Rensselaer Republican, Volume 15, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 November 1882 — WEEKLY NEWS REVIEW. [ARTICLE]

WEEKLY NEWS REVIEW.

THE EAST. The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania deem it inexpedient at present to admit women to the department of aits, but will organize a separate department for the complete education of women when the necessary funds have been procured. * A collision between a special and passenger train at Lincoln, Me., oh the European and North American road, caused the wounding of many railway officials who were on the special train, the locomotive of which was wrecked. Several passengers were also severely bruised. Henry Boas, an election inspector, in New York, has been sent to the State prison for a year for violation of the statutes. ... .The artist Bierstadt’s palatial residence at Irvington-on-the-Hudson was destroyed bj’ fire. A number of valuable pictures, curiosities and relics were consumed. The building itself cost slou,ooo, and the furniture, paintings, etc., were valuedat SIIO,OOO. A train on the Cuba extension of the Bradford, Eldred and Cuba railroad, while running at a high rate of speed, was derailed and thrown off the trestle near Clarkville, Pa. The engine, tender, baggage-car and two passenger oars were hurled into the gorge thirty feet in depth. James France, engineer, Charles Bterressey, fireman, ana the baggage-master were killed. Several passengers were also killed. A large number were seriously injured. The engineer was trying to make up lost time. THE WEST. Several of the far-Western sections of the country were considerably shaken up by an earthquake on the 7th inst It was felt plainly all along the line of the Union Pacific railway west as far as Evanston Plastering fell off in buildings at Bawlins, Point of Rocks and other places. At Cheyenne the disturbance was accompanied by an electric flash that lighted up the northern sky. The shook was violent. Chandeliers and queensware in the houses rattled violently. At Denver, the occupants of high buildings ran out into the street. Certain church officials in Utah, who are monogamists, have been informed by President Taylor that unless they marry a plurality of wives they will lose their positions Some have acquiesced in this arrangement, and others are still on the fence. The steamer Emma C. Elliott, while nearing St Louis, Mo., came upon an immense flock of wild ducks. The electric light was turned on, when the birds dashed against it with such foice that several hundred of them were captured, and in the morning thirty-six were found concealed in the cabin. Edward Holroyde, a Cincinnati miser, was robbed and almost beaten to death by burglars. He is 80 years of age, and is worth over SIOO,OOO. Twenty-five years ago he separated from his wife and cut off all communication with the world except to receive necessary supplies. Four masked burglars entered his, sleeping apartment, and, after beating him brutally, they were handed a pocket-book containing $5. They wrenched a large toe-nail from his foot, when he pointed out the hiding-place of bonds worth $13,000 and a roll of currency. After vainly singeing his body they ransacked the house and left. A police Lieutenant penetrated to the bedroom and found the old man in a bed of greasy rags. THE SOUTH. The jail at Vienna, La., was broken into by an armed mob from Jackson parish, and four negroes taken out One of them made his escape immediately on reaching the jail door. He was fired at three or four times without effect Another was given a chance for his life, as he was thought innocent The other two were found the next morning about a mile and a half south of Vienna, dead—riddled with bullets. They were charged with the robbery and attempted murder of an old gentleman named Bay. A New Orleans dispatch says “the gas company has turned off the gas in all public buildings controlled by the city, including the police stations, parish prison, City Hall, etc. The city owes the company over $200,000 old debt, and on the cash contract has not paid the company monthly installments since July. The companv offered, to light the city if the city would supply lamp-lighters for four months, but this offer was not accepted. The street-lamps are also out, and, except in the vicinity of electric lights, the city is in darkness. The St. Louis Republican says that the eotton crop now being gathered is estimated at 7,000,000 bales, the largest ever raised. That of last year was 5,436,000 hales, and that of the year before was 6,589,000 bales, being the largest in the historv of the country down to that time.... The Hodge brothers (colored) were exe uted for muruer at Knoxville, Tenn., by being placed under the gallows in a wagon, which was .then moved slowly away, leaving the culprits to strangle to death. This method of a J ministering the law was the choice of the condemned men. A negro at Frankfort, Ky., undertook to pitch hay with a lightedpipe in his mouth. The result was the destruction of the Major Opera House, the postoffioe, Buhr’s Hotel, and other buildings, the loss aggregating SBO,OOO. The Opera House was owned by the city, and some of the public records were burned. WASHINGTON. Gen. Sherman, in a report to the Secretary of War, criticises the system of erecting forts here and there throughout the,West, and advocates the erection of permanent fortific tions, which would serve as quarters for the whole army for the next half century... .Work has begun on the fireproof Pension Office at Washington, located on the square bounded by F and ,G and Fourth and Fifth streets, and two years will be required to erect the structure. GENERAL. The successful scheme of Chicago firms in exporting dressed beef to the seaboard cities has excited the ire of the railroads and live stock interests, who have formed a company with a capital of $1,000,000, of which W. Arnold, of Chicago, and W. H. Vanderbilt are members, for the purpose of opening depots and underselling the original projectors in their fields of operation.... Vanderbilt has recently sold to savings banks in New York, in a quiet way, no less than

$10,000,000 of his 4 per cent, bonds, two points below the current market price. It seems to be pret'.y well settled that Vanderbilt has got possession of the Nickel-Plate road. The accidental killingof an Alaska chief incited the natives to capture a launch and two sailors of the United States revenue cutter Corwin, and upon reiusal to return the prisoners Capt Merriam destroyed their village and killed several of the nativea Other hostile villagers who had taken possession of an American fur-trading company’s station and held the employes prisoners were treated in the same manner and tue prisoners released. POLITICAL. Simon Cameron remarked to an interviewer that the defeat of the Republican party in Pennsylvania would have the effect of keeping the spirit of faction alive. He does not consider that his son has been badly beaten, and believed he could be his own successor in the United States Senate if he so desired.... Bob Ingersoll thinks the political cyclone was caused by extravagant appropriations and a refusal to reduce taxation, especially on tobacco. He predicts that Gen. Sherman will be the next President Of the 293 members of the last House of Representatives, 173 were candidates for re-election. One hundred and thirty were re-elected and forty-three were defeated. This does not include those who were candidates but were defeated in nominating conventions. Less than half the o d members were returned, although the membership of the House has been increased. There will be 185 members of the Forty-eighth House who are not members of the Fortyseventh House... .The Boston Journal unequivocally states that Gov. Long will be Hoar’s successor in the Senate of the Fortyeighth Congress. The names of Morrison and Springer, of Illinois; Randall, of Pennsylvania; Carlisle, of Kentucky, and Eaton, of Connecticut, are all prominently mentioned in connection with the Speakership of the next House of Representatives Lee, colored Republican, who was defeated for Congress by M ckey in the black district of South Carolina, will contest the election. Samuel J. Randall expresses the opinion that the Democratic successes at the polls are a declaration by the people for a reduction in public expenses He favors the absolute repeal of all internal-revenue taxation and thinks the question of free trade will not practically arise for a generation yet. FOREIGN. A colliery explosion occurred at the Clay Cross mines in Derbyshire, England, by which thirty persons, mostly miners, were killed. . Four of the managers of the mines were blown to atoms Frightful scenes were enacted about the mouth of the mines. 'She explosion was terrific in its force and deadly effect, and shattered buildings in localities five miles distant from the mines.... The British Consul at Jeddah has in ormed his Government of the disappearance of cnolera at Mecca The negro troops and the followers of the False Prophet recently engaged in a fierce battle near Khartoum, in the Soudan, the former having 100 men killed, while the Prophet’s losses were still greater. A Dublin journal opposes the granting of the freedom of that city to Gen. Wolseley, as on two distant occasions he expressed a hearty willingness to lead an expedition to Ireland to quench insurrectionary fires.... The French Chambers were opened on the 9th inst. Premier Duclerc indicated his foreign and domestic policy in a speech of no great length, whicti was received coldly by his hearers, and in some instances was openly sneered at Gen. Wolseley is not popular in Ireland, as he had, prior to his departure to the seat of war in Egypt, expressed himself as sony to forego the opportunity to crush out any uprising in Ireland that might occur during his absence, and other sentiments equally obnoxious to the Home Rulers. Accordingly, when the proposition came up in the Dublin corporation to tender jVolseley the freedom of the city, it was voted down—yeas 21, nays 27... .Gladstone announced in Parliament that British troops would not be sent to suppress the rising of the False Prophet in the Soudan. On account of recent disorders the financial situation of France is regarded as bad and the situation of the Ministry is very precarious.... Since the bombardment of Alexandria, Russia has ordered seven warvessels for the Baltic and two for the Black sea.... Queen Christina, of Spain, gave birth to a daughter... .The coffee crop of Hayti is less than two-thirds yield, and the quality is poor.