Rensselaer Republican, Volume 15, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 December 1882 — WEEKLY NEWS REVIEW. [ARTICLE]

WEEKLY NEWS REVIEW.

THK EAST. .Tons .T. Kennf.»y was sentenced at Ifew York to two years In State prison for stealing a pair of kid gloves... .The Enterprise cotton mills at Manayunk, Pa. burned lately. The employes escaped by descending a rope outside the blazing building, having to let themselves drop to the ground from the second story. Many were injured, but only one, a young girl, fatally. The loss •u stock and building is #75,00(1 Thk New York Board of Trade is opposed to any change of the tobacco tax; requests Congress to pass an equitable bankruptcy law; asks Government supervision of carriers of interstate business and urges the establishment of postal telegraphy. Makia Applky. one of the thirteen girls who represented the States In Washington's funeral procession in New York, died at Morristown, N. J., aged 104 years, m full possession of her faculties.... Pour children were drowned while skating at Falls of Schuylkill, Pa. ...Haitian, the champion, and John A Kennedy, of PortJarnl Me., signed “iron-clad” articles in New York to row a three-mile race for #2,500 a side , Jay Gould, m his evidenoe before the committee of the New Yofk State Senate investigating “corners,” said corners give the producers better prices and make markets Speculation benefits the home dealers, brings money to the country, and creates markets all over the world. Gould said he had spent large sums in aiding immigration. A panic was caused, he said, when men lose their balance, and rush to 5e11.... While walking home from prayer-meeting at Tipton, Pa, two men and two women were killed by a locomotive.... James Brennan went into a Brooklyn restaurant and ordered meat, remarking at the same time that he was a Roman Catholic. While eating a piece «f meat lodged in his throat, causing his death... .The rubber manufacturers decided at New York to close their factories for one week, and when they reopen to reduce the •utput by one-half. Hknet Wabu Beecher, premising Ids lemarks with the statement that his profession entitled him to speculate in “futures,” gave some information to the New York Legislative committee on the subject •f “corners.” Mr. Beecher considered grain gambling as Jess injurious to public morals ttflm church fairs and religious lotteries He told -of his experience fa the stock market, which was confined to the purchase of Panama stock at #OO and its unloading at one-fourth that price.... John G. Whittier was 75 years of age on the 10th of December, and received many calls at his residence in Boston and scores of congratulatory letters His mind to unimpaired, but his physical vigor is a fcingo f the past. THK WEST. Ik Grant county, New Mexico, the •ifton stage was robbed by Mexican road agents, who killed two Chinese passengers. Patrick Slattery, aged 22, shot his step-mother dead at their home near Mount Pleasant, lowa, and then pat a bullet through Us ov£> brain. A note left by the suicide states the tragedy was caused by whisky. The corner-stone of the new Chicago Board of Trade building has been laid. The structure will cost #1,500,000, is intended to be the finest building of its kind on the continent, and is to be completed by May 1, Mftvi A btbamoer entered a diamond store fa Cleveland, walked behind the counter, and offered the proprietor a cheap watch for repair. The unknown then managed to seize a package of jewels worth #IO,OOO and walk slowly oat, in the presence of six clerks and scores of customers. The goods were uot missed for some time... .William Peck, conductor on the Union Pacific road, while hunting near PI more Station, Neb., perished fa the snow and was devoured by wolves. A fire at Toledo, Ohio, totally destroyed the Hall block, at the corner of St Clair and Jefferson streets, the finest business structure In that city. The main occupants were Taylor, Rodgers A Co., shoedealers; K 8. Baumgartner, notions; and Wood A Acklin, grocers The building had fallen into the hands of the Connecticut Mutual life-insurance Company, and the total Joss is #(SSO(XX)....The jurv in the case of Teresa Sturla, charged with the murder of Charles Stiles, at the Palmer House, Chicago, returned a verdict of guilty of mandaughter. fixing the penalty at one year in the penitentiary. The State Grange of Wisconsin in session at Madison adopted memorials to the Legislature asking that bonds and mortgages be subjected to taxation the some as real estate, and that railroad companies be required to reduce passenger rates 25 per cent At Fort Apiche, Arizona, Lieut. OoL George W. Schofield, of the Sixth Cavalry, killed himself with a revolver, from despondency caused by ill-health. He is a brother of (Jen. John M Schofield, now commanding the Division of the Pacific, and his lather and sister reside in Chicago.... Four burglars entered a jewelry store ut St Louis, and, while a pair of them covered the proprietor with revolvers, the other two went through the show cases. They got away with about #I,OOO worth of goods. Hon. Godlovk S. Orth died a# Lafayette, Ind. of blood poisoning, superinduced by cancer. He is the sixth member ®f the present Congress who has passed away. Mr. Orth was (55 years of age, THK SOUTH, The new iron and steel bridge on the Mexican Pacific extension, near San Antonio, Texas, fell while over a hundred workmen were on it Seven were killed and many wounded By the burning of Singleton James' boose near Stock bridge Ga, Thomas Knight, who was intoxicated, and two children perished in the flames. 'Mrs. Sarah Wood died at Buford, Go., aged 12L She was born in North Carolina in 1762, and lived in Georgia 100 yearn ... .A tract of 100,000 acres of ootton lands in Arkansas has been purchased by Beniamin Newgass, of liverp<*>l, and other British capitalist*, to be worked on the syndicate plan. Robert Ould, Assistant Secretary of War of the Confederate States, died in Richmond. Be WM brought into great promi-

wlth 1,»75 bales of cotton on board, was destroyed by fire at the dock in Shreveport, La ' Flames spread to adjacent buildings, and a loss of #150,000 resulted. , The tobacco trade in Virginia is paralyzed because of the pending changes of the laws concerning it in Congress. Its manufacture is generally stopped, and fears of suffering among the poorer classes of both races are felt among the people.... Newport, Jackson county, Ark., was visited by a destructive conflagration. Sixty buildings were destroyed, involving a loss of #250,0001 Insurance, #150,000. WASHINGTON. The sugar refineries are trying to counteract the evident tendency to terminate the reciprocity treaty with Hawaii... .It is understood that Postmaster General Howe, in anticipation of the adoption of the bill proposing a reduction of letter postage to 2 cents, has taken preliminary steps for the manufacture of 2-cent stamps.' Senator Edmunds proposes to amend his Utah bill by making the lawful wives of Mormons oompetent witnesses in cases of bigamy or polygamy brought against their husbands. Washington has bee* astonished at rumors that a Justice of the Supreme Court lost several thousands in a gaming house, and only left the table when the proprietor refused to further honor his personal checks. GENERAL. The inmates of the Manitoba penitentiary were given fifty lashes each for making an attempt to escape... .The Board of Directors of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad elected John W. Garrett President of that road This makes Sir. Garrett's twenty-fifth consecutive year of service in that position... .The Northwestern-railroad rate war is at an end an agreement having been reached by a conference in New York. Rates of fare have been put back to the old! figures and the business is to be divided up among the roads. ... .The Triton ootton mills, at New Castle, DeL, have resumed operations, the employes submitting to a reduction in wages. The steel-rail, guide and bar departments of the Allentown (Pa) rolling mill are also in operation... .'Of the 162,(XX) immigrants who arrived at Canadian ports thus far this year, 73,522 were destined for the United States. The deaths from cholera in Chispas, Mexico, were so numerous that the bodies of the victims were burned, it being found impossible to bury them. In Tonala sixty deaths per day were recorded... .The loss by the Kingston (Jamaica) fire is now placed at #15,000,000. Five persons perished in the flames... .A tire at Winnipeg destroyed the Canadian Pacific Hotel and the Johnston House One lady was severely burned ln'rescuing a child * The total loss is #75,(XX)... .The Manhattan Beach Railroad Company suffered a loss of #500,000 by the destruction of rolling-stock and buildings at Bay Ridge, N. Y... .The frame cabinet factory of the Remington sewing-machine works, at Ilion, N. Y., valued at #50,000, was swept away by flames. Peter Thomas, colored, was hanged at Mansfield, La., in presence of 2,ooopersons, for the murder of Dick Bright... .James L, Gilmore was hanged at Deadwood, D. T., for the murder of a Mexican, and John Redd was executed at Searle, Ala, for choking Lucy Lee to death. POLITICAL. James O. Broadhead, of St. Lonis, has been given a certificate of election to Congress from the Ninth district of Missouri ... .Albert Palmer, Democrat, was elected Mayor of Boston, defeating Mr. Green, the Republican and Citizens’ candidate. Rumors are floating about Washington that within sixty days Secretary Lincoln will be appointed Minister to. England, Gen. Hortranft be made Secretary of War, and Attorney General Brewster be given Justice Bradley's scat on the Supreme bench. A stalwart Republican from the West has been selected for Attorney General... .Congressman Blackburn is a candidate for the Speakership. FOREIGN. The Duke of Sermoneta, who was President of the Provisional Government after the entry of'the Italian troops into Rome in 1870, is dead... .The War Olflce at Madrid was destroyed by fire, with the library and part of the archives. King Air fonso assisted in fighting the flames. Twenty eei-sons were injured, one seriously. Patrick Higgins was found guilty, at Dublin, of the murder of the two Huddya, and sentenced to death, and at Connaught a farmer named Kilmartin was sentenced to penal servitude for life for assaulting a bailiff. .. .A Constantinople dispatch says the Sultan has hod built for his use an armored carriage bullet and grenade proof. The Solace is practically in a state of siege. obody is allowed to enter unless summoned. The Sultun’B alarm is owing to sedition among the troops, who are angrv at the way the palace guards are paid, while they are in rags... .Mr. Gladstone celebrated on Wednesday, Dec. 18, the fiftieth anniversary of his entry upon public lifa The English papers generally reviewed his life and services at length and in complimentary terms, and he was the recipient of numerous addresses from political associations and other bodies.... Lord Derby has accepted the Indian portfolio in the British Cabinet... .Deaths by suicide and dueling are becoming frequent in the German army... .Cetewayo has signed the agreements with the chiefs, and will return to Zoluland in January. Mr. William Ewart Gladstone, who the other day celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of hiß entrance into Parliament, hasresigned the position of Chancellor of the Exchequer, and is succeeded by Mr. H. G Childers, heretofore Secretary of War. Mr. Gladstone will still retain the Treasury portfolio... .A section of the famous Hampton Court, near London, containing many valuable works of art, was destroyed, Involving a loss of about #150,000. The Cooperative Store at Dublin was also burned, the family taking core of the structure being burned to death.... Twenty-two persons were drowned by the flooding of the Australian!an mine. New Brunswick, Victoria... Sixty persons were recently killed by the explosion of a powder magazine in Guayaquil... .Two arrests were made at Dublin of alleged participants in the Phoenix Park assassinations. One of the parties was identified as occupying the car on which the murderers escaped. Three persons were hanged ini he Galway (Ireland) jail for the Maamtraena murders. One of the men, Myles Joyce, protested his Innocence while standing on the scaffold.... The insanity of the Turkish Sultan is dally becoming more pronounced Sedi-

tion pAclamations have been posted in the stzeetMpf Constantinople and many persons h#re b#en arrested. gs ]■?, informed .the. .Frgpch Geographical Society .that the Panama canal would be finished in 1888. The rate of mortality on the Isthmus, he said, does not exceed. that in France, and fears that the canal would be destroyed by earthquakes are groundless .... Important Ministerial changes are taking place in her Majesty’s Council at Windsor. Lord Derby becomes Secretary for the Colonies- Lord Kimberley goes into the India Ofiice; the Marquis of Hartington succeeds Mr. Childers, and Mr. Childers leaves the War Ofiice to relieve Mr. Gladstone as Chancellor of the Exchequer.... At Cork, while toasts were being offered at a banquet given to Parnell, a stranger proposed the health of the Queen of the Belgians, and when an attempt was made to eject him he drew a revolver. He was disarmed and given into custody.... Westgate, the self-accused participant in the Phoenix Park assassinations, now denies that he ever made a confession, or that he knows anything about the crime.... The imports into France the last eleven months increased 106,000,000 francs compared with the same period last year. The increase jls principally In manufactured goods. The increase in exports for the same period was 147,000,000 francs compared with the same period lost year.