sliver act.... In the house the federal election bill debate was closed.

DOMESTIC. Dr. Mary Walker caused the arrest of Arthur D. Snoad, of Syracuse, N. Y., who, she says, is the murderer of Christie Warden at Haverhill, N. H., in Julj’, 1891. She alleges the wrong man was hanged for that crime. The entire town of Fulton, Ark., a thriving town of several thousand inhabitants, was destroyed by fire. The Association for the Advancement of Women celebrated its twentyfirst birthday in Chicago. Bishop Henry M. Turner, of the negro Methodist church, south, has issued a call for a convention to meet in Cincinnati, 0., November 28, to «onsider lynchings. Oscar Darnell, of Jamestown, Ind., shot and stabbed Miss Tillie Major and then killed himself. Jealousy caused it. At the bimetallic convention in St. Louis resolutions were adopted strongly advocating the free coinage of silver, opposing the further issue of government bonds and demanding the speedy improvement of all great western and southern waterways. Rev. Thomas McClary, of St. Paul, is to be disciplined for attending the performance of “America” while he was in Chicago. Judge Long, of Detroit, will attempt to force the government to pay his pension, suspended September 28. During a riot at the Big Four shops at Indianapolis, Ind., special police fired at the crowd, fatally wounding one man. At the Cincinnati stock yards a mad bull attacked John Maher, aged 19, and gored him to death, one horn penetrating the skull near the right ear. Gottfried Greutze, a farmer living near Goffs, Kan., had his head completely severed from his body in a runaway accident The body of Charles Cook, a farmer living near Cairo, 111., was found in a field close to his farm. He had wandered away six weeks ago. W. K. Hill, of Bumtown, 0., sought out his wife, who had left him, killed her and her mother and escaped. Joseph L. Cornelius, a Harvard student, while insane from illness crawled into the hospital furnace and was cremated. Beloit (Wis.) citizens were wild with excitement over three attempts to burn the city in one day. Benjamin F. Tennis, who assaulted and murdered the little 9-year-old girl, Agnes Cooper Wright, at Hummelstown, Pa., on September 19, has been sentenced to be hanged. Charles Phillips, of Pine Bluff, Ark., killed Dan Bynum, whom he accused of harboring Phillips’ runaway wife. Dwight L. Moody closed the congress of missions in Chicago with a stirring appeal to close the saloons of that city. Reference to the report of the interstate commerce commission shows the railway mileage in the western states increased during 1891-92 3,160.78 miles. A terrific wind and rainstorm which passed over Arkansas in the vicinity of Little Rock done great damage. Six persons were reported killed and several severely injured. Two sections of a freight train collided near New Haven, Ky., killing Engineers Burke and Higgins. Two trainmen were killed in a rearend collision at Gethsemane, Ky., on the Louisville A Nashville road. Business failures to the number of 820 occurred in the United States in the seven days ended on the 6th. During the week previous the failures numbered 467, against 184 in the correspnding time in 1892. Four of the family of C. H. Bassett, living near Emporia, Kan., were poisoned by eating headcheese. The father and daughter would die. By the explosion of a blast at Clinton, Ind., Andrew Lipps, a boy, was killed, and Billy Brown, a miner, fatally injured. Cornell university at Ithaca, N. Y., celebrated the twenty-fifth anniversary ifjs odcdibst. J. G. WiluamSon, a wealthy merchant of Hawkeye, la., fell under a train at Springfield, Mo., and was

The exchanges at the leading clearing houses in the United States during the week ended on the 6th aggregated $900,846,755, against $772,068,399 the previous week. The increase, compared with the corresponding week in 1892, was 30. t Frank Spiegel, of Sandusky, 0.. committed suicide by hanging. He quarreled with his wife and killed himself soon after. J. N. Killan, of Washington, Ind., married a second time while his divorce was pending. The divorce has been denied, leaving him with two wives. The E. N. Welch Manufacturing company, of Bristol, Conn., one of the largest clock manufacturing concerns in the world, passed into the hands of a receiver. The’liabilities were placed at $400,000. The Chilian bark Lenore was wrecked off Port Townsend, Wash., and four seamen were drowned. The Lucania, the new Cunard steamer, made run from Queenstown to New York in 5 days, 13 hours and 25 minutes, the fastest time on record The Wabash will be sued for refusing to carry a man who came on an excursion ticket and died at the depot in Chicago while awaiting a train home. Brown won the championship in both singles and doubles in the intercollegiate contest at New Haven, Conn. The Safe Deposit Trust and Banking company of Nashville, Tenu., made a general assignment of all its property for the benefit of creditors. At a railway crossing near Middletown, 0., a wagon containing Matthew *Foley and his wife and two children was struck by a train and Mrs. Foley and the two boys were killed and Mr. Foley was fatally injured. William Murray was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment and to receive ninety lashes at St Thomas, Ont, for assaulting an 8-year-old girl. Vigilant, the American yacht, defeated Valkyrie, the English boat, in the first of the series of international races by 5 minutes and 48 seconds. The time was 8 hours, 82 minutes andJIO seconds. • John Roberts, the English champion, defeated Frank Ives in the billiard match at New York by 1,150 points. The score was: Roberts, 10,000 points; Ives, 8,850. Pensioners in .the various soldiers’ homes throughout the country increased in the last year 1,214, being June 30, 14,481. Maintenance per member, 8140.95. In a cyclone in Union county, Ark., many houses were destroyed, two women were killed and two fatally injured. The cyclone was several miles wide and left a dreary waste. The attendance at the world’s fair up to and including the Bth was 15,792,156. Delegates to the recent bimetallic convention in St. Louis claim ane w party is forming with free silver as a basis. W. H. Carpenter and his wife and a crew of five men were drowned in Lake Superior near Deer Park, Mich., by the wrecking of their boat during a storm. Grain buyers say the damage to crops from rain and snow in Washington will reach $2,500,000, but they estimate that the shipment from the state will reach nearly 10,000,000 bushels, which is about the same as last year. Four persons were killed and over twenty were injured in various mishaps during the celebration of Chicago day at the world’s fair. Tom Ponaska, a Creek Indian who killed Simon Tully last year, was shot according to law at Wellington, I. T. Miss Etta Gunn and Miss Josephine Dresser, deaf girls, were killed by the cars near Bluffs, HL The South Baltimore Car Works company was placed in the hands of receivers with assets of $617,000 and liabilities of $294,000. Henry Michaels, Mathias Greefe, Michael Brown and Hattie Lovell committetl suicide in St. Louis in one day. The uncompleted Hotel Mesa was burned at Pueblo, Col., the loss being SIOO,OOO. John Brandt, a ranchman near Miles City, Mont., in a fit of insanitv killed his wife daughter and then took his own life. There were 713,646 paid admissions to the world’s fair on Chicago day and 37,380 went inside the gates on passes, making the total attendance 751,026. The works at Auburn, N. Y., of the Birdsall company, manufacturers of traction engines, grain thrashers and portable sawmills, were closed with liabilities of $165,000. ! Bob Hudson (colored) was shot and killed at Dresden, Tenn., while defending his wife from white caps. Thomas Joyce and Martin Tighe were fatally burned by an explosion of gas in Old Forge colliery at Scranton, Pa. Several others were badly hurt. Robbers held up a stage near Robert Lee, Tex., and secured $3,000 from the United States mail sacks.

The Apollo Iron & Steel company at Apollo, Pa., one of the largest mills in the country, started up in nearly all departments with non-union workmen. A fbeight train on the Pittsburgh & Fort Wayne road was blown to pieces near North Lawrence, 0., by an explosion of powder in transit. State troops that for more than a year have been guarding Coal Creek (Tenn.) convicts were withdrawn by the authorities. Five different piles of heavy ties were discovered on the Lake Shore tracks near Quincy, Mich. John Davis, a negro, was shotfl to death by a mob in Kenny county, Ala., for attempting to assault a white woman. The Vigilant won the second race in the international series for America’s cup, beating the Valkyrie, the English yacht, over ten and a half minutes and making the 30 miles in 3 hours and 25 minutes. Treasurer Seebebger and Auditor Ackerman celebrated Chicago day by making out a check for $1,565,310.76, thus freeing the world’s fair from debt. The unveiling of the statue of Alexander Hamilton took place in New York city in front of the Hamilton elubhousa

Twenty-six business houses at Parkersburg, la., were destroyed by an incendiary fire, the total loss being $175,006. PERSONAL AND POLITICAL. Ex-President Harrison was installed commander of the Ohio command ry •of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion at Cincinnati. William Lawrence was confirmed bishop of Massachusetts to succeed the late Phillips Brooks of the Methodist Episcopal church. New York republicans held a convention at Syracuse and placed a state ticket in the field headed by Edward T. Bartlett for judge of the court of appeals. Mrs. Cornelia L. Crary, only surviving child of Robert Fulton, inventor of the steamboat, died in New York. 'Massachusetts republicans in convention at Boston nominated F. T. Greenhalge for governor, and renominated Lieut Gov. Wolcott, Secretary of State Olin, State Treasurer Phillips and Attorney General Knowlton. The platform declares for silver repeal, favors national banks, and condemns violations of the civil service law and the barter of high offices for campaign contributions. Joe Hess, ex-pugilist, and during the latter years of his life a temperance evangelist died at Clarendon, N. Y. Alexis A. Yot, who crossed the plains with Gen. Fremont and Kit Caron and first planted the United States flag on Pike’s Peak, died in Rutland, Vt, aged 78. Rev. Milton Bradley, aged 81, celebrated the completion of the fiftieth year of his pastorate of the Presbyterian church at Richland, Mich. The Massachusetts republican state committee will pay nothing but actual expenses to the campaign orators this year. Michigan democrats nominated Levi i T. Griffin for congress from the First district to fill Logan Chipman’s place.

FOREIGN. Fire in the Russian barracks at Rosslave caused the death of eleven soldiers. Eight others were fatally hurt. Advices state that Hamburg was now free from cholera, and it was believed that no further cases would appear this year. At Berean, Bohemia, an anti-semetic mob attacked the Jewish quarter of the town, setting many houses on fire. The anniversary of the death of Charles Stewart Parnell was celebrated in Cork, Ireland, with imposing ceremonies. Pallas, the anarchist, was shot in the back at Barcelona, Spain, in accordance with court-martial findings. Bombarding was resumed at Rio Janeiro and it was reported that there had been great loss of life and property. It was reported that the czar had issued an order expelling 22,000 wealthy Jews from Russia. In Ros toss, Russia, a newly-built house collapsed without warning and thirty persons were killed. Eleven mutinous Sepoys were blown from the mouth of a cannon at Lahore in British India. From Penang comes the story that pirates boarded the Dutch vessel Rajah Kongsee Aljeck, killing the officers and twenty-two men. R. G. McConnell, sent by the Ottawa government on an exploring expedition, reports that he has discovered the source of the Mackenzie river to be a lake at the head of the Findlay river and that gold was found by him in abundance for 250 miles along the Findlay river.

LATER. In the United States senate on the 10th a petition was presented from Richmond, Ind., for the exclusion from the mails of newspapers containing reports of prize-fights. An amendment to the silver purchase bill was introduced and the bill itself was discussed. In the house the Tuckei bill to repeal the federal elections law was passed by a vote of 200 to 101. The bill giving settlers on certain lands in Oklahoma the right to commute their homestead entries was passed. A bill was introduced increasing the pensions of veterans of the Mexican war from $8 to sl2 per month. Rebels again opened fire on Rio Janeiro and the city was in a panic and all business was suspended. Marcus Koenighein, a wealthy jeweler of San Antonio, was robbed of $25,000 and murdered in his home by unknown persons. Hundreds of miners in northern Wisconsin are out of work and their families are destitute. Anthony Comstock opened the meeting of the social purity congress in Chicago with a paper on the work of his society for suppressing vice. Scattered patties of insurgents in Santa Fe were plundering and killing foreign settlers. A flood along the Canadian river in Oklahoma swept 100 or more farms clean of fences, orchards, buildings and other improvements and left the owners penniless. Five persons were drowned. Joseph Jefferson has been chosen president of the Players' club, to succeed Edwin Booth, who was its founded. Late crop returns indicate that corn is not so good as has been anticipated. The loss is due to the long-continued drought In the municipal election at Indianapolis the republicans elected the entire ticket, reversing the majority of two years ago. Will Davis locked his two children in his house near Raleigh, Tenn., and the building took fire and they were burnd to death. The Sinyo Marn, a sailing vessel, was wrecked off the coast of Japan and twenty-two out of twenty-eight passengers were drowned. A fire at Meshopper, Pa., destroyed fourteen buildings, the loss bhing SIOO,000. A train on the Pennsylvania road jumped the track near Whiting, Ind., and Henry Warner, of Fort Wayne, was killed and five other persons were injured.